Francois Xavier Gallant - Murder at
Rosehill Farm By James Perry
In 1812 (1806,[See Note 1]) one of the first recorded murders in Prince Edward
Island occurred when 57 year old (51 Year Old [See Note 1]) Francois Xavier
Gallant, an Acadian farmer from Malpec, decoyed his wife into the deep woods of
the Rosehill Farm on Lot 16, not far from the present day City of Summerside and
murdered her.
Xavier was the son of Louis (Hache) and Anne (Chiasson) Gallant. Louis was born
about 1727, Anne about 1736. They were married on the 8th of January 1753 at
Saint Pierre du Nord, l'Ile Saint Jean. The Gallant family was one of the first
settlers in the Rustico area. The Louis River south of the Roman Catholic Church
is named after Louis Gallant. Shortly after their marriage, they had to flee for
their lives from the English deportations of the late 1750's. They left their
Island home and settled in Restigouche County, New Brunswick. It is here, on the
9th of January 1761, that Francois Xavier Gallant was baptized. Some time later
the family moved to Shippegan, Anne (Chiasson) Gallant died there on the 13th of
April 1814. Louis' parents were François Hache and Anne (Boudrot) Gallant.
Anne's were François and Anne (Doucette) Chiasson. Xavier was one of nine
children born to Louis and Anne, all of them probably born in Restigouche. In
order of birth from the oldest to the youngest they were:
i. Francois Xavier, called Pinquaing (Pinquin), was born about 1756.
ii. Firmin (dit Paneau) was born about 1758. He first married Madeleine Poirier,
the daughter of Jean Baptiste Poirier about 1780, probably in Malpec. He then
married Martine Bernard on the 5th of February 1821 at the
Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel Roman Catholic Church in Mont-Carmel. She was the
widow of Simon Arsenault. Firmin and his family was one of the first settlers in
the Mont-Carmel area. Firmin and Madeleine had nine children: Joseph, Pierre,
Cyprien, Amand Laurant, Firmin, Juliette, Marie, and Sophie.
iii. Fabion (dit Perry) was born about 1760. He married Marie Doucette about
1782, probably in Malpec. She was the daughter of Jean and Marguerite (Gaudet)
Doucette, and widow of Pierre Poirier of Miscouche. Fabion was in the Rustico
area in 1798. The had ten children: Marie, Fidelle, Fabion (Bianne), Charlotte,
Sophie, Isaac, Joseph (Cliven), Thomas, Judith, and Victor.
iv. Victor was born about 1761 and baptized on the 3rd of February 1761.
v. Joseph was born about 1762. He married Scholastique Chiasson on the 21st of
June 1792 in Caraquet. She was the daughter of Joseph and Anne (Hache) Chiasson.
She may have died in Shipegan on the 13th of July 1812. They had four children:
David, Marie, Genevieve, and Jean Noel.
vi. Alexandre G., called Cendre, was born about 1763. He married Scholastique
Gallant, the daughter of Joseph a Jacques and Josephte (Boudrot) Gallant about
1780, probably in Port La Joie. They had six children: Clement, Cyrille, Judith,
Fabion, Daniel, and Joseph. Scholastique died on the 10th of June 1821 in Egmont
Bay.
vii. Jean Baptiste was born about 1764. He married Françoise Hache Gallant about
1786, probably in Miscou. He then married Marie Vautour. Françoise was probably
the daughter of Jean Baptiste and Helene (Richard) Gallant. The children of his
first marriage were: Joseph, Bruno, and Christian. One child was born from his
second marriage, a son named Octave.
viii. Louis was born about 1766. He married Judith Hache Gallant, sister to
Françoise in about 1790, probably in Miscou. They had eight children: Sebastion,
Fabion, Bruno, Moise, Leandre, Anthime, Edesse, and Bathilde.
ix. Anastasie, who was called Failli, was born about 1768, and married François
(Canadien) Doucette, son of Michel and Louise (Belleveau) Doucette and
Madeleine's brother. She died about 1812.
Xavier and two of his brothers, Alexandre and Fabion, returned to l'Ile St-Jean
at the first opportunity and it is here that Xavier met and married Madeleine
Doucette in about 1778, probably in Port La Joie. The deportation of the
Acadians in 1758 did not remove all of the Acadians from the Island. About 200
to 300 Acadians who had come back, or who had remained, managed a meagre
existence by means of fishing or by hunting. In 1767 when the Island was divided
among the landlords, some of them induced some of the Acadians to become their
tenants. By 1798 a considerable number of Acadians were living in townships 16,
17, and 19.
Madeleine Doucette was the daughter of Michel, (Isaac, called Digouginge [See
Note 3]) and Louise (Belleveau) Doucette. Michel Doucette was born on the 5th of
April 1734 in Beaubasin, Acadia, across what is now called the Northumberland
Strait from l'Ile St-Jean. He had come with his parents to Malpec in 1741, and
is the ancestor of all the Doucette's of Prince Edward Island. Michel married
Louise Belliveau of Tracadie, l'Ile St-Jean in 1763. Michel and Louise
revalidated their marriage at l'Ile Miquelon on the 9th of August 1765. Michel
and Louise were in Miquelon with their three children in 1767. They were still
there in 1776 with five of their children. At that time they owned 1/2 Chaffaud,
1/2 Grave, 1/2 Chaloupe, 1/2 Canot, and 3 Bêtes à Cornes. Louise was born on the
22nd of February 1738 and christened on the 6th of March 1738 in Port La Joie.
Louise was buried in La Rochelle France on the 4th of August 1779, Michel on the
23rd of August 1779. Madeleine was one of nine children born to Michel and
Louise. In order of birth from oldest to youngest they were:
i. Joseph who was born about 1763.
ii Madeleine who was born about 1765. She was not listed on the l'Ile Miquelon
census of May 1767.
iii. Charlotte Louise who was born about 1766. She married Joseph Pineau. She
died in Rustico about 1815.
iv. Anthanese who was born about 1767. He married Adelaide Arsenault. He and his
family settled in Rustico.
v. Marie Josephte who was born about 1768.
vi. Michel who was born about 1770. He married Marie Gaudet, widow of Simon
Gallant about 1798. He and his family settled in Rustico.
vii. François who was called Canadien. He was born about 1771. He married
Anastasie (Failli) Hache Gallant, Xavier's younger sister. He and his family
settled in Rustico.
viii. Pierre, who was born about 1773
ix. Firmin, who was born about 1774.
Madeleine's paternal grandparents were François and Marie (Carré) Doucette. Her
maternal grandparents, Louis and Louise Hache (Gallant) Belliveau.
Xavier and Madeleine took up residence on a farm on the shores of Malpeque Bay
and proceeded to have a family of five boys and two girls. The boys were named
as follows: L'Ange, Daniel, Fidele Major, Victor and Bruno. The Girls: Judithe
and Edeste.
About a month before the fateful day in June 1812, Xavier had the notion that
the family dog was a sorcerer and asked the family if they would allow him the
favor to kill the dog as that would deliver him, as the dog was a witch - after
which he decapitated the animal with a broad axe.
On the 11th of June 1812, (1806 [See Note 1]) Xavier's behavior took a violent
and sinister turn, he lured his wife into the dark forest of Rosehill Farm and
slit her throat. He then hastily buried her corpse beneath a fallen tree trunk.
Xavier did not return to the village that night but stayed on a gruesome watch
in the forest. The next day the people of the village, anxious for the return of
the couple arranged a search party to look for them. Under the direction of the
infamous Major Compton, this party, guided by shouts from the deranged Xavier
found him pacing up and down the trunk of the tree that he had buried Madeleine
under.
There is a touching story in connection with this murder. The day that Madeleine
made her fateful trip into the Rosehill Farm woods, she left two young children,
possibly her grandchildren, in the care of a young crippled girl, who by some
means had lost the use of her upper limbs early in life. Madeleine had
befriended this poor child and become a symbol of womanhood to her. She was her
mentor and friend. The young girl helped Madeleine as best she could with the
household chores and with caring for the younger children. This young lady, also
gifted with a poetic talent, was overcome with grief at the untimely death of
her close friend, and composed a sad lament which she used to sing while walking
up and down the forest paths. This dirge became rather well known in the area,
so well known in fact, that the priest of the Parish, L'Abbe de Calonne, who
knew the child's history asked her to sing the song one Sunday afternoon between
Church services.
The L'Abbe was a personal friend of Colonel Compton and a brother of King Louis
XIV's Finance Minister at the start of the French Revolution. L'Abbe Calonne
being of a noble French family, feared for his life and fled to England during
the French Revolution. His papal leaders in Rome then assigned him to minister
to the Catholic population of Prince Edward Island. The young lady replied that
she could not possibly sing it, for it was Sunday, the explanation being that
Sunday was the day her dear friend met her awful fate. The L'Abbe persisted and
the young lady finally sang the lament on the banks of a small stream that ran
through the Pavillon Farm. The Pavillon Farm was the country estate of the
Compton Family. The young girl's singing brought tears to the eyes of the
congregation, for the song was lovely and her voice exceedingly sweet, standing
there with her white face and dark sad eyes.
The story of Xavier and Madeleine has never died, today a fair portion of the
Parishes of Egmont Bay and Mont Carmel, in Prince County, P.E.I. are descended
from this unfortunate couple and one of the most famous and popular Acadian folk
songs is "Le Meurtrier de Sa Femme" (The Murder of his Wife), the origin of
which is unknown but may well be the ballad that Madeleine's young friend
composed. For it first became popular early in the 1800's. There are now at
least 25 different versions of this folk song and it is sung in Acadian
Settlements on the east coast of New Brunswick, in the Magdeleine Islands, and
even as far away as the North Shore in the Province of Quebec, as well as in
Prince County, P.E.I. [See Note 2]. The original song probably had about 50
lines. Among the versions Georges Arsenault recovered from tradition, very few
contain more than 30 lines.
Xavier was taken into custody and because there was no jail closer to the
village than Charlotte Town, Xavier was taken there. The constable who escorted
Xavier to jail, later stated that as they approached Charlotte Town, Gallant
said "he was delivered (from his sins) by two geese and that St. John and St.
Paul appeared to him and delivered him - but that he fell into sin again." On
the 3rd day of July he appeared before Judge Caser Colclough in the Supreme
Court of Prince Edward Island. Judge Robert Gray and Judge James Curtis sat with
the jury. Here Xavier pleaded "not guilty" to the murder of his spouse Madeleine
before a twelve man jury consisting entirely of Englishmen. James Bardin Palmer
was assigned as his attorney and eleven witnesses were subpoenaed to appear
before the court. The crown had six witnesses testify on its behalf, Xavier had
five. Testifying for the crown were Victor (Choutte) Gallant, son of the
accused, Fidelle Major Gallant, another son, Jean Baptiste Gallant, cousin of
the accused, Prosper Poirier, Daniel Campbell, a prominent landowner in the
area, and Colonel Harry Compton. Testifying for the defense were Placide
Arsenault, William Clark, George Blood, Samuel Cameron, a neighbor of the
accused, and L'Ange Gallant, Xavier's oldest son.
Punishment attached to the breaking of English laws in the late 18th and early
19th centuries was swift and intense. Public humiliation, corporal punishment,
sometimes torture and mutilation of the offender were the norm. Punishments in
ascending order of severity were: Detention in the stocks or pillory, branding
on the hand with a hot iron in open court, whipping at one of the three town
landmarks, and public hanging by the neck until dead. Added to that, was that
the jails were often worse then animal barns. No heat, barely shelter from the
rain or snow. Care of the prisoner was at the expense of the family, who would
have to provide for his upkeep, by providing the jailor with monies to provide
food and clothing.
Most of the witnesses gave their opinion that Xavier was mentally unstable. His
son Fidelle Major testified that the people of the village believed that Xavier
was responsible for the mysterious death of his Father Louis. Another son,
L'Ange Gallant testified that his father's strange mental state appeared at the
Mardi Gras two years previous. Since that time his parents quarrelled regularly.
Another witness testified that Xavier had lost his senses after obtaining a sum
of money from a Mr. Marsh. Prosper Poirier agreed in his testimony that Xavier
was different after the money was given to him. Daniel Campbell testified that
the sum of money was three hundred and eighty dollars ($380.00). Living in a
cash poor society, he became obsessed that he would lose his wealth. He stopped
working, began to talk about witchcraft, and often slept out in the woods at
night. Further in Fidelle's testimony, he said that his father blamed his wife
Madeleine and the children for stealing the money from him and also for putting
a curse on his dog. He also testified that his father sometimes imagined that
Madeleine was married to his sons and not to him.
After six hours of testimony, the jury was dismissed to decide the verdict,
another one and a half hours later the jury returned with a "guilty as charged"
and a recommendation of mercy from the Crown. The judge dismissed the court
until the 9th of July for sentencing. When Xavier was brought before Judge
Colclough that day, the Chief Justice ignored the jury's recommendation of mercy
and Xavier was sentenced to be executed for his crime by hanging by the neck
until dead, following which his body was to be anatomized or cut up into pieces-
as if the cause of his mad crime might be found within. Xavier was the first
Islander to be sentenced to death for murder. Xavier's lawyer, Mr. Palmer
immediately proposed that he penalty of death was too severe and the execution
be postponed while the court debated the motion. Mr. Palmer succeeded in
persuading the Judge to re-evaluate his decision. The court was adjourned until
the next Saturday to discuss Mr. Palmer's motion. From that meeting Judge
Colclough decided that the execution should be rescinded and Xavier's punishment
should be imprisonment until he died in the Charlottetown Jail. This was decided
in light of the evidence given that Xavier was not mentally stable and not fully
responsible for his actions.
So in July of 1812, Xavier went to prison for the rest of his life. However the
jailer was not provided with food and wood to maintain his prisoners. They slept
on bare floors in filth. Xavier's upkeep was supposed to come from the sale of
his property. These funds ran out in February 1813, although the jailer did not
officially mention it to the Executive Council until September 1813.In this
jail, Xavier lived under such terrible conditions that it prompted the warden,
Caleb Sentner to write to the Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Prince
Edward Island, on the 21st of September 1813, a petition protesting the wretched
and deplorable state and inhuman conditions some prisoners were forced to live
under in this dreadful place, particularly one Xavier Gallant. Another inmate by
the name of "Murphy, the person deranged in his mind, is under the necessity of
being pinioned down to the floor for want of a strait jacket, such are used in
Bedlam, and that he is in the most shameful situation, every office of nature
being done in his place of confinement, which in itself is enough to breed
disease in the place, it being so small and close."
The first crude jail structure built in Charlottetown was constructed in 1797. A
log house jail was built in the city about 1812. Until 1830, the jail was
primarily a holding cell where prisoners were chained until their punishment and
release. In 1820, Xavier's ex-counsel Mr. James Bardin Palmer, now counsel for
some of the prisoners presently being detained in the Charlotte Town jail, in
response to a motion from the prosecution for an adjournment of criminal cases,
urged the necessity of proceeding immediately from the miserable condition of
the Gaol (sic), and the consequent weight of shackles with which they were
secured. In 1824, at the time of Lieutenant Governor Smith's departure, the jail
was a ruin, a disgrace to any community, and, therefore, not entitled to be
called a public building. A new Queen's County jail was built in 1830.
Xavier died after 16 months of incarceration in the Charlottetown Jail on the
6th of November 1813, apparently from starvation or malnutrition and cold. The
inquest determined that Xavier Gallant "died of the visitation of God, and in a
natural way." He is thought to be buried under what is now the Malpeque Road at
the edge of the City of Charlottetown.
For many generations after the murder and so long as the dark spruce forest
bordered the edge of the highway, people who travelled through Rosehill Farm at
night sensed an eeriness, and rumors of strange and weird goings-on in the
darkness of the woods of Rosehill abounded. According to the legend which
continues to this day, Xavier's "treasure" is still buried somewhere in Rosehill,
Lot 16. The year 1812 also saw an exodus of Acadian families leave the Riviere
Platte area and move to the Egmont Bay and Mont Carmel areas. Many English
settlers were moving into the Lot 16 area and looking with covetous eyes upon
the beautiful farms cleared by the hard working Acadians. They quickly profited
by the unhappy circumstances of the Acadians by giving very little value for the
land they were occupying. By 1820 all of the Acadians had left the Riviere
Platte area, the last even taking their small wooden chapel with them to the
newly formed parish of Miscouche.
The Murder of His Wife
Come listen to the song I'll sing for you
About a strange thing that happened here.
Oh, he was a man, but alas he was a pagan;
He put to an end the life of his poor wife.
"Armed he still is and in the attic he sleeps.
Armed he is with an axe, and a poker too.
For the love of God, dear brethren, come spare me,
Share in my pain, for I fear great danger."
One day he said to his wife, "I must head forth
To the top of my field. Will thou come with me?"
He took her then, leading her to the hemlock tree.
So cruel was he that he left her in shreds.
After this great carnage, off to the house he went
With barely a glance for this terrible thing.
He said to their children, "Take all my money.
I shall flee, but to you I leave all my money."
Off for the village the children went all in tears
To look for their mother, lost in the woods.
All able folk did hasten forth to find her.
But the devil led the killer and kept him hidden.
He showed them the place he had killed her.
The edge of her skirt was not hidden.
She lay dead, all covered in blood,
Her face on the ground, her mouth all bound.
They lifted up her body and carried it home,
An example for to show her young children.
The young children, in tears, dared not come near,
Saying, "Alas, what misfortune befalls us!"
And so, poor criminal, may you receive what you deserve.
May the ground open up and swallow you whole.
For so long did you linger behind bars,
From hunger and thirst you died a slow death.
Xavier and Madeleine had eight children. All of them born in or around Malpec.
1. L'Ange was born about 1780. He married Marie (Helene) Gallant. She was the
daughter of Jean Baptiste and Helene (Richard) Gallant. They had twelve
children: Helene, Ursin, Madeleine, Hypolyte, Judith, Moise, Lucile, Jean,
Vital, Eulalie, Marie, and Casimir
2. Daniel was born about 1782. He married Marguerite Arsenault on the 26th of
September 1814 in Rustico, P.E.I. She was the daughter of Paul and Anne
(Bernard) Arsenault. Daniel and Marguerite had fifteen children: Marie, Joseph,
Daniel, Damien, Fidelle, Julithe, Christostome, Laurant Amand, Dosithee, Bruno,
Elie, Madeleine, Norburt, Bonaventure, Dorothee, and Philomene. They lived in
Mont Carmel.
3. Fidelle Major, born about 1784, he first married Barbe Poirier and second he
married Marguerite Arsenault. Marguerite was the daughter of Paul and Claire (Brun)
Arsenault of Mont Carmel. Fidelle and Marguerite were married on the 14th of
November 1837 at St. Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Church in Miscouche. The only
child of his first wife was Louise. The children of his second wife were Joseph,
Marie, Stanislas, and Hubert. They lived in Tignish.
4. Victor, who was called Choutte, he was born about 1786. He married Charlotte
Bernard on the 10th of February 1817 at St. Philippe et St. Jacques Roman
Catholic Church in Egmont Bay. She was the daughter of Hilarion Bernard and
Marie (Gallant) Bernard. They were one of the first settlers in the Egmont Bay
area and settled in the village of St. Christostome. They had nine children:
Marie, Madeleine, Ursule, Sophique, Pacifique, Judith, Meleme, Zephiron, and
Louise. Charlotte died on the 30th of July 1862, age 70 years in Egmont Bay.
5. Bruno was born about 1788. He married Henriette Aucoin in the Notre Dame du
Mont Carmel Roman Catholic Church in Mont Carmel, P.E.I. on the 19th of February
1822. She was the daughter of Jean Charles (Yankee Jean) and Rosalie (Bernard)
Aucoin. Bruno and Henriette had seven children: Julie, Madeleine, Marie,
Theophile, Elie, Philomene, and Clothilde. They lived in Mont Carmel.
6. Julithe was born about 1790. She married Clement Martin who was called Lesse
of Rustico. He was the son of Pierre and Anne (Gallant) Martin.
7. Edeste was born about 1792. She first married Amand Martin of Rustico. Her
second marriage was to Joseph Gallant in about 1876.
8. Gallant
References
[1] Roads to Summerside, Ada MacLeod, pages 24,53
[2] Complaintes Acadiennes de l'Ile du Prince Edouard, Georges Arsenault, pages
14,19,27,82,84,88,117-168
[3] Genealogie de St. Christostome, Aubin J. Arsenault, pages 35,36,37,42,44
[4] Rustico, une Paroisse Acadienne de L'Ile du Prince Edouard, J. Henri
Blanchard, pages 33,74-76,78,80-82,93,113-116
[5] In the Shadows of the Gallows, Jim Hornby, pages 16,45,46,47,55-56,63
[6] Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Volume 5, pages 335-336
[7] By the Old Mill Stream, Various, pages 466-467
[8] The Prince Edward Island Magazine, Volume #4-5, July 1899, "The First
Settlers of St. Eleanor", Hubert G. Compton, pages 169-170,
[9] The Island Magazine, #37, Spring-Summer 1995, "Venez Ecouter la Complainte",
Georges Arsenault, pages 3-12
[10] Michel Hache Gallant et ses Descendants, Tome 1, Patrice Gallant, Ptre.,
pages 17-18,22
[11] ibed 10, Tome 2, pages 33-36,39,40,41,48,72-74
[12] Miscouche Acadian Museum Records
[13] Notre Dame du Mont Carmel Roman Catholic Church Records, Mont Carmel, P.E.I.
[14] St. Philippe et St. Jacques Roman Catholic Church Records, Egmont Bay,
P.E.I.
[15] St. Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Church Records, Miscouche, P.E.I.
[16] Baie des Chaleur Parish Records, Janet B. Jehn, pages 21,26
[17] Histoire et Genealogie des Acadiens, Volume 2, Bona Arsenault, pages
409,412
[18] ibed 17, Volume 3, pages 903,959
[19] ibed 17, Volume 5, pages 2098,2106,2111-2112
[20] ibed 17, Volume 6, pages 2206-2207,2230
[21] The Abigweit Review, Fall 1990, pages 85-103, "Les Chansons Acadiennes de
Composition Locale", ?
[22] The Acadians of Prince Edward Island, J. Henri Blanchard, pages 75,77
[23] 1798 Census of Prince Edward Island
[24] Cinq Cinquatieme Anniversaire de la Paroisse N.D. du Mont Carmel, Various,
pages 15,25,32,33,46,47,50
[25] Premier Centenaire de l'Eglise Notre Dame du Mont Carmel, David LeGallant,
pages 1-2
[26] Les Acadiens de l"Ile Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Michel Poirier, page
211,287
[27] L'Acadie de Mes Ancestres, Yvon Leger, page 157
[28] Parish of St. Charles Borromeo, Antoinette DesRoches, CND, pages 27-28
Notes:
[1] In Ada MacLoed's "Roads to Summerside" she writes that the murder occurred
in 1806, this is an error. As a result her calculation of his age is inaccurate.
[2] In Georges Arsenault's "Complaintes Acadiennes", a comprehensive verse by
verse comparison of the various renditions of "Le Meurtrier de Sa Femme" is on
pages 117 to 168.
[3] In Aubin J. Arsenault's Genealogie des St. Christostome, he records
Madeleine's father as Michel. Patrice Gallant, Ptre. agrees with this on page 35
of his "Michel Hache Gallant et ses Descendents." J. Henri Blanchard in "Rustico,
une Paroisse Acadienne" lists Madeleine's father as Isaac.
[4] Probably and about birth dates were calculated from census records. Probably
and about marriage dates were calculated 1 to 2 years before the first child was
born. Probably marriage places were determined from location of residence of the
family, probably birth places from census information.
[5] Over the last 300 years, there have been at least 3 locations for the
village of Malpeque. All of them situated around Malpeque Bay. The earliest
location was on the west side of the Bay. The location during Xavier's time was
on the south side of the Bay. These two locations are now in Prince County. The
present location of Malpeque is on the east side of the Bay. Remember that west
to Islanders is generally in a north direction, and east is generally south.
It's an Island thing! From where I live in Summerside, its always "Up West" if
one is referring to places like Tignish or Alberton. Also I have used an earlier
spelling of Malpeque (Malpec) in the text.
[6] The Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Volume 5, page 335, says there was an
eighth child born to Xavier and Madeleine, no further information is available,
may of been a child who died as a very young infant.
[7] Any inaccuracies with dates, places, names, and relationships, is purely my
responsibility and I am always happy to change same to reflect more recent
research. Please send corrections to my attention at
jperry@pei.sympatico.ca along
with complete documentation.
8] My descent from Xavier and Madeleine is two fold:
1. Xavier Gallant & Madeleine Doucette,Daniel Gallant-Marguerite
Arsenault,Joseph Daniel Gallant-Bathilde Richard,Justine Gallant-Joseph
Gallant,Mathilde Gallant-Calixte Arsenault,Joseph Theodore Calixte Arsenault
(m29Feb1916) Mary Bella Arsenault, Marie Gertrude Arsenault-Joseph Edward Elmer
Perry,James Henry Perry
2. Xavier Gallant & Madeleine Doucette, Bruno Gallant-Henriette Aucoin,Julienne
Gallant-Hughues Arsenault,Bathilde Arsenault-Germain Arsenault,Joseph Balcide
Arsenault-Marie Anne Gallant,Joseph Theodore Calixte Arsenault (m29Feb1916) Mary
Bella Arsenault, Marie Gertrude Arsenault-Joseph Edward Elmer Perry, James Henry
Perry.