T his story begins in the last decade of the 17th century. When in 1692 Governor Villebon granted Point Saint Anne (all of the lower part of today’s Fredericton) to Gabriel Godin. (The census of 1693 confirms this fact for us) Gabriel Godin and his wife, Andree-Angelique JEANNES settled the village of Point Saint Anne. During the following years the village prospered and grew. Then in February 1759 a small force of British Troupes (16 men) led by a Lt Moses Hazen raided and destroyed the Acadian village of Pointe Sainte Anne, as a consequence of this raid some innocent civilians were killed. These civilians were hastily buried in the village cemetery. This cemetery has since been mistakenly identified as an Indian Cemetery when in reality it is an Acadian Cemetery. Now, we fast forward to 1933 when the cemetery was once again disturbed! This time by a Dr. Wintemberg who came to Point Saint Anne with the expectations of finding pre-historic (First Nation) remains and was surprised to find, buried closely together, and in one case two in one grave, not Indians, but Europeans. In all, seven skeletons were examined. (Two of these remains were those of Anastasie Godin and Madeleine Guilbaut) In no case was there any evidence of Indian (First Nation) at the site. The remains of the two women were removed to Ottawa where they remain today. As Acadian’s and descendants of Anstasie’s family our desire is to have her (their) remains returned to her (their) rightful resting place, Pointe Saint Anne. And the cemetery there properly identified and declared as a National Historical Site.
The Bergeron-Damboise families had planned, in conjunction with The Society of History of the River Saint Jean (SHRSJ) a commemoration of the 250 year anniversary of the destruction of the village.

Here are the children of Barthelemy Bergeron and Genevieve Serreau dit St Aubin
1. Barthelemy dit Damboise married Marguerite Dugas in Port Royal april 21 1721.
2.Marie married in Port Royal Jan.18 1717 to Francois Roy
3.Michel dit Nantes married four times, first wife unknown around 1721, second wife around 1727 to Marie Dugas, third wife unknown around 1743 and his last wife was Marie Jeanne Hebert around 1747.
4.Augustin married Marie Dugas around 1730 he died in St Martinville Louisiana.
5.Marie-Anne married around 1726 Joseph Godin dit Bellefontaine dit Bellefeuille.
6.Anne-Marie married around 1730 to Jacques Philippe Godin dit Bellefeuille.
So if you have any of the above in your lines, then you descend from Barthelemy Bergeron and Genevieve Serreau dit St Aubin.

Now in the 1739 Census for Riviere St Jean twenty years before the massacre by the english happened, there were the families living there, so if you see any familiar names that connect to you again, you were all invited to the Bergeron-Damboise reunion , since the Societe Historique de la Riviere St Jean is also having a commemoration of the attack on Sainte-Anne de Pays Bas (today known as Fredericton) in New Brunswick Canada.
Philip Bellefeuille his wife and 4 children
Louis Bellefontaine , his wife and 2 children
Widow Angelique Bellefontaine
Bonaventure Bellefontaine son of Angelique and his wife
Michael Saindon his wife and 2 children
Pierre LaForest his wife and 1 child
Rene Valcour his wife and 3 children
Charles Boisjoli his wife and 3 children
Jean LaForest his wife and 1 child
Francois Roy his wife and 8 children, his son Francois and his fiance Marguerite
Barthelemy Bergeron
St.Aubin
Augustin St Aubin his wife and ? children
Jean Dugas his wife and 3 children
Joseph Godin Beausejour his wife 5 children and one domestic
Michel St Aubin his wife 8 children and his mother

Now in 1763 the following are some from Riviere St Jean who were made prisoners , remember the massacre had happened in 1759, and these prisoners were at St John River.

Pierre Bergeron ,Marguerite Bourg and their 6 children
Louis Saindon ,Madeleine Thibodeau and their 2 children
Simon Bergeron Marie Saindon and their 2 children
Joseph Bergeron,Angelique Saindon and their 3 children
Michel Bergeron Madeleine Bourg and their 4 children
Ambroise Brun Marie Bergeron and their 6 children
Francois Bergeron Rosalie Bourg and their 3 children
Joseph Bourg and Marie Bergeron
Etienne Bergeron

Well we had our Bergeron-Damboise reunion ,I am creating another page,to share with you the results and beautiful photos. I am adding a drop down menu where you can view the organizing, the sponsors, and the reunion. So please check back often.

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