Marie Mathilde Desjardins Gardner b. 21 Sep 1870 Cacouna, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada d. 18 Jan 1941 Bradley, Penobscot, Maine, USA: Our Family History

Marie Mathilde Desjardins Gardner

1870 - 1941 (70 years)

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Name	Marie Mathilde Desjardins Gardner [2, 3]
Birth	21 Sep 1870	Cacouna, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada [2, 3]
Gender	Female
Arrival	1872 [2]
Arrival	1873 [3]
Residence	1910	Milford, Penobscot, Maine, USA [3]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Residence	1930	Milford, Milford, Penobscot, Maine, USA [2]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Death	18 Jan 1941	Bradley, Penobscot, Maine, USA
Person ID	I292341629657	Alwin2025
Last Modified	23 Apr 2025

Father	Pierre Desjardins, b. Abt 1839, Canada d. 4 Jan 1908, Milford, Penobscot, Maine, USA (Age 69 years)
Mother	Geneviève Coté, b. 17 Sep 1831, Cacouna, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada d. 19 May 1905, Milford, Penobscot, Maine, USA (Age 73 years)
Marriage	24 Jan 1860	Cacouna, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada
Family ID	F6342	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Thomas Messier, b. 1865 d. 1944 (Age 79 years)

Children

1. Irene Blanche Messier, b. 12 Mar 1904, Old Town, Penobscot, Maine, USA

d. 10 Mar 1996, Old Town, Penobscot, Maine, United States

(Age 91 years)

Family ID F6341 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 23 Apr 2025

[S965666108] Ancestry Family Tree.
[S965666717] Year: 1930; Census Place: Milford, Penobscot, Maine; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0073; FHL microfilm: 2340572.
[S965667059] Year: 1910; Census Place: Milford, Penobscot, Maine; Roll: T624_544; Page: 6a; Enumeration District: 0172; FHL microfilm: 1374557.

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My earliest European ancestors in North America were probably Nicolas Marsolet and Louis Hébert. However, one of my 8th great-grandmothers, the wife of Philippe Mius d'Entremont, was a Native North American of the Mi'kmaq tribe. Unfortunately, there is uncertainty about her name. She may have been called Kjipuktuk. In modern times, the name Marie Coyote Blanc has been assigned to her, but there is no evidence that this was actually her name. Her ancestors would obviously been in North America long before Europeans arrived.

The French-Canadian lines of my family tree can be confirmed by literaly thousands of DNA links that support the family tree as mapped out. And, due to a couple of lucky DNA links to 3rd cousins in Sweden, with well-documented family trees of their own, I can extend my Swedish roots back several centuries. The German links have proved much more difficult, and in most cases, I have been unable to trace my German ancestors much further back in time than their arrival in North America.