West Coast Region ~ Bay St. George District

Surnames

Les Doucet

Source:  Microfilm # N31067 (National Archive)
A series of articles published in the L'Evangeline (Newspaper) , 
Monton, N.B.

"Les Acadiennes de Terre-Neuve"    
by Thomas W. Leblanc published 25 March 1948

Les Doucet

Pierre Doucet de Margaree, Cap-Breton, vint s'etablir a Port au Port 
vers 1847, et rein n'indique s'il etait marie avant son arrivee a 
Terre-Neuve. Il y a ajourd'hui plusieurs familles de Doucette a Port 
au Port, Stephenville et St. Georges, tons descendants de Pierre Doucet.

(Translation by Leo Doucet)

Pierre Doucet from Margaree, Cape Breton established himself at Port au Port around 1847 and nothing indicates that he was married before his arrival in Newfoundland. There are today several Doucette families in Port au Port, Stephenville and St. Georges.

The Article was written by Thomas Leblanc of St. George's in 1948 and published in the l'Evangeline Newspaper of New Brunswick. It was transcribed by Laverne (Perrier) Cormier and posted to the Internet in September 1998 by Stephen Baker