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Published: June 17th 2023
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As I am sure you probably already figured out we did not have internet yesterday so here is the blog that should have gone out last night.
Day 5 We left Port Royal with a bit of overcast, but not cold. As we passed St. Mary's Bay it was socked in with fog which soon lifted, and it turned into a glorious day. Our drive today to Yarmouth was about 2 hours, and we arrived at our camp site, Campers Haven, around noon. After setting up, which has become so very smooth, and a quick lunch we hit the road with the "bug". Our mission today was to check out the area that Ray's grandparents, Frank German and Jane Amirault were from, Pubnico and East Pubnico. Also many generations of his family were from this area, and buried there. Ray will take over from here.
We headed down to Lower West Pubnico, where I believe my grandfather lived. Our first stop was at "The Historic Acadian Village of Nova Scotia". This is an early 1900's Acadain village overlooking Pubnico Harbor. Upon checking in at the front desk, I got to talking with the women working there. She mentioned that
her last name was Boudreau. I told her that I had a couple of Boudreau's on my geneology line, one from 1785, the other from 1809. I mentioned they were from Wedgeport. She said, Oh my God, I was born in Wedgeport! So, I met my first distant cousin! We then visited a home built in 1832 by Charles Duon. He turns out to be a distant uncle. Visiting the blacksmith shop, built in the 1800's, the blacksmith forged me a wrought iron nail. Turns out he was an Amirault, and again was a distant cousin. Another building was a fish store, built in 1875 by my fourth great grandfather, Augustin Duon. It was a very surreal experience walking and sitting in the same spots that my family from long ago were at. Turned out that every person working at this place was related to me. The surprising thing was they treated me like family as well.
After leaving the village, we went across the street to the "Old Acadian Cemetery" where I have about a dozen ancestors buried. Although there are stone markers on some graves, I could not locate anyone I was looking for. They later told
me that the early burials were marked with wooden crosses, and they are long gone.
We then went to a museum/geneological center, specializing in old Acadian families. We met the nicest women there who hit their computers to get us info. One of them was from Middle East Pubnico, where my grandmother was born. She knew the family, and the house where she lived. While at the museum, they invited us to join them for cake, to celebrate a grand daughter that was leaving to work at another job. Everyone there was related to each other and to me. It was an incredible day. Leaving there, we decided to call it a day. We headed back to the RV, had a nap, took a quick ride around Yarmouth, had dinner and went to bed.
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Diane Cunningham
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Nova Scotia
OMG!!! What a wonderful trip. So nice to meet all those relatives. 🥰