Ryeland Family Tree

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Beaubassin, Cumberland, New Brunswick, Canada



 


Notes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaubassin - January 14th 2008



The Tantramar Marshes are on the southern part of the Isthmus of Chignecto, which joins Nova Scotia to New Brunswick and the Canadian mainland.



The marshes penetrate inland from the Bay of Fundy for 10 kilometers. Acadians, who called the region Beaubassin, built dikes in the early 1700s to stop the tidal influx of salt water, creating rich agricultural land on the deep sedimentary soils.



The name Tantramar is derived from the Acadian French "Tintamarre", meaning 'din' or 'racket', a reference to the noisy flocks of birds which feed there. The marshes are an important stopover for migrating waterfowl such as semi-palmated Sandpipers and Canada Geese. Today the marshes are the site of two bird sanctuaries.



In the past, the Tantramar Marshes were called the "World's Largest Hayfield". The hay was shipped for commercial sale along the Eastern Seaboard and Europe as late as the 1930s. As a salt marsh, with its rich, sticky, red mud and soil, the hay grown there is high in iodine. In a world where food additives were not yet being used, iodine-rich hay made the Tantramar a valuable source for healthy, high quality fodder.



A few historic hay barns still dot the landscape. In the 1930's there were over 400 post-and-beam hay barns scattered across the marsh. Today there are less than 30.



The following rivers drain from and around the marshes:



* Aulac River

* LaPlanche River

* Missaguash River

* Tantramar River

Latitude: 46.174419, Longitude: -64.31085


Birth

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
51 PITRE, Anne  15 Feb 1744Beaubassin, Cumberland, New Brunswick, Canada I23894
52 PITRE, Charles Modeste  21 Dec 1737Beaubassin, Cumberland, New Brunswick, Canada I23888
53 PITRE, Fran  21 Dec 1747Beaubassin, Cumberland, New Brunswick, Canada I23897
54 PITRE, Isidore  30 Jul 1754Beaubassin, Cumberland, New Brunswick, Canada I23899
55 PITRE, Jean Baptiste  25 Mar 1750Beaubassin, Cumberland, New Brunswick, Canada I23898
56 PITRE, Joseph  30 Jan 1746Beaubassin, Cumberland, New Brunswick, Canada I23895
57 PITRE, Marguerite Anastasie  10 Dec 1739Beaubassin, Cumberland, New Brunswick, Canada I23890
58 PITRE, Marie Louise  1740Beaubassin, Cumberland, New Brunswick, Canada I23891
59 PITRE, Rosalie  8 Apr 1742Beaubassin, Cumberland, New Brunswick, Canada I23893
60 POIRIER, Cecile  1696Beaubassin, Cumberland, New Brunswick, Canada I28359
61 POIRIER, Joseph  1697Beaubassin, Cumberland, New Brunswick, Canada I28649
62 POIRIER, Marie Anne  1694Beaubassin, Cumberland, New Brunswick, Canada I23657
63 RICHARD, Marguerite  Abt 1702Beaubassin, Cumberland, New Brunswick, Canada I24086
64 RICHARD, Paul  1725Beaubassin, Cumberland, New Brunswick, Canada I30203
65 RICHARD, Pierre  1711Beaubassin, Cumberland, New Brunswick, Canada I30103

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