List of parishes named in the 1872 census

Below is a list of the parishes mentioned in the 1872 census of St.Bruno parish. The number in parentheses is the number of persons who are listed as having that parish as their place of birth. Following that are notes about the location of these parishes.

Aroostook - either New Brunswick or Aroostook valley, Maine
Baie des Chaleurs (9) - Communities around the Bay des Chaleurs in Quebec and New Brunswick
Baie Ste.Marie (1) - Acadia; now Church Point in southwest Nova Scotia
Beauce (1) - Region of Quebec south of Quebec City
Cacouna (23) - Quebec, on the St.Lawrence
Canada (4) - generic term referring to what is today Quebec
Cap St.Ignace (7) - Quebec, on St.Lawrence
Detour du Lac (8) - Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec, on Lake Temiscouata
Fairfield (2) - now Fort Fairfield, Maine
Fredericton (9) - New Brunswick
Grand Sault / Grand Falls (13) - New Brunswick
Houlton (1) - Maine
Irlande (1) - Ireland
Isle St.Jean (1) - Acadia; now Prince Edward Island
Isle Verte (43) - Quebec, on St.Lawrence
Islet (1) - - Quebec, on St.Lawrence
Kamouraska (28) - Quebec, on St.Lawrence
M. Carmel = Mont Carmel (99) - near Kamouraska
Métis (2) - Quebec, on St.Lawrence
N. Brunswick = New Brunswick (5)
N.D. du Portage = Notre Dame du Portage (7) - Quebec, on St.Lawrence
né à la Decharge = born at the Decharge (2) - unclear where this is
Old Town (1) - Maine
Pays Bas (6) - region of New Brunswick along St.John near Woodstock
Petit Sault (5) - Edmundson, New Brunswick
Portland (1) - Maine
Rimouski (3) - Quebec, on St.Lawrence
Riv. du Loup (28) - Quebec, on St.Lawrence
Riv. Ouelle (23) - Quebec, on St.Lawrence
St. Basile (see also St.Bazile) - Madawaska
St.Alexandre (10) - near Kamouraska
St.André (26) - Kamouraska
Ste.Anne Lap. = Ste.Anne Lapocatiere (10) - Quebec, on St.Lawrence
St.Antoine (1) - Quebec
St.Arsene (11) - near Cacouna
St.Bazile = St.Basile (107) - Madawaska, New Brunswick
St.Bruno (1,328) - home parish of this census
St.Charles (2) - Gaspé, Quebec
St.David (12) - Madawaska, Maine
St.Denis (4) - near Kamouraska
St.Eloi (2) - near Isle Verte
St.Epiphane (10) - near Cacouna
St.François (7) - Madawaska, western end of settlement
Ste.Helene (5) - Kamouraska
St.Igan (3) - ? (if you have info on this place please let me know)
St.Jacques (3) - possibly New Brunswick
St.Jean P.J. = St.Jean Port Joli (6) - Quebec, on St.Lawrence
St.Léonard = St.Leonor (61) - Madawaska, New Brunswick
Ste.Luce (31) - Frenchville, Maine
Ste.Modeste (7) - near Rivière du Loup
St.Octave du Bic (1) - Bic, Quebec, on St.Lawrence
St.Pacôme (13) - Quebec, near La Pocatière and Rivière Ouelle
St.Paschal (12) - Kamouraska
St.Roch = St.Roch des Aulnaies (8) - Quebec, on St.Lawrence
St.Simon (1) - Quebec, near Trois Pistoles
St.Thomas (2) - (possibly New Brunswick)
St.Valier (1) - Quebec, between Montmagny and Quebec city
Tobique (2) - New Brunswick
Trois Pistoles (5) - Quebec, on St.Lawrence
Village des Français (1) - probably the settlement identified in the 1851 New Brunswick census as "the French Settlement," near the current town of Saint André. (If you have info on this place please let me know)
Woodstock (2) - New Brunswick on the St.John River

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