John A. Asnault (1865 - 1943)

Born May 1865 in Prince Edward Island [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 27 Oct 1943 at age 78 in Cumberland, Maine, United States

Biography

Maine records say that Mary J Finnon married John A. Arsenault (age 31) from New Brunswick, the son of Daniel Arsenault and Mary McNaught, on 24 June 1895 in Portland, Maine, Maine Marriages, 1771-1907^[1]

Emigrated 1885. Married 5 years. Three children: Ethel M, 4; Harold J, 2, and Leo D., 3/12.

Calvary Cemetery South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine

He was survived by his wife, nee Mary Finnan; 2 daughters, Mrs E. T. Peterson and Mrs Arthur Eastman and two sons, J. Harold and Leo D. His sisters: Mrs Mellen Files, Mrs John Garvin and Miss Annie, all in California, Mrs Newman I Libby [Mary]; brother William in New York, and deceased brother James, New Hampshire.

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ3W-J2J : 2 March 2021), Daniel Arsenault in entry for Arsenault and Finnon, ; citing , , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.

• Portland Press Herald 31 Oct 1943, Sun · Page 2 says born PEI, retired railway engineer

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMLX-V64 : accessed 17 April 2018), John A Asnault, Portland city Ward 6, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 69, sheet 6B, family 135, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,591.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFZZ-SHQ : accessed 17 April 2018), John A Asnault, South Portland Ward 4, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing ED 70, sheet 11A, line 24, family 252, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 639; FHL microfilm 1,820,639.

• "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KMMZ-N66 : accessed 07 Oct 2014), John Asnault, Ward 7, South Portland, South Portland City, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3-143, sheet 8A, family 146, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 1477.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104000063/john-a.-asnault

Research Notes

Birth record for one child says John was b. PEI, the other says both parents were born in New Brunswick. Unable to find a John/Jean who fits in the PEI Baptismal Index.

Brother James, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSV7-DWY : 22 February 2021), James Asnault, 28 Aug 1926; citing Lancaster, Coos, New Hampshire, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 2,070,823. Census records for James say b. PEI, his find-a grave entry says James was the son of Dan Asnault and Mary J. McNaught. - PEI Baptismal Index says father was Damien Arsenault.

Sister Mary Jane Arsenault, born PEI 1875, married Isaac Newman Libby in Maine.