St Peter's Church of Tracadie

Commemorative monument beside the church: Within these grounds lie the mortal remains of Rev Vincent DePaul Merle, O.C.R. born Chalamont, France October 29, 1768, Ordained April 7, 1798, Died Tracadie — January 1, 1853. France gave me birth, when wafted o'er I sought the sacred solymean shore. To thee Tracadie holy rites I gave, precepts devine and thou to me a grave. 38 priests and brothers of the Trappist Order who served at Petit Clairvaux, Tracadie. 1825-1908 [ his remains were transferred to the convent cemetery to the monastery cemetery in 1903 and finally to the cemetery in Tracadie in 1926. See: JJJ p368-9 ]

Large granite column with sculpture of St Peter in front of churchErected to perpetuate the memory of our pioneer parishioners as a monument to their work, for the faith in their homes, in the parish, in the church at large. St.Peter's Parish, Tracadie, NS

Large granite monument with a statue of the Virgin Mary, dedicated to the memory of various members of the Deslauriers family. Alphonse J. son 1885-1969, sons Hubert J 1868-1944, William H 1861-1955, Joseph N 1836-1913. wife 1839-1923, daughter 1881-1906, daughter 1870-1954 [5 Deslauriers brothers arrived in the 1790s, each of them had 5 sons]

View of the gravestones that were moved to behind the church (Lloyd Boucher: "Not a single person is buried there" )

View of the gravestones behind the church

Sandstone monument in French with a cross carved in the sandstone — Ici repose le corps de Victoire Girroir épouse de Michel Petitpas décédée le 16 octobre dans l'année 1832 âgée de 66 ans. Requiescant in pace. [the oldest gravestone]

Sandstone monument in French with a cross carved in the sandstone — Ici repose le corps de Victoire Girroir épouse de Michel Petitpas décédée le 16 octobre dans l'année 1832 âgée de 66 ans. Requiescant in pace. [the oldest gravestone]

Sandstone monument in French with a cross and a small double curve — Ici repose le corps de Auguste Pascal décédé le 23 décembre dans l'année 1854 (?) âgé de 46 ans Requiescant in pace

Sandstone monument in French with a cross and a small double curve — Ici repose le corps de Auguste Pascal décédé le 23 décembre dans l'année 1854 (?) âgé de 46 ans Requiescant in pace

Decorative details carved in a sandstone monument — Christ on the cross, angels — Olivet, wife of Michael Potty — no date visible [a superb monument with the instruments of the crucifixion (Passion) in Merland was done by the same carver, see 37 #24, 38 #2, #3)]

Detail #5

Detail #5

Detail #5

Very simple sandstone monument with cross — in French, Martin Delorie mort ??? âgé 18 ans