LEMIRE/LEMYRE/LAMÈRE descendants

I am also researching the descendants of Mathurin LEMIRE+Jeanne VANNIER, whose son, Jean LEMIRE married Louise MARSOLET (Nicolas+Marie BARBIER) 1653-10-20 in Notre-Dame church, Québec City, QC. I would appreciate hearing from modern-day descendants of the LEMIRE lineage. Of course, I'll share the results of my research with anyone, who shares his/her LEMIRE family history and links up with the information I already have in my genealogy files.

Florence DUCHARME (1898-1981)

Born in 1898 in Worcester, MA

Florence DUCHARME

was the 13th of 15 children

of

Napoléon DUCHARME

and

Amélie BEAUDOIN

In 1922, she entered the Roman Catholic religious community of the Congregation of the Sisters of St-Anne in Lachine, QC.

For photos of her family,

click on the title above

and go to the DUCHARME+ROY album.

DUCHARME

(1)

Pierre CHARRON

Judith MARTIN

1632

St-Martin-de-Meaux, Champagne, (Seine et Marne) FRANCE

(2)

PIERRE Nicolas CHARRON dit DUCHARME

Catherine PILAT

1665.10.19

Notre-Dame parish, Montréal, QC

(3)

François CHARRON dit DUCHARME

Marguerite TREMPE-PIETTE

1701.01.30

Sorel, Richelieu County, QC

(4)

Étienne CHARRON dit DUCHARME

Marie-Françoise LATOUR-BAYARD

1734.11.11

Berthier, QC

(5)

Étienne DUCHARME

Marie Anne AUBIN-LAMBERT

1762.01.11

Sorel, Richelieu County, QC

(6)

Ambroise CHARRON dit DUCHARME

Angélique BOTTINEAU

1818.11.23

Sainte-Élisabeth, Joliette County, QC

(7)

Joseph Ambroise DUCHARME

Marie-Élisabeth ROY

1843.01.17

Contrecoeur, Verchères County, QC

(8)

Napoléon DUCHARME

Amélie BEAUDOIN

1881-02-22

Putnam, CT

Rita Louise GUERTIN, RSM (1913-2011)

Rita Louise GUERTIN

(Sr. George, RSM)

daughter of

Jean-Baptiste GUERTIN

Angéline BOURQUE/BURKE

died Wedneday, December 7, 2011 at the age of 98 years.

The niece of George Albert GUERTIN, the 3rd Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester, NH, Rita had been a member of the Sisters of Mercy for 72 years. She was known in religion as Sr. George. A graduate of Mount St. Mary College in Hooksett, NH, she obtained an M.A. in French from Boston College & did further studies in French at the "Institut Catholique" in Paris, FRANCE.

Sr. George taught languages (principally French & Spanish) for 35 years at the high school and; college levels. She was a teacher at St. Joseph High School for Girls in Manchester, NH and at Mount Saint Mary Seminary in Nashua and Mount St. Mary College in Hooksett. From 1957 until 1978 she taught French, Spanish, and Latin, and was head of the department of modern languages at Mount Saint Mary College. After the school closed in 1978, Sr. George worked at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, NH where she was an assistant to the chaplain, making pastoral visits to patients. For 5 years she volunteered as a tutor at the Hillsborough House of Correction in Manchester, where she taught English to French- and Spanish-speaking men. She also tutored local students in French. In 1989, she moved to Warde Health Center in Windham, N.H. There she helped in the center’s gift shop, and visited and prayed with the residents.

Sr. George died 2011-12-07 at the Warde Health Center, 21 Searles Rd., Windham, NH. Burial was at St. Joseph Cemetery, Bedford, NH.

 Learn more about the

Sisters of Mercy

and the

Searles Castle,

where their novitiate was located,

by clicking on the title above.

Also, check out the link below to read an article about the "Going Away" party that was given for Rita Louise GUERTIN before she entered the convent of the Sisters of Mercy and became Sr. George. Very interesting considering that it was 72 years ago

.http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19390117&id=Dm5AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=paQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2379%2C5155340

Bishop George GUERTIN (1869-1931)

George GUERTIN

was born 

1869-02-17

in 

Nashua, NH, 

the son of 

Georges GUERTIN and Louise LEFEBVRE. 

He undertook his Classical Studies in Sherbrooke, QC and entered St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, MA. In 1892-12-17 he was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood. In 1907-03-19 he was appointed by Pope Pius X as the 3^rd Bishop of the diocese of Manchester, NH, thus becoming the first alumnus of St. John’s Seminary to be named a Bishop. He died 1931-08-06.

GUERTIN

(1)

Louis GUERTIN

Georgette OR Georgine LEDUC

Anjou (Maine-et-Loire), FRANCE

(2)

Louis GUERTIN

Élisabeth LECAMUS/CAMUS

1659-10-26

Montréal, QC

(3)

Louis GUERTIN

Marie-Magdeleine CHICOINE

1688-08-06

Montréal, QC

(4)

François-Xavier GUERTIN

Élisabeth OR Isabelle CHARON

1734-06-07

St-François-Xavier-de-Verchères, Verchères County, QC

(5)

Michel GUERTIN

Élisabeth OR Isabelle GOYET or  GOGUET

1769-11-06

St-Sulpice, l'Assomption County, QC

(6)

Louis GUERTIN

Catherine TRUDEAU

1797-07-31

St-Fran

(7)

Toussaint Augustin GUERTIN

Adélaïde DUPONT

1834-02-04

St-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Verchères County, QC

(8)

Georges GUERTIN

Louise LEFEBVRE

1866-10-08

St-Hugues, Bagot County, QC

Mgr. René AUDET (1920-20-11)

René AUDET

was born in Montréal, QC

January 18, 1920

the son of

Louis-Napoléon AUDET

Marie-Louise BLAIS

After having completed the required Classical and Theological studies in Montréal, he was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on May 30, 1948.

As his first assignment, René AUDET was named assistant pastor at St-Paul parish in Rouyn, QC from 1948 to 1951. Thereafter, he accepted several other activities and studies. He was eventually ordained Bishop on July 31, 1963. On February 22, 1968, he became the 4^th Bishop of  the diocese of Joliette, QC where he remained till retirement.

Msgr. AUDET died at the Ignace-Bourget Residence in Montréal, QC on  June 12, 2011 and will be buried in Joliette, QC.

René also has a brother, Maurice, who is a Roman Catholic priest in Montréal, QC

AUDET

Innocent AUDET

Vincente REINE

Poitiers, Poitou (Vienne), FRANCE

(1)

Nicolas AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Madeleine DESPRÉS

1670-09-15

Ste-Famille, Île d’Orléans, Montmorency Cty, QC

(2)

François AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Marguerite BERNARD

1709-06-03

St-Laurent, Île d’Orléans, Montmorency Cty, QC

(3)

François AUDET

Madeleine BAILLARGEON

1736-11-19

St-Laurent, Île d’Orléans, Montmorency Cty, QC

(4)

Augustin AUDET

Marie NADEAU

1773-10-24

St-Charles, Bellechasse Cty, QC

(5)

Jean AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Louise DALLAIRE

1805-01-28

St-Gervais, Bellechasse Cty, QC

(6)

Ferdinand AUDET

Marie-Louise NADEAU

1841-05-11

St-Anselme, Dorchester Cty, QC

(7)

Ludger AUDET

Virginie BAILLARGEON

1876-09-19

St-Anselme, Dorchester Cty, QC

(8)

Louis-Napoléon AUDET

Marie-Louise BLAIS

1915-01-07

Immaculée-Conception church, Montréal, QC

MEMORIAL CARDS

In addition to the above Memorial Cards, I have the following:

ALBANI, James J., d. 1981-01-10 (Toomey-O'Brien Funeral Home;

AUBERTIN, Rev. Albert A., Ordained to Roman Catholic priesthood: 1922, Silver Jubilee: 1947-06-10, pastor of St. Joseph parish, Springfield, MA;

BENOIIT, Joseph Basile 1915-07-26-27, souvenir of his ordination & first mass;

BOUCHER, Norman G., b. 1929-05-13, d. 2006-01-21 (Rice Funeral Home, Worcester, MA);

DUCHARME, OMI, Édouard, b. 1897-05-04, d. 1989-05-17, ordained to the RC priesthood 1924-07-06;

GEMME, MSOLA, Sr. Marguerite, b. 1928-06-10, d. 2004,10-08, (Dillon Funeral Home inc. ((413) 532-0691);

HOURIHAN, Francis X., b. 1926-12-02, d. 2002-08-13 (St. Pierre-Phaneuf Funeral Homes);

MATHEWS, Anastasios M., b. 1925-12-23, d. 2003-08-10 (St. Pierre-Phaneuf Funeral Chapels);

RACICOT, Napoléon A., b. 1899-05-16 in Springfield, MA, d. 1980-06-15 in Mesa, AZ, Requiem Mass: 1980-06-18 at Queen of Peace Church,  Internment: Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, AZ;

ROSSINI, Raymond J., b. 1916-01-17, d. 2003-06-14 (St. Pierre-Phaneuf Funeral Chapels);<

SÉVIGNY, Marc W., d. 2002-07-14 (Simpsons Family Chapel);

STEINER, Mary C., b. 1921-01-06, d. 1983-12-01;

ST-PIERRE, Claire, d. 1984-02-18 (St. Pierre and Son Funral Home, Inc., Springfield, MA)

Anyone who would like a

scanned copy

of the above Memorial Cards,

just leave a COMMENT and EM address

so that I may send it to you.

Édouard (Edward) DUCHARME

Born 1897-05-04 in Worcester, MA

Ordained to the RC priesthood as a member of the

Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI)

1924-07-06

Died 1989-05-17 in Lowell, MA

Son of Napoléon DUCHARME+Amélie BEAUDOIN

Adélard DUCHARME

Born 1891-09-13 in Worcester, MA

Ordained to the RC priesthood in Montréal, QC 1917-12-11

Died 1925-12-13 in Worcester, MA

Son of Napoléon DUCHARME+Amélie BEAUDOIN