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

C'est la vie" on WOON 1240

"C'est la vie"

hosted by

CONNIE LEMONDE

on Woonsocket, RI radio starion WOON 1240

"C'est la vie" is a 5 minute ENGLISH radio program during which Connie LEMONDE reads the biography of a local resident of Rhode Island. She interviews the person and then writes-up the bio for radio transmission. The French title of the program is due to the fact that many interviewees are of French-Canadian descent, as is Connie. Some of the subjects are identified at the end of the program while others have asked to remain anonymous since all are living in the area and their stories are quite personal.

By sharing these biographies, Connie wishes to show that adversities as well as good times are part of everyone's life, and that we can benefit from them eventually, at least with hind-sight.

"C'est la vie" may be heard twice a week, every week:

Friday at 9:05 a.m. (09h05)

Saturday at 8:00 a.m. (08h00)

To be brought to the radio station

via the Internet,

just CLICK on the title above.

The programs are archived; therefore, you may listen to them at your convenience. This is a great opportunity to get to know New Englanders who have lived through life-changing experiences, and who are willing to share them.

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.

LECLAIR surname & variations in RHODE ISLAND

Looking for info re: 

LECLAIR - LECLAIRE - LECLERC families, 

who lived in Woonsocket, RI 

in the 1940's. 

One couple may have lived on Front St or in that area. Anyone willing to share family genealogy re: these surnames would be welcome. Thanks!

Connie LEMONDE's book for meditation

I'm amazed at all the work Connie is getting done in such a short period of time. Here's her first coffee-table book consisting of her paintings of the Virgin, which are complemented by her poetry. A must for anyone interested in subjects for meditation.

Click onthe title above

for more information about

"When the Angel Came

she was just a teenage girl."

Connie LEMONDE from Rhode Island

I have just received a message from CONNIE telling me about her recent activities. I thought you'd be interested in knowing that she is still being creative by writing, publishing & painting. Read about them in her own words:

I just finished a new minibook (5" x 3.5"). I updated and changed the info in the little one that I made all my myself years ago (called Adapting to Living Alone), whi...ch was directed mostly to women. The new one, for both women and men, is called Surviving Living Alone and it is published by Viovio, a photo-book publisher.I never expected to be able to do this because POD publishers don't do color--and I never found one that made the mini size that I wanted. I have no idea what it will look like, but it's being printed this week.

Now I'm working on a painting called From heaven to earth, through FAMILY. This is my third attempt! Hope to get it done before September and bring it to the art exhibit in Bellingham, Mass.

Alice MAUVIEL-PILOTTE (1919-2004)

The daughter of Henri MAUVIEL & Carmella HALDE, Alice was born 1927-09-22 in Manchester, Hillsborough County, NH. She died 2010-01-30 in Farmington. In 1949-12-31, she married Henry PILOTTE in St. Augustin church, Manchester, NH. Henry was the son of Oscar PILOTTE & Claudia VAILLANCOURT, who had 12 children.

PILOTE/PILOTTE

 (1)

Léonard PILOTE

Denise GAUTHIER

1644-05-26

Ste-Marguerite, LaRochelle, Aunis, FRANCE

 (2)

Jean PILOTE

Françoise GAUDRY de la BOURBONNIÈRE

1678-06-27

Québec City, QC

 (3)

Charles PILOTE

Ursule TREMBLAY

1730-10-22

Québec City, QC

 (4)

Félix Philémon PILOTE

Marie-Louise MARIER

1772-06-01

Île-aux-Coudres, Charlevoix County, QC

Marie-Luce SIMARD

1787-05-01

Baie-Saint-Paul, Charlevoix County, QC

(5)

 Félix PILOTE

Antoinette ALLARD

1827-11-27

Baie-Saint-Paul, Charlevoix County, QC

(6)

Théophile PILOTE

Marie TREMBLAY

1867-02-26

Baie-Saint-Paul, Charlevoix County, QC

 (7)

 Napoléon PI'LOTTE

Emma MORIN

1898-06-20

Manchester, Hillsborough County, NH

 (8)

Oscar PILOTTE

Claudia VAILLANCOURT

1918-04-30

Manchester, Hillsborough County, NH
Click on title above
to see pictures of  
members of the PILOTTE lineage. 

Franco-American Population in New England

Maps of New England cities

showing the 1900 population of Franco-American residents

are available

by clicking on the title above.

The ST-GELAIS Families of North America

Those of you, who are really into French-Canadian & Franco-American genealogy, would profit from checking out Bob ST-GELAIS site. As of today, he has 262,239 individuals in his files & he's always available to help out.

CLICK on the title above
to be brought to the
ST-GELAIS site

Monthly Genealogy Article

The Revue Sainte-Anne
publishes a monthly article
about a Québec ancestor

Vol. 137, No. 7 (July & August 2009) covers the ancestry of Pierre LAPORTE, a Québec Minister, who was killed by his kidnappers in 1970. In this article we learn more about Jacques de LAPORTE dit SAINT-GEORGES (Jacques+Marie HAMELIN), who was born in Norcé, a small village in Perche near Bellême and Montargne in l'Orne, west of Paris, FRANCE. He arrived in Canada about 1650 and settled in Montréal, QC. In 1657-09-03, he married Marie DUCHESNE (François+Marie ROLET). Nicole was from Larochelle, FRANCE. Between 1659 and 1682, the couple had 11 children.

Vol. 137, No. 8 (September 2009) gives us a look at François GUIRE, who was born in Thiviers, Périgord, FRANCE in 1611 & who died 1699-09-12 in Québec. A weaver by profession, a farmer and soldier in the Carignan Company, he married a "Daughter of the King" (Fille du Roi), Marie-Michelle DENEAU (Pierre+Jeanne DUPOTEAU) in 1670 in Saint-Ours, Richelieu County, QC. She was from the village of L'Épine in Marne, about 150km east of Paris, FRANCE. François is the ancestor of the GUIRE, DEGUIRE, LAROSE & DESROSIERS.

For more information about
the Revue Sainte-Anne,
click on the title above.

CATUDAL dit SAINT-JEAN

Judy SCHNEIDER, who is living in Germany, has devoted much time to the research of her maternal CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN ancestry. As a result of this work, she has published 2 voluntes entitled: The Extended Catudal Family History; An In-depth Study of 8 Family Lineages including the Families: Boisse, Catudal, Chabot, Couture, Daragon dit Lafrance, Godard dit Lapointe, Fabre dit Larosée and Tremblay.

Judy's CATUDAL lineage is as follows:

CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN

Unknown ancestors

(1)

Jean-Baptiste CATUDAL

Angélique SABOURIN

1728-07-18

Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly, Chambly County, QC

(2)

Joseph CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN

Charlotte ROCQUE

1756-05-03

St-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Hyacinthe County, QC

(3)

Michel CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN

Élisabeth/Isabelle VIDAL

1794-09-22

Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Rouville County, QC

(4)

Jean-Baptiste CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN

Sophie PAQUET

1821-06-25

Marieville, Rouville County, QC

(5)

Magloire CATUDAL

Philomène CHABOT

1856-04-22

Saint-Césaire, Rouville County, QC

(6)

Barthélémy CATUDAL

Joséphine BOISSÉ

1896-02-17

Valcourt, Shefford County, QC

(7)

Adélard CATUDAL

Yvonne TREMBLAY

1929-04-01

Haileybury, ON

Having unearthed many CATUDAL pictures through the years, Judy has decided to share some of them on her Webshots site.

For those of you, who are interested in viewing them,

simply CLICK on the title above to be brought to her site.

Enjoy!

Connie LEMONDE's latest book

Our favorite Franco-American author published "Changing Winds and Seasons" in April 2009. As usual, Connie bases her novels upon real-life experiences of which she is aware, not only in her personal life, but in that of people around her. This time, ALZHEIMER is the topic of Connie's novel. Anyone having been in touch with this disease will appreciate Connie's view of how a patient with Alzheimer, relatives and friends may all be affected by the condition.

To take a peek inside
"Changing Winds and Seasons,"
click on the title above,
which will bring you to
Connie's HIDEAWAY.

Eugène RICHER dit LAFLÈCHE (1871-1925)

Born April 17, 1871 in Saint-Georges-de-Windsor, Richmond County, QC, Eugène RICHER dit LAFLÈCHE was the son of Jean-Baptiste & Julie GUIMONT/GUIMOND. In 1913, he founded the "Mission de l'Esprit-Saint" (Mission of the Holy Spirit). The word MISSION meaning MESSAGE since it was Eugène's self-proclaimed work to spread the messages of the Holy-Spirit, which, to him, included the teachings of EUGENICS, that became popular in Nazi Germany.
The group took hold in the province of Québec and soon spread to francophone areas in Canada and the U.S. A house in Westport, MA was purchased and members settled in the area during the mid-1920's; but, they have since dispersed.
At the beginning of March 2009, a former member of the mission came forth and divulged her experience of 30 or so years as a member of the MISSION, which is now considered a sect and which is still flourishing in Québec. The Québec government has been "watching" the MIssion for several years because of their unauthorized schooling of members' children, but nothing seems to have been done thus far to shut down these schools.

(1)
Jean RICHER
Marie GALARDE
Anjou (maine et Loire) FRANCE
(2)
Pierre RICHER dit LAFLÈCHE
Dorothée BRASSARD
1671-10-05
Québec City, QC
(3)
Pierre RICHER dit LAFLÈCHE
Marguerite HUBERT
1716-10-12
Québec City, QC
(4)
Pierre RICHER dit LAFLÈCHE
Charlotte NORMANDEAU
1749-10-27
Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Richelieu County, QC
(5)
Athanase RICHER dit LAFLÈCHE
Marie BONIN
1785-08-04
Saint-Ours, Richelieu County, QC
(6)
Augustin RICHER dit LAFLÈCHE
Céleste LAGRAVE
1824-11-16
Saint-Pierre-de-Sorel, Richelieu County, QC
(7)
Jean-Baptiste RICHER dit LAFLÈCHE
Julie GUMOND
1854-10-05
Wotton, Wolfe County, QC
(8)
Eugène RICHER dit LAFLÈCHE
Marie-Louise Adéla DAVID
1895-02-25
Montréal, QC
For more information about the
Mission de l'Esprit-Saint
click on the title above
to be brought to their homepage.
A search on Google for
the Mission of the Holy Spirit
in Westport, MA
will bring you to the website of the
Westport, MA Historical Society
where you'll find an interesting story about the Mission.

CHARON/CHARRON dit DUCHARME dit DUSHARM

What a wonderful surprise to find relatives in NY state, persons whom I would never have found were it not for our photos of ancestors on Webshots, since there was a surname change from DUCHARME to DUSHARM. Below is their ancestral migration from QC to NY. Maybe you'll find some DUCHARME relatives among their descendants as I have.

(1)
Pierre CHARRON
Judith MARTIN
Champagne, FRANCE
(2)
PIERRE "Le Jeune" Nicolas CHARRON dit DUCHARME
b. 1635.10.21 in Saint-Martin-de-Meaux (Seine-et-Marne), Champagne, FRANCE
m. 1665-10-19 om Mptre-Dame parish, Montréal, QC
CATHERINE Marie PILAT (PILARD)
(3)
François CHARRON dit DUCHARME
m. 1701-01-30 in Sorel, Richlieu County, QC
Marguerite TREMPE PIET (PIETTE)
(4)
FRANÇOIS Jean CHARRON dit DUCHARME
2nd m. 1747-08-06 in Contrecoeur, Verchères County, QC
FRANÇOISE Marie JARED POLOUFF
(5)
MARC Antoine CHARON dit DUCHARME
m. 1785-09-12 in Contrecoeur, Verchères County, QC
Marie-Angélique BERTHIAUME
(6)
FRANÇOIS Xavier CHARON dit DUCHARME
1st m. 1818-07-13 in Contrecoeur, Verchères County, QC
Marie RIEL (dite MAURICE, dite L'IRLANDE)
10 children were born in QC,
2 in NY state
(as far as I know)
(7)
John DUSHARM
b. 1834-06-15 in Plattsburg, NY
m. 1857-10-04 in the Methodist church, Gouverneur, NY
Catherine COMMAND
(8)
CHARLES Augustin DUSHARM
b. 1860.08.01 in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, NY
married
DELIA Rose ELLIOT

To see pictures of our DUCHARME ancestors,
click on the title above.

Connie LEMONDE, a favorite Franco-American

Connie LEMONDE
from
Woonsocket, RI

is a prolific Franco-American, who is at it again... An author, poet, playwright, song writer, composer, Connie now has a homepage.
Like many people in Rhode Island, Connie is of Québec ancestry and proud of it. Among her many activities, she continues to promote the French language via various Franco-American organizations. The French caption on Québec license plates, "Je me souviens" is part of the core of her life.

Check out Connie's activities & interests
by clicking on the title above
and you'll be brought to her website.
Enjoy!

Richard SÉVIGNY

Thanks to Richard SÉVIGNY's son, John, I've d
iscovered the artwork of this talented and prolific Franco-American. Like many of our Québec ancestors, Richard inherited their artistic capabilities that bring us such pleasure when relatives accept to share them with us, as has done John.

Richard was born in 1947 in Hingham, MA, the son of Harold SÉVIGNY and Mary Ernestine STEVENS.

To view Richard's artwork,

CLICK on the title above.

This will lead you to John's BLOG

where you'll discover the state of mind

and environment that gave birth

to such creativity.

Enjoy!

LAMBERT Genealogy

Aubin LAMBERT

born 1632-06-30 in

Saint-Aubin village, Tourouvre, Perche, FRANCE.

son of

Odouard LAMBERT

and

Jacqueline FEILLARD

Aubin LAMBERT arrived in Nouvelle-France around 1660 with the Carignan-Salières Regiment that was under the command of Lieutenant General, Alexander de PROUVILLE.

As Sieur of Tracy, Aubin was listed as LAMBERT dit CHAMPAGNE. He married a "Daughter of the King" (Fille du Roi), Élisabeth AUBERT, the daughter of defunct Michel AUBERT and Jeanne AUBERT, in the parish of Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix, Québec City in 1670-12-29. Aubin was 38 years of age, his wife, Élisabeth, was 34. According to parish registries, the couple had 10 children:

Catherine (1671)

Françoise (1673)

Jean-Baptiste (1675)

François (1676)

Marie-Florence (1678)

Catherine-Élisabeth (1682)

Anne (1685)

Louise (1687)

Pierre-François (1689)

Michel (?)

More information about the LAMBERT lineage may be found in an elaborate article printed in the July/August 2008 issue, Vol. 136, No. 7, of LA REVUE SAINTE-ANNE. Three pictures are illustrated:

Omer LAMBERT and his wife, Anne ROY,

Ludger/Léger LAMBERT and his wife, Célina BERGERON,

Hector LAMBERT and his wife, Georgette RITCHOT

Click on the ORANGE TITLE above to be brought to the official site of the Shrine in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, QC to inquire about the article.

Another book by Connie LEMONDE

Our favorite Franco-American author has published another pocket book for men and women, who find solitude a bore, a challenge or just plain hard to handle.
Connie was born in Woonsocket, RI, the child of parents, who were lured to New England to work, as were countless French-Canadians of their day. She is one of many descendants of "Quebecers," who enjoy sharing their heritage through their artistic and literary endeavors.

For more information about and pictures of

Connie LEMONDE and her ancestors

click on the ORANGE title above

and go to the album entitled

LEMONDE+BADEAU

The Search for Cousin PIERRE CHOLET

I have just found an article on the Internet, published by Gregory Gerard SHOLETTE , 1998/2002, in which he describes his trip in search of whether the family lore about PIERRE CHOLET was true or imaginary.

Click on the title above

to read about Gregory SHOLETTE's discoveries

and relive the adventures of his cousin, Pierre CHOLET.