Florina GERVAIS (1888-1979), MNDA

Are you interested in the GERVAIS lineage? I've recently discovered that the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Angels (Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame-des-Anges), was founded by Florina GERVAIS, the daughter of Pierre GERVAIS+Rosalie MARTEL. The community's Mother House is located in Lennoxville (Sherbrooke), QC.

You may read the life story of

Florina GERVAIS

by clicking on the title above.

C'est la vie radio program re: Franco-Americans & others

C'est la vie

by

Connie LEMONDE

Each week, Connie summarizes the biography of a local individual, whom she has interviewed &  who has accepter to share the story of a part of his or her life with the listeners. Oftentimes, these are persons of Franco-American descent since WOON 1240 is a Rhode Island station, a state to which many people from Québec immigrated to find work in the mills. The 5 minute biography is in English, of course, and, thus far, many listeners have found it interesting. You may even find a long-lost relative. A new program is available each week from Saturday to Saturday, 

CLICK on the title above

and then

CLICK on C'est la vie

and

Enjoy!

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

Jérôme LEMAY (1933-3-2011), Jacqueline LEMAY (1937- )

Guitarist, song writer, composer, singer, comedian,

Jérôme LEMAY

was born 1933-04-20

in Bearn, Témiscamingue County, QC

He died

2011-04-20

in Cité de la Santé Hospital, Laval, QC.

His sister

Jacqueline LEMAY

is also a

guitarist, song writer, composer and singer,

born 1937-05-23 

in Guérin, Témiscamingue County, QC.

For more information about these wellknown Québecers,

do a Google search.

LEMAY

(1)

François LEMAY

Marie GASCHET

Angers, Anjou, FRANCE

(2)

Michl LEMEY/LEMAY dit POUDRIER

Marie DUTAUT/DUTOS/DUTEAU

1659-06-15

Trois-Rivières, QC

(3)

Ignace LEMAY dit POUDRIER

Anne GIRDRD/GRARD

1687-11-24

Charlesbourg, suburb of Québec City, QC

(4)

Joseph LEMAY dit POUDRIER

Geneviève FRÉCHET

1728-11-15

Saint-Nicolas-de-Lévis, QC

(5)

Joseph LEMAY dit POUDRIER

Geneviève AUGER

1752-07-24

St-Louis parish, Lotbinière, Lotbinière County, QC

(6)

Joseph LEMAY dit POUDRIER

Madeleine LEVASSEUR

1791-03-07

Bécancour, Nicolet County, QC

(7)

Jean-Baptiste LEMAY

Marie-Claire LECLERC

1818-03-31

St-Louis parish, Lotbinière, Lotbinière County, QC

(8)

Léonard LEMAY

Philomène LEMAY

1855-07-10

St-Louis parish, Lotbinière, Lotbinière County, QC

(9)

Jean-Baptiste LEMAY

Aimée BEaUDET

1885-10-13

Les Becquets, Nicolet County, QC

(10)

Léonard LEMAY

Angéline PROVENCHER

1918-01-14

Gentilly (Bécancour), Nicolet County, QC

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!

Abbé Jean DUCHARME (1858-1922)

Born 1858-09-19 in Contrecoeur, Verchères County, QC
Ordained 1883-05-09 to the RC priesthood
Died 1922-10-31 in Contrecoeur, Verchères Coutny, QC
Buried in the crypt of the parish church in
Contrecoeur, QC
Son of
Joseph Ambroise CHARRON dit DUCHARME
+
Marie Élisabeth ROY
Vicaire à Longueuil (1883-1891)
Curé d'Hemmingford (1891-1897)
Curé de Rigaud (1897-1898)
Aumonier des Soeurs de la Miséricorde à Montréal (1898-1900)
Curé de Contrecoeur (1900-1920)
Retiré à Contrecoeur (1920-1922)

Dans sa lettre de démission, envoyée à Mgr Bruchesi, le 3 juin 1920,
Monsieur Ducharme disait "Jaimerais, Monseigneur, à mourir près de mon berceau, près de l'église ou j'ai reçu le saint Baptême, ou j'ai été curé plus de vingt ans.  Monseigneur, c'est une favour que je demande à Votre Grandeur comme récompense de mes travaux.  Un modeste logis abritera ma vieillesse, que je passerai dans la prière et la solitude pour préparer mes
années éternelles."
Dans sa réponse (8 juin), Mgr Bruchesi éprouvant un vif regret d'être dans la nécessité d'accepter sa démission à cause de ses infirmités:  "J'ai toujours eu en vous, lui disait-il, un de mes prêtres les plus zélés et les plus sincèrement dévoués.  Vous semblez avoir pris comme règle de conduite, dès le début de votre sacerdoce, le mot de S. Paul a Timothée:  LABORA SICUT BONUS MILES CHRISTI JESU, et il ne me coîte pas de vous rendre le temoignage que vous y avez été fidèle.  Vous avez eu cette joie rare d'être le pasteur de la paroisse qui vous a vu naître.  Je comprends le désir que vous m'exprimez de ne pas vous éloigner d'eux, mais de prendre parmi eux votre retraite et je m'y rends bien volontiers.  Ma bénédiction vous suivra partout; croyez à mon amitié sincère et à mon entier dévouement en Notre-Seigneur.

QC churches to be demolished

Parish administrators have recently voted for the demolition of 2 Trois-Rivières, QC Roman Catholic churches pending the approval of the local Archbishop.
St-Philippe parish was founded in 1909 & St-François-d'Assise parish  in 1927 since there is no longer sufficient attendance to warrant their upkeep. It is possible that the land on which they stand will be sold & the churches will be replaced by apartment buildings or condominiums.
If you have ancestors from these parishes & you want to visit them, you should plan the trip for no later than mid 2011... It's always nice to be able to sit in the church pews where your distant relatives sat, where part of your history was lived...

Pauline TURMEL (1920-2010)

Pauline TURMEL

b. 1920-03-30

d. 2010-05-13

To see pictures of the TURMEL ancestors,

click on the title above

and go to their photo album.

TURMEL

Jean Turmel

Louise Vincent

Pleurtruit, Basse Bretagne, Saint-Malo, FRANCE

(2)

Jean-François Turmel

Marie-Françoise Bisson

1762.05.10

  Sainte-Foy, QC

(3)

Louis Gaspard Turmel

Marie-Véronique Ferland

1790.07.20 

Sainte-Marie, Beauce County, QC

(4)

Ignace Turmel

Marie-Ursule Grégoire

1824.11.09 

Sainte-Marie, Beauce County, QC

(5)

Jean-Ignace Turmel

Césarie Lessard

1849.10.29

Saint-Elzéar, Beauce County, QC

(6)

Jean Turmel

Rébecca Thivierge

1880.06.30 

Saints-Anges, Beauce County, QC

(7)

Jean-Paul “Burt” TURMEL

Marie-Anna BOILY

1913-04-01 

Saints-Anges de Beauce, QC

 (8)

Pauline TURMEL

Rock MOISAN

1945.06.25 

Québec City, QC

DUCHARME+HICKS couple

Looking for parents of

Maxime DUCHARME+Ann HICKS

married 1845-12-07 

Anglican church, Clarendon, Portage-du-Fort, Pontiac Cty, QC, 

marriage  rehabilitated 1858-02-16

in RC church, Portage-du-Fort, Pontiac County, QC. 

Portage-du-Fort was locally known as Clarendon.

Help appreciated

DELADURANTAYE=LADURANTAYE=DURANT

Anyone researching the LADURANTAYE or DELADURANTAYE surname, please leave a message of comment. Am stuck at marriage of Joseph CAOUETTE DelADURANTAYE with Lucie BEAUGRAND-CHAMPAGNE in 1834 in Ste-Geneviève parish, Berthier, QC. In the marriage registry, the groom's parents are not listed; hence, can't go further back b......eyound him. Any help would be appreciated.

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. 

Founding Families of BEAUPORT, QC

Jacques TREMPE

of the

TREMBLAY

lineage

has uploaded photos of locations where the founding families of BEAUPORT, QC settled.

You may view them on Webshots

by cliding on the title above.
Jacques' genealogy HOMEPAGE
may be found at
http://www3.sympatico.ca/jacquest/index.htm

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

NELLY ARCAN (born: Isabelle FORTIER)

According to news reports, NELLY ARCAN's body was found by her live-in boyfriend in her home on St. Dominick St., in Montréal, QC Friday, September 24, 2009. The first police report that I heard over the radio noted that she was 37 years old & that she had committed suicide. Subsequent newspaper articles have given her age as 35 & her funeral home obituary notes that she was 36 years old but her birth year was not indicated. One article lists her DOB as 1973-03-05 but I have no proof of this.

Nelly's birth name was Isabelle FORTIER, the daughter of Germain FORTIER & Jacinthe MERCIER, who were married in Notre-Dame-de-Fatima parish, in Lac-Mégantic, Frontenac County, QC. Her obituary notes that  they had 2 children: Isabelle & her brother, Érik.

Apparently, Isabelle left her hometown of Lac-Mégantic in her early twenties to settle in Montréal, where she became a Call Girl. The people, who knew her, claim that she was mentally unstable & suicidal, having attempted to kill herself on several occasions. As a result of these attempts, she was hospitalized now & then.

Isabelle wrote her first book, PUTAIN, under the pen name of NELLY ARCAN. Although a novel, PUTAIN (published 2002) was based upon her experience as a prostitute. It immediately became a bestseller and Nelly's name made the headlines. She was interviewed on radio & television, which brought her more popularity. Some say that the topic of SEX appealed to her readers. Successive novels by Nelly ARCAN were published: Folie (2004), L'enfant dans le miroir (2007), À ciel ouvert (2007) & her most recent novel, Paradis, clés en main (which was scheduled to be published in November 2009). The publisher intends to bring out the book at that date despite Nelly's suicide.

At the time of her death, Nelly was a chronicler on a Montréal television variety show, ICI, on channel VOX. Her co-workers were dismayed by the news of her death, but some commented not being surprised. Youth and good looks were important to Nelly and she was pushing 40 years of age, which seemed to be a problem for her. She had always been a beautiful blond woman and still was, and her physical beauty preoccupied her.

All of NELLY ARCAN's novels seem to be based upon her life experiences, both physical & emotional. I have not yet read any of her books, but I will do so shortly.

FORTIER

(1)

Noël FORTIER

Marthe GOLLE

1638-05-26

St-Rémi, Dieppe (Seine-Maritime), FRANCE

 (2)

Antoine FORTIER

Marie-Madeleine CADIEU/CADIEUX

1677-11-21

Beauport, suburb of Québec City, QC

 (3)

Jean-Baptiste FORTIER

Marie-Madeleine RUEL

1708-10-15

St-Laurent parish, Île-d'Orléans, Montmorency County, QC

 (4)

Basile FORTIER

Madeleine DELAGE

1751-10-11

St-Jean parish, Île-d'Orléans, Montmorency County, QC

(5)

Joseph FORTIER

Marie-Pélagie CLOUTIER

1785-02-07

Saint-Henri, Lévis County, QC

 (6)

Michel FORTIER

Cécile ROI/ROY

1820-07-25

Saint-Henri, Lévis County, QC

 (7)

Thomas FORTIER

Philomène BERNIER

1861-02-04

St-Vital parish, Lambton, Frontenac County, QC

 (8)

Arthur FORTIER

Albertine BERNIER

1901-07-22

St-Vital parish, Lambton, Frontenac County, QC

 (9)

Élie FORTIER

Amanda GRENIER

1938-09-22

St-Zénon parish, Piopolis, Frontenac County, QC

BÉDARD half-brothers: Rolland & Paul

Rolland & Paul BÉDARD,

well-known QC actors,

shared the same father,

Alonzo "Bozo" BÉDARD

who married Adèle "Addie" BOURQUE (Alexis+Olivine FUGÈRE) in  1912 in Montréal, QC. Addie gave birth to her only child, Rolland, in November 1913. In January 1915, she died of Meningitis.

Three years after the death of Addie, Alonzo married Marguerite AUDET (Alexis+Virginie BOUTHILLIER) in February 1918, who bore 7 children: Jean-Jacques, Marielle, Joseph-Charles, miscarriage, Paul, Marie-Anne, Joseph-Robert-Lucien. Alonzo died in 1945; therefore, Marguerite remarried & died in 1973.

Although born of the same father, Rolland & Paul were not close, nor did the former have much contact with his father's second family. Rolland felt that he was put aside by his step-mother, Marguerite, who, according to Rolland, treated him like a "slave" in that, being the eldest, he had to tend to most of the family chores. Rolland seems to have resented his step-mother to whom he did not speak for several years. He moved out of the family home at a young age & set out on his own.

Rolland's first job was as a tailor's assistant thinking he would eventually learn the trade & open his own shop. He was soon discouraged & went to work for Lasnier's Candle Shop where he made candles by hand-dipping them. This job lasted 4 years. He survived the Depression by doing odd jobs (painting, hanging wallpaper, moving helper, truck driver). From age 17, though, he also had small acting parts in radio plays and continued his career part-time by singing, acting & being a comedian till it became a fulltime job.

Paul, known in the family as "Ti-Paulo," was born in 1924 in Longueuil, QC. He had an easier life than his half-brother, Rolland, whom he admired because of his acting career, which he hoped to emulate. But, already having a BÉDARD actor in the family, Paul was advised to take on a stage name so as not to be confused or compared with Rolland. Paul decided to take the stage name of PAUL BERVAL, the name by which he became known for the rest of his life.

I have recently read the biography of each of the half-brothers and found it fascinating to discover that each, having lived in the same household, had experienced vastly different emotions despite similar surroundings.

1) ROLLAND BÉDARD, COMÉDIEN by André BOULANGER, published in 1984, gives us an intimate look into the psychological effects that living with a step-mother had on Rolland. This aspect of family life was not discussed in his brother's biography.

2) VIVRE POUR LE RIRE, biographie de PAUL BERVAL  by Pierre DAY, published in 2004, relates the daily life of a typical blue-collar Québec family living on the south shore of Montréal, QC.

BÉDARD

(1)

 Isaac BÉDARD

Marie GIRARD

1644-03-10

Calvinist Temple, LaRochelle, Aunis, FRANCE

 (2)

Jacques BÉDARD

Élisabeth DOUCINET

1666-10-04

Québec City, QC

 (3)

Jacques BÉDARD

Jeanne Élisabeth RENAULT/RENAUD

1702-11-27

Charlesbourg, QC

 (4)

Joseph BÉDARD

Marguerite LABERGE

1760-02-18

Charlesbourg, QC

 (5)

Jacques BÉDARD

Marie-Angélique DUMAIS/DEMERS

1788-11-17

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

 (6)

Alexis BÉDARD

Catherine SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE

1815-01-10

 Marieville, Rouville County, QC

 (7)

Zéphirin BÉDARD

Edwidge LASNIER dite BELLEHUMEUR

1844-10-29

Marieville, Rouville County, QC

 (8)

Amédée BÉDARD

Philomène GARCEAU

1887-07-25

St-Pierre-de-Sorel, Richelieu County, QC 

 (9)

Alonzo BÉDARD

Adèle BOURQUE

1912-09-30

Immaculée-Conception parish, Montréal, QC

 Marguerite AUDET

1918-02-09

St-Antoine-de-Pade, Longueuil, Chambly Coutny, QC

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.

Anne-Marie DUCHARME (1902-1985)

A Québec actress, Anne-Marie DUCHARME was born 1902-07-01 in St-Félix-de-Valois, Joliette County, QC, the daughter of Henri & Anna “Anny” ASSELIN. She began her career by acting in plays that were put on in various parish halls throughout Québec. Later, she went into movies and tv series. Among her better known appearances were:

* 1972: Les allées de la terre

*1973: Il était une fois dans l'Est

* 1973 : Kamouraska

* 1975 : La Tête de Normande St-Onge

* 1976 : Parlez-nous d'amour

* 1976 : L'Eau chaude, l'eau frette

* 1977 : Ti-mine, Bernie pis la gang

* 1977 : Le Soleil se lève en retard

* 1978 : Le Clan Beaulieu (TV series)

* 1979 : La Belle apparence

*1980 : Ça peut pas être l'hiver, on n'a même pas eu d'été

*1980 : Frédéric (TV series)

Anne-Marie died 1985-02-15 in Montréal, QC. According to my research, she never married.

CHARRON dit DUCHARME

(1)

Pierre CHARRON

Judith MARTIN

Circa 1632

Champagne, (Seine et Marne), FRANCE

(2)

Pierre “Le jeune” Nicolas CHARRON dit DUCHARME

Catherine PILET/PILAT/PILARD

1665-10-19

Notre-Dame parish, Montréal, QC

(3)

François CHARRIN dit DUCHARME

Marguerite PIET/PIETTE dite TREMPE

1701-01-30

Saint-Pierre-de-Sorel, Richelieu County, QC

(4)

Jean-Baptiste CHARRON dit DUCHARME

Marguerite MARET/MARETTE dite LÉPINE

1732-02-11

Ste-Geneviève parish, Berthier, Berthier County, QC

(5)

Jean-Baptiste CHARRON dit DUCHARME

Geneviève JOLY

1762-11-11

Lanoraie, Berthier County, QC

(6)

Jean-Baptiste CHARRON dit DUCHARME

Marie-Louise LESIÈGE

1795.06.08

Ste-Geneviève parish, Berthier, Berthier County, QC

(7)

Basile CHARRON dit DUCHARME

Rose ÉNEAU/ÉNOS/HÉNAULT dite CANADA

1827.06.25

Sainte-Élisabeth, Joliette County, QC

(8)

Alexis CHARRON dit DUCHARME

Josèphte GÉLINAS dite LACOURSE

1849-01-23

Sainte-Élisabeth, Joliette County, QC

(9)

Henri DUCHARME

Anna “Anny” ASSELIN

1901-07-08

Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Joliette County, QC

The DIONNE Quintuplets (1934)

The DIONNE Quints were born in Corbeil, ON in 1934-05-28. The first-known quintuplets to have lived beyond childhood, the DIONNE girls did not have a normal life in that they were exposed to the public during their childhood on a daily basis. Living in a private hospital built for them, they were not allowed much contact with their parents; hence, familial bonds were never experienced and each had emotional and financial difficulties throughout their life. In November 2007, two of the quints, Annette and Cécile, were still living together in Mont-St-Bruno, QC.
Oliva DIONNE & his wife,.Elzire LEGROS, had 6 children before the birth of the Quints: Ernest, Marie-Rose, Thérèse, Daniel, Léo & Pauline, who was born in 1933. After the birth of the Quint, the couple had 3 sons: Oliva, Victor & Claude.
Several books were written about the Quints, including an autobiography at the hands of ANNETTE & CÉCILE. These may easily be found in the Internet.
ANNETTE married Germain ALLARD but they eventually divorced.
CÉCILE married Philippe LANGLOIS and the couple also divorced.
ÉMÉLIE entered a convent where she had a series of seizures. One day, alone in the Infirmary in St-Agathe-des-Mnts, QC, she had a seizure, which caused her to turn over in her bed, face down on the pillow. She thus died from suffocation on 1954-08-06.
MARIE married Florian HOULE (Herman+Rose Alba ROCH) in Montréal, QC on 1958-08-11. The couple divorced. MARIE died in Montréal, QC on 1970-02-24.
YVONNE was a librarian. She died in Longueuil, QC on 2001-06-23.

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DIONNE

(1)

Antoine DIONNE

Catherine YVORY

Circa 1660

FRANCE

(2)

Jean DIONNE

MARIE Charlotte MIGNAULT

Marriage contract

1694-08-01

Notary E. JACOB, Montmorency County, QC

(3)

Antoine DIONNE

Marie-Anne LIZOTTE

Marriage contract

1734-06-20

Notary E. JANNEAU, Kamouraska County, QC

(4)

Antoine DIONNE

Marie-Louise CARON

1763-02-07

Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, L'Islet County, QC

(5)

Antoine DIONNE

Marie-Marthe MORNEAU

1784-11-15

Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, L'Islet County, QC

(6)

Antoine Lucien DIONNE

Élisabeth CHARPENTIER

1812-09-21

Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska County, QC

(7)

Joseph DIONNE

Marguerite COURCHESNE

1834.02.10

Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska County, QC

(8)

Joseph DIONNE

Henriette BOISVERT

1863.11.24

L’Avenir, Drummond County, QC

(9)

OLIVIER Charles DIONNE

Rosalie COUTURE

1893.04.03

Biddeford, York County, ME, USA

(10)

OLIVA Édouard DIONNE

Elzire LEGROS

1925.09.15

Corbeil, ON

Alodie "Élodie" PARADIS (1840-1912)

Alodie Virginie PARADIS

was born 1840-05-12 in L’Acadie, which was then part of the Montréal diocese. It later became part of Saint-Jean County, QC. The 3^rd child of 6 of Joseph PARADIS & Émilie GRÉGOIRE, in the family she was called Élodie.
In 1846, she was sent to the Boarding School of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre-Dame in LaPrairie, Qc.
In February 1854, she became a postulant in the convent of the Marianite Sisters in Saint-Laurent, a suburb of the city of Montréal, on the island of Montréal, QC. In 1857-08-22, she pronounced her first vows and took the name of Sister Léonie.
Up till 1862, she taught in the Montréal area. She was then sent to St-Vincent-de-Paul Orphanage in New York. In 1870, She transferred to the American branch of the community of the Sisters of Holy Cross in INDIANA where she taught French & embroidery to the students of St. Marie Academy. Twelve years in the U.S. permitted her to learn the English language. In 1874, she was sent to Memramcook, NB as directrice of a group of young female domestics working at St. Joseph College. At this point, many young girls joined Sr. Léonie in her work; therefore, in 1880, during the General Chapter of the Father of the Holy Cross, who were in charge of the College, dubbed the group of young women domestics as the "Petites Soeurs de la Sainte-Famille." These women took private vows & performed domestic duties in the Colleges run by the Fathers of the Holy Cross. The small community did not have Canonical approval at that time. Then, Msgr. Paul LAROCQUE, bishop of Sherbrooke, QC, asked Sr. Léonie & the “Little Sisters” to staff the seminary and the bishop's house. It was at this point that Sr. Léonie transferred the Mother House and Novitiate from New Brunswick to Sherbrooke. In 1896, the Petites Soeurs de la Sainte-Famille received diocesan approval. Sr. Léonie was still a member of the community of the Sisters of the Holy Cross; but, in 1905, Pope Pius X relieved her of her obligations to that community and allowed her to wear the habit of the community which she had founded in NB, the Petites Soeurs de la Sainte-Famille. At the time of Mother Léonie's death (1912-05-03) in Sherbrooke, QC, there were 600 sisters, who worked in 38 houses.

PARADIS
(1)
Jacques PARADIS
Marguerite PESLÉ/PELLÉ
Chartres, Perche (Orne), FRANCE
(2)
Pierre PARADIS
Barbe GUYON
Marriage contract
1632-02-11
before Notary Mathurin ROUSSEL
Chartres, Perche (Orne), FRANCE
(3)
Pierre PARADIS
Jeanne MILLOIR
Marriage contract
1674-08-23
before Notary VaCHON
Beauport, QC
(4)
Joseph PARADIS
Geneviève CAUCHON
1712-04-05
Château-Richer, Montmorency County, QC
(5)
Pierre PARADIS
Ursule CANTIN
1744-09-28
St-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Montmorency County, QC
(6)
Jean-Baptiste PARADIS
Marueguerite GUÉRIN
1781-08-20
LaPrairie, Laprairie County, QC
(7)
Jean-Baptiste PARADIS
Isabelle ROY
1804-11-26
L'Acadie, St-Jean County, QC
(8)
Joseph PARADIS
Émilie GRÉGOIRE
1837-10-03
L'Acadie, St-Jean County, QC

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