tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224551682024-02-08T01:10:06.835-05:00Call Me-shellThe Genealogy and Miscellaneous Ramblings of Michelle Robillard in Lowell, MaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger237125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455168.post-37001845921445159582013-11-08T06:20:00.001-05:002013-11-09T09:27:22.856-05:00Gerard Chandonnet - Ronnie's Grandfather<blockquote>
<i>Gerard Chandonnet<br />
Gerard Chandonnet, 62, husband of Mrs. Marie (Daigle) Chandonnet, a resident of Hartford Conn. for the past 25 years, died in that city Friday night. He was born in Lowell, a son of the late Henry and the late Maria (Descoteaux) Chandonnet.<br />
Surviving him besides his wife are a son, S-Sgt. Paul Chandonnet U.S.A.F. in Germany; two daughter, Mrs. Ernest (Therese) Boisvert and Mrs. Alfred (Germaine) Lanoue, both of Lowell; four sisters, Hermance and Blanche Chandonnet of North Chelmsford, Mrs. Claire Descoteaux of Lowell and Mrs. Beatrice Caisse of Noth Chelmsford; five brothers, Raymond Chandonnet of North Chelmsford, Rene Chandonnet of Lowell, Louis Chandonnet of Framingham, Fernand Chandonnet of Lowell and M-Sgt. Leonce Chandonnet of Columbus Ohio; also 18 grandchildren.<br />
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CHANDONNET -- Died in Hartford, Conn. Jan 12. Gerard Chandonnet age 62. Friends may call at the Leo J. Ouellette & Son Funeral Home from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. today. Funeral Monday morning with a funeral mass to be celebrated at 10 o'clock at St. Louis de France Church. Burial in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Funeral Directors Leo J. Ouellette & Son.</i></blockquote>
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Published: Lowell Sunday Sun, January 14, 1968, p.3.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455168.post-91254912536158017612013-11-08T06:07:00.000-05:002013-11-08T06:07:21.188-05:00Mrs. Chandonnet - Ronnie's Grandmother.<blockquote>
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LOWELL-- Mrs. Marie E. (Daigle) Chandonnet, 64, widow of Gerry L. Chandonnet, of 309 West 6th St., died yesterday at St. Joseph's Hospital. Born in Lowell, she was the daughter of the late Hormidas and the late Amanda (Beaulieu) Daigle and was a communicant of St. Louis de France Church and held membership of the Anne's sodality of that parish. Prior to her retirement she was employed as a burler at the Uxbridge Worcester Mills.<br />
Surviving her are one son, T-Sgt. Paul A. Chandonnet (Ret.) of Lowell; two daughters, Mrs. Ernest (Therese Boisvert of Lowell and Mrs. Alfred (Germaine) Lanoue of Lowell; one brther, Leo H. daigle of Los Angeles, Calif; also 18 grandchildren.<br />
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CHANDONNET -- Died June 9, Marie E. (Daigle) Chandonnet, aged 64, of 309 West Sixth St., Friends may call at the Leo J., Ouellette & Son Funeral Home, 327 Hildreth St., from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday evening and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 3 Monday. Funeral Tuesday morning with a funeral mass to be celebrated at 9 o'clock at St. Louis de France Church. Burial in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Funeral Directors Leo J. Ouellete & Son.</i></blockquote>
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Published: Lowell Sun, June 10, 1972, p.7.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455168.post-34051462032718914552013-02-19T10:32:00.000-05:002013-02-19T10:37:01.098-05:00Mrs Philomene Patenaude nee Leblanc<blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>MRS. PHILOMENE PATENAUDE<br />
Mrs. Philomene (Leblanc) Patenaude, widow of Elzear Patenaude, and old resident of this city, died early today at her home, 121 Lilley avenue, aged 81 years. She had been a resident of this city for the past 75 years. She leaves seven sons, Joseph, John, Francois, Omer, George, Louis and Henry Patenaude; three daughters, Mrs. Ernest Landry, Mrs. Alfred Plourde, and Mrs. Zepherin Riberdy, all of this city and a sister, Mrs. Dosithee Gendreau, also of Lowell. She was an attendant of St. Louis's parish and was a member of St. Anne's sodality and of the Way of the Cross society.</i></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>PATENAUDE -- Died in this city, Sept. 20, at 121 Lilley avenue, Mrs. Philomene (Leblanc) Patenaude, widow of Elzear Patenaude, aged 81 years. The funeral will take place Monday morning at 8 o'clock from her home, 121 Lilley avenue. Solemn high mass at 11 o'clock at St. Louis church. Friends invited. Burial in St. Joseph's cemetery. Funeral Directors Amedee Archambault & Sons in charge.</i></blockquote>Published in the Lowell Sun Friday, September 20, 1935, p.3<br />
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Originally posted for Tombstone Tuesday on May 25th, 2010, I thought it appropriate to re-post this blog for Veteran's Day this year. In doing so, I'd also like to take this time to thank all of the Veterans everywhere for serving our Great Nation. Thank-you.<br />
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<i>This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.-- Elmer Davis</i><br />
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The the Franco-American War Veterans' Memorial at St. Joseph's Cemetery in Chelmsford, Massachusetts was dedicated on Tuesday, May 30th, 1933 and sits at what was once the main entrance of the cemetery along Riverneck Road. It's made from the highest grade granite and is twenty-one and one-half feet long, five and one-half feet in height, by one and one-half feet wide, it is surmounted with 3 flag staffs.<br />
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On the left and right sides of the monument there are the following inscriptions; <i>A LA MEMOIRE DE CEUX QUI TOMBERENT, </i>and<i> EN L’HONNEUR DE CEUX QUI SERVIRENT </i>which translate to: <i>IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED, IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO SERVED. </i>In the center of the monument there is the inscriptions <i>GUERRE MONDIALE, 1917-1918</i> and <i>LES FRANCO-AMERICAINS RECONNAISSANTS</i>. which translate to: <i> WORLD WAR 1917 - 1918, GRATEFUL FRANCO-AMERICANS</i><br />
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According to <span style="font-size: small;">Albert V. Cote's website, <a href="http://ecommunity.uml.edu/francolowellma/Default.htm">The Franco-Americans in Lowell, Massachusetts</a>, the monument was </span>refurbished by the Franco-American War Veterans, Post No.4 of Lowell, MA, in the early 1990s. This refurbishment added two brass plates (I did not find) and the English translations of the left and right side inscriptions. Also added was the inscription, <i>FRANCO-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS POST NO. 4 1995</i>. And to the back of the monument, <i>Refurbish Committe May 27, 1995. Ronald Sevigny, Roland Provencher, Arthur Papillion, Ronald Guilmette, Leo Cloutier and Leo Martin</i>.<br />
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The first Veteran to be buried at the memorial was *Alfred Peter Barron, Seaman 2 Cl., USN. He died on 11 October, 1933 and was interred on 14 October. <br />
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<b><b>Ovila Briere</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Joseph Bedard</b></b></div>
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<b><b>*Louis Dube</b></b></div>
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<b><b>George A. Richard</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Louis Provencher</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Rocky Ambrosino</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Ovila Frenette</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Antonio Roussell</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Joseph R. Laferriere</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Victor Charette</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Rosario Martineau</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Raymond O. DeMange</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Raymond A. Ferris</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Roland Gagne</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Henry J.Couture</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Armand J. Carbonneau</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Leo S. Harnois</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Raymond P. Vincent</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Perley R. Munsell</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Omer Frechette</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Raymond. E. L'Heureux</b></b></div>
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<b><b>William B.Aresenault</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Arthur J. Proulx</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Gerard R. Gauthier</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Paul L. Greenwood Sr.</b></b></div>
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<b><b>John H. James Jr.</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Franklin D. Ambrosino</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Walter, J. Ciesla</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Raymond J. Landry</b></b></div>
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<b><b>George N. Gilbert</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Joseph R. Corcoran</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Joseph Leo Lacourse</b></b></div>
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<b><b>John J. Mele Jr.</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Eugene Sylvain</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Daniel Lavoie</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Calvin Simpkins</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Robert W. Finn</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Leo R. Plante Jr.</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Norman M. Ayotte</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Daniel A. Thompson</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Ralph N. Biron</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Richard J. Marshall</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Donald G. Foote</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Thomas Olivera</b></b></div>
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<b><b>Armand Bibault</b></b><br />
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<b> On May 31, 1933, there was an article that appeared in Lowell Sun describing the dedication ceremony of this memorial on pages 6 & 7. I have extracted some of that article below. </b><br />
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<b><i>Erected to honor the memory of Franco-American war heroes, this monument was dedicated on Tuesday, May 30, 1933 in an open air ceremony at St. Joseph's cemetery in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. The dedication was largely attended and a musical program was provided by an augmented choir under the direction of Telesphore Malo, director of the choir at St. Joseph's parish. </i></b></blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455168.post-44003180170934742142012-11-05T12:24:00.000-05:002012-11-13T08:09:10.973-05:00Dr. J. E. Robillard of Southbridge and LowellIn an attempt to connect another Robillard to my line, I began researching Dr. J..E. Robillard. I had run across his headstone a few years ago and decided it was finally time to figure who he was. Joseph Emile Robillard, D.D.S., had an office in downtown Lowell, Massachusetts for decades. However, before he opened his own practice in Lowell he was employed by the practice of Dr. T. J. King.<br />
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A son of Louis Emile and Eliza nee Pinsonneault, Joseph Emile Robillard was probably born on March 19, 1880 in Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.<br />
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Joseph went college in Montreal, as well as in Maryland.. He married Ida Tarte (Joseph, Elisabeth Courville) in 1906 at St. Joseph's church rectory and they had 5 known children. <br />
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The following excerpt describing their wedding ceremony was taken from "The Frater of Psi Omega" vol. v, no.1, pub. Nov. 1905. The Supreme Council, Tiffin, Ohio. If you click the image below it will take you to the publication, as it appears on Google Books.<br />
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8. Raphael4 Robillard (1615) married Marie Louise Vadnais (1616).</div>
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16. Michel5 Robillard (1613) married Marie Josephe Rondeau (1614).</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455168.post-74306207628668207862012-11-04T16:13:00.000-05:002012-11-04T16:13:49.717-05:00Greater Lowell Genealogy Club - November, 2012 MeetingYes, I'm still alive. Our next meeting is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/258539787601477/">Saturday, November 17, 2012 from 1:30pm until 4:30pm at the Pollard Memorial Library</a> in Lowell. We will begin to research some passports that were found in the attic at Lowell City Hall. Please bring your laptops and research skills. It is also to be noted that membership dues are going up in January. So if you haven't paid for 2013 yet I recommend that you do it now, before the increase. See ya!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455168.post-53605670769830278352012-02-12T17:41:00.000-05:002012-02-12T17:41:23.558-05:00On This Day - Happy Birthday, Uncle Frank<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455168.post-26493758672102868422012-01-23T06:09:00.000-05:002012-01-23T06:38:59.692-05:00In Search Of: The Burial of Joseph RobillardWho, according to the article below, drowned in the St-Lawrence River on 14 May, 1937.<br />
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HANGS ON TO CAPSIZED SKIFF SIX HOURS<br />
MONTREAL. MAY 14 (INS) -- Two members of the crew of the S.S. Maple Branch dived into the icy waters of the St. Lawrence river today to rescue Joseph Labrecque, clinging to an overturned skiff for six hours.<br />
With Eugene Tremblay and Joseph Robillard, Labrecque had left the home of a friend on the south shore to row back to Montreal. Their skiff was capsized in the heavy waters and Tremblay and Robillard perished.<br />
The water was so rough when the crew of the freighter perceived Labrecque's plight, a lifeboat could not be lowered and two of the crew went over the side to drag him to safety.</blockquote>
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Published in the Lowell Sun 14 May, 1937 p.1.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455168.post-29661780790281293312012-01-22T18:56:00.002-05:002012-01-22T19:25:36.759-05:00La Gazette de Joliette: Necrologie de Jerome Robillard - Publie 21 Novembre, 1884The obituary of my paternal 2nd great-grandfather, Jerome Robillard, as it appeared published in "La Gazette de Joliette", Joliette, Quebec, on 21 Nov., 1884. <br />
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NECROLOGIE.<br />
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À Lowell, Mass., le 16 du courant<br />
à l'âge de 59 ans, 3 mois et 27 jours,<br />
est décédé Jérôme Robillard Écuyer<br />
Ex-Agent Seigneurial des Seigneuries<br />
de D'Aillebout et Ramsay. Le<br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">défunt a passé sa vie dans l'enseignement<br />
de la jeunesse et apres 27<br />
années, de dévouement dans cette<br />
carrière il fut nommé Agent pour<br />
les Seigneuries de D'Aillebout et<br />
Ramsey.<br />
Atteint peu après d'une maladie<br />
qui l'obligea à donner sa démission<br />
l'automne dernier; animé du zèle<br />
de l'education de ses enfants, il partit<br />
pour Lowell avec sa famille, le 17<br />
janvier dernier, espérant revenir<br />
bientôt dans sa paroisse. "Le Seigneur<br />
en décide autrement," disait-il<br />
dans les dernier jours de sa vie.<br />
" Eh bien que sa sainte volonté soit<br />
faite." Il montra une résignation<br />
admirable en face de la mort,<br />
et il s'endormit paisiblement dans le Seigneur.<br />
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Il laisse pour déplorer sa perte une<br />
épouse cherie et inconsolable et 14 enfants dont 8 qui sont mariés et 6 en bas age.<br />
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R. I. P.<br />
--Communique<br />
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Thank you, Ruth! The above text was extracted and transcribed by Arielle Major over at <a href="http://lacompagniedesarbres.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">La compagnie des arbres</a>. I did attempt to extract and transcribe the text myself, as you can see below. However, there were quite a few words that I didn't know. Those words have been marked with a question mark. All I can say is that it helps to have friends in those northern places! Thanks again, Ruth!<br />
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NECROLOGIE<br />
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A Lowell, Mass., le 16 du courant<br />
a l'age de 59 ans, 3 mois et 27 jours, <br />
est decede Jerome Robillard. ?<br />
Ex-Agent Seigneurial des Seigneuries<br />
de D'Aillebout et Ramsay, Le<br />
defunt a passe sa vie dans l'ensei-gnement <br />
de la jeunesse et apres 27 <br />
annes, de devenement dans cette <br />
carriere il fut nomme Agent pour <br />
les Seigneur de D'Aillebout et <br />
Ramsey.<br />
Atteint ? apres d'une maladie<br />
qui l'? a ? sa demission<br />
l'? dernier ? du ? <br />
de l'education de ses enfants, il par<br />
? pour Lowell avec sa famille, le 17<br />
janvier dernier, esperant revenir<br />
? ? dans sa paroisse. ? "Le Seigneur <br />
decide autrement." disait il<br />
dans les dernier jours de sa vie. <br />
" Eh bien que sa sainte? volonte son <br />
faite." Il montra une resignation<br />
admirable en face de la mort, et il ? ? paisiblement dans le Seigneur.</span><br />
Il laisse pour deplorer sa perte une<br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"> epouse cherie elle inconsolable et 14 </span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">enfants ? 8 qui sont maries et 6 en ? age.<br />
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R. I. P. <br />
--Communique<br />
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455168.post-91545452038247257802012-01-02T14:07:00.000-05:002012-01-02T15:58:44.863-05:00Mappy Monday: 12 West Street, Lowell MAHappy New Year, everyone!<br />
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I've had this little ancestor mapping project on the back burner for a while now. On the back burner I say, mainly because most of the buildings and or addresses that I'm looking for within Lowell don't exist any more. Ideally, I wanted to start with my first known Robillard ancestor to come to the city and map where he or she lived and then climb the ladder, but... that isn't working out too well. So, I guess I'll just go at it all willy nilly like... Who cares, anyway? <br />
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12 West St. was the address of the home that my Pepere Robillard and his family lived at in 1930. April 10th, 1930, to be exact. West St. is in <a href="http://g.co/maps/kpcuw" target="_blank">Centralville</a>, right off of Lakeview and runs all the way up to Colburn. According to the 1930 census, my Pepere, Joe, was 32 years old that year, as was my Memere, Louise (Wright). Pepere, who was naturalized in 1898, rented his home for $18.00 (is that per week?), and worked as a loomfixer in a silkmill. Memere was home with the kids. The kids, all 5 of them, were between the ages of 2 and half and 13 years. Uncle Jim was the oldest, Uncle Bob the youngest, and, I just have to mention this, Aunt Joan, well... She was on her way. As my Memere was abt 8 months pregnant at this time. What about Uncle Richard and my Dad, you ask? They weren't even a thought in 1930. Pepere & Memere's neighbors were the Gilbride family at, what appears to be, 14 West St. and the Grotton (or is it Grafton) family at 10 West.<br />
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If you look at the map below, you'll see that I marked the current address location. The house is a very modest one, maybe a starter home, or would you call it a cottage? I do believe the house that is there may be the same house that was there in 1930, although I'm not sure. I keep thinking about the flood of 36 and the more I do the more I doubt that this is the same house. What about the development of the VFW Highway? How did that change the landscape? Shit, I don't even know when it was put in, so I don't know. I tried to do a history of the address at the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds website to figure that out, but I was unsuccessful.<br />
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The house at the current address in the map below looks white, but I can tell you it's now 2 shades of a really ugly blue. Yes, I went and hunted it down, even took a few photographs early one weekday morning. Uhuh, that was me standing in the middle of your street with the camera. Can you say wackado?<br />
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I wonder how long my Pepere & Memere lived on West St, and if my Uncle Bob remembers it. I kinda doubt he does though, he was, after all, only 2 years old and I know my Pepere & Memere moved around a lot. I mean a lot, always following the work I was told... I could, I suppose, revisit the directories to find this out. Someday.<br />
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Anyway, I guess I'm going to try and go backwards from here (then forward again, think 1940 census). In 1920 my Pepere lived at 299 Moody, I doubt the actual building still exists and that the street has been renumbered many times? Do they do that? Renumber streets? Of course they do... I'll go see what I can find.<br />
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I didn't know "Blog Caroling" was a tradition here in the genea-blogosphere until I heard <a href="http://westinnewengland.blogspot.com/2011/12/blog-caroling-2011.html" target="_blank">Bill caroling </a>over at his <a href="http://westinnewengland.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">West in NewEngland</a> blog this morning. Nice job, Bill! You sound lovely! The tradition, which was started, I believe, in 2007, is hosted by <a href="http://www.footnotemaven.com/2011/12/footnotemavens-christmas-tradition-of.html" target="_blank">footnoteMaven</a>. And, I'm really happy to be participating this year because I have a very nice memory to share. For directions on how you can participate, please visit <a href="http://www.footnotemaven.com/2011/12/footnotemavens-christmas-tradition-of.html" target="_blank">fM's blog</a>.<br />
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I always knew my father studied Latin when he was in school, but I never heard him actually speak any of it, that is, until the Christmas before his death. That Christmas he and his wife gave us a vintage M.I.M. Lador pull string box for our Christmas tree. When they presented it to me, I didn't know what it was. Looking at the both of them rather oddly, they told me to pull the string... So I did, and what came out of that little box was just beautiful, and even more so when my father began to sing along to the music in Latin. I miss my father and his voice, I wish would have had a tape recorder at time. But, I guess it really wasn't necessary, because I know every time I pull that string now, he's right here by my side singing to me again...<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Veníte adoremus Dóminum</span></i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455168.post-81884946956920208422011-11-29T10:36:00.001-05:002011-11-29T12:18:07.487-05:00L'Etoile Tuesday: L'avis Deces Mon Arriere Grand-Mere Mme. Philomene Robillard nee FoucherPublie dans L'Etoile, Lowell, MA, 4 mars, 1941 <br />
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<i>ROBILLARD-- Mme. Philomene Robillard, nee Foucher, citoyenne de cette ville depuis cinquante ans. est decedee hier apres-midi au domicile de sa fille Mme. Fabiola Fournier, 547, rue Moody, a l'age de 71 ans et deux mois, a la suite d'une maladie de plusieurs mois de duree.</i><br />
<i>Feu Mme. Robillard etait paroissienne de St-Jean Baptiste et etait bien connu dans la paroisse. Elle etait membre de la fraternite du Tiers-Ordre de saint Francois et la congregation des Dames de Ste-Anne. Elle etait aussi membre fondateur de l'Auxilliaire de la Legion franco-americaine.<br />La defuncte laisse pour pleurer deux filles, Mme Fabiola Fournier et Mme Anita Patenaude, toutes deux de Lowell; trois fils, Rosario Robillard, de North Grosvenordale, Conn; Joseph H. Robillard de Manchester, N. H., et Antonio Robillard de Lowell; un soeur, Mme Rose Robillard de Grosvenordale, Conn. et un frere Theophile Foucher de Fort Benton, et trois arriere-petits-enfants, ansi que plusieurs nieces et neveux.<br />La depouille mortelle repose en chapelle ardente a la maison funeraire 744, rue Merrimack. C'est de cet endroit que les funerailles auront lieu samedi matin a 9 heures. Un service solennel sera celebre a 10 heures en l'eglise St-Jean Baptiste. Parents et amis sont pries d'y assister. L'inhumation se fera dans le lopin de terre de la famille au cimetiere St-Joseph. Les arrangements funeraires ont ete confies aux ordonnateurs d'enterrement Joseph E. Tremblay.</i></blockquote>
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<i>DEATHS</i><br />
<i><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Mrs</span> <span class="hps">Philomene</span> <span class="hps">Robillard</span> <span class="hps">nee</span> <span class="hps">Foucher</span><span class="">, a citizen</span> <span class="hps">of this city</span> <span class="hps">for fifty years,</span> <span class="hps">died yesterday</span> <span class="hps">after</span> <span class="hps">noon</span> <span class="hps">at the home of</span> <span class="hps">her daughter</span> <span class="hps">Mrs.</span> <span class="hps">Fabiola</span> <span class="hps">Fournier,</span> <span class="hps">547</span><span class="">, Moody st.</span><span class="hps">,</span> <span class="hps">at the age of</span> <span class="hps">71</span> <span class="hps">years and two</span> <span class="hps">months,</span> <span class="hps">following an</span> <span class="hps">illness</span> <span class="hps">of several months</span> <span class="hps">duration.</span><br /> <span class="hps">The late</span> <span class="hps">Mrs.</span> <span class="hps">Robillard</span> <span class="hps">was a</span> <span class="hps">parishioner</span> <span class="hps">of St</span><span class="hps">-Jean Baptiste and</span> <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">well known in the</span> <span class="hps">parish.</span> <span class="hps">She</span> <span class="hps">was a member</span> <span class="hps">of the</span> <span class="hps">fraternity</span> <span class="hps">of the Third Order</span> <span class="hps">of St. Francis and</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">congregation</span> <span class="hps">of the Sisters of</span> <span class="hps">St. Anne</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">She</span> <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">also a founding member</span> <span class="hps">of the</span> <span class="hps">Auxiliary</span> <span class="hps">of the</span> <span class="hps">La Legion</span> <span class="hps atn">Franco-</span><span class="">Americain</span><span class="">e.</span><br /> <span class="hps">The</span> <span class="hps">deceased</span> <span class="hps">leaves</span> <span class="hps">to mourn</span> <span class="hps">two daughters</span><span class="">, Mrs.</span> <span class="hps">Fabiola</span> <span class="hps">Fournier</span> <span class="hps">and Mrs.</span> <span class="hps">Anita</span> <span class="hps">Patenaude</span><span class="">, both of</span> <span class="hps">Lowell</span><span class="">;</span> <span class="hps">three</span> <span class="hps">son,</span> <span class="hps">Rosario</span> <span class="hps">Robillard of</span> <span class="hps">North Grosvenordale</span><span class="">, Conn.</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">Joseph H.</span> <span class="hps">Robillard</span> <span class="hps">of Manchester,</span> <span class="hps">N.</span> <span class="hps">H.,</span> <span class="hps">and Antonio</span> <span class="hps">Robillard</span> <span class="hps">of Lowell</span><span class="">;</span> <span class="hps">a</span> <span class="hps">sister,</span> <span class="hps">Mrs</span>. <span class="hps">Rose</span> <span class="hps">Robillard</span> <span class="hps">Grosvenordale</span><span class="">, Conn.</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">a</span> <span class="hps">brother</span> <span class="hps">Theophile</span> <span class="hps">Foucher</span> <span class="hps">of Fort</span> <span class="hps">Benton,</span> <span class="hps">and three great</span><span class="">-grandchildren</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">as well as</span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">many nieces and nephews</span><span class="">.</span><br /> <span class="hps">The mortal remains</span> <span class="hps">are lying in repose at the funeral home</span> <span class="hps">744</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">Merrimack</span> <span class="hps">Street</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">It is</span> <span class="hps">here that</span> <span class="hps">the funeral</span> <span class="hps">will be held</span> <span class="hps">Saturday</span> <span class="hps">morning at</span> <span class="hps">9 o'clock</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">A</span> <span class="hps">solemn service</span> <span class="hps">will be celebrated at</span> <span class="hps">10 o'clock</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">the St-Jean Baptiste church.</span><span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">Family and friends</span> <span class="hps">are requested</span> <span class="hps">to attend.</span> <span class="hps">Interment will be</span> <span class="hps">in the</span> <span class="hps">family plot </span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">at Cimetiere St-Joseph</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">Funeral arrangements</span> <span class="hps">have been entrusted</span> <span class="hps">to undertaker</span>s <span class="hps">Joseph E.</span> <span class="hps">Tremblay.</span></span></i> </blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455168.post-49070269694337953182011-11-16T08:06:00.000-05:002011-11-22T07:17:03.701-05:00Wednesday's Walk: Where Am I?<div style="text-align: center;">
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<i>JOHN BORK,</i></div>
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<i>March 9, 1832,</i></div>
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<i>The cherub hastened to its native home</i></div>
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<i>B . DAY . LOWELL .</i></div>
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<a href="http://callmeshell.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html"> ¿ɹǝʍsuɐ ǝɥʇ ʍouʞ oʇ ʇuɐM</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455168.post-58270658949333253672011-11-15T11:36:00.001-05:002011-11-15T17:16:39.562-05:00Tombstone Tuesday: Cyprien Chrisman & Theodule Chouinard - Cimetiere St-Joseph, East Chelmsford, MA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Ci GiT<br />Cyprien Chrisman<br />decede le 18. Aout.<br />1901. age de 66 ans.<br />Epoux de<br />Malvina St Pierre<br />---<br />Theodule Chouinard<br />decede le 18. Aout.<br />1901. age de 21 ans.<br />Epoux de </i></div>
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<i>Odinas Chrisman<br />R.I.P</i></div>
Buried in Section H, lot 545; both <a href="http://callmeshell.blogspot.com/2011/11/letoile-tuesday-dans-le-new-hampshire.html">Cyprien and his son in law, Theodule, drowned in the Oyster River at Durham Point, N.H.</a> Also, according to the burial records of Cimetiere St-Joseph, buried in this plot are Esther Parent and Odinas Morin nee Chrisman. I know who Odinas is, but I can't seem to figure out who Esther is.<br />
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Baptized as Marie Odinas Christman on 3 April, 1882 at St-Jean-Port-Joli, L'Islet, Odinas (Cyprien & Malvina St-Pierre) married Theodule Chouinard (Joseph, Clementine Thibault) on 25 February, 1900 at St-Aubert de L'Islet. Sadly, she and Theodule had only been married a little over a year when he died. Remarried in Nashua, NH on 29 May, 1905 to Napoleon Morin, Odinas, who I believe had no children, lived to be 92, as she died on 8 Sept., 1974 and was interred here on 10 Sept., 1974.<br />
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Marriage Source: [Gabriel Drouin, Institut Généalogique Drouin, Montreal, Quebec, Canada,
Le Fonds Drouin 1621-1967, Quebec vital records, 1900, St-Aubert0 Co. L'Islet, P.Q., pg. 5, M.3, Theodule Chouinard + Marie Adina Chrisman, register photocopy of the Greffe of Montmagny] <br />
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For the rest of my sources please contact me, cause I'm just too lazy to add them right now.</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455168.post-79612057606682132482011-11-15T07:00:00.000-05:002011-11-15T07:13:45.082-05:00L'Etoile Tuesday: Dans le New Hampshire - Deux Lowellois se noient dans riviere OysterL'Etoile, once a very popular Franco-American newspaper, was published in Lowell, MA from 1886 up until 1957, it's available for viewing on microfilm at several repositories in the area, including the <a href="http://www.pollardml.org/">Pollard Memorial Library</a> in downtown Lowell. And, as you may very well know, back in May I started my own lil blogging meme, entitled L'Etoile Tuesday. The plan was to pick one article of interest each week from L'Etoile and from there I would transcribe, translate, and then publish it here at my blog. So far I've only managed to publish three articles... Anyway, the article below was not just some randomly picked article. After having found the grave of both the men mentioned in it, I went searching for death notices and this is what I found.<br />
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Les deux noyes on saute a l'eau et ont peri dans les flots La femme de Couinard qui etait dans la barge voulut persuader son mari et son pere de ne pas sauter dans la riviere. Elle avait raison, car au dernier moment elle s'est sauvee elle, en sautan dans une petite embarcation.<br />
Chrisman et Couinard allaient travailler aux briqueteries tous les etes. L'hiver ils revenant a Lowrll et travaillaient dans les filatures.<br />
Pendant leur sejour en cette ville, ils demeuraient au No 9 Bay State Court.<br />
Les depouilles mortelles de ces infortunes sont arrivees en ville a 11 h. 30. M. Joseph Albert, entrepreneur de pompes funebres, a de charge des funerailles.Chrisman avait 65 ans. Son gendre, Couinard, n'etait age que de 21 ans. Il s'est marie a Lowell, il v. un an environ. <br />
Les corps sont expose a la residence des defuncts, 9 Bay State Court.<br />
Les funerailles auront lieu demain a l'eglise St. Joseph.</i></blockquote>Published on pg. 1 in <i>L'Etoile</i>, Lowell, MA, 20 Aout, 1901<br />
<blockquote><i>Cyprian Chrisman and Theodule Chouinard, his son in law, both of Lowell drowned Sunday in the Oyster River, near the King brickyard, in Durham Point, N. H. Where the corpses were identified. They were aboard a barge full of bricks when it began to sink. Both men jumped into the water and perished in the waves.<br />
Chouinard's wife, who was on the barge, tried to persuade her husband and her father not to jump into the river. She was right, because at the last moment she saved herself by jumping into a small boat.<br />
Chrisman and Chouinard would work in the brickyards every summer. In winter they returned to Lowell and worked in the mills.<br />
While in this city, they lived at No. 9 Bay State Court.<br />
The remains of these unfortunates arrived in town at 11:30. Joseph Albert, funeral director, is in charge of the funeral.<br />
Chrisman was 65. His son in law, Chouinard, he was only 21. He married in Lowell, about a year ago. <br />
The bodies are laid out at the residence of the deceased, 9 Bay State Court.<br />
The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at St. Joseph church.</i></blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455168.post-6488076034892479902011-11-13T15:33:00.001-05:002011-11-13T17:16:45.852-05:00Sentimental Sunday: Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad<div><center><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pw3GIEa63f4/TsA1aOMRk2I/AAAAAAAAFLU/om1XlpGwtaQ/s1600/1965.nov.13.ma.and.dads.wedding.sacred.heart.lowell.jpg"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pw3GIEa63f4/TsA1aOMRk2I/AAAAAAAAFLU/om1XlpGwtaQ/s200/1965.nov.13.ma.and.dads.wedding.sacred.heart.lowell.jpg" width="157" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4n_0mADs1na_AiuztlKrsv8KsTSgxj0gnsSUjk1ss2zLaVfizUkZXw3JuLKLtxI6O8hEmOANe-xPF0QNffEbwb9PS_5Mejl8kdzcHAB0oQSxK1gCbXoHIarOVCoxVVsenlvtu/s1600/1965.nov.13.ma.and.dads.wedding.sacred.heart.lowell.2.jpg"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4n_0mADs1na_AiuztlKrsv8KsTSgxj0gnsSUjk1ss2zLaVfizUkZXw3JuLKLtxI6O8hEmOANe-xPF0QNffEbwb9PS_5Mejl8kdzcHAB0oQSxK1gCbXoHIarOVCoxVVsenlvtu/s200/1965.nov.13.ma.and.dads.wedding.sacred.heart.lowell.2.jpg" width="163" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOvgmUwUKehGwpLtzgVJatnptuEhr0egWWKFebW7qh2LjIjOFrkOvkXevG-JBdr_T87Y1qQFpG9Y20WGZXTowNSlHCxAwurAyfbb6ydYhxTAvdpyuSpCbFguk2sqD8i7u_grp/s1600/1965.nov.13.ma.and.dads.wedding.sacred.heart.lowell.3.jpg"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOvgmUwUKehGwpLtzgVJatnptuEhr0egWWKFebW7qh2LjIjOFrkOvkXevG-JBdr_T87Y1qQFpG9Y20WGZXTowNSlHCxAwurAyfbb6ydYhxTAvdpyuSpCbFguk2sqD8i7u_grp/s200/1965.nov.13.ma.and.dads.wedding.sacred.heart.lowell.3.jpg" width="156" /></a></center></div><br />
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Photography by Jim Bruno, 13 November, 1965.<br />
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Located in Manchester's West Side on Walker St., St Raphael's Church was where, on January 24, 1943, my father was baptized. His sister Rose, who was almost 23 years his senior, and her husband, Leonce Chandonnet, were his godparents. <br />
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[<i>Baptisms of Hillsboro County, St Raphael, Manchester, NH</i>, <i>1888 - 2001</i>, v.2, p. ; Manchester, NH : American-Canadian Genealogical Society, [2008]]<br />
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In 1943 , my grandfather, Joseph Robillard, lived at 28 Second Street, which is located in the same West Side neighborhood as St. Raphael's. Employed by the Stephen Spinning Co. as a foreman, which I believe was located at 186 Granite (also in the same neighborhood), he lived there with his wife, my grandmother, Louise Wright, and I can only surmise, their younger children as well. Also, listed in the directory at this same address, is my uncle Joe who was 25 years my father's senior, and in the Navy at the time.<br />
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The pictures above are of a newly constructed church. Well, newly constructed in 1964, that is. The original church, in which my father was baptized, is located on the corner of 3rd and Ferry Streets, behind this "new" church.<br />
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According to the parish website, St Raphael's was founded in 1888, with
the first public Mass being said on Easter Sunday at the Harrington Hose
Co. building, which was also located in Manchester's West Side. <br />
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From Wikipedia : <br />
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I<i>n 1889, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_M._Bradley" title="Denis M. Bradley">Denis M. Bradley</a>, the first <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">bishop</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Manchester" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester">Manchester, New Hampshire</a>, requested that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbot" title="Abbot">Abbot</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boniface_Wimmer" title="Boniface Wimmer">Boniface Wimmer</a> send monks to his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">diocese</a> to create a school for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_American" title="French American">French</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_American" title="Irish American">Irish</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration" title="Immigration"> immigrants</a>. The bishop thought that in order to create harmony among the people of his diocese the best educators for them should be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_American" title="German American">German</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Anselm_Abbey#cite_note-1">[2]</a></sup> Monks from Saint Mary's Abbey in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morristown,_New_Jersey" title="Morristown, New Jersey">Morristown, New Jersey</a>, were sent to found Saint Anselm Abbey in 1889.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Anselm_Abbey#cite_note-2">[3]</a></sup> When they arrived they founded St. Raphael's Parish in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester,_New_Hampshire" title="Manchester, New Hampshire">Manchester</a>, and they founded Saint Anselm Preparatory School, which would later become Saint Anselm College.</i></blockquote>
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When I was at St. Raphael's, some time ago, I must have been in the right place at the right time, because while I was taking photos of the church and it's grounds, I met a woman who works in the administrative offices at the school there. She invited me into the old building in which the original church was housed and shared a bit it's history with me. She told me that my father would have been baptized in the basement, as that was where the masses were held at the time. I thought it odd, but then she explained to me that the original building, which you can see above, was not only a church, but held inside it was also a school, rectory, convent, and an auditorium. I was told that the outside of the original building has changed a bit since it was first built in 1891, the top two floors were taken off sometime in 1964 and an entrance to the building was dug out and added at the basement level as well. She then gave me a print (8/125) of a drawing, dated 2006, of the original building, pre 1964, which was sketched in pencil by her brother.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1Walker St, Manchester, NH 03102, USA42.9814213 -71.472361642.9799693 -71.4748291 42.9828733 -71.4698941tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455168.post-85359886313001475052011-11-09T14:37:00.000-05:002011-11-09T15:06:59.286-05:00Wednesday's Walk: L'automne au Cimetiere St-Joseph<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455168.post-24880780975586166832011-11-08T14:22:00.000-05:002012-01-08T09:25:53.966-05:00He was a very prominent manAfter finding out my paternal 2nd great-grandfather, <a href="http://callmeshell.blogspot.com/2011/10/correction-jerome-robillard-decede.html">Jerome Robillard, died in Lowell during 1884 a few weeks back</a>, I ran straight out the door down to the library that same day to search some microfilm in hope of finding a death notice published in any of the local newspapers. Unfortunately, L'Etoile was not yet being published at the time (because you know I would have found one there if it had been), so I seearched the Courier and the Lowell Weekly Sun and this is what I found:<br />
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Jerome Robillard, who died in "Little<br />
Canada, " Sunday morning, was to have <br />
been taken to Montreal on the express<br />
train Monday evening; but an unforeseen<br />
incident delayed the departure of the re-<br />
mains until Tuesday morning. Mr. Robil-<br />
lard died of dropsy, his weight from that<br />
cause reaching an enormous figure of 328<br />
pounds. The box which contained the<br />
coffin was in consequence of unusual di-<br />
mensions and when it was attempted to<br />
put the box into the baggage car of the ex-<br />
press train, Monday evening, it was found<br />
to be over two inches wider than the door.<br />
The door of the baggage care on Tuesday's<br />
morning's train was wide enough to admit<br />
the box, and it was taken on it northern<br />
journey. The deceased measured over 30<br />
inches about the shoulders, the box con-<br />
taining his remains being three feet wide,<br />
two feet deep and seven feet long.</i></blockquote>
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Published on pg. 8 in the <i>Saturday Evening Lowell Weekly Sun</i>, Lowell, MA, on 22 Nov., 1884</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455168.post-82962609266504215072011-10-29T00:51:00.000-04:002011-10-29T00:51:02.484-04:00The Northern Canal: Sitting on the Tiger Frechette Bridge in October<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455168.post-73248635648842413332011-10-23T13:44:00.002-04:002011-10-23T13:53:26.077-04:00Sentimental Sunday: The Franco American "Little Canada" Memorial - Aiken St., Lowell, MassDemolished in the 1960's to make way for Urban Renewal, Little Canada is where my ancestors once lived, loved, worked, worshiped, and played. I wish I could have had a chance to walk it's streets and listen to it's voices before they were erased.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>"EN SOUVENIER DES CANADIENS DE LANGUE</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>FRANCAISE ET DE LEURS DESCENDANTS,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>LES FRANCO-AMERICAINS, QUI ONT VECU</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>ICI, NOS COEURS N'OUBLIERONT JAMAIS</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>LEUR COURAGE, LEURS SACRIFICES, LEUR</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>FOI, LEUR FIERTE</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1875 - 1964 </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>ON THIS SITE GREW THE HEART OF THE</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>FRANCO-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. HARD</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>WORKING FRENCH CANADIANS CAME TO</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>FILL THE MILLS OF LOWELL AND BUILD</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>A TRADITION OF FAITH, GENEROSITY,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>AND PRIDE.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>LE PEITE CANADA - LITTLE CANADA</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>AIKEN - CABOT - CHEEVER - COOLIDGE - HALL - MELVIN- MONTCALM - PAWTUCKET - PERKINS - SUFFOLK - TUCKER - WARD</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>JE ME SOUVIENS - LEST WE FORGET"</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>"1977</b></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>ERECTED BY </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>THE FRANCO-AMERICAN PEOPLE</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>AND</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>THE OBLATE FATHERS OF<br />
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</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">ST. JEAN BAPTISTE PARISH</span><br />
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</b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>THIS STONE COMES FROM ONE OF THE</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>LAST BLOCKS OR LARGE WOODEN</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>APARTMENT HOUSES TO BE TORN DOWN"</b></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455168.post-33067138128549247102011-10-22T07:30:00.002-04:002015-03-28T07:38:59.474-04:00Lewis Wickes Hine: Child Laborer Photographs from Lowell MassIn 1908 Lewis Hine was contracted by the National Child Labor Committe as an investigative photographer. His job was to document child labor practices within American industry in an effort end the practice. Mr. Hine, who I believe visited Lowell in October of 1911, took several photographs of the children that were employed in the mills within the city, many of which were Franco-American. I browsed through the collection and there are many surnames that are familiar to me, Courtois, Therrien, and Boucher, are just a few.<br />
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<a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/nclc/">You can view the NCLC photographic collection online at the Library of Congress PPOC</a>, just type Lowell into the search bar.<br />
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On November 1st, at 7:00 pm, historian, author, and genealogist, <a href="http://www.morningsonmaplestreet.com/index.html">Joe Manning</a>, will be giving a presentation at the Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center Theater, as a part of the <a href="http://www.parkerlectures.com/">Moses Greely Parker Lecture Series</a>, entitled “The Lewis Hine Project: Tracking down the Lives of Child Laborers”<br />
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“Whatever happened to that child worker?” Motivated by this question, Joe<br />
Manning has identified some of the more than 5,000 child laborers<br />
photographed in the early 1900s by Lewis Hine, and has tracked down and<br />
interviewed their descendants. Manning will show some of Hine’s historic photographs, tell the stories of the children in them, and talk about the exciting process of searching for descendants, most of whom were not aware of the pictures of their parents and grandparents</blockquote>
<a href="http://www.parkerlectures.com/?page_id=1"><cite>http://www.parkerlectures.com/?page_id=1</cite></a><br />
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I'm looking forward to attending this presentation.<br />
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Here is one of my favorite photographs from the collection. <br />
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# Title: Alexander Durand, 35 Tucker Street, next boy in middle of picture appears 12 years old. Is in mill room No. 2. Joseph Courtois, 33 Tucker St., at the right Alex. appears about 13 years old. Works in the spinning room. Majorie Bonclair, at left of Alex. see 2592. Location: Lowell, Massachusetts.<br />
# Creator(s): Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer<br />
# Date Created/Published: 1911 October.<br />
# Medium: 1 photographic print.<br />
# Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-nclc-02378 (color digital file from b&w original print) LC-USZ62-97581 (b&w film copy negative)<br />
# Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.<br />
# Call Number: LOT 7479, v. 4, no. 2593 [P&P]<br />
# Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA</blockquote>
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<a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ncl2004002422/PP/#"><cite>http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ncl2004002422/PP/#</cite></a><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455168.post-81414668519115996502011-10-14T10:55:00.002-04:002012-11-29T10:23:18.505-05:00Correction: Jerome Robillard decede en Lowell, Etats-Unis. Yes, he died in Lowell!How do I say this? Ok, I got it... Simply speaking, I ef'd up. Yup, I did, and big time too. And, just how did I ef up, you ask? Well, last night when I was messing around at <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/">Find A Grave</a>, (have I ever mentioned that I love Find A Grave) <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSmid=47002660&&df=90">adding a few new memorials</a> and what not, I was checking the info that I was entering at FAG against information that's available in the <a href="https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Massachusetts_Deaths_%28FamilySearch_Historical_Records%29">Massachusetts Deaths (1841 - 1915) database</a> at <a href="http://familysearch.org/">FamilySearch</a>, and when I had finished at FAG, I decided that I would, just for shits & giggles, mind you, revisit my Robillards in that database at FamilySearch. Maybe there was something new there that I hadn't seen before, or something that I had previously overlooked. So, I typed my surname in the search field and began looking.... And, at first glance, I didn't believe my eyes, I was like wtf is this? But then, I remembered... I didn't even have to look at the image to know what it was that I had found, I already knew.<br />
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What I found was an <a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12155-48830-2?cc=1463156">1884 register entry from the city of Lowell, Massachusetts for the death of my great-great-grandfather, Jerome Robillard</a>. Yes, the same Jerome Robillard (Louis, Marie Genevieve Riberdy) who was the husband of Sophie Moussin dit Lajoie. The same Jerome Robillard who was the husband of my great-great grandmother, Sophie Riberdy, and father of Sophie (1848), Marie Henriette (1850 - 1919), Jerome Alfred (1852 - 1853), Marie Philomene (1854), Joseph Jerome (1856), Joseph Charles Omer (1857 - 1857), Louis Octavien (1858 - 1933) Marie Melanie Lea (1860), Marie Louise Parmelia Cordelia Amanda (1861), Louis Joseph Anselme (1863 - 1863), Marie Louise Melanie (1864 -1864), Emelie (1864 -1864), Joseph Arsene (1865 - 1866), Louis Gaspard Alfred (1866 -1914), Louis Arsene (1867), Joseph Arthur (1867 - 1937), Marie Louise Leontine (1868 - 1911), Marie Amanda (1870 -1897), Pierre Jerome Gaspard (1871), Joseph Gustave Alcide (1872 - 1873), Joseph Octave Zenon (1874 - 1875), Joseph Napoleon (1876 -1876), and Louis Joseph Zenon (1877 - 1918).<br />
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The same Jerome Robillard that I have in my database, and plastered all over the web, as dying in Ste-Melanie. Joliette County, Quebec on 16 Nov., 1884.<br />
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Well, HE DIDN'T, according to this register entry, JEROME ROBILLARD DIED IN LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS on 16 Nov., 1884. I guess I could claim ignorance on my part, because I had never, before this day, laid my eyes on this register entry from Lowell, but I won't. Because, somehow I knew...<br />
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When I read Jerome's burial record back in 08, I knew something wasn't right, and<a href="http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/QUEBEC-RESEARCH/2008-03/1206470326"> I asked for translation help</a>, but.... Well, there's no one to blame but myself. Live and learn, I guess. The big whoop dee doo in all of this is the misinformation I so graciously propagated, it's all over the frikken place. Needless to say, I have a mess to clean up. Thank goodness it is only a small one (well, smallish), but it's still a mess. So, before I go off traipsing all over the web trying to fix the error of my ways, let's examine this newly found register entry a little, shall we?.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAZGCUm0ozTb4JAM0rHxrcBsq4bH51vKR7BtRMfro-lfCtx0kizTk4J13wbryrrK5yiW0thLXZmE6g307YSXa_pyobl5TkqfImreXFTs3xdB7Y6PCC8bDCoScSWdEx13RlRoh/s1600/1884.jerome.robillard.familt.search.index.info.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 0.05em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAZGCUm0ozTb4JAM0rHxrcBsq4bH51vKR7BtRMfro-lfCtx0kizTk4J13wbryrrK5yiW0thLXZmE6g307YSXa_pyobl5TkqfImreXFTs3xdB7Y6PCC8bDCoScSWdEx13RlRoh/s200/1884.jerome.robillard.familt.search.index.info.jpg" width="200" /></a>If you look at the <a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MDY3-TN4/p_11801282373">familysearch index information </a>for this register entry it has the <i>event place </i>as being in Canada, and I can only say that this has got to be wrong. Because, if you look at the actual registry entry (below) and the column that reads "RESIDENCE AND PLACE OF DEATH, and BURIAL (if elsewhere)", you will see two little apostrophes followed by the word Canada, well this " " is a ditto mark, and means that he was buried in Canada. Just look at the first entry in this column, and you'll see. Also, in this register entry his parents are documented as being Louis and Mary, this is partially correct. His father was Louis, yes. But, his mother was Marie Genevieve Riberdy. Could she have been referred to as Mary or Marie by who ever the informant was, it's possible, but <i>I believe</i> she went by the name of Genevieve. And lastly, you will see that it documents Jerome's parents as being born in France. This too, is wrong. Jerome's father, Louis Robillard, was born in St-Sulpice, L'Assomption, Quebec,<br />
[PRDH, bapteme no.674684; Louis Robillard] <br />
and his mother, Genevieve, in St-Cuthbert, Berthier, Quebec <br />
[Gabriel Drouin, Institut Généalogique Drouin, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Le Fonds Drouin 1621-1967, Quebec Vital Records: database online, ancestry.com, http://ancestry.ca/default.aspx, The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, Utah; 1805, St-Cuthbert Co-Berthier, PQ, p.6, B. M. Genevie Riberdy, Register Photocopy of the Greffe of Joliette. ancestry image6/40]. <br />
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Now, this Lowell register entry has me curious, who was the informant?. I would also like to know exactly where in Lowell Jerome died. It states he died from fatty degeneration, so was he in the hospital when he died?. Had he come to Lowell to be treated for an illness? I don't know. But I certainly want to find out. <br />
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I guess I'm glad I found this Lowell register entry. It has taught me to be more careful when reading the parish registers from Quebec (one must pay attention to grammar, when it's used), and to research questionable information more thoroughly. I can't say if the Lowell register entry was online back in 08 when I did my initial research, but I should have at least explored the possibility that he could have died here in Lowell. Because, it was, after all, right there in his burial record. I just couldn't see it.<br />
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[Gabriel Drouin, Institut Généalogique Drouin, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Le Fonds Drouin 1621-1967, Quebec Vital Records: database online, ancestry.com, http://ancestry.ca/default.aspx, The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, Utah; 1884, Ste. Melanie D'Aillebout, Co-Joliette, P.Q., pg. 15, S.29 Jerome Robillard, Register Photocopy of the Greffe of Joliette. ancestry image 15/18.]<br />
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My extraction & transcription<br />
<blockquote>
S.29ieme<br />
Jerome Robillard<br />
Le dix-neuviemes jour de Novembre, mil huit cent quatre vingt<br />
quatre, nous pretre cure sosusigne, avons inhume dans la cave<br />
de l'Eglise de cette paroisse le corps de Sieur Jerome Robillard,<br />
legitime epoux de Sophie Riberdy,<span style="color: red;"> de Lowell, E. U.</span>, decede le<br />
seiziem jour de ce mois age de cinquante neuf ans trois mois<br />
et vingt sept jours. Ont ete temoins Gaspard Robillard fils<br />
du defunt et Hermenglide Bourgeault instituteur, de cette<br />
paroisse, et tous deux soussigne. Lecture faite<br />
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/s/ H. Bourgeault Inst<br />
/s/ G. Robillard<br />
/s/ F Jeannotte Ptre cure.</blockquote>
& my translation:<br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">S.29ieme</span><br />
<span class="hps">Jerome</span> <span class="hps">Robillard</span><br />
<span class="hps">On the nineteenth</span> <span class="hps">day of</span> <span class="hps">November</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">one thousand eight</span> <span class="hps">hundred and eighty</span><br />
<span class="hps">four</span><span class="">, I</span> <span class="hps">the undersigned</span> <span class="hps">parish priest</span><span class="">,</span> did <span class="hps">bury in</span> <span class="hps">the cellar</span><br />
<span class="hps">of the church</span> <span class="hps">of this parish</span> <span class="hps">the body of</span> <span class="hps">Mr.</span> <span class="hps">Jerome</span> <span class="hps">Robillard,</span> </span><br />
<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">lawful</span> <span class="hps">husband of</span> <span class="hps">Sophie</span> <span class="hps">Riberdy</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps" style="color: red;">of Lowell</span><span class=""><span style="color: red;">, U. S.</span></span><span class="">, who died</span> <span class="hps"> </span></span><br />
<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">on the sixteenth day</span> <span class="hps">of this month</span> at the <span class="hps">age</span> <span class="hps">of fifty</span> <span class="hps">nine years</span> <span class="hps">three months</span></span><br />
<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">and twenty</span> <span class="hps">seven days</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">Witnessed by</span> <span class="hps">Gaspard</span> <span class="hps">Robillard</span> <span class="hps">son </span></span><br />
<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">of</span> the <span class="hps">deceased</span><span class="">, and</span> <span class="hps">Hermenglide</span> <span class="hps">Bourgeault</span> <span class="hps">schoolmaster</span> <span class="hps">of this </span></span><br />
<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">parish</span><span class="">, both </span><span class="hps">undersigned</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">Reading</span> <span class="hps">made.</span><br />
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<span class="hps">/ s /</span> <span class="hps">H.</span> <span class="hps">Bourgeault</span> <span class="hps">Inst</span><br />
<span class="hps">/ s /</span> <span class="hps">G.</span> <span class="hps">Robillard</span><br />
<span class="hps">/ s /</span> <span class="hps">F</span>. <span class="hps">Jeannotte</span> <span class="hps">ptre</span> <span class="hps">cure.</span></span></blockquote>
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