Mrs Philomene Patenaude nee Leblanc

MRS. PHILOMENE PATENAUDE
   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.

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.

Published in the Lowell Sun Friday, September 20, 1935, p.3

La Gazette de Joliette: Necrologie de Jerome Robillard - Publie 21 Novembre, 1884

The obituary of my paternal 2nd great-grandfather, Jerome Robillard, as it appeared published in "La Gazette de Joliette", Joliette, Quebec, on 21 Nov., 1884.

NECROLOGIE.
----
À Lowell, Mass., le 16 du courant
à l'âge de 59 ans, 3 mois et 27 jours,
est décédé Jérôme Robillard Écuyer
Ex-Agent Seigneurial des Seigneuries
de D'Aillebout et Ramsay. Le
défunt a passé sa vie dans l'enseignement
de la jeunesse et apres 27
années, de dévouement dans cette
carrière il fut nommé Agent pour
les Seigneuries de D'Aillebout et
Ramsey.
Atteint peu après d'une maladie
qui l'obligea à donner sa démission
l'automne dernier; animé du zèle
de l'education de ses enfants, il partit
pour Lowell avec sa famille, le 17
janvier dernier, espérant revenir
bientôt dans sa paroisse. "Le Seigneur
en décide autrement," disait-il
dans les dernier jours de sa vie.
" Eh bien que sa sainte volonté soit
faite." Il montra une résignation
admirable en face de la mort,
et il s'endormit paisiblement dans le Seigneur.

Il laisse pour déplorer sa perte une
épouse cherie et inconsolable et 14 enfants dont 8 qui sont mariés et 6 en bas age.

R. I. P.
--Communique




Thank you, Ruth! The above text was extracted and transcribed by Arielle Major over at La compagnie des arbres. 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!

NECROLOGIE
---
A Lowell, Mass., le 16 du courant
a l'age de 59 ans, 3 mois et 27 jours,
est decede Jerome Robillard. ?
Ex-Agent Seigneurial des Seigneuries
de D'Aillebout et Ramsay, Le
defunt a passe sa vie dans l'ensei-gnement
de la jeunesse et apres 27
annes, de devenement dans cette
carriere il fut nomme Agent pour
les Seigneur de D'Aillebout et
Ramsey.
Atteint ? apres d'une maladie
qui l'? a ? sa demission
l'? dernier ? du ?
de l'education de ses enfants, il par
? pour Lowell avec sa famille, le 17
janvier dernier, esperant revenir
? ? dans sa paroisse. ? "Le Seigneur
decide autrement." disait il
dans les dernier jours de sa vie.
" Eh bien que sa sainte? volonte son
faite." Il montra une resignation
admirable en face de la mort, et il ? ? paisiblement dans le Seigneur.
Il laisse pour deplorer sa perte une
epouse cherie elle inconsolable et 14 
enfants ? 8 qui sont maries et 6 en ? age.

R. I. P.
--Communique

The Newspaper Reference Book of Canada - Louis Gaspard Robillard

My first cousin, 1x removed, Christopher Robillard (grandson of my Uncle Jim), just sent me the link to this biogrraphy, so I just had to share.. If you would like to read a few previous blog posts in regard to my research of L-G and his family please click here.. Otherwise, please click the image below to go to Google Books in order to read the below biography in full.

Almost Wordless Wednesday: Louis Gaspard Alfred Robillard - Editeur et Proprieteur du Pionnier et President de l'U.F.C.

Wordless Wednesday is a daily blogging prompt from GeneaBloggers - the genealogy community's resource for blogging.

In a follow up to last week's Wordless Wednesday I am posting another image of L.-G. I have cropped the original, from BAnQ, in order to compare it with the image I posted last week. I believe both of these images are of the same man. However, in this week's image he appears to be quite a bit older. Originally published in Le Monde illustre, vol. 18 no. 913. pg. 404  on 26 Oct., 1901, it is believed that L.-G. and his family fled Quebec in early 1902, shortly after this article went to print. 

Le Monde Illustre was published in Montreal between the years 1884 & 1902. A portion of the publication has been scanned and images are available for viewing from the BAnQ here. The page that the image below comes from is also available. My plan is to extract the text and translate it. Hoping that it will offer more clues as to why L.-G. and his family left Quebec.

 
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Almost Wordless Wednesday: Louis Gaspard Alfred Robillard From Sainte-Melanie

Today is not even close to being a "Wordless Wednesday" and I apologize, but I have a story tell..

Louis-Gaspard-Afred Robillard (1866 - 1914)

Brother to my great-grandfather, Joseph-Arthur-Robillard, Louis-Gaspard-Alfred Robillard was born on 15 April, 1866 and baptized the next day at the parish of Ste-Melanie in Joliette co., Quebec. His parents, Jerome Robillard and Sophie Riberdy(2) had 13 children, L-G was born fourth and the first child to survive past infancy. Raised in Ste-Melanie, I can only assume, since his father was an instituteur (teacher) and an agent, that he was highly educated when compared to the standards of the day.

Baptismal record for Louis Gaspard Alfred Robillard

My translation:

On the sixteenth of April, eighteen hundred and sixty six, we the undersigned priest, have baptized Louis Gaspard Alfred Robillard born yesterday of the legitimate marriage of Jerome Robillard, teacher, and Sophie Riberdy, of this parish. Godfather Antoine Alfred Robillard, undersigned; Godmother Marie Henriette Robillard, undersigned. The father has signed.

Jerome Robillard
Antoine Alfred Robillard
Marie Henriette Robillard
G. Jeannotte ptre

In 1881, Gaspard is the oldest child in his parent's household, as all of his half siblings from his father's previous marriage had left the home. He is 14 years old and is in school (+1). In 1883, at the age of 16 years, 11 months and 19 days, he marries Marie-Percide Parent (Isidore, Emilie Etu) at the parish of Ste-Melanie. Present at their marriage is, Jerome Robillard, Louis Gaspard;s father; Isidore Parent, the father of Percide; Marie-Louise Parent, Joseph Parent and Desiri Parent, all of whom are siblings of Percide; Louise Leontie Robillard, a sister of L-G and a Henri Benny, relation unknown. Unfortunately, Louis Gaspard and Percide's life together was cut short as Percide dies of causes unknown in 1888. Having not sired any children yet, L-G, an instituteur in Ste-Elisabeth, is determined to have several offspring so he marries Percide's sister, Elizabeth, seven months later.

In 1890, L-G, still an instituteur like his father before him, becomes a father for the first time. However, his first born, Joseph-Jerome-Isidore-Gaspard does not survive infancy. In 1891, L.-G.'s wife, Elisabeth, gives birth a second time to Joseph-Gaspard-Achille in June of that year. The baby is baptised on the 18th and his godparents are Joseph-Edouard Parent, notaire of St-Jerome and his spouse, Honorine Melancon.  It is also around this time that L-G. probably decides to go into the newspaper business. And in 1892 he becomes the editor and proprietor of Le Courrier Canadien: Commerce, Industry Literature et Education. This publication is a journal of sorts that is published in St-Jerome. I have only been able to find one copy of this journal and the copy that I found is the premiere copy, v.1, n1. However, in a Societe canadienne du microfilm inc. publication entitled Journaux du Quebec, Catalogue 2005 it is noted that Le Courrier Canadien (L.-G. Robillard, editeur), St-Jerome, made it's debut on 3 Nov., 1892 and published it's final copy on 17 Nov., 1892 with v.1, n.3, so there must have been three publications of this journal, Le Courrier Canadien.

By 1895, L-G's wife, Elisabeth, has given birth three times, but only baby has Achille survived, and will turn 4 this year. It is also in 1895 that L-G applies to be an inspector of schools, but his application is denied because there are no vacant positions available at the time. Shortly thereafter, in 1896, he becomes the the director and proprietor of  a publication from Montreal entitled La Nouvelle France. How many copies were published? I don't know. And like the previously mentioned publication, Le Courrier Canadien, I have only found one copy of La Nouvelle France and absolutely nothing else to offer me any further insight. Given the information that I do have in regard to L.-G.'s newspaper publishing enterprise, I can only surmise, at this point, that he went into the newspaper business for something other than money.  As I don't assume that the newspapers generated much income.

In 1897, L-G is finally appointed to be an inspector of schools by the Superintendent of Instruction in the Province of Quebec His first annual report on the Roman Catholic Schools, in his assigned district, is submitted to the Superintendent on 28 July, 1897. I hope to feature that report here on my blog at another time. In September of 1897, L.-G. resigns as an Inspector of Schools.

Around 1901, L-G purchases the Montreal publication entitled Le Pionnier, from an Amedee Denault and at this same time he, L-G, is also the president of L'Union Franco-Canadienne, a fraternal life insurance organization. Exactly when he went into the insurance business is not known to me. However, it is during this time he is accused of skimming money from the organization's reserves and with several lawsuits having been filed against him, it is written that he and his family fled Quebec for the United States. And in 1902, Louis Gaspard and his wife, Elizabeth Parent, are found entering the United States through Detroit, Michigan. With two children in tow, a boy and a girl, they move on to Chicago, Illinois.... To Be Continued.

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The Family of Victor Lefebvre and Marie Louise Leontine Robillard of Lowell, Massachusetts

Marie Louise Leontine Robillard was my great-grand aunt. Born to Jerome Robillard and Sophie Riberdy on 6 Nov., 1868 at Sainte-Melanie, Joliette, co., Quebec. She was the 17th child of 23 born to her father and his two wives.

[Gabriel Drouin, Institut Généalogique Drouin, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Le Fonds Drouin 1621-1967, Quebec vital records, 1868, Ste. Melanie d'Aillebout, Co-Joliette, PQ, pg. 17, B.69 Marie Louise Leontie, Register Photocopy to the Greffe of Joliette]

Leontine married Victor Lefebvre (Joseph, Eugenie Jacob) in Lowell, Massachusetts on 6 Sept. 1887.

I have not been able to find a birth record for Victor to confirm his date of birth or who is parents were.

On the 10th of April in 1891 the family of Victor and Leontine are enumerated in the 1891 Canadian Recensement and are found living in Ste-Melanie, Joliette co., Quebec. Victor is enumerated as being 23 years old, his occupation at this time is that of a boulanger. His wife, Leontine, as I call her, is 22. The couple, at this time time, have two children, a daughter, Rosanna, born in E.U. (Etats-Unis) is 1 year and 4 months old and a son, Achille, born in Quebec is only 4 months old. Ancestry.com has an alternate name listed for Victor's wife, Leontine, in this census. The name is Marie Louise Riberdy. Which is wrong. I wish people would thoroughly research before they go adding alternate names.

[1891;Canadian Recensement: Dist.#158, Ste Mélanie, Joliette, Quebec. Roll: T-6398, Family No: 40.]

On 5 June, 1900 I find the family of Victor and Leontine enumerated in the census by an Alexis F. Fecteau, and living back in Lowell at 196 Perkins St. Victor who is the head, is enumerated as being 32 years of age and has a birth date of April of 1868, born in Canada-French, as are both his parents. Married 12 years, he immigrated into the United States in 1884, he's been in the states for 16 years and he is an alien. Renting his home and working as a cotton weaver, he can read and write but he can't speak English. Leontine, who is enumerated as being 32 and born in Nov of 1867 [sic], has given birth 8 times with only 5 children living. Married 12 years, this census also enumerates her as immigrating to the states in 1884. She can read, write and speak English.

Victor and Leontine now, in 1900, have five children.

1. Rose A./daughter/w/f/Dec./1889/10/s/Mass/Can-Fr/Can/Fr/at school/10/yes/yes/no
2. Achille/son/w/m/Dec/1890/9/s/Canada Am Cert/Can-Fr/Can-Fr/at school/10/yes/no/no
3. Amede A./son/w/m/June/1892/s/Canada Am Cert/Can-Fr/Can-Fr/at school/9/yes/no/no
4. Fabiola/daughter/w/f/Nov/1893/6/s/Mass/Can-Fr/Can-Fr/at school/8/no/no/no
5. Alexis/son/w/m/Mar/1896/4/s/Mass/Can-Fr/Can/Fr

[1900; Census Place: Lowell Ward 7, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll  T623_661; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 809]

Now, in 1910, I find Leontine as the head, enumerated as living at 21 Hancock Avenue in Lowell, MA. She and her brother, Louis Joseph Zenon Robillard, and his family, reside in the tenement. Leontine, a this time is enumerated as being 41 years of age and widowed. 9 children born with 5 living, she was born in Canada-French as were both her parents. Immigration year is 1894 and she speaks English. Working as a weaver in a cotton mill, she has not been out of work in the past year. She can read and write and she rents her home.

[Year: 1910; Census Place: Lowell Ward 6, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll  T624_600; Page: 44A; Enumeration District: 861; Image: 609]

It's funny, in an odd kind of way, that Leontine has claimed herself as being a widow in the 1910 census. Because her husband, who is clearly estranged at this time, doesn't die until 1911. Sadly, I can only surmise that they, Victor and Leontine, had some rather serious marital problems as Victor commits suicide on the 29th of June in the year 1911. Below is an article from the Lowell Sun published on the front page of the evening edition on that same day. I must note, for you dear reader, that on Victor's certificate of death it documents his birth as being in April 1870 in New York and that his burial was at St-Joseph's cemetery in Chelmsford, MA. However, when I went to go find his final resting place, the cemetery had no record of his burial. His wife, Leontine, according to burial records, was buried 1 Dec., 1911 in section J, lot 514. For a copy of Victor's certificate of death please click here, and for more information in regard to my research on the families of Victor and Leontine please contact me.

 JUMPED INTO CANAL

Edmond Forget Made Heroic Attempt to Rescue Drowning Man

Brooding over family troubles and in a state of temporary aberration of mind, Victor Lefebvre, aged 46 years, committed suicide this morning by drowning in the Pawtucket canal. Edmond Forget, a young man living at 230 Cheever street made an heroic effort to save the man's life, but although the drowning man was brought to the edge of the canal, he died in Forget's arms before he could be pulled to the surface.

Victor Lefebvre, who was also living apart from his for thre past four years, was employed in a mill at South Boston as weaver. According to his son Achille, he had not been feeling well for the past few weeks, and two weeks ago he came to this city for rest abd stopped with the latter at his room, 152 Ford street. For the past two or three days the boy noticed that his father was acting strangley and he did the best he could to cheer him up and bring him to his senses.

Last night the father refused to retire and did not sleep all night. At 5.30 o'clock this morning he went out and was seen running up and down Ford street several times in an excited manner. His son went after him and took him into the house. A few minutes later he went out again and at 5.45 o'clock Mrs. William Smith of 239 Cheever street saw him jump over the fence of the canal opposite James street, and then into the water. Mrs. Smith screamed and attracted the attentiopn of Mrs. Edmond Forget, a neighbor. The latter awoke her husband and Mr. Forget, jumping out of bed, slid on a pair of tights and running around the building dived into the canal.

In the meantime Lefebvre had gone to the bottom, but shortly after he was seen floating and making efforts to sink. Forget swam across the canal and catching the man around the neck, swam to the canal's edge. There, however, he was handicapped for the wall was some two feet higher, and it was impossible to climb with Lefebvre who was still alive. The rescuer called for help and a few minutes later a young man named Leo Vigeant was on the scene, but his efforts in trying to pull the two to shore were fruitless. Forget was still clinging to the wall with the now lifeless body of the suicide. Undertaker Joseph Albert and patrolman Charles Jennell were notified and with the aid of a rope tied around the body of Lefebvre,
The ambulance was summoned, but it was useless, for the unfortunate man had expired. The body was remoced to the funeral parlors of Undertaker Joseph Albert and later to the home of the deceased's sister, Mrs. Elzear Harvery, 200 Perkins street.

Forget is to be congratulated on his heroic act, and had it not been for the fact that the water was somewhat lower than usual, he could have saved Lefebvre's life. Mrs. Smith, who saw the man jump into the water, said that Forget must have held the prostrate form of Lefebvre for at least seven minutes, clinging to the wall with one hand while waiting for help.

The deceased is survived by a wife, Leotine Robillard Lefebvre, and five children., Victor, a student at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Rosanna and Achille, Mesdames Ernest Paquin and Alfred Waterhouse; his father, Mr. Joseph Lefebvre of Mechanicsville, N. Y.; five brothers, Auguste of Mechanicsville, N. Y., Theotime of Bangor, Me., Lucien, Emile and Alfred of Lowell; four sisters, Mesdames Joseph Tremblay and Elzear Harvey of this city and the Misses Malvina and Virginie Lefebvre of Lowell.

Tombstone Tuesday: Marie Louise Leontine Lefebvre nee Robillard, Cimetiere St-Joseph, Chelmsford, Massachusetts

This week for Tombstone Tuesday I am posting the final resting place of my great-grand aunt Marie-Louise-Leontine Robillard. Leontine, as I call her, was born and baptized on 6 Nov., 1868 in Ste-Melanie, Joliette co., Quebec. She was the daughter of Jerome and Sophie Riberdy. She was the 7th child born to Jerome and Sophie Riberdy.

[Gabriel Drouin, Institut Généalogique Drouin, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Le Fonds Drouin 1621-1967, Quebec vital records, 1868, Ste. Melanie d'Aillebout, Co-Joliette, PQ, pg. 17, B.69 Marie Louise Leontie, Register Photocopy to the Greffe of Joliette]

According to Family Search Record Search, Leontine married Victor Lefebvre (Joseph, Eugenie or Virgine Jacob) on 6 Sept., 1887 in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts. I need to obtain more records to verify the date of this marriage.

Also, there is some confusion surrounding the date of Leontine's death. Family Search Record Search has her date of death as 5 Dec., 1911 in Lowell, but St-Joseph Cemetery has her date of burial as 1 Dec., 1911. Further research must be done to try and clear the confusion.

According to the cemetery records, Leontine is buried in section J, lot 514. She is buried with her son Victor, who, according to cemetery records, was buried on 26 July 1948. Also, in the same plot is a Rene Deziel, Joseph Broulet, Rose Deziel and a Joseph Paquin. I have not found an obituary for Leontine yet and the research surrounding this family is on going. Please contact me for the latest updates.

The Marriages of Louis Gaspard Robillard, Ste-Melanie, Joliette, Quebec

My current research goal is to track the children, all 23 of them, of my g-g-grandfather Jerome Robillard (Louis, Genevieve Riberdy). I know I have a big job laid out in front of me, but I am well on my way.

In an attempt to accomplish this goal I sometimes browse the public trees on ancestry.com to see what other people may have for information on Jerome's children. And the keyword here is, browse, as I'm just looking. I do my own research and I don't take from others. Anyway, while browsing through ancestry.com today I came across a family tree which includes my great-grand uncle Gaspard Robillard (Jerome, Sophie Riberdy). Actually, I have two great-grand uncles with the name of Gaspard, Louis Gaspard Alfred who is the one mentioned in this ancestry tree, and Pierre Jerome Gaspard, both born to the same parents. In this tree that I came across, it incorrectly documents the date and place of Gapspard's first marriage to Marie Percide Parent.  I know this because I had researched both Gaspards, Louis Gaspard and Jerome Gaspard, some time ago and at the time of this research there was great confusion in regard to which Gaspard married whom. But I believe I got that mess figured out and you can read about that here. The other Gaspard, Louis Gaspard's brother, Pierre Jerome Gaspard, married Marie Lea 'Delia' Bonin and their family ended up settling in Rensselaer & Albany counties in New York. You can read about some of that research here.

So, back to the tree on ancestry. In an attempt to correct the aforementioned tree on ancestry, I have contacted the owner of the tree and I am posting the marriage record of Louis Gaspard Robillard and Marie Percide Parent in order to aid in that the correction.

Louis Gaspard Alfred Robillard was born 15 April 1866 and baptised the next day at the parish of Ste-Melanie in Joliette county Quebec. A son of Jerome Robillard and Sophie Riberdy, he was one of 23 (15th) children born to his father Jerome and his 2 wives. Louis Gaspard married Marie Percide Parent (Isidore, Emelie Etu) on 3 April 1883 at the parish of Ste-Melanie, Joliette county, Quebec. Click the image below to enlarge. For a specific source citation please contact me.

If we take a look at the acte in the image below you will see that Jerome Robillard, Louis Gaspard's father; Leontine, L. Gaspard's sister; L.Gaspard, himself;  his wife, Marie Percide; and some others, whom were present, all signed.

However, and unfortunately, Louis Gaspard's bride, Marie Percide, dies sometime between 1883 and 1889. I know this as I have found a marriage for Louis Gaspard and his sister-in-law, Elisa Parent.. Louis Gaspard Alfred Robillard and Elisa Parent were married 29 April 1889 at the parish of Ste-Melanie, Joliette co., Quebec.

If we take a look at this acte in the image above you will see that there is a bans of dispensation in the first degree for affinity. Gaspard, an instituteur (a teacher, like his father), is also the widower of Percide Parent. Those present are Jean-Baptiste Brisset dit Courshaine, brother-in-law of the wife, and Isidore Parent, brother of the wife, all of whom did not sign.

On This Day: The Birth of Marie Elizabeth Delima Charron dit Ducharme

Using TMG's companion utility product On This Day I am able to take a look into my database on any given day and see the events that occurred.

On this day in 1872 Marie-Elizabeth-Delima Charron dit Ducharme was born. She was baptized at the parish church of St-Felix-de-Valois on 10 July, 1872. The daughter of Georges Charron dit Ducharme and Henriette Robillard. Her godfather was Alfred Antoine Robillard, son of Louis Robillard of Ste-Melanie and her godmother was Elise Lesiege, daughter of  Isac (sp?) Lesiege also of Ste-Melanie.

pg. 1

pg. 2

 [Gabriel Drouin, Institut Généalogique Drouin, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Le Fonds Drouin 1621-1967, Quebec vital records, 1872, St-Felix-de-Valois, Joliette, P.Q., pg. 11, B.51, Marie Elizabeth Delima Ducharme, register photocopy to the Greffe of Joliette]

Henriette and Marie Elizabeth Delima's godfather, Alfred Antoine, were siblings. Their parents, Louis and Genevieve Riberdy dit Sansoucy, were married 4 August 1823 at the parish of Ste-Elisabeth in Joliette county, Quebec. Louis and Genevieve are my paternal g-g-g-grandparents.

[Gabriel Drouin, Institut Généalogique Drouin, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Le Fonds Drouin 1621-1967, Quebec vital records, 1823, Ste-Elisabeth Co-Joliette P.Q., pg.13, M. Louis Robillard et Genevieve Ribardy, register copy to the Greffe of Joliette]

Marie Elizabeth Delima Charron dit Ducharme died 2 months after she was born and was buried on 3 September 1872 in the cemetery of the parish of St-Felix-de-Valois, Joliette county, Quebec.

[Gabriel Drouin, Institut Généalogique Drouin, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Le Fonds Drouin 1621-1967, Quebec vital records, 1872, St-Felix-de-Valois, Joliette, P.Q., pg 15, S. 28, Marie Elizabeth Charron dit Ducharme, register photocopy to the Greffe of Joliette]

The Baptism and Obituary of L'Abbe Louis Robillard

Born and baptised on 14 Feb., 1887 at Ste-Melanie, Joliette. Louis Joseph Octavien Robillard was the son of Octavien Robillard (Jerome, Sophie Moussin dit Lajoie) and Marie Louise Nault. His godparents were Louis Moussin dit Lajoie and Adeline Riberdy. He attended the Seminare de Joliette from 1901-1908. In 1908 he entered into the Grand Seminarie de Montreal and was ordained on 23 Dec 1911. L'abbe Louis Robillard died on 17 April 1954 at the Hotel Dieu in Montreal and was buried in the crypt of the Cathedrale de Joliette on 21 April 1954.

Birth source:
[Gabriel Drouin, Institut Généalogique Drouin, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Le Fonds Drouin 1621-1967, Quebec vital records, 1887, Ste-Melanie Co-Joiliette P.Q., pg. 2, B.3 Louis Joseph Octavien Robillard, register photocopy to the Greffe of Joliette.]

Death source:
[Copy of obituary, rec'd via e-mail from Jacqui Tiernan on 3 April 2008. Publication date and place unknown.]

Pierre Jerome Gaspard Robillard, from Ste-Melanie, Quebec to Cohoes NY

In my previous post, The Canadian Album: Men of Canada.. I mention Pierre Jerome Gaspard Robillard, younger brother of Louis Gaspard Alfred Robillard. Pierre Jerome Gaspard was born 13 Sep 1871 and baptised the 14th at Ste-Melanie, Joliette, Quebec, to Jerome Robillard and Sophie Riberdy.

[Drouin Gabriel, Institut Genealogique Drouin, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Le Fonds Drouin 1621-1967, Quebec vital records, 1871, Ste-Melanie d'Aillebout, Co-Joliette, P. Q., pg. 10, B.45, P. Jerome Gaspard Robillard, Register Photocopy to the Greffe of Joliette]

He married Marie Delia Bonin (Isidore Bengamen, Itha Meunier dit Lapierre) 1 July 1892 at Saint-Timothee, Beauharois, Quebec.

[Drouin Gabriel, Institut Genealogique Drouin, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Le Fonds Drouin 1621-1967, Quebec vital records, 1892, St-Timothee Co-Beauharnois, P. Q., pg. 2, M.3 Pierre Jerome Gaspard Robillard et Marie Lea Bonin.]

1900 census of Lansingburgh, Rensselaer, New York; Series: T623, Roll: 1150, Ward: 3, Ed: 44, Page: 312, Sheet: 38A, Line: 31

/ /918/Robilard, Gerome/Head/W/M/Sep/1871/28/M/9/ / /Canada(Fr)/Canada/Canada/1870/30/Al/Daylabor/0/yes/yes/yes/R/ /H
..................Delia/Wife/W/F/Aug/1876/23/M/9/3/3/Canada(Fr)/Canada/Canada/1890/10/ / /yes/yes/yes
..................Eva/Daughter/W/F/Aug/1894/5/S/ / / /New York/Canada(Fr)/Canada(Fr)/ / /at sch/ /5
..................Arthur/Son/W/M/Dec/1895/4/S/ / / /New York//Canada(Fr)/Canada(Fr)/
..................Alice/Daughter/W/F/?/1898/1/S/ / / /New York//Canada(Fr)/Canada(Fr)

In this entry Eva's birth place and date are incorrect. She was born 1 Dec 1893 as Marie Delia Caroline Yvonne Robillard in Montreal. She was baptised 2 Dec 1893 at the parish of St-Louis-de-France, Montreal, Montreal, Quebec.(Drouin Gabriel, Institut Genealogique Drouin, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Le Fonds Drouin 1621-1967, Quebec vital records, 1893, St-Louis-de-France de Montreal, P. Q., pg. 83, B.342 Marie Delia Caroline Yvonne Robillard, Register Photocopy to the Greffe of Montreal)

I believe I also have found the family of Pierre Jerome Gaspard Robillard again in the 1910 census of Troy, Rensselaer, New York; Series: T624, Roll: 1070, Ward: 7, Enumeration District: 56, Sheet: 18B, Line: 96, Hoosick St. He is documented as Joseph Robillard.

144/ /462/Robillard, Joseph/Head/M/W/38/M1/18/Can-French/Can-French/Can-French/1895/al/Engish/Brickmaker
................... Delia/Wife/F/W/36/M1/18/6/6/Can-French/Can-French/Can-French/1895/-/French/none
................... Eva/Daughter/F/W/17/S/Can-French/Can-French/Can-French/1895/ /Collar Maker/Collar Mfg.
................... Arthur/Son/M/W/14/S/Massachusetts/Can-French/Can-French/English/none
................... Alice/Daughter/F/W/12/S/New York/Can-French/Can-French/English/none

1910 census of Troy, Rensselaer, New York; Series: T624, Roll: 1070, Ward: 7, Enumeration District: 56, Page: 24B, -Supplemental- Line: 96, Hoosick St.
144/ /4x2/ Robillard, Frank/Son/M/W/10/S/New York/Can-French/Can-French/English/none
................... Mary ?/Daughter/F/W/6/S/New York/Can-French/Can-French/ /none
................... Irene/Daughter/F/W/?/S/New York/Can-French/Can-French/ /none

And again as Joseph Robillard, age 48, with his wife Delia in the 1920 census on 36 Erie St, Cohoes, Albany, New York; Series: T625, Roll: 1083, Enumeration District: 127, Ward: 1, sheet: 3B, Line:67
36/38/59/Robillard, Joseph/Head/R/M/W/48/M/1893/Al/ /yes/yes/Canada/French/Cananda/French/Canada/French/yes/Brick maker/Brick Co.
.................. Delia/Wife/F/W/44/M/1893/Al/ /yes/yes/Canada/French/Cananda/French/Canada/French/yes/none
.................. Arthur/Son/M/W/24/S/ / / / /yes/yes/New York/yes/Brick maker/Brick yard
.................. Francis/Son/M/W/18/M/ / / /no/yes/yes/New York//Canada/French/Cananda/French/yes/Brick maker/Brick yard
.................. Mary/Daughter/F/W/15/S/ / / /no/yes/yes/NewYork//Canada/French/Cananda/French/yes/Runner/Collar Shop
.................. Irene/Daughter/F/W/13/S/ / / /yes/yes/yes/New York//Canada/French/Cananda/French/yes/none
.................. Mary/Daughter-in-law/F/W/18/M/ / / /no/yes/yes/Massachusetts/Massachusetts/Massachusetts/yes/Spinner/Cotton Mill

And lastly in the 1930 census, again with Delia, at the age 59 on Egbert St. in Cohoes, Albany, New York; Series: 7626, Roll: 1404, Ward: 1, Ed: 1-108, sheet: 6-B

67/97/147/Robillard Joseph/Head/R/16.00/ /no/M/W/59/M/21/No/Yes/Canada French/Canada French/Canada French/French/12/42/x/1893/Na/yes/Brick maker/Brick Yard
................... Delia/Wife-H/ / / /No/F/W/54/16/No/Yes//Canada French/Canada French/Canada French/French/12/42/x/1893/Na/yes/None
................... Arthur/Son/ / /x/M/W/34/Wd/28/No/yes/Massachusetts//Canada French/Canada French/ /53/42/0/ / /yes/Brick maker