Sentimental Sunday: 1027-Église Saint-Cuthbert, Saint-Cuthbert 1879

1027-Église Saint-Cuthbert, Saint-Cuthbert 1879
Originally uploaded by Jean20100

 Browsing though a photo set on flickr belonging to Jean20100 entitled, ÉGLISES DU QUÉBEC (Quebec Churchs) 
I find a photograph of the church of St-Cuthbert de Berthier. This is the church that some of my Maille family ancestors centered their lives around in the 18th and 19th centuries. My cousin, Kevin Maille, recently visited St-Cuthbert and this is what he had to say in an e-mail that was sent to me,

"..I had to get to St. Cuthbert. It was just a short way off the main highway heading toward Trois Riviere and QC. It was also really cool to see the old town. Lots of small homes, but neat as a pin. In the center is the old church. It was huge and still is the center of community . We spoke to a guy mowing the lawn who spoke English and he took us to the parish priest who didn't speak a word of English. We manage to get him to open his records for us. I didn't learn a lot but have some copies from the old church archives. I did learn that Jean Baptiste Maillet died there which mean that the family had been there longer than I thought. JB is Alexander's son who is Pierre's son. All farms...all flat. Beautiful area though. Also, NO Maillet grave stones at the church graveyard. I have no idea why. They said that they would not have had a cemetery at the farm because Catholics didn't do that. I have no idea where Eusebe would be! They may have been to poor for markers."

My g-g-g-grandfather Eusebe Maille was a resident of Lowell Massachusetts in 1880. He went back to St-Cuthbert before 1886 and died there on 17 July 1887 and was buried on the 19th at the cemetery of the parish of St-Cuthbert. I was surprised to find out from Kevin's e-mail that there is no marker in the cemetery for Eusebe. Also, even though Eusebe's sons were settled in Lowell at this time, (but I believe still retaining a home in St-Cuthbert) I have yet to find a death notice published in Lowell in regard to Eusebe's death.

Eusebe's wife, Angelique Chevrette, dies in 1908 in Lowell and sadly is not buried with her husband in St-Cuthbert.

Surname Saturday: Courtois

1. Brian Savard

2. His mother, Pauline (Courtois)(Savard) Gagne

3. Albert H -. b. 30 Dec 1903, Worcester, MA, m. Celine Mayotte  abt. 1951, d. 29 April 1986, Lowell, MA

4. Theophile - b. 15 July 1874, Lowell, MA, m. Victoria Montbleau 29 June 1896, Lowell, MA, d. 1 Feb 1949, Lowell, MA  buried 4 Feb 1949 Cimetiere St-Joseph, Chelmsford, MA

5. Moise - born  & baptised 27 July 1843, St-Joseph de Maskinonge, Maskinonge, Quebec, m. Clothilde Longtin 19 Sept. 1871, St-Joseph church, Lowell, MA, d. 26 Jan 1930 Lowell, MA, buried 29 Jan 1930, Cimetiere St-Joseph, Chelmsford, MA.

6. Moise - b. 13 Sept 1819 and baptised on the 14th at St-Joseph de Maskinonge, Maskinonge, Quebec, m. Marie Claire Dupuis 18 Oct 1842, St-Joseph de Maskinonge, Maskinonge, Quebec, d. 20 Sept. 1892 and buried 23 Sept at Notre dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec.

Burial of Moise Courtois I

7. Gabriel - m. Marie Etienne Lemyre dit Gaucher 24 Aug. 1815, St-Joseph de Maskinonge, Maskinonge, Quebec, d. 14 Jan 1839, buried 16 Jan 1849 St-Joseph de Maskinonge, Maskinonge, Quebec

Gabriel - baptised 18 April 1742, Ste-Anne-de-la_Perade, Champlain, Quebec, m. Marguerite Vien(t) 28 Aug. 1780, Ste-Anne-de-la-Perade, Champlain, Quebec, buried 29 June 1819, St-Joseph de Maskinonge, Maskinonge, Quebec

The burial of Gabriel III

8. Gabriel - b. 24 April 1702, Batiscan, Champlain, Quebec, m. Marie-Josephe Baril dit Ducheny, Ste-Anne de la Perade, Champlain, Quebec, d. 8 Nov. 1779 La Perade, buried 9 Nov. 1779, Ste-Anne-de-la-Perade, Champlain, Quebec.

9. Gabriel - b. 5 Sept. 1672, Quebec, Quebec, Quebec, m. Elisabeth Moreau, 5 April 1701, Batiscan, Champlain, Quebec, d. 10 Feb 1779, La Perade, Champlain, Quebec

10. Charles - baptised 27 April 1663, St-martin de canteleu, Rouen, Normandie, France m. Marguerite Berger 9 Oct 1670, Notre Dame de Quebec, New France, d. 8 April 1694, Hotel Dieu, Quebec

Marriage of Charles and Marguerite Berger

[Gabriel Drouin, Institut Généalogique Drouin, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Le Fonds Drouin 1621-1967, Quebec vital records, 1667 - 1679, Notre Dame de Quebec, Quebec P.Q., ancestry image 190/232, Charles Courtois et Marguerite Berger, register photocopy to the Basilica of Quebec]

11. Antoine - m. Esther Lebrun before 27 April 1663, France

For more information on Brian's Courtois line, please contact me.

Wordless Wednesday: Roots

Hiking along Sabbaday Falls trail..

Tombstone Tuesday: Pauline Gail Robillard nee Maille, Cimetière Saint-Joseph, Chelmsford, Massachusetts

 This headstone should have been posted long ago..

 Buried with her mother, Rita G. Moran; her father, Paul E. Maille and her maternal grandmother, Marie Yvonne Ferron. My mother was the first to be buried in this plot, her inscription should read Pauline G. (Maille) Robillard or even Pauline G. Robillard nee Maille. Sadly, lots of disagreement plagued the events leading up to and following the death of my mother in 1982.