Mary Sorrell (née Cognac) is listed in the 1850 US Census for Ferrisburgh. She is referred to as Mary Sorell on Page 306 (stamped), Line 18, Household 190, with the following persons listed, respectively, on lines 17 and 19 to 21:
Newspaper Nuggets: “Wedded at Clayton”, featuring Charles B. Tourville
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, Tuesday, September 22, 1896, page 10
WEDDED AT CLAYTON.
Charles B. Tourville and Miss Katherine F. Molzier Married.
Charles B. Tourville is a widower with romantic ideas. He concluded to take a wife to comfort him and look after his three children. He went out of town to get a wife and to preserve the harmonies he went out of town and got married. The lady’s name is Katherine F. Molzier and she hails from Greenville Ill.
The couple were married at Clayton Monday. Tourville was formerly a conductor on the Southern Electric Railway.
The Last Resting Place of Ignace (Enos) Barrette (~1856-1888)
A few weeks ago, a request posted on a Facebook Genealogy Group Page caught my eye. A person was looking for the death record of a woman who died in Rhode Island but couldn’t get any proof of same even though she knew the exact date of death. As the deceased was a French Canadian, someone thought of checking in Québec records and finally found her buried north of the border. The parish record stated that the woman died in Rhode Island on the date provided by the person. This reminded me of Ignace Barrette.
Who was Ignace Barrette? Continue reading
French Canadians Living in Ferrisburgh, VT in 1850: #7 Oliver Sorrell
Oliver Sorrell is listed in the 1850 US Census for Ferrisburgh. He is referred to as Oliver Sorell on Page 306 (stamped), Line 17, Household 190, with the following persons listed, respectively, on lines 18 to 21:
The Bangle Files: #10 | From Palatine to Terrebonne
I must admit I am quite ambivalent about this post. You see, I like to write about documents which I have found and read myself. As for the Ontario Loyalists, I didn’t. Or more precisely, I couldn’t do it yet.
I have this big project coming up. Next September, I plan to spend some time at the Ontario Archives, in Toronto, and at Library and Archives Canada, in Ottawa. I even aim to visit both locations before September so that my fall trip may be as successful as it can be. Continue reading
Newspaper Nuggets, featuring Tourville & Plante Shoe Store
La Patrie, Montréal, February 24, 1879, page 3
On Saturday morning, a horse took the bit in his teeth and tried to enter the store of Messrs. Tourville and Plante, shoe merchants on St. Lawrence Boulevard. We were told that the vehicle was damaged and the shop window broken.
By pure coincidence, I found in my emails an article sent to me by Marie-Claude Leclaire a few years back and related to the article published yesterday on Charles Tourville.
This incident occured a few weeks after Charles’ passing.
Thank you Marie-Claude!
The Shoemaker: Charles Tourville (1828-1879)
Anyone looking out for his ancestors having lived in the city of Montréal during the second half of the twentieth century cannot ignore the great resource that is the Lovell Directory (available online on the BANQ Website). This valuable research device helps us knowing people’s whereabouts between censuses. Continue reading
French Canadians Living in Ferrisburgh, VT in 1850: #6 Michel Forcier
Michel Forcier is listed in the 1850 US Census for Ferrisburgh. He is referred to as Mitchiel Fosha on Page 312 (stamped), Line 40, Household 291, with the following persons listed, respectively, on lines 41 and 42 for his wife Mary and son Batase, and five other children on the next page, on lines 1 to 5:
Newspaper Nuggets: “Fatal Accident at Shelburn”, featuring Joseph S. Germain
![Tombstone of Joseph S. Germain, St. Marys Cemetery, Brandon, Vermont [From Diane Tourville's collection]](https://i0.wp.com/www.huboutourvillegenealogy.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/IMG_0930.jpg?resize=397%2C528)
Tombstone of Joseph S. Germain, St. Marys Cemetery, Brandon, Vermont [From Diane Tourville’s collection]
Burlington Weekly Free Press, April 27, 1888, page 2
FATAL ACCIDENT AT SHELBURN
A Brakeman has Both Legs Cut off by a Train — His Injuries Fatal.
While the freight train which left Burlington at 3 o’clock Monday morning was shifting on a side track at Shelburn, Joseph S. Germain, a brakeman, slipped under the cars and had both legs cut off just above the knee. Part of the train was being backed, and two cars and the tender passed over the unfortunate man, but his cries were heard and the engine was stopped just before its hind wheels reached him. He was taken into the depot and Dr. Stoddard was summoned. It was decided to bring him to the Mary Fletcher hospital, and the train accordingly backed to this city, arriving about 4:30 o’clock. Continue reading
Nettie Germain (née Tourville) (1837-1907)
Three of Charles Tourville’s and Sophie Arpajou‘s daughters, Dométhilde, Marie-Édesse and Philomène, gave me such a hard time for so long. Let me explain. Continue reading