{"id":1231,"date":"2015-09-19T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2015-09-19T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huboutourvillegenealogy.com\/wp\/?p=1231"},"modified":"2016-04-04T17:54:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T21:54:23","slug":"52ancestors-in-52-weeks-18-octave-tourville-1826-1902","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huboutourvillegenealogy.com\/wp\/2015\/09\/19\/52ancestors-in-52-weeks-18-octave-tourville-1826-1902\/","title":{"rendered":"#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #18 Octave Tourville (1826-1902)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spending so many years investigating about Mathieu Hubou\u2019s descendents, I certainly came across some people who clearly stand out from the others. Octave Tourville<\/a> is one of them.<\/p>\n

First of all, because his father, \u00c9tienne Tourville, was my GGG uncle and that I had lost trace of his family before the Internet era, I was always the most interested in this collateral line. Moreover, Octave Tourville was no laborer, shoemaker, carpenter nor sawyer like his cousins. He was a printer. You know what that means, do you?<\/p>\n

Yes, that he could read and write.<\/p>\n

\"M930.50.8.561\"<\/a>

Engraving ~ Catalogue illustration of a mechanical printing press<\/em> ~ John Henry Walker (1831-1899) 1850-1885, 19th century Ink on paper on supporting paper – Wood engraving, 7 x 6.6 cm. Gift of Mr. David Ross ~ McCord M930.50.8.561 \u00a9 McCord Museum<\/p><\/div>\n

Octave’s father, \u00c9tienne, was a carpenter. He married Sophie Paquet (or Paquette) on September 19, 1825, in Lachenaie, who gave birth to six children.<\/p>\n

Baptized Joseph-Octave, our printer (he was the eldest of the family), was born on August 25, 1826, also in Lachenaie. However, following the first three children\u2019s baptisms, the family disappeared from Lachenaie; but thanks to the 1831 Canadian Census for St-Eustache being indexed and put online a few years back, I was finally able to retrace them (as well as the last three children\u2019s baptisms) in St-Eustache Parish.<\/p>\n

There were so few Tourvilles’ living in Montreal in those days that I\u2019ve easily determined right from the start that \u00c9tienne Tourville died there in 1843 at age 45 even though I could not find any trace of him or his family before the 1831 Census breakthrough. When his father passed away, Octave was only sixteen years old and all his siblings were alive, which is quite unusual for that era.<\/p>\n

In June 1844, Sophie Paquette went to the Montreal Circuit Court filing a request so that she be named tutor to her children. Were present, Charles Tourville, cousin, joiner; Michel Tourville, cousin, carpenter; Prosp\u00e8re Tourville, cousin, carpenter; Nicolas H\u00e9ri\u00e9, joiner; Augustin Fortier, printer; Charles Labelle, joiner; Joseph Desrosiers, merchant; all were Sophie Paquette\u2019s relatives, except for the last four who were friends of her underage children. All recommended that Sophie Paquette be named tutor.<\/p>\n

Did you happen to notice that there was a printer among them? As Octave was 17 at the time, I wonder if he was an apprentice printer working for Augustin Fortier.<\/p>\n

Well, more searches led me to a labor contract to which Octave Tourville is a party, dated April 29, 1854 and passed before Fran\u00e7ois-Joseph Durand, Notary Public. Octave was then 27 and was married since 1850 to Ad\u00e8le P\u00e9pin.<\/p>\n

\"Octave's

Octave’s and Ad\u00e8le’s signatures on their marriage record, Notre-Dame, Montr\u00e9al, February 12, 1850<\/p><\/div>\n

In said contract we read that Octave worked for Pierre Gendron from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., six days a week. His weekly wages were 1 pound and 10 shillings. If he had to work overtime, he would be paid 10 deniers per hour.<\/p>\n

I have been going sporadically through Montreal notary public online indexes on the BANQ<\/a> Website. A huge task! Up to now, I haven’t come upon any other contracts involving Octave but I am pretty sure there are others out there.<\/p>\n

About 15 years ago, while working on the Tourvilles’ who left for Massachusetts, I was quite surprised to learn that Octave passed away in Haverhill in 1902: I had no clue he was one of them as he and Ad\u00e8le were listed in the 1901 Canadian Census, living in the same house as their youngest son’s family! Afterwards, I simply thought he went to Haverhill for a printing job. It never crossed my mind that many of his children had settled with him in Haverhill years before. In fact, in 1901, he was probably in Montreal for a printing job or maybe only paying a visit to his son! Joseph-Octave and Ad\u00e8le are not enumerated in the 1891 Canadian Census and, of course, as the 1890 US Census has not survived, the exact date they all emigrated to Massachusetts is still missing. I owe to Family Search<\/em> that I have been provided with significant hints that Octave and Ad\u00e8le went to live in Haverhill.<\/p>\n

Ad\u00e8le gave birth to seven children. Two boys died when still children in Montreal. Daughters Olivine and husband Charles Dubois; Rose Delima and husband Jacob C\u00e9rat; as well as Eug\u00e9nie and husband Edmond Xavier Guyot were all married in Montreal but they settled in Haverhill for the rest of their lives. As for their son Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier, nothing suggests that he ever married and I unfortunately lost his trace after the 1881 Canadian Census. The youngest, Gustave, married Exilda Gougeon in 1894 in Montreal which he probably never left until his death in 1952.<\/p>\n

Octave Tourville died from a heart attack at home in Haverhill on July 10, 1902; Ad\u00e8le passed away more than a decade later, on December 17, 1915. Both are buried in Haverhill; Octave in St. James’ Cemetery, Adele in St. Joseph’s.<\/p>\n

\"Octave

Haverhill Evening Gazette<\/em>, Friday, July 11, 1902<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Octave

Haverhill Evening Gazette<\/em>, Saturday, July 12, 1902<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Adele

Haverhill Evening Gazette<\/em>, Saturday, December 18, 1915<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Adele

Haverhill Evening Gazette<\/em>, Monday, December 20, 1915<\/p><\/div>\n

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