Tripping the light fantastic, Edouard Theriault & Golda Lagace
After more than a decade of doing genealogy, I could recount about a half dozen Happy Dances for this 65th Carnival of Genealogy, however given the theme, I’ve decided to share this photograph of my parents which I found quite unexpectedly at the bottom of a carton of old photographs my mother had given me to store.
This photo swept me back to my childhood, when I grew up surrounded by the music of the swing era big bands! It also drew me back to those exciting days at the end of the 50s when we were one of the first families on our street to get a television (black and white of course). In those early years some of our favourite movies were those of the dancing duo – Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
Theriault & Lagace, mid 1950s A Canadian Family Photo Archives
You can tell from the photo that my parents were expert dancers. In fact, as a sideline while he was working his way through university, my father was a teacher at an Arthur Murray Ballroom Dancing School in Montreal. My mother wan’t a dance teacher but she was a natural – light on her feet and quick to learn. To me a little girl – sitting on my stool and watching them dance – my parents were every bit as good as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers! And when I got a little older it was finally my turn as my father taught me my first dances. I remember that Latin rhythms were all the rage then – and I particularly enjoyed the cha-cha-cha!
Have you got a few minutes left?
Then please sit back and enjoy a little sample of Fred and Ginger. It dates from the 1930s but it’s the type of movie my parents and my sister and I watched on television back in the 50s.
temporarily gone
Lovell's Montreal Directory (1958) Murray Dance Studios where my father worked
Annuaires Lovell de Montreal et sa banlieue (1842-1999)
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Related Posts:
“Pain et Melasse, Cherie!”
1. Memories 2. Five Roses Molasses Cookie Recipe 3. Acadians and Slavery
1. Memories Growing up in 1960s Quebec, my sisters and I had a regular morning routine on school-days. First we’d wash up, then my mother would tie up our pony tails with fresh ribbons and we’d return to the upstairs hallway to dress. My mother had laid out our school uniforms the night before. She draped them neatly over the metal railing – three matching dark navy blue tunics with buttoned belts, crisp white oxford shirts, white or blue knee socks, black pumps). While we finished dressing she’d slip downstairs to finish preparing breakfast.
My dream breakfast would have been Cocoa Puffs – but Mom didn’t agree. She said Cocoa Puffs were a snack not a breakfast. My mother was very nutrition-conscious and in the middle of a Montreal winter that usually meant a hearty breakfast of eggs and bacon or sausages or perhaps a warm bowl of Cream of Wheat. Always Cream of Wheat NEVER Oatmeal. My mother had always despised oatmeal. Why? Because she grew up in depression-era New Brunswick in a very large farm family. She was the eldest daughter of over a dozen children and each morning – before leaving for school – it was her job to scour the heavy pot that held the oatmeal.
There was someone else at the morning breakfast table – my father. He usually liked a heavy breakfast but every once in awhile when my mother would ask him what he wanted, he’d answer “pain et melasse, cherie“. This meant he wanted
some bread and molasses, and although I didn’t know it at the time this is actually an old Acadian tradition. In our family we used a heavy, country-style bread and Grandma molasses. You could actually pour a few drops of molasses on the bread or serve the molasses in a little saucer in the middle of the table. Only my middle sister developed a taste for pain et melasse, but we all loved molasses cookies!
2. Five Roses Molasses Cookies Here’s a recipe from my mother’s 1950s Five Roses Flour cookbook.
3. Acadians and Slavery The Acadians settled in what is modern-day Nova Scotia back in the early 17th century and they lived quite well off the land and the sea. Eventually they found themselves with a surplus and were able to buy goods and foodstuffs from British trading ships. Native Americans had shown Acadians how to harvest one of the best sweeteners on the planet – maple syrup – but Acadians were happy to add some variety to their diet with molasses.
Molasses came from what was then the British West Indies where it was processed from cane sugar and the Acadians paid for it with fish. The story of my Acadian forebears is a sad one – they founded a new land, then were dispossessed and scattered to the four winds. But the story of the workers who produced the molasses was far sadder. They were not free men or even indentured workers. They were slaves and they worked in punishing and inhumane circumstances. It’s very distressing to imagine that my forebears enjoyed food produced by enslaved humans. My ancestors had originally voyaged from small hamlets in Poitou, France to the middle of a wild, new land. I wonder whether they knew about slavery – and how their sweet “melasse” was produced?
Of course, this is not just a question for my forebears but for myself as well. For instance, what are the living standards of the workers who pick the cocoa beans for the chocolate in my breakfast Cocoa Puffs?
Recipes:
Grandma Molasses Recipes
Thomas MacEntee’s Gingerbread Cookies
History/Social Justice:
A Poor Man’s Meal: Molasses in Atlantic Canada
3rd Canadian Genealogy Carnival
Around the Kitchen Table
3rd Canadian Genealogy Carnival
Around the Kitchen Table
Joseph Anglehart/Migkelharte and Marie Anelkawine (Descendants: Gaspe to Gloucester)
FIRST GENERATION
1. Joseph Anglehart / Migkelharte was born about 1730 and died after 1787. Joseph married Marie Anelkawine about 1750 in Canada. Marie was said by some to be Native but this is disputed by researcher Dominique Ritchot. See ……..for more information.
The child from this marriage was:
+2 M i. Jean Baptiste Anglehart / Migkelharte I who was born about 1750 and died after 1800.
SECOND GENERATION
2. Jean Baptiste Anglehart (Joseph 1) was born about 1750 and died after 1800. Jean married Anne Chapados on 13 Jul 1787 in Carleton, Bonaventure, Gaspesie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada. She was the daughter of Jean Chapados and Catherine Larocque.
Children from this marriage were:
+3 F i. Marie Anglehart was born after 1787 and died after 1849. +4 M ii. Jean Baptiste Anglehart I was born about 1790.
THIRD GENERATION
3. Marie Anglehart (Jean Baptiste 2, Joseph 1) was born after 1787 and died after 1849. Marie married Alexandre Huard on 30 Jan 1826 in Paspebiac, Bonaventure, Quebec, Canada.
The child from this marriage was:
+5 F i. Marie Huard who was born after 1826 and died after 1871.
4. Jean Baptiste Anglehart (Jean Baptiste I 2, Joseph 1) was born about `1790. Jean married Louise Blais on 31 Jul 1815 in Newport (Perce), Gaspe, Quebec, Canada. She was the daughter of Antoine Blais and Therese St-Fil.
The child from this marriage was:
+6 M i. Jean Baptiste Anglehart II was born on 28 May 1816 in Paspebiac, Quebec, Canada.
FOURTH GENERATION
5. Marie Huard (Marie Anglehart 3, Jean Baptiste 2, Joseph 1) was born after 1826 and died after 1871. Marie married Paul Hypolite Blais on 30 Jul 1849 in Perce, Gaspe, Quebec. He was the son of Joseph Blais and Angelique Cyr.
The child from this marriage was:
+7 F i. Marie Blais who was born on 28 Dec 1852 in Quebec, Canada and died after 1911 in Canada.
6. Jean Baptiste Anglehart (Jean Baptiste 3, Jean Baptiste 2, Joseph 1) was born on 28 May 1816 in Paspebiac, Quebec, Canada. Jean married Elisabeth Duguay on 8 Jan 1839 in Paspebiac , Quebec, Canada.
Children from this marriage were:
+8 M i. John Anglehart who was born about 1850 and died after 1870. +9 M ii. Damase Anglehart who was born about 1850 and died after 1874.
FIFTH GENERATION
7. Marie Blais (Marie Huard 4, Marie Anglehart 3, Jean Baptiste 2, Joseph 1) was born on 28 Dec 1852 in Quebec, Canada and died after 1911 in Canada. Marie married Clement Desilva on 23 Jan 1871 in Grande-Riviere (Perce), Quebec, Canada. He was the son of Thomas Desilva and Anastasie Savard. Clement was born on 24 Nov 1850 in Perce, Quebec, Canada and died after 1911 in Canada.
Children from this marriage were:
+10 F i. Clementine Desilva who was born on 15 Sep 1878 in New Brunswick, Canada. 11 F ii. Georgina Desilva who was born on 23 Aug 1896 in Lameque , Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada and died after 1911 in Canada. + 12 M iii. Adam Desilva who was born on 19 May 1870 in Quebec, Canada. 13M iv. Francois Desilva who was born in 1871 in Quebec, Canada and died after 1881. 14M v. Jean Desilva was born in 1872 in Quebec, Canada and died after 1881. 15F vi. Marie Desilva who was born in 1875 in Quebec, Canada and died after 1881 in New Brunswick, Canada. 16 M vii. Thomas Desilva who was born in 1876 in Quebec, Canada and died after 1881 in Canada. 17 M viii. Joseph Desilva was born in 1880 in Quebec, Canada and died after 1881 in Canada. M ix. Clement Desilva who was born on 7 Aug 1890 in Miscou, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada and died after 1911. +19 F x. Marcelline Desilva who was born on 6 Apr 1888 in Miscou, New Brunswick, Canada. 20F xi. Clarah Desilva who was born on 28 Mar 1883 in New Brunswick, Canada and died after 1901 in Canada. 21 M xii. Napoleon Desilva who was born on 24 Oct 1886 in New Brunswick, Canada and died after 1901 in Canada. + 22 F xiii. Delima Desilva who was born on 12 Mar 1876 in Quebec, Canada and died after 1911.
8. John Anglehart (Jean Baptiste 4, Jean Baptiste 3, Jean Baptiste 2, Joseph 1) was born about 1850 and died after 1870. John married Zite Fortier on 26 Jul 1870 in Havre-St-Pierre, Quebec. She was the daughter of Romuald Fortier and Marguerite Caron.
9. Damase Anglehart (Jean Baptiste 4, Jean Baptiste 3, Jean Baptiste 2, Joseph 1) who was born about 1850 and died after 1874. Damase married Elisabeth Duguay on 19 Sep 1874 in Havre-St-Pierre, Quebec, Canada.
SIXTH GENERATION
10. Clementine Desilva (Marie Blais 5, Marie Huard 4, Marie Anglehart, Jean Baptiste 2, Joseph 1) was born on 15 Sep 1878 in New Brunswick, Canada. Clementine married George H. Luce on 8 Nov 1896 in Gloucester, New Brunswick. He was the son of Philippe Luce and Anne Ward. George was born on 29 Jun 1875 in Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada.
Children from this marriage were:
23 F i. Eveline Melvina Luce who was born on 28 Nov 1905 in Island River, Gloucester, Canada and died on 9 Jul 1976. She was buried on 12 Jul 1976 in Bathurst, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada. Eveline married Adelard Lagace / Mignier I on 27 May 1924 in Bathurst Ouest, New Brunswick, Canada. He was the son of Joseph Lagace and Elisabeth Doucet. Adelard was born on 5 Mar 1895 in Bathurst , New Brunswick, Canada. He died on 3 Nov 1959 in New Brunswick,Canada. (next generations private) 24 M ii. Francois Guillaume Luce who was born on 30 Jun 1897 in Lameque, New Brunswick, Canada and died after 1901. 25 M iii. Thomas William Luce who was born on 18 Dec 1898 in Lameque, New Brunswick and died afer 1901 in Canada. 26 M iv. Albert Warren Luce who was born on 2 Mar 1903 in Lameque, New Brunswick, Canada and died after 1930. Albert married Rita Bertin on 4 Mar 1930 in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada. 36 Rita who was born about 1903 and died after 1930 in Canada. 27 M v. George Lorrain Luce who was born on 14 Nov 1901 in Island River, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada and died after 1926. George married Aubie Bourgeois on 10 Oct 1926 in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada. 28 M vi. Charles William Luce who was born on 22 Jun 1900 in Lameque, New Brunswick, CAN. 29 M vii. Francois Lamain Luce was born on 16 Jul 1904 in Lameque, New Brunswick, Canada. 30 M viii. Arthur Luce who was born on 13 Apr 1907 in Island River, New Brunswick, Canada and died after 1937. Arthur married Marguerite Doucet on 7 Sep 1937 in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada. 31 F ix. Lydia Luce who was born about 1910 and died after 1934. Lydia married Henri Pinsonneault on 31 May 1934 in Verdun, Quebec, Canada. Henri was born about 1910 and died after 1934.
12. Adam Desilva (Marie Blais 5, Marie Huard 4, Marie Anglehart 3, Jean Baptiste 2, Joseph 1) was born on 19 May 1870 in Quebec, Canada and died after 1909. Adam married Marguerite Duguay on 12 Aug 1894 in Lameque, New Brunswick, Canada. Marguerite was born on 25 Dec 1873 in Canada and died after 1909.
Children from this marriage were:
32M i. Adelard John Desilva who was born on 8 Jun 1895 in Lameque, New Brunswick, Canada. 33 F ii. Louise Desilva who was born on 20 Mar 1902 in Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada. 34 F iii. Adeline Desilva who was born on 4 May 1900 in New Brunswick, Canada. 35 F iv. Laura Desilva who was born on 25 Apr 1904 in Island River, New Brunswick, Canada. 36 M v. Napoleon Desilva who was born on 3 Aug 1906 in Miscou, New Brunswick, Canada. 37 M vi. Adam Desilva who was born on 25 Jan 1894 in New Brunswick, Canada. 38 M vii. Clement Desilva who was born on 5 Jan 1909 in Miscou, New Brunswick, Canada.
19. Marcelline Desilva (Marie Blais 5, Marie Huard 4, Marie Anglehart , Jean Baptiste 2, Joseph ) was born on 6 Apr 1888 in Miscou , New Brunswick, Canada. Marcelline married Thomas A Sivret on 12 Aug 1912 in Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada. He was the son of Adolphus Sivret I and Rosalie Chiasson. Thomas was born on 8 May 1885 in New Brunswick, Canada and died in 1942.
The child from this marriage was:
39M i. Clement Sivret was born about 1920. Clement married (Private information)
22. Delima Desilva (Marie Blais 5, Marie Huard 4, Marie Anglehart 3, Jean Baptiste 2, Joseph 1) was born on 12 Mar 1876 in Quebec, Canda and died after 1911. Delima married John Gauthier on 31 Oct 1896 in Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada. He was the son of Louis Gauthier I and Constance Drysdale. John was born on 1 Jan 1875 in New Brunswick, Canada and died after 1911.
Children from this marriage were:
40F i. Delima Gauthier who was born on 24 Mar 1901 in Lameque, New Brunswick, Canada and died after 1911. 41F ii. Clarisse Gauthier who was born on 6 Apr 1907 in Miscou, New Brunswick, Canada.
42 F iii. Melanie Gauthier who was born on 1 Apr 1899 in Lameque, New Brunswick, Canada and died after 1919. Melanie married Augustin Blanchard on 22 Sep 1919 in Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada. 43M iv. Joseph Gauthier who was born on 3 May 1903 in Lameque, New Brunswick, Canada. 44F v. Malvina Gauthier who was born on 2 Jul 1897 in Lameque, New Brunswick and died before 1901. She never married and had no children 45F vi. Alphonsine Gauthier who was born in 1908 in New Brunswick, Canada and died after 1911. 46 F vii. Lorette Gauthier64 was born in 1910 in New Brunswick, Canada and died after 1911.
Sources
Desilva, Adam. Correspondence.
Note for A.Desilva: Due to a computer crash I no longer have your contact information.
If you have a website/email that you would like listed here, please contact me.
Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Francais: 1608-1760.(1965).
Le centre de genealogie francophone d’Amerique
RS141B7 Index to New Brunswick Marriages: 1847 – 1951
RS141A2/2 Index to County Birth Registers.1800-1902
RS141A5 Index to Provincial Registrations of Births:1898-1908
RS141A1c Index to Late Registration of Births County Series: 1869-1901
Lagace, Golda. Interview 2003. Evelyn Yvonne Theriault (A Canadian Family)
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