Vintage Postcard: Sherbrooke(Quebec) Historic Tramway
This is a historic view of Melbourne Street in Sherbrooke. Note the tramway in the background which was a symbol of modernity when it began running in 1889. Trams were replaced by buses in 1931.
Sherbrooke was first settled by Loyalists (English-speaking Americans who fled the U.S. after the War of Independence) and is located in what was known historically as the Eastern Townships.
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Transit History of Sherbrooke, Quebec
Bagotville, St-Maurice Valley, Quebec.
This is an early twentieth century view of Bagotville which is located in the St-Maurice Valley, Quebec. Bagotville was merged with Grande-Baie and Pro-Alfred to form the town of La Baie, and La Baie was then folded into the city of Saguenay. Today, when people speak of Bagotville, they’re usually referring to CFB Bagotville, a Canadian Air Force Base.
Family Surnames of the Bagotville area in the early twentieth century
Belanger - Bergeron - Bluteau - Boivin - Bolduc - Bouchard - Boudreau - Brassard - Chayer - Chouinard
Claveau - Cote - Coude - Coulombe - Deschesnes - Dufour - Fortin - Gagne - Gagnon - Gaudreault - Gauthier
Girard - Gobeil - Gravel - Harvey - Hudon - Laberge - Labrie - Laforge - Lapointe - Larouche - Larouche
Lavoie - Lepage - Levesque - Maltais - Mayrand - McLean - McNicoll - Mignier - Morin - Noel - Normand
Ouellet - Paradis - Pelletier - Perron - Pilot - Olsen - Potvin - Pouliot - Riverin - Samuelson - Simard
Simon - St-Hilaire - Tremblay - Truchon - Villeneuve
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Spotlight on 3 Wing Bagotville | The Maple Leaf
Vintage Postcard: Main Street in Iroquois Mohawk Community of Caughnawaga, Quebec (aka Kahnawake)
This is a very poor quality image of Caughnawaga in the mid-twentieth century. I share it because it’s rare and seems difficult to find online.
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A Canadian Family Headstone: Israel Theriault, 1939 & Christine Dugas, 1938. Tombstone Tuesday
St.Simon & St.Jude Roman Catholic Cemetery
Grande Anse, New Brunswick, Canada
Israel Theriault
1939
Christine Dugas
1938
En Memoire de
Israel Theriault
1855 – 1939
et son epouse
Christine Dugas
1854 – 1938
Genealogy Notes:
This Israel Theriault appears in the some gedcoms as the son of another Israel Theriault and Catherine Murphy.
Christine Dugas’ parents were Vital Dugas and Luce Cormier. Christine’s first marriage was to Hilarion Dugas. Her marriage to Israel Theriault took place on May 10th, 1887 in Grande Anse in the presence of Jean Therriau and Daniel Murphy.
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Vintage Postcard: Amos, Quebec: Sainte-Therese d’Avila Cathedral.
This is an early twentieth-century view (1930s?) of Amos (region of Abitibi-Temiscamingue). In the background you can see the famous domed cathedral of Ste-Therese d’Avila.
Large areas of Quebec continued to be colonized well into the twentieth century – and Amos is an example of this. It’s called “Le Berceau de L’Abitibi” – the Cradle of Abitibi, and was officially established only in 1910. It will be interesting to see what family surnames appear on the 1921 Canadian Census when it’s released to the public – although I know that the very first settlers were Turcottes.
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The history of Cathedrale Sainte-Thérèse d’Avila of Amos
Gorgeous historic photographs of Amos held by the Société d’histoire d’Amos
Early French Canadian Pioneers: The Beaulieus of Quebec
Rene Beaulieu/Albert | Genevieve Arnaud
February 2oth, 1708
Pierre Beaulieu/Hudon | Marie Gobeil
July 13th, 1676
Jean-Jerome Legay de Beaulieu | Marguerite Samson
November 21st, 1725
Jean-Baptiste Beaulieu/Brillant | Francoise Itagisse dite Chretienne
July 6th, 1752
Claude Beaulieu/Thomas | Marie-Madeleine Sceau
about 1689
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Evelyn in Montreal: Lauzier m. Beaulieu, 1871
Jean Guile Girard asked for information about a Marie (Mary) Beaulieu and her parents & siblings. This was the Marie Beaulieu who had maried Louis in St-David, Maine 1871-10-30 & François Xavier Martin in Grand Isle, Maine on April 17th in 1882.
Information
Louis Roy Lauzier, son of Louis Roy Lauzier and Elisabeth Thibodeau married Marie Beaulieu, daughter of Hubert Beaulieu and Anastasie Cyr in St-David parish in Madawaska, ME (United States of America) on October 30th, 1871.
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Early French Canadian Pioneers: The Beaulieus of Quebec
Vintage Postcard: Tadoussac (Saguenay) Quebec
This is a historic image of some traditional homes in the village of Tadoussac which is located on the St-Lawrence River in Quebec’s Saguenay region.
Family Names of Tadoussac and Tadoussac Village at the turn of the Twentieth Century
Belanger - Belley - Bernier - Bherer - Bouchard - Bouchard - Boulanger - Bouliane - Bourgoin - Brisson
Brisson - Caron - Chamberlain - Christensen - Corval - Cote - Couturier - Dallaire - Denis - Deschenes
Desgagne - Desmeules - Duchesne - Dufour - Dumont - Durand - Fortin - Gagne - Gagne - Gagnon - Gauthier
Gingras - Girard - Gravel - Guerin - Harvey - Hovington - Hudon - Jourdain - Langois - Lapointe
Lavigne - Lavoie - Lemieux - Lepage - Levesque - Maher - Maltais - Marquis - Meunier - Morin
Morneau - Olsen - Otis - Ouellette - Pedneault - Perron - Plourde - Poitras - Radfort - Reneault
Robitaille - Rouleau - Savard - Simard - Tremblay
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