Domatille (Benoit) Dupheney (1854 - 1945)

Born 20 Nov 1854 in St. George's Mission, Newfoundland

Ancestors

Wife of Henri Duffeny — married [date unknown] in Newfoundland

Descendants

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Biography

Descendant of Boniface Benoit and Madeleine Manet-line certified as Mi'kmaq.

Notes

http://www.benoitfirstnation.ca/mikmaq_article13_2benoit.html

Birth year and place taken from copy of transcribed census record for 1921 for Winterhouse, NL, recorded as Duphenais

[St. Joseph's Parish,] St. George's Mission, Newfoundland, Canada, Parish Record, Baptism of Domitille Benoit (December 28 1854), Rev. Alex Belanger, witnesses Felicien Godet and Victoria LeBlanc. Issued January 4 2000.

birth date corrected to Nov 20, 1854, according to copy of baptismal record from St. Joseph's Parish Church. St, George's, NL. which shows her as being born at St. George's Mission and baptized Dec 28 1854 by Rev Alex Belanger. Sponsors were Felicien Godet and Victoria LeBlanc. listed as daughter of Constant Benoit and Theodore LeBlanc.

Headstone and cem records record her as Matilda Dupheney.death year listed as 1945 and wife of Henry Dupheney. NL Gen Web-West Coast-Port au Port Winterhouse/Black Duck Brook Cemetery^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ NL GenWeb. West Coast Region ~ Port au Port District. Winterhouse / Black Duck - Cemetery https://nlgenweb.dreamhosters.com/wcpap_cem_winterhouse.htm

• "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2XL-CLV : 16 December 2019), Domitille Benoit in entry for Elizabeth Duffenais, 1879.
• "Canada, Newfoundland Vital Records, 1840-1949," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-81YS : 2 March 2021), Domitille Benoit in entry for Elizabeth Duffenais, 1879; citing Birth Registration, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada, Provincial Archives, St. John's.
• "Canada, Newfoundland Census, 1921", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:QV1W-5SLR : Wed Apr 05 17:46:12 UTC 2023), Entry for Henry Duphenais and Matilda Duphenais, 1921.
• "Canada, Newfoundland Census, 1935", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:QK9Z-SXXV : Wed Apr 05 00:15:01 UTC 2023), Entry for Martin Duphenais and Isabel Duphenais, 1935.
• "Canada, Newfoundland Census, 1945", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:QK9Z-64JJ : Tue Apr 04 13:46:25 UTC 2023), Entry for Martin Duffeney and Isabella Duffeney, 1945.