Damase McPherson (1842 - 1911)

Born 20 Sep 1842 in Saint-Timothee, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Adeline (Bouvier) McPherson — married 1871 in DeSoto, NB

Descendants

Died 30 Dec 1911 at age 69 in Paxton, Keith, Nebraska, United States

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Biography

He was the only member of his large French Canadian family who left his homeland.

Sources

• Canada, Quebec, Drouin Collection, St. Timothie, Beauharnois, 1842, pg.27, first dated entry on right page, written in French.
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69598729, Blair cemetery, memorial no.

69598729.

• Canada East Census, 1851, Beauharnois, St. Timothie, pg. 155, line 28, with other family on some Phearson.
• Canada East Census, 1861, Beauharnois, page 67, line 41, with other family on same page.
• United States Federal Census 1870, Nebraska, Douglas, Omaha, pg 281., line 13, working in Blacksmith shop.
• US, select county marriage records, Nebraska, 1871-1875, pg 32.
• United Stated Federal Census 1880, Washington, DeSoto, pg 034, line 23, house 167, next to relatives Courvoisier, ,Bouvier.
• Nebraska State Census Collection, 1885, pg. 280, line25, with family Courvoisier and Bouvier next door.