Sara (Monette) Venne (1864 - 1942)

Born 14 Apr 1864 in Hull, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Louis Guy — married 7 Jan 1883 in Maniwaki, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

Wife of Israel Venne — married 15 Oct 1917 in Canada, Ontario, Nipissing Co, Noëlville

Died 25 Sep 1942 at age 78 in Canada,

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Biography

Sara Monette. ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]}

Born Sara was born 14 April 1864. She is the daughter of Cyrille Boisvert and Odile Bouin. Canada, Quebec, Hull. ^[15] 24 APR 1866. Canada, Quebec, Hull. 24 APR 1866. Canada, Quebec, Hull. ^[16] 24 APR 1866. ^[17] Found multiple copies of birth date. Using 14 APR 1864

Died 25 SEP 1942. Canada, 31 AUG 1942. Canada, Ontario, Noelville. ^[18] Found multiple copies of death date. Using 25 SEP 1942

Residence 1917 Canada, Ontario, Nipissing Co, Noëlville. ^[19]

Marriage Husband Israel Venne. Wife Sara Monette. Marriage 15 OCT 1917. Canada, Ontario, Nipissing Co, Noëlville. ^[20][21]

Marriage with Israel Venne

On the 25th of May, 1917, in the home of Israel Venne, a baby girl was born who was christened Clara. She was named after her mother who died in the afternoon after giving birth to her last child. According to Clara, her mother would not have died if Sara had been the midwife assisitng in the delivery. Sara was an experienced midwife and very much in demand. None of the deliveries in which she assisted resulted in maternal death, which is why Israel believed his wife would not have died if she'd had the help of Sara during the delivery.

When Israel Venne's second wife passed away, he had 11 children under the age of 17 still living at home. He entrusted his newborn daughter Clara's care to the family of his brother-in-law, Hilaire Demers. His other baby, Eugene, who was only 1 year old, would board with Sara. It was likely during visits to his young son that Israel became infatuated with Sara. She accepted to marry him in October, 1917. At the age of 54 she became the mother of more than 20 children of which 15 were under the age of 17 years.

Clara's Memories

After a nice visit with Clara Courchesne, I am able to relate to you, such as they are, some of the memories that Clara, so graciously shared with me.

"Mother (to me, mémère Venne) was very courageous", said Clara. "When we were young, we didn't appreciate all that she did for us. She was a good person and never once slapped us. If someone misbehaved, she would tell Father.

She was a saintly woman. She never said a word. Great cook! Hospitable too! If two car loads of visitors arrived from the States at 4 a.m., there would be a good breakfast on the table in the morning. She was generous and gave to the needy. Every night, before bedtime, we would say the rosary and recite the long prayer. There was also the morning prayer and grace before meals. It is she who brought me to church for my first communion and confirmation. She had a favourite pet - a tabby cat.

She raised us properly. The dishes had to be done. If the corners of the stairs were not dusted properly with the "duster" (a dried feather from the wing of a chicken) she would ask: "Are those corners moving in?" Each year she washed the woollen mattresses and hung the feather mattresses on the clothesline to air. Every week, the blankets were hung outside to air too.

During the festive season her home was open to all her relatives. Those on her side, (Dollard and Pitt Guy, Charles Arsenault, Claude Mathieu, uncle Jos Guérin etc..) as well the relatives on her husband's side (Israël Venne) were always welcomed.

New Year's day was usually spent in her home. Most often, she cooked a big midday meal, but sometimes it was supper she prepared for her guests who stayed to enjoy the evening. Some people visited even on Christmas Day. The big house suddenly seemed small.

Mother was very clever. She stored her eggs in oats, her lettuce in sawdust, her tomatoes in orange papers, her salted butter in earthenware pots and her cabbages hung from the ceiling in the basement. In winter, she stored the beef and the pork in an enclosure filled with oats. She even planted peanuts the same way we plant potatoes.

She was a hard worker. She washed and carded wool; she made wool and feather mattresses, she knitted socks, scarves, toques and mitts. She even sewed mackinaw garments with the heavier wool she sent out for processing. I wore a dress of crêpe de Chine sewn by my mother to Marie-Anne's wedding. It was a beautiful lilac dress adorned with white lace. My sisters would send us clothing from the States and my mother would adjust them to fit us or take them apart, turn the fabric inside out and make us something new out of something old. She made blood sausage and other sausage; I've never tasted blood sausage as good as my mother's; maybe because she added cream when she made it. She also cleaned the tripe from sheep.

She was outstanding at caring for the sick, she used simple remedies like mustard plasters.

Being such a good housekeeper and so frugal, she helped my father get back on his feet in spite of his large family."

Clara remembers well the straw hat with the wide brim worn by mémère when she was outside in the summer. It was a black hat that she would wax with shoe polish to protect it. One day, little Clara, still very young, pulled on a thread from the middle of the hat. The more she pulled, the more thread was freed. She soon had enough thread to make it down the stairs and outside the door; thus she had unravelled the whole of her mother's precious hat. Becoming aware of her foul deed, she hid upstairs and wouldn't even come down for supper. Her anxiety dissipated soon afterwards when she saw her mother wearing the illustrious hat. She had found a way to sew it back up again.

Others also told me of what a hard worker mémère Venne was. She never stopped. Even after a full day, if she sat down, her hands were busy knitting or making something, right up until bedtime.

Her hand-made rugs were well made and very fine; she sometimes gave them as gifts. She also sewed for her grandchildren. Jeanette Reneaud remembers a skirt that mémère helped her make. She helped put together a whole quilt which they hand-stitched afterwards. Mother had obtained a lot of wool from mister Adrien Legault's sheep. It was mémère who came over to help her granddaughters, Yvette and Jeanette to wash and card the wool to be used in the making of mattresses. What progress! We were sleeping on straw mattresses before that! She also knew how to make soap from lard. She was the midwife for the births of Gérald and Rita, Jeanne and Pitt Guy's children.

Albert Venne's son, René, remembers mémère Venne as an extraordinary person; always happy, never in a bad mood. Pépère got back on his feet with such a thrifty wife looking after the household. She was so hospitable, she could muster up a great meal in no time at all. When René's mother arrived with her gang, mémère liked it - she loved to watch the children play. She was very fond of children. "And we loved her too", adds René. In the winter of 1937, René and his brother Roland Venne lived with pépère Venne while they were cutting 300 logs to build them a house in the village.

The wood from the logs was never used to build that house for pépère Venne in the village. Instead he built a kitchen on the porch for himself and his wife. It happened that Marianne and Roméo Chartrand who lived in Sudbury, took over the farm, said René. In addition to their bedroom, pépère and mémère used the large living room when they had company. In return, Roméo provided his in-laws with their food and lodging.

Grandfather Venne

Pépère Venne was a proud and valiant farmer. He started out by building a lodging which was later turned into a grain barn. With time, he built a beautiful home and a well built barn, whose base was entirely made of stone.

Even after having passed the farm down to his daughter, pépère Venne continued to be very useful there. Roméo Chartrand who was an excellent cook worked in lumber camps as a professional cook. He never worried because pépère Venne was still there to work the farm.

Pépère Venne always had sheep. How I loved lambs! My parents never kept any. How I would have loved to have one. Everytime I saw pépère Venne, I asked him for a lamb. He always replied: "Give me your mother, I'll give you a lamb". Not wanting to make such a trade, I never owned one.^[22]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S36
2. ↑ Source: #S43
3. ↑ Source: #S316 http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?pid=-1007425657&tid=7993715
4. ↑ Source: #S317 1924 MARRIAGE of daughter, Honora Name: Honora Guy Birth Place: Noelville Age: 19 Estimated birth year: abt 1905 Father Name: Louis Guy Mother Name: Sara Monette Spouse Name: Oswald Carriere Spouse's Age: 23 Spouse Birth Place: St Andre Owellin Quebec Spouse Father Name: Alderic Carriere Spouse Mother Name: Angelina Drouin Marriage Date: 14 Jul 1924 Marriage Location: Nipissing District Marriage County: Nipissing Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS932_684
5. ↑ Source: #S317 1918 MARRIAGE of daughter, Adeline Name: Adeline Guy Age: 17 Estimated birth year: abt 1901 Father Name: Louis Guy Mother Name: Sara Monette Spouse Name: Isidor Jodoin Spouse's Age: 23 Spouse Birth Place: Sturgeon Falls Ont Spouse Father Name: Adelard Jodoin Spouse Mother Name: Marie Darris Marriage Date: 4 Sep 1918 Marriage Location: Nipissing District Marriage County: Nipissing Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS932_460
6. ↑ Source: #S317 1913 MARRIAGE of daughter, Olivine Name: Olivine Gery Birth Place: Monelleville Age: 16 Estimated birth year: abt 1897 Father Name: Louis Gery Mother Name: Sara Monette Spouse Name: Adelard Brazeau Spouse's Age: 20 Spouse Birth Place: Sturgeon Falls Spouse Father Name: Francois Davis Brazeau Spouse Mother Name: Angeline Briere Marriage Date: 10 Nov 1913 Marriage Location: Nipissing District Marriage County: Nipissing Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS932_261
7. ↑ Source: #S317 1914 MARRIAGEof daughter, Dora Name: Dora Ging Birth Place: Sturgeon Falls Ont Age: 18 Estimated birth year: abt 1896 Father Name: Louis Ging Mother Name: Sara Monette Spouse Name: Gino Sebastiano Girardells Spouse's Age: 25 Spouse Birth Place: Castells Godegs Italia Spouse Father Name: Vittorio Girardells Spouse Mother Name: Vittoria Zipper Marriage Date: 24 Feb 1914 Marriage Location: Sudbury District Marriage County: Sudbury Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS932_322
8. ↑ Source: #S318 1901 BIRTH of daughter, Adelina Name: Adelina Alexandra Guy Date of Birth: 5 Mar 1901 Gender: Female Birth County: Nipissing District Father's Name: Louis Guy Mother's Name: Sara Monette Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS929_154
9. ↑ Source: #S318 1899 BIRTH of son, Joseph Name: Joseph Antonias Guy Date of Birth: 13 Jun 1899 Gender: Male Birth County: Nipissing District Father's Name: Louis Guy Mother's Name: Sara Monette Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS929_146
10. ↑ Source: #S318 1904 BIRTH of Honora Name: Honora Guy Date of Birth: 22 Dec 1904 Gender: Female Birth County: Sudbury District Father's Name: Louis Guy Mother's Name: Sara Monette Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS933_39
11. ↑ Source: #S321 1903 MARRIAGE of daughter, Alexina GUY Name: Alexina Guy Birth Place: Quebec Age: 20 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883 Father Name: Louis Guy Mother Name: Sarah Monette Spouse Name: Charles Arsenault Spouse's Age: 25 Spouse Birth Place: United States Spouse Father Name: Joseph Arsenault Spouse Mother Name: Mary Murphy Marriage Date: 22 Feb 1903 Marriage Location: Nipissing District Marriage County or District: Nipissing
12. ↑ Source: #S99 Marriage date: 1905-1955 Marriage place: Noëlville, Ontario Residence date: Residence place: Ontario
13. ↑ Source: #S55
14. ↑ Source: #S72
15. ↑ Source: #S316 http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?pid=-1007425657&tid=7993715
16. ↑ Source: #S270
17. ↑ Source: #S261
18. ↑ Source: #S316 http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?pid=-1007425657&tid=7993715
19. ↑ Source: #S99 Marriage date: 1905-1955 Marriage place: Noëlville, Ontario Residence date: Residence place: Ontario
20. ↑ Source: #S49 Page 14, record # 10 a.
21. ↑ Source: #S99 Marriage date: 1905-1955 Marriage place: Noëlville, Ontario Residence date: Residence place: Ontario
22. ↑ "Monette, Cyrille et Odile", Published by La Compagnie Jérémie, a/s Claude Mayer, 11, rue Edna, Noelville, ON. One of the volumes handed out at the 1995 Monette family reunion. Pg 86

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• Source: S72 Rita Bezy Boylan
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• Repository: R44 Ancestry.com

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• See also:

Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada) Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1926. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1926. MS932, Reels 1-793. Archives of Ontario, Toronto.Ontario, Canada. Marriage License Books, 1907-1910. MS945, Ree. Event type: Marriage, Event date: 10 Nov 1913, Event place: Église Sacré Coeur, Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada, Groom name: Adelard Brazeau, Father: Fracois David Brazeau, Mother: Angéline Brière, Bride name: Olivine Guy, Father: Ronis Guy, Mother: Sara Monette. [1] Ancestry Record 7921 #101891274. Free Ancestry Document