Alphonse Richard (1889 - 1960)

Born 18 Jul 1889 in Cass County, Dakota Territory

Ancestors

Son of Phillippe Albert Olivier Richard and Marie Arthemise (Ducharme) Richard

Husband of Marie Anne Alberta (Daigneault) Richard — married 22 Nov 1910 in St. Francois Xavier, Manitoba, Canada

Descendants

Died 9 Aug 1960 at age 71 in Saint Boniface, Manitoba, Canada

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This profile is part of the St. François Xavier, Manitoba One Place Study.

Biography

Alphonse Richard was born on 18 July 1889 in Dakota Territory.^[1][2] He was the first son of Albert Richard^[3][4] and Arthemise Ducharme, and their first child to survive to adulthood. Albert and Arthemise had already lost a set of twins in infancy, and Alphonse's twin sister died the day she was born, before even being named.^[1]

Alphonse's family, consisting at the time of Alphonse, his parents, and his 9 living siblings, moved from North Dakota to St. François Xavier, Manitoba, in 1899.^[2] In St. François Xavier, they lived on River Lot 163.^[5]

On 22 November 1910, in St. François Xavier, Alphonse married Bertha Daigneault.^[6] As a young married couple they remained for a while with Alphonse's parents^[7] before striking out on their own to Ste. Anne, Manitoba,^[8] and later on to St. Boniface, Manitoba.

Alphonse and Bertha had 7 children:

• Philippe, b. 22 December 1912
• Joseph, b. 2 March 1914
• Clemence, b. 19 September 1915
• Solange, b. 11 July 1917
• Gerard, b. 22 May 1919
• Eugene, b. abt. 1922
• Lucien, b. 30 August 1924

The last place Alphonse lived was 277 Enfield Crescent in Norwood.

Alphonse died at St. Boniface Hospital in St. Boniface, Manitoba, on 9 August 1960, at the age of 71.^[9] He is buried next to his wife at Green Acres Memorial Gardens, just outside of Winnipeg, Manitoba.^[9][10]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} François J. Richard, Les Richard et d'Autres / The Richards and Others. Reunion edition, revised in 2006, p. 73.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 1901 Census of Canada, page 4, St. Francois Xavier N-1, Selkirk, Manitoba.
3. ↑ Paternal relationship is (tentatively) confirmed by a 31.96 cM Family Finder match between Gil Lavoie and his third cousin, once removed, Kenneth Levasseur. (Triangulation would make this more certain but hasn't been found yet.)
4. ↑ Paternal relationship is confirmed by a Family Tree DNA Family Finder test match between Gil Lavoie and his third cousin L.R. Their most-recent common ancestors are François Alexis Richard and Elizabeth Levasseur, great great grandparents of Gil Lavoie and L.R. Predicted relationship from FTDNA: 2nd cousin - 3rd cousin, based on sharing 233 cM.
5. ↑ 1906 Census of the Northwest Provinces, page 12, Parishes of St François-Xavier and Pigeon Lake (14), Macdonald District, Manitoba.
6. ↑ Manitoba Vital Stats marriage registration #1910-001369.
7. ↑ 1911 Census of Canada, page 9, St. François Xavier, MacDonald, Manitoba.
8. ↑ 1916 Canadian census, page 12, Township 8, ranges 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, east of principal meridian, Springfield, Manitoba.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Obituary for Alphonse Richard, published in the Winnipeg Free Press on 12 August 1960, page 24.
10. ↑ Tombstone at Green Acres Memorial Gardens, photo taken by Lianne Lavoie in 2011.

• 1921 Census of Canada, page 19, subdistrict 26, Macdonald (29), Manitoba.
• 1921 Census of Canada, page 19, South Cypress, Macdonald, Manitoba.

• 1926 Census of Canada, page 5, subdistrict 10, Portage la Prairie (8), Manitoba.

• 1931 Census of Canada, page 10, St. James (Municipality) (76), Winnipeg South Centre (189), Manitoba.

• Ancestry.com. Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Voters Lists, Federal Elections, 1935–1980. R1003-6-3-E (RG113-B). Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Ancestry subscription required)
  • Note: This is the 1949 voters list. Alphonse is a labourer and lives with his wife, his sons Joseph (caretaker) and Eugene (bell hop), and a woman named Mrs. Aurore Manaigre. They lived at 533 1/2 Langevin Street in St. Boniface.