Jane Ella (Robertson) Lajeunesse (1891 - 1966)

Born 7 Apr 1891 in New Richmond, Bonaventure, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Arthur David Lajeunesse — married 31 Dec 1918 in Montréal, Ile de Montréal, Québec

Descendants

Died 26 Mar 1966 at age 74 in Oshawa, Durham, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Jane Ella Robertson was born on 7 Apr 1891 in New Richmond, Bonaventure, Quebec, Canada. While born Jane Ella, she preferred to be called Helen. Her parents were Hugh Robertson (1840 - 1915) and Mary Ann (Conners) Robertson (1847 - 1917).

Her siblings were:

1. Walter Robertson (1871 - )
2. Mary Elizabeth Robertson (1872 - 1891)
3. Hugh Alfred Robertson (1876 - 1950)
4. Peter Hurd Robertson (1878 - 1927)
5. Henry Irwin Robertson (1882 - 1917)
6. Mary Ann Florence (Robertson) Poirier (1886 - 1974)

She married Arthur David Lajeunesse (1897 - 1955) on 31 Dec 1918 in Montréal, Ile de Montréal, Québec.^[1] They had met while he was convalescing in hospital following his return from the Western Front, where he had been injured in the left hip by a piece of shrapnel.

Their children were:

1. Marie Noella (Lajeunesse) Ceappy (1919 - 1988)
2. Gerald Lajeunesse (1921 - 2003)
3. Joseph George Roland Lajeunesse (1922 - 1979)
4. Raymond Lucien Lajeunesse (1924 - 1944)
5. Marie Florence Anita (Lajeunesse) Brisebois (1926 - 2014)
6. Joseph Eugene Lajeunesse (1928 - 1998)
7. John Charles Lajeunesse (1930 - 2022).

Helen died on 26 Mar 1966 in Oshawa, Durham, Ontario aged 74 and is buried in Ottawa.^[2][3]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968"
   Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, comp.
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1091 #14226101 (accessed 27 November 2021)
   Robertson marriage to Lajeunesse in 1918 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
2. ↑ Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, Ontario), Helen Robertson obituary (23 May 1966).
3. ↑ Obituary: "Canada, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current"
   The Ottawa Citizen; Publication Date: 29 Mar 1966; Publication Place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/458334920/?article=5ab51a21-d8e9-4519-a0b5-af1f7917593a&focus=0.39367446,0.43550768,0.5089693,0.51971453&xid=3355
   Ancestry Record 62226 #534558312 (accessed 28 November 2021)
   Name: Helen Lajeunesse; Gender: Female; Death Age: 74; Birth Date: abt 1892; Death Date: 26 Mar 1966; Obituary Date: 29 Mar 1966; Obituary Place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Newspaper Title: The Ottawa Citizen; Spouse: Arthur David Lajeunesse; Child: Gerald Roland Eugene Charles Noel-La Ceappy Anita.

• * Genealogy of the Cascapedia Bay Loyalists 1784-1984 (No author) 1984 New Richmond, Quebec Chapter 7 Robertson, pg. 82.