Born in St. Michel, Yamaska, Quebec, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Damasse Thomas (Therrien) Thérien
and Marie (Levasseur) Thérien
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Joseph James Smith
— married
15 Jan 1849 in Yamaska, Pierre-De Saurel, Quebec, Canada
Wife of
Joseph Guillaume Des Cormier
— married
about 1883 in Houghton County, Michigan, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Pierre Schmid, Victorine Schmid, Julia Smith, Joseph Smith, William Smith, Albert Smith, Peter Smith, Frank Des Cormier and John Joseph Des Cormier
Died
at age 73
in Atlantic Mine, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
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Biography
Marie Adeline Therrien was born in Yamaska, Quebec, Canada.[1] She was the daughter of Damase Thomas Therrien and Marie Lavasseur.
She married Joseph James Schmid on 15 Jan 1849 in Yamaska, Québec.[2] They moved to the United States, living first near Kankakee, Illinois and then in Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan.[3] By 1880, they were living in Houghton County, Michigan.[4] Mary and Joseph divorced and Mary married Joseph Guillaume Des Cormier in 1883[5] and she had 2 sons with him, Frank Des Cormier and John Joseph Des Cormier. The 1900 census stated that she ghad 17 children with 8 living.[6] Mary died in 1908.[7][8]
Sources
- ↑ Parish of St. Michel birth records, Yamaska, Quebec, Canada 1834. Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967
- Name: Marie Adele Therrien
- Event: Baptême (Baptism)
- Baptism Year: 1834
- Baptism Location: Yamaska, Québec (Quebec)
- ↑ Parish of St. Michel Marriage records, Yamaska, Quebec, Canada 1849. Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967.
- ↑ 1870; Census Place: Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan; Roll: M593_689; Page: 298B; Image: 269; Family History Library Film: 552188.
- ↑ 1880; Census Place: Adams, Houghton, Michigan; Roll 581; Family History Film: 1254581; Page: 476C; Enumeration District: 11; Image: 0628.
- ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Adams, Houghton, Michigan; Page: 31; Enumeration District: 0169; FHL microfilm: 1240714. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
- ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Adams, Houghton, Michigan; Page: 31; Enumeration District: 0169; FHL microfilm: 1240714. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
- ↑ Death Certificate of Mary Adeline Therrien
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
- Name: Mary Des Cormer
- Birth Date: abt 1834
- Birth Place: Canada
- Death Date: 8 Sep 1908
- Death Place: Adams Twp., Houghton, Michigan
- Death Age: 74
- Occupation: None
- Race: White
- Marital status: Married
- Gender: Female
- Father Name: Thomas Therrien
- FHL Film Number: 1008266
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