Marie Obéline Caron (1841 - bef. 1920)

Born 9 Jun 1841 in Saint-Simon, Rimouski, Bas-Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Hyacinthe Morais — married 7 Jul 1862 in Saint-Fabien, Rimouski, Canada East

Wife of Louis Rémi Gagnon — married 13 Jan 1896 in Sainte-Françoise, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada

Descendants

Died before 1 Jan 1920 before age 78 in Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Marie Obéline Caron was born on 9 Jun 1841 in Saint-Fabien, Rimouski, Bas-Canada, and was baptized four days later on 13 Jun in Saint-Simon parish, Rimouski, Bas-Canada. She was the daughter of Pierre Caron, day worker of Saint-Fabien parish, and Marie Soulange Talon. Sponsors for Obéline's baptism were Isaac Roy dit Lauzier and Geneviève Boulanger; neither sponsor signed the register.

At age 21 Obéline married first husband Hyacinthe Morest on 7 Jul 1862 in Saint-Fabien parish in Rimouski, Canada East. There were six known children born into this marriage: Marie Sophie Obeline Morais, Charles Edouard Telesphore Morais, Emma Morais, Cecilia Morais, Ernest Morais and Joseph Morais. Hyacinthe died at age 53 on 4 Jul 1890 in Sainte-Françoise, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada.

In the 1871 census Obéline (age 28) was living in Trois-Pistoles, Témiscouata, Québec, Canada.

In the 1881 census Obéline (age 39) was living in Trois-Pistoles, Témiscouata, Québec, Canada.

In the 1891 census Obéline (age 49) was living in Saint-François-Xavier, Témiscouata, Québec, Canada.

At age 54 Obéline married second husband Remi Gagnon, widower of Basilice Dumont, on 13 Jan 1896 in Sainte-Françoise, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada.

Obeline (Caron) Gagnon died at age 82 on 21 Dec 1923 in Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.

Sources

• Baptême/Baptismal record [B-40] for Marie Obéline Caron. Saint-Simon (Rimouski) parish register: https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4420729?docref=aIE4DTtCIcqHgKSK07OTiw. Image 15.
• Mariage/Marriage record [M-8] for Hyacinthe Morest and Obéline Caron. Saint-Fabien (Rimouski) parish register: https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4420576?docref=g2DzBP0-985CnRpCzLCZDA. Image 11.
• 1871 Canada Census. Emilie Morais, wife, in household of Hyacinthe Morais, day worker. Trois-Pistoles, Témiscouata, Québec; page 57, line 17. https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1871&op=img&id=4395567_00044
• 1881 Canada Census. Obeline Morais, wife, in household of Hyacinthe Morais, day worker. Trois-Pistoles, Témiscouata, Québec; page 52, line 7. https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1881&op=img&id=e008138342
• 1891 Canada Census. Obeline Morais, widow, head of household. Saint-Françoise, Témiscouata, Québec; page 4, line 10. https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=img&id=30953_148225-00182
• Mariage/Marriage record [M-31] for Rémi Gagnon and Obéline Caron. Sainte-Françoise (Rivière-du-Loup) parish register: https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4422797?docref=Wa3-Q8Lw1lE9pNLsuL7WhQ. Image 2.

• Nos Origines, entry for Obeline Caron. https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Caron_Obeline&pid=1249155
• Personal recollection of events witnessed by Andre Morais as remembered 12 Jan 2019.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Andre Morais for creating this profile on 12 Jan 2019.

Thanks to Geoff Crew for creating Marie Obéline (Caron) Morais on 30 Jan 2021.

Thanks to Michael Cote for creating the profile for Marie Obéline (Caron) Morais on 30 May 2021.