Marie Sara
Dion
Born in Saint-Gervais, Bas-Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ignace Bénoni Dion
and Marie Geneviève Fournier
Sister of
Marie Geneviève Dion, Bénoni Dion, Joseph Dion, Marie Dion, Louis Dion, Philomène Dion, Marie Louise Dion, Pierre Alexis Dion, François Dion, Pierre Dion and Joseph Cyriac Dion [half]
Wife of
Louis Fournier
— married
23 Oct 1866 in Saint-Gervais, Bas-Canada
[children unknown]
Died
at age 69
in Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Jan 2022
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Biography
Marie Sara Dion was born on May 10, 1849 in Saint-Gervais to Bénoni Dion and Geneviève Fournier. She was baptized the same day. Her godparents were David Dion and Josephte Morin[1].
She married Louis Fournier on October 23, 1866 in Saint-Gervais[2]. They had twelve children:
- Joseph Louis Fournier
- Marie Fournier
- Joseph Fournier
- Marie Anne Belzamire Fournier
- Alphonse Fournier
- Anastasie Fournier
- Cérile Fournier
- Ellen Fournier
- Joseph Arthur Fournier
- Louise Fournier
- Josephine Fournier
- Joseph Alphonse Fournier
Sara died on May 7, 1919 in Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts at the age of sixty-nine[3]. She is buried at Notre Dame Cemetery in Holyoke[4].
Sources
- ↑ "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch, Saints-Gervais-et-Protais > Saints-Gervais-et-Protais > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1845-1868 > image 181 of 572; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal Family Search
- ↑ Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979, database with images, FamilySearch (16 July 2014), Saints-Gervais-et-Protais > Saints-Gervais-et-Protais > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1845-1868 > image 548 of 572; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
- ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BS7-H55?cc=1928860&wc=M6SQ-5NL%3A223963801%2C225301901 : 31 August 2021), Deaths > Deaths 1919 vol 37 Chicopee-Chilmark > image 197 of 512; State Archives, Boston.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 15 July 2022), memorial page for Marie-Sara “Sara” Dion Fournier (10 May 1849–7 May 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 141386373, citing Notre Dame Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by MJ_MW (contributor 48607835)
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