Hemengilde, the son of Timothé Fontaine and Virginie Forand, was born 11 June 1865 and baptized two days later in Monnoir., 13 Juin 1865, Joseph Timothe Napoleon Hermenegilde né la surveille du legitime mariage de Timothe Joseph Fontaine instituteur et de Virginie Foran de cette paroisse. Parrain Louis Joseph [Oclorie?] Napoleon Fontaine, Marraine Rosalie Foran."[1]
On 9 Jun 1891 he married Rosanna Rocheleau in Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.[2] Their children include:
↑FS "Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8VP-9JV : accessed 19 January 2018), Hermenegilde Fontaine and Rosanna Rocheleau, 09 Jun 1891; citing Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, town halls, Rhode Island, and Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; FHL microfilm 694.
↑FS "Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8FC-QDW : 6 December 2014), Foment Fontain, 04 Aug 1902; citing Central Falls, Providence, Rhode Island, reference 103; FHL microfilm 2,294,969.
↑FS "United States, New England Petitions for Naturalization Index, 1791-1906," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VX5Y-26K : 3 December 2014), Hermenigilde Fontaine, 1888; citing , NARA microfilm publication M1299 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 41; FHL microfilm 1,429,711.
↑FS "United States, New England Petitions for Naturalization Index, 1791-1906," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VX5Y-26K : 3 December 2014), Hermenigilde Fontaine, 1888; citing , NARA microfilm publication M1299 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 41; FHL microfilm 1,429,711.
↑FS "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MVJS-HXR : 11 March 2018), St-Alexandre, Iberville, Quebec, Canada; citing p. 4; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13203, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,839.
↑FS "Rhode Island State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5XB-WX6 : 11 March 2018), Maria R Fontaine, Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island; citing 8, State Archives, Providence; FHL microfilm 953,917.
↑FS "Rhode Island State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5XY-V1V : 11 March 2018), Herménegélde Fontaine in household of Olivier Fontaine, Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island; citing 8, State Archives, Providence; FHL microfilm 953,917.
↑FS "Rhode Island State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5XY-V1J : 11 March 2018), Olivier Fontaine, Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island; citing 7, State Archives, Providence; FHL microfilm 953,917.
↑FS "Rhode Island State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5XB-WXB : 11 March 2018), Roseline Fontaine, Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island; citing 23, State Archives, Providence; FHL microfilm 953,917.
↑FS "Rhode Island State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5XB-WKD : 11 March 2018), Regina Fontaine, Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island; citing 17, State Archives, Providence; FHL microfilm 953,917.
↑FS "Rhode Island State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5XB-WN1 : 11 March 2018), Geneva Fontain, Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island; citing 4, State Archives, Providence; FHL microfilm 953,917.
↑FS "Rhode Island State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5XB-WJQ : 11 March 2018), Solphride Fontaine, Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island; citing 9, State Archives, Providence; FHL microfilm 953,917.
↑FS "Rhode Island State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5XY-KQR : 11 March 2018), Dolon Fontaine, Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island; citing 21, State Archives, Providence; FHL microfilm 953,917.
↑FS "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9WM-4Y5 : accessed 18 December 2017), Ropelda Fontaine in household of Hermingale Fontaine, Central Falls city Ward 2, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 109, sheet 7A, family 112, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,510.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Herménégilde by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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