Jean Baptiste (Grenon) Garneau (1862 - 1943)

Born 5 Jul 1862 in Sillery, Bas-Canada

Husband of Marie Augustine (Labossiere) Garneau — married 26 Feb 1884 in Stanhope, Quebec, Canada

Descendants

Died 7 May 1943 at age 80 in Rumford, Oxford, Maine, United States

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Biography

Jean Baptiste Grenon, AKA Guernon, was born at Sillery, Bas-Canada, (Quebec), on July 5, 1862 and he was baptized there the next day. ^[1] He is a son of Barthelemi Grenon and Clarisse Rousseau who had married at St-Apollinaire on September 06, 1858.

1880 US census Vermont, Essex, Norton ED 87 Page 2 Line 50: John's father,: Bartolmere Garneau, 45. ^[2] and continued on the next page, 3, Lines 1-7: John's mother, Mary, 44; six Garneau children: John, 17; Adeline, 15; Frederick, 13; Claire, 111; Edward, 9; Willie, 7. ^[3] John at age, 17, is working as a farm labourer. Census date: June 3, 1880. In the United States Jean Baptiste Guernon's name was anglicized to John Garneau.

Jean Baptiste Guernon married Marie Augustine on February 26, 1884 at Stanhope. ^[4] She was the last child of ten and the last daughter of three for Augustin Labossiere and Delphine Corriveau.

Marie and Jean Baptiste had 13 known children. The first two children were born in Canada, then about 1887, the family moved to Berlin, New Hampshire and six more children were born there. They must have moved to Maine about 1898 as five more children were born there. Jean Baptiste had already lived there earlier in 1880 with his family.

1900 US Census Maine Oxford Roxbury ED 177 Sheet 10B Lines 58-66: John Garneau, 43 - day labourer; Augustine, (nee Labossiere), 36; Seven garneau children: Josephine, 15; Willie, 13; Annie, 10; Oma, 7; Rose, 4; Exzilda, 2; Clara, 4 months. Mother reported she had nine children and two have died. ^[5] Census date: June 18, 1900.

1910 US Census Maine Oxford, Roxbury ED 179, Sheeet 4A Lines 1-9: Family of John Garneau - Augustine Labossiere and seven Garneau children: John Garneau, 49 - labourer, saw mill; Augustina, 41; Omer, 16 - railroad; Rose, 12; Zilda, 9; Alma, 7; Cora, 5; Albert, 3; Mildred, 11 months. ^[6] Mother has now had 11 children and two have died. Josephine and Willie, the two oldest have left home. Census date: April 21, 1910.

1920 US Census Main Oxford Roxbury ED 103 Sheet 12B Lines 60-62: John Garneau, 62 - teamster, lumber works; Augustine, 51; boarder, Murdock Beaton, 55. ^[7] Census date: Jan. 28, 1920. John and Augustine have no children left at home. As the youngest would be barely over ten years, it is expected that more have died.

1930 US Census Maine Oxford Roxbury ED 44 Sheet 1B Lines 78-79: John Garneau, labourer, brick mill; Augustine, 61. ^[8] Census date: April 21, 1930.

The burial records of Marie Augustine and John Garneau have not been found.

U.S. 1940 census, Maine Oxford Roxbury ED 9-46, Sheet 2A Line 32 John Garneau, 78 is a widower, so Augustine Labossiere has died before 1940. ^[9] Census dates: April 3-4, 1940.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99Q-SKHG?i=275&wc=HCRF-929%3A24881201%2C24951101%2C13642603&cc=1321742
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBL-9Z2S?i=1&cc=1417683&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM8WH-188
3. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBL-9ZND?i=2&cc=1417683&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM8WH-188
4. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99W-XC4N?i=49&wc=HCQV-L29%3A24900701%2C24900702%2C13630003&cc=1321742
5. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DRSS-ZCT?i=19&cc=1325221&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMMLP-TQ3
6. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRVL-8P6?i=2&cc=1727033&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMR3Z-97V
7. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R6G-ZB7?i=1&cc=1488411&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMFZB-5C5
8. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRH9-DRH?i=1&cc=1810731&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXMD3-RY1
9. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99M-BFFT?i=2&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AKMMK-YP9

• LDS Church. https://www.familysearch.org/ Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979: Ste-Suzanne-de-Stanhope 1880-1899 image 50 of 278 M. of Augustine Labossiere to Jean-Baptiste Grenon Feb. 26, 1884