Marie Domitille Gendron (1819 - 1892)

Born 13 Aug 1819 in Châteauguay, Bas-Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Étienne Tranquille — married 26 Oct 1840 in Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay, Châteauguay, Bas-Canada

Died 30 May 1892 at age 72 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, États-Unis

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Biography

Domitille, the daughter of Joachim Charles Gendron and Angélique Félicité Hébert, was born 13 August 1819 in Châteauguay and baptized the following day, according to the Saint Joachim parish records.^[1]

On 26 October 1840, she married Étienne Tranquille in Châteauguay. The Saint Joachim parish register states that the marriage was between "Etienne Tranquille, fils majeur de François Tranquille, cultivateur, et d'Angélique Duquet, de cette paroisse, d'une part, et Domitille Gendron, fille mineure de Joachim Gendron cultivateur, et de Félicite Hebert, aussi de cette paroisse, d'autre part; . . . . en présence de Louis Tranquille, d'Antoine Gendron, et de plusieurs autres parens et amis."^[2] The couple had at least 8 children, including:

• Marie Mathilde Tranquille, 1842-1847
• Jean Baptiste Tranquille, 1846-1860
• Marie Céline (Tranquille) Boussière, 1848-1928
• Octavia (Tranquille) Mercier, 1851
• Étienne (Stephen) Tranquille, 1854-1915
• Marie Mathilde Tranquille, 1857
• Marie Eudoxie Tranquille, 1860
• Joseph Hormidas Tranquille, 1864-1917

By 1870, the couple had emigrated to the United States. Domitille died 30 May 1892 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts as the result of an injury sustained in a railroad accident. The death record states that she was 73 years, 9 months and 17 days of age. It also identifies her spouse as "Stephen Dufort" and her parents as Joachim Gendron and Felicite Hebert of Canada.^[3] She is buried in Saint Bernard's Cemetery, Fitchburg.^[4]

Census Data

Canada Census, 1851, Châteauguay, Huntington, Canada East.^[5]

Etienne Tranquille, Cultivateur, 34, M

Domitilde Gendron, 32, F

Jean Baptiste Tranquille, 10, M

Céline Tranquille, 9, F

Etanie? Tranquille, 7, F

Octave Tranquille, 5, F

Adelle Tranquille, 3, M

Census of 1861, Ste. Hélène de Bagot, Canada East^[6]

Etienne Tranquille, Cultivateur, 45, M

Domitilde Gendron, 43, F

Jean Baptiste Tranquille, 15, M

Céline Tranquille, 13, F

Octavie Tranquille, 10, F

Etienne Tranquille, 8, M

Mathilda Tranquille, 4, F

Eudoxie Tranquille, 1, M

United States Census, 1870, Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts^[7]

Stephen Dufore, Male, 53, Canada

Matilda Dufore, Female, 49, Canada

Octavia Dufore, Female, 19, Canada

Stephen Dufore, Male, 15, Canada

Matilda Dufore, Female, 13, Canada

Duxy Dufore, Female, 10, Canada

Hormedas Dufore, Male, 6, Canada

Sources

1. ↑ FS "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-27996-18047-83?cc=1321742 : 16 July 2014), Châteauguay > Saint-Joachim-de-Châteauguay > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1819-1829 > image 32 of 480; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
2. ↑ FS "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-28000-20712-52?cc=1321742 : 16 July 2014), Châteauguay > Saint-Joachim-de-Châteauguay > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1840-1866 > image 33 of 581; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
3. ↑ FS "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-DSX9?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DZ-MNT%3A353349801%2C353551701%2C353565501 : 20 May 2014), Worcester > Fitchburg > Deaths 1873-1910 > image 268 of 764; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
4. ↑ Fs "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QK1L-3QFN : 11 July 2016), Domitilde Gendron Dufort, 1892; Burial, Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Saint Bernards Cemetery; citing record ID 146220039, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
5. ↑ CC51 Census of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia). (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1851/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=538884). Chateauguay, Huntington, Subdistrict 142, page 87. Microfilm: C-1121. Reference: RG 31. Item Number: 538884.
6. ↑ CC61 Census of 1861 (Canada East, Canada West, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia), Ste. Hélène, Bagot, page 112, Microfilm: C-1262-1263, Item Number: 336573. Image No.: 4108658_00242
7. ↑ FS "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQ8-7GV : 29 May 2021), Matilda Dufore in entry for Stephen Dufore, 1870.

• FS: Family Search Title: Database and images. LDS Church Publication: FamilySearch
• CS51: Census of Canada of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
• CC61: Census of Canada of 1861 (Canada East (Quebec), Canada West (Ontario), New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island) Library and Archives Canada