Hermine Girard (1822 - 1909)

Born 16 Apr 1822 in Sainte-Marie-du-Monnoir, Marieville, Bas-Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Jean Baptiste Cyrille (Lucier) Lussier — married 1 Oct 1839 in Sainte-Rosalie, Bas-Canada

Descendants

Died 12 Mar 1909 at age 86 in Weedon, Québec, Canada

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Biographie

Hermine Girard naquît en 1822 à Saint-Marie-de-Monnoir (auj. Marieville), Bas-Canada, de Louis Girard et d'Élizabeth Guyon (ou Dion) dite Dutilly. Elle fut baptisée dans l'église St-Nom-de-Jésus.^[1]

En 1839 à Sainte-Rosalie (auj. Saint-Hyacinthe), quand elle eut 17 ans, Hermine épousa Jean Baptiste Cyrille (Lucier) Lussier (1815-1890), fils de Christophe Lussier (1776-1846) et de Marie Monique Dolbec (1778-1834).^[2]

Le recensement de 1861 trouve Hermine et Cyrille à Weedon, exploitant une ferme, avec 10 enfants (les deux ou trois plus jeunes, connus lors du recensement de 1871, manquent au celui de 1861).^[3] Par 1871, ils avaient eu 14 enfants.^[4]

Cyrille décéda en 1890. Au recencensement de 1891, Hermine vivait dans la maison de son fils Pierre.^[5] Elle y vivait encore en 1901.^[6]

Hermine décéda à Saint-Gerard (Weedon) en 1909 à 86 ans.^[7]

Biography

Hermine Girard was born in 1822 in Saint-Marie-de-Monnoir (now Marieville), Lower Canada, to Louis Girard and Élizabeth Guyon (or Dion) called Dutilly. She was baptized in the church of Saint-Nom-de-Jésus (the Holy Name of Jesus).^[1]

In 1839 in Sainte-Rosalie (now Saint-Hyacinthe), when she was 17, Hermine married Jean Baptiste Cyrille (Lucier) Lussier (1815-1890), son of Christophe Lussier (1776-1846) and Marie Monique Dolbec (1778-1834).^[2]

The 1861 census finds Hermine and Cyrille in Weedon, farming, with 10 children (the two or three youngest, known from the 1871 census, are missing in the 1861 census).^[3] By 1871, they had had 14 children.^[4]

Cyrille died in 1890. In the 1891 census, Hermine lived in the house of her son Pierre.^[5] She still lived there in 1901.^[6]

Hermine died in Saint-Gerard (Weedon) in 1909, 86 years old.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Baptême/Baptism: "Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968"
   Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, Comp
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 1091 #2926239 (accessed 12 January 2024)
   Hermine Girard baptism on 16 Apr 1822 (born 16 Avril), child of Louis Girard & Elizabeth Dion Dite Dutilly, in Marieville, Québec (Quebec), Canada.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Mariage/Marriage: "Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968"
   Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, Comp
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 1091 #14468408 (accessed 12 January 2024)
   Hermine Girard marriage to Cyrille Lussien on 1 Oct 1839 in Sainte-Rosalie (Ste-Rosalie), Québec (Quebec), Canada.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Census of 1861 (Canada East, Canada West, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia)"
   Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada; Page: 73; Line: 40; Microfilm reel number: C-1330; Image number: 4108857_00170; Item ID number: 46618822
   Library and Archives Canada (accessed 12 January 2024)
   Hermine Girard (38), married in Weedon, Wolfe, Canada East (Quebec), Canada.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "Census of Canada, 1871"
   Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada; Page: 27; Line: 7; Microfilm reel number: C-10088; Image number: 4395452_00089; Item ID number: 39976244
   Library and Archives Canada (accessed 12 January 2024)
   Hermine Lucier (49), married in Weedon, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada. Born in Quebec.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "Census of Canada, 1891"
   Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada; Page: 12-13; Family number: 54; Microfilm reel number: T-6417; Image number: 30953_148219-00732; Item ID number: 28359369
   Library and Archives Canada (accessed 21 January 2024)
   Hermine Lusier (69), widowed in Weedon Lake, Richmond and Wolfe, Quebec, Canada.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "Census of Canada, 1901"
   Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada; Page: 9; Family number: 79; Microfilm reel number: T-6542; Image number: z000167280; Item ID number: 37852965
   Library and Archives Canada (accessed 12 January 2024)
   Hermine Girard (79), widowed mother, in Lake Weedon (Village), Richmond and Wolfe, Quebec, Canada. Born in Quebec.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Inhumation/Burial: "Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968"
   Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, Comp
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 1091 #1575448 (accessed 12 January 2024)
   Hermine Girard burial (died in 1909) in 1909 in Saint-Gerard (St-Gérard), Québec (Quebec), Canada.

• Baptism of child Louis Lucier: "Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968"
  Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, Comp
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 1091 #28789052 (accessed 12 January 2024)
  Hermine Gerard's child Louis Lucier baptism on 11 Jul 1841 in Saint-Dominique (St-Dominique), Québec (Quebec), Canada.
• "Census of Canada, 1881"
  Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada; Page: 26; Family number: 101; Microfilm reel number: C-13198; Image number: e008144720; Item ID number: 21458142
  Library and Archives Canada (accessed 12 January 2024)
  Hermine Lussier (59), married, Stockholder, in Weedon, Richmond and Wolfe, Quebec, Canada. Born in Quebec.