Leon Gosselin (abt. 1835 - 1901)

Born about Feb 1835 in Saints-Gervais-et-Protais, Lower Canada

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Died 26 Jun 1901 at about age 66 in Hyde Park, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Leon was born in French-speaking Canada around 1835, son of Leon Gosselin and Mary Graddon. His father was born in French-speaking Canada and his mother was born in England. He immigrated to the United States in 1878.

in 1881 Léon and his family lived in Saint-Gervais, Canada. He was a farmer.

In 1900, Leon lived with his wife and 4 of their 9 living children in Hyde Park, Massachusetts.

Leon passedaway in 1901.

Sources

• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWDG-9KS : 17 November 2022), Leon Gosselin, 1901.

Census Records

• "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVNF-5F3 : 20 May 2019), Léon Gosselin, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Léon Gosselin, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9TF-RVG : accessed 4 August 2020), Leon P Gosselin, Hyde Park, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1045, sheet 9A, family 186, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,670.

Children

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4NZ-NTB : 22 May 2018), Leon A Gosselin in entry for Louis V Gosselin and Emily H Macdonald, 31 Jul; citing Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,843,703.

• "New Hampshire Deaths and Burials, 1784-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDK5-SF5 : 18 January 2020), Leon Gosselin in entry for Onesime Gosselin, 1939.