Antoine Onésime Lafrenière (1835 - 1909)

Born 20 Jan 1835 in Saint-Léon le Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Lower Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Emelie (Plourde) Lafrenière — married 24 Jul 1865 in St-Paulin, Maskinongé, Bas-Canada

Died 14 Sep 1909 at age 74 in Saint-Wenceslas, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada

Biographie/Biography

Onésime Lafrenière est né en Québec, Canada.

Antoine Onésime Lafrenière est né le 20 janvier 1835 à Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Bas-Canada; il est baptisé le même jour à l'église catholique romaine de Saint-Léon-le-Grand, fils légitime d'Antoine Lafrenière, cultivateur, et de Marie Plourde.^[1]

En 1851, Onésime, dix-sept ans, vivait dans la maison de ses parents, Antoine et Julie, avec ses frères et sœurs, Eloise, Laurent, Telesphore, Emma, Adele, Marjorique et Ferdinas à Hunterstown, Saint-Maurice, Québec.^[2]

A vingt-six ans, Onésime est toujours célibataire. Il a déménagé à Saint-François-du-Lac, Yamaksa, où il a vécu et travaillé comme domestique dans la maison d'un agriculteur nommé Felix Gill Eaucier.^[3]

Le 24 juillet 1865, Onésime et Emelie Rourde, fille de Bonaventure Rourde et Julie Côté, se sont mariés à l'église catholique romaine Saint Paulin à Saint Paulin, Maskinongé, Québec; les témoins sont le père de la mariée, et Telesphore Lafrenière, le frère du marié.^[4]

En 1881, Onésime, Emelie et leurs enfants avaient déménagé à Hunterstown, Maskinongé où Onésime était fermier.^[5] Entre 1887 et 1890, Onésime et sa famille ont déménagé à Saint Wenceslas, Nicolet, Québec. Ils y ont été dénombrés lors du recensement de 1891.^[6]

Onésime, 75 ans, est décédé le ou vers le 16 septembre 1909 et a été inhumé ce jour-là au cimetière paroissial Saint-Wenceslas.^[7]

Antoine Onésime Lafrenière was born, January 20, 1835 at Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Lower Canada; he was baptized the same day at Saint-Léon-le-Grand Roman Catholic Church, the legitimate son of Antoine Lafrenière, farmer, and Marie Plourde.^[1][4]

In 1851, Onésime, seventeen, lived in the household of his parents, Antoine and Julie, with his siblings, Eloise, Laurent, Telesphore, Emma, Adele, Marjorique and Ferdinas at Hunterstown, St. Maurice, Québec.^[2]

At the age of twenty-six, Onésime was still single. He moved to St. Francois-du-Lac, Yamaksa, where he lived and worked as a servant in the household of a farmer named Felix Gill Eaucier(?).^[3]

On July 24, 1865, Onésime and Emelie Rourde, daughter of Bonaventure Rourde and Julie Côté, married at Saint Paulin Roman Catholic Church in Saint Paulin, Maskinongé, Québec; witnesses are the father of the bride, and Telesphore Lafreniere, the brother of the groom.^[4]

By 1881, Onésime, Emelie and their children had moved to Hunterstown, Maskinongé where Onesime was a farmer.^[5] Sometime between 1887 and 1890, Onésime and his family moved to Saint Wenceslas, Nicolet, Quebec. They were enumerated there in the 1891 census.^[6]

Onésime, 75, died on or about September 16, 1909 and was buried that day at St. Wenceslas parish cemetery.^[7]

Les enfants/ Children

Les enfants connus nés de l'union d'Onésime et Emelie / Known children of Onésime and Emelie:

1. Emelie Elzema Lafrenière, born 1866
2. Marie Lafrenière, born 1868
3. George Lafrenière, born 1869
4. Annie Lafrenière, born 1870
5. Joseph Lafrenière, born 1872, died 1873, twin
6. Thélesphore Lafrenière, born 1872, twin
7. Georgiana Lafrenière, born 1874
8. Edouard Lafrenière, born 1876
9. Milina Lafrenière, born 1878
10. Joseph Lafrenière, born 1881
11. Melina Lafrenière, born 1884
12. Thésde Lafrenière, born 1885
13. Joséphine Lafrenière, born 1887
14. Marie Anne Lafrenière, born 1890

Timeline

• 20 Jan 1835: born at Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Lower Canada
• 1851: In the household of Antoine Lafrenière, 44, at Hunterstown, St. Maurice, Canada East, were Marie Plourde, 40; Onésime, 17; Eloise, 16; Laurent, 14; Telesphore, 13; Emma, 9; Adele, 4; Marjorique, 3; and Ferdinas, 1.^[2]
• 1861: Enumerated as Antoine, 26, living and working as a servant in the household of Felix Gill Eaucier(?), farmer, at St. Francois-du-Lac, Yamaska, Quebec.^[3]
• 24 Jul 1865: Married to Emelie Rourde at Saint Paulin Roman Catholic Church in Saint-Paulin, Maskinonge, Quebec.^[4]
• 1881: In the household of Onezime Lafrenière, 46, farmer, at Hunterstown, Maskinongé, lived Emelie Plourde, 35; Exema Lafrenière, 15; Marie Lafrenière, 13; George Lafrenière, 11; Tèlesphore Lafrenière, 8; Georgiane Lafrenière, 6; Edouard Lafrenière, 4; and Melina Lafrenière, 2.^[5]
• 1891: In the household of Onésime Lefreniere, 56, farmer, Roman Catholic, at St Wenceslas, are Emelie, 44, wife; George, 22, son; Anne, 20, daughter; Telesphore, 19, son; Georgine, 16, daughter; Edouard, 15, son; Joseph, 10, son; Melina, 7, daughter; Josephine, 5, daughter; Marie Anne, 1; daughter.^[6]
• 16 Sep 1909: Died at Saint-Wenceslas; buried at St. Wenceslas parish cemetery.^[7]

Research Notes

• Has not been found on the 1871 Canada census.
• Has not been found on the 1901 Canada census.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} “Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968,” Quebec, Maskinongé, Saint-Léon-Le-Grand, 1835, baptism, entry for Antoine Onésime Lafrenière; database and digitized microfilm images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 6 Nov 2022), image 2/13; citing Canada, Québec, Montreal: Institut Généalogique Drouin, Drouin Collection, Gabriel Drouin, compiler. Link to image.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} “Census of 1851,” Canada East, St. Maurice, Hunterstown, Schedule A – Urban/Rural personal census, District 26, Sub-district 391, page 9, line no. 26, Omimra Laferriere (sic Onésime Lafrenière); database and digitized microfilm images, Library and Archives Canada (https://library-archives.canada.ca/ : accessed 9 Nov 2022), item no. 753046; Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada, Census of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia), RG 31, microfilm publication reel C-1139.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} “Census of 1861,” Canada East, Yamaska, St. Francois-du-Lac, personal census, District , Sub-district , page 233, line no. 36, Antoine Lafranier; database and digitized microfilm images, Library and Archives Canada (https://library-archives.canada.ca : accessed 8 Nov 2022), item no. 1487007; Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada, Census Returns For 1861 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia), RG 31, microfilm publication reel C-1331.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} “Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968,” Quebec, Maskinonge, Saint-Paul, 1865, marriage, No. 12, entry for Onezime Lafreniere and Emilie Gourde (sic Rourde); database and digitized microfilm images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 9 Nov 2022), image 21/31; citing Canada, Québec, Montreal: Institut Généalogique Drouin, Drouin Collection, Gabriel Drouin, compiler. Link to image.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} “Census of Canada, 1881,” Quebec, Maskinongé, Hunterstown, population schedule, Registration District 85, Sub-District H, pages 6-7, family 26, Onezime Lafreniere household; database and digitized microfilm images, Library and Archives Canada (https://library-archives.canada.ca : accessed ), item no. 6010574; citing Canada, Ontario, Ottawa, Statistics Canada, RG 31, LAC microfilm publication reel C-13214.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} “Census of Canada, 1891,” Quebec, Nicolet, St Wenceslas, population schedule, Registration District 174, Sub-District T, page 52, family 232, Onezime Lafreniere household; database and digitized microfilm images, Library and Archives Canada (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca : accessed 19 Nov 2022), item no. 4215025; citing Canada, Ontario, Ottawa, Statistics Canada, RG 31, LAC microfilm publication reel T-6411.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} “Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968,” Quebec, Saint-Wenceslas, Enterrement (Burial), 1909, entry for Onesime Lafrenière; database and digitized microfilm images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 19 Nov 2022), image 23/34; citing Canada, Québec, Montreal: Institut Généalogique Drouin, Drouin Collection, Gabriel Drouin, compiler.