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:
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
↑ 1.01.1 “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.
↑ 2.02.12.2 “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.
↑ 3.03.13.2 “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.
↑ 4.04.14.24.3 “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.
↑ 5.05.15.2 “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.
↑ 6.06.16.2 “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.
↑ 7.07.17.2 “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.
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