Thélesphore and his twin brother, Joseph, were born on September 27, 1872 to parents, Onésime Lafrenière and Emelie Rourde; they were baptized the same day at Saint-Paulin Roman Catholic Church in Saint-Paulin, Makinongé, Quebec.
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↑ “Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968,” Quebec, Maskinongé, Saint-Paulin, Saint-Paulin, 1872, baptism, no. B 85, entry for Thélesphore Henri Lafrenière; database and digitized microfilm images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 13 Nov 2022), image 30/42; citing Canada, Québec, Montreal: Institut Généalogique Drouin, Drouin Collection, Gabriel Drouin, compiler.
"Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVJJ-JTC : 20 May 2019), Telesphore Lafreniere, Hunterstown, Saint-Paulin, Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Telesphore Lafreniere in household of Onezime Lafreniere, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.