Marcel (Lariviere) Larivière (1838 - 1898)

Born 15 May 1838 in Sherbrooke, Bas-Canada

Husband of Marie Delphine Cyr — married 8 Jan 1861 in Saint-Michel de Sherbrooke, Bas-Canada

Descendants

Died 1898 at about age 59 in Canada

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Biography

Marcel was born 15 May 1838 to Ignace Larivière and Marie Dubois. He was baptized on the 22nd of July in St-Michel church (then mission) of Sherbrooke^[1]. His place of birth may have been Compton township, where his first known sibling was born. Delay between birth and baptism would indicate they were not in Sherbrooke itself, although this might also be due to St-Michel still being only a Mission, with no resident priest. The records for these baptisms all are done by a Missionnary priest.^[2]

He married Marie Delphine Cyr in St-Michel church of Sherbrooke 8 January 1861^[3]. Marcel and Delphine made their home in nearby Stoke Centre. Numerous records for their children indicate that Marcel and Delphine emigrated with their family to Sanford, Maine in February of 1879. Marcel worked at the cotton mill there for a short time. The 1880 US Census is the last viable record for Marcel. Delphine's obituary reveals that she relocated to Biddeford, ME with her children in 1882. She remarried to a Civil War veteran named Adriel Leighton in 1886 and relocated the family to the nearby town of Dayton, Maine which is connected to the city of Biddeford. Exhaustive searches of Sanford/Springvale determined that Marcel was not buried there. Searches of Biddeford and Dayton and surrounding towns turned up no evidence that he ever resided there, or was employed or was buried there. No viable death record has been found for him in either the US or Canada.

Marriage records for two of Marcel's sons indicate that he passed away prior to 1898.

Side note: Delphine is buried in the family lot belonging to their son, Edward (Edouard) in the Old Section, Lot 416, Grave 2 at St Joseph Cemetery in Biddeford, ME. Their son Guillaume who died at a very young age is also buried there with her. These facts were carefully researched by Rick LaRiviere with guidance and corroboration by St Joseph Cemetry staff and the York County Franco-American Genealogy Association.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptême Marcel Larivière Collection Drouin, IGD (Membership)
2. ↑ Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1997 - Drouin IGD
3. ↑ Mariage Marcel Larivière - Marie Delphine Cyr Collection Drouin, IGD (Membership)

• Unsourced family tree handed down to Rick LaRiviere from his father.

Baptism

"Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9MB-PHQV?cc=1321742&wc=9RLQ-6YQ%3A24878101%2C25285901%2C25285902 : 16 July 2014), Sherbrooke > Saint-Michel-de-Sherbrooke > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1834-1850 > image 54 of 376; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.

• Lariviere, Marcel Guillaume - Drouin Collection

St. Michel, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada 1838 (Baptism record)

• Lariviere, Marcel Guillaume - Drouin Collection

St. Michel, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada 1861 (Marriage ban - Marie Delphine Cyr)

• Lariviere, Telesphore - Drouin Collection

St Philemon, Stoke Centre, Quebec, Canada 1876 (Baptism record)

• Lariviere, Telesphore - Maine Marriage Records

Biddeford, York, Maine, USA 1898 (Marriage record - Malvina Martel)

• Lariviere, Joseph Oliva - Maine Marriage Records

Biddeford, York, Maine, USA 1898 (Marriage record - Alexandrina Hubert)

• Marie Delphine Lariviere-Leighton - Obituary

Biddeford Daily Journal - May 7th & 8th, 1930 Microfiche film at McArthur Library, Main St., Biddeford, ME

• 1900 United States Census -

Dayton, York, Maine, USA