Tobie Laviolette was born in May 1880 at Batoche in the Northwest Territories to Charles Laviolette and Guilhelmine Zaste. He was the second youngest of their 6 children. He was baptized at St Laurent on May 5, 1880. In an affidavit by his father, the family left Batoche for Dakota as he did not want to participate in the Rebellion and that they returned to Batoche after it was over.[1]
Tobie Laviolette would marry Placide Jeannot at St John, North Dakota in 1899.[2]
Placide would die in childbirth in 1900 and Tobie would remarry Madeleine Langan about 1904.
In 1908 Tobie Laviolette made an application for Homestead Number: 287651; Part: NE Section: 12 Township: 29 Range: 29 Meridian: W1. Final grant approved in 1911.[3]
In 1911 Tobie and Madeline were farming at Dauphin, Manitoba with their three children: Robert (4), Arthur (3) and Ida (1).[4]
In 1916 Tobie and Madeline were living at Dauphin with 5 children. Tobie is now employed as a carpenter.[5] 1921 saw the family on a farm at Duck Mountain in the Dauphin district. Census indicates Tobie and Madeline and 7 children lived in a one-room wood house.[6]
In 1949 Toby and Madeline were living in Boggy Creek near Dauphin where Toby was a carpenter. Several of their children were also in the area.[7]
Toby died in 1960 and was buried at Sainte Claires Roman Catholic Cemetery.[8]
Scrip Info
Schmidt, Louis; for Tobie Laviolette;
address: St. Louis, Saskatchewan; born: 13 May, 1880 at St. Laurent, Saskatchewan; father: Charles Laviolette (Métis); mother: Guilhelmine Zaste (Métis); claim no. 20.[1]
Laviolette, Tobie; address: St. John, North Dakota; claim no. 977; born: 13 May, 1880 at Batoche; father: Charles Laviolette (Métis); mother: Guillaumee Zastre (Métis); married: 1899 at St. John to Placide Jennotte; scrip cert.: form E, no. 3147[2]
LAVIOLETTE, Tobie - Scrip number A 7840 and A 6862, for 160 and 80 acres respectively.[9]
1905 - DECLARATION OF TOBY LAVIOLETTE, RE SCRIP OF HIS DECEASED WIFE PLACIGIE JEANOTTE [10]
↑ Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada, Homestead Grant Registers, 1872-1930: Ancestry.com. Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada, Homestead Grant Registers, 1872-1930 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Homestead Grant Registers. R190-75-1-E. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Ancestry Record 9209 #423755
↑ 1911 Census of Canada: Year: 1911; Census Place: 64 - Number 65 not present - number 66 next book, Dauphin, Manitoba; Page: 2; Family No: 24 Ancestry Record 8947 #8963691
↑ 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta: Year: 1916; Census Place: Manitoba, Dauphin, 18; Roll: T-21926; Page: 8; Family No: 76 Ancestry Record 1556 #756901115
↑ 1921 Census of Canada: Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 22; Census Place: 22, Dauphin, Manitoba; Page Number: 13 Ancestry Record 8991 #6438859
↑ Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980: Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Voters Lists, Federal Elections, 1935-1980 Ancestry Record 2983 #30449265
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 March 2021), memorial page for Toby Laviolette (1880–1960), Find A Grave: Memorial #182401155, citing Sainte Claires Roman Catholic Cemetery, San Clara, Roblin, Russell, Rossburn Census Division, Manitoba, Canada ; Maintained by Robert Mitchell (contributor 48234665) .
WikiTree profile Laviolette-29 created through the import of MaryStamperMcKague2011-08-06_01.ged on Aug 7, 2011 by Masm x.
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