Louis Conrad Leroux (1867 - 1934)

Born 12 Jan 1867 in Alexandria, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Died 16 Dec 1934 at age 67 in Malone, Franklin Co., New York, USA

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Biography

Louis Conrad Leroux was born on 12 Jan 1867 in Alexandria, Glengarry Co., Ontario, Canada to Moses Leroux & Adelaide Amell.

His siblings include:

William Wheeler M.D. ?

Frank Leroux

Levi Leroux

Mary Louise Leroux

Miles Edgar Leroux

Gilbert Alexander Leroux

Alexander Angus Leroux

Joseph D. Leroux

George Albert Leroux

Elizabeth Lucy Ann Leroux (Hart)

1881 Census finds him in Charlottenburg, Glengarry, Ontario at 14 years old, a farmer's son, going to school. In 1991, He still lives in Charlottenburg, he is 24, single, and assumed to be working on the family farm <1891 Census of Canada>. He married Adiana Seguin on 12 jan 1892 at age 25 in Moose Creek, Stormont Co., Ontario, Canada. In 1919, he is 52 & the family moves to Bombay/Fort Covington area of New York State.

He dies on the 16 Dec 1934, at the age of 67 in Malone, Franklin Co., New York, USA, and is buried in Notre Dame Cemetery - Section 10.

Birth

12 Jan 1867

Alexandria, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada [1891 Census of Canada - as Louis Laine], [Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928]

Baptism

1866-1880

RC

Alexandria, Ontario [Ontario, Canada, Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1747-1967]

Marriage

Name: Louis Leroux

Birth Place: Alexandria, Ontario

Age: 25

Estimated birth year: abt 1867

Father Name: Moise Leroux

Mother Name: Adelaide Hamel

Spouse Name: Diana Seguin

Spouse's Age: 19

Spouse Birth Year: abt 1873

Spouse Birth Place: St Eugéne Ont

Spouse Father Name: Alphonse Seguin

Spouse Mother Name: Madeleine Vallee

Marriage Date: 12 Jan 1892

Marriage County or District: Stormont [1]

Children

1. George Albert Leroux 2. Oliver Leroux 3. Napoleon Leroux 4. Emile W. Leroux

Border Crossings: From U.S. to Canada, 1908-1935

At some point he came back to Canada, his immigration papers state:

Jan 23, 1919

Louis J. Leroux aged 47, marrried, a barber, entered into Canada to commence Farming

Birthplace: Alexandria, Ont.

Citizenship: Canadian

Race: French

Last permanent address Fort Covington, N.Y.

New address in Canada: Summerstown, Ont.

Left Canada at Dundee on Oct 11, 1917

Money in possession: $2,000.00

In apparent good health

on SS Highway

Able to read & write [Border Crossings: From U.S. to Canada, 1908-1935]

Death

16 Dec 1934 Malone, Franklin, New York, USA Age: 67

Burial

Dec 1934 Malone, Franklin, New York, USA Notre Dame Cemetery - Section 10

Footnotes

Source Citation: Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; 1908-1935 Border Entries; Roll: T-15300.

Source Citation: Archives of Ontario; Series: MS932_76; Reel: 76.

Sources

• 1891 Census of Canada:

Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1891 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.

Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1891. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2009. <https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/about-census.aspx>. Series RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels: T-6290 to T-6427.

• Ontario Canada Marriages, 1801-1928

Source Information: Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada). Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Original data: Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928. MS932, Reels 1-833, 850-880. Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

Ontario, Canada. Marriage License Books, 1907-1910. MS945, Reels 1-12. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario.

Ontario, Canada. Delayed Registrations of Marriages, 1892-1919. MS948, Reels 1-5. Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

Ontario, Canada. County Marriage Registers, 1858-June 1869. FHL microfilm 1030055-1030068. Family History Library. Salt Lake City, Utah (Archives of Ontario, MS 248, reels 5-18).

Ontario, Canada. District Marriage Registers, 1801-1858. MS 248, Reels 1-4. Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

Ontario, Canada. Roman Catholic Marriage Registers, 1828-1870. MS 248, Reels 20-23. Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

• Ontario, Canada Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection) 1747-1967

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada, Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1747-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.

• Border Crossings from US to Canada 1908- 1935

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Border Crossings: From U.S. to Canada, 1908-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.

Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Border Entries. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, n.d. RG 76-C. Department of Employment and Immigration fonds. Microfilm reels: T-5461-T-5507, T-15249-T-15344, T-15346-T-15393.

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