Born in Missouri, United States of America
Ancestors 
and Sister of
Lucien Poirrier [half], Adaline Poirrier [half], Adolph Poirrier [half], James Edward Poirrier Sr and Thomas Eugene Poirrier
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Alice Alberta Ursula (Raymond) Peterson
Died
at age 40
in St Louis City Ward 11, Missouri, United States of America
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Apr 2018
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Biography
Helen Elisabeth "Nellie" Poirier was born on 10 Jun 1890 to Joseph Lucien Poirrier and Mary Virginia Murray in Missouri, United States of America.[1] She was baptized on 10 Aug 1890 in Florissant, St Louis County, Missouri.[1]
Nellie married James Raymond about 22 Apr 1907 in Bonne Terre, St Francois County, Missouri.[2][3] It appears that James left her toward the end of 1907.[4]
On 4 May 1910, Hellen [sic] E Raymond, a house girl/cook, was living in the household of James A Davis, a widower with 4 young children, in St Francois County.[5] It's unknown when Nellie left that household, but on 26 Nov 1910, she was not living there when she gave birth to Alice Alberta Raymond in St Francois County. When Nellie surrendered Alice to the Children's Home Society of Missouri in St Louis on 16 Dec 1910, she named James Albert Davies [sic] as Alice's father.[4]
She married Paul Newman some time before her deceased father's 10 Nov 1913 probate record, when she was identified as Helen E Newman in the list of heirs.[6]
Nellie died at her home in the city of St Louis, Missouri on 29 Oct 1930.[7] She was buried on 1 Nov 1930 at Calvary Cemetery in the city of St Louis.[8][7]
Research Notes
Source record abstracts:
- 1890 Baptism Ellen Eliz Poirier[1]
- Index: Ellen Eliz. Poirier
- Baptized: 10 Aug 1890
- Name: Helen Elisabeth Poirier
- Daughter of
- Lucii (Lucien) Poirier
- Maria Virginia Murray
- Born: 10 Jun 1890
- Sponsors:
- Jacob Long
- Teresa Murray
- W. Boex
- 1900 Census[9]
- Place: Perry Township, St Francois County, Missouri, United States of America
- Date: 4 Jun 1900
- Joseph Poirrier, head, age 53, married 13 years, born Dec 1846 Canada Fr, father born Canada Fr, mother born Canada Fr, immigration year 1866, years in US 34, naturalized citizen, Car Refarer, unemployed 6 mos, rents house
- Mary V Poirrier, wife, age 35, married 13 years, born Feb 1865 Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri, children 3 of 3 living
- Adolph Poirrier, son, age 22, born Nov 1878 Missouri, father born Canada Fr, mother born Missouri, Pipe Fitter, unemployed 5 mos
- Ellen E Poirrier, daughter, age 10, born Jun 1890 Missouri, father born Canada Fr, mother born Missouri, at school 3 mos
- Thomas W Poirrier, son, age 6, born Nov 1893 Missouri, father born Canada Fr, mother born Missouri
- 1907 Marriage License Application James Raymond and Hellen E Poirrier[2]
- Place: St Francois County, Missouri, United States of America
- Date: 22 Apr 1907
- Groom: James Raymond
- Residence: Bonne Terre, St Francois County, Missouri
- Age: 25 years
- Bride: Hellen E Poirrier
- Residence: Bonne Terre, St Francois County, Missouri
- Age: 16 years
- Parental consent:
- Mother of Hellen E Poirrier, Mary V Poirrier
- 1907 Marriage License James Raymond and Hellen E Poirrier[3]
- License place: St Francois County, Missouri, United States of America
- License date: Apr 1907
- Groom: James Raymond
- Residence: Bonne Terre, St Francois County, Missouri
- Over 21 years
- Bride: Hellen E Poirrier
- Residence: Bonne Terre, St Francois County, Missouri
- Under 18 years
- Parental consent:
- Mother of Hellen E Poirrier, Mary V Poirrier
- Marriage place: Bonne Terre, St Francois County
- Marriage date: Apr 1907
- Officiant: Catholic Priest
- 1910 Census[5]
- Place: Perry Township, St Francois County, Missouri, United States of America
- Date: 4 May 1910
- James A Davis, head, age 39, widower, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri, carpenter, lead mill, owns home
- Firman Davis, son, age 9, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri, in school
- Maudie Davis, daughter, age 7, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri, in school
- Henry Davis, son, age 5, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri, in school
- Jessie Davis, son, age 3, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri
- Hellen E Raymond, house girl, age 19, married (1st) 3 years, born Missouri, father born Canada-English, mother born Missouri, cook, private family, children 1 of 1 living
- 1910 Children's Home File for Biological Daughter Alice Alberta Raymond[4]
- Adoption name: Alice Ursula Watson
- Surrender date: 16 Dec 1910
- Birth name: Alice Alberta Raymond
- Birth date: Sat, 26 Nov 1910
- Birth place: St Francois County, Missouri
- Book 6, Page 340
- J W Fraser letter dated 29 Nov 1910
- Biological mother
- Name: Mrs Nellie Raymond
- Age: 20 years
- Residence: Bonne Terre, St Francois County, Missouri
- Nationality: American
- Original signature
- Biological father (not mother's husband)
- Name: James Albert Davies
- Age: 42 years
- Residence: Bonne Terre, St Francois County, Missouri
- Nationality: American
- Illegitimate birth
- Mother's husband left 3 years before birth
- Adoption application date: 12 Jan 1911
- Facility
- Name: The Children's Home Society of Missouri
- Location: Newstead and Margaretta Avenues, St Louis, MO
- Husband
- Name: H H Watson
- Nationality: American
- Occupation: Asst Supt. on Construction, Kinloch Tel. Co.
- Health: fine
- Age 42
- Member church: Episcopal
- Attend church: Christian Science
- Original signature
- Wife
- Name: Mrs Sula Watson
- Nationality: American
- Health: fine
- Age 39
- Member church: Methodist
- Attend church: Christian Science
- Original signature
- Boys in family
- No: 2
- Ages: 22 - 20
- Girls in family
- No: -
- Ages: -
- Distance to school: 3 blocks
- Distance to church: 2 blocks
- Preference: girl
- Youngest/oldest age: 6 weeks
- Own home: yes
- Probable value: $3000.00
- Address: 3411 Commonwealth Ave, Maplewood, St Louis County, MO
- Placement trial duration: 89 days
- Adoption deed date: 11 Apr 1911
- Deed filed for record in Deed Book 2427 Page 272
- Notes from office visit re: Alice Alberta Raymond
- Bk - VI - 340
- Date: 16 Jun 1919
- Mother: Mrs Paul Newman [Nellie, formerly Raymond]
- Address: 2401 1/2 N. Sarah St
- Husband
- Age: 60 yrs
- Employment: City Assessors Office for 30 yrs, makes $125/month
- Has daughter as old as Mrs Newman
- Son, 3 yrs old, by present husband
- Oldest boy, 11 yrs old, attending Ashland Summer School
- 1913 Probate Father Joseph Lucien Poirrier Estate Letters Application[6]
- Place: St Francois County, Missouri
- Estate name: Joseph Lucien Poirrier, deceased
- Death date: 23 Oct 1913
- Letters application date: 10 Nov 1913
- Administratrix: Mary Virginia Poirrier
- List of heirs:
- Adeline Goodwin, daughter, Montgomery County, Missouri
- children of Lucian Poirrier, deceased:
- Mary Poirrier, granddaughter, St Louis County, Missouri
- Louise Poirrier, granddaughter, St Louis County, Missouri
- Mae Islets, daughter, St Louis County, Missouri
- Helen E Newman, daughter, Missouri
- James Edward Poirrier, son, St Francois County, Missouri
- Thomas Eugene Poirrier, son, St Francois County, Missouri
- Adolph Poirrier, son, St Francois County, Missouri
- Mary Virginia Poirrier, widow, St Francois County, Missouri
- 1920 Census[10]
- Place: 2401 Sarah St, St Louis City Ward 22, Missouri, United States of America
- Date: 25 Jan 1920
- Paul Newman, head, age 60, renting, married, born Missouri, father born Germany, mother born Germany, Clerk, City Office
- Nellie Newman, wife, age 30, married, born Missouri, father born Canada Fr, mother born Missouri
- Samuel J Newman, son, age 4 1/12, married, born Missouri, born father Missouri, mother born Missouri
- James Raymond, stepson, age 12, married, born Missouri, father born Italy, mother born Missouri
- 1930 Census[11]
- Place: 2401a Sarah Ave, St Louis City Ward 20, Missouri, United States of America
- Date: 11 Apr 1930
- Paul Newman, head, renting, value 20, radio, age 65, married, age 1st marriage 49, born Missouri, father born Germany, mother born Germany, Clerk, City
- Helen Newman, wife, age 41, married, age 1st marriage 15, born Missouri, father born Canada, mother born Missouri
- James Raymond, Step Son, age 25, married, born Missouri, father born Italy, mother born Missouri, Policeman, City
- Samuel Newman, Son, age 14, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri
- Virginia Fitzpatrick, Mother Law, age 64, widowed, age 1st marriage 24, born Missouri, father North Ireland, mother born Missouri
- 1930 Death Certificate Helen Newman[7]
- Name: Helen N Newman
- Death place: 1925a N Sarah St, St Louis City Ward 11
- Married
- Husband: Paul Newman
- Birth date: 23 Jun 1888
- Age: 42 years, 4 month, 6 days
- Occupation: At Home
- Birthplace: Mo.
- Father
- Name: Tom Poirrier
- Birthplace: Mo.
- Mother
- Name: Mary Fitzpatrick
- Birthplace: Mo.
- Informant name: Paul Newman
- Informant address: 1925a N Sarah St
- Death date: 29 Oct 1930
- Death cause: Chronic Myocarditis
- Duration: 1 year, 6 months
- Contributory: Chronic Nephritis (tubular)
- Duration: 1 year, 6 months
- Burial place: Calvary
- Burial date: 1 Nov 1930
- Undertaker name: Arthur J Donnelly
- Undertaker address: 2039 Wash St
- Calvary Cemetery Burial Helen Newman[8]
- Originally accessed info:
- Burial ID: 324344
- Burial location: Calvary Cemetery
- Name: Helen Newman
- Gender: Female
- Age at death: 42
- Burial date: 1 Nov 1930
- Section: 24
- Lot: 3655
- Others in lot:
- Mary Fitzpatrick, female, aged 65, buried 14 Feb 1931
- Paul Newman, male, aged 73, buried 12 Dec 1934
- Originally accessed info:
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "U.S., French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1695-1954," database with images, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Record 1111 #73296, Image, Free Image 177 : accessed 14 April 2019), F > Florissant > Baptêmes > 1855-1899 > Baptism Ellen Eliz Poirier, 10 Aug 1890, p 347, image 177 of 248; citing Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002," database with images, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Record 1171 #501386108, Image, Free Image 350 : accessed 15 Apr 2019); Marriage Lic Appl James Raymond and Hellen E Poirrier, 22 Apr 1907, No 27, St Francois County > Record images for St Francois > 1904-1908, image 350 of 647, p 53; citing Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002," database with images, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Record 1171 #501980910, Image, Free Image 347 : accessed 15 Apr 2019); Marriage License James Raymond and Hellen E Poirrier, Apr 1907, St Francois County > Record images for St Francois > 1903-1908, image 347 of 487, p 201; citing Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Surrender/Adoption Documents for Alice Alberta Raymond/Alice Ursula Watson, copy of file issued 25 Jun 2009 by Children's Home Society of Missouri, Surrender Daughter Alice Ursula Watson, 16 Dec 1910; 9445 Litzinger Rd, St Louis, MO 63144; 10 pages and cover letter; copy in possession of Rick Peterson 19 Mar 2018.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (record details, image : accessed 17 January 2019), Hellen E Raymond in household of James A Davis, 1910, Perry Township, St Francois County, Missouri, United States, image 53 of 62; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 87, sheet 27A, family 527, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 809; FHL microfilm 1,374,822.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "St Francois County Missouri Probate Records," Farmington Public Library, 101 N A St, Farmington, MO 63640; microfilm, Box 76, p 16, Probate Father Joseph Lucien Poirrier, 10 Nov 1913, Application for Letters of Administration; citing St Francois County Missouri Probate Records, St Francois County Courthouse; digital copy in possession of Rick Peterson 15 Apr 2019.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1966," database with images, Missouri State Archives (image : accessed 13 April 2018), Death Helen Newman, 29 Oct 1930, St. Louis City; citing file no. 34937, Missouri State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Archdiocese of St Louis, Catholic Cemeteries", database, Burial Helen Newman, 1 Nov 1930, Calvary Cemetery, Section 24, Lot 3655, Burial ID: 324344, Originally accessed 15 April 2019 at cemeteries.archstl.org/Burial-Search/Burial-Detail/id/324344 (link now invalid); most recent link, accessed 6 July 2023.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (record details, image : accessed 14 April 2019), Ellen E Poirrier in household of Joseph Poirrier, 1900, Perry Township (north part), St. Francois County, Missouri, United States, image 6 of 56; citing enumeration district (ED) 95, sheet 3B, family 59, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,887.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (record details, image : accessed 14 April 2019), Nellie Newman in household of Paul Newman, 1920, St Louis Ward 22, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, United States, image 28 of 30; citing ED 428, sheet 15B, line 88, family 279, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 959; FHL microfilm 1,820,959.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (record details, image : accessed 14 April 2019), Helen Newman in household of Paul Newman, 1930, St Louis (Districts 1-250), St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, United States, image 21 of 42; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 79, sheet 11A, line 2, family 248, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1238; FHL microfilm 2,340,973.
DNA
- Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between 3rd cousins Rick Peterson and a grandchild of William Adolph Poirrier. Their MRCAs are Joseph Lucien Poirier and Mary Virginia Murray, their 2g grandparents. Amount of shared DNA: 33 cM across 3 segments.
- Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed by a MyHeritageDNA test match between 3rd cousins Rick Peterson and a grandchild of Virginia (Poirrier) Ruhr. Their MRCAs are Joseph Lucien Poirier and Mary Virginia Murray, their 2g grandparents. Amount of shared DNA: 59.6 cM across 3 segments.
- Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between 2nd cousins twice removed Rick Peterson and a grandchild of John Edward Murray. Their MRCAs are James C Murray and Theresa Octavie Aubuchon, their 3g grandparents and great grandparents, respectively. Amount of shared DNA: 31 cM across 3 segments.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nellie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nellie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- R Peterson
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup U5b2a1, FTDNA kit #243593
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~25.00%
50.00%
R Peterson :
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T720273 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA
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~12.50%
Rick Peterson :
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T546205 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA
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~6.25%
Sean Peterson :
23andMe, GEDmatch GA4130106 [compare]
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~0.78%
Lianne (Sorensen) Kruger :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A669729 [compare], Ancestry member liannekruger59
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