Sophie Racette (1803 - 1880)

Born 17 Jul 1803 in St-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Bas-Canada

Wife of Alexis Labossière — married 26 Apr 1825 in St-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Bas-Canada

Died 17 Jun 1880 at age 76 in Farnham, Quebec, Canada

Biography

Sophie Racette was born at St-Charles-sur-Richelieu on July 17, 1803 and was baptized there the next day. She was the first child of seven and the first daughter of five for Louis Racette and Françoise Gauvreau Two of her younger sisters would die as infants.

Sophie Racette marriedAlexis Labossière on April 26, 1825 at Beloeil, Quebec. He was the fifth child of Jean Baptiste Labossière and Marie Therese Gervais.

Alexis and Sophie are known to have had at least seven children, all born at Beloeil between 1826 and 1842. They had five sons and two daughters, but sadly the first three children all died; one at age 19 years, one at five, and one an infant death. At least two are known to have married.

The family is found in the 1851 ^[1] Canadian census living at Beloeil. The four surviving children are all there, the older three all having died young before this census.

Alexis Labossiere died at the asylum of the Aliénés of the St-Michel Archange Hospital, Beauport near Quebec City on Nov. 3, 1858 and was buried in their cemetery Nov. 7, 1858. Sophie moved to Farnham and she passed away there on June 17, 1880 and she was buried there two days later. At her burial, Sophie is recorded as the widow of Charles Alexis Lisotte and her youngest son, Charles, who was present at the burial is recorded as Charles Lisotte. It is presumed that the family had hanged their name to avoid embarrassment over the husband and father's insanity.

Sources

1. ↑ http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e093/e002322654.jpg See lines 45 - 50

• LDS Church. https://www.familysearch.org/ Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979: St-Charles-sur-Richelieu 1786-1833 image 220 of 601 baptism of Sophie Racette July 18, 1803.
• LDS Church, Ibid: St. Mathieu-de-Beloeil 1796-1838 image 431 of 654 M. of Alexis Labossiere to Sophie Racette April 26, 1825
• LDS Church, Ibid: St-Romuald-de-Farnham 1880-1899 image 35 of 1097 burial of Sophie Racette June 19, 1880 died June 17, 1880.
• PRDH, (Research Programme in Historical Demography) at the Université de Montréal. https://www.prdh-igd.com/en/home family no. 153544
• https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Racette_Sophie&pid=1468770