Marie Emérentienne (Roy) Letourneau (1900 - 1991)

Born 16 May 1900 in Saint-François-d'Assise, Beauceville, Beauce, Québec, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Eugene Stanislaus Letourneau — married 30 Jul 1918 in Saint-Prosper, Dorchester, Québec, Canada

Descendants

Died 4 Feb 1991 at age 90 in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

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Biography

Marie Emérentienne Roy was born on 16 May 1900 and was baptized the next day Saint-François-d'Assise parish in Beauceville, Québec, Canada. She was the daughter of Charles Roy, farmer, and Marie Caron of this parish. Sponsors at Emérentienne baptism were her brother and sister Edmond and Joséphine Roy; both sponsors and the father signed the register.

At age 18 Emérentienne married Joseph Eugène Stanislas Letourneau on 30 Jul 1918 in Saint-Prosper, Dorchester, Québec. There were nine children born into this marriage.

Emérentienne died at age 91 on 4 Feb 1991 in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine; she was buried three days later on 7 Feb in St. Peter's Cemetery in Lewiston.

Sources

• Baptême/Baptismal record B[B-85] for Marie Emérentienne Roy. Saint-Frnçois-d'Assise (Beauceville) parish register: https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3951150?docref=2xlJRtSYbnVG2_8fFtnXog
• 1901 Canada Census. Emérentienne Roy, daughter, in household of Charles Roy, farmer Saint-François, Beauce, Québec; page 17, line 6. https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1901&op=img&id=z000125469
• "United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2GM-H3B : 13 November 2019), Emerentine Letourneau, 1920. See also https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQM-H9NR
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMZ4-551 : accessed 27 November 2020), Emerentienne Letourneau in household of Eugene Letourneau, Albany, Orleans, Vermont, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 1A, line 47, family 14, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2429; FHL microfilm 2,342,163.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V11B-B4H : 6 March 2020), Emerentienne Letourneau in household of Eugene Letourneau, Ward 1, Lewiston, Lewiston City, Androscoggin, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-26, sheet 2B, line 48, family 33, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1469.

• Nos Origines, entry for Emerentienne Roy. https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Roy_Emerentienne&pid=1812071
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 November 2020), memorial page for Emerentienne Roy Letourneau (15 May 1900–4 Feb 1991), Find a Grave Memorial no. 106825647, citing Saint Peter's Cemetery, Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Connie Lagasse Russell (contributor 47359327) .
• Lachance and Bussell Family Genealogy, entry for Emerentienne Roy. https://lachance.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I91790&tree=Lachance