Domithilde Touchette (1851 - 1905)

Born 18 Apr 1851 in Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Théophile Brodeur — married about 1870 in Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 22 Dec 1905 at age 54 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

• Mathilde (christened "Domithilde") was baptized 1851 at Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, daughter of Thimothée Touchette dit Roussel and Onésime Payant dit St-Onge.

• Variants:
  • Surnames: Russell, Roussel; Touchet(te). Her family members generally went by "Russell" in the US.
  • Given names: Domithilde, Matilda, Mathilde, Ph(o)ebe

• Arrived in the US about 1860, according to the 1900 Census.

• Married Théophile Brodeur (Brothers) (1842-1908) about 1867. Children:
  • Theophile 'Tuffield' F Brodeur Jr (1873–1953)
  • Elvina Brothers (1875–)
  • Arthur Brodeur (1878–1965)
  • Frank Joseph Brodeur, abt. 1880–1945
  • Eva A (Brodeur) Guérin (1886–1954), Jean-Baptiste Guérin (1877-1958)
  • Henry Brodeur ‡ (1889-1896)

Research Notes

DNA

• Paternal and maternal relationship confirmed by an Ancestry DNA match (51 cM across 3 segments) between DB and LAM, third cousins. Their common ancestors are Théophile Brodeur and Mathilde Phoebe Russell-Touchette, DB by their son Frank, and LAM by their daughter Eva.

Sources

• LaFrance database, bpt. 19 Apr 1851, b. 18 Apr, Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge:
  • Domithilde, daughter of Thimothée Touchette and Onézime St-Onge
  • https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/acte/5890687
  • https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/img/acte/5890687
• 1870 United States Federal Census. Year: 1870; Census Place: Springfield Ward 8, Hampden, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_618; Page: 326A; Family History Library Film: 552117. Matilda 18 works in cotton mill, with parents Timothy Russell 50, and Olisine 48, all three born in Canada
• 1880 United States Federal Census. Year: 1880; Census Place: Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; Roll: 534; Family History Film: 1254534; Page: 46D; Enumeration District: 273
• 1900 United States Federal Census. Year: 1900; Census Place: Warren, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: 694; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 1695; FHL microfilm: 1240694
• Massachusetts, Marriage Records, Town of Warren, 23 Apr 1901 at West Warren; Arthur Brothers, son of Tuffield Brothers and Pheobe Russell; and Exilia Guérin, daughter of Julius Guérin and Eudace Gadaire
• Death Certificate, Warren, Massachusetts, 22 Dec 1904, reg. no. 100: Matilda Brodeur 56, of West Warren MA, b. Matilda Touchette in Stanbrig, Quebec, wife of Theophile Brodeur, daughter of Thimote Touchette and Onesime St-Onge, both b. Canada. Died 22 Dec 2021, of "anasarca; congestion of lungs" (heart failure?). Buried 24 Dec in Warren MA.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #194399234: refers to Matilda by her 'dit' name, "Touchette"