Marc Robert Samson (1955 - 2017)

Born 8 Jun 1955 in Montréal, Québec

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Descendants

Died 12 May 2017 at age 61 in St-Jerome, Québec, Canada

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Biography

Marc's biological mother was 14 yrs old when she got pregnant with Claude, a man from Prince Edward's island. She gave birth at 15 years old and gave him away for adoption.

Marc was adopted 2 times by 2 families who brought him back at the nursery. He was adopted for good by Mary and Paul Samson when he was a few months old. His birth name was Benjamin Robert, which was later changed by his adoptive parents for Marc Robert Samson. He was severely beaten by his adoptive father. He was the older brother and hade to take care of his 2 younger siblings. He was the only one beaten in the family.

He found his birth mother in the 1990s. Her name was Eleanor Symmers, daughter of Alexander and Dorothy (Brunet) Symmers. Marc had 3 biological step-sisters: Debbie (who tragically died in 1978), Monica and Janet.

His birth father was found through dna tests. His biological family (on his father's side) is from and still live in Prince-Edward-Island. It's a family well known on the island, playing country music in bars, making albums. Unfortunatlly, his father is no longer living; Claude wasn't married and didn't have kids (to his knowledge) when he died.

Marc got hired by Hydro-Québec beginning of the 80's and worked for it until he retired.

He suffered depression through hypothyroidism which was unknown in the 80's. He eventually got a type-2 bipolar diagnosis.

His first wife was Mireille Duval. They first seperated beginning of 90's, got back together and seperated again, for good, in late 90's. His 2nd wife was Sylvie Hogue.

He had 2 biological daughters, a step-daughter and a step-son.

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notes for Symmers

Marc's birth mother is Eleanor Symmers

After she gave Marc for adoption, she had 3 other children.

Debbie Symmers

Monica Symmers

Janet Symmers

Eleanor's parents are:

Dorothy (Brunet) Symmers
June 14, 2004 (predeceased by her husband, Alexander)
Dorothy Symmers obituary
Find A Grave: Memorial #142759429 Dorothy's grave

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Alexander Symmers
Was a shipmate to Canada from Glasgow the Saturnia in 1919. The Saturnia passenger list from June 18, 1919 shows an Alexander H Symmers, rank-Pto, residence-Montreal: Saturnia Passenger List
SATURNIA 1910 This was a 8,611 gross ton ship, length 456.3ft x beam 55.3ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 14 knots. There was accommodation for 250-2nd and 950-3rd class passengers. Built by C.Connell & Co, Glasgow for the Donaldson Line Ltd, she was launched on 29th Mar.1910. Her maiden voyage started on 11th Jun.1910 when she left Glasgow for Quebec and Montreal and in Aug.1911 she collided with an iceberg near Belle Isle but managed to complete her homeward voyage.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ 'The Saturnia' from the ship list