Louis Theroux Sr. (1862 - 1956)

Born 15 Jun 1862 in St. Michel,Yamaska, Quebec ,Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Philomene Vaillancourt — married 10 Jan 1888 in Emmardville Township, Polk County, Minnesota, USA

Died 19 Mar 1956 at age 93 in Crookston, Polk County, Minnesota, USA

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Biography

LOUIS THÉROUX, SR. was born June 15, 1862 in St. Michel d'Yamaska, Québec. His parents were Joseph Paul Theroux and Matilda Parent. Louis was the second son in a family of 14 children. He was the only one in his family to immigrate to the United States.

He farmed in Emardville Twp and in 1900 purchased a farm in Terrebonne Twp., in what was then Polk Co., Minnesota. Louis went to work in the logging camps during the winters. Many of the roads in Red Lake County have road stakes with his name on them as he would also help with road construction during the winter months of Northern Minnesota.

Louis married PHILOMÈNE VAILLANCOURT January 10, 1888 in Emardville Twp, Polk Co., Minnesota,daughter of FRANCOIS VAILLANCOURT and MATHILDA PICHE'. Philomene was born June 15, 1867 in Montréal, Canada. Philomene's mother, Mathilda (PICHE') Vaillancourt, a widow, was a mid-wife and taught her daughter Philomene in the ways of this role for the village of Terrebonne residents. Her son, Albert "Bert" Theroux would recall that his mother often went to the river and the fields to gather herbs and plants that had medicinal values.

Louis and Philomene were the parents of 19 children.

Philomene died November 22, 1941 at age 86 yrs, 11 mths and 5 days in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Louis died March 19, 1956 at age 93 Yrs 9 Mths and 4 days, in St. Vincent's Home, Crookston, Polk County, Minnesota. They are both interred in Saint Anthony of Padua Cemetery in Terrebonne, Red Lake county, Minnesota. Their headstone is next to Philomene's mother, Matilda Vaillancourt.

(Genealogy research of Judith (Gallant) Krug, Great Granddaughter of Louis and Philomene Theroux; Granddaughter of Harvey and Delima (Theroux) St. Ives (St. Yves).

Birth

Birth of Theroux, Loius Sr.

JUN 1862

St. Michel,Yamaska, Quebec ,Canada

St. Michel

Quebec

Canada

Death

Death of Theroux, Loius Sr.

19 MAR 1956

Crookston, Polk County, Minnesota, USA

Sources

• "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-28000-4031-55?cc=1321742&wc=9RLD-GP8:21947601,21947602,23132303 : accessed 7 July 2015), Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska > Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1845-1865 > image 473 of 559; nos paroisses de Église Catholique, Quebec (Catholic Church parishes, Quebec).

• "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V44P-K51 : 4 December 2014), Louis Theroux, 19 Mar 1956; from "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Polk, Minnesota, record 1299707, certificate number 013242, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41649551

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M938-52W : accessed 22 April 2018), Louis Theroux, River Falls & Wyandotte Townships St. Hilaire village, Red Lake, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 329, sheet 11A, family 190, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,782.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2L6-TW4 : accessed 22 April 2018), Louis Theroux, Terrebonne, Red Lake, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 243, sheet 3B, family 14, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 690; FHL microfilm 1,374,703.

acknowledgments

WikiTree profile Theroux-203 created through the import of therou1315.ged on Jan 15, 2013 by Ray Therou. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Ray and others.