French-Canadian Families
in the
WATERVILLE 1840 CENSUS
by Robert Chenard
(see notes below)
(for an analysis of this listing, go to the next article
on this page)
Some new Quebec birth data added 30 Apr
1998
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| BOUCHER, Joseph |
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| DOSTIE, David |
David Dusty |
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| COUILLARD, François |
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| DESROCHER, Michel |
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| DESROCHER, Pierre |
Peter Durocher |
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| GILBERT, Jacques |
James Gilbert |
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| LACHANCE, Olivier |
Levi Lashus |
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| LACHANCE, Sylvain |
Silver Lashus |
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| LACOMBE, André |
Andrew Lacomb |
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| LESSARD, François |
Francis Lesor |
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| MATHIEU, Jean-Baptiste |
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| MOREAU, Jean |
John Morrow |
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| PARÉ, Jacques |
James Perry |
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| POULIN, Gaspard |
Gasper Pooler |
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John Pooler |
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| RANCOURT, Abraham |
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Barney Rancour |
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Joseph Rancou |
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| TOULOUSE, Anselme |
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SUMMARY: 22 adult males, 21 adult females, 38 male
children, 37 female children.
TOTAL: 43 adults, 75 children, for a grand total of 118 persons.
| AGE GROUPS |
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NOTE: The name of the "Head of Family" was the only name listed in this
census. All other persons were listed quantitatively by sex and age group
according to the above table.
François COUILLARD (listed above) may not be of French-Canadian
extraction. There were several Couillard families living in the Bangor
area in the mid-1800s who may have been French, French-Canadian, or French
Huguenot.
There are no identifyable French-Canadian families in any pre-1840
censuses of Waterville; however, it is very likely that there were several
such families as well as a small number of unaccompanied or single men
who were working and living (temporarily at least) in the Waterville area.
Considered only as transients by the census-takers, they were not listed
in the 1830 or earlier censuses.
The following are believed to have been living in Waterville in
1840 but may have been missed by the census-taker or were simply considered
as transients. This would add about 35 to 40 more French-Canadians to the
above figures.
Michel BOUCHER & Marcelline Thibodeau
Jean LALIBERTÉ & Modeste Veilleux
Joseph MORIN & Rose Veilleux
Raphaël ROY & Angèle Bolduc
The next three families were listed on the 1840 census of Winslow:
George LACOMBE & Adélaïde Thibodeau
Gaspard THIBODEAU & Angèle Bariault
Stanislas THIBODEAU & Basilisse Veilleux
A GENEALOGICAL ANALYSIS AND RECORD
IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE
1840 FAMILIES
For a complete record of the marriages for the children of the 1840
census families, click on the arrow at the bottom.
The 1840 census of Waterville was completed on
October 19, 1840.
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FAMILY NAME (father).....BORN......PLACE......(NAMES
OF HIS PARENTS)
--WIFE (mother's maiden).BORN......PLACE......(NAMES
OF HER PARENTS)
married DATE & PLACE
---CHILDREN..............BORN......PLACE......WHO
THEY MARRIED, YEAR & PLACE
+++ indicates the children who were present during
the 1840 census
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BOUCHER, Joseph...........1807-8.........Quebec.........(unknown)(b.
St.Antoine, Quebec)
--RANCOURT, Delphine......20 Nov 1807....St.François....(Charles
Rancourt & Catherine Pépin-Lachance)
married 1827 upstate NY! (groom's parents unknown)
+++Joseph (Jr.) NOTE 1....Oct 1828 Lake Champlain,
NY Domitille Mathieu 1847 Waterville
+++Delphine...............24 Jul 1830....St.François
+++Urbain.................25 Sep 1832....St.François....Nathalie
Poulin 1851 Waterville
+++Clothilde..............17 May 1835....St.François....died
before 1850!
+++George.................1836...........Waterville.....Alarie
Boucher ca. 1860; Sylvie Dostie 1891 Waterville
+++Basilisse-M............1839...........Waterville.....died
before 1850!
---Sophronie..............1841...........Waterville
---Olive-Lizzie...........1 Jan 1844.....Waterville.....Léger
Lessard 1866 Waterville
---Olivier*...............24 May 1846....Waterville.....Clothilde
Lachance 1866 Wtvl.; Sophie Gousse 1898 Wtvl.
NOTE 1: Joseph, Jr. baptized 13 Sep 1829 at St.François,
Beauce age 11-1/2 months
* Civil War veteran
This family came to Waterville most likely in 1835.
Bernard Rancourt, Delphine's brother, and his wife
Ursule Caron were in Waterville in 1836 or 1837.
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DOSTIE, David-Pierre......23 Sep 1803....St.Joseph......(Pierre
Dostie & M.-Louise Jacques)
--BARIAULT, Marguerite....27 Nov 1807....St.François....(Jean-Bte.
Bariault & Marguerite Jacques)
married November 7, 1826 St. Joseph, Beauce
+++Pauline "Polly"........07 Oct 1827....St.François....François
Grenier "Frank Green" 1845 Waterville
+++Euphémie "Fannie"......02 Sep 1829....St.François....Louis
Mercier 1846 Waterville
+++Pierre "Peter".........18 Nov 1831....St.François....Henriette
Lacombe 1862 Waterville
---Vital..................30 Jul 1834....St.François....died
14 Apr 1835 St.François
+++daughter...............1836-7.........Waterville!....died
before 1850 Waterville
---Angélina-M.............20 Dec 1840....Waterville.....Frédéric
"Peter" Veilleux 1860 Waterville
---Hélène "Ellen".........15 Feb 1841....Waterville.....never
married (mentally retarded)
---Rosalie "Rosella"......1842-3.........Waterville!
---François...............1845-6.........Waterville
---Vital "Vede"...........Oct 1848.......Waterville....Angele
Roy 1872 Waterville
---Clotilde "Clara".......Feb 1851.......Waterville....Raymond
Cote 1867 Waterville
---Michel NOTE............1853...........Waterville....Philomène
Gousse 1875 Wtvl.;
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Auclair dit Claire 1883 Wtvl.
NOTE: baptized 9 Oct 1854 in Waterville by Father
John Bapst
This family came to Waterville in 1835 or 1836.
David Dostie was a younger brother of Sara Dostie,
wife of Jean-Baptiste Mathieu.
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COUILLARD, François.......ca. 1800
--unknown wife............ca. 1800
married ca. 1825
---unknown male...........1825-30
---unknown female.........1825-30
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DESROCHERS, Michel........1800...........Montreal!.....(Pierre
Desrochers & Marguerite Courtois)
--SAUCIER, Mathilde NOTE..ca. 1813.......Quebec........(Augustin
Saucier & M.-Louise Pin)
married July 12, 1830 Maskinongé
+++Ovide* "Orville".......1832...........Maskinongé?...Susan
Gagné ca. 1859 Orono
+++Leona..................1833...........Maskinongé?
+++Charles-W.*............1837...........Maskinongé?...Jennie
___?___; Charles died 1876 in PA
+++Georges*...............1838...........Waterville....(died
Feb 20, 1865 Orono of Civil War injuries)
+++Henriette..............10 May 1839....Waterville....Olivier
"Levi" Rodrigue 1855 Skowhegan
---Marie-Julie............19 Apr 1841....Waterville
---James (d. 1918 Orono)..1842...........Orono?........Sophie
Lessard 1866 Old Town
---Caroline...............1844...........Orono?........Frank
Beaudoin 1862 Orono
---Moses..................1845...........Orono?
---Joseph (Louis!)........1850...........Orono?........Nellie
Conley 1872 Orono
---Laura-Mathilda.........18__...........Orono?........François-Benjamin
Michaud 187_
---Henry (d. 1914 Orono)..18__...........Orono?........Jenny
Perry 1880 Orono
* Civil War veteran
NOTE: Mathilde died 1898 Orono; Michel died about
1865 in Orono
This family probably came to Waterville around 1835-6
or maybe at the same time as Pierre's family below.
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DESROCHERS, Pierre........1786...........Quebec........(Pierre
Desrochers & Marguerite Courtois)?
--Adélaide Call/Cole......1803...........Quebec
married ca. 1823 Quebec
+++Pierre "Peter, Jr."....1824...........Quebec.........Rachel
A. Hubbard 1853 Wtvl.
+++male...................1825-30........Quebec.........(probably
a census error; they missed Clotilde)
+++Nathalie "Tyla"........7 Oct 1829.....St.François....Frank
Cole 1850 Wtvl.
---Clotilde...............7 Oct 1833.....St.François....(probably
counted as a male age 10-15)
+++Charles................5 Mar 1836.....Waterville.....Philomene
L'Heureux "Lucie Laurence" 1861 Wtvl.
+++Daniel.................14 Jun 1838....Waterville
---Henry..................1841...........Waterville.....Civil
War veteran
This family came to Waterville in 1834 or 1835.
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GILBERT, James (Jacques?)...may or may not be French-Canadian
--unknown
married
--unknown
---unknown
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LACHANCE, Olivier-Joachim.18 Aug 1795....St.François...(Joachim
Lachance & Judith Cloutier)
--POULIN, M.-Hélène.......27 Jun 1807....St.François...(Joseph
Poulin & M.-Hélène Vachon)
married 9 Nov 1824 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---Antoine................21 Nov 1824....St.François...(died
before 1840?)
+++female.................1825-30........?
+++Damase "Thomas"........18 Dec 1830....St.François
+++Martha.................1834...........St.François
+++Olivier, Jr............7 Jan 1835.....St.François...Sophie
Lessard 1854 Waterville
+++female.................1836-38........?
+++Vital*.................1839...........St.François?
+++George*................18 Aug 1840....Waterville
---Nathalie...............1846...........Waterville?
---Marie..................1849...........Quebec?
*Civil War veteran
Hélène Poulin's two brothers, Gaspard
and Jos.-Olivier, and sister, Marcelline, came to Waterville.
This family came to Waterville around 1837.
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LACHANCE, Sylvain.........21 Jun 1806....St.François....(Joachim
Lachance & Judith Cloutier)
--POULIN, Marcelline......17 Dec 1814....St.François....(Joseph
Poulin & M.-Hélène Vachon)
married 2 Mar 1835 St. François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---Jean-Pascal NOTE.......1835...........St.Georges.....Marie
Poulin 1860 Wtvl.; Lucie Poulin 1873 Wtvl.
+++Marie..................1836-7.........St.Georges
+++Georges*...............1838...........Waterville
+++Angele.................2 Jun 1839.....Waterville
---Vital*.................1843...........Waterville.....Sara
Roy 1867 Wtvl.; Apolline Poulin 1873 Wtvl.
---Lucie..................1845...........Waterville
---Clara..................1846...........Waterville.....Olivier
Boucher 1866 Waterville
*Civil War veteran
NOTE: Jean-Pascal was either missed in the census
or was staying with relatives in Quebec or Waterville.
This family probably came to Waterville in 1837.
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LACOMBE, André NOTE 1.....ca. 1780.......Berthier!......(Joseph
Lacombe & Josette Carbonneau)
--ROY, M.-Josette NOTE 2..ca. 1790.......unknown........(Jean-M.
Gagné represented father at marriage)
married 10 Jan 1809 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---Frédéric (1)...........10 Mar 1810....St.François....Sylvie/Flavie
Gagné 1833 St.François, Beauce
---François-George (2)....5 Dec 1811.....St.François....Adélaide
Thibodeau 1834 St.François, Beauce
---Luce (5)...............Jul 1813.......unknown........died
1-1-1814 St.François, Beauce
---Adélaide "Lydia" (3)...6 Apr 1815.....St.François....François
Latulippe 1833 St.François, Beauce
---Joseph (4).............12 May 1817....St.François
---Sophie* (4)............4 Aug 1819.....St.François....Henri-Jean
Poulin 1838 Skowhegan, 1841 St.Frs.
---François (4)...........20 Jan 1822....St.François
---Féréol (4).............14 Jan 1824....St.François
+++Edouard (2)............7 Oct 1826.....St.François
+++Zoé (4)................21 Aug 1829....St.François
+++Charles (4)............25 Feb 1832....St.François....Marie
Gagné 1855 Wtvl.
+++Cyrille (2)............12 Sep 1834....St.François
+++Damase "Thomas"........9 Oct 1839.....Waterville.....Apolline
Lessard 1857 Wtvl.; Adèle Bolduc 1860 Wtvl.
*Sophie died 5 May 1904 in Waterville.
NOTE 1: married as M.-Louise Gagné
NOTE 2: Records of St.François de Beauce seem
to have five (5) different André Lacombe families.
It is my opinion that all these are a single family.
They are listed as follows in that volume:
(1)André Lacombe & M.-Louise Gagné:
child Frédéric b. 10-3-1810
(2)André Lacombe & Josephte _____ : children
François-Geo. 1811, Edouard 1826, Cyrille b. 1834
(3)André Lacombe & Josette Roy: child
Adélaide b. 6-4-1815
(4)André Lacombe & Josette Quirion: children
Joseph b. 12-5-1817, Sophie b. 1819, François. b. 1822-d. 1825,
Féréol b. 14-1-1824, Zoé b.
21-8-1829, Charles b. 1832
(5)André Lacombe & Josette Gagné:
Luce d. 1814
This family was evidently in Skowhegan about 1836-8
and in Waterville afterwards.
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LESSARD, François.........20 Oct 1789.....St.Joseph.....(Prisque
Lessard & M.-Catherine Gousse)
--GIROUX, Catherine.......27 May 1794.....St.Joseph.....(François
Giroux & Josette Fortin)
married 6 Oct 1812 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
+++Léger..................21 Jul 1813.....St.François...Lucie
Poulin 1841 St.Frs.; 1865 Sophie Giroux
---Marie..................25 May 1815.....St.François...François-X.
Poulin 1836 Skow., 1841 St.Frs.
+++Anastasie..............4 Jul 1817......St.François...Anselme
Veilleux 1841 St.François
+++Joseph.................29 Apr 1827.....St.François
+++François...............19 Apr 1829.....St.François...Rosalie
Boulette 1849 Wtvl.; Césarie Quirion 1859 Wtvl.; Sophie Veilleux
1892 Wtvl.
This family was in Skowhegan in the mid-1830's and
was in Waterville for the 1840 census. They returned to St.François
later that year and eventually came back to Waterville in the mid-1840's.
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MATHIEU, Jean-Baptiste....1788-9.........Ch.-Richer?....(François
Mathieu & Marie Letarte)
--Dostie, M.-Anne-Sara....10 Jun 1792....St.Joseph......(Pierre
Dostie & M.-Louise Jacques)
married 27 Nov 1809 St. Joseph, Beauce
---Antoine-Moïse..........27 Jan 1811....St.François....Basilisse
Rancourt 1832 St. Frs.;
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Lachance 1844 Wtvl.
---M.-Sara................4 Jan 1813.....St.François....died
12-11-1831 St.François
---M.-Thalie "Sarah"......12 Oct 1814....St.François....Abraham
Rancourt 1836 Waterville
---Marie-Divine-Lucie.....16 Mar 1817....St.François....Jacques
Paré 1835 Wtvl. & 1841 St.Georges
---Frédérick..............4 Feb 1819.....St.François....died
5 Dec 1821 St.François
---Magloire...............19 Jan 1821....St.François....died
8 Aug 1824 St.François
---Vital "Vede" *.........26 Sep 1822....St.François....M.-Esther
Rancourt 1846 Waterville
+++Jean (Jr.).............17 May 1825....St.François....Thérèse
"Sara" Rancourt 1844 Waterville
+++Clotilde...............4 Sep 1827.....St.François....George
Reny (dit Reynolds) 1848 Waterville
+++Damase "Thomas"........29 Apr 1830....St.François....Apolline
"Lena" Veilleux 1853 Waterville
+++Marie NOTE.............30 Apr 1833....Waterville.....Pierre-Elzéar
Reny 1849 Waterville
NOTE: baptized 11 Sep 1836 St.François
* died in the explosion of the steamer Halifax off
the Augusta wharf 23 May 1848
Jean-Baptiste Mathieu didn't bring his wife and younger
unmarried members of his family to Waterville
until about 1832 as evidenced by their daughter,
Sara, who died in December 1831 in St.François and daughter, Marie,
who was born in Waterville in April 1833. They have long been historically
regarded as the first French-Canadian family to permanently settle in Waterville.
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MOREAU, Jean..............1790-1800
--unknown wife............1800-1810
married ca. 1825
+++unknown male...........1825-1830
+++unknown male...........1830-1835
+++unknown female.........1835-1840
+++unknown female.........1835-1840
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PARE, Jacques.............23 Jun 1812....St.Joseph......(J.-Louis
Paré & Monique Vallée)
--MATHIEU, M.-Lucie.......16 Mar 1817....St.François....(Jean-Bte.
Mathieu & Sara Dostie)
married 12 May 1835 Waterville, ME (by JOP); 24 Aug
1841 St.Georges, Beauce
+++Hélène.................1838...........Waterville
+++Lucie..................23 Jan 1840....Waterville.....Alexandre
Dostie 1860 Waterville
---George*................1842...........Waterville.....Joséphine
Poulin 1864 Skowhegan
---James*.................Jan 1844.......Waterville.....died
15 Apr 1875 Waterville
---Charles*...............1846...........Waterville.....Cécile
"Celia" Blais Wtvl.; Abbie White 1893 Wtvl.
---Claudine/Clothilde#....6 Jul 1847.....Waterville.....Damase
Rousseau "Thomas Brooks" ca. 1872 Maine
---Joseph.................Dec 1849.......Waterville.....Célanire
Gagné 1877 Waterville
---Thomas.................1851...........Waterville
---John...................1853...........Waterville
---Célanire...............1856...........Waterville
---Louis..................1871...........Waterville.....Élise
"Alice" Cressac dit Toulouse 1891 Waterville
* Civil War veteran; George discharged of wounds
12 Jun 1865; #bapt. 29 Aug 1847 St.François, Beauce
Lucie most likely came to Waterville when the rest
of her family came (1832). Jacques Paré probably came
to Waterville around the same time.
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POULIN, Gaspard (NOTE)....4 Aug 1818.....St.François....(Joseph
Poulin & M.-Hélène Vachon)
--POULIN, M.-Hermine......1816...........Quebec.........(unknown)
married 4 Aug 1839 Waterville, ME
+++Sophie.................22 Jul 1839....Waterville.....Vital
Lachance 1855 Waterville
---George*................28 Mar 1841....Waterville.....Céline
Gagné 1866 Waterville
---Marie..................1842...........Waterville.....Joseph
Gagné 1857 Waterville
---Lucie..................1844...........Waterville
---Ludivine-Sara..........1845...........Waterville.....Frédéric
Poulin 1860 Waterville
---Jean-G.................May 1848.......Waterville.....Rose
Poulin 1870 Wtvl.; Marie Soucy 1885 Wtvl.
---Jos.-Gaspard...........1850...........Waterville.....Marie
Lessard 1870 Waterville
---Charles................1852...........Waterville.....Rosie
Latulippe? before 1898 Waterville
---Clothine#..............9 Oct 1854.....Waterville
---Octave "Wilbur"........1868...........Waterville
*may have faught in the Civil War #baptismal date
NOTE: Gaspard Poulin married a second time to Sophie
Boucher (born 1849 Quebec) in July 1867 in Waterville. All the children
from Octave down are with his second wife.
Gaspard and Hermine may have been in Waterville before
1837.
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POULIN, Joseph............circa 1792.....St.Joseph?.....(François
Poulin & M.-Jeanne Breton)
--BOLDUC, Théotiste*......17 Mar 1797....St.François....(Zacharie
Bolduc & M.-Anne Roy)
married 24 Oct 1815 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---Emélie.................19 Jul 1816....St.François....died
2 Apr 1819 St.François
---Sophie.................24 Aug 1822....St.François
+++Charles................3 Oct 1824.....St.François....Apolline
Lachance-Marcoux 1845 Wtvl.;
........................................................Angéline
Caron 1861 Wtvl.
+++Emilie.................27 Jan 1827....St.François....François
Ferland 1844 Waterville
+++Godfroi................4 Oct 1830.....St.François....died
13 Oct 1830 St.François
+++Basilisse..............2 Oct 1833.....St.François....George
Roy dit King ca. 1856 Newburg, Me.
+++daughter...............1835-1840......?
+++Godfroid...............5 Mar 1836.....St.François....Zoé
"Lavina" Huard 1861 Waterville
+++Marie#.................25 Feb 1839....Waterville
*The St.François volume of births, baptisms,
marriages, & deaths gives a death date of 30-8-1814 for a Théotiste
Bolduc, 17 year-old daughter of Frs. Poulin & Jeanne Breton. I believe
this is a typographical error.
#baptismal date
This family came to settle in Waterville either in
1837 or 1838.
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POULIN, Jean-Henri "John".12 Dec 1817....St.François....(François
Poulin & M.-Archange Rancourt)
--LACOMBE, Sophie.........4 Aug 1819.....St.François....(André
Lacombe & M.-Josette Roy)
married 27 Oct 1838 Skowhegan, ME (civil); 12 Jan
1841, St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
+++Marie-Agnès#...........13 Mar 1839....Waterville
---Geneviève/Charlotte....5 Nov 1841.....St.François
---Angéline...............1842-3.........Quebec.........Jean
Lessard ca. 1864 Waterville
---Michel.................1845-6.........Waterville?
---Charles-Michel.........1847-8.........The Forks......Eugénie
Voyer 1884 Lewiston
---Cécile##...............25 Sep 1853....Waterville.....died
2 Oct 1854 Waterville
# baptized 16 Nov 1840 St.François, Beauce
##date baptized
This family was in Waterville/Skowhegan from about
1834 until the Fall of 1840 and returned to Beauceville. They returned
to Maine about 1844-5 probably to The Forks area until about 1848, and
reappear
in the 1850 census of Waterville.
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RANCOURT, Abraham-J.......28 Apr 1813....St.François...(François
Rancourt & M.-Suzanne Grenier)
--MATHIEU, Nathalie "Sara"12 Oct 1814....St.François...(Jean-Bte.
Mathieu & Sara Dostie)
married Feb 1836 Waterville, ME
+++Nathalie "Sara"........1837...........Waterville....François
Hébert 1856 Waterville
+++Georges................26 Aug 1838....Waterville....Philomène
"Lavina" Fortin 1866 Greenville
---Marie-Caroline NOTE 1..3 Jul 1840.....Waterville....Olivier
Veilleux 1856 Wtvl.; Alexis Lafontaine 1871 Wtvl.
---Moïse*.................1841...........Waterville....Rosalie
Leclerc dit Clair Fall 1865 Waterville
---Sophie.................1848...........Waterville....Narcisse
Lessard 1870 Waterville
---Florence...............26 Mar 1852....Waterville....Joseph
St-Pierre 1875 Waterville
---Hélène NOTE 2..........25 Sep 1853....Waterville....Charles
Reny 1874 Waterville
---Jean-A. NOTE 2.........26 Feb 1856....Waterville....Lucie
Boucher 1882 Waterville
*Civil War veteran
NOTE 1: obviously missed during the 1840 census
NOTE 2: date of baptism
Nathalie came to Waterville with her family probably
in 1832. Abraham was probably in Waterville by 1833 or 1834. His sister,
Anastasie "Esther," married Nathalie's brother, Vital Mathieu.
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RANCOURT, Bernard.........19 Jul 1814....St.François....(Charles
Rancourt & Catherine Pépin-Lachance)
--CARON, Ursule-M.........4 Sep 1815.....St.François....(Joseph
Caron & Judith Poulin)
married 27 Jun 1836 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---Marie NOTE 1...........?..............?.............Joseph
Quirion 1853 Waterville
+++François-B. "Frank"*...1837...........Waterville....M.-Lucie
Gagné 1856 Wtvl.; Sarah-Jane Savage 1865 Wtvl.; .......................................................Rosalie
Lessard 1872 Wtvl.
+++Marie-Basilisse NOTE 1.1838...........Waterville....Augustin
Quirion dit Jenness 1854 Waterville
---Esther.................9 Oct 1840.....St.François...(the
1840 census was in progress at this time)
---Joseph-B...............21 Dec 1841....Waterville....Marie
Bolduc dit Burgess 1861 Waterville
---Abraham*...............1842...........Waterville....Josephine
Brackett 1865 Waterville
---Marie-Ursule...........16 Oct 1843....Winslow.......Pierre
Brouillard (alias Peter Preo) 1864 Wtvl.
---Sophie NOTE 2..........1853...........Waterville....Charles
Giroux 1871 Waterville
---Antoine................1854...........Waterville....Emilie
"Alice" Roy 1870 Wtvl.; Amanda Grenier 1900 Wtvl.
NOTE 1: Marie & Marie-Basilisse are probably
one-and-the-same person. Marie-Basilisse married Joseph-Augustin Quirion-Jenness
28 May 1854 while a record exists for Marie who married Joseph Perreon
(Quirion) 28 May 1853. Basilisse died 11 Dec 1906 in Waterville at age
69, born in Maine, her mother erroneously said to be Cora Lashus.
NOTE 2: baptized 25 Aug 1854 Waterville
*Civil War veteran
This couple came to Waterville shortly after their
marriage, perhaps even that year (1836). They returned to Beauceville probably
in 1839 or 1840 when Esther was born and were back in Waterville to be
picked up in the 1840 census (completed on Oct 19). Bernard Rancourt's
sister, Basilisse, was married to Antoine-Moïse Mathieu, son of Jean-Bte.
Mathieu and Sara Dostie. Bernard and Abraham Rancourt (below) were first
cousins.
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RANCOURT, Joseph (Ignace).27 Jun 1801....St.François....(François
Rancourt & M.-Louise Lachance)
--GILBERT, M.-Archange....17 Apr 1804....St.François....(Augustin
Gilbert & M.-Angélique Poulin)
married 16 Oct 1827 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---Angèle.................21 Sep 1828....St.François....died
2 Feb 1831 St.François
---André..................26 Sep 1830....St.François....Eva
_____ ca. 1888 Maine
---Vital..................13 Apr 1832....St.François....died
21 Apr 1832 St.François
---Louise.................13 Apr 1832....St.François....died
26 Apr 1832 St.François
---Hilaire................05 Jul 1833....St.François
+++Louis..................10 Jun 1835....St.François....Célina
Doyon 1860 Waterville
---Marie..................1838...........Fairfield......either
missed in the census or not with family
---Pierre NOTE............31 Jul 1841....Fairfield......Amanda
"Phoebie" Dulac 1866 Waterville
---Thomas*................1846...........Fairfield
---Joseph, Jr.............?..............?
*Civil War veteran
NOTE: baptized 11 Oct 1842 St.François, Beauce
Archange Gilbert appears as Caroline in the 1850
and as Angeline in the 1860 Fairfield census records.
This family came to Fairfield about 1836 or 1837.
Yet, they appear in the Waterville 1840 census.
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TOULOUSE, Anselme (Jean)..15 Mar 1804....St.François....(Charles
Toulouse & Thérèse Quirion)
--VEILLEUX, Anathalie.....27 Jun 1804....St.François....(Louis
Veilleux & Marie Gagné)
married 6 Feb 1826 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---Anselme................16 Nov 1826....St.François....died
11 Sep 1830 St.François
+++Anathalie "Esther".....11 Oct 1828....St.François....Louis
Doyon dit Dyer 1849 Waterville
+++Joseph.................2 Sep 1830.....St.François....Flavie
L'Heureux 1857 Waterville
+++Angèle.................31 May 1832....St.François....Louis
Morin? ca. 1848 Waterville
+++George.................1 Jun 1834.....St.François....M.-Aurélie
Latulippe 1858 Waterville
+++Isidore "Vede".........11 Jun 1836....St.François....Philomène
Roy 1857 Waterville
+++Jean*..................10 Jan 1840....Waterville.....Marie
Veilleux 1864 Waterville
---Martin*................1842...........Waterville.....died
18 Oct 1864 at Battle of Weldon Railroad, VA
---Edouard................1847...........Waterville
*Civil War veteran
This family came to Waterville around 1838.
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VEILLEUX, Louis...........1780-1790......Quebec
--unknown.................1780-1790......Quebec
married ca. 1800-15
---female.................1820-5
NOTE: this family is most likely Louis Veilleux &
Marie Gagné, married 4 Nov 1799 at St.François, Beauce.
If so, female child would be Angèle, born
5 Oct 1823 at St.François, married Charles Barbeau 1845 Wtvl.
At least six of Louis' eleven surviving children
eventually moved to or lived in the Waterville area.
For a listing of this family, see the last entry.
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MISSED ON THE 1840 CENSUS
OF WATERVILLE
BOUCHER, Michel...........ca. 1800.......St.Joseph?.....(Pierre
Boucher & Marguerite Quirion)
--THIBODEAU, Marcelline...26 Jun 1802....St.François....(Louis
Thibodeau & M.-Louise Gagné)
married 8 Jan 1833 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---M.-Philomène...........15 Jun 1837....St.François....Eleuthère
Demuth 1855 Quebec
---Augustin...............20 Nov 1840....Waterville
---David..................27 Aug 1843....St.François....Caroline
Grondin 1867 Quebec
---Appolline..............17 Apr 1846....St.François....died
18 Apr 1846 St.François
This family was probably in Waterville from 1839
to 1841-2.
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MISSED ON THE 1840 CENSUS
OF WATERVILLE
LALIBERTE, Jean...........1797-8.........St.Charles?....(Jean
Laliberté & Louise Greffard)
--VEILLEUX, Modeste.......29 Aug 1807....St.François....(Louis
Veilleux & Marie Gagné)
married 12 Jul 1826 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---Joseph-Jean............28 May 1831....St.François....Anathalie
Lachance 1851 Waterville
---Cécile "Celia".........27 May 1833....St.François....Pierre
Marcoux 1849 Waterville
---Elisabeth..............1837...........Waterville.....Jean-Bte.
Morissette 1860 Bloomfield
---Narcisse* "Horace".....1839-40........Waterville
---Léandre................15 Jun 1841....Waterville.....died
before 1850
---Hélène "Helen".........1842...........Waterville.....never
married
---Modeste................1845...........Waterville.....François
Moreau 1864 Waterville
---Angèle.................1847...........Waterville.....David
Rancourt 1864 Waterville
---Lucie..................May 1850.......Waterville
*Civil War veteran
This family was either missed in the 1840 census
of Waterville or was possibly in Skowhegan at the time.
They came to Waterville around 1835. Their surname
also appears as "Bow" in many records.
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MISSED ON THE 1840 CENSUS
OF WATERVILLE
MORIN, Joseph.............ca. 1806.......St.Joseph?.....(Pierre
Morin & M.-Marguerite Gagnon)
--VEILLEUX, Marie-Rose....16 Aug 1814....St.François....(Basile
Veilleux & Marguerite Thibodeau)
married 20 Nov 1833 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---Rosalie................1835...........St.Georges
---Angéline...............1838-9.........Waterville?
---Anathalie..............4 May 1841.....Waterville.....Joseph
Lachance 1877 Waterville
---Marie..................1844...........Waterville
---Lovina.................1851...........Waterville
---Lucie..................1854...........Waterville
---George.................1856...........Waterville
---Délia..................1859...........Waterville
This family was probably overlooked by the census-taker.
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MISSED ON THE 1840 CENSUS
OF WATERVILLE
THIBODEAU, Stanislas......1811...........St.Joseph?.....(Louis
Thibodeau & M.-Josette Maheu)
--VEILLEUX, Basilisse*....22 Sep 1812....St.François....(Louis
Veilleux & Marie Gagné)
married 11 Oct 1831 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---Clotilde...............14 Mar 1832....St.François
---Joseph.................11 Jun 1833....St.François....died
12 Jun 1833 St.François, Beauce
---Basilisse#.............15 Jun 1834....Waterville
---Sophie.................13 Dec 1835....St.François
---Sara...................2 Jan 1840.....Waterville
*as Flavie in the St.François volume; either
a bad reading or another name for her.
#baptized 22 Aug 1835 St.François, Beauce
This family was in Waterville from 1833 to 1834/5
and back to St.François then returned once again before 1840.
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WINSLOW 1840 CENSUS
LACOMBE, Georges-Frs......5 Dec 1811.....St.François....(André
Lacombe & M.-Josette Roy)
--THIBODEAU, Adélaide.....1 Jul 1814.....St.François....(Louis
Thibodeau & M.-Louise Gagné)
married 18 Nov 1834 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
+++Adélaide...............23 Sep 1835....St.François....Joseph
Denis 1851 Winslow
---Joseph.................12 Nov 1837....St.François
---Henriette#.............22 Oct 1840....Waterville.....Honoré
Bureau "Henry Simpson" 1856 Winslow
---Marie..................1 Mar 1843.....St.François....Pierre
Dostie 1862 Winslow
---Pélagie................12 Dec 1845....St.François....Charles-B.
Chipman 1870 Waterville
---Charles-H..............Apr 1847.......Winslow........Mary-H.
Gilbreth 1880 Waterville
---Joseph-H...............1849-50........Winslow........Marie-Louise
Poulin 1882 Waterville
---Caroline##.............1853...........Winslow........Joseph
Veilleux 1871 Waterville
---George-F...............1855...........Winslow........Henriette
Marcoux 1882 Wtvl.; Mathilda Roberts 1897 Wtvl.
---Olivier "Levi".........1859-60........Winslow
#died 6 Oct 1873 Waterville ##baptized 15 Jan
1854 Waterville
This family is in the 1840 census of WINSLOW on page
336 as "George Lacon" age 20-30, one female age 20-30, one male child age
under 5, and one female child age under 5.
This family first came to live in Waterville about
1838, returned to Beauceville around 1842, then moved to Winslow around
1846 where they finally settled.
Adelaide's brother, Gaspard also came to Winslow
while her sister, Marcelline, came to Waterville.
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WINSLOW 1840 CENSUS
THIBODEAU, Gaspard*.........29 Jul 1805....St.François....(Louis
Thibodeau & M.-Louise Gagné)
--BARIAULT, Angèle#.........20 Aug 1810....St.François....(Louis
Bariault & M.-Françoise Pépin-Lachance)
married 8 Nov 1836 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
+++Joseph...................11 Oct 1837....St.François....Lucy
Lachance 1864 Wtvl.; Marie ____ 1893
---Henriette................19 Dec 1840....Winslow........Joseph
Bureau dit Simpson 1856 Winslow;
Moise Rodrigue 1868 Wtvl.
---Philomène................7 Apr 1844.....St.François....died
8 May 1844 St.François
---no name..................12 Dec 1845....St.François....died
12 Dec 1845 St.François
---André....................18 Aug 1847....St.François....Lucie
Loubier 1872 Waterville
---infant...................May 1850.......Winslow
*Gaspard was the widower of Brigitte Dulac (died
5 Nov 1835) whom he had married in 1834.
#baptized as Angèle
This family is in the 1840 census of WINSLOW on page
336 as "Gespan Cayo" age 20-30, one female age 20-30, and one male child
age under 5. This Thibodeau family also used the "dit" name of Cadien,
hence, Cayo. This dit name is also found spelled as "Kian" and "Kiah."
Cadien most likely meant "Acadian" where their earlier roots stemmed. This
family returned to St.François from 1842-3 to about 1848-9 and finally
settled in Winslow.
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WINSLOW 1840 CENSUS
VEILLEUX, Olivier NOTE....1804...........St.Joseph?.....(Jean
Veilleux & Cécile Jacques)
--CLOUTIER, Modeste.......28 Aug 1814....St.Joseph.....(Prisque
Cloutier & Marie Poulin)
married 12 Feb 1833 St.Georges, Beauce
+++Joseph.................24 Jan 1834....St.François
+++Olivier*...............18 Aug 1835....St.François....Marie
Rancourt 1856 Waterville
+++Rosalie................3 Jul 1837.....St.François....Pierre
Ganue (Gagné?)
---Marie..................23 May 1841....St.François....Léger
Lessard ca. 1885 Wtvl.; William Lachance 1912 Wtvl.
---Majorique..............30 Dec 1842....St.François....died
13 Jul 1844 St.François
---Jean...................8 Jan 1846.....St.François....died
15 Aug 1846 St.François
---Olivier................2 Jul 1847.....St.François
---Sévère "Savage"........10 Apr 1849....St.François....Rebecca-L.
Taylor 1871 Winslow
---Jean-Alfred............18__...........________.......Emily
Beatty 1872 Winslow; Nannie-E. Hall 1897 Newcastle
*Civil War veteran. Olivier's mother is erroneously
listed as Modeste Jacques in the baptismal record.
NOTE: Olivier died 13 Sep 1877 in Winslow, age 72,
a blacksmith by trade.
This family is in the 1840 census of WINSLOW on page
335 as "Levi Vigue" age 30-40, one female age 20-30, one male under 5,
one male 5-10, and one female under 5.
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Other families that
were in Waterville before 1840
ROY, Raphael..............1805-6.........St.François....(Ignace
Roy & Josette Caron) (correction 15-6-01)
--BOLDUC dit Germain, Angèle..?..........Ste.Marie?.....(Antoine
Bolduc dit G. & Marie Cressac-Toulouse?)
married 28 Sep 1829 St.François, Beauce
(Beauceville)
---Angèle.................15 Jul 1831....St.François....died
15 Apr 1832 St.François
---Raphaël................20 Jul 1833....St.François
---Marie NOTE.............Jul 1835.......Waterville.....died
27 Nov 1837 St.François, age 2
---Michel.................1838...........St.François
NOTE: baptized 25 Sep 1837 St.François
This family was in Waterville two or three years
from 1834 to 1836-7.
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VEILLEUX, Louis...........23 Apr 1776....St.Joseph.....(François
Veilleux & Geneviève Breton)
--GAGNÉ, Marie-Louise.....25 Jan 1783....St.Joseph.....(Louis
Gagné & M.-Jeanne Cloutier)
married 4 Nov 1799 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---M.-Louise..............25 Nov 1800....St.François
---Louis..................13 Mar 1802....St.François....Adélaide
Quirion 1826 St.François
---Natalie................27 Jun 1804....St.François....Anselme
Toulouse 1826 St.François (to Wtvl.)
---M.-Archange............15 Feb 1806....St.François....Jean
Toulouse 1824 St.François (to Wtvl.)
---Modeste................29 Aug 1807....St.François....Jean
Laliberté 1826 St.François (to Wtvl.)
---Marguerite.............1 Jun 1809.....St.François....Alexis
Rodrigue 1826 St.François
---Gérémi.................3 May 1811.....St.François....died
5 May 1811 St.François
---Flavie (Basilisse).....22 Sep 1812....St.François....Stanislas
Thibodeau 1831 St.François (to Wtvl.)
+++Marcelline.............5 Apr 1815.....St.François....Louis
Lachance* 1842 St.Georges (to Fairfield)
---Julie..................18 May 1818....St.François....Jean
Mathieu 1842 St.François
---Jean...................3 Mar 1821.....St.François
---Angèle.................5 Oct 1823.....St.François....Charles
Barbeau 1845 Waterville (to Skowhegan)
*Louis Lachance aka "James Lewis"
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Skow.: Skowhegan
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