Children of Joseph Delage-dit-Lavigueur (2) (1838-1920) and Eleonore Malvina Racine (1840-1904)

Children of the marriage of Joseph Delage-dit-Lavigueur (2) (Joseph (1) & Cecile Pilet) and Eleonore Malvina Racine (Prudent & Eleonore Combe-dite-Brind'amour), married at Roxton Falls, Shefford County Quebec, January 28, 1861.

Joseph (“Frank”) Deloges – 2/25/1862, A[i]

Marie-Anne Lavigueur – 3/25/1864, C[ii]

Marie (Elizabeth) Lavigueur – 12/10/1865, C[iii]

Telesphore Lavigueur – 1/30/1868, C

Archange-Josephine Lavigueur – 12/6/1869, B, C[iv]

Suzanne Lavigueur – 12/6/1869, B, C

Cecile Lavigueur – 5/12/1871, B[v]

Alphonse Deloge – 2/24/1873, C[vi]

Albert Lavigueur – 1/26/1875, C

Cecile Lavigueur – 10/6/1876, B[vii]

Victor J. Lavigueur – 3/28/1878, B

Elizabeth Lavigueur – 3/15/1884, B

Sources:

1) Drouin Institute Parish Registers, Box # 274, Roxton Falls, Co. Shefford, Québec (A)

2) Ontario Vital Statistics Index: Births, Stillbirths and Delayed Registration (B)

3) Drouin Institute Parish Registers, Box # 3223, Belle River, Essex County, Ontario, Parish of Saint Simon and Saint Jude (C)

[i] The only child born in Quebec; all other Delage-dit-Lavigueur children were born in Ontario

[ii] This child’s mother is listed as “Virginie Racine,” another name for Eleonore/Marie/Malvina

There’s no evidence of another Joseph Lavigueur in this area in the census or the parish records, so I suspect that this is the couple in question, and that “Virginie” is a mistake.

[iii] This child would have been still five years old in May of 1871, when the census for that year was taken at Belle River. This, I believe, is the “Elizabeth Lavigueur” listed in the census. Her godfather was Prudent Racine.(b. July 1846).

[iv] The twin girls, Archange and Suzanne, died of dysentery in August of 1870. These are the only children attested to in both the parish records and the Ontario Vital statistics.

[v] This child may have been stillborn; if she was baptized, then she should have been listed in the parish records – and she is not. Notice, also, the repetition of the name “Cecile” five years later.

[vi] This is the only child, with the exception of the eldest who was baptized with the family name, “Delage,” spelled “Deloge” in the parish record.

[vii] The Drouin Institute microfilms for this parish stop at about 1876, and then resume in the early 20^th century. I have no confirmation of the birth of these last three children, Cecile, Victor and Elizabeth. The Ontario records say they were born in Belle River, but give no further information.