The Children of Thomas Ouellette (1836-1915) and Josephine Racine (1842-1924)

 

Children of the marriage of Thomas Ouellette and Josephine Racine (Prudent & Eleanore Brind'amour dite Combe) married 16 May 1859 at Saint Jean Baptiste, Roxton Falls, Québec

  

1) Thomas (fils) – born 18 February 1860, Roxton Falls, Québec (RF) 

 

2) Josephine – born 1 January 1862 (called Marie or Marie-Anne) (RF) 

 

3) Napoleon – born 8 May 1863 (RF) 

 

4) George – born 17 December 1865 (RF) 

 

5) Virginie – born 10 February 1868 (called Albina) (RF) 

 

6) Frederic – born 30 March 1869 (RF) 

 

7) Joseph – born 12 May 1870 (RF) 

 

8) Lucien Arthur – born 23 January 1872 (RF) 

 

9) Marie Lucie – born 29 September 1873 "at Brunswick, Maine" according to the baptismal record (RF).

 

10) Alma – born around 1875 (Brunswick) 

 

11) Philibert – born around 1877 (Brunswick) 

 

12) Elida – born December 1879 (Brunswick) 

 

13) Clara – born 2 April 1881 (Brunswick) 

 

14) Amanda – 3 December 1882 (Brunswick)   

 

II.  The Ancestors of Thomas Ouellette 

Generation Six:  Michel married (m.) Rose Authier, 18 October 1819, St-Hilaire, Rouville, Québec; these are the father and the mother of Thomas

 

Generation Five:  Joseph m. Geneviève Pelletier, 27 November 1780, Ste-Anne de la Pocatiere (Ste-A)

 

Generation Four:  Jean-Francois m. Madeleine Mignot, 29 July 1748, Ste-A   

 

Generation Three:  Joseph m. Madeleine Bouchard, 19 November 1720, (Contract by the Notary Jeanneau)   

 

Generation Two: Grégoire m. Marie-Anne Lizotte, 5 March 1696, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec   

 

Generation One: René m. Anne Rivet, 8 March 1666, Notre Dame de Québec

 

III.  Thomas Ouellette:  Summary

-        Born and Baptized 15 March 1836 (B. 30) at Saint-Anne de la Pocatière, Québec   

-        He married Josephine Racine (Prudent & Eleanore Brind'amour dite Combe) 16 May 1859 (M. 10) at Saint Jean Baptiste, Roxton Falls, Québec   

-        He died 22 and was buried 25 October 1915, from the Church of Saint John the Baptist, Brunswick, Maine, USA

IV. Thomas Ouellette and Josephine Racine in 1909

Photo on the occasion of their 50th Wedding Anniversary, from the Brunswick Record, May 21, 1909, page 1

 

Sources:

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

2) Ibid., # 378, Saint-Hilaire, Co. Rouville, Québec

3) Ibid., # 388, Saint-Damase, Co. Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec

4) Ibid., # 1830, Saint-Anne de la Pocatière, Co. Kamouraska, Québec

5) Maine Vital Records, on microfilm at the New England Historic Genealogical Society library (NEHGS)

6) Town Vital Records of Brunswick, Maine, on microfilm at NEHGS

7) The Brunswick Record, on microfilm at the Curtis Library, Brunswick, with the Snow Index of Brunswick Newspapers

8) Talbot, Éloi-Gérard, Généalogie des Familles Originaires des Comtés de Montmagny, L’Islet, Bellechasse, Tome XII.