1871 Burial Record for Theotiste Henriette (Roy) Lefebvre

Theotiste Henriette Roy

b. 14 Dec 1816 in L'Acadie, Quebec

daughter of Joseph and Charlotte (Dupuis) Roy

Married Vital Lefebvre 31 Jan 1832 and had 14 Children.

Died 27 Oct 1871 L'Acadie, Quebec

Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie

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1935 Rhode Island State Census Record for Henry Lefebvre

Henry Lefebvre 

b 16 May 1907 in Rochester, NY

 son of Horace and Philomene (Thibault) Lefebvre

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1901 Marriage Record of Horace Lefebvre to Philomene Thibeault

From the record book:  Marriages Solemnized in the city of Lowell, 1901

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Horace Lefebvre, age 28, born in Manchester, NH, Nov 1872
son of  Joseph & Julia (Lambert) Lefebvre
married 1 January 1901
Philomene Thibeault, age 20, daughter of Luther & Genevieve (Cotes) Thibeault

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1899 Marriage Record of Corrinne Lefebvre & Zephyrin Normandin

Corrinne Lefebvre, 

daughter of Joseph & Julia Louise (Lambert) Lefebvre, 

married Zephyrin Normandin 

on 10 July 1899

 in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Image is from the "Marriages Solemnized in the City of Lowell" register

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Ulric Lefebre 1888-1950

 Military Veterans Headstone Application for Ulric Lefebre

son of Joseph & Julia Louise (Lambert) Lefebvre

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Buried at

Los Angeles National Cemetery

(photo from findagrave.com)

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Joseph Lefebvre of Lowell, MA, 1846-1918

Joseph Lefebvre was born in L'Acadie, Canada, in 1846. He was one of 14 children born to Vital  & Theotiste Henriette (Roy) Lefebvre. On 13 Jan 1872, he married Julia Louise Lambert at St. Augustin Church in Manchester, NH. He was employed as a hosiery knitter in a cotton mill in Lowell, MA, and was a resident of Lowell when he died in Feb 1918 at the age of 72.

Lowell Sun, Monday, February 25, 1918, Lowell, Massachusetts

Lowell Sun, Wednesday, February 27, 1918

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Isabelle Lefebvre,14yrs of Lowell, MA; Missing then Found

       

Lowell Sun, Thursday, June 26, 1919

Lowell Sun, Friday, June 27, 1919

I was not able to locate any follow-up articles that explained her disappearance or why she was in Cambridge with Ms. Hutchins whose connection with the family is not known.

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Franco American Orphanage Communion & Confirmation Records

The University of Massachusetts of Lowell, Center for Lowell History in partnership with the Lowell National Historical Park and the Franco American School have made available the 
Franco American Orphanage and School Records from 1908-1972.

In this database, I was able to find the Communion records for sisters, Irene & Isabel Lefebvre, born in Lowell, Massachusetts.  Their mother, Philomene (Thibault) Lefebvre, died earlier and both girls were living in the Franco American Orphanage in Lowell at the time of the 1910 census.
Below is the orphanage record showing Irene's January 1st, 1911, Communion record where she is listed at the bottom of the page.  The next image shows Isabel's First Communion record dated 25 Mar 1911.

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Unknown, unknown...

This death certificate for
Joseph Lefebvre of Lowell, Massachusetts,
located on americanancestors.org is not much help....

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Ancestor, Horace Lefebvre, a founding officer of Athletic Club in Lowell, MA

A New Athletic Club Organized.

The French Canadian Athletic club has

been organized with  the  following  officers:

President, Louis Loranger; vice president

Horace Lefebvre;  secretary, J. A. F.

Monette; treasurer, J. A. McCrecher

Lowell Sun; 4 Jan 1896

Lowell, Massachusettes

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Death by Illuminating Gas

Death Certificate of John Lefebvre of Natick, RI

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Toxic asphyxiation due to the displacement of oxygen from oxyhemoglobin by carbon monoxide.

Illuminating gas was used for gas lighting because it produced a much brighter light than natural gas or water gas.

A Sentimental Sunday Drive in New Bedford, MA

Lorraine St. John, age 4, with her Grandmother, Marie Anne (Turgeon) Lefebvre (1886-1969),

and her step-sister, Lillian Machon.

c.1937

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Sentimental Sunday: Her Little Girl

  

 

Lorraine St. John 

Daughter of Albert E. & Evelyn Louise (Lefebvre) St.John 

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1655 Marriage record of Louis Houde Houle

Quebec Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967

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Although difficult to read, this is the marriage record of   
Louis Houde Houle
Born 01 Jul 1617 in St-Pierre de Manou, Chartres, Perche, France

Son of Noel Houde & Anna Lefebvre

Married Marie Madeleine Boucher on 12 January 1655
 in Notre-Dame, Quebec

Marie Madeleine was born 04 Aug 1641 in Quebec

Daughter of Marin Boucher & Perrine Mallet

She was 13 yrs of age and he was close to 40.

Together they had 14 known children.

                                                    Madeleine died 23 July 1709

An inventory of their wealth was taken 29 Oct 1709,

and it is believed that Louis died c.1712.

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Rochester, New York, Marriage Records

       
For this Thrifty Thursday I am recommending the follow website:
City of Rochester Municipal Archives Historic Marriage Records Research Site

 This free search-able resource contains over 170,000 marriage records dating from 1876 through 1943.

It is on this site that I found the marriage record of an elusive cousin - Albion Lefebvre. Even that was not easy, as you can see his last name was missed spelled as Lefebore;  a common translation error for Lefebvre.

Tombstone Tuesday - Evelyn Louise (Lefebvre) Imler

Evelyn Louise Lefebvre  

Born 10 Mar 1916 in New Bedford, Massachusetts

Daughter of  Joseph Vital Horace Lefebvre (1872-1926) 

& Marie Anne Turgeon (1887-1969)

On 30 Nov. 1932 she married Albert Edward St. John in New Bedford.

She later married  Author Morgan Hendricks (1946) then Robert Vernon Imler in March 1970.  Evelyn Louise (Lefebvre) Imler died 17 October 2005, in Chandler, Maricopa, Arizona.

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Surname Saturday - French-Canadian Ancestors: Lefebvre

Surname: Lefebvre
Origin: French Definition: A derivation of the French occupational name Fevre, which described an iron-worker or smith. From the Old French "fevre" meaning craftsman. Similar French surnames include Fabre, Faivre, Faure, and Lefèvre. This is the French equivalent of the English surname SMITH. 

We are lucky in that we have a pretty well defined Lineage for our Lefebvre ancestry. I give much credit to the American-Canadian Genealogical Society for assisting me with this branch of our tree.

 - Joseph Vital Horace Lefebvre, born Nov. 1872 in Manchester, New Hampshire, married Marie Anne Turgeon in New Bedford, Massachusetts
 - Joseph Lefebvre (b. 1846 L'Acadie, Canada) & Julia Louise Lambert
 - Vital Lefebvre (b. 1809 L'Acadie, Canada) & Theotiste Henriette Roy
 - Toussaint Lefebvre m. Marie-Louise Lefebvre (daughter of Pierre Lefebvre & Amable Sorel) 1797 in La Prairie, Quebec
 - Nicolas Lefebvre m. M.Louise Brosseau in 1767 in La Prairie 
 - Pierre Lefebvre b. 11 Nov 1709 in Montreal m. Marguerite Moquin in 1734
 - Geoffroy Lefebvre b. Dec 1677 in Montreal m. Marie-Madeleine Michel-Michaud in June 1704
 - Jean-Baptiste Lefebvre from Saint-Germain (pictured right), Amiens, Picardie, France  m. Cunegonde Gervaise in Montreal 14 Jan 1676.  He was the son of Geoffroy Lefebvre & Jeanne Mile. 

Nearly Wordless Wednesday - A Lovely Couple

Marie Anne Turgeon & Horace Lefebvre

20 April 1914

Joseph Vital Horace Lefebvre - b. 10 Nov. 1872 in Manchester, New Hampshire, son of Joseph Lefebvre and Julia Louise Lambert; married Marie Anne Turgeon - b. 1887 in Victoriaville, Canada, daughter of Francois Xavier Turgeon and Celina Meunier.