Francois X & Celina Meunier Turgeon

Francois Xavier Turgeon 

(1845-1923)

Married 1872 at St-Octave-de-Métis, Quebec

Celina (Meunier) Turgeon

(1847-1911)

Buried in the "French Cemetery"

now known as old Sacred Heart Cemetery

in New Bedford, Massachusetts

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City Directory Provides More than a Residence

I was finally able to locate a death date for Francois Xavier Turgeon by following him in a sequence of city directories for New Bedford, Massachusetts. Listed below in the 1924 New Bedford City Directory is the entry for F. Xavier Turgeon stating that he had died the previous year on January 15.

Also listed are several of his adult children with spouses and occupations.

The 1872 Marriage record of Francois X. Turgeon to Celina Meunier

Below is the marriage record dated 6 August 1872 for our 2nd G-grandparents Francois Xavier Turgeon and  Celina Meunier that took place at St-Octave-de-Métis in Quebec.

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St-Octave-de-Métis 

Source: Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec

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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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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.