John O. 'Johnny' Morin, the eldest son of Oc- tave and Azilda (Bélanger) Morin, was born in Caribou, Maine, and christened 'Jean-Baptiste Octave' at L'Église du Sacré-Coeur (Church of the Sacred Heart). By the turn of the century, John's mother had passed away; his widowed father was boarding with a family in Van Buren and working at a local lumber mill; and the Morin children had been sent to live with rela- tives.
As was common in that era, John would trav- el back and forth across the U.S.-Canadian border into New Brunswick's small village com- munities; and it was there in Saint-Léonard-Parent that he met his wife-to-be — a young French-Canadian woman named Alice Cormier. In early 1911, John and Alice were married there at L'Église de Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue. It was a marriage that would last fifty-seven years; and Alice would give birth to eleven children.
The Morins established themselves in Saint- Léonard ville, just upriver from where Alice had been born, where they raised their children to adulthood; and in the 1940s, they moved across the border to Van Buren, Maine. John had a good job as a mechanic with the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad; and on his retirement in 1950 (after forty years of service), he and Alice made a final move to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to be closer to where their children had settled.
In 1961, the couple marked their Golden Wed- ding Anniversary; and by then their family had grown to include many grandchildren. Their time together, however, would soon come to an end. By the late 1960s, John's health had started to fail; and in the spring of '68, while visiting her ailing husband at the Portsmouth Hospital, Alice Morin died unexpectedly at age seventy-six.
Widowed at eighty-five, John survived his wife by two years and passed away at age eighty- seven on July 27, 1970, after a long illness. He had been a Portsmouth resident for two dec- ades, a parishioner at St. Catherine's Church, and a longtime member of the Railroad Broth- erhood. His final arrangements were handled by the Farrell Funeral Home with calling hours on Thursday and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9; and his funeral was held on Saturday, Aug- ust 1, with a High Mass of Requiem at Saint Catherine's Church at 10 o'clock, followed by interment at Calvary Cemetery. At the time of his death, Morin was survived by nine of his eleven children — four sons, Roland J. Morin of Portsmouth, Antonio H. Morin of Ossining, New York, Armand J. Morin of Tarrytown, New York, and Air Force Sergeant Conrad J. Morin who was then stationed in Thailand; five daugh- ters, Blanche (Morin) Bossé of South Berwick, Maine, Simonne (Morin) LaPointe of Hialeah, Florida, Carmen (Morin) Sherwood of Ossining, New York, Bernadette (Morin) Cyr of Hartford, Connecticut, and Miss Lorraine Morin of Ports- mouth. He also left behind his sister, Flavie 'Phoebe' (Morin) Audette of Portland, Maine, and a younger brother, Joseph Morin of Cari- bou, Maine, as well as 27 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Rest in peace, Johnny.
JOHN MORIN's FAMILY
His Wife:
Alice S. (Cormier) Morin
1892-1968 [age 76]
married February 27, 1911
Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue
St-Léonard-Parent, Madawaska, N.B., Canada
Their 11 Children:
· Blanche F. (Morin) Bossé 1912-1995 [age 82]
· Marthe M. Morin 1914-1915 [age 1]
· Simonne M. (Morin) LaPointe
1915-1989 [age 73]
· Annette Morin c1917-1941
· Carmen S. (Morin) Sherwood
1919-1988 [age 69]
· Roland A. Morin 1920-2001 [age 80]
· Antonio H. Morin 1922-1984 [age 62]
· Armand J. Morin 1924-1979 [age 54]
· Bernadette (Morin) Cyr 1928-2010 [age 82]
· Conrad J. Morin
· Lorraine J. (Morin) Shortsleeves
1932-2008 [age 76]
His Parents:
Octave Morin and Azilda (Bélanger) Morin
married September 23, 1883
L'Église du Sacré-Coeur
Caribou, Maine
His Grandparents:
· Damase-Didyme Morin 1805-1894 [age 89]
and Anastasie (Marquis) Morin
1815-1903 [age 88]
· Jean-Baptiste Bélanger
and Sophie (Guimond) Bélanger
CEMETERY INFORMATION
Type of Marker: Headstone (monument)
As was common in that era, John would trav- el back and forth across the U.S.-Canadian border into New Brunswick's small village com- munities; and it was there in Saint-Léonard-Parent that he met his wife-to-be — a young French-Canadian woman named Alice Cormier. In early 1911, John and Alice were married there at L'Église de Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue. It was a marriage that would last fifty-seven years; and Alice would give birth to eleven children.
The Morins established themselves in Saint- Léonard ville, just upriver from where Alice had been born, where they raised their children to adulthood; and in the 1940s, they moved across the border to Van Buren, Maine. John had a good job as a mechanic with the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad; and on his retirement in 1950 (after forty years of service), he and Alice made a final move to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to be closer to where their children had settled.
In 1961, the couple marked their Golden Wed- ding Anniversary; and by then their family had grown to include many grandchildren. Their time together, however, would soon come to an end. By the late 1960s, John's health had started to fail; and in the spring of '68, while visiting her ailing husband at the Portsmouth Hospital, Alice Morin died unexpectedly at age seventy-six.
Widowed at eighty-five, John survived his wife by two years and passed away at age eighty- seven on July 27, 1970, after a long illness. He had been a Portsmouth resident for two dec- ades, a parishioner at St. Catherine's Church, and a longtime member of the Railroad Broth- erhood. His final arrangements were handled by the Farrell Funeral Home with calling hours on Thursday and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9; and his funeral was held on Saturday, Aug- ust 1, with a High Mass of Requiem at Saint Catherine's Church at 10 o'clock, followed by interment at Calvary Cemetery. At the time of his death, Morin was survived by nine of his eleven children — four sons, Roland J. Morin of Portsmouth, Antonio H. Morin of Ossining, New York, Armand J. Morin of Tarrytown, New York, and Air Force Sergeant Conrad J. Morin who was then stationed in Thailand; five daugh- ters, Blanche (Morin) Bossé of South Berwick, Maine, Simonne (Morin) LaPointe of Hialeah, Florida, Carmen (Morin) Sherwood of Ossining, New York, Bernadette (Morin) Cyr of Hartford, Connecticut, and Miss Lorraine Morin of Ports- mouth. He also left behind his sister, Flavie 'Phoebe' (Morin) Audette of Portland, Maine, and a younger brother, Joseph Morin of Cari- bou, Maine, as well as 27 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Rest in peace, Johnny.
JOHN MORIN's FAMILY
His Wife:
Alice S. (Cormier) Morin
1892-1968 [age 76]
married February 27, 1911
Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue
St-Léonard-Parent, Madawaska, N.B., Canada
Their 11 Children:
· Blanche F. (Morin) Bossé 1912-1995 [age 82]
· Marthe M. Morin 1914-1915 [age 1]
· Simonne M. (Morin) LaPointe
1915-1989 [age 73]
· Annette Morin c1917-1941
· Carmen S. (Morin) Sherwood
1919-1988 [age 69]
· Roland A. Morin 1920-2001 [age 80]
· Antonio H. Morin 1922-1984 [age 62]
· Armand J. Morin 1924-1979 [age 54]
· Bernadette (Morin) Cyr 1928-2010 [age 82]
· Conrad J. Morin
· Lorraine J. (Morin) Shortsleeves
1932-2008 [age 76]
His Parents:
Octave Morin and Azilda (Bélanger) Morin
married September 23, 1883
L'Église du Sacré-Coeur
Caribou, Maine
His Grandparents:
· Damase-Didyme Morin 1805-1894 [age 89]
and Anastasie (Marquis) Morin
1815-1903 [age 88]
· Jean-Baptiste Bélanger
and Sophie (Guimond) Bélanger
CEMETERY INFORMATION
Type of Marker: Headstone (monument)
John O. 'Johnny' Morin, the eldest son of Oc- tave and Azilda (Bélanger) Morin, was born in Caribou, Maine, and christened 'Jean-Baptiste Octave' at L'Église du Sacré-Coeur (Church of the Sacred Heart). By the turn of the century, John's mother had passed away; his widowed father was boarding with a family in Van Buren and working at a local lumber mill; and the Morin children had been sent to live with rela- tives.
As was common in that era, John would trav- el back and forth across the U.S.-Canadian border into New Brunswick's small village com- munities; and it was there in Saint-Léonard-Parent that he met his wife-to-be — a young French-Canadian woman named Alice Cormier. In early 1911, John and Alice were married there at L'Église de Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue. It was a marriage that would last fifty-seven years; and Alice would give birth to eleven children.
The Morins established themselves in Saint- Léonard ville, just upriver from where Alice had been born, where they raised their children to adulthood; and in the 1940s, they moved across the border to Van Buren, Maine. John had a good job as a mechanic with the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad; and on his retirement in 1950 (after forty years of service), he and Alice made a final move to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to be closer to where their children had settled.
In 1961, the couple marked their Golden Wed- ding Anniversary; and by then their family had grown to include many grandchildren. Their time together, however, would soon come to an end. By the late 1960s, John's health had started to fail; and in the spring of '68, while visiting her ailing husband at the Portsmouth Hospital, Alice Morin died unexpectedly at age seventy-six.
Widowed at eighty-five, John survived his wife by two years and passed away at age eighty- seven on July 27, 1970, after a long illness. He had been a Portsmouth resident for two dec- ades, a parishioner at St. Catherine's Church, and a longtime member of the Railroad Broth- erhood. His final arrangements were handled by the Farrell Funeral Home with calling hours on Thursday and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9; and his funeral was held on Saturday, Aug- ust 1, with a High Mass of Requiem at Saint Catherine's Church at 10 o'clock, followed by interment at Calvary Cemetery. At the time of his death, Morin was survived by nine of his eleven children — four sons, Roland J. Morin of Portsmouth, Antonio H. Morin of Ossining, New York, Armand J. Morin of Tarrytown, New York, and Air Force Sergeant Conrad J. Morin who was then stationed in Thailand; five daugh- ters, Blanche (Morin) Bossé of South Berwick, Maine, Simonne (Morin) LaPointe of Hialeah, Florida, Carmen (Morin) Sherwood of Ossining, New York, Bernadette (Morin) Cyr of Hartford, Connecticut, and Miss Lorraine Morin of Ports- mouth. He also left behind his sister, Flavie 'Phoebe' (Morin) Audette of Portland, Maine, and a younger brother, Joseph Morin of Cari- bou, Maine, as well as 27 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Rest in peace, Johnny.
JOHN MORIN's FAMILY
His Wife:
Alice S. (Cormier) Morin
1892-1968 [age 76]
married February 27, 1911
Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue
St-Léonard-Parent, Madawaska, N.B., Canada
Their 11 Children:
· Blanche F. (Morin) Bossé 1912-1995 [age 82]
· Marthe M. Morin 1914-1915 [age 1]
· Simonne M. (Morin) LaPointe
1915-1989 [age 73]
· Annette Morin c1917-1941
· Carmen S. (Morin) Sherwood
1919-1988 [age 69]
· Roland A. Morin 1920-2001 [age 80]
· Antonio H. Morin 1922-1984 [age 62]
· Armand J. Morin 1924-1979 [age 54]
· Bernadette (Morin) Cyr 1928-2010 [age 82]
· Conrad J. Morin
· Lorraine J. (Morin) Shortsleeves
1932-2008 [age 76]
His Parents:
Octave Morin and Azilda (Bélanger) Morin
married September 23, 1883
L'Église du Sacré-Coeur
Caribou, Maine
His Grandparents:
· Damase-Didyme Morin 1805-1894 [age 89]
and Anastasie (Marquis) Morin
1815-1903 [age 88]
· Jean-Baptiste Bélanger
and Sophie (Guimond) Bélanger
CEMETERY INFORMATION
Type of Marker: Headstone (monument)
As was common in that era, John would trav- el back and forth across the U.S.-Canadian border into New Brunswick's small village com- munities; and it was there in Saint-Léonard-Parent that he met his wife-to-be — a young French-Canadian woman named Alice Cormier. In early 1911, John and Alice were married there at L'Église de Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue. It was a marriage that would last fifty-seven years; and Alice would give birth to eleven children.
The Morins established themselves in Saint- Léonard ville, just upriver from where Alice had been born, where they raised their children to adulthood; and in the 1940s, they moved across the border to Van Buren, Maine. John had a good job as a mechanic with the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad; and on his retirement in 1950 (after forty years of service), he and Alice made a final move to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to be closer to where their children had settled.
In 1961, the couple marked their Golden Wed- ding Anniversary; and by then their family had grown to include many grandchildren. Their time together, however, would soon come to an end. By the late 1960s, John's health had started to fail; and in the spring of '68, while visiting her ailing husband at the Portsmouth Hospital, Alice Morin died unexpectedly at age seventy-six.
Widowed at eighty-five, John survived his wife by two years and passed away at age eighty- seven on July 27, 1970, after a long illness. He had been a Portsmouth resident for two dec- ades, a parishioner at St. Catherine's Church, and a longtime member of the Railroad Broth- erhood. His final arrangements were handled by the Farrell Funeral Home with calling hours on Thursday and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9; and his funeral was held on Saturday, Aug- ust 1, with a High Mass of Requiem at Saint Catherine's Church at 10 o'clock, followed by interment at Calvary Cemetery. At the time of his death, Morin was survived by nine of his eleven children — four sons, Roland J. Morin of Portsmouth, Antonio H. Morin of Ossining, New York, Armand J. Morin of Tarrytown, New York, and Air Force Sergeant Conrad J. Morin who was then stationed in Thailand; five daugh- ters, Blanche (Morin) Bossé of South Berwick, Maine, Simonne (Morin) LaPointe of Hialeah, Florida, Carmen (Morin) Sherwood of Ossining, New York, Bernadette (Morin) Cyr of Hartford, Connecticut, and Miss Lorraine Morin of Ports- mouth. He also left behind his sister, Flavie 'Phoebe' (Morin) Audette of Portland, Maine, and a younger brother, Joseph Morin of Cari- bou, Maine, as well as 27 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Rest in peace, Johnny.
JOHN MORIN's FAMILY
His Wife:
Alice S. (Cormier) Morin
1892-1968 [age 76]
married February 27, 1911
Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue
St-Léonard-Parent, Madawaska, N.B., Canada
Their 11 Children:
· Blanche F. (Morin) Bossé 1912-1995 [age 82]
· Marthe M. Morin 1914-1915 [age 1]
· Simonne M. (Morin) LaPointe
1915-1989 [age 73]
· Annette Morin c1917-1941
· Carmen S. (Morin) Sherwood
1919-1988 [age 69]
· Roland A. Morin 1920-2001 [age 80]
· Antonio H. Morin 1922-1984 [age 62]
· Armand J. Morin 1924-1979 [age 54]
· Bernadette (Morin) Cyr 1928-2010 [age 82]
· Conrad J. Morin
· Lorraine J. (Morin) Shortsleeves
1932-2008 [age 76]
His Parents:
Octave Morin and Azilda (Bélanger) Morin
married September 23, 1883
L'Église du Sacré-Coeur
Caribou, Maine
His Grandparents:
· Damase-Didyme Morin 1805-1894 [age 89]
and Anastasie (Marquis) Morin
1815-1903 [age 88]
· Jean-Baptiste Bélanger
and Sophie (Guimond) Bélanger
CEMETERY INFORMATION
Type of Marker: Headstone (monument)
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