Joseph married Friselda Potvin in 1876 in Petersburg, Waterloo, ON. They had 17 children, but only 11 survived to adulthood. One of their daughters, Rene M. Caisse McGaughey was the famous nurse who invented essiac tea which cured cancer.
Some names of their other children were: Albina Mary, Joseph Louis Jr., Permelia Mary, Louise Mary, Archie (died 3yrs old), Lillian Friselde, Rene Mary Anne, Edward Elzear, Victorine Marie Sophie, Aseline Mary, Leon Joseph Bert, and Mary Ellen Elmere Kinoone.
The Caisse family moved to Bracebridge from Peterborough in the late 1800's before there was even a railway into the Muskoka district. Joseph had owned a barber shop on Manitoba St in 1912 in Bracebridge. Joseph, a tobacconist, died at 60.
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Life story of Joseph Caisse and Friselda Potvin
· 2013-08-27 15:10:57 GMT+0000 (UTC) · 0 Comments
Joseph Caisse and Friselda Potvin were married October 8, 1876 in Peterborough, Ontario. He was 23 and she was 21. Joseph's father was also a Joseph, and Friselda's father was Louis Potvin. They both grew up in Quebec and both came from families that originated in France and emigrated to Quebec in the 1700's.
In 1879 Joseph and Friseld moved to the pioneering community of Bracebridge, which was well on its way to becoming a thriving commercial centre for the production of leather, woollen goods and lumber. Located only 180 km north of Toronto, the village's waterfall in the centre of town provided power to the mills and access to Muskoka region lakes and rivers. Joseph and Friselda arrived with their two year old daughter Mary Albina and their infant son, Joseph Louis.
At first, Joseph Caisse worked in the Muskoka Leather Company, one of the two great leather tanneries which operated beside the shores of the Muskoka River. But in 1880, after the arrival of their daughter Permelia, the family returned to Peterborough where Joseph learned the barbering trade. Louise, named after her father was born in Feb 1882. The family packed up again, and moved back to the Muskoka District. Joseph bought a wooden house, on lot 32 Manitoba street. It was in this house where Joseph opened the J Caisse Barbering Parlour (west side of Manitoba Street near the pork butcher Henry Hines, in Bracebridge). In 1895 Joseph purchased the adjoining south vacant lot and in 1898 with the help of friends, the house was lifted and turned sideways. Joseph added stores with "sturdy plate glass windows fronting on Manitoba Street and upper living space for the family" (Clinic of Hope; the story of Rene M Caisse and Essiac, Donna M Ivey, 2004). No one could miss the tall red and white striped pole outside the building.
Friselda was a milliner and seamstress. Albina would eventually opened up a millinery store next to her father's barbershop. Permelia and Louise created hats in Albina's second shop in Port Arthur. The children all attended the Central School on McMurray street and in 1898 Joseph became a school trustee.
Seventeen children were born to the Caisses, though only eleven children,survived eight girls and three boys. Rene Mary Anna Caisse, who would later become famous for the discovery of the "Essiac" (Caisse spelt backwards) treatment recalls that the children were raised "in the love and fear of God."
In 1913 Joseph's business was successful enough that he purchased a summer cottage on one of the islands in the Muskoka Lakes.
After Joseph's death, Friselda moved to Toronto to rent a house on 108 St Vincent Ave with her two of her daughters. She spent winters in Toronto and summers in Muskoka. In 1920 she rented a house at 17 Parkside Ave, and in 1930 she moved back to...
Some names of their other children were: Albina Mary, Joseph Louis Jr., Permelia Mary, Louise Mary, Archie (died 3yrs old), Lillian Friselde, Rene Mary Anne, Edward Elzear, Victorine Marie Sophie, Aseline Mary, Leon Joseph Bert, and Mary Ellen Elmere Kinoone.
The Caisse family moved to Bracebridge from Peterborough in the late 1800's before there was even a railway into the Muskoka district. Joseph had owned a barber shop on Manitoba St in 1912 in Bracebridge. Joseph, a tobacconist, died at 60.
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Life story of Joseph Caisse and Friselda Potvin
· 2013-08-27 15:10:57 GMT+0000 (UTC) · 0 Comments
Joseph Caisse and Friselda Potvin were married October 8, 1876 in Peterborough, Ontario. He was 23 and she was 21. Joseph's father was also a Joseph, and Friselda's father was Louis Potvin. They both grew up in Quebec and both came from families that originated in France and emigrated to Quebec in the 1700's.
In 1879 Joseph and Friseld moved to the pioneering community of Bracebridge, which was well on its way to becoming a thriving commercial centre for the production of leather, woollen goods and lumber. Located only 180 km north of Toronto, the village's waterfall in the centre of town provided power to the mills and access to Muskoka region lakes and rivers. Joseph and Friselda arrived with their two year old daughter Mary Albina and their infant son, Joseph Louis.
At first, Joseph Caisse worked in the Muskoka Leather Company, one of the two great leather tanneries which operated beside the shores of the Muskoka River. But in 1880, after the arrival of their daughter Permelia, the family returned to Peterborough where Joseph learned the barbering trade. Louise, named after her father was born in Feb 1882. The family packed up again, and moved back to the Muskoka District. Joseph bought a wooden house, on lot 32 Manitoba street. It was in this house where Joseph opened the J Caisse Barbering Parlour (west side of Manitoba Street near the pork butcher Henry Hines, in Bracebridge). In 1895 Joseph purchased the adjoining south vacant lot and in 1898 with the help of friends, the house was lifted and turned sideways. Joseph added stores with "sturdy plate glass windows fronting on Manitoba Street and upper living space for the family" (Clinic of Hope; the story of Rene M Caisse and Essiac, Donna M Ivey, 2004). No one could miss the tall red and white striped pole outside the building.
Friselda was a milliner and seamstress. Albina would eventually opened up a millinery store next to her father's barbershop. Permelia and Louise created hats in Albina's second shop in Port Arthur. The children all attended the Central School on McMurray street and in 1898 Joseph became a school trustee.
Seventeen children were born to the Caisses, though only eleven children,survived eight girls and three boys. Rene Mary Anna Caisse, who would later become famous for the discovery of the "Essiac" (Caisse spelt backwards) treatment recalls that the children were raised "in the love and fear of God."
In 1913 Joseph's business was successful enough that he purchased a summer cottage on one of the islands in the Muskoka Lakes.
After Joseph's death, Friselda moved to Toronto to rent a house on 108 St Vincent Ave with her two of her daughters. She spent winters in Toronto and summers in Muskoka. In 1920 she rented a house at 17 Parkside Ave, and in 1930 she moved back to...
Joseph married Friselda Potvin in 1876 in Petersburg, Waterloo, ON. They had 17 children, but only 11 survived to adulthood. One of their daughters, Rene M. Caisse McGaughey was the famous nurse who invented essiac tea which cured cancer.
Some names of their other children were: Albina Mary, Joseph Louis Jr., Permelia Mary, Louise Mary, Archie (died 3yrs old), Lillian Friselde, Rene Mary Anne, Edward Elzear, Victorine Marie Sophie, Aseline Mary, Leon Joseph Bert, and Mary Ellen Elmere Kinoone.
The Caisse family moved to Bracebridge from Peterborough in the late 1800's before there was even a railway into the Muskoka district. Joseph had owned a barber shop on Manitoba St in 1912 in Bracebridge. Joseph, a tobacconist, died at 60.
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Life story of Joseph Caisse and Friselda Potvin
· 2013-08-27 15:10:57 GMT+0000 (UTC) · 0 Comments
Joseph Caisse and Friselda Potvin were married October 8, 1876 in Peterborough, Ontario. He was 23 and she was 21. Joseph's father was also a Joseph, and Friselda's father was Louis Potvin. They both grew up in Quebec and both came from families that originated in France and emigrated to Quebec in the 1700's.
In 1879 Joseph and Friseld moved to the pioneering community of Bracebridge, which was well on its way to becoming a thriving commercial centre for the production of leather, woollen goods and lumber. Located only 180 km north of Toronto, the village's waterfall in the centre of town provided power to the mills and access to Muskoka region lakes and rivers. Joseph and Friselda arrived with their two year old daughter Mary Albina and their infant son, Joseph Louis.
At first, Joseph Caisse worked in the Muskoka Leather Company, one of the two great leather tanneries which operated beside the shores of the Muskoka River. But in 1880, after the arrival of their daughter Permelia, the family returned to Peterborough where Joseph learned the barbering trade. Louise, named after her father was born in Feb 1882. The family packed up again, and moved back to the Muskoka District. Joseph bought a wooden house, on lot 32 Manitoba street. It was in this house where Joseph opened the J Caisse Barbering Parlour (west side of Manitoba Street near the pork butcher Henry Hines, in Bracebridge). In 1895 Joseph purchased the adjoining south vacant lot and in 1898 with the help of friends, the house was lifted and turned sideways. Joseph added stores with "sturdy plate glass windows fronting on Manitoba Street and upper living space for the family" (Clinic of Hope; the story of Rene M Caisse and Essiac, Donna M Ivey, 2004). No one could miss the tall red and white striped pole outside the building.
Friselda was a milliner and seamstress. Albina would eventually opened up a millinery store next to her father's barbershop. Permelia and Louise created hats in Albina's second shop in Port Arthur. The children all attended the Central School on McMurray street and in 1898 Joseph became a school trustee.
Seventeen children were born to the Caisses, though only eleven children,survived eight girls and three boys. Rene Mary Anna Caisse, who would later become famous for the discovery of the "Essiac" (Caisse spelt backwards) treatment recalls that the children were raised "in the love and fear of God."
In 1913 Joseph's business was successful enough that he purchased a summer cottage on one of the islands in the Muskoka Lakes.
After Joseph's death, Friselda moved to Toronto to rent a house on 108 St Vincent Ave with her two of her daughters. She spent winters in Toronto and summers in Muskoka. In 1920 she rented a house at 17 Parkside Ave, and in 1930 she moved back to...
Some names of their other children were: Albina Mary, Joseph Louis Jr., Permelia Mary, Louise Mary, Archie (died 3yrs old), Lillian Friselde, Rene Mary Anne, Edward Elzear, Victorine Marie Sophie, Aseline Mary, Leon Joseph Bert, and Mary Ellen Elmere Kinoone.
The Caisse family moved to Bracebridge from Peterborough in the late 1800's before there was even a railway into the Muskoka district. Joseph had owned a barber shop on Manitoba St in 1912 in Bracebridge. Joseph, a tobacconist, died at 60.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Life story of Joseph Caisse and Friselda Potvin
· 2013-08-27 15:10:57 GMT+0000 (UTC) · 0 Comments
Joseph Caisse and Friselda Potvin were married October 8, 1876 in Peterborough, Ontario. He was 23 and she was 21. Joseph's father was also a Joseph, and Friselda's father was Louis Potvin. They both grew up in Quebec and both came from families that originated in France and emigrated to Quebec in the 1700's.
In 1879 Joseph and Friseld moved to the pioneering community of Bracebridge, which was well on its way to becoming a thriving commercial centre for the production of leather, woollen goods and lumber. Located only 180 km north of Toronto, the village's waterfall in the centre of town provided power to the mills and access to Muskoka region lakes and rivers. Joseph and Friselda arrived with their two year old daughter Mary Albina and their infant son, Joseph Louis.
At first, Joseph Caisse worked in the Muskoka Leather Company, one of the two great leather tanneries which operated beside the shores of the Muskoka River. But in 1880, after the arrival of their daughter Permelia, the family returned to Peterborough where Joseph learned the barbering trade. Louise, named after her father was born in Feb 1882. The family packed up again, and moved back to the Muskoka District. Joseph bought a wooden house, on lot 32 Manitoba street. It was in this house where Joseph opened the J Caisse Barbering Parlour (west side of Manitoba Street near the pork butcher Henry Hines, in Bracebridge). In 1895 Joseph purchased the adjoining south vacant lot and in 1898 with the help of friends, the house was lifted and turned sideways. Joseph added stores with "sturdy plate glass windows fronting on Manitoba Street and upper living space for the family" (Clinic of Hope; the story of Rene M Caisse and Essiac, Donna M Ivey, 2004). No one could miss the tall red and white striped pole outside the building.
Friselda was a milliner and seamstress. Albina would eventually opened up a millinery store next to her father's barbershop. Permelia and Louise created hats in Albina's second shop in Port Arthur. The children all attended the Central School on McMurray street and in 1898 Joseph became a school trustee.
Seventeen children were born to the Caisses, though only eleven children,survived eight girls and three boys. Rene Mary Anna Caisse, who would later become famous for the discovery of the "Essiac" (Caisse spelt backwards) treatment recalls that the children were raised "in the love and fear of God."
In 1913 Joseph's business was successful enough that he purchased a summer cottage on one of the islands in the Muskoka Lakes.
After Joseph's death, Friselda moved to Toronto to rent a house on 108 St Vincent Ave with her two of her daughters. She spent winters in Toronto and summers in Muskoka. In 1920 she rented a house at 17 Parkside Ave, and in 1930 she moved back to...
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