Known as "Ma tante 'Xilia", she was the daughter of Joseph Gagné and Marie-Belzémire Camiré, born on December 3rd 1884 in Ham-Sud, Québec, Canada. She was baptized the day after on December 4th 1884 in St-Adrien-de-Ham's church.
Her parents were probably on their migration back to Mégantic County at that moment. They had their at least Adélard (1875) and Omer (1877) in Ste-Edwidge-de-Clifton, before moving to Ham-Sud (South Ham), and finally then, to South Ireland (Black Lake, Québec).
Exilia they got married to François Simoneau (son of Honoré Simoneau and Philomène Gosselin) on October 21st 1901 in the church of St-Désiré, Black Lake, Québec. The wedding picture was taken by the L.Bilodeau studio of Kingsville, Québec. Kingsville is the actual name for the city of Thetford Mines. The city asked for a change, as a request of the population and its mayor, Benson James Bennett, in 1906. (Benson James Bennett was also the manager of the Hampden's mine of Kingsville, property of the King's brothers (James and Edmund). The name of Thetford Mines officially changed in 1909.
Before François Simoneau and Exilia Gagné left for Connecticut, they sold their house in Black Lake to Adélard Gagné, Exilia's brother. The tiny house was then, moved from the original place to South Ireland and got merged to the Adélard's house. Then, that new house extension was used as "la petite cuisine d'été", which means the little summer kitchen, used to cook during summer. The oven was only heating the house' extension instead of the entire main house.
The family stories told that Adélard Gagné wasn't rich and they were surviving on that land as farmers. But it apprears that François and Exilia were a way poorer and they had nothing to lose, selling everything they had in Québec to move to Connecticut. We don't know who from the siblings migrated to New England first but many of the brotherhood's members settled in Bristol CT.
François took with him, few branches of rhubarb he had on his land in Québec, to bring with him. This was the only thing he could bring to remember his roots from Québec and that era of his life. Rhubarb was an arboriginal plant from Québec which was used as food, very sour but that plant could grow anywhere, even in the worst conditions. This was called the plant of the poors.
They came back few times in Québec, to Black Lake, as they kept link with Adélard and the ancestry land. This fact is proven with the picture on that virtual site, of Exilia and her husband, Adélard, Rosa Lemay and Christine Gagné, Adélard and Rosa's daughter.
She died on December 1st 1950 in Bristol, Hartford County - Connecticut.
Her parents were probably on their migration back to Mégantic County at that moment. They had their at least Adélard (1875) and Omer (1877) in Ste-Edwidge-de-Clifton, before moving to Ham-Sud (South Ham), and finally then, to South Ireland (Black Lake, Québec).
Exilia they got married to François Simoneau (son of Honoré Simoneau and Philomène Gosselin) on October 21st 1901 in the church of St-Désiré, Black Lake, Québec. The wedding picture was taken by the L.Bilodeau studio of Kingsville, Québec. Kingsville is the actual name for the city of Thetford Mines. The city asked for a change, as a request of the population and its mayor, Benson James Bennett, in 1906. (Benson James Bennett was also the manager of the Hampden's mine of Kingsville, property of the King's brothers (James and Edmund). The name of Thetford Mines officially changed in 1909.
Before François Simoneau and Exilia Gagné left for Connecticut, they sold their house in Black Lake to Adélard Gagné, Exilia's brother. The tiny house was then, moved from the original place to South Ireland and got merged to the Adélard's house. Then, that new house extension was used as "la petite cuisine d'été", which means the little summer kitchen, used to cook during summer. The oven was only heating the house' extension instead of the entire main house.
The family stories told that Adélard Gagné wasn't rich and they were surviving on that land as farmers. But it apprears that François and Exilia were a way poorer and they had nothing to lose, selling everything they had in Québec to move to Connecticut. We don't know who from the siblings migrated to New England first but many of the brotherhood's members settled in Bristol CT.
François took with him, few branches of rhubarb he had on his land in Québec, to bring with him. This was the only thing he could bring to remember his roots from Québec and that era of his life. Rhubarb was an arboriginal plant from Québec which was used as food, very sour but that plant could grow anywhere, even in the worst conditions. This was called the plant of the poors.
They came back few times in Québec, to Black Lake, as they kept link with Adélard and the ancestry land. This fact is proven with the picture on that virtual site, of Exilia and her husband, Adélard, Rosa Lemay and Christine Gagné, Adélard and Rosa's daughter.
She died on December 1st 1950 in Bristol, Hartford County - Connecticut.
Known as "Ma tante 'Xilia", she was the daughter of Joseph Gagné and Marie-Belzémire Camiré, born on December 3rd 1884 in Ham-Sud, Québec, Canada. She was baptized the day after on December 4th 1884 in St-Adrien-de-Ham's church.
Her parents were probably on their migration back to Mégantic County at that moment. They had their at least Adélard (1875) and Omer (1877) in Ste-Edwidge-de-Clifton, before moving to Ham-Sud (South Ham), and finally then, to South Ireland (Black Lake, Québec).
Exilia they got married to François Simoneau (son of Honoré Simoneau and Philomène Gosselin) on October 21st 1901 in the church of St-Désiré, Black Lake, Québec. The wedding picture was taken by the L.Bilodeau studio of Kingsville, Québec. Kingsville is the actual name for the city of Thetford Mines. The city asked for a change, as a request of the population and its mayor, Benson James Bennett, in 1906. (Benson James Bennett was also the manager of the Hampden's mine of Kingsville, property of the King's brothers (James and Edmund). The name of Thetford Mines officially changed in 1909.
Before François Simoneau and Exilia Gagné left for Connecticut, they sold their house in Black Lake to Adélard Gagné, Exilia's brother. The tiny house was then, moved from the original place to South Ireland and got merged to the Adélard's house. Then, that new house extension was used as "la petite cuisine d'été", which means the little summer kitchen, used to cook during summer. The oven was only heating the house' extension instead of the entire main house.
The family stories told that Adélard Gagné wasn't rich and they were surviving on that land as farmers. But it apprears that François and Exilia were a way poorer and they had nothing to lose, selling everything they had in Québec to move to Connecticut. We don't know who from the siblings migrated to New England first but many of the brotherhood's members settled in Bristol CT.
François took with him, few branches of rhubarb he had on his land in Québec, to bring with him. This was the only thing he could bring to remember his roots from Québec and that era of his life. Rhubarb was an arboriginal plant from Québec which was used as food, very sour but that plant could grow anywhere, even in the worst conditions. This was called the plant of the poors.
They came back few times in Québec, to Black Lake, as they kept link with Adélard and the ancestry land. This fact is proven with the picture on that virtual site, of Exilia and her husband, Adélard, Rosa Lemay and Christine Gagné, Adélard and Rosa's daughter.
She died on December 1st 1950 in Bristol, Hartford County - Connecticut.
Her parents were probably on their migration back to Mégantic County at that moment. They had their at least Adélard (1875) and Omer (1877) in Ste-Edwidge-de-Clifton, before moving to Ham-Sud (South Ham), and finally then, to South Ireland (Black Lake, Québec).
Exilia they got married to François Simoneau (son of Honoré Simoneau and Philomène Gosselin) on October 21st 1901 in the church of St-Désiré, Black Lake, Québec. The wedding picture was taken by the L.Bilodeau studio of Kingsville, Québec. Kingsville is the actual name for the city of Thetford Mines. The city asked for a change, as a request of the population and its mayor, Benson James Bennett, in 1906. (Benson James Bennett was also the manager of the Hampden's mine of Kingsville, property of the King's brothers (James and Edmund). The name of Thetford Mines officially changed in 1909.
Before François Simoneau and Exilia Gagné left for Connecticut, they sold their house in Black Lake to Adélard Gagné, Exilia's brother. The tiny house was then, moved from the original place to South Ireland and got merged to the Adélard's house. Then, that new house extension was used as "la petite cuisine d'été", which means the little summer kitchen, used to cook during summer. The oven was only heating the house' extension instead of the entire main house.
The family stories told that Adélard Gagné wasn't rich and they were surviving on that land as farmers. But it apprears that François and Exilia were a way poorer and they had nothing to lose, selling everything they had in Québec to move to Connecticut. We don't know who from the siblings migrated to New England first but many of the brotherhood's members settled in Bristol CT.
François took with him, few branches of rhubarb he had on his land in Québec, to bring with him. This was the only thing he could bring to remember his roots from Québec and that era of his life. Rhubarb was an arboriginal plant from Québec which was used as food, very sour but that plant could grow anywhere, even in the worst conditions. This was called the plant of the poors.
They came back few times in Québec, to Black Lake, as they kept link with Adélard and the ancestry land. This fact is proven with the picture on that virtual site, of Exilia and her husband, Adélard, Rosa Lemay and Christine Gagné, Adélard and Rosa's daughter.
She died on December 1st 1950 in Bristol, Hartford County - Connecticut.
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Rose Anne Marie Rosanna Belzémire Simoneau Martel
1903–2000
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Omer François Armand Simoneau Sr
1905–1972
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Joseph Tancrède Simoneau
1907–1994
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Émile Joseph Fernand Simoneau
1911–2000
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Adélard Joseph René "Al" Simoneau
1916–2005
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Antoinette Marie Albertine Annette Simoneau Basarab
1918–2005
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Alma Simoneau Barber
1920–2017
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Armande Marie-Christianna-Adélia Simoneau LaForge
1922–2015
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