LÉOCADIE CORMIER's FAMILY

Her Husband:
Sévérin X. Cormier 1852-1930 [age 78]
married August 11, 1879, at L'Église de St-Antoine-de-Padoue,
in St-Léonard-Parent, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada;
she was 25, he was 27
— Married for 51 years, Léocadie was widowed in 1930 at age 76.
Note: Léocadie and Sévérin were third cousins — in that era, a fairly common occurrence in rural French-Canada.

Their 8 Children:
5 boys & 3 girls
► Flavie M. (Cormier) Soucy 1881-1901 [age 20]
married May 1, 1898, in St-Léonard-Parent, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada,
to Édmond J. Soucy 1874-1969 [age 94]
she was 16, he was 23; married 3½ years; 3 children
died of typhoid fever and post-childbirth complications
► Ubalde S. Cormier 1883-1964 [age 81] - see note below ↓
married Aug. 17, 1903, in St-Léonard-Parent, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada,
to Élida L. 'Ida' (Thibodeau) Cormier 1884-1957 [age 72]
he was 19, she was 18; married 53½ years; 13 children
died of a coronary thrombosis (blood clot in the heart)
► Alfred S. 'Fred' Cormier 1885-1962 [age 76]
married Apr. 22, 1912, in Caribou, Maine
to Clarina (Ouellette) Cormier 1893-1936 [age 43]
he was 27, she was 18; married 24½ years; 13 children
married Jan. 4, 1938, in Drummond, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada
to Bibiane M. (Sirois) Cormier 1911-1985 [age 74]
he was 52, she was 26; married 24 years; 6 children
died of a neoplasm (malignant neck tumor)
► Marie A. 'Annie' (Cormier) Thibodeau 1886-1907 [age 20] - see note below ↓
married Jul. 24, 1905, in St-Léonard-Parent, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada,
to Mammé A. Thibodeau 1879-1914 [age 34]
she was 18, he was 25; married less than 2 years; 1 child
died of post-childbirth complications
► Joseph J. Cormier 1889-1889 [age 3 weeks]
weak since birth - may have been born prematurely
► Onésime T. 'Ozime' Cormier 1890-1931 [age 40]
married Oct. 2, 1920, in Millinocket, Maine
to Emily M. (Pelletier) Cormier 1903-1973 [age 70]
he was 30, she was 17; married 10 years; 4 children
accidental poisoning (ingestion of tainted alcohol)
► Alice S. (Cormier) Morin 1892-1968 [age 76]
married Feb. 27, 1911, in St-Léonard-Parent, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada,
to Jean-Baptiste 'John' O. Morin 1883-1970 [age 87]
she was 18, he was 28; married 57 years; 11 children
died while visiting her husband at the hospital
► François-Xavier Cormier 1894-1894 [age 1 day]
cause of death not stated - may have been born prematurely
Note: Ubalde Cormier's wife (Ida Thibodeau) and Annie Cormier's husband (Mammé Thibodeau) were sister and brother.

Her Parents:
Basile Martin, Jr. 1822-1887 [age 65]
and Anastasie (Martin) Martin 1833-1911 [age 78]
married August 19, 1851,
at L'Église de St-Basile-le-Grand in St-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada
he was 29, she was 18; married almost 36 years; 13 children

Her 12 (known) Siblings:
4 brothers & 8 sisters
► Théophile Martin 1852-1881 [age 29]
► Basile Martin, III 1855-1917 [age 62]
► Flavie (Martin) Perreault 1857-1898 [age 40]
► Marie (Martin) Gagnon 1859-1885 [age 25]
► Philomène (Martin) Doucette 1861-1929 [age 67]
► Paul B. Martin 1863-1940 [age 76]
► Hélène (Martin) [Pelletier] Ouellette 1865-1953 [age 88]
► Élisabeth 'Lizette' (Martin) Lebel 1867-1923 [age 55]
► Élise Martin 1869-1870 [age 1]
► Sophie (Martin) Cyr 1870-1956 [age 85]
► Christie (Martin) Doucet 1873-1949 [age 76]
► Jean-Baptiste Martin 1875-1881 [age 5]

Her Grandparents: Work In Progress
Paternal - her father's parents
► Basile Martin 'dit' Barnabé 1791-1868 [age 76]
and Archange H. (Thibodeau) Martin 1800-1860 [age 59]
married October 17, 1815,
at L'Église de St-Basile-le-Grand in 'The Madawaska Settlement' (St-Basile, New Brunswick)
he was 23, she was 15
Maternal - her mother's parents
► Jean-Baptiste Martin 'dit' Barnabé, Jr. 1807-died between 1880/1900 [in his 70s or 80s]
and Marie Louise 'Mary' (Lizotte) Martin c1810-died between 1880/1900 [in her 70s or 80s]
married July 8, 1828,
at L'Église de St-Basile-le-Grand in 'The Madawaska Settlement' (St-Basile, New Brunswick)
he was 20, she was about 18

TELL THE STORY · REMEMBER THE LIFE

Léocadie (Martin) Cormier was born on the family farm near the Quisibis River in present-day Ste-Anne-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick. One of 11 children (eight boys and three girls), she was the eldest daughter of Basile and Anastasie Martin.

Léocadie was nearly 26 years of age when she finally married, in those days a 'spinster'; but after their wedding, she and her husband settled on a farm in Saint-Léonard-Parent (his hometown) where Léocadie gave birth to eight children. Sadly, two of their five sons died as infants; and two of their three daughters died shortly after marrying, both at age 20, from complications related to childbirth.

Léocadie lived in the same house on the same farm for nearly seven decades — loving and teaching and nurturing many grandchildren in her golden years. Widowed at age 76, she survived her husband by 17 years and passed away in St- Léonard-Parent at the ripe ol' age of 93 — her cause of death being noted as 'faiblesse de la vieillesse et grippe' (weakness from old age and the flu). She had been predeceased by five of her children; but she had lived long enough to become a 'Mémère' to 51 grandchildren and countless great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. May she rest in peace.

CEMETERY INFORMATION

Type of Marker: Headstone (monument)