Manitoba pioneer, Rosalie Germain, was born at Vercheres, P.Q. She became orphaned and was placed at the house of the Sisters of the Providence in Montreal. She married Jean-Baptiste Gauthier in 1851.
The family moved to "Little Canada" in St. Paul, Minnesota, and, in 1853, traveled 1600 miles by Red River Ox cart train to the colony of St. Boniface in Manitoba. Her husband was a mason and worked for four years on St. Boniface Cathedral.
In 1860, the family left St. Boniface to found the Parish of Lorette. "The Gauthier family was among the first French-Canadian families to settle in la Petite Pointe-des-Chênes. Their home was the first school house and Rosalie the first rural school teacher in the parish".
"In the summer of 1865, the family settled in Ste. Anne. Rosalie opens the first school and becomes the first teacher in this district". The priest Giroux remarked, "Mme Gauthier teaches the catechism as well as myself."
"The family returned to live in Lorette, where Madame Gauthier took over the direction of the first public school in 1874, and the house of the family Gauthier served as the chapel/school house/post office." (In 1934, for the 50th anniversary of the parish, a cross was erected on the former home site of the family Gauthier in honor of their contributions.)
The family moved to St. Jean-Baptiste, where Rosalie taught at Reserve du Roseau until the death of her husband. She later married Mr. Louis Debreuil, and they resided in LaBroquerie until his death in 1912.
Rosalie returned to St. Boniface, and passed away at the Hospice Tache de St-Boniface in 1924.
Her daughter, Lumina, married Roger Goulet, a son of Elzéar Goulet, who was was a supporter of Louis Riel's provisional government in the Red River Resistance. Rosalie's g-daughter, Marie Thérèse Goulet, was a noted educator, poet & author, known as "Manie-Tobie".
Another daughter, Eleonore, married Roger's brother, Albert Goulet. On Eleonore's 100 year birthday, Lillian Gibbons, of the Winnipeg Tribune, wrote about Eleonore, and her mother, Rosalie, as notable Manitoba pioneers, for Dominion Day.
Rosalie was buried in the cemetery of the Cathedral of St. Boniface on Nov 27th, 1924.
The family moved to "Little Canada" in St. Paul, Minnesota, and, in 1853, traveled 1600 miles by Red River Ox cart train to the colony of St. Boniface in Manitoba. Her husband was a mason and worked for four years on St. Boniface Cathedral.
In 1860, the family left St. Boniface to found the Parish of Lorette. "The Gauthier family was among the first French-Canadian families to settle in la Petite Pointe-des-Chênes. Their home was the first school house and Rosalie the first rural school teacher in the parish".
"In the summer of 1865, the family settled in Ste. Anne. Rosalie opens the first school and becomes the first teacher in this district". The priest Giroux remarked, "Mme Gauthier teaches the catechism as well as myself."
"The family returned to live in Lorette, where Madame Gauthier took over the direction of the first public school in 1874, and the house of the family Gauthier served as the chapel/school house/post office." (In 1934, for the 50th anniversary of the parish, a cross was erected on the former home site of the family Gauthier in honor of their contributions.)
The family moved to St. Jean-Baptiste, where Rosalie taught at Reserve du Roseau until the death of her husband. She later married Mr. Louis Debreuil, and they resided in LaBroquerie until his death in 1912.
Rosalie returned to St. Boniface, and passed away at the Hospice Tache de St-Boniface in 1924.
Her daughter, Lumina, married Roger Goulet, a son of Elzéar Goulet, who was was a supporter of Louis Riel's provisional government in the Red River Resistance. Rosalie's g-daughter, Marie Thérèse Goulet, was a noted educator, poet & author, known as "Manie-Tobie".
Another daughter, Eleonore, married Roger's brother, Albert Goulet. On Eleonore's 100 year birthday, Lillian Gibbons, of the Winnipeg Tribune, wrote about Eleonore, and her mother, Rosalie, as notable Manitoba pioneers, for Dominion Day.
Rosalie was buried in the cemetery of the Cathedral of St. Boniface on Nov 27th, 1924.
Manitoba pioneer, Rosalie Germain, was born at Vercheres, P.Q. She became orphaned and was placed at the house of the Sisters of the Providence in Montreal. She married Jean-Baptiste Gauthier in 1851.
The family moved to "Little Canada" in St. Paul, Minnesota, and, in 1853, traveled 1600 miles by Red River Ox cart train to the colony of St. Boniface in Manitoba. Her husband was a mason and worked for four years on St. Boniface Cathedral.
In 1860, the family left St. Boniface to found the Parish of Lorette. "The Gauthier family was among the first French-Canadian families to settle in la Petite Pointe-des-Chênes. Their home was the first school house and Rosalie the first rural school teacher in the parish".
"In the summer of 1865, the family settled in Ste. Anne. Rosalie opens the first school and becomes the first teacher in this district". The priest Giroux remarked, "Mme Gauthier teaches the catechism as well as myself."
"The family returned to live in Lorette, where Madame Gauthier took over the direction of the first public school in 1874, and the house of the family Gauthier served as the chapel/school house/post office." (In 1934, for the 50th anniversary of the parish, a cross was erected on the former home site of the family Gauthier in honor of their contributions.)
The family moved to St. Jean-Baptiste, where Rosalie taught at Reserve du Roseau until the death of her husband. She later married Mr. Louis Debreuil, and they resided in LaBroquerie until his death in 1912.
Rosalie returned to St. Boniface, and passed away at the Hospice Tache de St-Boniface in 1924.
Her daughter, Lumina, married Roger Goulet, a son of Elzéar Goulet, who was was a supporter of Louis Riel's provisional government in the Red River Resistance. Rosalie's g-daughter, Marie Thérèse Goulet, was a noted educator, poet & author, known as "Manie-Tobie".
Another daughter, Eleonore, married Roger's brother, Albert Goulet. On Eleonore's 100 year birthday, Lillian Gibbons, of the Winnipeg Tribune, wrote about Eleonore, and her mother, Rosalie, as notable Manitoba pioneers, for Dominion Day.
Rosalie was buried in the cemetery of the Cathedral of St. Boniface on Nov 27th, 1924.
The family moved to "Little Canada" in St. Paul, Minnesota, and, in 1853, traveled 1600 miles by Red River Ox cart train to the colony of St. Boniface in Manitoba. Her husband was a mason and worked for four years on St. Boniface Cathedral.
In 1860, the family left St. Boniface to found the Parish of Lorette. "The Gauthier family was among the first French-Canadian families to settle in la Petite Pointe-des-Chênes. Their home was the first school house and Rosalie the first rural school teacher in the parish".
"In the summer of 1865, the family settled in Ste. Anne. Rosalie opens the first school and becomes the first teacher in this district". The priest Giroux remarked, "Mme Gauthier teaches the catechism as well as myself."
"The family returned to live in Lorette, where Madame Gauthier took over the direction of the first public school in 1874, and the house of the family Gauthier served as the chapel/school house/post office." (In 1934, for the 50th anniversary of the parish, a cross was erected on the former home site of the family Gauthier in honor of their contributions.)
The family moved to St. Jean-Baptiste, where Rosalie taught at Reserve du Roseau until the death of her husband. She later married Mr. Louis Debreuil, and they resided in LaBroquerie until his death in 1912.
Rosalie returned to St. Boniface, and passed away at the Hospice Tache de St-Boniface in 1924.
Her daughter, Lumina, married Roger Goulet, a son of Elzéar Goulet, who was was a supporter of Louis Riel's provisional government in the Red River Resistance. Rosalie's g-daughter, Marie Thérèse Goulet, was a noted educator, poet & author, known as "Manie-Tobie".
Another daughter, Eleonore, married Roger's brother, Albert Goulet. On Eleonore's 100 year birthday, Lillian Gibbons, of the Winnipeg Tribune, wrote about Eleonore, and her mother, Rosalie, as notable Manitoba pioneers, for Dominion Day.
Rosalie was buried in the cemetery of the Cathedral of St. Boniface on Nov 27th, 1924.
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