Quebec Vital Records - Turgeon and Patry
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One way to verify family information is by examining birth, marriage and death records. Records in Quebec are written in French, and these records verified what we already knew about our French Canadian family. There were a few surprises. The Patry surname originally appeared as Patris, Philias Turgeon was born Joseph Philias Turgeon, and Merida Patry birth name was Marie Merida Patry. Originally we suspected her birth name was Merilda Patry.
Birth records show names of parents and godparents. Witness names appear on marriage records. The following chart shows our family tree. We found Canadian records for those names highlighted in ‘red’ below.
Births
Joseph Philias Turgeon Birth
Date of Birth: Le cinq Mai dix-huit cent soixante – May 5, 1860
This record suggests the new baby was baptized ‘Joseph Philias’ the day before this record was written (baptise ue la veille)
Name of Father: Cesaire Turgeon
Occupation of Father: “cultivateur” – farmer
Name of Mother: Jeanne Marie Trachy
Where did baby’s parents live? “de cette paroisse” - of this parish, or specifically Beaumont
Godfather (parrain) -- Louis Turgeon
Godmother (marrine) – Cannot determine although name is listed
Marie Merida Patry Birth
Date of birth: “le trente Mars mil huit-cent-soixante-quatre” – March 30, 1864
Merida was baptized in this parish (baptise de cette paroisse) of Beaumont
She was born of legitimate marriage (legitime mariage) between Louis Patry, tradesman (commercant) and Angele Shink from the parish (de cette pariosse) of Beaumont. Godfather (parriane) -- Charles Couture
Godmother (marraine) -- Lisa Loupulte.
Document signed by Charles Couture and Louis Patris
Jeanne Marie Trachy Birth
Birth: Le dix huit Novembre mil huit cent vingt deux – November 10, 1822
Father’s Name: Abraham Trachy
Mother’s Name: Louise Bourget
Record says child was born to a couple in a legitimate marriage (legitime mariage)
Godfather (parraine) -- Jacques ...
Godmother (marraine) -- Marie Dugheine
Cesaire Turgeon Birth
Birth Date: 1815
Baptized (baptise) in Lavelle and born from a legitimate marriage (legitime mariage)
Father: Francois Turgeon
Occupation: “Cultivateur” – farmer
Mother: Cecile Bouchard
Godfather (parraine) – Abraham of Beaumont
Godmother (marraine) – Marguerite Turgeon
Louis Josephe Napolion Patris Birth
Birth: “le vingt trois mai mil huit cent trente trios” -- May 23, 1833
Baby born of legitimate marriage (legitime mariage)
Father: Louis Patris
Mother: Josephte Couture
Where lived? They lived in this parish (de cette paroisse) which is Beaumont
Godfather (parraine) – Joseph Couture
Godmother (marraine) – Mary Deleire Couture
Deaths
Louis Patry Death
Birth: “Le vingt avril mil neuf cent-dix-huit” -- April 20, 1918
Occupation: “commercant de cette paroisse” – tradesman of this parish
Wife: Angele Shink
Deceased (décédé) at General Hospital in Quebec (l’ Hospital – General de Quebec)
Cesaire Turgeon Death
Death: “Le quinze fevrier mil-huit cent soixante-seize” – February 15, 1876
Occupation: “cultivateur” – farmer
Spouse (spoux) – Jeanne Trachy
Cesaire died in Beaumont Parish (décédé en cette paroisse)
Marriages
Louis Joseph Napoleon Patris and Angelique Shink Marriage
Date of Marriage: “le dix Mai mil huit cent cinquante trois” – May 19, 1853
Banns of Marriage announced. Yes. “publication de trois banns de mariage” - publication of three banns of marriage. First publication appears to be in April (Avril),
Louis Patris occupation: “commercant de cette paroisse” -- tradesman of this parish
Place of Marriage: St Vital of Lambton
Angelique Shink’s parents: Jacques Shink and Euphrosine Roy
Louis Patris’s parents: “Louis Patris et de defunte Josephte Couture” – Louis Patris and the late Josephte Couture
Witness: Joseph Couture
Cesaire Turgeon et Jeanne Marie Trachy Marriage
Date of Marriage: “Le neuf Octobre mil-huit-cent-qurante-huit” -- October 9, 1848
Cesaire’s parents: “Francois Turgeon et de defunte Cecile Bouchard’ – Francois Turgeon and the late Cecile Bouchard
Jeanne Marie’s parents: Abraham Trachy and Marie Louise Bourget
Witnesses - Edouard Turgeon and Lucien Mercier
Philias Turgeon et Marie Merida Patry Marriage
Date of Marriage: “le cinq fevrier mil-huit cent quatre-vingt-trois” -- February 5, 1883
Where did Philias live? “domicilié Territoire Dakota les Etats-Unis d'Amérique – domiciled in Dakota Territory in the United States of America
What was his occupation? cultivateur - farmer
Where did Merida live? “domicilié de cette paroisse” – domiciled in this parish
Where were they married? Saint-Étienne parish in Beaumont
Cesaire Turgeon and Jeanne Marie Trachy are listed as Philias Turgeon’s parents. Cesaire was a farmer in this parish. Merida’s parents were Louis Patry, farmer, and Angele Shink. You will notice Quebec authorities were preoccupied with whether a birth was due to the couple being legitimately married (legitime mariage). The Patry family lived in this parish.
Other names were listed at the bottom of this document. These names all fit in with our family tree.
Names: Merida Patry, Philias Turgeon, Louis Turgeon, Onesime Turgeon, Louis Patris, Achille Patry, Napoleon Patry, Lidisine Patry, Aurelie Turgeon, Alvina Turgeon, Adelard Patry, Joseph Labrecque, and Benjamin Turgeon.
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October 2008