Georges
Larocque was born December 1 1889 in St-Lazare. He married Maria Lacroix
October 26 1915. Maria is the daughter of Adelard Lacroix (Jean-Baptiste
& Adelaide Monpetit) and Cordelia Cool (Emile Cool and Adeline Turnboon).
Their were married at St-Edouard Church in Montreal.
His first job was with Bell
Canada as a lineman. After he got married he bought a half cleared plot
of land near Foster in the Easter Townships. Georges wasn't effraid
of work and assisted of his wife Maria who had just as much energy coupled
with a good mind helps him. They worked hard on that farm and had the help
of their 7 children who again had inherited a good work habbit. During
the summer Georges slaughter animals and Maria with some of her children
sells the meat to the surrounding villager around lake Brome; clients were
many and were comming back for more. Later in life Georges and Maria helped
their children in their multiple entreprises, Maurice and Georges-Emile
in the hotel business, Germain with a transport company, Marcel had an
appiary in Alberta, Georgette and her husband had a flourishing super market
in Knowlton. It is with great admiration that I observed both Georges and
Maria with their activities even later in life. Aunt Maria appeared to
be immuned agains fatigue and I remember her helping in the kitchen Hotel
in Sherbrooke. Aunt Maria died in 1970 and Georges remarried Eva
Goulet in St-Albert Alberta and were resident of retirement home in Morinville.
He died in September 1977 a few days after my father, Georges being the
oldest and my father the youngest of the family.
Children
Gerard, married
Marguerite Léonard in Montréal on May 13th 1940.
Marcel, married
Exilda Fournier in St-Albert Alberta on September 15th 1951.
Georgette,
married André Beaudry in Cowansville Qc on February 23rd 1946.
Maurice, married
Daisy McKelvey in Waterloo Qc. on may 25th 1947.
Germain, married
Denise Ranger in Bedford on Jan 1949. Germain died of a hunting accident.
Germaine, married
Claude Blanchard in Waterloo, Qc on April 19 1952.
Georges-Emile,
married Elisabeth Riel in Cowansville on September 25th 1956.
Annie (Marie-Anne) Larocquewas
born on Dec 28 1890 in St-Lazare.She married Leopold Lariviere. They first
lived in Syracuse New-York. She separated from Leopold Lariviere and moved
to Burlington Vermont. She never remarried.
Children
Marcel Lariviere
Arthur
Larocque was born on October 4th 1892 in St-Lazare. He leaves home at
age 12. His first job was selling Singer sewing machine. Afterward he became
a salesman for the Khroeler Furniture and rose in the company. He met his
wife Anne-Marie Desroches while selling a living room furniture. They were
married on 11 novembre 1926 in Montreal (Ste-Cécile)
During the depression, he
had to find a job in Quebec north-west (Abitibi). There he became the manager
of the telephone company. Among other thing he is the urbanist for the
town of Val d'Or. A self-made man and autodidact, he learned english from
Berlitz records. On a tip from gold prospectors in Abitibi, he invest all
he has in penny stock and became weathy. He also helped to pay the for
the education of some of his relative, the children of his brother Emile
killed during a construction accident and for my father. He bought a domaine
on Isle Bizard in Montreal suburb where he rose ten children. He died March
3 1965. Children:
Louise, married
Jean Guerin at Ile Bizard on June 23 1951.
Gabrielle,
married Jean-Paul Daoust at Ile Bizard on September 1 1949.
Andre, married
Louise Lemieux in Lachine on April 1952.
Helene, married
Guy Nolin in Montreal (St-Pascal Baylon) on January 28th 1956.
Pierre, married
Lisette Grenier in Shawinigan on June 16th 1958.
Jacqueline, married
William Sharwell in Montreal in 1960.
Francois, married
Jacqueline Dussault in Versun on September 5th 1959. Widow, he marries
Monique Martin in Montreal on March 23rd 1969.
Antoine, married
Michelle Arsenault in Montreal (St-Gerard Magellan) on December 17 1960.
Maurice, married
Jocelyne Duhamel in Montreal (St-Antoine-Marie Claret) on August 3rd 1963.
Therese, married
Gabriel Adam in Montreal on January 19 1966.
Edgard, (Dadou)
died at 4 years old victim of a yard fire.
Emile
Larocque was born on August 16th 1894 in St-Lazare. He married Yvonne
(Eva) Joly in Berthier on January 10th 1916.
he died electrocuted during
the construction of the tunnel under the mount Royal in Montreal July 28
1917. He was the father of a young son, Jean-Paul and his young wife Eva
was carrying the not yet born Charles-Emile.
Children
Jean-Paul, married
Yolande Nichols in St-Hyacinthe on September 22nd 1945.
Charles-Emile, married
Gaetane Piche in Montreal (St-Clement de Viauville)on april 3rd 1954.
Aubeline
Larocque was born on August 19 1897 in St-Lazare. She was never married.
She became a hospital nurse and later a visiting nurse for the Metropolitain Life.
She died on May 5th 1990.
Blanche Larocque was
born October 12 1898 in St-Lazare. She was a nun in the congregation of
Ste-Anne
Elisabeth
Larocquewas born on October 31 1899 in St-Lazare. She became a Grey
Nun . She died in August 1996.
Alice Larocque was
born June 9th 1902 in St-Lazare. She married Ernest Monty a Franco American
from Massachussets in Montreal in Cathedral Marie Reine du Monde on April
28th 1930. All the children were born in the US.
Children;
Louis, Died
a few days after his birth.
Jeanne, Single
Alice, married
Jean-Paul Diry in Burlington Vt. on December 28 1954.
Monique, Born
on May 20th 1941 in Holyoke Massachussetts. She married Charles O'Brien
in Burlington Vt on June 16th 1962. She died on March 16th 1997 in Cheektowaga
N.Y. They had three children, Terrence, Marc and Kristen.
Florence Larocque was
born on September 13th 1905 in St-Lazare.She married the french industrialist
Louis Augustin in St-Denis church in Montreal on November 14th 1936. They
had no children. Mr Augustin had two sons from a previous marriage. |
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 Henri
Larocque (my father) was born December
21th 1907 in St-Lazare. His older brother, Arthur, sent him
to college in Rigaud and then to Toronto so he could learn English. Arthur
sent him to learn the trade of Uphosterer at the Khroeler furniture factory
in Stratford, Ontario. Later, he returned to St-Lazare where he cultivated
his father farm and started a nursery. After the death of his father, he
married Lucile Daoust in Dorion in May 18th 1948. he died on September
20th 1977.
Children: Louis,He
married Sophia Travlou in Calgary, Alberta on August 17th 1974.
Enfant:
Louis, married
Sophia Travlou in Calgary, Alberta August 17 1974.
Louis and Sophie have two daughters, Marilène and Isabelle. |
Ma mère Lucile Daoust-Larocque
née le 19 mai 1910.
She died February 23 2005.
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During 2002 many things appened.
First there was the announcement from Marilène and Chris that we
were to become Grand-parents. A few weeks later the same news came from
Isabelle and her friend Chad McMillan. In May, my mother came to live with
us for a while before she was placed in a nursing home. Both our daughter
and their spouse acquired homes. Chris and Marilène moved into their
new home in July.
In September we went to Greece
to visite my wife relatives. During our three weeks trip we stayed a week
on the Island of Corfu. We later visited Delphie and Meteora in Central
Greece.
In October Isabelle and Chad
(McMillan) moved into their new townhouse.
On October 31st
2002 Marilène and Chris Bélanger became the parents of lovely
little girl of 6 pounds 10 ounces that they named Madeleine Sophia Larocque-Bélanger.
We became grand-parents for the first time. On November 2, Isabelle
and Chad McMillan became parents of a little boy of 6 pound 12 ounces that
they named Tristan. McMillan. Last year (2006) Isabelle gave birth
to a little girl, Nyah McMillan on June 21 (longest day of the year). Marilene
also became a mother one more, November 7 of a second dauther, Nicole Bélanger
Click
here or on the photo below to get to the album
Below,
you will find photos of my family and our
four grand children born on October 31 (Madeleine Bélanger)
and November 2 2002 (Tristan McMillan). Later in 2006 were added Nyah McMillan
born June 21 2006 and Nicole Belanger born November 7 of the same year.
