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Antoine-Abraham LAVOIE

Antoine-Abraham LAVOIE

Male 1855 - 1935  (79 years)

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  • Name Antoine-Abraham LAVOIE 
    Born 8 Oct 1855  ST MARTIN,Ile Jesus,Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Jun 1935  Hospice St-Charles d'Ottawa, ONTARIO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 26 Jun 1935  Ottawa, Ontario, Notre-Dame de Lourdes cemetery,plot #2191 Sec L Ottawa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID 69  main
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Abraham LAVOIE,   b. 20 Dec 1829, ST MARTIN, Ile Jesus, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1894, Fort Coulonge, QUEBEC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Onesime COUVRETTE,   b. 1829, ST-MARTIN,Ile Jesus,Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1889, Ottawa(Notre-Dame),,,ONTARIO,, Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 10 Oct 1854  ?,,,,ST MARTIN,Ile Jesus,Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID 109465  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Phelonize LAFLEUR,   b. 21 Jan 1863, St-Andre-Est,,,QUEBEC,, Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1924, Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,, Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 9 Mar 1882  Ottawa (Ste-Anne church),,,ONTARIO,, Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Anonyme LAVOIE,   b. 23 Apr 1882, Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,, Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1882, Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,, Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     2. Marie-Louise LAVOIE,   b. 21 Oct 1883, Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,, Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1906, Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,, Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years)
     3. Antoine LAVOIE,   b. 5 Jun 1885, Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,, Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1887, Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,, Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     4. Rose-Delima LAVOIE,   b. 11 Feb 1887, Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,, Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1925, Vanier (St-Charles),,,ONTARIO,, Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
     5. Helene LAVOIE,   b. 18 Dec 1888, Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,, Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jul 1943, Ottawa,,,,,275 Dalhousie,On. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     6. Antoine-Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE,   b. 18 Jul 1891, Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,, Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1973, Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,, Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     7. Lucia LAVOIE,   b. 17 Aug 1893, Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,, Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jul 1949, Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,, Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     8. M-Anne-Delima LAVOIE,   b. 11 Jul 1895, Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,, Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1895, Ottawa(Notre-Dame),,,ONTARIO,, Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     9. Wilfrid-Omer LAVOIE,   b. 25 Jun 1896, Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,, Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1897, Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,, Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     10. Jean-Baptiste-Wilfrid LAVOIE,   b. 14 Mar 1898, Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,, Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1966, Ottawa,,,ONTARIO,, Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2020 
    Family ID 109457  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 26 Jun 1935 - Ottawa, Ontario, Notre-Dame de Lourdes cemetery,plot #2191 Sec L Ottawa Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Antoine Abraham Lavoie 
1855-1935
    Antoine Abraham Lavoie 1855-1935
    Map of lower town Ottawa, Ontario in 1894
    Map of lower town Ottawa, Ontario in 1894

    Documents
    Antoine-Abraham Lavoie- Phelonise Lafleur
1891 census Ottawa
    Antoine-Abraham Lavoie- Phelonise Lafleur 1891 census Ottawa
    Antoine Lavoie
1911 census
    Antoine Lavoie 1911 census
    Antoine-Abraham LAVOIE - Phelonize LAFLEUR
mariage
    Antoine-Abraham LAVOIE - Phelonize LAFLEUR mariage


    Headstones
    Monument Lavoie
    Monument Lavoie
    cimetière Notre-Dame de Lourdes, Ottawa, Ontario

    Histories
    Antoine-Abraham Lavoie et Phélonise Lafleur
    Antoine-Abraham Lavoie et Phélonise Lafleur
    Petite histoire

    Recordings
    Le Charretier
    Le Charretier
    Écoutez ce très joli poême de Gaston Coute de France, intitulé "Le charretier" ou bien "le charquier" comme disait mon oncle Lucien. Ce poême est interprèté par Bernard Gainer dans un patois qui ressemble encore à plusieurs gens de campagne au Québec.

    Baptism
    Abraham Lavoie
1855-1935
bapteme
    Abraham Lavoie 1855-1935 bapteme

    Obituaries
    Ottawa Citizen obituary
    Ottawa Citizen obituary

  • Notes 
    • Bapteme:
      Le 9 octobre 1855, par nous pretre cure soussigne, a ete baptise Abraham, ne la veille, du legitime mariage d'Abraham Lavoie, voyageur et d'Onesime Couvrette courant de cette paroisse. Parrain Jerome Lavoie, marraine Louise Millaire, qui ainsi que le pere n'ont su signer. P.C. Dube pretre.

      Sépulture:
      SGO MIC367 (Societe Genealogique de L'Outaouais)
      Le vingt six juin mil neuf cent trente cinq nous pretre soussigne avons officie aux funerailles d'Antoine Lavoie veuf de Phelonise Lafleur, decede le 24 du courant a l'age de 80 ans a l'hospice St Charles d'Ottawa. Etaient presents Joseph Blais et Louys Julien.
      Louis-Eugene Belanger, Pretre.

      Ottawa Might City Directory:
      Abraham is the father, Antoine is the son.

      1882 Lavoie Abraham, 168 Cumberland
      1883 Lavoie Abraham, 168 Cumberland
      Lavoie Antoine, foreman, 168 Cumberland
      1884 Lavoie Abraham, 168 Cumberland
      1885 Lavoie Abraham, 168 Cumberland
      Lavoie Antoine, ginger ale manufacturer, 1 Cathcart Square (on Cumberland, between Bolton and Cathcart)
      1886 no sign of Abraham anywhere
      Lavoie Antoine, ginger ale manufacturer, 1 Cathcart Square
      1887 Lavoie Abraham, laborer, 1 Cathcart Square
      Lavoie Antoine, laborer, 1 Cathcart Square

      * Note: Onesime Couvrette dies in 1889. No sign of Abraham anywhere, after 1887.

      1888-89 Lavoie Antoine, foreman, M DROLET, h 231 Water St.
      Lavoie Emma, seamstress, boards at 259 Cathcart.
      1889-90 Lavoie Antoine, foreman, M DROLET, h 231 Water St.
      1890-91 Lavoie Antoine, foreman, M DROLET, h 231 Water St.
      1891-92 Lavoie Antoine, foreman, M DROLET, h 231 Water St.
      1892-93 Lavoie Antoine, foreman, M DROLET, h 231 Water St.
      1893-94 Lavoie Antoine, foreman, M DROLET, h 231 Water St.
      1894-95 Lavoie Antoine, driver, h. 231 Water St.
      Lavoie Mrs Felonise, confectionery, 231 Water St.
      1895-96 Lavoie Antoine, bottler DROLET & Co., h 231 Water St.
      1896-97 Lavoie Antoine, grocer, 193 Water, h same
      1897-98 Lavoie Antoine, laborer, 45 William

      Living in E Ottawa Ward - 1881 census

      1891 Census for Ottawa T6369 Ottawa Ward, B2 Division, page 85
      Went by the name of Antoine, occupation was that of "express driver" or "charretier/charquier" (drove a team of horses and a wagon to deliver goods from CNR freight sheds). Had 3 daughters Marie-L, Marie-R, and Helene who was born in 1889. She may be the one called "Nellie" in the 1901 census.

      1901 Census for Ottawa T-6488 Ottawa Ward, Division D6, page 10, line 47
      Went by the name of Abraham, was 46 years of age, his birth date being confirmed as the 8th October 1855, occupation was that of "teamster" (drove a team of horses for CNR), was self employed, worked 12 months of the year and had made $300.00 that year. He was fully bilingual (read,write,speak English and French).

      1911 Census for Ottawa, Ottawa Ward, District 32, page 16, line 24
      lives at 22 Metcalf Square. Il est contre-maitre. Seulement Antoine, Lucia, Wilfrid demeure a la maison.

      He is said to be living at Hospice St-Charles at the time of his death in 1935, according to Notre-Dame cemetery registers. The St-Charles Home operated by the superior mothers of Ste Camille, was located on 159 Water according to 1914 Ottawa Might Directory.