Louis-Napoléon Messier and Rosalie Dame family
Louis-Napoléon Messier and Rosalie Dame family, around 1913
Stand: Gaétan, Clarinda, Blanche, Hector, Ovila, Éva, Marie-Anna and Rémi
Sit, left to right: Louis-Napoléon, Florida and Rosalie Dame
Louis Napoleon was born in St-Césaire on February 19, 1858. He is the eleventh child of Onésime and Arméline Baron. At an undetermined age, he move to Indian Orchard, MA, where his brother Césaire already lived. This is where he met his future wife. I cannot say whether she went to this place with her parents or with a family member. At that time, a girl was not traveling alone.
On August 21, 1881 in Indian Orchard, now a district of Springfield, MA, he married Rosalie Dame. Having only in hand the civil registration to date, I could not find the parish where he married. The couple did not reside long in the United States. After the birth of their first child, they decided to return to Quebec to settle at 17 St-Henri Cazelais street. The street number was changed after the annexation of St-Henri by Montreal in 1905; this is where Rémi childhood happened. Children are baptized in the parish of St-Henri and Ste-Élisabeth which was separated in 1894.
At an unspecified date, after the birth of their last child, the couple moved to Old Orchard Street to Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, possibly at number 17. Later, he became owner of a duplex at 85 of the same street. After the annexation of that municipality in Montreal, the civic number 85 will be changed to 1049. The couple lived at this place at the time of their death.
What were Louis-Napoléon’s jobs? He is our first ancestor to stop working as a farmer. In the United States, he said he was a clerk. Later he claimed to be an engineer or mechanic to describe his work. In fact Louis Napoleon was never an engineer. Having worked for the city of Montreal, he was given the job normally belonging to an engineer.
He is after Michel Messier, the first ancestor who can read and write. Six generations that preceded him, all declared not to know.
To this date, I have not done any research on Louis Napoleon’s visit to the notary. It is sure that he went there, if only for the purchase of his house on Old Orchard Street. In the early 20th century, research is longer and harder.
Louis Napoleon died in Montreal on November 1st, 1922, at sixty-four years old. He is buried with his wife, who died twenty-five years later, in lot number R1338 of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery in Montreal. Several of the couple’s children and grandchildren are with them.
Gilles Messier (3)
grand-son
Louis-Napoléon Messier (Zozime « Onésime » and Herminie « Arméline » Baron).
Born on 19 and baptised on February 21, 1858 in St-Césaire.
Died on 1 and buried on November 3, 1922 in Montreal, Côte-des-Neiges.
Married on August 21, 1881 in Indian Orchard (Springfield) MA.
Rosalie Dame (David and Adèle Trudeau).
Born on 26 et baptised on September 28, 1861 in St-Jean-Baptiste.
Died on 7 et buried on January 10, 1948 in Montreal, Côte-des-Neiges.
Florida Messier
Born on July 29, 1882 in Indian Orchard, MA.
Died on 10 and buried on Décember 13, 1949 in Montreal, Côte-des-Neiges.
Anastasie Aurore Messier
Born on 2 et baptised on March 2, 1884 in Montreal, St-Henri.
Died on 24 and buried on avril 26, 1886 in Montreal, Côte-des-Neiges.
Clarinda Marie Mathilde Messier
Born on 8 and baptised on September 8, 1885 in Montreal, St-Henri.
Married on March 2, 1908 in Montreal, Ste-Élisabeth with Victor Jarry.
Died on 27 and buried on August 31, 1949 in Longueuil, Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde.
Éva Marie Hermeline Aurore Messier, religious of Bon Pasteur.
Born on 8 and baptised on May 8, 1887 in Montreal, St-Henri.
Died on May 1, 1980 in St-Jérôme.
Omer Joseph Napoléon Messier
Born on 19 and baptised on March 21, 1889 in Montreal, St-Henri.
Died on 23 and buried on March 26, 1889 in Montreal, Côte-des-Neiges.
Gilbert Joseph Henri Messier
Born on 11 and baptised on April 11, 1890 in Montreal, St-Henri.
Died on 8 and buried on July 9, 1890 in Montreal, Côte-des-Neiges.
Blanche Marie Thérèse Gracieuse Messier
Born on 8 et baptised on July 9, 1891 in Montreal, St-Henri.
Married on September 24, 1913 in Montreal, Ste-Élisabeth with Ernest Mongeau.
Died on 7 and buried on June 10, 1975 in Montreal, Côte-des-Neiges.
Hector Joseph Arthur Messier
Born on 4 et baptised on September 4, 1893 in Montreal, St-Henri.
Married on September 3, 1927 in Montreal, St-Joseph-de-Bordeaux with Juliette Ritchot.
Died on 9 and buried on Mars 10, 1976 in Montreal, Côte-des-Neiges.
Ovila Onésime Léonille Messier
Born on 13 and baptised on July 13, 1895 in Montreal, Ste-Élisabeth.
Married on November 23, 1921 in St-Jérome, Cathédrale with Éva Forget.
Died on 7 and buried on Mars 9, 1968 in Montreal, Côte-des-Neiges.
Marie-Anna Albertine Messier, religious of Bon Pasteur.
Born on 13 and baptised on July 14, 1897 in Montreal, Ste-Élisabeth.
Died on september 6, 1932 in Laval, Laval-des-Rapides.
Yvonne Marie Amanda Messier
Born on 5 and baptised on September 6, 1899 in Montreal, Ste-Élisabeth.
Died on 19 and buried on August 21, 1904 in Montreal, Côte-des-Neiges.
Gaétan Napoléon Gilbert Messier
Born on 30 and baptised on July 30, 1901 in Montreal, Ste-Élisabeth.
Died on September 28 and buried on November 1, 1982 in Montreal, Côte-des-Neiges.
Rémi Alphonse Léopold Messier
Born on 1 and baptised on October 2, 1904 in Montreal, Ste-Élisabeth.
Married on June 20, 1931 in Montreal, Ste-Cunégonde with Aline Chénier.
Died on 23 and buried on May 26, in Montreal, Côte-des-Neiges.
