{"id":5777,"date":"2026-05-17T14:32:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T18:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp268347.wpdns.ca\/?page_id=5777"},"modified":"2026-10-12T09:47:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T13:47:03","slug":"2016-en-photos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/en\/2016-en-photos","title":{"rendered":"2016 in photos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2016 in photos...<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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For our holiday dinner held on December 3, 2016, the Board members asked R\u00e9jean (M 12) to prepare a slideshow showcasing the activities we had organized throughout 2016.<\/p>

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Here, then, is the commemorative slideshow for 2016\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\"2016
2016 in photos, Association des Familles Messier<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"D\u00eener
Annual Messier dinner at the sugar shack, April 24, 2016. The Association des Familles Messier was there!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"De
Visiting from Sudbury, Ontario:
Steve Mirkopoulos, Jean Messier, Carole Messier-Mirkopoulos, Raymond Laurin,
Suzanne Messier-Lafleur, and Lyse Messier-Laurin.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Les
The cousins...:
Sylvie, Antonine, No\u00ebl, Monique, and Paul-\u00c9mile Messier, a friend,
G\u00e9rard Pr\u00e9fontaine, and Pauline Messier.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Les
Board members\u2026:
Jean-Claude Messier, Richard Leonardo, R\u00e9jean Messier, Lucie Marcil,
Lise Gaudeau, Camille, Alain, and David Messier.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Famille
Family of Yvette Messier and Ernest Bernier.
R\u00e9ginald Bourgoin in deep conversation with Johanne Bernier,
the daughter of Ernest and Yvette Messier.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Famille
Family of Philippe Messier and Fabiola Desrosiers.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Famille
Family of Auxibe Messier and Clarinda Brouillard.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Famille
Family of Lise Ferron and that of Ovila Desrosiers and \u00c9va Messier.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Des
Guests... Claire Messier and Jeannette Nault's family.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Famille
Family of Joseph Messier and Rose-Amande Hamel of Sherbrooke (Bromptonville) and Verdun.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Famille
The family of Denise Messier of Northbridge, MA, and Danielle Forcier and Daniel Boulanger of St-Jude.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Gabriel
Gabriel and Ang\u00e9la Cloutier, Dolor\u00e8s Messier, Paul Coutu and Julienne Laurence,
and Marie-Paule Messier of St-Gabriel-de-Brandon; and Carole de Grace of Sherbrooke (Bromptonville).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"William
William Messier, Monique Jacques, Louise Messier, Serge Guyon, Paul Rolland and Marybel Messier.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Famille
Family of Philippe Messier and Alma Montigny;
R\u00e9ginald Bourgouin and Monique Beauchemin of Sainte-Monique.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Claude
Claude B\u00e9langer and his grandson Kayden B\u00e9langer.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Kelly-Ann
Kelly-Ann Poirier and her mother Caroline Couillard.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Anah\u00e9e
Anah\u00e9e Poirier<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Yvan
Yvan Messier, Sylvie Viens, Claire Messier, Pauline St-Onge, Alyanor Messier and her mother Isabelle Marcoux.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Isabelle
Isabelle Marcoux, Auxibe, Alyanor and Kieran Messier<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Anah\u00e9e
Anah\u00e9e and Kelly-Ann Poirier discover the inflatable structure
in the presence of Francis-Claude B\u00e9langer and their mother, Caroline Couillard.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"D\u2019autres
Other children are having fun under parental supervision.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Daniel
Daniel Champigny doesn't want to miss a thing during his daughters' outing.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Les
Daniel Champigny's daughters have decided to leave the premises.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Le
The group from Sudbury, Ontario:
Steve Mirkopoulos, Carole Messier-Mirkopoulos, Jean Messier, R\u00e9jean Messier (Association Secretary-Treasurer),
Raymond Laurin, Lyse Messier-Laurin, Suzanne Messier-Lafleur, and Richard Leonardo (Association President).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Visite
Guided tour of the Archives section of Biblioth\u00e8que et Archives nationales du Qu\u00e9bec (BAnQ), May 19, 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Sept
Seven people attended the tour at the BAnQ Archives section:
Richard Leonardo, Pierre T\u00e9treault, Sylvie Messier, Micheline Messier, Lucie Marcil, R\u00e9jean Messier, and Stella Messier Bellefroid.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"L'\u00e9difice
The building housing the BAnQ Archives.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Vue
View of part of the room containing the archives accessible to the public.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Vue
View of part of the room containing the archives accessible to the public.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"\u00c0
In the storage room.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Quelques
A few documents in a storage room.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Documents
Documents of Gabrielle Messier (1904\u20132003) held at the Archives.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Documents
Documents of Gabrielle Messier (1904\u20132003) held at the Archives.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Sculpture
Sculpture located in the center of the public square.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Journ\u00e9es
Montreal Museums \"Open House\" Days and visit to Maison St-Gabriel, May 29, 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Les
Participants stop for lunch at Restaurant Nelson.
From left to right: Michelle Chr\u00e9tien, Claire Messier, Mariette Messier, Richard Leonardo,
Stella Messier Bellefroid, Estelle Messier Guay, and Michel Messier.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Michel
Michel Messier and Michelle Chr\u00e9tien in the presence of a waitress from the restaurant.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Vieux-Montr\u00e9al,
Old Montreal, May 29, 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Le
The group is resting after a busy day.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Visite
Visit to Montreal Museums, May 29, 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Des
Volunteers portray residents from the early days of the colony.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Les
The participants surround a character in period costume.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Un
A volunteer portrays Jacques Le Ber, brother-in-law of Michel Messier and Anne LeMoyne.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Richard
Richard Leonardo and Jacques Le Ber.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Maison
Maison St-Gabriel, May 29, 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Une
A hostess welcomes Richard Leonardo.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Maison
Maison St-Gabriel, May 29, 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Maison
Maison St-Gabriel, May 29, 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Les
The artisans are out in force.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Les
The artisans are out in force.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Les
The artisans are out in force.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Les
The artisans are out in force.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Les
The artisans are out in force.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Les
The artisans are out in force.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Les
The artisans are out in force.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Les
The artisans are out in force.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Les
The artisans are out in force.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Visite
Guided tour of the Trois-Rivi\u00e8res region, June 11, 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Les
Participants in the tour of the Trois-Rivi\u00e8res region:
Mariette Messier, Mich\u00e8le Chr\u00e9tien, Claire Messier, Stella Messier Bellefroid,
Michel Messier, Estelle Messier Guay, Richard Leonardo (Association President), and
the receptionist at the Old Prison of Trois-Rivi\u00e8res.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Les
The participants are listening attentively to the guide...<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Richard
Richard Leonardo is looking for a way to escape...<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Pas
No luck! Everyone behind bars!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Claire
Claire Messier<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Richard
Richard Leonardo explains the rest of the day to the participants...<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Le
The guide explains a few tricks of the trade...<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"R\u00e9union
Messier Family Reunion in Vermont, August 7, 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"\u00c0
In front: Louis Edward Messier. In the back: Jakob Kelleher, Dale Messier, Ethan Kelleher and Katherine Messier.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"\u00c0
Front: Grace Mobbs, Louis E. Messier, Arlon Cross. Back: Richard Leonardo (283), Lucille Minckler.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Dale
Dale, near the monument to Mitchell Hermenegilde Messier, the first Messier in the Highgate area to change his name to \"Machia.\"<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Dale
Dale near the monument of his parents, Thomas and Eunice Messier.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Dale
Dale in front of the house where his parents (Thomas and Eunice Messier) lived.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Le
The Messier cake from the 2016 gathering.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Assembl\u00e9e
Annual General Meeting, St-Pie, August 14, 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Les
Board members present the 2015\u20132016 annual report to the members in attendance.
From left to right: David Messier (347), Vice-President; R\u00e9jean Messier (12), Secretary-Treasurer; Richard Leonardo (283), President;
Jean-Claude Messier (4), Archivist-Genealogist; and Carole Messier (357), Board Member.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Richard
Richard Leonardo, President, thanks our guest speaker, Marcel Lussier,
and presents him with the volume \u201cLe chevalier Pierre LeMoyne, sieur d\u2019Iberville\u201d,
written by the Reverend Father Louis Le Jeune, as a token of appreciation.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Conseil
2016\u20132017 Board of Directors\nFront row (l. to r.):
\nNycole Messier (409), Director; Richard Leonardo (283), President; and Carole Messier (357), Director.
\nSecond row (l. to r.):\nR\u00e9jean Messier (12), Secretary-Treasurer and Webmaster; David Messier (347), Vice-President, Editor of \u201cLa Moisson\u201d,
and Facebook Page Administrator; Jean-Claude Messier (4), Archivist-Genealogist. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Alexis
Alexis Roy, winner of our \u201cdrawing\/text\/photo\u201d contest, August 14, 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Alexis
Alexis Roy, grandson of Stella Messier Bellefroid, and his first trophy.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"D\u00eener
2016 Christmas Dinner, St-Pie, December 3, 2016. You were there! Thank you!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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2016 en photos… Lors de notre d\u00eener du temps des f\u00eates tenu le 3 d\u00e9cembre 2016, les membres du conseil administration avaient demand\u00e9 \u00e0 R\u00e9jean (M 12) de pr\u00e9parer un […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5777","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5777"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9749,"href":"https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5777\/revisions\/9749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}