{"id":6586,"date":"2026-05-25T10:06:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp268347.wpdns.ca\/?page_id=6586"},"modified":"2026-06-21T09:40:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T13:40:49","slug":"edeas-messier-e","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/en\/edeas-messier-e","title":{"rendered":"\u00c9d\u00e9as Messier – E"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Family of \u00c9d\u00e9as Messier <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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and Marie-Marguerite Granger<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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and H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Fournier<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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The Messier family is established in the region of Stanbridge-Station since six generations.\u00a0 Indeed, registers \u00a0indicate that Edouard Messier married Delphine Juaire on January 11th, 1853 in\u00a0 Notre-Dame de Stanbridge.\u00a0 Of this marriage is born, among others, a boy named Jean-Baptiste, who got married to Octavie Benoit on September 10th, 1881, in St-Armand, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Benoit and Marie Jett\u00e9.<\/p>

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On March 1st, 1891, they adopted two boys\u00a0: Ald\u00e9i Racine, born on February 3rd, 1891 and his brother Hormidas (Armidas) Racine, born on December 14th, 1889.\u00a0 After trying to conceive for several years, Octavie gave birth to \u00c9d\u00e9as on May 5th, 1894 in St. Armand West.<\/p>

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They took up residence on a farm in St-Armand, that they have sold a few years later, to settle down on another farm, in Fall River, Mass. In 1908, they came back in Stanbridge-Station, on the farm which was transmitted from father to son afterwards. After commercial studies to the \u00ab Coll\u00e8ge de Farnham \u00bb, \u00c9d\u00e9as took over the farm in 1915.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Marie-Marguerite Granger and \u00c9d\u00e9as Messier<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Left photo : \u00c9douard Messier and Delphine Juaire<\/strong>, grandparents of \u00c9d\u00e9as.<\/p>

Right photo: Jean-Baptiste Messier and Octavie Benoit<\/strong>. The children are, from left to right,<\/p>

Edeas Messier and two adopted children: Hormidas \/ Armidas and Aldei Racine.
Photo taken on September 19th, 1898<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Family home built in Stanbridge-Station between 1914 and 1917<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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On January 22nd, 1918, \u00c9d\u00e9as married, in Notre-Dame de Stanbridge, Marie Marguerite Granger, daughter of Joseph and Victoria Roy, born on July 1st, 1896.\u00a0 Of this union were born 6 children :<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Adrien<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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– born on October 15, 1918, died on March 10, 1999,<\/p>

– On June 28, 1947, married firstly to Adrienne Racine (June 23, 1926-July 19, 1948), 1 child : Michel,<\/p>

– and secondly to No\u00eblla No\u00ebl (May 20, 1927-November 11, 1979), 6 children : Mario, Gabriel, Diane, Luc, Linda and St\u00e9phane.<\/p>

At her wedding, No\u00eblla had a child from her previous marriage to Doris L\u00e9tourneau : Doris.<\/p>

– 17 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Lucien<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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– born on Octobre 29,\u00a0 1919, died on January 17, 2011,<\/p>

– On June 23, 1945, married to Rh\u00e9a Forgues (January 24, 1924-February 20, 1993),<\/p>

– 7 children : Gilles-Andr\u00e9, Pierre, Daniel, R\u00e9al, Jean-Guy, C\u00e9line and Sylvain,<\/p>

– 21 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren, 2 great-great-grandchildren.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Rolland<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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– born on Novembre 24, 1920, died on June 17, 2019,<\/p>

– On June 19, 1948, married to Ghislaine Forgues (February 2, 1927-July 11, 2015),<\/p>

– 7 children : Ren\u00e9, R\u00e9jean, Micheline, Jacques, Ginette, Ga\u00e9tan and Sylvie,<\/p>

– 11 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchidren.<\/p>

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\u00c9d\u00e9as jr<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Born and died on October 26, 1921.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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C\u00e9cile<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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– born on May 20, 1923, died on May 11, 2010,\u00a0<\/p>

– On September 3, 1949, married to Albert Melaven (April 11, 1922-D\u00e9cember 1, 2017),<\/p>

– 7 children : R\u00e9jeanne, Murielle, Robert, Yvon, Lise, Marcel and Fran\u00e7ois,<\/p>

– 16 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Marie Rita<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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– born on June 22, 1925, died on February 3, 1972,<\/p>

– On June 14, 1952, married to Paul-Abel Rh\u00e9aume (March 3, 1918-February 28, 2002),<\/p>

– 10 children : Yves, Jacques, Normand, Nicole, Denise, Guy, G\u00e9rald, Michel, a daughter who died at birth and R\u00e9al,<\/p>

– 15 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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As several women of her time, Marie Marguerite passed away after complications arose during her last childbirth on June 27th, 1925.\u00a0 Besides, to take care his farm, \u00c9d\u00e9as worked on contract on surrounding farms as to make plowings, pressing or threshing.\u00a0 He worked many years on an upright hay baler and sixteen years on a hay baler in a prone position.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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About ten years after the death of his wife, \u00c9d\u00e9as had an affair with H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Fournier, a neighbor and good friend, with whom, we will learn in 2025, he had two children.<\/p>

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H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Fournier and \u00c9d\u00e9as Messier<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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– born on March 20, 1937, died on February 9, 1999,<\/p>

– married to L\u00e9ona Brooks,<\/p>

– 2 children : Lyne et Mario.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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– born on March 23, 1940, died on April 28, 2014,<\/p>

– married to Jeanne Brooks,<\/p>

– 2 children : Carole et Johanne.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Today, thanks to DNA, secrets that were well hidden at the time are being revealed. This is why, Andr\u00e9 and Ren\u00e9 will bear the surname of H\u00e9l\u00e8ne’s husband. For the rest of their life, they will therefore be known as Andr\u00e9 Bessette and Ren\u00e9 Bessette.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Involved in his community, \u00c9d\u00e9as was a local councillor, then a secretary and treasurer for the municipality for 25 years, school commissionner, director of \u00ab La Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d\u2019agriculture \u00bb and director of \u00ab La Laiterie Saint-Antoine (from 1939 to 1956).<\/span><\/p>

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During Fall 1945, pouring rains beat down on the region.\u00a0 It seems that the only way of getting back the corn from the fields will be to cut it by hand.\u00a0 \u00c9d\u00e9as appeals to the German prisoners of the Camp of Farnham to help him.\u00a0 Thus, for several weeks, 12 German prisoners found themselves on the farm to participate in the harvest.\u00a0 Four of them will spend all winter in Stanbridge-Station to assist \u00c9d\u00e9as and his family with their duties.<\/span><\/p>

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\u00c9d\u00e9as was the only owner of his farm until his death, which came too early, on March 25th, 1956.<\/span><\/p>

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R\u00e9jean Messier (12)<\/span><\/p>

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Family of \u00c9d\u00e9as Messier and Marie-Marguerite Granger and H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Fournier The Messier family is established in the region of Stanbridge-Station since six generations.\u00a0 Indeed, registers \u00a0indicate that Edouard Messier married […]<\/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-6586","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6586","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=6586"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9391,"href":"https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6586\/revisions\/9391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}