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 Connecticut School Age Certificates, 1904-1911 -- These certificates vouched for a young person'sright to work. As the 20th century opened, the issue of child labor had risen to prominence in thelabor movement. Thanks to reformers like Florence Kelley, Jane Addams, and Mother Jones, people were starting to take notice, and some states began regulating hours and conditions in which children could work. Connecticut started establishingeducational requirements for working children in 1869. By 1882, working children between the ages of 8 and 14 wererequired to attend at least 12 weeks of school, and in 1895, children under the age of 14 were prohibited from working in "gainful employment" at all. In 1899, additional legislation gave teeth to the law by imposing a $20-per-week fine. To ensure compliance, employers had to keep proof of age for their child employees on file, but proof could be hard to come by, particularly in the cases of manyyoung immigrants. The Connecticut State Board of Education helped with oversight of child laborers and, beginning in 1903, could issue certificates for children over 14 as proof of age.

On 07 May 1910,Eva was issued a School Age Certificate, C 541. Her birth date was recorded as 25 Sep 1895, as per her school record. This dateseems a few days off, but nothing like her brother Amedee's info.
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Eva never married nor hadchildren.
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 During the 1901 Census, Ernest and Amanda owned a one-room house on 50 acres of Concession 1, Lot17, southeast of the river.

Perhaps our Ernest is the Ernest ARBOUR we find in Lewiston, ME, in 1920. That Ernest was a Mill Operator and roomed at 362 Lisbon Street.
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Bio from Facebook on 10 Jun 2010:
10 June 1913 -- Born in St-Raphael, Quebec, Joseph-Ernest ARBOUR was the youngest of 12 children of farmer Jean-Chrysostome ARBOUR and his wife Sophie MERCIER. Ernest married 17-year old Amanda CHABOT in Armagh, QC, on 05 February 1893. Settling inSt-Philemon, QC, they began their family of 12 children, consisting of at least 5 daughters and 6 sons. During the 1901 Census, Ernest and Amanda owned a one-room house on 50 acres of Concession 1, Lot 17, southeast of the river. In 1905, they followed the southbound call of prosperity when they emigrated to the United States, finding their home in Warwick, Rhode Island. While in Quebec,Ernest worked as a driller, but upon his arrival in RI, he became employed in the textile industry, firstas a cotton mill laborer and later as a color mixer in a dye house. Amanda died in 1917 at the age of 42, just a few short years after the birth of their youngest child. How Ernest managed his household full of children can only be answered by thechildren themselves: theymust have all pulled together to take care of one another. Ernest was about 64 when he died in 1935. We know of 5 grandchildren and a single great-grandchild for him.
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--> Note added 26 Feb 2013: At least 3 more children -- 2 sons and adaughter -- have been found for this family. Unfortunately, none livedbeyond infancy.

 During the 1901 Census, Suzanne and Edward lived in a three-room house at 452 Wolfe Street with her widowed father and her bachelor brother Abondance. Edward earned $640 that year and he and Suzanne had no children with them.
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Bio from Facebook on 09 Apr 2010:
09 April 1872 -- Born in Perce on the Gaspe Peninsula, Suzanne ARBOURwas the eldest of 8 children of fisher and journeyman Francois-Xavier ARBOUR and hiswife Rosalie RAIL. As a young woman, Suzanne left her small town life behind and moved to Montreal. It was there on 11 January 1897, she married 24-year old Edward FLYNN, who at the time was a steward and later became a clerk and then a grocer. Their daughter Marie-Aurea-Helena FLYNN was born in September 1897, but died less than a year later. As the eldest child, Suzanne seems to have fallen into the role of family caretaker. During the 1901 Census, Suzanne and Edward lived in Montreal in a 3-room houseat 452 Wolfe Street with her widowed father and her bachelor brother Abondance. Edward earned $640 that year and he andSuzanne had no children with them. They are thought not to have had any more babies.On 30 September 1940, Edward died in Montreal. Suzanne lived another 21 years before passing away in Montreal on 26 December 1961. Both of them were buried in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Catholic Cemetery in Montreal.

 Florence E. Arbour 1923 - 2013 SPRINGFIELD - Florence E. (Reagan) Arbour, 89, of Davis Street died Wed. at Wingate of West Springfield. She was predeceased by her husband Roland P. Arbour. She wasthe loving mother of Ann Arbour and Joan Tatro and beloved grandmother of Jennifer Tatro and Daniel Carter. All services are private and Toomey-O'Brien Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements. - See more at:

 Fort William Daily Times Journal (ON) -- 09 Apr 1935
FUNERAL OF LEONA M. ARBOUR
The funeral of the late Leona Patricia Arbour, 2-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonell Arbour, 24 Second Street, Port Arthur, was held yesterday afternoon from the family residence. Leona died Saturday as a result of a scalding received when she fell in a tub of hot water. The funeral was held from the home to St John's Anglican Church at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. A. J. Bull, rector, officiated. Many friends of the family were in attendance a large number of beautiful floral tributes were received. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery. The body was placed in thevault. The pallbearers were: Tom Sutton,Matthew Sutton, Donald Goodspeed, and Earl Wallace.
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 From "St Raphael Centennial Celebration" (1952): At some point after his arrival in St Raphael, Simon purchased the property which became the family's 100-acre homestead. The land was still in thefamily in 2000. In August 1860, Simon provided the room for the first third grade class held at St Raphael School.

 From Denis ARBOUR on 08 Nov 2007: Shannon: You were right! We now have proof there was only one Marie HUARD. Although the writing is faint, the record caneasily be read:
"Le vingt-six septembre milneuf cent trente-un, après la publication d'un ban de mariage, faite du prône de notre messe paroissiale, entre Pierre Eugène Arbour, cultivateur, veuf de Marguerite Mallet domicilié en cette paroisse, d'unepart; et MarieHuard, aussi domiciliée en cette paroisse, veuve de Joseph Huard, d'autrepart; vu la {dispense du premier degré d'affinité, en ligne collatérale} accordée par Monseigneur l'Évêque de Gaspé endate du vingt-deux courant; ne s'étant déclaré aucun autre empêchement à ce mariage, Nous soussigné, curé de cette paroisse, avons reçu leur mutuel consentement de mariage, en présencede Osias Chicoine, de la paroisse de St-Georges de Malbaie, et Joseph Bernier, de cette paroisse. Requis de signer, tous on déclaré ne le savoir. Lecture faite." (signed) J. Eug. Martin P.
The part I underlined [written here within{ }] is what we were looking for, and it tells it all. A first degree "affinity" dispensation (not sure about the translation) is exactly what was required before Pierre-Eugène (Joseph-Eugène)could marry his brother's spouse. MarieHUARD's first spouse is reported to be Joseph HUARD. I believe it's an error; the priest probably meant to write Joseph ARBOUR but was distracted

 From Denis ARBOUR via email on 05 Oct 2010:
"Le dix-neuf octobre mil huit cent cinquante trois après la publication de trois bans de mariage faite du prône de nos messes paroissiales entre Simon Harbour domicilié en cette mission fils majeur de Simon Harbour cultivateur et de Marie Mercier ses père et mère de cette mission d'une part et Marie-Caroline, fille mineure aussi domiciliée en cette mission d'autre part; ne s'étant découvert aucun empêchement au dit mariage nous prêtresoussigné avons, du consentement du tuteur nommé par la cour à la dite Marie-Caroline, reçu leur mutuel consentement de mariage et leur avons donné la bénédiction nuptiale en présencede Jean Savoie et Eustache Mercier, de François Lejeune et Abraham Couture ami des époux qui tous ont déclaré ne savoir signer."
According to this marriage record, Marie-Caroline's guardian agreed to her marriage. Her parents are either deceased or unknown.

 From Denis ARBOUR via email on 05 Oct 2010:
"Le dix-neuf octobre mil huit cent cinquante trois après la publication de trois bans de mariage faite du prône de nos messes paroissiales entre Simon Harbour domicilié en cette mission fils majeur de Simon Harbour cultivateur et de Marie Mercier ses père et mère de cette mission d'une part et Marie-Caroline, fille mineure aussi domiciliée en cette mission d'autre part; ne s'étant découvert aucun empêchement au dit mariage nous prêtresoussigné avons, du consentement du tuteur nommé par la cour à la dite Marie-Caroline, reçu leur mutuel consentement de mariage et leur avons donné la bénédiction nuptiale en présencede Jean Savoie et Eustache Mercier, de François Lejeune et Abraham Couture ami des époux qui tous ont déclaré ne savoir signer."
According to this marriage record, Marie-Caroline's guardian agreed to her marriage. Her parents are either deceased or unknown.

 From Denis ARBOUR via email on 21 Apr 2008:
"Le dix neuf août mil huit cent cinquante, nous prêtre soussigné, avons suppléé les cérémonies de lasépulture à Adolphe fils légitime de Félix Arbour et d'Émérence Bruno de la ville de Montréal au Canada, décédé le onze du courant, âgé de douze mois et seizejours. Furent présents Émérence Bruno mère du défunt et [Polonaire] Cormier qui n'ont su signer."

"On the 9th of August 1850, I undersigned priest, have provided the ceremony of burial to Adolphe, legitimate son of Félix Arbour and Émérence Bruno from the city of Montreal in Canada. He died on the 11th of this month at the age of 12 months and 16 days. Attending were Émérence Bruno mother of the deceased and [Polonaire] Cormier who couldn't sign."

 From Denis ARBOUR via email on 23 Apr 2008:
After reviewing all this new data (including your other e-mail regarding Anastasia ARBOUR's baptismal record), I have a feeling your theory isnot barkingup the wrong tree. And I know how to secure final proof. But first some comments on Felix and Amarante's mariage record: "Le huit Janvier mil huit cent quarante cinq après la publication d'un bans de mariage sans empêchement ni opposition, la dispense de deuxbans ayant été obtenue de messire Joseph Vincient Quillier l'Évêque de Montréal, je prêtre soussigné, autorisé à cet effet ayant pris le mutuel consentement [............] de Félix Arbour, navigateur domicilié en cette paroisse veuf majeur d'Anasthasie Arseneault de la paroisse de Saint-Bonaventure dans la Baie des Chaleurs d'une part, et d'Amarante Bruneau, domiciliée en cette paroissefillemineure D'amanrante Joli-Pierre de la paroisse de Lanoraie d'autre part; les ai mariés suivant les lois et coutumes observées en la Sainte-Église en présence de Jean-Baptiste Paré tuteur de l'épouse lequel nous a donné son consentement au dit mariage, d'Alexis Painchaud et de Jean-Baptiste[..] soussigné avec l'époux, l'épouse a déclaré ne savoir signer." Amarante'sfather is not listed at all. Her motheris not listed as Amarante JOLI but as Amarante JOLI-PIERRE. The data I already had on this marriage came from a church repertoire. In the repertoire, Amarante's parentsare listed as Rien BRUNEAU and Amarante JOLICOEUR. How about that? In French"rien" means "nothing", "void" or "blank". The word "Rien" was simply used to denote the fact that Amarante's father was not found in the actual church record. The surname JOLICOEUR listed instead of JOLI-PIERRE is probably a transcription error. According to the actual church record, Amarante's mother is not a witness to the mariage. Why? Was shedead at the time? She possibly was: a man by the name of Jean-BaptistePARÉ, is reported as Amarante's "tutor" (or guardian). He consentedtothe mariage. We both agree on Émérence GOULET's birth date which is Abt 1826. It fits Amarante's ("fille mineure"). In fact, everything fits. OK, let's find final proof(and make Lieutenant Columbo very unhappy! Ha! Ha! Ha!): If you takea look at Felix ARBOUR and Amarante BRUNEAU's mariage record, you will see Félix's signature.You'll also find his signature on Anastasia's baptismal record. It's a match, no doubt it's the same person. We know Félix ARBOUR andÉmérence GOULET had several children baptised in Sorel (St-Pierre church). Wouldn't it be niceto find the same signature in those church records from Sorel? Let me know! -- Denis

From Denis ARBOUR via email on 25 Apr 2008:
The baptismalrecord for Pierre-Charlemagne IS proof. His parents are recorded as Félix ARBOUR and Émérence GOULET and Félix's signature is the same as on the other records where the child's parents are reported asFélix ARBOUR and Amarante BRUNEAU. Want more? On Pierre-Charlemagne's baptismal record, Félix is reported to be a sailor. The same is true most ofthe otherrecords. This isa day to remember. I never thought someone would ever solve this mystery. You did it. -- Denis

 From http://www.avisdedeces.ca -- 03 Aug 2009
ARBOUR, Marius [English translation]
At his home on 4 June 2007, Mr. Marius Arbour, husband of Ms.Louise Richard who resides in Murdochville, died at the age of 51. The family welcomes relatives and friends at the Colombian center in Murdochville on Friday 8 June 2007, from 7 to 10 pm. Saturday 9June 2007, on the day ofthe funeral, the salon will open at 9 o'clock and the service will be celebrated at 10:30 at the Murdochville church. Family and friends are requested to attend without further invitation. Mr. Arbour leaves in mourning his wife Louise, his son Patrick, his sisters: Nicole, Sylvie, Celine, Annie, his brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, his father-in-lawPierre-Marie, and his nephews and nieces.

From http://www.avisdedeces.ca -- 03 Aug 2009
ARBOUR, Marius [original French]
À son domicile, le 4 juin 2007 est décédé à l'âge de 51 ans M. Marius Arbour époux de dame Louise Richard demeurant à Murdochville. La famille accueillera parents et amis au centre Colombien à Murdochville vendredi le 8 juin 2007 de 19h à 22h. Samedi le 9 juin 2007, jour des funérailles le salon ouvrira à 9h et le service sera célébré à 10h30 à l'église de Murdochville.Parents et amis sont priésd'y assister sans autre invitation. M. Arbour laisse dans le deuil son épouse Louise, son fils Patrick, ses soeurs: Nicole, Sylvie, Céline, Annie, ses beaux-frères et belles-soeurs, son beau-père Pierre-Marie, sesneveux etnièces.
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 From zoominfo.com: published on 08 Sep 2002
Close to 80-years old and second assistant at Assumption House in Ottawa, Fr Roméo Arbour continues his work of research and publishing. After having been a teacher at the juniorate in Chambly and professorat the University of Ottawa, he is not yet retired. In a recent letterto Fr Aloysius KEDL, our General Archivist, he wrote: "This year I hope to finish a big volume of 800 pages or so, called Dictionary of WomenPublishers in France (1470-1900). I must say that for the past 25 years I have been working especially on the history of publishing (literaryand other) in France, and the subject of women publishers hashardly been delved into yet." This letter accompanied a shipment of several of his works for the Oblate Library: critical editions of French texts of the 17th century concerning Canada, a critical edition of Trente arpents(Thirty Acres) by Ringuet (University of Montreal Press, 1991); two volumes (by Fr Arbour) of Répertoire chronologique des éditions de textes littéraires (16ème et 17ème siècles. L'ère baroque en France) (Chronological Catalogue of Editions ofLiterary Texts (16th and 17th Century. Baroque Period in France) -- Geneva, Librairie Droz, 905 and 1145 pp.). Also by Fr Arbour: Un éditeur d'Oeuvreslittéraires au XVIIème siècle: Toussaint Du Bray (1604-1636), (An Editor of Literary Works of theXVIIth Century: Toussaint Du Bray (1604-1636). -- Geneva, Librairie Droz,1992, 396 pp. Fr. Arbour has been a member of the Royal Society of Canada, French section, since 1980.
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In 1956, Romeo wrote amagazine article entitled "Henri Bergeron et les lettres francaises." The 460-page document was published in Paris by J.Corti. Call number 840.4 A666he.
In 1973, Romeo collaborated with Jacques DuHAMEL on a magazine article entitled "Acoubaroula loyauté trahie: tragédie tirée des Amours de Pistion and Fortunie, en leur voyage de Canada." The 83-page document was published in Ottawa by the University of Ottawa Press. Call number 842.39 D869ac.
In 1991, Romeocollaborated with RINGUET and others on a magazine article entitled "Trente arpents," part of the Bibliotheque du Nouveau Monde series. The 519-page document was published in Montreal bythe University of Montreal Press. Call number C843.99 P1945tr.
In 1992, Romeo wrote a book about French literature entitled "Un éditeur d'oeuvres littérairesau XVIIe siècle: Toussaint Du Bray, 1604-1636." The 396-page book was published in Geneve by Droz.Call number 070.50944 A666ed.
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From Ancestry.com: Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI):
Arbour, Romeo 1919-
Directory of American Scholars. Sixth edition, Volume 3:Foreign Languages, Linguistics, & Philology. New York: R.R. Bowker Co.,1974.
Directory of American Scholars. Seventh edition, Volume 3: Foreign Languages, Linguistics, & Philology. New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1978.
Directory of American Scholars. Eighth edition, Volume 3: Foreign Languages, Linguistics, &Philology. New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1982.
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Ottawa Citizen (ON) -- Thursday 22 Dec 2005
Reverend Romeo Arbour, Missionary OblateOfMary Immaculate Passed away peacefully Sunday, 18 December 2005, aged 86 years and 6 monthsat OttawaGeneral Hospital. Born in Saint-Simeon, Bonaventure, QC, he was ordained priest in the Oblate Order from which he received his lifetimeministry as a teacher and researcher particularly in the field of French Literature at the high schoollevel first from 1947 to 1964, including 5 years of doctoral studies at la Sorbonne crowned by a remarkable thesis entitled "Henri BergsonetlesLettres Francaises". From 1964 to 1984, he held the position of full professor at the University ofOttawa in the Department of French Literature until his official retirement. Named professor emeritus while keeping his membership in theSchool of Graduate Studies and Research, he continued his brilliant career as a member of theinteruniversity project of critical edition of the French Canadian literature named "Corpus d'editions critiques". During his long career he authored and published an impressive number of meticulously researched books and articles. He was honoured with Le Prix de David,in 1958, named member of the Royal Society of Canada, in 1980, and member of the Order of Canada, in 1990. He is survived by two of his sisters Rita and Jeannine, several nieces and nephews, and numerous colleagues and Oblate brothers who admire the rich heritage he hands down to generations in the field of FrenchLiterature in Europe as well as in Canada,particularly in Quebec. He will be lying in state at L'Edifice Deschatelets, 175 Main Street, Ottawa, from Thursday afternoon, 22 December, at 2pm until noon Friday, 23 December. A community prayer will be held at Deschatelets on Thursday at 7:30 pm. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 2 pm on Friday, 23 December, at Sacred Heart Church, 591 Cumberland Street, Ottawa. He will be buriedin Les Jardins du Souvenir in Gatineau. Funeral services by La Cooperative Funeraire de l'Outaouais.
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Roméo Arbour est né àSaint-Siméon, comté de Bonaventure en Gaspésie (Québec),le26 juin 1919. Son père, Joseph Arbour, était cultivateur et charpentier, et sa mère, Célina Arsenault, avait été institutrice. Il était le neuvième d’une famille de onze enfants. Roméo fréquenta l’école paroissiale de Saint-Siméon de 1926 à 1934, puis passa cinq années au juniorat des Oblats de Marie Immaculée, à Chambly, où il se retrouva toujours au premierrangde sa classe.Entré au noviciat des O.M.I., à Ville-LaSalle, en1939, il fit profession en 1940, puis s’en vint au scolasticat Saint-Joseph, à Ottawa, poursuivre, de 1940 à 1947, des étudesuniversitaires quilui valurent les grades de licence en philosophie eten théologie et un doctorat (Ph.D) en lettres. Il avait été ordonné prêtre en 1946. Après avoir été professeur de français àChambly, de 1947 à 1950, i partit à Parisparfaire ses études universitaires. Il obtint sa licence ès lettres classiques, en 1952, et son doctorat, en 1955, avec une très brillante thèse, Henri Bergson et leslettres françaises, laquelle fut aussitôtpubliée, en 1956, chez l’éditeur José Corti, en même temps qu’un mémoire remarqué, intitulé Les Revues éphémères paraissant à Paris de 1900 à 1914. Ainsi bien armé, Roméo Arbour revint à Chambly où, de 1955 à 1964, il cumulaexcellemment les postes de directeur général des études etprofesseur de littérature française.C’est en 1964 qu’il rejoignit le Département des lettres françaises de l’Université d’Ottawa où il allait donner sa pleine mesure dans le domainede l’enseignement et de la recherche.Dès l’abord, même si sa thèse sur Bergson et ses travauxannexes l’avaient orienté vers les auteurs du 20ème siècle, il accepte de donner des cours sur le 17ème. En fait, l’étude du 17ème siècle le passionnera jusqu’aux dernières années de sa vie. Un an après son arrivée à l’Université, on lui confie la missiond’enrichir le fondslittéraire français de la bibliothèque, qui en avait grand besoin. Il y consacra pendant cinq ans tous ses temps libres, en semaine, en fin de semaine et durant les vacances : inventaire des ressources, listedes ouvrages à acquérir, surtout sur le marché d’occasion, liste d’environ 600 pages. En 5 ans, quelque 700 000$ consacrés à l’achat de livres… Résultats : environ 7500 volumes nouveaux et 400collections derevues littéraires ou intéressant les études littéraires. Sa compétente en la matière et ses voyages entre Ottawa et Paris ont contribué grandement à constituer à l’Université d’Ottawa un fonds unique en littérature française, considéré commel’un des plus riches en Amérique du Nord. Roméo Arbour a été unchercheur dequalité exceptionnelle, reconnu par ses pairs spécialistes, que ce soit au Canada ou en Europe. Ses recherches patientes et minutieuses ont abouti à la publication d’une oeuvre monumentale intitulée :L’Èrebaroque en France. Répertoire chronologique des éditions de textes littéraires. Les cinq volumes comprenant 4128 pages ont paru aux Éditions Droz en Suisse, entre 1977 et 1985. Travailleur infatigableet méthodique, il apassé un nombre incalculable d’heures dans les bibliothèques de France et d’ailleurs, à l’Arsenal, à la Bibliothèque nationale, ancienne et nouvelle, et dans environ 65autres bibliothèques disséminées sur tout le territoire de France. Un autre projet gigantesque qu’il a entrepris et mené à bien concerne les femmes libraires en France ou d’Europe. En1998, il publiait une vaste étudesurLes Femmes et les métiers du livre en France, de 1600 à 1650, et, en 2003, alors qu’il avait 84 ans, il faisaitparaître chez Droz, à Genève, son fameux Dictionnaire des femmeslibraires en France(1470-1870),751 pages sur 2 colonnes. Il avait aussi publié, en 1973,deux éditions critiques d’écrits du 17èmesiècle : Les Amours de Pistion et de Fortunie,d’Antoine Du Périer,et Acoubar ou la loyauté trahie, de Jacques Du Hamel. En en plus de tous ces volumes qu’il a écrits, il fautmettre à son créditplusieurs dizaines de chapitres de livres, de longs articles et decomptes-rendus. Entre-temps, depuis la findes années 1970, il était devenu un pilier du projet colossal Corpus d’éditions critiques, dont il a lui-mêmeraconté la saga en l’an 2000. Il aura alors travaillé assidûment et méticuleusement à la réalisation d’une cinquantaine d’ouvrages à ce jour, jusqu’à ce que la maladie finisse par l’immobiliser, en2004.
À deux reprises au cours desa vie, Roméo Arbour adûralentir le rythme de ses travaux. À Paris en 1967, il est entré d’urgence à l’hôpital avec une menaced’infarctus dumyocarde.Quinze ans plus tard, en 1984, il subit quatre pontages coronariens. Malheureusement, le
lendemain de cette opération, un des pontages est dégrafé accidentellement, causant une hémorragie interne etnécessitant une seconde intervention de toute urgence. Résultat :il doit passer quelques jours dans un état critique et son affaiblissement général nécessite de longs mois de récupération. Ce dernier accident s’est produit un mois àpeine après qu’il eut pris sa retraite de l’enseignement. Mais le fait d’être à la retraite ne l’a pas empêchéde poursuivreses recherches, avec la même passion, le même professionnalisme. Ila continué detravailler à l’Université, en consacrant unegrande partie de son temps au projet Corpus d’éditions critiques. Il a encore fait plusieurs voyagesde recherche en Europe. C’est d’ailleurs dans les dernières années de savie qu’il a réalisé son projet monumental sur les femmes libraires en Europe. Ila un peu toujourstravaillé dans l’ombre et il est demeuré simplet et modeste,malgré ses brillantes réalisations. Sa contribution remarquable à la littérature française a été reconnue en France à quelques occasions. Il s’est méritéle Prix David de la Province de Québec pour son libre sur Bergson, en 1958. En 1980, il a été élu membre de la Société royale du Canadaet, en 1990, il a étédécoré de l’Ordre du Canada. À partir du milieude 2004,sa santé a commencé à se détériorer très sérieusement. Au terme, ils’est éteint paisiblement, d’une défaillance cardiaque, le 18 décembre 2005. Il avait 86 ans et 6 mois.

Roméo Arbour est un homme d'Église, critique littéraire, professeur et historien dela littérature québécois né en 1919 à Saint-Siméon^[Lequel ?] et décédé le18décembre 2005à Ottawa.

Il aété professeur et directeur des études au Séminaire de Chambly de 1955 à 1964, puis professeur à l'université d'Ottawa depuis 1964.

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• 1956 - Henri Bergson etles lettres françaises
• 1977 - L'Ère baroque en France. Répertoire chronologique des éditions de textes littéraires : Première partie - 1585-1615
• 1979 - L'Ère baroque en France.Répertoirechronologique des éditions de textes littéraires : Deuxième partie - 1616-1628
• 1980 - L'Ère baroque en France. Répertoire chronologique des éditions de textes littéraires : Troisième partie- 1629-1643

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• 1958 - Prix David
• 1989 - Membre de l'Ordre du Canada
• 1980 - Membre de la Société royaledu Canada

 Hartford Courant (CT) -- Saturday 17 Nov 2012
Evelyn (Arbour) DiMauro, 78, of Windsor Locks, died on 15 November 2012surrounded by her loving family. Wife of the late Angelo DiMauro Sr. who passed away 5 years ago and had been married for over 50 years. Evelyn was born in Hartford on 28 June 1934 daughter of the late Herve Arbour and Evelyn (Dungan) Arbour Jacques. Evelyn was an active communicantof St Mary's Church, Windsor Locks, and taught religious education formany years. Evelyn is survived by a son Angelo J. DiMauro, Jr. of WestSuffield, five daughters Angela Osbourne of NC, Barbara Hollick of Windsor, Patricia Babella of Windsor Locks, Catherine Yuodis of Suffield, Maryann Lemay of Vernon; 17 grand children; and 15 great-grandchildren;four brothers; Richard, Sr. of Goshen,Herve Jr. of Canton, Arthur of Ohio, Wayne Jacques of SC; and three sisters Jacqueline Katch of AL, Donna Natalie of EastWindsor, Carol Robinson of CT, and Mary Blinn of Vernon. Friends may call at the Heritage Funeral Home 1240 Mountain Road, WestSuffield, on Monday, 19 Nov from 9-10:30 am. The funeral service will follow from the Heritage Funeral Home with Mass of Christian Burialat St Mary's Church Windsor Locks at 11 am, burial will be at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St Mary's Church, 42 Spring Street, Windsor Locks, CT 06096. For onlinecondolences please visit: www.SuffieldFuneralHome.com.

from Evelyn's online Guestbook . . .
17 November 2012
Nobody has "Fought the Good Fight" as gracefully as my Mother-In-Law Evelyn. She brought a smile to the face ofeveryone she met. She taught all of us the importance of forgiveness through her gentle kindness. I amprivileged to have been a part of her life and will never forget the lessons I have learned from her through the way she lived her life. Restin peace Mom and I long for the day we walk together on thegolden paths of Heaven. ~ Joseph Yuodis

19 November 2012
Your special grandson David Justin Welker, Junior always love you so much and miss you so much.. I carry youto upstairs to haven with your husband (my grandpa) Nowyou can watch us what grandchildren and great grant children doing in healthy family.~ David Justin Welker, Junior, Clearwater, Florida

 He had 17 Living Arbour....only 12 names were found up to now.

 He was an electrician and an alcoholic (as was Ernest). He often worked with my father who was also an electrician. They once had a job at the local funeral home. Bernie was a scaredy cat. He was down inthe basement where they coffins werekept. He was installing a plug. One of the sons of the family who owned the funeral home hid behind a coffin, when Uncle Bernie had to shut out the light to put in the switch the kid jumped out at him. Bernie ranfrom the building screaming and refused to finish the job. He also once went hunting with my dad anddad's brother Simon, just as my Uncle Simon was going to pull the trigger and bag his deer, Uncle Bernie startedshouting for the deer to run - whichit did. Uncle Simon wanted to shoot Bernie. When I was 5 years old I was hospitalized because I had caught the flu and couldn't keep anything in. The hospital was 12 miles away from home. Mom came for a visit each evening but that was it. God waslooking out for me though because Dad and Bernie got a contract in Shawville (where the hospital) was and they would take turns popping in tosee me. He never married nor had any children.

 Holyoke Telegraph-Telegram(MA) -- 09 Jan 1950
MRS. JERAMIE GIROUX
Mrs. Soufranie (Bertrand) Arbour Giroux, wife of Jeramie Giroux of 100 West St, was taken ill suddenly Saturday eveningand died several hours later in the Holyoke hospital. Mrs. Giroux collapsed while visiting at the home of her son-in-law, Henry Giroux of 72 South East St, and was revived by an emergency squad from the Fire Department before she was removedto the hospital. A native of Willimantic, CT, Mrs. Giroux had resided in Holyoke for the past 40 years. Besides herhusband, she leaves three daughters, Mrs. Wilfred Boutin and Mrs. William Vanderwell of this city and Mrs. Emil Boutin of Aldenville; two sons, Sylvio and William Arbour of this city; one brother, Wilfred Bertrand of Lowell; nine sisters, Mrs. Henry Peltier, Mrs. Victor Gauvin, Mrs. Philomene Gauvin, Mrs.Romeo Gauvin, and Mrs. John Silver, all of Taftville, CT, Mrs. Aleide Allard of Norwich,CT,Mrs. John Pointkoski of Crowton, CT, Mrs. Exilda Salois of Willimansett, and Mrs. Leo Peletier of Warwick, RI; 20 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held from the A. J. Brunelle Funeral Home Tuesday morning, followedby a solemn high mass of requiem in the Immaculate Conception Church. Burial will be in Notre Dame Cemetery.

 I was told that Lucy had died in childbirth. My mother also told me that Father Hogan once said that Lucy deserved sainthood for staying married to Alexander, who apparently was NOT a nice person.My aunts and uncles throughout the years said much the same.

According to the 1901 Census, Alexander was born on 10 Jun 1876.

Accordingto Sharon WATSON ARBOUR, Alexander was born in Chalk River, Renfrew Co, ON.

ARBOUR, AlexAtomic Energy of Canada Ltd. Renfrew Buchanan UOVGG-C.35.9
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From "A Whispered History: The Early Days of Buchanan Township" http://bright-ideas-software.com/WhisperedHistory/settlers.html
FIGHTING FOR & AGAINST THE LANDIN BUCHANAN TOWNSHIP [Elizabeth Bond] During the 1830s, as the square timber business was being drawn further up the Ottawa River in search for large white pines to ship to Europe, timbermen began settling on plots of landalong the river's shores.These men and their families would come from New England or New France, and were for the most part wholly unprepared for the rough conditions that they would face. The settlers would come with the spring thaw and begin by building a basic shelter andbarn to have shelter for the upcoming winter, and perhaps clearing a small area of forest for a garden. Themen, and often young boys, would leave their farms in late fall and labor in the lumber camps untilthe spring when the logs were ready to bedriven down the Ottawa River to Quebec City. Fortunate men would be asked to stay on for the spring drive which paid quite well because it was dangerous work. At the end of their work term, the men would be paid for their season's work and would return to their small farms with supplies. The early settlers soon learned that the agricultural conditions inBuchanan were far from ideal. Much of their acreage was either swampy or sandy; thearable soil that they did possess was incredibly rockyand contained old growth forest that needed to be painstakingly cleared at a rate of about an acre a year. Large stone piles scattered densely across Buchanan today attest to the backbreaking work that went in to turning forest into fields. Still,itwas a worthwhile exercise for the earlysettlers to attempt to farm their land in order to support their families. Supplemental cash income could be made after 1854 by sellingfirewood to the passing steamboats carrying freight and passengersup theOttawa River between Pembroke and Des Joachims. In many cases, this small extra income made a great difference to the struggling families. Also, for those lucky enoughto getahead, the logging camps would purchase surplus stores of food and hay from nearby farmers and this would provide anextra income. The original Law farm, located on the rise above the lighthouse, was one such depot farm. The early settlers and the area FirstNations seemed to have gotten alongquite well. The white settlersrespected the Natives who had the knowledge and skills to survive in their shared harsh surroundings. Both groups of people were anxious to learn fromeachother, and within a generation white settlers and Native inhabitants were living asneighbors.As Buchanan turned into a growing community during the mid-nineteenth century, centralized government administration in Upper Canada had a hard time keeping up. Plots of land were notformally surveyed until many years after it was settled, andland disputes had to be settled in informal ways. Gerald retells a story passed on to him about a boxing match that took place between Joseph Nadeauand Baptiste Leduke with a referee and in front of a crowd of people, so that the results of thecontestwould be binding as witnessed by the community in lieu of legal papers. Gerald recalls another account of unofficial justice in theearlydays of settlement. An unintentional manslaughtertook place in the mid-1800s at Foran's Stopping Place, one of2 hotels located in Buchanan Township. Innkeeper Patty Foran's wife subdued a rowdy patron with a candlestick over thehead.The troublemaker was put outside, where he was forgotten about and froze to death. It was decided that Pat would take responsibility for the death. The next time a traveling judge came up the river, Pat presented himself at a place referred to asCourt Island. He was sentenced to two years of prison in Ottawa. Pat paddled the judge back to Ottawaon his way to serve his sentence. An account of this happening was recorded in The Ottawa Journal in April1925 in an article entitled"Old Time Stuff."
EARLY FARMING IN BUCHANAN TWP [Gerald Nadeau] "They cleared some of theroughest land that you could possibly attempt to work with, for some reason. I guess it was becauseit was close to the river and they didn'twant to go anyfurther away because their workplace was the river. So youhad to make your garden behind your house - if it meant moving stones thatwhatyou'd do, a lot of stones. And most of these little farms only had two cows or three, apig - in fact, the early people didn't even keepa dog, because it was a waste of food. And I don't know if they kept a cat or not; I imagine thatthey didn't even have one of those. You needed very little. The little rough patches of cleared land seemed togivethem a bare amount of agriculture required to keep afamily. And that meant if the man went in to make square timber or hew timber fora lumber company, his wife would have to stay home, feed the cow, or cows, and she would be responsible forlooking after whatever gave them milk for their family. I never heard of people having chickens, real early. And they kept a pig, but the pig was only kept in summer because in winter, it was the winter's food. But thoselittle farms seemedtogive enough foodfor a cow, and enough turnips and potatoes for a family to use becauseeverybody seemed to have a root cellar, so that meant that they were growing enough to keep, to have a storage to put it in. But the men who workedin thesquare timber business seemed to make enough money that thespending of a family might be a hundred dollars in a year, maybe not much more. But it was only the very necessary things that you had to buy, which was probably tea,sugar,cloth or possibly needles, thread, just the most bare things that a householdwould need. You wouldn't be putting curtains on windows or things of that nature. And you might buya potor pan or two, if you had extra money. Ora pane ofglass for yourwindows. I guess in those days if youhad to buy this you'd have to bring it allthe way up the river. When the men would return from the rafting, they used to come by canoe. They hadan outfit called a stage that used tocome overlandbetweenone watercourse and another, so that they'd come up through let's say Fitzroy Harbour, and then they'd have a stage to wherever the next point was. So it would take probably 6 to 10 days tocome from Quebec City to the OttawaValley. So you'dhave to carry and canoethe purchases you made, and bring those home. You couldn't spend a lotof money because you couldn't carry home a great deal. The little bit of land along with the work they did was enough to raise a family inthose conditions."
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATIVES & WHITE SETTLERS IN BUCHANAN [Gerald] "The Natives and the people when they first came here, they seemed to be dependent on each other. Because they depended on the Natives tolearnthethings the natives knew and sometimes, to get help from the Natives. And the Natives never seemed to feel that they were less important than the white people because they needed each other for the same reasons. The Natives made ..for sickness. Somebody would go to one of those native women, the older women, and they would get cures made up for what they had. If you wanted snowshoes, you had to go to the Natives to get them, because they could tan the hides, andif youwanteddeerskin mitts, you'd have to go to a Native again.And if you wanted help and the Native was your only neighbour, if you could work the way that the Native wanted to work, you could get him to help you. That meant he would come when it suited him, not when it suited you. They were able to live together quite well. I'll show you later the rocking chair this old girl used to sit on. She said that when she was just a small girl, her mother had two cows, and she used to make butter, and in thespringtime when the grass was good and the cows wouldmilk better she'd have extra butter, and some days there'd be 20 canoes coming down the [Ottawa] River, atone time in one group. And all the women would be paddling, and all the small kidshad a little paddle, and she said she'd see all the littlefaces along the gunnels of the canoe, wanting to see the white people because some of them had never seen white people. They'd all get lined up and peekover the top of the canoe.And then they'dcome in, and the menwould get out in the water, about waist deep. They'd come in, and someof them had been there before, and they'd want to buy butter. She'd have the butter in wooden bowls, and they'd take the butterdownon therocks,and they'd eat the butter just like candy, with their hands. Yep, butterto them was like candy. But the men were the only ones who got the butter, because the women and the small children stayed in the canoe with the dogs. And she said they usedto be going to Ft William and the smoke would be so heavy from so many campfires, it was just like a fog, up inthe trees. And everybody came with whatever dogs they had left fromthe year before, and they turned them all loose. The dogswould fight and they'dbreed, they'd bark and they'd run, it was a holy terror the firstweek when they'd all come in. The women would fish and cook and themen would sleep most of the summer. And every day the priest would sayamass and he'dhaveto be paidfor it. So this was howthey got the money from the Natives. If somebody had died in the bush the year before, youcould have a mass said for them even though they were buried out in the bush where you'd never seethemagain. But they were then taught that this new religion, you could just request and the guy was in heaven as soon as the mass was finished. So a lot of them were, how would you put it, taken? Because their beliefs werejust aboutas sound as what they were being taught. Then in the fall they said that they were down there one time and this guy had a young familyandhis wife had died in the bush and he had spent the summer in Fort William. And they were ready to go back up to I guess Kippawa orTemagami or Temiskamang maybe, but he had tohave amother for those children. Because a man alone couldn't lookaftersmall ones in the bush. So one of the guys had a daughter who wasn't married, and Ithink you could picture somebody being maybe a little on the slow side, or god knows why. But it didn't matter. When the bargain was made between the man who losthis wife and the father who hadthis girl who was not yet married, she would be up going with thisother family when the fall came. So they happened to be there the time thatthe father brought the girl down to get her married by the priest who wasthere. And it took two of them to hold her while the marriage was goingon. Shecouldn't speak no English butthe father knew a little, and the old fella told me the words he said: Whateverher name was, he used her name, and he said you're going to marry untoone Joe Mackenzie.Joe Mackenzie was the native who had lost his wife and had the small children.So when the ceremony was over, it was legal. They put her inthe canoeand pushed out, and that was it. It was survival at a time when he could have losthis small kids if he went into the bush withno one to care for them. It's a strange thing when you think back but when you see today's world, you know, how often doyou see separations and other things which don't work."
EARLY STEAMBOATS BROUGHT EXTRA INCOME [Gerald] "Most of those steamboats were puton there for a money making business. And they charged peoplefor freight and passengers both. The freight came from Pembroke, because the railroad only came as far as Chalk River. The steamboat had a crew ofsometimes up to six and eight people. Some had acook. There was deck hands, generally four. There was a pilot who knew the [Ottawa] River, and a Captain. And there were always a couple of extras who were keptto fill in different jobs. They were steam and had boilersand usedwood. And the wood was bought from the farm people and bush workers who lived along the River. But youhad tohave a wharf to putyourwood on, or else share your wharf with your neighbour. And this was where the trouble always started with selectingthe land along the River. Some people liked to get their sons side by side, so that they could sharethe same wharf. Because thewharfwasthen your job. If you could put wood on the wharfyou got cash money for it, so anybody that was fortunate enough to have a wharf location would be like today having a gas station on a busy corner. The deck hands wheeled the wood in and they wheeled it in on wheelbarrows, and came down the ramp and dumped it into the hull, and theycould takea quarter cord in today's measurement of wood on a wheelbarrow. And then dump it down the hole in the hull that was cut to put the wood in, and then theboiler man had access to that wood from below deck.And one of the most disgraceful things that could ever happen to a deck hand was that he couldn't handle his load when he got down to the hole in the deck and the wheelbarrow would go down into the hull and he'dbe cursed forever for that."
FIGHTING FOR LAND IN BUCHANAN [Gerald] "Andwhat happened was, poor old Joe wanted to get the piece adjoining to the one he had already got, sohis two sons could liveside by side. Ofcourse, Baptiste[Leduke] wanteda piece of that, and he didn't want thedunes. The sand dunes were worthless, as far as growing anything. So, someone said 'OK, you two guys are pretty good defendersof your rafts. Let's see which one of you will get thepiece of land.' This was a fair competition between people who did notdislike each other. It was a physical-what would we say-test in asense, but not in an angry way. Just as two wrestlers might compete, and when it'sover they shake hands and thewinner takesthe purse, you know? So this is how that was done. It wasn't done in asense of anger, no.Isidore Richard was the referee for fair play at this meeting. I suppose they would just have a piece of ground that would be big enough thatthey wouldnot haveroom to move, and of course the families of bothwould as today's ball games go, cheer for the side you wanted to win. And the old fella that I got this story from said his father had told himabout thegoings onat this meeting, and Mrs. Baptistewasrunning around in circles around the outside telling him in French to 'Hit hard, hit hard!' because he wasn't hitting hard enough. And she knew the outcome was not going to be good. "
WOMEN OF CHARACTER [Elizabeth] As women followed theirhusband's into the Upper Ottawa Valley beginningin the 1830s, they met extreme hardshipsthat their upbringings in settled New England or New France never could have prepared them for. Survival alone proved to bequite a challenge,and raising a familywas even more difficult. Elizabeth Leroy (nee Baines) was the first female settler in Buchanan Twp. She came with her husband Simon Leroy, a skilled square-timber hewer and a former UnitedEmpire Loyalist. Previously, Elizabeth was aschoolteacher in NewEngland. Sheopened theupper floorof her house as the first school in Buchanan, andher own daughters were among the first students. This employ kept her busy during the cold months of the yearwhen her husband was working in the lumber camps furtherback in the bush. It is hard to imagine what difficulties the wives of the lumbermen had to face while their husbands were away. They were left alone to care for the children, tend to the animals, and keep a fire stoked. Their nearest neighbors were a difficult winter's walk away, and perhaps loneliness was as harsh as the cold. When one hears the anecdote about Mrs. Richard, wife of one of the earliest French settlers in Buchanan, outin the middleof the night chasingafter a bear because ithad grabbedthe family swine, one can begin to imagine the courage and determination required by these early female settlers. While all of the wives of lumbermen were virtually single parents fromautumn to springeach year,they couldtake somesolace inthe fact thattheir husbands would return when the river ice broke up, and that theywould bring household supplies and money (if they hadn't spent it all at Stopping Places along the way). However, the lumber business was dangerous and the widowsof the lumbermen killed on the job could count on no such support. The story of widow Emmy Chequen, who was left to raiseher seven children on a miniscule monthly allowance, highlights how tragedycould strike downa family and only strength ofcharacter could pullthe women through. Women often had to seek ways to supplement their household income. During prohibition, Buchanan also was rich with headstrong women who made sought-after whiskey. Rosina Brunelle was one of thebest-known brewers inthe township. She was a tiny French Canadian lady who used to ride a bicycle on a high wire at the Quebec Midway before coming to the Valley. Another favoritewhiskey maker wasMrs. Bob Chequen,Emmy's sister-in-law. Once,when caught by the authorities with a washtub full of peeled potatoes out behind the barns, she made the excuse that her ill sow's digestive system couldn't handlethe peels and was let off the hook.Perhaps themost impressive womento have graced Buchanan Township was ViolaMcCarthy (nee Blimkie). Viola was born on a farm in Buchanan, and as a young bride of 19 she took over the mail-delivery contract that her husband could no longer carry out.Viola delivered the mail to the 37 families in Buchanan throughout the year andin all weather. She used horse and cutter in the winter months, surmounting incredible drifts of snow that madereaching each homestead a challenge. She helped uneducated residents to readtheir letters and write responses. She often gave residents lifts to the main road, and during WWII when gas and tires were rationed she acted as ambulance. Along with the mail, she delivered household items such as100-pound bags of flour,hen feed, and even small livestock. On one occasion sheevendelivered a baby. Perhaps oneof the most important things that Viola brought the women of Buchanan Township was the Eaton's catalogue. They looked forwardto its delivery and, for a few stolen minutes of thedays that followed, wouldwistfullydaydreamabout the fine things that would have no use in the harsh and unforgiving Buchanan wilderness.
MRS. RICHARD TRIES TO RECOVER FAMILY PIG FROM A BEAR [Gerald] "Mrs. Richard was left with the small children she had, and Mr. Richard wentto work in the square timber business in the fall, and they had a pen with a pig in it not far from their cabin, andshe heard the pig squeal. The biggest threatthen was bears. She went out and heard the pig squealing.She had a little lantern which was acandle in a frame. She got some pans or something that could make a noise, thinking that she could maybe scare the bear,but the bearhad lifted thepig over the log fence with his frontpaws and he got into the bushwith it. So she followed himas she thought,I guesshe'll drop the pig any time. He didn't. So it was a fight to see who was going to get the pig. So finallyshe got far enough away from the cabin or housethat she couldn't go any farther with the small kidsso she had to come back andlet the pig go. So that was their winter's supply of meat. And you know, I've got a book called TheFoxfire and they have a bear proof pigpen in the Adirondacks. Andthose people lived much like the people wherewe lived. They used the same system ofthinking.It wasexactly. When I read that, I had to readsome of it twice because I couldn't believe thatpeoplein another part of the country wouldbe so much alike and be so distant. But those people in the AppalachianMountains had thesame thinking patternas wehad atthe river, using an uneducated way of dealing with things."
LOST COMMUNITY & WHAT WAS LEFT TO LOSE [Elizabeth] Life for the second generation ofsettlers in Buchanan was perhaps moredifficult though less isolated than it was for thefirst settlers. In the 1850s and 1860s,as the lumber tradebegan to require more unskilledlabourers and wintersupplyroutes, the construction of a major transportation artery from Pembroke toMattawa wasbegun.
FAILING LAND THAT SETTLERS LOST [Gerald] "You would notice a cow path on the outside of the fences, not on the inside. It didn't seem strange then because none of us ever knew that you had to feed cows in summertime. In summer they were supposed tofind the food themselves. And they weren'tto get that in the field. The field was used togrow winter food for them. So the fences wereput around the field, and the cattle being hungry, they would look at the field and want to go in, so they'd haveapath around the fence. And every farmerseemed to have that sameway ofthinking. Because you didn't have enough land to grow and to pasture as well. ALEC ARBOUR was one of thepeople who lived at the .. near the Atomic Plant [where it is located today], and he was a very seriousman.He was a very honestperson and he looked at things in a serious fashion.And he had a son who went to work for the railroad and became a section man in Westmeath. And one day his son came up and got him to take himdownfor avisit andwhenthey got below Pembroke near Westmeaththe cattle were inside the fences. They were in fields that looked like hayfields.But in Westmeath they were pasture fields! So he insisted to his son to stop his car. He said 'I got to goinand tell that farmer that hiscowsare in his hay.' And the son said 'Dad, that's not a hayfield. That's a pasture.' 'Well,' he said, 'where I come from, that's a hay field!' And his son said 'Well, don't go in there andtell him that his cattleareinthere 'cause he'll laugh. Becausethat's what it's like down here. We have fields ofsummer feed for cattle.' But there's an awful difference in the way that people who havecan live, and people who have not can.It'sthat simple. You make duewith whatyouhave. And even the cattlehad their shortages. Because they were expected to eat leaves and grassesalong the paths and places. We know today that you can't keep animals in that condition. And asI look at that now, I see thatouranimals were theworstones off, because they hadtodowith much lessthan they should have. That's dogs, cats, horses, and cattle. Every one. I look back today and I feel sorry thatconditions were that bad for anything. And the reasonwas that people didn't have thenecessaryfeed forthem orthemoney to buy it. So maybein that sense, everybody might be better off. Animalsincluded."
A COMMUNITY LOST [Gerald] [Elizabeth:How did the residents know that they were losing their land?] "Theywere visited by a person that represented the purchasing people, and they were told by them that the land wasbeing looked at as a potential sitefor development of some sort. Fewpeople knew what it was for, but they vaguely thought that ithad something todo with thewar, because at that pointin timethewarwas not going favorable. So they came and told the people that there was a chance that that land wouldbe purchased and they wouldhave to move. Then it createda division. The older people did not want to move. The younger, who were notattachedas much to the land, they looked on that area as one thatdidn't furnish any opportunity. An opportunityto make a living wasverylimited. But then the older people could not, were too old to work,so they had no gains bythe Governmentbuying their property. So that divided the people in their thinking. The old people did not want to leave the [Ottawa] River. It wasthe River they weregonna miss. Because some knewthat they'd never get back tothat river again. It's not a bigthing butit's animportantthing when that's all a person has. It was sadness, really. Sadness. The water smell, it'shard to explain.But the smell of theRiver wasone of the most nicest things I remember about it. Why, I can't tell you. Strange, eh, thatsomething like that can stand out as being important? When you don't have too much, the little things mean more.Andthe smell of water even today, Ilike it becauseI can almost recallthat same thing again. The memoriesand history ofneighbours andthings that you had toleave behind, that was the saddest and the most noticeable loss. Not the value of the land thatwas left, so much asthe breaking up of the groups of people that lived by the River. Itwas as if a glass wasshattered into many pieces because no one couldever regroup again. You had to go your separate ways because there was not available places foryou so that the numbers of people could ever live close togetheragain. And thatwas one of the losses that was the most severe, I wouldsay."
RELOCATING A LIFE CAN BE A PAIN IN THE NECK [Gerald] "The year before we were going to leave, a cookhouse was built out oflogs, which was supposed to bea greatimprovement tothe leaner thatwas therebefore.This thing wasgoing to have astovein itand we could whittle in there in the winter, which was what I wantedin the worstway. We'djust gotthe thing-the logs ofit-up, and the roof part of it on, when the Government came andsaid 'You guys are going to have to leave, andget out.' But anyway, Rogerwent in the springtime, and his time was runningout, and he was livingin the old house at the river where the lighthouse is. And hehad with him a lady who was a French woman; she was a little thin woman. And shewas down at theold house. He wentup tothe clearance and took some of these logs off the summer kitchen to take it to move it down to the oldhouse and then takeit up the river. He put on some of these logsand started downthe hilland right wherethe roadtakes a bend, the water was washing-there was a little stream there-so the ice had sort ofwashed out under one side, and unknown to him whenhe came tothis place where the icewouldn't support the sled, it broke away. And he went down frontward andwent over the front of the load andgot under the logs. He was there for two or three hours before she realized hewasn't coming back, something was wrong. When she came up, she saw the situation but she couldn't do anything about it because she couldn't liftthe logs. Shehad towalk upthe ice to Balmer's Bay,to where John Robert lived, and gethim to come with her. And the two of them managed to unload the logs off him. Theygot him to the hospital and I remember seeing himin the hospital, and they had him all tiedup withpulleysand ropes and what have you because his legs were all broken andthey were incasts, youknow? He lived through that, and thelast time he gotinto problems was he was coming home from the Byways Hotel one nightand walked in the middle of the highway andanother car came and hit him again! With broken legs and arms and whatever I guess you can imagine and they thought, 'What are we gonna do with him now?' [Laughter]. Oh, he had a good sense of humor,but he was ninety two orthree when he died."
COMING FULL CIRCLE [Gerald] "You were torn from something that had grewon you, or in you, without giving you a choice, or saying 'Do you wantto givethis up, or don'tyou?' Andthere's somethingabout saying it in that fashion thatmakes you a bitbitter.Because you don't have a choice. It's likesomeone imposingsomething on you, you know? And you think 'Oh lord, I'm human, I live in a free country, why do I nothave a choice?' Because you were led to believe that you owned the little block of land that you livedon. And then someone comes alongand says 'Sorry, I'm taking it from you. Youdon't own it, you're only sittinghere. We allowed you to stay here, and we're taking it back.' Butno one ever told you before that thiswould be taken from you. Well, I've just come to the conclusion not that many weeks ago, that the trade-off was worth it. So I thought to myself, I've often feltbad about leaving the [Ottawa] River, but for thegood they'vedone, I would say it was worth it. Yep, becauseifwe had to depend on far-away things we would be in a very difficult situation. I rethought that. I always didn't like having to leave theriverthat I left,but then asI got into a tightspot where I did have needforthe service of that hospital, Ithought to myself 'This is paybacktime.I'm getting paid backwith interest for what I lost.' Does that answer you?"
THE STORYTELLER Gerald Nadeau spent his boyhood years in Buchanan Township on his UncleRoger's farm, helping to tend tothe lighthouse and observing the people around him. He can recallstories about the early days with a crystal clear memory. These stories cover the time from 1830 when the first homesteaders laid claim to unyieldingplots of land along the OttawaRiver,to 1944 when His Majesty The King expropriated the Township of Buchanan for the wareffort. Today, Gerald is one of the only remaining links that enable historians historians to catch a glimpse at what daily life in an Ottawa Valley pioneer community waslike. A WhisperedHistory aims to share Gerald's unforgettable stories, bothheartening and heartbreaking, aboutthe settlersof Buchanan Township before they are forgotten forever.

 In 1901, he was retired, widowed for a third time, and lived in a house on the property of grandson Gilbert ARBOUR. His own son Michel had migrated to theUS between 1898 and 1900.[1901Census]

 In 1912, Theophile donatedsome of the family's property to the local school.["St Raphael Centennial Celebration," 1952]

 In 1940, Eugene reported that he had earned $700 in 1939.

According to his WWII Draft Registration, Eugene was born on 11 May 1896. It also appears as though Marie-Louise passed away prior to 1942, asEugene's next of kin was recorded as Albertine CORRIVEAU, Scott St, Bennington, VT. --> Marie passed away prior to Apr 1940.

Perhaps Marie-Louise died while they lived in Quebec and then after herdeath, Eugene moved south toVermont to finish out his days.

 In 1940, Napoleon reportedthat he had earned $25 in 1939.

Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990 for Napoleon J. Arbour
Name: Napoleon J. Arbour
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 26 May 1945
Death Date: 24 May 1945
Death Place: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
Age: 68
Birth Date: 1877
Father's Name: Joseph Arbour
Mother's Name: Artemise Langlais
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:B02569-8
System Origin: Minnesota-EASy
Source Film Number: 2243503
Reference Number: 20147

 In 1940, Raymond reported that he had earned $180 in 1939.
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US WWII Army Enlistment Records (1938-1946)
Name: Raymond L Arbour
Birth Year: 1921; Race: White, citizen; Nativity State or Country: Connecticut; State: Connecticut; County or City: New London
Enlistment Date: 2 Jul 1942; Enlistment State: Connecticut; Enlistment City: Hartford; Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA; Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA; Grade: Private; Grade Code: Private; Term of Enlistment: Enlistment forthe duration of theWar or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise accordingto law; Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men); Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school; Marital Status: Single, without dependents; Height: 67; Weight: 134
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The Day (CT) -- 12 Dec 1992
RAYMOND ARBOUR SR
Westerly -- Raymond L. Arbour Sr, 71, of 25 Clark St, formerly of Mystic, died Sunday at Pendleton, after a lengthy illness. He was born 16 Jan 1921 in Willimantic, the son of Armedee and Alexina Pelletier Arbour.He was an Army veteran of WWII, serving with the 350th Infantry. Mr. Arbour married Evelyn Cerasoli on 15 Feb 1947, in St Patrick's Church, Mystic. He had been employed as an expediter at Electric Boat for many years,before moving to Bradenton, FL, where he worked as a bottlemaker for the Tropicana Co. Mr. Arbour moved to Westerly in 1989. He was a member of the Hoxie Engine Company of Mystic and the Hugo Simonelli Post 3263, Veterans of Foreign Wars of Mystic. Besides his wife, he is survived by four sons,Raymond L. Arbour Jr and Carl Arbour, both of Pawcatuck, Gary Arbour of Huntington Station, Long Island, anf Kevin Arbour of Bradenton, FL; one sister Mildred Reid of Westerly; six grandchildren. Amemorial service will be conducted at 11 am9 Jan at the Mystic FuneralHome, Route 1, Mystic. Burial will be in the Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery in Exeter. There are no calling hours.
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US Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Raymond L Arbour
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 16 Jan 1921
Death Date: 13 Dec 1992
Cause of Death: Natural
SSN: 040160103
Branch 1: ARMY
Enlistment Date 1: 16 Jul 1942
Release Date 1: 10 Nov1945

 In Apr 1923, 26-year old Archil arrived in the US from Canada via the port of St Johns, NB, with his brother Emile. Both considered themselves laborers from St-Raphael,having left the home of their father Michel, to come to Holyoke, MA.

 In Aug 1923, Albert travelled to the US via the port of Malone, NY. He was headed to the Greer Auto School in Chicago, IL. He was noted as being 5'8" witha medium complexion, brown hair, and browneyes. He had $44 in his pocket.

 In Feb 1924, Zephirine and4 of her children travelled to the US via the port of Montreal, QC. They had come from Theophile ARBOUR's place in St-Raphael, QC, and were going to stay for 6 months with Adelard at 56 Whiting St, New Britain, CT. Zephirine was noted as being 5'6" tall with a medium complexion, brown hair, and brown eyes. She also wore glasses. Details about the kids were not recorded. Zephirine carried $150 with her. They had all firstcome to the US on 03 May 1923.

 Jacqueline never married nor had children

 Jean had a heart conditionand was a patient of the famous Dr. Leon. She had just tunred 39 a fewmonths before she died. It was very sad and tragic for her husband andtwo young sons.

From Catherine via email on 18 Aug 2009: Aunt Jean was great. She married Uncle Jack and had two boys. She lived across the street from my high school. So some days I would go over for lunch and we'd decide to go shopping for the afternoon. She'd call theschool - pretend to be my mother - and tell them I was sick. My mother never found out. Her death was so tragic. She had a massive heart attack at the age of 39 at home inbed. My Aunt Irene was supposed to have lunch with her -when she didn't answer the door Aunt Irene let herself in and found her. She was 15 years older than me.

 Jean had either died or moved away prior to Jan 1851 at the time of the Census.

 John's WWI Draft Registration reported him as being tall with a slender build, grey eyes, and dark hair.

John's parents were born in New York and West Virginia.[1920Census]

On 22 Sep 1924, John was issued a US Passport for transit and employment in Argentina, leaving from New York City, NY, on 27 Sep 1924. He claimed he was born in Williamstown, WV, on 20 Jun 1877, to Louis C. ARBOUR, who was born in Powell, Ohio, andwas deceased by this time. He reported his own residence in Hays, KS, and his occupation as Service Man. His physical description is as follows: 6'1", medium forehead, blue eyes, large nose, medium mouth, round chin, dark brown hair, medium-ruddy complexion, oval face, and a tattoo on his right forearm. On 15Sep 1924,Usher Wallace M. Hainline, attested to John's identification, claimingthat he resided in Kansas City, MO, and had known John for 3 years. On16 Sep 1924, John's brother, Fred C.ARBOUR, Real Estate Dealer in Tampa, FL, also attested to his identification, claiming that he was born on 20 Jun 1877 in Williamstown, WV.

On 30 Jun 1925, John visited Canada via the Pacific Highway, British Columbia. The 58-year old claimed he was born in Williamstown, WV, followed the Episcopalian faith, and worked as a merchant. He had come from brother Fred's house in St George, FL, and was headed to the home of hisfriend Oscar I. Fox, 2657 3rd Ave, Vancouver, BC. He carried just $6 with him, which does not seem like much for a man taking a vacation.

 Kelowna Capital News (BC) -- Monday 07 Mar 2005
StAMAND, JULIETTE
Juliette StAmand died peacefully surrounded by family in Kelowna on 7 March 2005, aged 90. She was predeceased by husband Herby, son Richard, and brother Albert. She is survived by her loving family: sister-in-lawEileen Arbour, daughter-in-law Betty StAmand, daughter Lucille (George) Kozub, daughter Irene (Tom) Lipkovits, and son David (Elsie) StAmand,as well as 17 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren, and a number ofgreat-great-grandchildren. Juliette was born in Zenon Park, SK, married Herby in 1930, and moved to Kelowna in 1942. Prayers will be held Friday at 5:00 pm from the Chapel of Springfield Funeral Home, 2020 Springfield Road. Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, 12 March 2005, at 10:30 am at Holy Spirit Church, 1235 Neptune Road, in Rutland. In lieu offlowers, a donation to the Alzheimer Society of BC: 119-1600 West 6th Ave, Vancouver, BC V6J 1R3, or the Canadian Cancer Society: 1633 Pandosy Street., Kelowna BC V1Y 1P6, would be appreciated. Condolences may besent to the family by visiting www.springfieldfuneralhome.com. In living memory of Juliette StAmand, a metre of the Mission Creek Greenway will be dedicated by Springfield Funeral Home LTD. 250-860-7077

 La Press (Montreal, QC) --14 Jan 1948 [English translation]
ARBOUR -- In Montreal on 12 January 1948, at the age of 74 years, Mrs. Abondance Arbour,nee Eunice Molloy died. She lived at 5968 St Andre Street. The funeral will be held on Thursday, the 13th of this month. The funeral procession will leave from the Soc. Copperative Funeral Home, 7030St Denis Street, at 8:30 and go to St-Etienne Church, where mass will be celebrated at 9 o'clock, and then to the Cote-des-Neiges Cemetery,where the body will be interred. Family and friends are asked to attend without further invitation. Balliement Bellechasse and St Andre.

La Presse (Montreal, QC) -- 14 Jan 1948[original French]
ARBOUR -- A Montreal, le 12 janvier 1948, a l'age de 74 ans, est decedeMme Abondance Arbour, nee Unice Molloy, demeurant 5968 St Andre. Les funerailles auront lieu jeudi, le 13 courant. Le convoi funebre partira des salons Soc. Copperative, No7030 rue St-Denis, a 8 hrs 30, pour sa rendre a l'eglise St-Etienne, ou le service sera celebre a 9 hrs, et de la au cimetiere de la Cote-des-Neiges, lieu de la sepulture. Parents etamis sont pries d'y assister sansautre invitation. Balliement Bellechasse et St Andre.

 La Presse (Montreal, QC) -- Saturday 01 May 2010
ARBOUR, Juliette
In Montreal, at the Manoir de l'Âge d'Or, Mrs. Juliette Nieri (nee Arbour) died on 22 April 2010, at the age of 87. She leaves in mourning her husband Marcel, her sons Robert, Bernard (Marlène), Pierre, and Jean-Marc, her two grandaughters Mélinda and Sarah Nieri,her sister Ida, relatives, and friends. A huge thank you to all the personnelof the 5th floor of the Manoir de l'Âge d'Or for their attention and excellent care. The family will receive condolence on Wednesday 5 May starting at 11:00, followed by a liturgy of the word at 1:00 in the Resurrection Chapel of the Notre-Dame-des-NeigesCemetery, 5601, ch. de la Côte-des-Neiges in Montreal.

La Presse (Montréal, QC) -- 1 mai 2010
ARBOUR, Juliette
À Montréal, au Manoir de l'Âge d'Or, le 22 avril 2010, à l'âge de 87 ans, est décédée Mme Juliette Nieri (née Arbour). Elle laisse dans le deuil son époux Marcel, ses fils Robert, Bernard (Marlène), Pierre et Jean-Marc, ses deux petites fillesMélinda et Sarah Nieri, sasoeur Ida, parents et amis. Un gros merci à tout le personnel du 5e étage du Manoir de l'Âge d'Or pour leurs attentions et bons soins. La famille recevra les condoléances le mercredi5 mai à partir de 11 h, suivraune liturgie de la parole à 13 h enla chapelle de la Résurrection au cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, 5601, ch. de la Côte-des-Neiges à Montréal.

 La Presse (QC) -- 08 Sep 2010
Arbour, Jeanne (nee Mallette) 1915 - 2010 In St-Lambert on 31 August 2010, Mrs. Jeanne Mallette, wife of late Mr. Jean-Maurice Arbour, died at95 years old. She leaves in mourning her children Jacques (Huguette Drouin), Claudette (Michel Choquette),Diane, and Jean-Maurice (Johanne Lavoie); her grandchildren Jean-François (Manon Chevrier), Eric, Stéphanie (Mathieu Durocher), Veronique, Julie, Dominique, and Isabelle; her great-grandchildren Katherine, Elisabeth, Alexane, Arianne,and Juliette; her brother Marcel Brochu, her sister Marguerite Mallette, as well as several other relatives and friends. The family will receive condolences this Saturday 11 September 2010 at 10:00 in St-Thomas d' Aquin Church (311 rue St-Thomas,inSaint-Lambert), followed by the funeral at 11:00. The family would like to thank all the personnel of Manor Soleil in Chambly for their lavished care. For those who wish,a gift to the Alzheimer Foundation would be appreciated. Funeral arrangements:The Maison Darche 505, boul. Curé-Poirier Ouest Longueuil, Qc www.dignitequebec.com

arbour, Jeanne (née Mallette) 1915 - 2010 De St-Lambert, le 31 août 2010, à l'âge de 95 ans, est décédée Mme Jeanne Mallette, épouse de feu M. Jean-Maurice arbour. Elle laisse dans le deuil ses enfants Jacques (Huguette Drouin), Claudette (Michel Choquette), Diane et Jean-Maurice (Johanne Lavoie), ses petits-enfants Jean-François (Manon Chevrier), Éric, Stéphanie (Mathieu Durocher), Véronique, Julie, Dominique et Isabelle, ses arrière-petits-enfants Katherine, Élisabeth, Alexane, Arianne et Juliette, son frèreMarcel Brochu, sa soeur Marguerite Mallette ainsi que plusieurs autres parents et amis. La famille recevra les condoléances ce samedi 11 septembre 2010 à compter de 10 h enl'église St-Thomas d'Aquin (311 rue St-Thomas, à Saint-Lambert), suivi des funérailles à 11h. La famille tient à remercier tout le personnel du Manoir Soleil à Chambly pour leurs soins prodigués. Pour ceux qui le désirent, un don à la Fondation Alzheimer serait apprécié. Arrangements funéraires: La Maison Darche 505,boul. Curé-Poirier Ouest Longueuil, Qc www.dignitequebec.com

 La Soleil (QC) -- 08 Aug 2012
Aline Harbour (Veilleux) 1917-2012
Ms. Aline Veilleux, wife ot the late Mr. Joseph Harbour, daughter of the late Mrs Adelaide Maheux and of the late Mr Albert Veilleux, passed away at the St-Antoine Accommodation Centre, 2 August 2012, at the age of 94 years and 10 months. She resided in Quebec. The family will receive condolences, in the presence of the body on Friday, 10 August 2012, from 8:30 to 11:30 am, at the Deux Rives Centre Funeral Cooperative, 8thStreet, Quebec G1L 2N9 Information 280: 418 688-2411 To send a sympathy message fax: 418 688-2414 residence a coopfuneraire2rives.com. The religious service will be held Friday, 10 August 2012, at 11: 30 am in Saint-Fidèle Church (corner 4th Avenue and 12th Street, Quebec). Burial will follow at the Belmont cemetery. She is survived by her children: André (late Gilberte Nadeau) (Louisette Rosa), Jean-Yves (Ginette Demers) and Marcel (Justine Thériault); her grandchildren: Alain, Marie-Josée, and Julie; her great-grandchildren: Keven,Philippe, Alexandre and Amélie; her brother Leonce Veilleux (Jeanine Roy); hersisters Françoise Veilleux (late Mandoza Gilbert)and Gabrielle Veilleux (Henri Roy), as well as several nephews, nieces, cousins, and many friends. The family would like to thank the staff ofthe 4th floor of the Foyer St-Antoine for good care. Your evidence of sympathy can result in a donation to the Alzheimer Society of Quebec, tel.: 418 527-4294, Web site: www.societe alzheimerdequebec.com, or to the foundation of the University Institute of Cardiology and Pneumology of Quebec, tel.: 418 656-4999, website: www.fondation-iucpq.org. Forms will be available on-site. Deux Rives Centre Funeral Cooperative head office: 280, 8th Street Quebec (QC) G1L 2N9 phone: 418 688-2411 fax: 418525-6971 residence a coopfuneraire2rives.com www.coopfuneraire2rives.com

 Lena's parents were both born in Russia and spoke German

 Lionel and his wife do nothave any children.
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from lepinecloutier.com -- extracted 20 Sep 2012
LIONEL ARBOUR
Mr. Lionel Arbour passed away in Quebec, 24 October 2011, at the age of92. He was a resident of Quebec. He is survived by his brothers and sisters: Gabrielle, Christmas, Jeanne-D'arc, Paul-Émile, Rachelle,Thérèse, Claude, Clement, Denise, Francine, Françoise and theirspouses as well as his brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, cousins, and friends. Your evidence of sympathy can result in a donation to the Heart Disease Foundation of Quebec, 4715 avenue des Replats, bur. 261, Quebec QC G2J 1B 8 tel: 418-682-6387. Quebec gardens For information: Phone: (418) 658-8000 Fax: (418) 767-2308 Email: lasouvenance a lepinecloutier.com Funeral service: The funeral will be held on 31 October 2011, at 2 pm at the following address: in the chapel of the Quebec Gardens, 438, route 138, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures and at the Quebec Gardens cemetery for interment of ashes.

 London Free Press (ON) -- Saturday 11 Feb 1995 -- p c10
ARBOUR, Mr. J. L. Orval, 56, London
At St Joseph's Health Centre on Thursday, 9 February1995, Mr. J. L.Orval Arbour of London in his 57thyear, beloved husband of Claudette, son of Violet Beauchamp and the late Lawrence Arbour. Loving father of Marcel and his wife Kim of Kippen, and Rick and Lynn and her husband Ron Hill, all of London. Also survived by his granddaughter, Amanda. Predeceased by his granddaughter Melissa. Interment at St Peter's Cemetery.

 Mabel's first husband, Fred STEWART, went missing when their two daughters were very young. Mabelthen married John BROOKS. He adopted the two girls and they took his name. Mabel and John also had4 or 5 children together.

 Mary Anna Arbour
Birth: 16 Jul 1890
Saint-Raphael, QC
Death: 5 Jan 1940
New Haven, New Haven County, CT
Burial: Saint Thomas Cemetery, West Springfield, Hampden Co, MA
Plot:St Joseph Section (z) Range 2, No. 89

 Maude's Story -- from C. CHARLES from Kerby, OR, via Ancestry.com -- excerpted 20 Aug 2013
There are some photos of a beautiful girl with blond hair and blue eyesand a wide smile. She married Andy and had twin daughters, Fern and Jean, that died at birth. As far as I know she never had any other children. Her and Andy divorced and she married a man named Henry Linster. I heard that they liked to drink together alot. And that shelater had a problem with alcohol. Maude was a passenger in an automobile that crashed head on into another automobile. Maude died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. Her last known address was 4336 Winters Avenue in Klamath Falls, Oregon. She is buriedat the Klamath Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Another marriage has possibly been found for our Maude. A Maude M. ERBOA married Raymond H. STEVENS in Yakima, Yakima Co, WA, on 06 Dec 1920. Justice of the PeaceC. Roy KING offciated and Emma S. STEVENS and Frances E. PETERSON witnessed. ERBOA is such a rare name that this has to beour Maude.

 Military WWI - Mechanic - Casual Det 184, 163 DB, Company M, 107th Infantry - 25 May 1918 - 30 Mar 1919 - Honorable Discharge; Serial Number 3 125 778

 Military WWII - US Armed Forces - rank of PFC

 Military WWII - US Army - PFC

 Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990 for Violet B. Freedman Or Hoene
Name: Violet B. Freedman Or Hoene
Gender: Female
Death Date: 06 Aug 1955
Death Place: Duluth, St Louis,Minnesota
Age: 52
Birth Date: 1903
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Sam
Father's Name: William Arbour
Mother's Name: Julia Luce
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I09847-6
System Origin: Minnesota-EASy
Source Film Number: 2139444
Reference Number: 779

 Nashua Telegraph (NH) -- Saturday 18 Feb 1967
NEWS FROM NE AERONAUTICAL INSTITUE -- DEAN'S LIST
Dean's List standing requires an average of 3.0 (B) or better. Studentswho have attained this academic standing are . . . Greg Arbour, . . .

Nashua Telegraph (NH) -- Tuesday 23 Apr 1968
DISTRICT COURT
Greg A. Arbour, 29 WalnutSt, was fined a total of $94 after pleading nocontest to 13 meter violations.

Nashua Telegraph (NH) -- Tuesday 28 May 1968
COLLEGE DEDICATION, INSTITUTE GRADUATION, 8-9 JUNE
Commencement weekend at the New England Aeronautical Institute will feature . . . the graduation of 47 seniors. . . . To be awarded diplomas are . . . Greg A. Arbour, . . .
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The Telegraph (Nashua, NH) -- 15 Dec 2001
GREGORY A. ARBOUR
Gregory A. Arbour, 52, of 36 Allds St., Nashua, died Thursday, 13 Dec 2001, at his home after a lengthy illness. Mr. Arbour was born 16 Dec1948, in Nashua, son of Theresa (Caron) Somes of Manchester and the late Conrad Arbour. Mr. Arbour had been alifetime resident of Nashua. He began his career as an environmental coordinator for W.R.Grace Co. inNashua. After that, he was a supervisor at the Anheuser-Busch Recycling Center in Nashua. He then worked as a supervisor at Diacom in Amherst, andthen as a consultant for E&R Cleaners in Manchester. Most recently,due to his illness, hehad worked part time at Brookstone in the Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua. Mr. Arbour enjoyed swimming and playing tennis,and at one time enjoyed playing billiards. He was an Army veteran, having served during the Vietnam era. He was also a lifeguard while in theArmy. Mr. Arbour was a 1966 graduate of Nashua High School. He received a bachelor's degree from New Hampshire College in 1977. Besides his mother, survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Greg and Charlene Arbour of Litchfield; two daughters and a son-in-law, Sharyl and Chris Kennedy of Westminster, CA, and Stefanie Arbour of Albuquerque, NM; two grandsons, Joshua and Jeremy Gagnon ofWestminster; two brothers, Anthony Arbour and Thomas Arbour, both of Manchester; three sisters, Marie Hurley of Nashua, and Angela Chasse and Margaret Roberts, both of Manchester; a step-sister, Carmen Young and her husband, Dr. James Young, of Hillsborough; and a special friend, Gloria Arbour of Merrimack; andseveral nieces, nephews and cousins. The Davis Funeral Home in Nashua is incharge of arrangements.
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US Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Gregory Andrew Arbour
Birth Date: 16 Dec 1948
Death Date: 13 Dec 2001
SSN: 001368219
Branch 1: ARMY
Enlistment Date 1: 21 Oct 1968
Release Date 1: 8 Jun 1970

 Nashua Telegraph (NH) -- Saturday 30 Sep 1950
HELP WANTED
WOMAN WANTED -- Care for baby and do housework, 6:30 to 3:30, 6 days a week, $20 a week. Write Mrs. Bernice Arbour, Grand Avenue, Hudson, or call 881-J Sundays.

Nashua Telegraph (NH) -- Tuesday 19 Dec 1950, 20 Dec 1950, 21 Dec 1950
HELP WANTED -- Female
Woman wanted to do housework and care for year-old child. 6:30 am to 3:30 pm weekdays. Pay $16 a week. Call 881-J evenings. Mrs. Bernice Arbour, Grand Avenue, Hudson.
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Nashua Telegraph (NH) --Thursday 05 Jul 1973
Mrs. Leopold (Bernice) Lavoie of Nashua . . . a son, Anthony Danielevitch of Hudson; a brother, Felix Danielevitch of Poland; eight grandchildren, Mrs. Madeline of Hudson, Leonard, Diane, Jean, Rose, Man.. , and .. .
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Is this our Bernice from the SSDI?
Name: Bernice J. Lavoie
SSN: 002-16-5678
Last Residence: 03060 Nashua, Hillsborough Co, NH
Born: 21 Nov 1923
Died: 27 Dec 1996
SSN issued: New Hampshire (Before 1951)
Note: Not likely as the above news clip attests, as well as the birth year being substantially off.

 Nashua Telegraph (NH) -- Thursday 13 May 1971
DISTRICT COURT
Tony J. Arbour, 16, Manchester, was fined $10 for driving without a license

Nashua Telegraph (NH) -- Friday 11 Feb1972
DISTRICT COURT
Tony J. Arbour, 17, of 22 Campello St, Hudson, pleaded no contest to driving without a valid license and driving an uninspectedvehicle and wasfined $10 on each charge.

Nashua Telegraph (NH) -- Thursday 29 Jul 1976
LINDA CHRISTIAN, GROUP FINED
[Linda Kasabian Christian, former member of Charles Manson's cult and star witness in the Tate-LaBianca murders, led a group burning a bonfirein Litchfield, NH, when the state was under aban against outdoor burning due to severe fire danger. When police attempted to extinguish the fire, Linda and several others interferred, after which they were arrested. The charges were reduced to violations, which are not crimes, and fined each $100 after finding them guilty.] . . . Standing trial with Mrs. Christian on the disorderly conduct charges from the incident involving a party attended by an estimated 25 to 39 persons were: Anthony Arbour, 22, . . .

NashuaTelegraph (NH) -- 03 Nov 1976
DISTRICT COURT
Anthony J. Arbour, 22, of Manchester pleaded innocent to possession of a controlled drug, marijuana, but was found guilty after trial, fined $100, and sentenced to 60 days in the House of Correction, suspended on payment of fine. He pleaded no contest to intoxication and the case wasfiled.
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New Hampshire Union Leader (Manchester, NH) -- Monday 20 Dec 1993
DISTRICT COURT
The following cases were among the ones heard Friday, 3 Dec, in Manchester District Court:
Anthony Arbour, 39, of 33 Hall St. Pleaded guilty to giving false name to police officer and given six-month suspended sentence. Pleaded innocent to defective equipment and trial set 4 Jan.

New Hampshire Union Leader (Manchester, NH) -- Monday 11 Jan 1999
LICENSE REVOCATIONS
Concord -- The Director of Motor Vehicles, Virginia C. Beecher, released the following list of driving while intoxicated revocations noting that the actual date of revocation may have preceded this announcement.
Manchester -- Anthony J. Arbour, 44

from hillsboroughmugshots.com -- extracted 11 Dec 2012
Anthony Arbour Arrested For Burglary Of A Dwelling
Name: ARBOUR, ANTHONY
DOB: 07/01/1954
Booking #: 02024813
Arrest Date: May 1 2002 12:00AM
Race: W; Sex: M; Ethnicity: N
STATUS: STATUS - *RELEASED* BOND: $2,500.00 CASH: $0.00 FINE: $0.00
Personal Information
Name ARBOUR ANTHONY Booking No. 02024813
Eyes HAZ Hair GRY Build LAR Current Age 59 Height 5'07 Weight 190 SOID 00305973 SOID Name ARBOUR, ANTHONY JOHN
Race W Sex M Ethn N POB NH DOB 07/01/1954 Arrest Age47
Address 1505 PRIMROSE LN DAYTONA BEACH FL 32117
Arrest Agency HCSO Arrest Date May 1 2002 Arrest Time 12:00 am Book Date May 1 2002 Book Time 12:00 am
Arrest Location VOLUSIA CO Jurisdiction OJ
Release Data DOES NOT OCCUPYA CELL - RELEASED ON: 05/02/2002 AT 05:39 -REL:SURETY BOND
Additional Information
OBTS Caution Ind. Caution Remarks
13544793
Attorney NONE
Employer NONE
Charges
No. Charge Description Class Court DISP Bond BPFine Custody Days ChargeCount Charge Type
1 BURGLARY OF A DWELLING F2 31O PENDING $1,250.00 B 1 0 CAPIAS
Report # CT-Case # Date Agency OBTS Number Charge Code CRA Number
93015180 9302640 05/01/2002 HCSO 13544793 BURG3000428950

Nashua Telegraph (NH) -- Thursday 19 Feb 2004
Merrimack District Court
On 27 Jan Judge Clifford Kinghorn presided.
Merrimack Cases
Anthony Arbour, 48, 33 Hall St., Manchester, pleaded no contest to criminal threatening and was sentenced to the House of Corrections for 180 days, deferred for one year ongood behavior, no contact with the victim. Complaints of breach of bail conditions and violation of a protectiveorder were dropped.

The Union Leader (Manchester, NH) -- 06 Mar 2004
MANCHESTER CRIMEWATCH -- City man, 49, is chargedwith illegal drug offenses
Manchester -- Police yesterday arrested Anthony Arbour, 49, of 33 Hall St., and charged him with possession of a narcotic drug with intentto distribute, possession of a narcotic drug, possession of a prescription drugnot kept in its proper container, and felon in possession of a deadly weapon. Officers went to the Queen City Inn, 138 Queen CityAve., at about 6 yesterday morning to assist emergency medical personnel who hadresponded to a report of a possibleoverdose. Police said they found a man, later identified as Arbour, in the lobby. In conducting their follow-up investigation, officers were directed to a room with an open door. Police reported finding 44 pills of what is alleged to be the prescription drug Celexa, about78 grams ofcocaine, and drug paraphernalia. During the investigation, a knife was allegedlyfound in Arbour 's possession, leading to the felon in possession charge.
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Nashua Telegraph (NH) -- Monday 10 Aug 2009
Anthony J. "Tony" Arbour, 55, of Manchester, NH, died at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester onSaturday 8 August 2009. He was born in Nashuaon 1 July 1954, a son of Therese (Caron) Arbour Somes of Manchester and the late Conrad Arbour.Hewas educated in Nashua and Manchester, NH. Tony had been employed for a short time by Keystone Hall in Nashua. He enjoyed motorcycling and all types of sports. He was a member of AA for many years and did some sponsoring for AA as well. In additionto his mother Therese Somes of Manchester, survivors include four sisters; Angela J. Chasse ofManchester, Marie Y. Hurley of Nashua, Margaret Roberts and her husband Jack of Manchester; and Carmyn Young and her husband James of Hillsboro, abrotherThomas J. Arbour of Manchester, an aunt and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.Services: Visiting hours will be held at the Davis Funeral Home, One Lock St., Nashua on Tuesday evening from 5-8 pm. Friends are invited to attend. His funeral servicewill be private and held at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in StLouis Cemetery, Nashua. Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider a memorial donation to: Keystone Hall, Pine Street Extension, Nashua, NH 03060or to Tirrell-Halfway House, 15-17 Brook Street, Manchester, 03104.The DavisFuneral Home in Nashua is in charge of arrangements. An online guest book is available at www.davisfuneralhomenh.com.

Online Guest Book for Tony . . .
Kenny& Joanne Ball -- 10 Aug 2009 at 8:55 am
Oursincerecondolences to Tony's family and friends. "You were always a good friend and Power of example in recovery. We'll meet again and do some riding on the other side." -- RIP Bro -- Kenny &Jo
Robin Sanborn-- 10 Aug 2009 at 9:37 am
I didn'tknow Tony long, but I came to know him in the past few years asmy boyfriend's (Julio) most trusting and caring friend. He always saidhe would give me a ride on his bike, and Ineverthought hewouldn't be around long enough. He never complained. He was always a happy man whenever we saw him. "TONY, you became my friend as well as Julio's and you can BET Itoo will miss you." your friend Robin
Julio Chea -- 10 Aug 2009at 9:55 am
Tony, what can you say about a man whohasgiven so much of him self to help others? I came to know Tony years agoat AA meetings. He became one of my most trusted and closest friends. He was a caring and wonderful person. I feel lucky to haveknown this man, a man I can say gaveso much of himself to help others. Tony, I will truly miss you my friend. "YOU CAN BET ON IT." your friend JULIO
Lisa Tonneson -- 10 Aug 2009 at 10:05 am
Tony was a man I am proud to have called a great friend.And what a great friend hewas....always giving selflessly of himself to others and wasalways there to lend a hand or ear. I was privileged enough to be invited to "the man room" in his house where the guys would sit around, watch thegameandsmokecigars....allgoodtimes and laughter!! He befriended my daughter as well and I'll never forget when she & I were at a yard sale and saw this little stuffed bear dressed up as a biker bear....we both looked at each other and said "We've got toget thisforTony!" We did and he loved it!! He did so much for so many...my only regret is that I did not know he was ill and get to say goodbye...but I am so glad he did not suffer and that he died sober....he was a huge power of exampletome and alwayswill be. I feel so priviged and honored to have had him in my life.
Eric R Woods -- 10 Aug 2009 at 2:09 pm
Goodbye Tony, you were a trusted and dear friend. I would like all to know that Tony would help anyone at anytime.Tony's serviceto others in the program was always unconditional.

 Nashua Telegraph (NH) -- Thursday 19 Jun 1975
ANGELINA M. BILODEAU
Mrs. Angelina M. (Arbour) Bilodeau, 69, of 22 Stevens Ave, a native andlifelong resident of Nashua, died at a local hospital this morning following a short illness. She was born in this city 22 May 1906, daughterof the late William and Delima (Theberge) Arbour. She was the wife of the late Antonio Bilodeau, who died in this city on 6 Aug 1964. Prior to retirement, Mrs. Bioldeau had been employed for several years at the Nashua Mfg Co. She was educated in Nashua schools and was a communicantof St-Louis-de-Gonzague Church. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Blanche Marquis and Mrs. Odile Desmarais, both of Nashua; also several nieces, nephews, and cousins. The Anctil Funeral Home Inc is in charge of the arrangements.

Nashua Telegraph (NH) -- Saturday 21 Jun 1975
ANGELINA BILODEAU
Funeral services for Angelina (Arbour) Bilodeau of 22 Stevens Ave, wereheld this morning at 9 at the St-Louis-de-Gonzague Church with the Rev. Raymond Desjardins, pastor as the celebrant of the funeral Mass. The bearers were Edward Gagnon, Ralph Marquis, Roger Coulombe, Leo Barriault, Roland Ayotte, and Bryant O'Shea. Burial was in the family lot in St-Louis-de-Gonzague Cemetery. Fernand Desjardins was the funeral director.

 New York Times (NY) -- 11 Jul 1948
FITZ-GIBBON--ARBOUR
New Rochelle, NY, 10 July -- Miss Shirley A. Arbour, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett J. Arbour, was married here this morning to Dr. JohnH. Fitz-Gibbon, son of Mrs. John Fitz-Gibbon of Holyoke, MA, and the late Dr. Fitz-Gibbon, in the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family. The ceremony was performed by Msgr. Charles E. Fitzgerald. The Rev. John B. Hughes was the celebrant of thenuptual mass. The bride had as attendantsher sisters, Mrs. William T. Shaw Jr. and Miss JoEllen Arbour. Frank J. Fitz-Gibbon was his brother's best man. A small reception was held atthe home of the bride's parents. The bride studied at Mount St Joseph Academy in West Hartford, CT, and the College ofNew Rochelle. Dr. Fitz-Gibbon attended Providence College and was graduated from the College of Dental and Oral Surgery at Columbia University. He is studying for a medical degree at the Tufts College Medical School.
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Union-News (Springfield, MA) -- 20 Feb 1991 -- p19
Shirley (Arbour) Fitz-Gibbon, 67, of University Park and formerly of 4 Lexington Ave., a retired trust officer at Bank of Boston in Springfield, died on Tuesday in Holyoke Hospital. Born in New Britain, CT, she attended local schools, and was graduated from New Rochelle, NY, College.She lived in Holyoke for many years, and was a communicant of Holy Cross Church. Her husband, Dr. John H. Fitz-Gibbon, a local plastic surgeon, died in 1975. She leaves a son, attorney John H. Fitz-Gibbon of Easthampton; a daughter, Amy Eaccarino of Flushing, NY; her father, EverettJ. Arbour of Delray Beach, FL; two sisters, Jo-Ellen Jensen of Glastonbury,CT, and Frances Shaw of Beacon, NY, and two grandchildren. The funeral will be on Thursday morning at James P. Hobert & Sons Funeral Home and the church, with burial in St Jerome's Cemetery. Calling hoursare this afternoon and evening. Memorial contributions may be made to Holyoke Hospital, 575 Beech St., Holyoke, 01040.
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Bio from Facebook 09 Mar 2010:
09 Mar 1923 -- Born in New Britain, CT, Shirley A. ARBOUR was one of 3 daughters of Everett J. ARBOUR and HelenI. DERY. Shirley lived quite the privileged life and attended only the best schools, as her father wasthe magnate of a huge transportation company. She studied at Mount St Joseph Academy in West Hartford, CT, and the College of New Rochelle inNY. When she was 25-years old, Shirley married John H. FITZ-GIBBON, who was trained as a dentist and plastic surgeon. They had 2 children together. For some time in her life, Shirley worked as a trust officer at Bank of Boston in Springfield, MA. John died in 1975, but Shirley liveduntil 19 Feb 1991, when she passed away in New Rochelle, NY.