Edouard is possibly a son of John and Genevieve. However, by 1891, he had been adopted by William HOGAN and Elizabeth RAIL. He continued to live with themin 1901, when he earned $180 that year by workingas a fisher.[1891,1901Census]

From Denis ARBOUR via email on 11 Nov 2008: I didn't notice before thatFrederick was probably a nickname for Alfred. When he joined the forces in Ontario, he probably used Frederick because it sounded more "English".

From Canadian Great War Project:
http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/searches/soldierDetail.asp?ID=87249
Sergeant Frederick Arbour
Regimental Number: 648031
Survived War: Yes
Force: Army
Regiment: Canadian Infantry
Place of Birth: Perce, Gaspe, Quebec
Country: Canada
Next of Kin: Alfred Arbour (father), Perce, Gaspe, Quebec
Address at Enlistment: North Bay, Ontario
Date of Birth: 15 June 1893
Trade or Calling: Carpenter
Marital Status: Single
Prior Military Experience: Yes
Place of Enlistment: North Bay, Ontario
Date of Enlistment: 03 February 1916
Age at enlistment: 22
Height: 5 Feet 7 Inches
Chest: 42 Inches
Expansion: 4 Inches
Religion: Roman Catholic
Enlisted or Conscripted: Enlisted
Saw service in: Unknown
Cause of Death: Survived
Prisoner of war: Not Specified
Gender: Male
Ethnic Origin: Caucasian
LAC Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 205 - 38
Rank Regiment Unit Company
Sergeant Canadian Infantry
Private Canadian Infantry 159th Battalion

Ottawa Citizen (ON) -- 15 Jan 1966
ARBOUR, Mrs. Lilliane -- In hospital, Thursday, 13 January 1966. Lilliane Madore, wife of Armand Arbour; age 53; dear mother of Mrs. Leonard Hagarty (Denise), FortErie; Miss Emilia, Ottawa; Miss Gracia, London; sister of Leo, Ernest, Lucien, Laurier, Mrs. George Mouton (Yvonne), New York; Mrs. Herman Roger (Blanche), Montreal; Mrs. Laurette Godbout, Eastview; Mrs. Marcel Rocheleau (Fleurette), Chicoutimi, QC; four grandchildren. Resting at Racine and Robert, 300 Olmstead Street, Eastview. Funeral Monday to St Charles Church for Requiem High Mass at 8. Interment Notre Dame, Ottawa.

Ottawa Citizen (ON) -- Saturday 13 Jul 2013
ARBOUR, Pierrette Louise (nee Bourgeois)
Peacefully on 3 July 2013 in her 89th year. Predeceased by her husband Roland. Dear mother of Carroll(Claire), Rachel (Joe Prince). Cherished grandmother of Karen (Al Ferland), Kelly (Chris McCaffrey), Tracy (Robert Halloran), Luc (Natalie), Marc (Shobhan), Lynn (Ricky Young), Eric (Melissa). Loving great-grandmother of Melanie, Mylene, Matthieu, Carrollynn, Nickolas, Alexi, Ethan, Megan, Ava, Madeleine, Hunter and Abbey. Sister of Claude Bourgeois (Jeannette). Predeceased by brother Guy andsister Berthe. Sister-in- law of Jeannine. Funeral mass at St Basil's Church, 940 Rex Ave. at 11:00 am Thursday, 18 July 2013. Special thanks to the Staff at Medex Extendicare Nursing Home.

The 1901 Census reports Israel as living in Montreal at the time of theCensus.
HARBOUR Israel 28 QC Montreal (City)/176 St-Jacques (Ward) subdistrict b-1 pg 2 line 34 fam 14
[HARBOUR Israel M Lodger S 21 Feb 1873 28]

La Presse (Montreal, QC) -- 05 Nov 1917 [English translation]
ARBOUR -- In Montreal, on 4 November 1917, Israel Arbour died, at the age of 44 years and 10 months. The funeral will be held on Wednesday, the 7th of this month. The funeral procession will begin at his residence, No 1071 Bordeaux Street, and go to the Immaculate Conception Church, where mass will be celebrated, and to the Cote-des-Neiges Cemetery, where the body will beinterred. Family and friends are asked to attend without further invitation.

La Presse (Montreal, QC) -- 05 Nov 1917 [original French]
ARBOUR -- A Montreal, le 4 November 1917, a l'age de 44 ans et 10 mois,est decede Israel Arbour. Les funerailles auront heti mercredi, le 7 courant. Le convoi funebre partina de sa demeure No 1071 rue Bordeaux pour se rendre a l'eglise Immaculee Conception ou le service sers celebre, et de la an cimiteiere de la Cote-de-Neiges, lieu de la sepulture. Parents et amis sont pries d'y assister sans autre invitation.

What happened to Raphael by 1930? He is nowhere to be found in the Census.[1930Census]

Perhaps this Raphael ARBOUR is the Raphael ARBOUR who married Rose GREGORY and had Mary and John Gregory ARBOUR as children.

What happened to Roland and Cleavie by the 1930 Census? Their two sons were living with Roland's parents in Augusta and Roland and Cleavie were nowhere tobe found.
--> Note added 19 Aug 2008: We now know that Cleavie ran off to Michigan by Nov 1924. But where was Roland?

 
US WWII Army Enlistment Records (1938-1946)
Name: Francis E Arbour
Birth Year: 1919; Race: White, citizen; Nativity State or Country: Connecticut; State: Connecticut; County or City: New London
Enlistment Date: 15 Mar 1941; Enlistment State: Connecticut; EnlistmentCity: Hartford; Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA;Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA; Grade: Private; Grade Code: Private; Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men); Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school; Marital Status: Single, without dependents; Height: 66; Weight: 127
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Bio from Facebook on 24 April 2010:
24 April 1919 -- Born in Willimantic, Connecticut, Francis E. ARBOUR was the 2nd of 4 children of machinist Joseph-Amedee ARBOUR and his wife Alexina PELLETIER. When Francis enlisted in the Army on 15 March 1941, he was noted to be 5' 6" tall, weighing 127 pounds. Little is known of his service during WWII, but after the war, Francis returned to Connecticut, married, and raised a family. Francis wed Carolyn L. VACCA in about 1948. Their daughter Francine was born the following year. Next came3sons through 1956. The family lived in New London, CT, during the early 1950s. However, by 1957 and through the 1960s, they lived in Mystic,CT, where Francis was a guard with the E B Company. Francis was just shy of his 56th birthday when hedied in West Haven, CT, on 26 March 1975. Just 3 months after his death, Carolyn married Lawrence H. PONT on 17June 1975 in Stonington, CT. Lawrence died on 19 January 2003; Carolynwas still living in their home in Pawcatuck, CT, at the time. Francis and Carolyn are known to have 2 grandchildren.
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US Department of VeteransAffairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Francis E Arbour
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 24 Apr 1919
Death Date: 26 Mar 1975
SSN: 045102582
Enlistment Date 1: 15 Mar 1941
Release Date 1: 12 Sep 1945

  can explain this one: Gisèle-Rolande-Renée was adopted. In the province of Quebec,when a child was legally adopted, the Court ordered the priest to create a "fake" baptismal recordto hidethe fact. The fake record reported the adoptive parents as being the biological parents. The child had no way of knowing he was adopted. The words "nous, prêtre soussigné avons baptisé" were crossed-out and replaced by "a été baptisé" clearly showing that the priest who wrote the record in 1937, did not actually baptise the child. She was baptised somewhere else on 28 Jun 1931. The record does not show a confirmation date; instead,the priest used thearea to add a note:

"N.B. Par ordre de la Cour Sup. à Montréal, 7 Nov 1936, No. 583
Cette note ne doit apparaître sur les certificats
que dans le cas de nécessité absolue"

"N.B. Byorder of the Superior Court in Montreal, 7 Nov 1936, No. 583
The above note must not appear on any certificate unless there is an absolute need to do so."

I found something interesting on the same page: Right below the first entry,there is short entry for Marie-Marguerite-Rita LARIVÉE thatsays her baptismal record will be found on page 1 of year 1938. Another adopted child. You will probably find such a reference for Gisèle-Rolande-Renée on the page where her baptism date (28 Jun 1931) fits.

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I wonder if this family thought they would never have biological children of their own so they adopted in 1936. Later they were able tohave children and their family grew larger . . . or should I be suspicious of adoptions there, too?

From Denis ARBOUR via email on 02 May 2008: Strange. On her original baptismal record, back in 1931, her parents are reported as"unknown" but her godparents are the same as on the "fake" record. They are close relatives to René and Yvonne. Audélie LAVOIE is René's sister-in-law and Roland ROCHON is probably Yvonne's brother. I have a feeling Gisèle-Rolande-Renée is René and Yvonne's illegitimate daughter.

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From Denis ARBOUR via email on 04 May 2008: In order to adopt a child, you need to be patient (in the province of Quebec, that is). It'salong process before the Court will finally grant permission tolegally adopt a child. It can explain the delay.

 : After her death, Virginie's body was transported back to Quebec for burial. As Louis was also ill with the flu, he was unable to attend the services.

 Immigration: 1894from Canada to USA

 Diana L Arbour, (DROZ)54, of 218 Nutmeg Dr Torrington, CT
Diana L Arbour, 54, of 218 Nutmeg Dr Torrington, CT died Sunday, December 18th, at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital.
Diana was born in Hartford, CT on May 21, 1957, daughter of Peter and Evelyn Droz. She was a graduate of Hall High in West Hartford.
Diana is survived by a daughter, Elizabeth Arbour and a son,William Dumbschatt as well as a brother Peter Droz and a sister in law JacquelineSchupp. She was predeceased by fiancAC. John C. Dumbschatt. The familywill receive relatives and friends Thursday Dec. 22 from 6-8 PM at 218Nutmeg Dr Torrington. www.phalenfuneral.com Memorial Contributions to William Dumbschatt Trust c/o the family.

 According to his WWI DraftRegistration, Joseph was born 05 Sep 1880. He was of medium height andmedium build. He had brown eyes and dark hair.

 According to his WWI DraftRegistration, Joseph was of medium height and slender build. He had brown eyes and black hair.

 According to his WWI DraftRegistration, Omer was born on 02 Feb 1896. He was short and slender; his eyes were dark and his hair was dark.

According to the 1940 Census, Omer had completed 8th grade.

In 1940, Omer reported that he had earned $600 in 1939.

 According to his WWI DraftRegistration, William was born 12 Apr 1886. At the time, he was of medium height and a medium build; he had grey eyes and blackhair.

Upon his entry into the US at StAlbans, VT, in Dec 1916, William intended to go to Willimantic CT, where he would stay with his mother. He hadpreviously been in the US from 1906-1914 in WIllimantic. He was noted as 5'8" with a medium complexion, brown hair, and grey eyes. He carried$150 with him.

On 9 Jul 1919, William again returned to Canada, this time via the portof St-Armand, QC. The 33-year old baker claimed he was born in St-Raphael, QC, and was coming to Canada to stay. His last address in the US was 237 Main St, Willimantic, CT. He claimed he had been in the US since25 Nov 1916, which is corroborated by the above entry. William had a train ticket from Willimantic to Montreal, QC, aboard Train #3. He was in apparent "good" health and carried with him $175. It was also noted that William could both read and write.

 According to records, the divorce between Darrell and Ethel was granted to the Wife on the grounds of Gross Neglect/Extreme Cruelty.
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On 23 May 1947, a ship named Colonel arrived in Marquette, MI, from Britt, ON. The ship was owned by the War-Shipping Administration and was of the Cleveland Cliffs line. Darrell served as Watchman aboard this ship, having identified himself as French-USA.
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SanduskyDaily Register (OH) -- Apr 2003
Darrell G. "Chip" Arbour, 75, formerly of 114 Shumaker Drive, Bellevue,and recently residing in Ohio Veterans Home, Sandusky, died Wednesday,09 April 2003, at Firelands Regional Medical Center, Sandusky.Calling hours will be from 1 pm Saturday until services at 3 pm in Foos & Son Funeral Home, 311 W Main St, Bellevue.
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US Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Darrell G Arbour
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 8Dec 1927
Death Date: 9 Apr 2003
SSN: 283207284
Branch 1: NAVY
Enlistment Date 1: 29 Jun 1945
Release Date 1: 2 Aug 1946
Branch 2: NAVY
Enlistment Date 2: 28 Nov 1950
Release Date 2: 21 Jan 1952

 According to Scott LaVINE:Rose and her daughter Marguerite moved to Malone, NY, around 1912, shortly after the death of Vital, although his exact date ofdeath has not been determined. --> nb: Seemingly Rose and dau moved to NY later, after Oct 1915.

From Scott LaVINE on 31 Mar 2007: I always thought that Vital Arbour died sometime priorto 1912 and that my grandmother Margaret had come to Malone condsiderably earlier than 1918. They did live with Monsignor Edouard Blanchard who was pastor at Notre Dame church in Malone. Father Blanchard died in 1923. The first mention of Margaret Arbour in the Malone Farmer occurs in July 1912 when she won a $5 award at the St Joseph'sSchool commencement. I do have a photo of Vital and Rose Blanchard Arbour and I also have their original marriage contract in my collection back in Norwood, NY. Rose Arbour died suddenly on 19 March 1925 of heartdisease at the home of Gilbert and Margaret Arbour LaVine.

From Scott LaVINE on 01 May 2007: The mystery deepens. The Malone Farmer online newspaper makes no mention of him dying in Malone as it did other close relatives of Father Blanchard. I wasjust 21 when Margaret Arbour LaVine died and the story we were always told was that my grandmother had come to Malone to live after her father had died....no mention of him dying in Malone. I wonder if he had come to Malone for medical help or if he was stricken here while visiting Father Blanchard. Grandmother had a relative who died in a fire. We always thought that was her father, but perhaps it was her grandfather, the 1st Vital. Your researchindicated that he was only about40 when he died. Hmmmm?

Vital's Burial Record, as translated by Scott LaVINE on 30 Apr 2007: "The twelfth of October, 1915, we the undersigned priest, buried in the cemetery of this parish, the body of Vital Arbour, spouse of RoseDelima Blanchard, deceased at Malone NY the 10th of October at the age of 74 years. Present at the morning burial: John and Albert Arbour who did nothave to sign. Reading given. Father Armand Dussault"

 According to the 1901 Census, Theophile and family owned a three-room house with one outbuilding on 135 acres of Granier Concession. They lived next door to the public school, which was naturally run by the Church in this very Catholic community.

 According to the 1917 Connecticut Military Census . . .
George Xavier ARBOUR
res 570 E Main St on 01 Mar 1917
occ Factory Foreman, The Stanley Rule & Level Co, New Britain CT
34 yrs 5' 10" 145 lbs
married with 1 child
no other military service
serious disability - Piles
Can you . . . Ride a horse Y Handle a team Y Drive an automobile Y Ridea motorcycle N Understand telegraphy N Operate a wireless N Any experience with a steam engine N Any experience with electrical machinery N handle a boat, power or sail N Any experience in simple coastwise navigation N Any experience with High Speed Marine Gasoline Engines N Are youa good swimmer Can Swim

According to his WWI Draft Registration, George was tall with a slenderbuild; he had brown eyes and brown hair.

On 24 Apr 1942, George registered for the Draft. On that date, he was described as 5' 10" and160 lbs, with brown eyes,grey-brown hair, and a ruddy complexion. His wife was recorded as his next of kin.

 Apparently, Andre and family lived in Massachusetts from about 1872 through 1880, but then moved to Quebec before the 1881 Census. What happened to Andre and Mary's 3 daughters who lived with themin 1880but not in 1881? Two of these daughters appeared again in 1900, when the family lived in Fitchburg, MA, along with their son who was born in late 1881. Perhaps the family never really lived in Quebec in 1881. Perhaps they left Quebecin 1872 and everyone believed they would return home one day so told the census taker in 1881 that they still livedthere. Then again, maybe the family did move away in 1872, but Andre and wife returned home in 1881 to visit family or to settletheir Canadian affairs before returning to Massachusetts.By the Census of 1910, Andre and Mary had 6 children, only 5 of whom were living.
--> How can this be? In the 1920 Census, after Andre had died, Mary lived with 4 of their grown children, 3 of whom weremarried but did nothave their spouses with them.
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 ARBOUR, Ella Geraldine (nee Dubeau)Suddenly, on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 in Hull hospital, at the age of 62 years. Beloved wife of Roger Arbour Sr. Predeceased by her parents Archille Dubeau & Viola Dagenais. Loving mother of Roger Arbour Jr (Mylene) & Lynn (Glen Campbell). Cherished Nannie of Chelsea, Colby, Brody, Rebeka & Kristopher. Dear sister of Noella (James Crawford), Alma (Gerald Corriveau & the late RonaldDubeau), Daniel (Denise), Marie (Doug Foley) & Anne (André Dumouchel). Sister-in-law of Kay & Irene & predeceased by sisters-in-law Lilliane, Shirley, Jean & Barbara-Ann and brothers-in- law Leo, Ernest, Bernie & Donald. Survived by many nieces, nephews & friends. Friends may call atW.J. Hayes & Sons Funeral Home, 134 Centre St., Shawville, Quebec on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 from 2:00 - 4:00 & 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. & Wednesday, February 12,2014 from 9:30-10:30 a.m.Funeral Wednesday, February 12, 2014. at 11:30 a.m. in St. John the Evangelist Church, 160 Front Street, Campbell's Bay, Quebec. Spring interment in parish cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to St. John the Evangelist Parish Cemetery or Heart& Stroke Foundation would be appreciated. - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ottawacitizen/obituary.aspx?pid=169565547#sthash.hGuLMMJa.dpuf

 ARBOUR, Fred d 05 Mar 1936Duluth, St Louis Co, MN [Cert #211]

Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990 for Fred Arbour
Name: Fred Arbour
Gender: Male
Death Date: 05 Mar 1936
Death Place: Duluth, St Louis, Minnesota
Age: 47
Birth Date: 1889
Father's Name: John Arbour
Mother's Name: Jane Hicksins
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I09903-0
System Origin: Minnesota-EASy
Source Film Number: 2242391
Reference Number: cn 28860

Fred appears to have believed that he was born in Perce, QC, on 13 Sep 1886. He states that he emigrated to the US from Canada via the vessel Easton, leaving Port Arthur, ON, on 30 Sep 1908 and arriving in Duluth,MN, on 02 Oct 1908. This was noted in his petition for US Citizenship,which was filed on 27 Jul 1918, in San Diego, CA. He swore his allegiance to the US that same day, while a US Soldier stationed at Camp Kearny, San DiegoCo, CA.

 As reported in the 1901 Census, Jean earned $250 that year as a fisher and farmer. Although the family seemed to be well-entrenched in Perce, the enticements of the lumber trade in Ontario must have called them there. The family was know to be living in Ontario by July 1903 and Jean died just a few years later. The family then packed up and moved once again, this time to the United States, where they settled in Rhode Island.

 Benjamin's WWI Draft Registration reported him as being tall with a slender build, light blue eyes, and brown hair

 Bio from Facebook on 15 Feb 2010:
15 Feb 1857 -- Cleophas ARBOUR was born in St-Raphael, QC, as the 8th of 9 children of Michel ARBOUR and MargueriteDUBREUIL. Cleophas came from a long line of farmers and continued that trend for himself. On 05 Feb 1883, he wed 15-year old Marie-Melina PICARD. From 1884 to 1899, Melina gave them 11 children, alsocontinuing the trend of a fantastic Catholic birthrate. In 1900, the large family decided to further the emigration trend of many ARBOURs before them when they moved to Willimantic, Connecticut. However, the move seems to have sealed Cleophas' fate. He became ill and just 8 days later he was dead of acute pneumonia on 05 Jul 1902, at the age of45. He was buried in St Joseph's Catholic Cemeteryin Willimantic, CT. Melina lived many more years, seeing at least 18 grandchildren born, before she died in Willimantic on 12 Oct 1930.

 Bio from Facebook on 20 April 2010:
20 April 1966 -- Today's person of interest should definitely still be with us and not in his grave in Ontario. John Michael ARBOUR was the youngest of 6 childrenof Napoleon ARBOUR and Julia RIVEST. Very little isknown of John's life, except that he died before his father and motherand no parent ever wishes that. John died on 14 September 1997, and was buried in St Joachim Catholic Cemetery in Windsor, Ontario.

 By the time of the 1895 Minnesota State Census, Joe and family had lived in MN for 7 years and inMinneapolis for 5 years.

According to the 1920 Census, Joseph-Chrysostome was born in Aug 1850.

During the 1930 Census, Joseph was listed as being married but his wifeseems to be absent from their home.

Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990 for Joseph Christopher Arbour
Name: Joseph Christopher Arbour
Gender: Male
Death Date: 23 Apr 1938
Death Place: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
Age: 86
Birth Date: 1852
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Arthemes Arbour
Father's Name: Christopher Arbour
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B02544-8
System Origin: Minnesota-EASy
Source Film Number: 2243079
Reference Number: 19279

 Chicago Daily Tribune (IL)-- 05 Mar 1876
ARBOUR -- In this city, 3 March 1876, of abcess of the liver, Mr. PeterArbour aged 35 years. Funeral services on Sunday, 5 March, at 11 o'clock, from his residence, 52 Augusta St, to Rosehill Cemetery. La Minerveand Daily Witness of Montreal (Canada) please copy.

 Chilliwack Progress (BC) -- Wednesday 28 Apr 2010
ARBOUR, Eileen
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of our Mom, Eileen Arbour on April 28th, 2010. Eileen made her home in Terrace, BC and retired to Chilliwack in 1986. Predeceased by her husband Albert (Bert) &son-in-law Doug Thomson. Survived by six daughters Diane (Les) Watmough, Dorothy Thomson Carol (Steve) Reynolds, June (Richard) Steele, Joan (Ernie)Iwaskow, Sharon (Evan) Fitzer, nine grandchildren & 14 great-grandchildren. In Terrace Eileen worked for Bert’s Grocery, The Co-op and Safeway. Mom enjoyed serving the public. She always had a friendly smile and a helping hand. In Chilliwack Mom was involved with curling & spent many hours volunteering at the Valley Haven Lodge. No one was more proud of her children & their accomplishments. A special thank you to Dr. Weatherston for all his support and care he gave our Mom. By request aprivate family service will be held at a later date.In lieu of flowers a donation may be made to the Alzheimer Society. Mom, may your flowers bloom in heaven as they did for your garden. P.S. Say hi to Dad.

 Chronicle-Journal (ThunderBay, ON) -- Monday 07 Jul 2008
ARBOUR, Beth
The family sadly announces the unexpected passing of Beth Arbour who diedpeacefully in her sleep at her residence on Sunday, 6 July 2008, in her 92nd year. She had been blessed with excellent health and was independent and active to her very last day. Beth was born in Folkstone, England, on 17 September 1915, and came to Canada as a very young child with her parents William and Helen Balcombe. She grew up in Port Arthur with her five siblings attending Cornwall PublicSchool and Port Arthur Technical High School. She married Dona Arbour on 23 October 1937. In their early years together they lived on army bases and in Geraldton afterthe war. In 1949, they came to Port Arthur with their two daughters Donalda and Marilyn. Beth was a loving and supportive wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She will be deeply missed by herfamily, friends, and neighbours. Her main interests were her family, home and garden, and her friends from Branch #5 Legion of which she was a lifetime member. Beth was predeceased by her parents, brothers: John, Ken, and RaymondBalcombe, sisters: Nellie Douglas and IsabelBalcombe, and her beloved husband of 63 years, Dona Arbour. She is survived by her daughters Donalda Vonk (Wim) and Marilyn Yurick (Glenn), granddaughtersSheryl Watson (Dale) and Carolyn and Jennifer Vonk, andone precious great grandson Tai Watson.As per Beth's request cremation has taken place and funeral services will be held on Wednesday, 9 July 2008, at 11:00 am in theSargent & Son Funeral Home, 21 N. Court Street with Archdeacon Mark S. Conliffe presiding. All services will conclude in the chapel and a reception will be held in the Sargent Family Reception Centre. Should friends desire, memorial donations to the Branch #5 Building Fund would be appreciated.

 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]