
ARBOUR Medard Laurent
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Nom ARBOUR Medard Laurent Naissance 30 juil 1829 Joliette, Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada
Genre Masculin Inhumation déc 1889 [[St Mary'S Catholic Cemetery in Beaverville, Illinois, USA] - Beaverville] - Iroquois County, Illinois, Usa
Décès 09 déc 1889 Beaverville, Iroquois County, Illinois, Usa
Notes - Notes from Medard's great-grandson Arthur William BIERMAN of Venura, CA:
THE ARBOURS AND COTES
Religion, a chance to maintain their French Culture, and farming brought the Arbours and Cotes to Iroquois County. Charles Chiniquay, a priestfrom Quebec, Canada, encouraged the earliest settlers tomigrate from Quebec to Beaverville and thesurrounding towns of Lerable/St Anne. The Arbours and Cotes moved to the Beaverville area around 1870. In the mid 1850s, England overtook Canada so French Canadians were being forced togive up their French heritage. Father Chiniquay, lookingfor a better life, sailed down the Great Lakes to Northern Illinois. He saw rich farmland and returned to Canada to write articles urging French Canadians to migrate to Illinois. He brought followers who started the L'erable, Beaverville, StMarie, and St Anne Catholic Churches. Founding families came to Illinois by way of the Great Lakes. They purchased wheelbarrows in Chicago for their belongings and continued walking for 85 miles. Thenewly settled communities of these FrenchCanadian inhabitants were basically stable until 1860 when Chiniquay became too controversial for the Catholic church who excommunicated him for performing mass in French (instead of Latin) and for being married. This split the communities again with some following Chiniquayandothers remaining Roman Catholic. Many families never spoke to each other again. Chiniquay later founded anew Presbyterian church.
___Another note from Arthur William BIERMAN: Medard died about 1890.
From the St Mary's Church register:
Burial 18
11 Dec 1889 Medard Arbour
Died 9 Dec at the age of about 62 years, spouse in 2nd marriage to Clementine Cote
Present: Celestin Cote & Narcisse Cote
___Great tragedy seems to have struck this family. Of the known circumstances surrounding the deaths of 3 of Medard's sons from wife Clementine, they are all tragic: one was thrown out of a moving car, one was runover by a train, and one died alonein the State Hospital. And then Medard died at age 60, leaving many small children at home. It was at this point, that the kids likely dropped out ofschool. Young Charles only received a first grade education.
ID personne I1370 Arbour-Harbour Dernière modif. 14 oct 2026
Père ARBOUR Laurent, n. 30 nov 1802, [Saint-Paul, J0k 3e0] - Québec, Lanaudière, Canada
d. après août 1872 (Âgé de > 70 ans)Mère LAVOIE Marie, n. vers 1805 d. vers 1842, [Saint-Paul, J0k 3e0] - Québec, Lanaudière, Canada
(Âgé de 37 ans)Mariage 02 août 1825 [[Église de Saint-Paul, Lanaudiere, Canada] - Saint-Paul, J0k 3e0] - Quebec, Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada
ID Famille F1044 Feuille familiale | Tableau familial
Famille 1 
GUERNON Domithilde, n. 29 sept 1837, Saint-Jacques, Lanaudière, Québec, Canada
d. entre déc 1871 et oct 1873, Beaverville, Iroquois County, Illinois, Usa
(Âgé de 34 ans)Mariage 13 fév 1855 [[Église de Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm, Lanaudiere, Canada] - Saint-Jacques] - Quebec, Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada
Enfants 1. ARBOUR Armand, n. 08 mars 1856, Saint-Jacques, Lanaudière, Québec, Canada
d. 02 jan 1857, Saint-Jacques, Lanaudière, Québec, Canada
(Âgé de 0 ans)2. ARBOUR Domithilde, n. 27 avr 1857, Sainte-Julienne, Lanaudière, Québec, Canada
d. entre jan 1877 et 1885, Beaverville, Iroquois County, Illinois, Usa
(Âgé de 19 ans)3. ARBOUR Marie-Julie-Cesarine (Georgianna), n. 11 fév 1859, Sainte-Julienne, Lanaudière, Québec, Canada
d. oui, date inconnue4. ARBOUR Georgina, n. 17 mai 1860, Quebec, 62020, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada
d. après mars 1900, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, Usa
(Âgé de > 40 ans)5. ARBOUR Georgiana, n. 26 mars 1862, Beaverville, Iroquois County, Illinois, Usa
d. 20 déc 1864, Beaverville, Iroquois County, Illinois, Usa
(Âgé de 2 ans)6. ARBOUR Armeline, n. 19 mai 1864, Beaverville, Iroquois County, Illinois, Usa
d. 30 mars 1919, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, Usa
(Âgé de 54 ans)7. ARBOUR Joseph, n. 01 avr 1867, Beaverville, Iroquois County, Illinois, Usa
d. 23 juil 1923, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, Usa
(Âgé de 56 ans)8. ARBOUR Georges H(Regis Or Bud), n. 18 jan 1868, Beaverville, Iroquois County, Illinois, Usa
d. 24 fév 1944, Santa Clara County, Usa
(Âgé de 76 ans)9. ARBOUR Eugenie, n. 26 jan 1869, Iroquois County, Illinois, Usa
d. 1870, Iroquois County, Illinois, Usa
(Âgé de 0 ans)10. ARBOUR Regis, n. 27 mars 1870, Iroquois County, Illinois, Usa
d. mai 1882, Iroquois County, Illinois, Usa
(Âgé de 12 ans)11. ARBOUR Victor, n. vers 1871, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, Usa
d. 11 sept 1938, California, Madera County, Usa
(Âgé de 67 ans)12. ARBOUR Josephine, n. 19 déc 1871, Iroquois County, Illinois, Usa
d. après avr 1930 (Âgé de > 59 ans)ID Famille F1151 Feuille familiale | Tableau familial Dernière modif. 14 oct 2026
Famille 2 
COTE Clementine, n. vers 1843 d. 24 juin 1922, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, Usa
(Âgé de 79 ans)Mariage 05 oct 1873 [[Servants Of The Holy Heart Of Mary Church of Beaverville, USA] - Beaverville] - Iroquois County, Illinois, Usa
Enfants 1. ARBOUR Albert 2. ARBOUR Alvin 3. ARBOUR Walter 4. ARBOUR Eugene, n. 09 jan 1875, Beaverville, Iroquois County, Illinois, Usa
d. 13 mai 1944, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, Usa
(Âgé de 69 ans)5. ARBOUR Virginie, n. 05 août 1876, Iroquois County, Illinois, Usa
d. avant oct 1925 (Âgé de < 49 ans)6. ARBOUR Nelson(Narcisse-Benoni), n. 28 mai 1878, Beaverville, Iroquois County, Illinois, Usa
d. 09 oct 1925, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, Usa
(Âgé de 47 ans)7. ARBOUR Octave William, n. 16 avr 1880, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, Usa
d. 12 août 1941, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, Usa
(Âgé de 61 ans)8. ARBOUR Charly Call, n. 13 juin 1882, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, Usa
d. sept 1952, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, Usa
(Âgé de 70 ans)9. ARBOUR Mary Louise, n. 20 sept 1884, Beaverville, Iroquois County, Illinois, Usa
d. 21 juin 1976, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, Usa
(Âgé de 91 ans)ID Famille F1150 Feuille familiale | Tableau familial Dernière modif. 14 oct 2026
- Notes from Medard's great-grandson Arthur William BIERMAN of Venura, CA:
