ARBOUR Peter
1876 - 1962 (85 ans)-
Nom ARBOUR Peter Naissance 24 oct 1876 [Waubaushene, L0k 2c0, Simcoe County] - Ontario, Canada 
Genre Masculin Décès 09 sept 1962 [Wentworth County] - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Notes On 16 June 1891, 14-year old Peter, along with his brother Baptiste,was confirmed into the Catholic Church by Reverend John McABLE, Archbishop of Toronto, while at St Margaret's in Midland. Peterand Philomene's lives are a tragic love story. Initially, Peter's younger brother Baptiste made a play for Philomene, but when Peter saw her, he as much as told his brother to move over, that she wasthe one for him. There were no hard feelings as Peter and Baptiste were the best of friends. Philomene was apparently quite the charmer. She loved to laugh and was full of life. Peter, a rough carpenter and general laborer, and Philomene hadfive children. In 1901, the young couple and their first daughter lived with Philomene's parents and eightof her siblings in a five-room house in Tay Township - the quintessential crowded house! Peter earned $330 that year at the mill. Shortly thereafter, they seem to have moved into their own house in Victoria Harbour, where their four other childrenwere born. Philomene then contracted a kidney ailment known as Bright's Disease or nephritis. She died at the age of 32, leaving her husband with five children, ages 2 to 11. Hilda, the oldest of them at age 11, helped to raise the family. AlthoughPhilomene was reportedly buried inSt Mary's Cemetery in Victoria Harbour, the cemetery transcriptions for St Mary's make no mention of her. Further, theburial register at St Margaret's in Midland says that she died on 25 May 1910 in Victoria Harbourand was buried in St Margaret's Cemetery. However, the cemetery transcriptions for St Margaret's alsomake no mention of Philomene. The Archives of Ontario does confirm her death in Victoria Harbour on 25 May 1910. In fact, the mystery of Philomene's final resting-place has persisted for many years. Bert, son of Peter and Philomene, is remembered by his widow Jessie as searching for his mother's gravesite for all of hisadult life, to noavail. Apparently, it was such a sad and painful subjectfor Peter that he never spoke of it to his children, who were all so young at the time of their mother's death. In the winter following her death, Peter did not work near their home inVictoria Harbour.Instead,he walked from there across the ice towork on the building of the grain elevators. He left on Monday mornings and came home on Friday nights. In between, anything the children needed was put on a "chit" at the company store and paid for when Peter returned. After Philomene's death,thechildren were taken under the wing of their Auntie Dellie, wife oftheir Uncle Baptiste. She gave the two boys, Lawrence and Herbie, odd jobs to do, like stacking wood, and in turn gave the family freshly-baked pies. A cleaning lady came in once a weekto do the heavy work. The family remained faithful and loyal to each other all their lives, each helping the other. The girls Hilda and Leda eventually found work in Toronto and were later followed by their brother Lawrence. At the age of 13, son Herbie, along with his little sister Delima, were moved to Hamilton, Ontario, by their father and into a boarding house. Peter then worked in construction down in Niagara Falls, again returning only on weekends. Peter was once asked about thehouse in Victoria Harbour, from which he had simply walked away. He said that when Philomene died, the house had no meaning. Peter did get to see his children grow and begin families of their own. In his later years, he lived with his eldest daughterHildaand her family in Hamilton. When Peter died, he was buried in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, located in nearby Burlington, Ontario, in anunmarked grave, according to his wishes.
ID personne I4351 Arbour-Harbour Dernière modif. 14 oct 2026
Père ARBOUR Francois-Xavier, n. 07 juin 1839, [Saint-Paul, J0k 3e0] - Québec, Lanaudière, Canada d. 27 avr 1929, [Victoria Harbour, Simcoe County] - Ontario, Canada (Âgé de 89 ans)Mère DESMARAIS Nathalie Athala, n. 11 avr 1843, Joliette, Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada d. 13 juin 1922, [Victoria Harbour, Simcoe County] - Ontario, Canada (Âgé de 79 ans)ID Famille F1312 Feuille familiale | Tableau familial
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ST-AMAND Philomène, n. 17 avr 1878, [Lafontaine, Simcoe County] - Ontario, Canada d. 25 mai 1910, [Victoria Harbour, Simcoe County] - Ontario, Canada (Âgé de 32 ans)Enfants 1. ARBOUR Marie Hilda, n. 08 juin 1898, [Waubaushene, L0k 2c0, Simcoe County] - Ontario, Canada d. 16 oct 1971, [Wentworth County] - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (Âgé de 73 ans)2. ARBOUR Florence Leda, n. 30 avr 1901, [Victoria Harbour, Simcoe County] - Ontario, Canada d. 1975, Ontario (Âgé de 73 ans)3. ARBOUR Joseph Arthur Lawrence, n. 23 juin 1903, [Victoria Harbour, Simcoe County] - Ontario, Canada d. 18 juin 1990, [Wentworth County] - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (Âgé de 86 ans)4. ARBOUR Herbert Jean-Baptiste, n. 24 juin 1905, [Victoria Harbour, Simcoe County] - Ontario, Canada d. 14 août 1963, [Port Dover, Haldimand-Norfolk County] - Ontario (Âgé de 58 ans)5. ARBOUR Marie Delima "Adeline", n. 05 oct 1907, [Victoria Harbour, Simcoe County] - Ontario, Canada d. oui, date inconnueID Famille F1379 Feuille familiale | Tableau familial Dernière modif. 14 oct 2026