Grave has been located immigrant - Canada to US  male ancestor  Édouard  VANSLETTE (VINCELETTE)

  (b. 23 July 1830 Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada   d. 8 December 1893 Montague, Massachusetts, USA )  

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Édouard VANSLETTE (VINCELETTE) was born 23 July 1830 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

Édouard VANSLETTE (VINCELETTE) was the child of Pierre VINCELET (VINCELETTE)   and   Charlotte BERTRAND and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-Marie VINCELET dit LABOSSIERE and Marie-Brigitte GUYON (maternal)  Simon BERTRAND and Ursule GALIPEAU

Édouard was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1870.

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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Édouard  married  Armena "Hermenie" RACICOT 28 January 1851 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Armena "Hermenie" RACICOT  was born abt. 1828 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Armena "Hermenie" died 26 April 1890 in Montague, Massachusetts, USA (Millers Falls) (Turners Falls).  Armena "Hermenie" was the child of Isidore-Theophile RACICOT and Marie-Marguerite MASSÉ.

Édouard VANSLETTE (VINCELETTE) died 8 December 1893 in Montague, Massachusetts, USA .





died in the village of Turners Falls


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Did You Know? Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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birth1830 Birth
23 July 1830
Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1851 Marriage / Partner
Édouard VANSLETTE (VINCELETTE) and Armena "Hermenie" RACICOT 28 January 1851, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire)

He was 20 years old.
1851 Birth of Child
Alfred VANSLETTE (VINCELETTE) was born 6 December 1851, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Édouard was 21 years old.
1855 Birth of Child
Joseph VANSLETTE (VINCELETTE) was born 25 March 1855, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Édouard was 24 years old.
1857 Birth of Child
Edward VANSLETTE (VINCELETTE) was born 24 March 1857, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Édouard was 26 years old.
1862 Birth of Child
Marie Victoria VANSLETTE (VINCELETTE) was born September 1862, Isle La Motte, Vermont, USA (Vineyard)

Édouard was 32 years old.
marriage1875 Marriage of Child
Edward VANSLETTE (VINCELETTE) married 15 August 1875, Montague, Massachusetts, USA (Millers Falls) (Turners Falls) to Sophie Zepherine TENANCOUR
1880 - Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts
Name Edward Vancelette Sr.
Age 55
Birth Year abt 1825
Birthplace Canada
Home in 1880 Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts
Race White
Gender Male
Relation to Head of House Self
Marital Status Married
Spouse's Name Armena Vancelette
Father's Birthplace Canada
Mother's Birthplace Canada
Occupation Blacksmith
Household Members
Name Age
Edward Vancelette Sr. 55
Armena Vancelette 52
Victoria Vancelette 15
Georginna Vancelette 10
Joseph Vancelette 25
Kate Vancelette 24
1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1890 Death of Spouse/Partner
Armena "Hermenie" RACICOT died 26 April 1890, Montague, Massachusetts, USA (Millers Falls) (Turners Falls)
death1893 Death
8 December 1893
Montague, Massachusetts, USA

He died at the age of 63.

Edouard is buried at: Ste-Anne's Cemetery, Turners Falls, Franklin, MA
Added: 7/5/2012 5:11:40 PM - Updated: 5/25/2024 5:42:28 PM

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