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Rosaire Vachon

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Other Names: Jean Bernard Rosaire Vachon

Comments: As a young man, Rosaire wandered from his family home in L'Ange-Gardien, Rouville County, to the Abiti region of western quebec and to Hearst in northern Ontario. He probably worked in the lumber camps. On a visit to St-Gerard, back in Wolfe County, he me his wife, Lucille. They moved between southern Ontario, where he harvested tobacco in the summer, to Hearst in the winter. After 1965, he worked in a quarry in the L'Ange-Gardien area, then moved to St-Gerard to work in a saw mill and mine. In 1968, they were able to buy a farm on a beautiful piece of land in Fontainbleau. They harvested raspberries and maple syrup until they retired to a small home in Weedon in 1988.

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Birth / Death Information:
Birth Death
Date Location Date Location
31 October 1923 Weedon, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada 2 April 2010 Weedon, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada
Spouse / Partner Information:
Name Marriage Date Marriage Location Comments
Lucille Poulin 16 April 1955 St-Gerard, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada Born 11 March 1937.
Parent Information:
Name Relationship Comments
Ovila Vachon Father, Biological  
Marie Flore Cote Mother  
Sibling Information:
Name Relationship Comments
Marie Louise ANTOINETTE Vachon Sister Born 4 June 1912 in Weedon, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada.
Died 25 February 1996.
Married Dominique Bourque on 9 July 1930 in Weedon, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada.
Marie GERMAINE Jeanette Vachon Sister Born 25 April 1914 in Weedon, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada.
Died 26 April 1999.
Married Adolphe Baillargeon on 17 June 1936 in Weedon, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada.
Marie Rosa Anna "Rose Annette" Vachon Sister Born 12 October 1915 in Weedon, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada.
Died 16 April 1980.
Married Adjutor Gaulin on 17 June 1936 in Weedon, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada.
Marie Gertrude RITA Vachon Sister Born 8 May 1917 in Weedon, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada.
Died 15 June 2006.
Married Octave Choquette on 27 February 1943 in L'Ange-Gardien, Rouville, Quebec, Canada.
Joseph Jean Baptiste EMILE Vachon Brother Born 6 August 1918 in Weedon, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada.
Died 24 July 1985.
Married Laurette Robitaille on 9 December 1950 in L'Ange-Gardien, Rouville, Quebec, Canada.
Joseph Romeo ERNEST Vachon Brother Born 9 January 1920 in Weedon, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada.
Died 24 December 1998.
Married Laurette Fontaine on 1 September 1945 in Granby, Shefford, Quebec, Canada.
Joseph Raymond RENE Vachon Brother Born 23 February 1922 in Weedon, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada.
Died 27 March 1938.
Joseph Fernand RAOUL Vachon Brother Born 22 June 1925 in Weedon, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada.
Married Therese Blais on 7 July 1949 in Lingwick, Compton, Quebec, Canada.
Marie Therese SIMONNE Vachon Sister Born 18 February 1927 in Weedon, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada.
Married Simon Menard on 20 May 1948 in L'Ange-Gardien, Rouville, Quebec, Canada.
Joseph Joachim GERALD Vachon Brother Born 19 July 1929 in Fontainebleau, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada.
Married Laurianne Rousseau on 16 April 1955 in Lingwick, Compton, Quebec, Canada.
Joseph Gerard ALBERT Vachon Brother Born 22 August 1931 in Weedon, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada.
Died 25 September 1931.
Marie Olive RAYMONDE Vachon Sister Born 18 December 1932 in Fontainebleau, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada.
Married Francois Charland on 14 June 1952 in Granby, Shefford, Quebec, Canada.
Joseph BERTRAND Edgar Vachon Brother Born 20 September 1935 in Fontainebleau, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada.
Married Zelda Sue Patrick on 16 May 1959 in Idaho, USA.
Joseph Andres JACQUES Vachon Brother Born 31 March 1937 in Weedon, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada.
Married Simone Poulin on 7 September 1957 in St. Gerard, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada.
Children Information:
Name Other Parent Comments
Nicole Vachon Lucille Daughter, born 29 November 1955 in Hearst, Cochrane, Ontario, Canada.
Married Daniel Turgeon on 30 June 1973.
Roger Vachon Lucille Son, born 11 September 1957.
Married Claire Turcotte on 7 April 1979 in Victoriaville, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada.
Marcel Vachon Lucille Son, born 16 February 1959.
Married Louise Tremblay on 12 June 1982.
Richard Vachon Lucille Son, born 15 May 1960.
Died in accident on 17 August 1963 in St-Geraed, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada.
Johanne Vachon Lucille Daughter, born 24 November 1961.
Jean-Noël Vachon Lucille Son, born 3 January 1963.
Married Manon Coderre on 10 November 1984.
Married Guylaine Patry on 3 September 1994 in Weedon.
Marc Vachon Lucille Son, born 27 February 1967.
Married Carmen Lortitch on 16 November 1995.