ALFRED BERUBE (1846 - 1912)


Alfred Berube was born on October 8, 1846.  He was baptized by a missionary priest three days later at St. Joseph Church in Carleton, Quebec, Canada.*

 Carleton, Gaspesie, 1897

His parents were Louis and Mathilde (Gagnon).


Alfred Berube's signature from his marriage record.
Emilie (Ferland) Berube, circa 1925


He married Emilie Ferland on Oct. 10, 1871 in Maria, Bonaventure Co., Quebec, Canada.Her parents were Jean Baptiste and Euphemie Francoeur dit Claire. 


  

In 1874, they had their first child, Emilie, 
who was born on Oct. 31, in Bathhurst, New Brunswick. She married Frederick Pariseau on July 11, 1905 at St. Louis Church in Woonsocket.  They had 7 children: Bernice, Marie-Alice, Roland Emile, (b. June 21, 1912, Woonsocket , RI., d. February 18, 1996, Anaheim, CA.) Lionel, Therese, Alfred and Bernadette. [Frederick was a widower. His first wife was Delima Lefebvre.  She died in childbirth for their 6th child together. One daughter, Delia, returned to live with Frederick and his new wife.] 
At one time Emilie lived at 106 Hebert Ave.  She died at the home of her daughter, (Bernice) Mrs. Maxime Peloquin of 649 Elm St., Woonsocket, RI. on June 23, 1953. She was 78 years old and is buried in Precious Blood Cemetery, Blackstone, MA.*

Theophile and Marguerite Mercier
Their next child, Marguerite (Maggie) J. was born November 17, 1876 in New Brunswick, Canada.  She married Theophile Mercier in Woonsocket, RI on July 20, 1909.
He was born on September 17, 1874 in Chatham, NB.  He died on November 28, 1964. 
They lived in Manchester, NH and had 6 children, 2 boys (Marcel and Adrien) and 4 girls (Mrs.Godfroid Deliste, Mrs. Henry Lussier, Blanche and Marie Anne).  Marguerite died on March 13, 1940 at age 63.


Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Manchester, NH

Charles Alfred, born on June 30, 1878 in Chatham, New Brunswick.  He taught in a Woonsocket boarding school and later became a scholar and priest with the Assumption Fathers.  He did his novitiate at Essarts, France: 1937-38, his perpetual vows at Verargues on Dec. 8, 1942 and was ordained a priest on April 24, 1943.  Story has it that he was imprisoned in the Roman catacombs at some point.  He was a professor in Verargues, France and in Worcester, MA.  He died in Worcester on August 14, 1962 at the age of 84
Charles' signature as godfather for cousin, Alfred Berube in Quebec, 1911.
(Charles was also godfather for Jeannette Berube, mother of the author of this blog.  See a card and note he sent her by clicking here.)

Virginie in the 1920's.
Virginie was born in 1881 in Chatam, New Brunswick. In 1928, she was living with her widowed mother and sister Elizabeth aat 48 Hamlet Ave, Woonsocket, RI. She married Adolphe Vanvooren. She died on May 14, 1952 in North Smithfield, RI.  Adolphe was born in 1873 and died in 1935.

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Marie-Anne
Jean B. Patenaude
Marie-Anne (Annie) was born May 13, 1882 . She married Jean B. Patenaude in 1910.  He was born in December 18, 1885 in Fall River, MA. and died on October 15, 1947 in Woonsocket, RI.  They had three sons; Eugene, Emile and Armand, and a daughter Therese, who became Sister Vivian R.J.M.  
Marie-Anne died on December 10, 1963.



William was born on June 21, 1885 in Dalhousie, Quebec or Restigouch, New Brunswick.  He married Marie Cormier on May 12, 1913, in Woonsocket, RI.  He and Marie had 4 children: Lionel, Bernadette, Jeannette and Aurore.  He died on January 23,1938 in Woonsocket, RI.  He is buried in Precious Blood Cemetery.
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Lydia was born in 1887. At the age of 21 she left Woonsocket to become Soeur Marie-Emilie of the Franciscan Order of Mary, Quebec. On August 12, 1913 she took her final vows at the Convent of Bale in St. Paul, Quebec.* At one time she lived in St. John's Convent, Marquette, Mich. where she was a teacher. She also worked in Worchester, MA. She died at the Mother House in Baie St-Paul, Quebec on July 19, 1956.  She was 69 years old.*






Bernadette was born Nov. 8, 1888 in Campbellton, Restigouche, New Brunswick.  She became Soeur Marie-Alfred of the Franciscan Order of Mary, Quebec.  She lived at Baie St.Paul, Quebec, Canada.



The Berube family immigrated to Salem, MA in 1890 and later moved to Fall River. They were living there in 1900.  Finally they came to stay in Woonsocket, RI. in 1904.




Elizabeth was born on July 5, 1892 in Woonsocket, RI.*
She was a bookkeeper at the former Slatersville Finishing Co. In 1928 she was sharing an apartment with her widowed mother and her sister Virginia. She also worked as a domestic at the rectory of St. Edward's Church in Pawtucket, RI for 30 years. She died April 7, 1972 in Woonsocket.*
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Therese was born on April 1, 1894.  She became Soeur Ives des Anges of the Franciscan Order of Mary, Worcester, MA. For a time she lived in Ste. Anne de Beaupre, Quebec.  She died at the Congregation of the Little Sisters of Mary, Quebec at the age of 85 in March of 1980.  She had been a nun for 60 years.*




 
Alice Marie was born on April 13, 1896 in Fall River, MA.
She was a nun for a few years. 





Later she married J. Arthur Eugene Rouleau on Sept. 26, 1931 in Woonsocket, RI. At the time she was living at 812 Social St. and he lived at 144 Crawford St. Her brother, William Berube was a witness at the wedding.*  Alice was a nurse and elementary school teacher.  She died in December of 1995 in Woonsocket, RI.
   

Find a Grave information for Alice.




Another child called Berenice was born on an unknown date.  She became Soeur Ives de la Nativite.

Religious in the family: top: (Berenice) Sr. Yves de la Nativite, across from left;  (Lydia) Sr. Marie-Emilie, Pere Charles Alfred, (Bernadette) Sr. Marie-Alfred, bottom: (Therese) Sr. Yves des Anges.

Elizabeth, Marguerite, Virginie, Marie-Anne, Emilie, Therese (Ives des Anges), Lydia (Marie-Emilie), Bernadette (Marie-Alfred), and Alice


Alfred worked as a laborer and carpenter.

Places he lived: 
  • 242 Gaulin Avenue, Woonsocket, RI 
  • 113 Cumberland St., Woonsocket, RI


He died on April 15, 1912 at 113 Cumberland St. in Woonsocket, RI.  He was 66 years old. His funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Ann's Church. The bearers were: Israel Berube of Boston, Henry Trudeau, Joseph Ferland and Frederic Pariseau.*



Emilie died at l'Hospice St-Antoine in North Smithfield, RI on Dec. 25, 1929.*

Both are buried in Precious Blood Cemetery. 

Find-A-Grave information for Alfred.

Find-A-Grave information for Emilie. 





Charles Alfred Berube's parents were:
     Louis Berube and Mathilde Gagnon

Louis Berube's parents were:
     Henri Berube and Charlotte Comtois

Henri Bérubé's parents were:
    Jean Baptiste Bérubé and Marie Francoise Dubé

Jean Baptiste Bérubé parents were:
    André Bérubé and Marie Josephte Vézina

André Bérubé's parents were:
    Pierre Bérubé and Genevieve Dancosse

2 comments:

Jennie Thomas said...

You said: Emilie Berube married Frederick Pariseau on July 11, 1905 at St. Louis Church in Woonsocket, which is true. Then you said: They had 8 children: Delia, Bernice, Marie-Alice, Roland Emile, Lionel, Therese, Alfred and Bernadette. This is untrue. Emilie only had 7 children with Frederick (everyone on that list except Delia). Frederick already had six children from his first wife, Delima Lefebvre, (Adelard, Delia, Ernest, Rose Alma, Alphonse and Raymond). In fact, Delia Pariseau was born on 15 Apr 1896, nine years before Emilie married Frederick.

Jennie Thomas said...

To further explain, after Frederick's first wife Delima died in childbirth with Raymond, Frederick divided his six children up amongst his siblings. Raymond was a newborn and was sent to live with Fred's brother Peter and his wife Florence and they raised him as their own child. Raymond himself was not told until about age 10-12 that his "uncle Fred" was actually his father. Delia was probably included on your list because she was the only child from the first family who returned to live with Frederick and his new wife Emilie in order to help with the children in the new family.