An Email from Marc Rouleau re: Mary

I have a copy of a file created by L'Association des Rouleau d'Amerique which lists the Rouleau marriages they found, mostly from Quebec province. Outside of Quebec they were not very thorough.
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> The file shows a Mélande Rouleau who married an Isaïe Séguin on October 13, 1884 in St. Isidore, Ontario. Mélande's parents were Jean-Baptiste Rouleau and Marie Leclerc. Jean-Baptiste and Marie Leclerc married on February 4, 1856 in St. Chrysostome. Mélande was first cousin to my great-great grandfather, Denis Rouleau, who was baptized in St. Chrysostome.
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> Denis's parents were Denis Rouleau and Marie Neveu. They married in 1858 in Ste. Martine, QC. Mélande's father, Jean-Baptiste, and Denis's father, Denis, were brothers. They had another brother, Adolphe, who married a Josephine Neveu, in 1861 in Ste. Martine.
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> The file shows two children for Adolphe Rouleau and Josephine Neveu, a Josephine Marie Rouleau born November 29, 1861 in Ste. Martine, and a Célina Rouleau, born October 11, 1866 in Ste. Martine (I have some other notes that says they were baptized in St. Chrysostome). The file does not show any other children, nor does it show who Josephine Marie nor Célina married.
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> What I would wonder next is "how good is your information?" If it is from word-of-mouth, then that would be less reliable than a primary source, like a birth certificate. Your "Mary" could really have been a "Marie," and "Marie" could have even been a second name. Could Josephine Marie be your Mary? Melende and Josephine Marie were first cousins.
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> What source gave Mary's parents' names as Charles and Delphina? (Could Adolph have been Adolphe Charles? Delphina and Josephine are close to the same name.)
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> What you might want to do is check the Blue Drouin (or another reference) books for the marriage between "Mary (or Marie) Rouleau" and "Isaac (or Isaïe) Séguin." You'll probably need to contact a library and even pay a small fee for them to look this up. There are only a few places in the U.S. that have the Blue Drouin set. One place is the American-Canadian Genealogy Society out of Manchester, NH (http://www.acgs.org/ ).
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> You say Mary Rouleau was born in Ellenburg, NY. That is very close to where my great-grandfather, Leon Rouleau, was born (Burke, NY). They are both close to the border with Canada/Quebec, and to St. Chrysostome/Ste. Martine.

MORE INFO ON MARY ROULEAU:
I'm just going to c/p all the replies to queries on Mary here to sort through:

From Genforum:
Marriage to Isaie Seguin:
West Boylston MA, Marriage [Vol 471, Pg 549]
16 Jan 1897...Mary Facteau [mn Roulean/Rouleau], 32, res:Boylston[S.Mills], b: Ellenburg NY, p: Charles / Delphine Newen/Neven/Neweu/Neveu [hard to tell], Second Marriage AND Isaac Seguin, 39, res:Fitchburg, b:Canada, p:Julien/Angele St. Amant, Second marriage

1870 Census:

Caroline Raono Altona, Clinton, NY abt 1869 New York White Female
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Charles Raono Altona, Clinton, NY abt 1839 Canada White Male
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Henry Raono Altona, Clinton, NY abt 1864 Canada White Male
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Josapherve Raono Altona, Clinton, NY abt 1840 Canada White Female
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Josephine Raono Altona, Clinton, NY abt 1862 Canada White Female
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Mary Raono Altona, Clinton, NY abt 1866 New York White Female
This is Ancestry's index. On Heritage Quest the family in indexed as ROONO. Same place in 1880 indexed on Ancestry as ROOLO.




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