Individual Details
Celina Marie Louise FERRON
(26 Jul 1867 - 4 Mar 1942)
Obituary, Celina Ferron, 1942, Lowell, Massachusetts:
Published in the Lowell Sun 5 March 1942DeathsCELINA FERRONMiss Celina Ferron, a resident of Lowell for the past 45 years and an attendant of St. Joseph and St. Jean Baptiste churches in St. Joseph's parish died yesterday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. Alfred Simoneau, 9 Dutton street, after along illness. She was a member of the Third Order of St. Francis and the bread fund of the French-American orphanage.Surviving her are five sisters, Mrs. Simoneau, Mrs. Blanche Guilmette and Mrs. Peter Farely of Lowell; Mrs. Joseph Gagnon of East Chelmsford and Mrs. Domonic Lavalle of of St. Paulin P. Q.; two brothers, Joseph Ferron of Lowell and Henry Ferron of Dracut; and several nieces and nephews. The body was removed to the Archambault funeral home 311 Pawtucket St.Funeral NoticeFERRON---Died in this city March 4, Miss Celina Ferron at the home of her sister, Mrs. Alfred Simoneau, 9 Dutton street. Friends are invited to call at the funeral home, 311 Pawtucket street. Funeral will take place Saturday morning at 10 o'clock from the funeral home. At 11 o'clock at St. Jean Baptiste church, a solemn high mass will be celebrated. Burial in St. Joseph cemetery. Funeral directors Amdee Archambault & Son in charge.Published 9 March 1942, The Lowell Sun FuneralMISS CELINA FERRONThe funeral of Miss Celina Ferron, one of the better known citizens of French extraction in this city who died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Alfred Simoneau, 9 Dutton street, after a long illness, took place Saturday morning. The cortege preceded by an open car filled with floral tributes, left the Archambault funeral home, 311 Pawtucket street, to arrive at St. Jean Baptiste church, where at 11 o'clock a solemn high funeral mass was celebrated by Rev. Jean Valliere, O. M. I., assisted by Rev. Eugene Fournier, O. M. I. as deacon and by Rev. Armand Morrissette, O. M. I., as sub-deacon. Present were many relatives, friends and neighbors. The church choir under the direction of Rudolphe E. Pepin, musical director, organist and choir master, sang the requiem mass by Pietro A Yon. The singers were Edward Coutu, Emile Lagasse, Arthur E. Paquin, Leo Côté and Wilfred Jacques.A delegation representing the Third Order of St. Francis was composed of Miss Anna Mailhot, Miss Philomena Demers, Miss Marie Morrissette and Miss Diana Côté. Also present at the mass were the Grey Nuns of the Cross from Notre Dame de Lourdes parish. The bearers were Leo Ferron, Arthur Gagnon, Raymond Ferron, Paul Maille, Robert Moran and Maurice Simoneau, all nephews. Burial took place in the family lot in St. Joseph's cemetery were the committal prayers were read by Rev. Lucien Brassard, O. M. I. funeral Directors Amdee Archambault & Son were in charge of the arrangements.It is to be noted that Celina died at the home of her sister, Victoria Simoneau.
Events
Families
| Father | Claude Benjamin FERRON (1844 - 1930) |
| Mother | Célina LAMY (1843 - 1875) |
| Sibling | Marie Alida FERRON (1869 - ) |
| Sibling | Maxime FERRON (1871 - 1882) |
| Sibling | Joseph Théodore FERRON (1874 - 1874) |
| Sibling | FERRON (1875 - 1875) |
Notes
Birth
Age 14 in 1881.Christen
http://interactive.ancestry.com/1091/d13p_25990197?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1091%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=d13p_25990212Residence
Celina, age 31, was living with her parents and five siblings.https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11900-50079-58?cc=1325221&wc=MFGW-HZR:1030549901,1031862601,1033806601
Residence
Enumerated with this family were Claude Ferron, age 66, the keeper of a boarding house; his wife, Georgiana, age 56; his daughter, Celina Ferron, age 42, housekeeper of the boarding house; his son-in-law, Joseph Gagnon, age 23, a brakeman for the railroad; his daughter, Jennie Gagnon, age 22; his daughter, Yvonne Ferron, age 8; and grandson, Arthur Gagnon, age 1.http://interactive.ancestry.com/7884/31111_4330080-00222?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d7884%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=31111_4330080-00240
Residence
Enumerated in this household were Victoria Ferron, head, age 36, divorced, matron of a lodging house; her father, Claude Ferron, age 85, a widower; and 20 lodgers. Among the lodgers were Victoria`s sister, Celia Ferron, single, age 63, a helper in the lodging house; her brother, Joseph, single, age 49, a railroad worker; Laurette Ferron, age 18, a helper in the lodging house; and Victoria`s future husband, Alfred Simoneau, a widower, age 35, a railroad mechanic.http://interactive.ancestry.com/6224/4607657_00274?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d6224%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4607657_00295
Residence
Enumerate with this household were Victoria Ferron Simoneau, age 45, the owner and housekeeper of the lodging house, a naturalized citizen; her husband, Alfred Simoneau, age 45, a machinist at a railroad car shop; Alfred's two sons, Roland Simoneau, age 18, and Morris Simoneau, age 16; Victoria's sister, Celina Ferron, age 73, a alien; her brother, Joseph, age 61, an alien; and 19 other lodgers. Supplementary questions were asked of Victoria, and these indicate that she had been married twice, that her age at the time of her first marriage was 16, and that she had had no children.https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-27879-7509-67?cc=2000219&wc=MRBX-LG9:790102901,794259501,799389101,799402301
Death
Celina died in the home of her sister, Victoria Simoneau.Alt name
baptismal nameEndnotes
1. 1881 Census of Canada, Québec, population, District 85 Maskinonge, Saint-Paulin, page 7, image 4, dwelling 22, family 27, line 4, Celina Ferron ; digital images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1577 : accessed ); Canada. "Census of Canada, 1881." Statistics Canada Fonds, Record Group 31-C-1. LAC microfilm C-13162 to C-13286. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa.
2. "Parish Registers: Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Quebec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 13 March 2014), Marie Louise Celina Ferron; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; 1867, folio 16, image 16, baptism 52.
3. "Parish Registers: Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Quebec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ), Marie Louise Celina Ferron; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; 1867, folio 16, image 16, baptism 52.
4. 1900 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Massachusetts, Middlesex, Lowell, Ward 7, enumeration district (ED) 810, sheet 6B, image 12, dwelling 30, family 96, lines 55-62, Glaude Ferron and family; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1325221 : accessed 13 April 2014); National Archives and Records Administration.
5. 1910 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Massachusetts, Middlesex, Lowell, Ward 2, enumeration district (ED) 838, sheet 10A, image 19, dwelling 100, family 112, lines 30-36, Claude Ferron and household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7884 : accessed 13 April 2014); National Archives Records Administration.
6. 1930 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Massachusetts, Middlesex, Lowell, Ward 5, enumeration district (ED) 9-119, sheet 11B, image 21, dwelling 122, family 186, lines 79-100, Victoria Ferron and household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6224 : accessed 13 April 2014); National Archives and Records Administration.
7. 1940 U.S. Federal Census, , population schedule, Massachusetts, Middlesex, Lowell, Ward 2, enumeration district (ED) 18-16, sheets 11A-11B, images 21-22, household 126, lines 29-53, Victoria Ferron Simoneau and household; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/1940census : accessed 13 April 2014); National Archives and Records Administration.
8. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 21 October 2013), Marie Louise Celina Ferron, memorial no. 65607523, created by Michelle Robillard.
9. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), 1943 Lowell City Directory, page 232, image 220, Ferron Celina; online images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 13 April 2014), died Mar 4, 1942.
10. "Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980," database and images online, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3659 : accessed 13 April 2014), Celina Ferron ; Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics; 1941-1945, Columbare-Gardsfelt, image 439.
11. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 21 October 2013), Marie Louise Celina Ferron, memorial no. 65607523, created by Michelle Robillard.

