Individual Details

Victoria FERRON

(4 Sep 1893 - 13 Dec 1990)

Obituary, from the research of Michelle Robillard, Lowell, MA at http://callmeshell.blogspot.com:

Victoria Simoneau nee Ferron d. 13 Dec 1990, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Published 16 Dec 1990, pg. 57 in The Lowell SunSIMONEAU - Died December 13. Mrs. Victoria F. (Ferron) Simoneau, formerly of Dutton and Cosgrove Streets, Lowell. Friends may call at Dracut Funeral Home 2159 Lakeview Avenue, DRACUT Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Her funeral will take place Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock from the funeral home, followed by her funeral mass to be celebrated at 10 o'clock in Notre Dame de Lourdes Church, Smith St., Lowell. Burial in St. Joseph's Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to a charity of the donor's choice.Victoria F. Simoneau...owned rooming houseVictoria F. (Farron) Simoneau, formerly of Dutton and Cosgrove streets, Lowell died Thursday at the Northwood Nursing Home. She was the wife of the late Alfred Simoneau.She was born in Canada, daughter of the late Claude and Georgianna(Roboulin) Ferron. For more than 30 years Mrs. Simoneau, the first owner of the former Black North Inn on Broadway Road in Dracut, ran a mill-worker rooming house on the Dutton Street Front Row. She also managed Friend's Day-Old Bakery on Cabot Street, where bread was purchased at two and three cents a loaf during the Depression years.She was a communicant of Notre Dame de Lourdes Church and was a member of the parish's Ladies Sodality. She was also active in St. Anne's Sodality at Notre Dame and Cercle Jeanne Mance. Surviving her are a grandchild, Alan Reedy of Lowell, a stepson, Roland Joseph Simoneau of Lowell and many nieces and nephews.

Events

Birth4 Sep 1893Saint-Paulin, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada
Christen8 Sep 1893Saint-Paulin, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada
Marriage7 Nov 1909Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - Raoul DUCHARME
Census1 Apr 19309-10 Dutton St., Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Census (family)1 Apr 1940Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - Alfred SIMONEAU
Burial1990Saint Joseph's Cemetery, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Death13 Dec 1990Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
MarriageAlfred SIMONEAU
Alt nameMarie Victoire FERRON

Families

SpouseRaoul DUCHARME (1889 - )
SpouseAlfred SIMONEAU (1894 - 1953)
FatherClaude Benjamin FERRON (1844 - 1930)
MotherMarie Georgina RABOUIN (1856 - 1919)
SiblingMarie Philomène FERRON (1877 - 1878)
SiblingJoseph Moïse FERRON (1881 - 1956)
SiblingMarie Victoria FERRON (1883 - 1885)
SiblingMarie Exina FERRON (1885 - 1886)
SiblingMarie Eugenie "Jennie" FERRON (1887 - )
SiblingMarie Aldea "Blanche" FERRON (1889 - 1977)
SiblingJoseph Nerée "Henry" FERRON (1891 - 1955)
SiblingJoseph Edmond FERRON (1895 - 1900)
SiblingMarie Yvonne "Meme" FERRON (1902 - 1983)

Notes

Christen

Godparents were Joseph Guilmette and Roseanne Genéreux.

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Census

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.

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Census (family)

Enumerated 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.

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Endnotes

1. "Parish Registers: Saint-Paulin, Maskinonge, Quebec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ), Marie Victoire Rabouin; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; 1893, folio 16, image 16, baptism 59.

2. "Parish Registers: Saint-Paulin, Maskinonge, Quebec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ), Marie Victoire Rabouin; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; 1893, folio 16, image 16, baptism 59.

3. "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2511 : accessed 14 April 2014), Raoul Ducharme and Victoria Ferron; New England Historic Genealogy Society; up through 1910, 1909, image 1070, record 1064.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. "Sheehan Family Tree", database with photos, heather10561, Ancestry.com (http//ancestry.com : accessed ), "Sheehan Family Tree," Ferron Headstone; submitted 1 May 2012 by from research of Michelle Robillard, Lowell, Massachusetts; Alfred Simoneau ( 1894-1953) and Victoria Simoneau (1894-1990) -- included on family headstone of Claude and Georgina Rabouin Ferron.

7. "Sheehan Family Tree", database with photos, heather10561, Ancestry.com (http//ancestry.com : accessed ), "Sheehan Family Tree," Ferron Headstone; submitted 1 May 2012 by from research of Michelle Robillard, Lowell, Massachusetts; Alfred Simoneau ( 1894-1953) and Victoria Simoneau (1894-1990) -- included on family headstone of Claude and Georgina Rabouin Ferron.

8. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., "Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003," database, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 14 April 2014), Victoria F. Simoneau; Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health Services; Certificate #055522.

9. "Sheehan Family Tree", database with photos, heather10561, Ancestry.com (http//ancestry.com : accessed ), "Sheehan Family Tree," Ferron Headstone; submitted 1 May 2012 by from research of Michelle Robillard, Lowell, Massachusetts; Alfred Simoneau ( 1894-1953) and Victoria Simoneau (1894-1990) -- included on family headstone of Claude and Georgina Rabouin Ferron.

10. "Parish Registers: Saint-Paulin, Maskinonge, Quebec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ), Marie Victoire Rabouin; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; 1893, folio 16, image 16, baptism 59.