Individual Details

Melvina "Viney" GAGNON

(22 Jun 1882 - 6 Aug 1970)

-- Name on first marriage record was "Mary Olivine." Also called Olivine on 1900 Census.

Divorced from first husband, Francis CASTONGUAY, 7 MAY 1908.

Burial at Pine Grove Cemetery in Cass Lake, Minnesota.

Very outgoing, jolly, exuberant personality. Played piano -- liked to sing along (Oh, Dem Golden Slippers!)

Doris Raboin Larson showed me a note written by Viney, dated 24 Nov 1955 and attached to a rosary. It reads: "Grandma's rosary was given to her as a First Communion gift by Monseigneur LaGleche (?) at Three Rivers, when she was 12 years old. Grandma died at the age of 77 years. That is 40 years ago. The rosary is 110 years old." Doris added in 1988, "The Grandma, in this case, was my Great-Grandma, my father's Grandma." I believe this must refer to Olivine Duchemin, who was indeed both the grandmother of Viney and the step-great-grandmother of Doris. Her obituary lists her age at death as 77, although she was in fact just short of 71.

Events

Birth22 Jun 1882Wisconsin, United States
Marriage15 Oct 1901Marinette, Marinette, Wisconsin, United States - Francis "Frank" CASTONGUAY
Divorce7 May 1908Menominee, Menominee, Michigan, United States - Francis "Frank" CASTONGUAY
Marriage20 May 1908Menominee, Menominee, Michigan, United States - Maxime RABOIN
Census (family)15 Apr 1910Stephenson Township, Menominee, Michigan, United States - Maxime RABOIN
Census (family)1 Jan 1920Wilkinson Township, Cass, Minnesota, United States - Maxime RABOIN
Census (family)1 Apr 193015 SW, Wilkinson Township, Cass, Minnesota, United States - Maxime RABOIN
Death6 Aug 1970Walker, Cass, Minnesota, United States
BurialPine Grove Cemetery, Cass Lake, Cass, Minnesota, United States

Families

SpouseMaxime RABOIN (1851 - 1936)
SpouseFrancis "Frank" CASTONGUAY (1875 - 1959)
ChildCASTONGUAY (1903 - 1903)
ChildLiving
FatherLouis GAGNON (1844 - 1893)
MotherAnna BOURASSA (1857 - 1935)
SiblingSamuel Joseph GAGNON (1880 - 1943)
SiblingWilliam GAGNON (1884 - 1902)
SiblingHenry GAGNON (1885 - )
SiblingMarie Adele GAGNON (1888 - )
SiblingLouis Joseph GAGNON (1890 - 1943)
SiblingEzilda Marie GAGNON (1893 - )

Notes

Birth

1900 Census gives her birthdate as June 1882. Death record and gravestone give it as 22 Jun 1883.

Marriage

Witnesses were Delia LeBlanc and Sam Gagnon.

Marriage



Census (family)

Daggett is part of Stephenson Township. Max and Viney were living alone at this time. He is described as a farmer, 57 years old, a naturalized citizen, who immigrated in 1860. This last statement is wrong; he came in approximately 1870. Malvina was 27 years old, according to the census, and she and Maxim had been married for 2 years.

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Census (family)

Enumerated with this household were Maxime Raboin, a farmer, age 68; his wife, Melvina Raboin, age 37; and a boarder, Louis Chouinard, age 37. It states that he was a naturalized citizen, and had immigrated in 1889. The latter statement is wrong -- he had immigrated by 1871.

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Census (family)

Max J. Raboin, a farmer, age 78; and Melvina Raboin, age 48.

Census states that Max was a naturalized citizen, immigrated in 1869. It also states that at the time of their first marriages, Max was 55 and Melvina was 25. This is wrong -- these ages refer to their own marriage to each other.

http://interactive.ancestry.com/6224/4609321_00735?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d6224%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing

Endnotes

1. Cass County, Minnesota Vital Records Cass County Clerk, Hwy. 371, Walker MN 56484, Death Record -- Vol. G-268-2.

2. 1900 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Wisconsin, Marinette, Marinette, Ward 3, enumeration district (ED) 116, sheet 14B, image 29, dwelling 240, family 264, lines 68-75, Anne Gagnon and family; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1325221 : accessed 22 April 2014); National Archives and Records Administration.

3. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 29 September 2014), Frank Castonguay: memorial #88258985.

4. Marinette County, Wisconsin Vital Records Register of Deeds Office, Marriages, Vol. 3, p. 158, #155.

5. Marinette County, Wisconsin, FHL film 1292023: page 318, no. 155, stamp 02344, Francis Castonguay and Mary Olivine Gagnon.

6. Menominee County, Michigan Vital Records County Clerk's Office.

7. Menominee County, Michigan Vital Records County Clerk's Office, Marriages Vol. D, p. 65, #146.

8. "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940," digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1810350 : accessed 19 July 2018), Menominee > Marriages, 1906-1918, v. D > image 66 > record 146: marriage of Maximillian Raboin and Melvina Gagnon Castenguay.

9. 1910 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Michigan, Menominee, Stephenson township, enumeration district (ED) 226, sheet 1B, image 2, dwelling 15, family 15, lines 71-72, Maxim and Malvina Raboin; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7884 : accessed 13 October 2015); National Archives Records Administration.

10. 1920 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Minnesota, Cass, Wilkinson, enumeration district (ED) e.d. 108, sheet 6A, image 5, dwelling 104, family 105, Maxime Raboin and household; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 September 2013); National Archives and Records Administration.

11. 1930 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Minneapolis, Cass, Wilkinson township, enumeration district (ED) 11-61, sheet 1A, image 1, dwelling 10, family 10; lines 42-23, Maxine J. and Malvina Raboin; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6224 : accessed 13 October 2015); National Archives and Records Administration.

12. Cass County, Minnesota Vital Records Cass County Clerk, Hwy. 371, Walker MN 56484, Deaths: G-268-2.

13. Social Security Death Index.

14. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 29 September 2014), Melvina Raboin, memorial #58144818.

15. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 29 September 2014), Frank Castonguay: memorial #88258985.