Individual Details

Anna BOURASSA

(10 Apr 1857 - 24 Apr 1935)

1900 Census indicates that she immigrated to the United States in 1874. She had seven children, five of them still living in 1900. She lived at 1515 Carney Ave. in Menominee, a house she owned mortgage-free.

Events

Birth10 Apr 1857Pointe-du-Lac, Saint-Maurice, Quebec, Canada
Christen10 Apr 1857Pointe-du-Lac, Saint-Maurice, Quebec, Canada
Marriage30 Oct 1879Marinette, Marinette, Wisconsin, United States - Louis GAGNON
Residence20 Jun 1895Marinette, Marinette, Wisconsin, United States
Residence1899 - 19001515 Carney Ave., Marinette, Marinette, Wisconsin, United States
Residence1 Jun 19001515 Carney Ave., Marinette, Marinette, Wisconsin, United States
Marriage22 Jun 1903Marinette, Marinette, Wisconsin, United States - Ernest LACOMBE
ResidenceJan 1912Cobalt, Timiskaming, Ontario, Canada
Death24 Apr 1935Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States

Families

SpouseLouis GAGNON (1844 - 1893)
ChildSamuel Joseph GAGNON (1880 - 1943)
ChildMelvina "Viney" GAGNON (1882 - )
ChildWilliam GAGNON (1884 - 1902)
ChildHenry GAGNON (1885 - )
ChildMarie Adele GAGNON (1888 - )
ChildLouis Joseph GAGNON (1890 - 1943)
ChildEzilda Marie GAGNON (1893 - )
SpouseErnest LACOMBE (1851 - 1930)
FatherFrançois Joseph BOURASSA (1831 - 1860)
MotherOlivine DUCHEMIN (1837 - 1908)
SiblingFrançois Euchariste Zacharie BOURASSA (1859 - 1859)

Notes

Christen

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Marriage

This is a transcription of an earlier record, and the spelling of names was garbled in the process. Most notably, the groom's name is listed as "Louis Gens" -- this is almost certainly a faulty transcription -- I believe it was originally Gagnon. His birthplace, Point Levi (Pointe-Lévis) is feasible: Gagnon was a common name there, and there were more than one Louis Gagnon of the right age range living there in the mid 1800s. Anny's parents were listed as Phrancis and Lavina, which could fit Francis and Olivina. I believe this to be the correct marriage record for this couple.

Residence

-- On the 1895 Wisconsin State Census, she is called "Mrs. Lewis Gagnon." It states that seven others were living there: in total, four females and four males.

Residence

1899-1900 City Directory indicates that she was living with Olvine Boucher (wid Joseph). Also listed at this address are Alvina C. Gagnon (clerk) and Samuel Gagnon (laborer).

Residence

Enumerated with this family were:
-- Anne Gagnon, a widow, age 42, born April 1858 in Canada
and children, all born in Wisconsin:
-- Samuel, age 19, born December 1880, a laborer in a saw mill
-- Olivine, age 17, born June 1882, a saleswoman in a dry goods store
-- William, age 16, born January 1884
-- Henry, age 14, born October 1885, a teamster
-- Adele, age 12, born January 1888
-- Louis, age 10, born March 1890
-- Ezilda, age 7, born May 1893
Anne Gagnon had had seven children, all of whom were still living. She had immigrated in 1874, and had been in the United States for 26 years. Her naturalization was pending.

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Marriage

Witnesses were Mrs. Francis Castenguay and Mr. Francis Castenguay.

Endnotes

1. "Parish Registers: La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac, Saint-Maurice, Quebec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ), Anne Bourassa; Québec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; 1857, folio 6-7, image 7, baptism 21.

2. Parish Registers: La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac (Pointe-du-Lac, Saint-Maurice, Québec), Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1830-1882, image 788, baptism of Anna Bourassa; digital images, Familysearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1321742 : accessed ).

3. "Parish Registers: La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac, Saint-Maurice, Quebec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 22 April 2014), baptism of Anna Bourassa; Québec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; 1857, image 7.

4. Parish Registers: La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac (Pointe-du-Lac, Saint-Maurice, Québec), Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1830-1882, image 788, baptism of Anna Bourassa; digital images, Familysearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1321742 : accessed ).

5. Marinette County, Wisconsin, film no. 1292021: record 33, stamp 01158 (p. 6), Louis Gens (sic) and Anny Bouraseau.

6. , 1895 Wisconsin State Census, , population schedule, , Ward 3, Marinette, Marinette Co.; Online database; Ancestry.com, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin.

7. 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Ward 3, Marinette, Marinette Co., enum. dist. 116, sheet 14.

8. R. L. Polk & Co., Marinette and Menominee City Directories (Woodbridge, Connecticut: Research Publications, Inc., 1887–1902), item 4 (Marinette 1899-1900); FHL microfilm 2156772.

9. 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.

10. Marinette County, Wisconsin Vital Records Register of Deeds Office, Marriages: Vol. 3, p. 212, #103.

11. Marinette County, Wisconsin, FHL film 1292023: page 374, no. 103, stamp 02661, Ernest Lacombe and Anna Gagnon Bourassa.

12. "Gets News of Sister's Death in Marinette," obituary, Escanaba Daily Press, 18 January 1912, obituary of Mrs. Leon LeBlanc; digital images, Newspapers.com ( : accessed 20 January 2014).

13. Menominee County Journal Obituary Indexhttp://joomla.uproc.lib.mi.us/Menominee/images/Documents/co_journal_obits.pdf.