Individual Details
Claude Benjamin FERRON
(20 Oct 1844 - 6 Nov 1930)
FERRON---Claude Ferron died last night at the home of his daughter Miss Victoria Ferron, 9 Dutton Street aged 75 years. During the last 35 years he resided in Lowell and up to his retiremment 12 years ago he was the owner of a boarding house. His pleasant disposition and honesty gained him the admiration and esteem of all those with whom he came in contact. He leaves six daughters, Miss Celine Ferron, Miss Victoria Ferron, Mrs. Joseph Gagnon, Mrs Arthur Guilmette and Mrs. John Moran, all of Lowell, and Mrs Dominique Lavalle of St. Paulin, P. Q.; two sons, Joseph Ferron and Henry Ferron, both of Lowell and two brothers, Maxime Ferron of Joliette, P. Q., and Benjamin Ferron of St. Leon P. Q.; also 23 grandchildren. He was a member of the Holy Family Society. Published in the Lowell Sun on 7 November 1930. I forgot to note the page number : It is to be noted that Mrs. John Moran is Claude's daughter Yvonne, my great grandmother. Below is the funeral announcement published 10 Nov. 1930 in the Lowell Sun. Again, I forgot to note the page number.FERRON---The funeral of Claude Ferron took place this morning at 8 o'clock from the home of his daughter, Miss Victoria Ferron, 9 Dutton Street. Solemn funeral mass was celebrated at 9 o'clock at St. Jean Baptiste church by Rev. Arthur Lemire, OMI, assisted by Rev. Louis G. Blachand, OMI as deacon and Rev. Narcisse Cotnoir, OMI as sub-deacon. The choir under the direction of the organist, Mr. Rodolphe E. Pepin, sang Antonio Mauro's funeral mass, the solos being sustained by Mr. Rodolphe E. Pepin, Mr. Arthur Leveille, Mr. Elzear Côté, Mr. Edouard Coutu, Mrs. Maria Jacques and Miss Cecile Vincent. At the end of the mass the choir sang Menegali's "Jesu Salvator Mundi" A very large number attended the funeral and more were at the church in respect of deceases whom they held in high esteem. Among those from out of town were Mrs. Dominique Lavalle of St. Paul P. Q., Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mercier, Mr and Mrs Albert Duchaine of Shawinigan Falls P. Q., Mr and Mrs John Riley of Haverhill and Mr and Mrs. Alfred Cloutier of Hartford Conn. The Holy Family Society was represented by Messrs. Alphonse Ninteau, Joseph Cloutier, Amdee Jacob, Isidore Tetreault, Ernest Sauvageau and Pierre Dupuis. The bearers were Messrs. Oscar Lamie, Ernest Morin, Arthur Metty, Narcisse Asselin, Ephraim Guilmette and J. Tremblay. Burial was in the family lot in St. Joseph's cemtery were Rev. Lucien Brassard, OMI recited the commital prayers. Arrangements were in charge of Joseph E. Tremblay.
Events
| Birth | 20 Oct 1844 | Saint-Aimé-de-Richelieu, Québec, Canada |  | ||
| Christen | 21 Oct 1844 | Saint-Aimé-de-Richelieu, Québec, Canada |  | | |
| Marriage | 31 Jul 1866 | Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada - Célina LAMY | | | |
| Marriage | 22 Aug 1876 | Saint-Paulin, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada - Marie Georgina RABOUIN | | | |
| Census (family) | 1881 | Saint-Paulin, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada - Marie Georgina RABOUIN | | | |
| Census (family) | 1891 | Saint-Paulin, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada - Marie Georgina RABOUIN | | | |
| Immigration | 1897 | | |||
| Occupation | Jun 1900 | Day Laborer - Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States | | ||
| Census (family) | 1 Jun 1900 | 84 Ford Street, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - Marie Georgina RABOUIN | | | |
| Census (family) | 15 Apr 1910 | Fremont Street, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - Marie Georgina RABOUIN | | | |
| Census | 1 Apr 1930 | 9-10 Dutton St., Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States | | | |
| Death | 6 Nov 1930 | at the home of his daughter, Victoria, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States | | | |
| Burial | 8 Nov 1930 | Saint Joseph's Cemetery, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Marie Georgina RABOUIN (1856 - 1919) |
| Child | Marie Philomène FERRON (1877 - 1878) |
| Child | Joseph Moïse FERRON (1881 - 1956) |
| Child | Marie Victoria FERRON (1883 - 1885) |
| Child | Marie Exina FERRON (1885 - 1886) |
| Child | Marie Eugenie "Jennie" FERRON (1887 - ) |
| Child | Marie Aldea "Blanche" FERRON (1889 - 1977) |
| Child | Joseph Nerée "Henry" FERRON (1891 - 1955) |
| Child | Victoria FERRON (1893 - 1990) |
| Child | Joseph Edmond FERRON (1895 - 1900) |
| Child | Marie Yvonne "Meme" FERRON (1902 - 1983) |
| Spouse | Célina LAMY (1843 - 1875) |
| Child | Celina Marie Louise FERRON (1867 - 1942) |
| Child | Marie Alida FERRON (1869 - ) |
| Child | Maxime FERRON (1871 - 1882) |
| Child | Joseph Théodore FERRON (1874 - 1874) |
| Child | FERRON (1875 - 1875) |
| Father | Joseph FERRON (1805 - ) |
| Mother | Marie OUELLET (1817 - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph FERRON (1835 - ) |
| Sibling | Julie FERRON (1839 - 1923) |
| Sibling | Marie Louise FERRON (1841 - ) |
| Sibling | Maxime FERRON (1849 - ) |
| Sibling | Eliza FERRON (1852 - ) |
| Sibling | Rosalie FERRON (1853 - 1925) |
| Sibling | Benjamin FERRON (1856 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas FERRON (1859 - ) |
Notes
Christen
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http://interactive.ancestry.com/1091/d13p_25990170?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1091%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=d13p_25990184Marriage
The marriages of Claude Ferron to Georgina Rabouin and of Rosalie Ferron to Joseph Rabouin -- a brother and sister to a brother and sister -- took place on the same day and in the same church. Not sure if it was an actual double-wedding.http://interactive.ancestry.com/1091/d13p_2510a0986?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1091%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing
Census (family)
Living with the family were Claude Ferron, age 36; Georgine Raboin, age 25; Celina Ferron, age 14; Thomas Ferron, age 13; Olida Ferron, age 11; Maxime Ferron, age 10; and Joseph Ferron, age 2 months.Census (family)
Enumerated with this family were Glaude Ferron, age 46, a farmer; his wife, Georgiana, age 35; and children: Celina, age 23; Thomas, age 22, a farmer; Joseph, age 10; Eugenie, age 3; and Aldea, age 1. Who was Thomas? Not in my list of the children. Does it refer to Thomas Lavallee, the son-in-law? His wife is not listed.http://interactive.ancestry.com/1274/30953_148205-00135?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1274%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=30953_148205-00144
Census (family)
Enumerated with this family were:-- Glaude Ferron, age 55, a day laborer, born October 1844 in Canada
-- his wife, Georgianna, age 44, born April 1856 in Canada
and children, all born in Canada:
-- Celina, age 31, born July 1868
-- Joseph, age 19, born January 1881
-- Eugenie, age 13, born December 1886
-- Aldea, age 10, born November 1889
-- Neree, age 8, born August 1891
-- Victoria, age 6, born September 1893
Twelve lodgers were also living in this dwelling.
Glaude and Georgianna were reported (incorrectly) to have been married for 34 years. This obviously refers to Claude's first marriage; Georgianna would have been ten years old at the time. Georgianna is reported to have borne ten children, of whom six were still living.
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Census (family)
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
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.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
Death
Died in the home of his daughter, Victoria SimoneauEndnotes
1. "Parish Registers: Saint-Aimé-de-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 21 October 2013), baptism of Claude Benjamin Ferron; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; 1844, image 34, baptism 159.
2. 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.
3. "Parish Registers: Saint-Aimé-de-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 21 October 2013), baptism of Claude Benjamin Ferron; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; 1844, image 34.
4. "Parish Registers: Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Quebec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ), marriage of Claude Ferron and Célina Lamy; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; 1866, image 15.
5. "Parish Registers: Saint-Paulin, Maskinonge, Quebec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ), Claude Ferron and Georgiana Rabouin; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; 1876, folio 15, image 16, marriage 5.
6. 1881 Census of Canada, Québec, population, District 85 Maskinonge, Saint-Paulin, page 7, image 4, dwelling 22, family 27, lines 2-8, Claude Ferron and family ; 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.
7. 1891 Census of Canada, , population, Québec, Maskinongé. Saint-Paulin, page 17, image 9, family 71, line 19-25, Glaude Ferron and family ; digital images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., (www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 April 2014); Library and Archives Canada.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 21 October 2013), Claude Benjamin Ferron, memorial no. 65494858, created by Michelle Robillard.
14. "Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980," database and images online, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3659 : accessed 13 April 2014), Glaude Ferron; Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics; 1926-1930, Emmons-Hinton, image 74.
15. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 21 October 2013), Claude Benjamin Ferron, memorial no. 65494858, created by Michelle Robillard.
16. "Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1841-1920," digital images, FamilySearch.org ( : accessed 29 August 2014), Georgina Ferron; Deaths 1919 vol 62 Lowell, image 144.