French-Canadian Families in the
WATERVILLE 1840 CENSUS
by Robert Chenard
(see notes below)
(for an analysis of this listing, go to the next article on this page)

Some new Quebec birth data added 8 Jan 2010

M A L E S

F E M A L E S

Head of Family Name spelled as 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

BOUCHER, Joseph Joseph Busha 1 1 1

1

1 2

1

DOSTIE, David David Dusty
1

1

1
2

1

COUILLARD, François Francis Couillard

1

1

1

1

DESROCHER, Michel Michel Durocher 2 1

1

2

1

DESROCHER, Pierre Peter Durocher 2
1 1

1

1

1

GILBERT, Jacques James Gilbert

1

1

1 1

LACHANCE, Olivier Levi Lashus 2 1 1

1

2 1

1

LACHANCE, Sylvain Silver Lashus 1

1

2

1

LACOMBE, André Andrew Lacomb
2 2

1

1

1

LESSARD, François Francis Lesor

2

1 1

1 1

1
1

MATHIEU, Jean-Baptiste John Maccue
1 1

1

1 1

1

MOREAU, Jean John Morrow
1 1

1

2

1

PARÉ, Jacques James Perry

1

2

1

POULIN, Gaspard Gasper Pooler

1

1

1

POULIN, Jean John Pooler

1

1

1

POULIN, Joseph Joseph Pooler 1
1 1

1

1 2 1

1

RANCOURT, Abraham Abraham Rancou 1

1

1

1

RANCOURT, Bernard Barney Rancour 1

1

1

1

RANCOURT, Joseph Joseph Rancou 1

1

1

TOULOUSE, Anselme Samuel Tooloose 2 2

1

1 1
1

VEILLEUX, Louis Lewis Villieux

1

1

1

TOTALS: 14 10 11 3 7 4 5 6

16 9 9 3 8 5 6 2

SUMMARY: 22 adult males, 21 adult females, 38 male children, 37 female children.
TOTAL: 43 adults, 75 children, for a grand total of 118 persons.

AGE GROUPS
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Age
under 5

5-10

10-15

15-20

20-30

30-40

40-50

50-60

AGE GROUPS	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Age	under 5	5-10	10-15	15-20	20-30	30-40	40-50	50-60

NOTE: The name of the "Head of Family" was the only name listed in this census. All other persons were listed quantitatively by sex and age group according to the above table.

François COUILLARD (listed above) may not be of French-Canadian extraction. There were several Couillard families living in the Bangor area in the mid-1800s who may have been French, French-Canadian, or French Huguenot.
There are no identifyable French-Canadian families in any pre-1840 censuses of Waterville; however, it is very likely that there were several such families as well as a small number of unaccompanied or single men who were working and living (temporarily at least) in the Waterville area. Considered only as transients by the census-takers, they were not listed in the 1830 or earlier censuses.

The following are believed to have been living in Waterville in 1840 but may have been missed by the census-taker or were simply considered as transients. This would add about 35 to 40 more French-Canadians to the above figures.

Michel BOUCHER & Marcelline Thibodeau
Jean LALIBERTÉ & Modeste Veilleux
Joseph MORIN & Rose Veilleux
Raphaël ROY & Angèle Bolduc

The next three families were listed on the 1840 census of Winslow:

George LACOMBE & Adélaïde Thibodeau
Gaspard THIBODEAU & Angèle Bariault
Stanislas THIBODEAU & Basilisse Veilleux

A GENEALOGICAL ANALYSIS AND RECORD
IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE 1840 FAMILIES

For a complete record of the marriages for the children of the 1840 census families, click on the arrow at the bottom.
The 1840 census of Waterville was completed on October 19, 1840.
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FAMILY NAME (father).....BORN......PLACE......(NAMES OF HIS PARENTS)
--WIFE (mother's maiden).BORN......PLACE......(NAMES OF HER PARENTS)
married DATE & PLACE
---CHILDREN..............BORN......PLACE......WHO THEY MARRIED, YEAR & PLACE
+++ indicates the children who were present during the 1840 census
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BOUCHER, Joseph...........01 Jun 1808....Baie-du-Febvre.(Pierre Boucher & Brigitte Morel)(of St.Antoine parish) --RANCOURT, Delphine......20 Nov 1807....St.François....(Charles Rancourt & Catherine Pépin-Lachance)
married 1827 upstate NY! +++Joseph (Jr.) NOTE 1....__ Oct 1828 Lake Champlain,NY Domitille Mathieu 1847 Waterville
+++Delphine...............24 Jul 1830....St.François....(probably married ca.1827 Lake Champlain)
+++Urbain.................25 Sep 1832....St.François....Nathalie Poulin 1855 Waterville
+++Clothilde..............17 May 1835....St.François....died before 1850!
+++George.................1836...........Waterville.....Alarie Boucher ca. 1860; Sylvie Dostie 1891 Waterville
+++Basilisse-M............10 Nov 1839....St.Georges.....(baptized 18 Jul 1841 Waterville) died before 1850!
---Sophronie..............1841...........Waterville
---Olive-Lizzie...........1 Jan 1844.....Waterville.....Léger Lessard 1866 Waterville
---Olivier*...............24 May 1846....Waterville.....Clothilde Lachance 1866 Wtvl.; Sophie Gousse 1898 Wtvl.
NOTE 1: Joseph, Jr. baptized 13 Sep 1829 at St.François, Beauce age 11-1/2 months
* Civil War veteran
This family came to Waterville most likely in 1835.
Bernard Rancourt, Delphine's brother, and his wife Ursule Caron were in Waterville in 1836 or 1837.
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DOSTIE, David-Pierre......23 Sep 1803....St.Joseph......(Pierre Dostie & M.-Louise Jacques)
--BARIAULT, Marguerite....27 Nov 1807....St.François....(Jean-Bte. Bariault & Marguerite Jacques)
married 07 Nov. 1826 St. Joseph, Beauce
+++Pauline "Polly"........07 Oct 1827....St.François....François Grenier "Frank Green" 1845 Waterville
+++Euphémie "Fannie"......02 Sep 1829....St.François....Louis Mercier 1846 Waterville
+++Pierre "Peter".........18 Nov 1831....St.François....Henriette Lacombe 1862 Waterville
---Vital #1...............30 Jul 1834....St.François....died 14 Apr 1835 St.François
+++daughter...............1836-7.........Waterville!....died before 1850 Waterville
---Angélina-M.............20 Dec 1840....Waterville.....Frédéric "Peter" Veilleux 1860 Waterville
---Hélène "Ellen".........15 Feb 1841....St.Georges.....(baptized 18 Jul 1841 Wtvl.) never married (mentally retarded)
---Rosalie "Rosella"......1842-3.........Waterville!
---François...............1845-6.........Waterville
---Vital #2 "Vede"........Oct 1848.......Waterville....Angele Roy 1872 Waterville
---Clotilde "Clara".......Feb 1851.......Waterville....Raymond Cote 1867 Waterville
---Michel NOTE............1853...........Waterville....Philomène Gousse 1875 Wtvl.;
.......................................................Véronique Auclair dit Claire 1883 Wtvl.
NOTE: baptized 9 Oct. 1854 in Waterville by Father John Bapst
This family came to Waterville in 1835 or 1836.
David Dostie was a younger brother of Sara Dostie, wife of Jean-Baptiste Mathieu.
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COUILLARD, François.......ca. 1800
--unknown wife............ca. 1800
married ca. 1825
---unknown male...........1825-30
---unknown female.........1825-30
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DESROCHERS, Michel........01 May 1800....Baie-du-Febvre(Pierre Desrochers & Marguerite Courtois/Comptois dit Rousse)
--SAUCIER, Mathilde NOTE..26 Feb 1813....Louiseville...(Augustin Saucier# & M.-Louise Pin) #tanneur married 12 July 1830 Maskinongé
+++Michel-Ovide*# ........30 Sep 1831....Maskinongé....Susan Gagné ca. 1859 Orono #aka "Orville" +++M.-Eleonard............22 Jul 1834....Maskinongé.
+++Charles-W.*............11 Mar 1836....Maskinongé....Jennie ___?___; Charles died 1876 in PA
+++Georges*...............1838...........Waterville....(died Feb 20, 1865 Orono of Civil War injuries)
+++Henriette..............10 May 1839....Waterville....Olivier "Levi" Rodrigue 1855 Skowhegan
---Marie-Julie............19 Apr 1841....Waterville
---James (d. 1918 Orono)..1842...........Orono?........Sophie Lessard 1866 Old Town
---Caroline...............1844...........Orono?........Frank Beaudoin 1862 Orono
---Moses..................1845...........Orono?
---Joseph (Louis!)........1850...........Orono?........Nellie Conley 1872 Orono
---Laura-Mathilda.........18__...........Orono?........François-Benjamin Michaud 187_
---Henry (d. 1914 Orono)..18__...........Orono?........Jenny Perry 1880 Orono
* Civil War veteran
NOTE: Mathilde died 1898 Orono; Michel died about 1865 in Orono
This family probably came to Waterville around 1836-7 about the same time as his brother Pierre's family below.
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DESROCHERS, Pierre........15 Nov 1787....Baie-du-Febvre(Pierre Desrochers & Marguerite Courtois/Comptois dit Rousse #)
--Adélaide Scolle.........1803...........Quebec........(Nicolas Scolle & Marguerite Dupuis m. 8-8-1785 at St-Pierre-de-Sorel)
married 25 Nov.1822 Baie-du-Febvre.....................(Nicolas Scolle was from diocese of Strasbourg, then Germany) +++Pierre "Peter, Jr."....1824...........Quebec.........Rachel A. Hubbard 1853 Wtvl.
+++male...................1825-30........Quebec.........(probably a census error; they missed Clotilde)
+++Nathalie "Tyla"........07 Oct 1829....St.François....Frank Cole 1850 Wtvl.
---Clotilde...............07 Oct 1833....St.François....(probably counted as a male age 10-15)
+++Charles................05 Mar 1836....Waterville.....Philomene L'Heureux "Lucie Laurence" 1861 Wtvl.
+++Daniel.................14 Jun 1838....Waterville
---Henry..................1841...........Waterville.....Civil War veteran
This family came to Waterville in 1834 or 1835. #Pierre & Marguerite married at Baie-du-Febvre 12 Mar 1782.
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GILBERT, James (Jacques?)...may or may not be French-Canadian
--unknown
married
--unknown
---unknown
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LACHANCE, Olivier-Joachim.18 Aug 1795....St.François...(Joachim Lachance & Judith Cloutier)
--POULIN, M.-Hélène.......27 Jun 1807....St.François...(Joseph Poulin & M.-Hélène Vachon)
married 9 Nov 1824 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---Antoine................21 Nov 1824....St.François...(died before 1840?)
+++Sophie.................02 Mar 1826....St.François...Moise Mathieu 1844 Waterville; Abraham Drouin 1876 WTVL
+++Damase "Thomas"........18 Dec 1830....St.François
+++Martha.................1834...........St.François
+++Olivier, Jr............07 Jan 1835....St.François...Sophie Lessard 1854 Waterville
+++female.................1836-38........?
+++Vital*.................1839...........St.François?
+++George*................18 Aug 1840....St.Georges....(bp.17 Jul 1841 Waterville)
---Nathalie...............1846...........Waterville?
---Marie..................1849...........Waterville?
*Civil War veteran
Hélène Poulin's two brothers, Gaspard and Jos.-Olivier, and sister, Marcelline, came to Waterville.
This family came to Waterville around 1837.
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LACHANCE, Sylvain.........21 Jun 1806....St.François....(Joachim Lachance & Judith Cloutier)
--POULIN, Marcelline......17 Dec 1814....St.François....(Joseph Poulin & M.-Hélène Vachon)
married 2 Mar 1835 St. François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---Jean-Pascal NOTE.......20 Nov 1835....St.François....Marie-Emma Poulin 1860 Wtvl.; Lucie Poulin 1873 Wtvl.
+++Marie..................14 Aug 1837....St.François
+++Georges*...............15 Jun 1841....St.Georges.....(bp. 17 Jul 1841 in Waterville)
+++Angele.................02 Jun 1839....Waterville.....(bp. 18 Jul 1841 in Waterville)
---Vital*.................1843...........Waterville.....Sara Roy 1867 Wtvl.; Apolline Poulin 1873 Wtvl.
---Lucie..................1845...........Waterville
---Clara..................1846...........Waterville.....Olivier Boucher 1866 Waterville
*Civil War veteran
NOTE: Jean-Pascal was either missed in the census or was staying with relatives in Quebec or Waterville.
This family probably came to Waterville in 1837.
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LACOMBE, André ...........31 May 1785....St.Vallier.....(Joseph Lacombe & M.-Josephte Carbonneau)
--ROY, M.-Josette NOTE 1..ca. 1790.......unknown........(Jean-M. Gagné represented father at marriage)
married 10 Jan 1809 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---Frédéric (1)...........10 Mar 1810....St.François....Sylvie/Flavie Gagné 1833 St.François, Beauce
---François-George (2)....05 Dec 1811....St.François....Adélaide Thibodeau 1834 St.François, Beauce
---Luce (5)...............14 Jul 1813....St.Joseph......died 1-1-1814 at St.François, Beauce
---Adélaide "Lydia" (3)...06 Apr 1815....St.François....François Latulippe 1833 St.François, Beauce
---Joseph (4).............12 May 1817....St.François
---Sophie* (4)............04 Aug 1819....St.François....Henri-Jean Poulin 1838 Skowhegan, 1841 St.Frs.
---François (4)...........20 Jan 1822....St.François
---Féréol (4).............14 Jan 1824....St.François
+++Edouard (2)............07 Oct 1826....St.François
+++Zoé (4)................21 Aug 1829....St.François
+++Charles (4)............25 Feb 1832....St.François....Marie Gagné 1855 Wtvl.
+++Cyrille (2)............12 Sep 1834....St.François
+++Damase "Thomas"........09 Oct 1839....Waterville.....Apolline Lessard 1857 Wtvl.; Adèle Bolduc 1860 Wtvl.
*Sophie died 5 May 1904 in Waterville.
NOTE 1: married as M.-Louise Gagné - no doubt she was an adopted child.
Records of St.François de Beauce have five (5) different André Lacombe families.
There is no doubt that all five are the same couple - that there is only one André Lacombe and his wife

who uses different names which strongly indicates that she was an adopted child.

This couple is listed as follows in the parish records of St.Francois de Beauce:

(1)André Lacombe & M.-Louise Gagné: child Frédéric b. 10-3-1810
(2)André Lacombe & Josephte _____ : children François-Geo. 1811, Edouard 1826, Cyrille b. 1834
(3)André Lacombe & Josette Roy: child Adélaide b. 6-4-1815
(4)André Lacombe & Josette Quirion: children Joseph b. 12-5-1817, Sophie b. 1819, François. b. 1822-d. 1825,
Féréol b. 14-1-1824, Zoé b. 21-8-1829, Charles b. 1832
(5)André Lacombe & Josette Gagné: Luce d. 1814
This family was evidently in Skowhegan about 1836-8 and in Waterville afterwards.
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LESSARD, François.........20 Oct 1789.....St.Joseph.....(Prisque Lessard & M.-Catherine Gousse)
--GIROUX, Catherine.......27 May 1794.....St.Joseph.....(François Giroux & Josette Fortin)
married 6 Oct 1812 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
+++Léger..................21 Jul 1813.....St.François...Lucie Poulin 1841 St.Frs.; 1865 Sophie Giroux
---Marie..................25 May 1815.....St.François...François-X. Poulin 1836 Skow., 1841 St.Frs.
+++Anastasie..............04 Jul 1817.....St.François...Anselme Veilleux 1841 St.François
+++Joseph.................29 Apr 1827.....St.François
+++François...............19 Apr 1829.....St.François...Rosalie Boulette 1849 Wtvl.; Césarie Quirion 1859 Wtvl.;
Sophie Veilleux 1892 Wtvl.
This family was in Skowhegan in the mid-1830's and was in Waterville for the 1840 census.
They returned to St.François later that year and eventually came back to Waterville in the mid-1840's.
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MATHIEU, Jean-Baptiste....06 Feb 1785....St.Joseph......(François Mathieu & Marie Letarte)
--Dostie, M.-Anne-Sara....10 Jun 1792....St.Joseph......(Pierre Dostie & M.-Louise Jacques)
married 27 Nov 1809 St. Joseph, Beauce
---Antoine-Moïse..........27 Jan 1811....St.François....Basilisse Rancourt 1832 St. Frs.;
........................................................Sophie Lachance 1844 Wtvl.
---M.-Sara................04 Jan 1813....St.François....died 12-11-1831 St.François
---M.-Thalie "Sarah"......12 Oct 1814....St.François....Abraham Rancourt 1836 Waterville
---Marie-Divine-Lucie.....16 Mar 1817....St.François....Jacques Paré 1835 Wtvl. & 1841 St.Georges
---Frédérick..............04 Feb 1819....St.François....died 5 Dec 1821 St.François
---Magloire...............19 Jan 1821....St.François....died 8 Aug 1824 St.François
---Vital "Vede" *.........26 Sep 1822....St.François....M.-Esther Rancourt 1846 Waterville
+++Jean (Jr.).............17 May 1825....St.François....Thérèse "Sara" Rancourt 1844 Waterville
+++Clotilde...............04 Sep 1827....St.François....George Reny (dit Reynolds) 1848 Waterville
+++Damase "Thomas"........29 Apr 1830....St.François....Apolline "Lena" Veilleux 1853 Waterville
+++Marie NOTE.............30 Apr 1833....Waterville.....Pierre-Elzéar Reny 1849 Waterville
NOTE: baptized 11 Sep 1836 St.François
* died in the explosion of the steamer Halifax off the Augusta wharf 23 May 1848
Jean-Baptiste Mathieu didn't bring his wife and younger unmarried members of his family to Waterville
until about 1832 as evidenced by their daughter, Sara, who died in December 1831 in St.François and daughter,
Marie, who was born in Waterville in April 1833. They have long been historically regarded as the first
French-Canadian family to permanently settle in Waterville.
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MOREAU, Jean..............1790-1800......possibly Jean-Baptiste Moreau & Marie Dupille 2m. 14 Apr 1818 Québec city
--unknown wife............1800-1810
married ca. 1825
+++unknown male...........1825-1830
+++unknown male...........1830-1835
+++unknown female.........1835-1840
+++unknown female.........1835-1840
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PARE, Jacques.............23 Jun 1812....St.Joseph......(J.-Louis Paré & Monique Vallée)
--MATHIEU, M.-Lucie.......16 Mar 1817....St.François....(Jean-Bte. Mathieu & Sara Dostie)
married 12 May 1835 Waterville, ME (by JOP); 24 Aug 1841 St.Georges, Beauce
+++Hélène.................1838...........Waterville
+++Lucie..................23 Jan 1840....Waterville.....Alexandre Dostie 1860 Waterville
---George*................1842...........Waterville.....Joséphine Poulin 1864 Skowhegan
---James*.................Jan 1844.......Waterville.....died 15 Apr 1875 Waterville
---Charles*...............1846...........Waterville.....Cécile "Celia" Blais Wtvl.; Abbie White 1893 Wtvl.
---Claudine/Clothilde#....06 Jul 1847....Waterville.....Damase Rousseau "Thomas Brooks" ca. 1872 Maine
---Joseph.................Dec 1849.......Waterville.....Célanire Gagné 1877 Waterville
---Thomas.................1851...........Waterville
---John...................1853...........Waterville
---Célanire...............1856...........Waterville
---Louis..................1871...........Waterville.....Élise "Alice" Cressac dit Toulouse 1891 Waterville
* Civil War veteran; George discharged of wounds 12 Jun 1865; #bapt. 29 Aug 1847 St.François, Beauce
Lucie most likely came to Waterville when the rest of her family came (1832). Jacques Paré probably came
to Waterville around the same time.
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POULIN, Gaspard (NOTE)....04 Aug 1818....St.François....(Joseph Poulin & M.-Hélène Vachon)
--POULIN, M.-Hermine......1816...........Quebec.........(unknown)
married 4 Aug 1839 Waterville, ME
+++Sophie.................22 Jul 1839....Waterville.....Vital Lachance 1855 Waterville
---George*................28 Mar 1841....Waterville.....Céline Gagné 1866 Waterville
---Marie..................1842...........Waterville.....Joseph Gagné 1857 Waterville
---Lucie..................1844...........Waterville
---Ludivine-Sara..........1845...........Waterville.....Frédéric Poulin 1860 Waterville
---Jean-G.................May 1848.......Waterville.....Rose Poulin 1870 Wtvl.; Marie Soucy 1885 Wtvl.
---Jos.-Gaspard...........1850...........Waterville.....Marie Lessard 1870 Waterville
---Charles................1852...........Waterville.....Rosie Latulippe? before 1898 Waterville
---Clothine#..............09 Oct 1854....Waterville
---Octave "Wilbur"........1868...........Waterville
*may have faught in the Civil War #baptismal date
NOTE: Gaspard Poulin married a second time to Sophie Boucher (born 1849 Quebec) in July 1867 in Waterville.
All the children from Octave down are with his second wife.
Gaspard and Hermine may have been in Waterville before 1837.
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POULIN, Joseph............26 Nov 1790....Ste.Marie......(François Poulin & M.-Jeanne Breton)
--BOLDUC, Théotiste*......17 Mar 1797....St.François....(Zacharie Bolduc & M.-Anne Roy)
married 24 Oct 1815 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---Emélie.................19 Jul 1816....St.François....died 2 Apr 1819 St.François
---Sophie.................24 Aug 1822....St.François
+++Charles................03 Oct 1824....St.François....Apolline Lachance-Marcoux 1845 Wtvl.;
........................................................Angéline Caron 1861 Wtvl.
+++Emilie.................27 Jan 1827....St.François....François Ferland 1844 Waterville; she died 1904 in Waterville
---Martine................04 Sep 1828....St.François....Pierre Bolduc 1846 Waterville
+++Godfroi.#1.............04 Oct 1830....St.François....died 13 Oct 1830 St.François
+++Basilisse..............02 Oct 1833....St.François....George Roy dit King ca. 1856 Newburg, Me.
+++Godfroi.#2.............05 Mar 1836....St.François....Zoé "Lavina" Huard 1861 Waterville
+++Marie#.................25 Feb 1839....Waterville
*The St.François volume of births, baptisms, marriages, & deaths gives a death date of 30-8-1814 for a Théotiste Bolduc,
17 year-old daughter of Frs. Poulin & Jeanne Breton. I believe this is a typographical error.
#baptismal date
This family came to settle in Waterville either in 1837 or 1838.
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POULIN, Jean-Henri "John".12 Dec 1817....St.François....(François Poulin & M.-Archange Rancourt)
--LACOMBE, Sophie.........4 Aug 1819.....St.François....(André Lacombe & M.-Josette Roy)
married 27 Oct 1838 Skowhegan, ME (civil); 12 Jan 1841, St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
+++Marie-Agnès#...........13 Mar 1839....Waterville.....Joseph Gagné 1856 Waterville
---Geneviève "Lucy".......05 Nov 1841....St.François....1m. Joseph Loubier 1860; 2m. Francois Roy 1867 Waterville
---Angéline...............1842-3.........Quebec.........Jean Lessard ca. 1864 Waterville
---Michel.................1845-6.........Waterville?
---Charles-Michel.........1847-8.........The Forks......Eugénie Voyer 1884 Lewiston
---Cécile##...............25 Sep 1853....Waterville.....died 2 Oct 1854 Waterville
# baptized 16 Nov 1840 St.François, Beauce ##date baptized
This family was in Waterville/Skowhegan from about 1834 until the Fall of 1840 and returned to Beauceville.
They returned to Maine about 1844-5 probably to The Forks area until about 1848, and reappear
in the 1850 census of Waterville.
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RANCOURT, Abraham-J.......28 Apr 1813....St.François...(François Rancourt & M.-Suzanne Grenier)
--MATHIEU, Nathalie "Sara"12 Oct 1814....St.François...(Jean-Bte. Mathieu & Sara Dostie)
married Feb 1836 Waterville, ME
+++Nathalie "Sara"........1837...........Waterville....François Hébert 1856 Waterville
+++Georges................26 Aug 1838....Waterville....Philomène "Lavina" Fortin 1866 Greenville
---Marie-Caroline NOTE 1..03 Jul 1840....Waterville....Olivier Veilleux 1856 Wtvl.; Alexis Lafontaine 1871 Wtvl.
---Moïse*.................1841...........Waterville....Rosalie Leclerc dit Clair Fall 1865 Waterville
---Sophie.................1848...........Waterville....Narcisse Lessard 1870 Waterville
---Florence...............26 Mar 1852....Waterville....Joseph St-Pierre 1875 Waterville
---Hélène NOTE 2..........25 Sep 1853....Waterville....Charles Reny 1874 Waterville
---Jean-A. NOTE 2.........26 Feb 1856....Waterville....Lucie Boucher 1882 Waterville
*Civil War veteran
NOTE 1: obviously missed during the 1840 census
NOTE 2: date of baptism
Nathalie came to Waterville with her family probably in 1832. Abraham was probably in Waterville by 1833 or 1834.
His sister, Anastasie "Esther," married Nathalie's brother, Vital Mathieu.
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RANCOURT, Bernard.........19 Jul 1814....St.François....(Charles Rancourt & Catherine Pépin-Lachance)
--CARON, Ursule-M.........04 Sep 1815....St.François....(Joseph Caron & Judith Poulin)
married 27 Jun 1836 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---Marie NOTE 1...........?..............?.............Joseph Quirion 1853 Waterville
+++François-B. "Frank"*...1837...........Waterville....M.-Lucie Gagné 1856 Wtvl.; Sarah-Jane Savage 1865 Wtvl.; .......................................................Rosalie Lessard 1872 Wtvl.
+++Marie-Basilisse NOTE 1.1838...........Waterville....Augustin Quirion dit Jenness 1854 Waterville
---Esther.................09 Oct 1840....St.François...(the 1840 census was in progress at this time)
---Joseph-B...............21 Dec 1841....Waterville....Marie Bolduc dit Burgess 1861 Waterville
---Abraham*...............1842...........Waterville....Josephine Brackett 1865 Waterville
---Marie-Ursule...........16 Oct 1843....Winslow.......Pierre Brouillard (alias Peter Preo) 1864 Wtvl.
---Sophie NOTE 2..........1853...........Waterville....Charles Giroux 1871 Waterville
---Antoine................1854...........Waterville....Emilie "Alice" Roy 1870 Wtvl.; Amanda Grenier 1900 Wtvl.
NOTE 1: Marie & Marie-Basilisse are probably one-and-the-same person. Marie-Basilisse married Joseph-Augustin
Quirion-Jenness 28 May 1854 while a record exists for Marie who married Joseph Perreon (Quirion) 28 May 1853.
Basilisse died 11 Dec 1906 in Waterville at age 69, born in Maine, her mother erroneously said to be Cora Lashus.
NOTE 2: baptized 25 Aug 1854 Waterville
*Civil War veteran
This couple came to Waterville shortly after their marriage, perhaps even that year (1836). They returned to
Beauceville probably in 1839 or 1840 when Esther was born and were back in Waterville to be picked up in the 1840
census (completed on Oct 19). Bernard Rancourt's sister, Basilisse, was married to Antoine-Moïse Mathieu, son of
Jean-Bte. Mathieu and Sara Dostie. Bernard and Abraham Rancourt (below) were first cousins.
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RANCOURT, Joseph (Ignace).27 Jun 1801....St.François....(François Rancourt & M.-Louise Lachance)
--GILBERT, M.-Archange....17 Apr 1804....St.François....(Augustin Dupuis dit Gilbert & M.-Angélique Poulin)
married 16 Oct 1827 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---Angèle.................21 Sep 1828....St.François....died 2 Feb 1831 St.François
---André..................26 Sep 1830....St.François....Eva _____ ca. 1888 Maine
---Vital..................13 Apr 1832....St.François....died 21 Apr 1832 St.François
---Louise.................13 Apr 1832....St.François....died 26 Apr 1832 St.François
---Hilaire................05 Jul 1833....St.François
+++Louis..................10 Jun 1835....St.François....Célina Doyon 1860 Waterville
---Marie..................1838...........Fairfield......either missed in the census or not with family
---Pierre NOTE............31 Jul 1841....Fairfield......Amanda "Phoebie" Dulac 1866 Waterville
---Thomas*................1846...........Fairfield
---Joseph, Jr.............?..............?
*Civil War veteran
NOTE: baptized 11 Oct 1842 St.François, Beauce
Archange Gilbert appears as Caroline in the 1850 and as Angeline in the 1860 Fairfield census records.
This family came to Fairfield about 1836 or 1837. Yet, they appear in the Waterville 1840 census.
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TOULOUSE, Anselme (Jean)..15 Mar 1804....St.François....(Charles Toulouse & Thérèse Quirion)
--VEILLEUX, Anathalie.....27 Jun 1804....St.François....(Louis Veilleux & Marie Gagné)
married 6 Feb 1826 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---Anselme................16 Nov 1826....St.François....died 11 Sep 1830 St.François
+++Anathalie "Esther".....11 Oct 1828....St.François....Louis Doyon dit Dyer 1849 Waterville
+++Joseph.................02 Sep 1830....St.François....Flavie L'Heureux 1857 Waterville
+++Angèle.................31 May 1832....St.François....Louis Morin? ca. 1848 Waterville
+++George.................1 Jun 1834.....St.François....M.-Aurélie Latulippe 1858 Waterville
+++Isidore "Vede".........11 Jun 1836....St.François....Philomène Roy 1857 Waterville
+++Jean*..................10 Jan 1840....Waterville.....Marie Veilleux 1864 Waterville
---Martin*................1842...........Waterville.....died 18 Oct 1864 at Battle of Weldon Railroad, VA in Civil War
---Edouard................1847...........Waterville
*Civil War veteran
This family came to Waterville around 1838.
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VEILLEUX, Louis...........1780-1790......Quebec
--unknown.................1780-1790......Quebec
married ca. 1800-15
---female.................1820-5
NOTE: this family is most likely Louis Veilleux & Marie Gagné, married 4 Nov 1799 at St.François, Beauce.
Louis Veilleux was born 23 Apr 1776 at St.Joseph, son of Francois Veilleux & Genevieve Breton.
He died at St.Georges on 27 May 1851.
If so, female child would be Angèle, born 5 Oct 1823 at St.François, married Charles Barbeau 1845 Wtvl.
At least six of Louis' eleven surviving children eventually moved to or lived in the Waterville area.
For a listing of this family, see the last entry.
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MISSED ON THE 1840 CENSUS OF WATERVILLE

BOUCHER, Michel...........11 Jul 1781....St.Joseph......(Pierre Boucher & Marguerite Quirion)
--THIBODEAU, Marcelline...26 Jun 1802....St.François....(Louis Thibodeau & M.-Louise Gagné)
2nd married 8 Jan 1833 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville) (Michel was the widower of M.-Pélagie Thibeault whom
he married in 1804)
---M.-Philomène...........15 Jun 1837....St.François....Eleuthère Demuth 1855 Quebec
---Augustin#..............20 Nov 1840....Waterville
---David..................26 Aug 1843....St.François....Caroline Grondin 1867 Quebec
---Apolline...............17 Apr 1846....St.François....died 18 Apr 1846 St.François
#baptized 18 Jul 1841 in Waterville
This family was probably in Waterville from 1839 to 1841-2.
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MISSED ON THE 1840 CENSUS OF WATERVILLE

LALIBERTE, Jean Bte.......25 May 1797....St.Charles#....(Jean Bte.Laines dit Laliberté & Louise Greffard)
--VEILLEUX, Modeste.......29 Aug 1807....St.François....(Louis Veilleux & Marie Gagné)
married 12 Jul 1826 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---Joseph-Jean............28 May 1831....St.François....Anathalie Lachance 1851 Waterville
---Cécile "Celia".........27 May 1833....St.François....Pierre Marcoux 1849 Waterville
---Elisabeth..............1837...........Waterville.....Jean-Bte. Morissette 1860 Bloomfield (presently Skowhegan)
---Narcisse* "Horace".....1839-40........Waterville.....Civil War veteran
---Léandre................15 Jun 1841....Waterville.....died before 1850
---Hélène "Helen".........1842...........Waterville.....never married
---Modeste................1845...........Waterville.....François Moreau 1864 Waterville
---Angèle.................1847...........Waterville.....David Rancourt 1864 Waterville
---Lucie..................May 1850.......Waterville
*Civil War veteran .......#Bellechasse county, Quebec
This family was either missed in the 1840 census of Waterville or was possibly in Skowhegan at the time.
They came to Waterville around 1835. Their surname also appears as "Bow" in many records.
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MISSED ON THE 1840 CENSUS OF WATERVILLE

MORIN, Joseph.............11 Feb 1800....St.Joseph .....(Pierre Morin & M.-Marguerite Gagnon)
--VEILLEUX, Marie-Rose....16 Aug 1814....St.François....(Basile Veilleux & Marguerite Thibodeau)
married 20 Nov 1833 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---Rosalie................11 May 1835....St.Francois....Jean Breton 1853 Fairfield
---Angéline...............1838-9.........Waterville?
---Anathalie#.............04 May 1841....Waterville.....Joseph Lachance 1877 Waterville
---Marie..................1844...........Waterville
---Lovina.................1851...........Waterville
---Lucie..................1854...........Waterville
---George.................1856...........Waterville
---Délia..................1859...........Waterville
This family was probably overlooked by the census-taker.
#Anathalie was baptized on 17 Jul 1841 in Waterville
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MISSED ON THE 1840 CENSUS OF WATERVILLE

THIBODEAU, Stanislas#.....19 Sep 1810....St.François....(Louis Thibodeau & M.-Josette Maheu)
--VEILLEUX, Basilisse*....22 Sep 1812....St.François....(Louis Veilleux & Marie Gagné)
married 11 Oct 1831 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---Clotilde...............14 Mar 1832....St.François
---Joseph.................11 Jun 1833....St.François....died 12 Jun 1833 St.François, Beauce
---Basilisse##............15 Jun 1834....Waterville
---Sophie.................13 Dec 1835....St.François
---Sara...................02 Jan 1840....Waterville
*as Flavie in the St.François volume; either a bad reading or another name for her.
#fairly certain he was baptized as Edouard Thibodeau dit Cadien on above date;
when married in 1831 Stanislas was "fils majeur" - i.e. b.before Oct 1810; his parents were married in Nov 1809
& "Edouard" was their first child.
##baptized 22 Aug 1835 St.François, Beauce
This family was in Waterville from 1833 to 1834/5 and back to St.François then returned once again before 1840.
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WINSLOW 1840 CENSUS

LACOMBE, Georges-Frs......05 Dec 1811....St.François....(André Lacombe & M.-Josette Roy)
--THIBODEAU, Adélaide.....01 Jul 1814....St.François....(Louis Thibodeau & M.-Louise Gagné)
married 18 Nov 1834 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
+++Adélaide...............23 Sep 1835....St.François....Joseph Denis (aka Donna) 1850 Winslow
---Joseph.................12 Nov 1837....St.François
---Henriette#.............02 Oct 1840....Waterville.....Honoré Bureau "Henry Simpson" 1856 Winslow
---Marie..................01 Mar 1843....St.François....Pierre Dostie 1862 Winslow
---Pélagie................12 Dec 1845....St.François....Charles-B. Chipman 1870 Waterville
---Charles-H..............Apr 1847.......Winslow........Mary-H. Gilbreth 1880 Waterville
---Joseph-H...............1849-50........Winslow........Marie-Louise Poulin 1882 Waterville
---Caroline##.............1853...........Winslow........Joseph Veilleux 1871 Waterville
---George-F...............1855...........Winslow........Henriette Marcoux 1882 Wtvl.; Mathilda Roberts 1897 Wtvl.
---Olivier "Levi".........1859-60........Winslow
#baptized 17 Jul 1841 Waterville; died 6 Oct 1873 Waterville ##baptized 15 Jan 1854 Waterville
This family is in the 1840 census of WINSLOW on page 336 as "George Lacon" age 20-30, one female age 20-30,
one male child age under 5, and one female child age under 5.
This family first came to live in Waterville about 1838, returned to Beauceville around 1842, then moved to
Winslow around 1846 where they finally settled.
Adelaide's brother, Gaspard also came to Winslow while her sister, Marcelline, came to Waterville.
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WINSLOW 1840 CENSUS

THIBODEAU, Gaspard*.........29 Jul 1805....St.François....(Louis Thibodeau & M.-Louise Gagné)
--BARIAULT, Angèle#.........20 Aug 1810....St.François....(Louis Bariault & M.-Françoise Pépin-Lachance)
married 8 Nov 1836 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
+++Joseph...................11 Oct 1837....St.François....Lucy Lachance 1864 Wtvl.; Marie ____ 1893
---Henriette................19 Dec 1840....Winslow........Joseph Bureau dit Simpson 1856 Winslow;
Moise Rodrigue 1868 Wtvl.
---Philomène................07 Apr 1844....St.François....died 8 May 1844 St.François
---no name..................12 Dec 1845....St.François....died 12 Dec 1845 St.François
---André....................18 Aug 1847....St.François....Lucie Loubier 1872 Waterville
---infant...................May 1850.......Winslow
*Gaspard was the widower of Brigitte Dulac (died 5 Nov 1835) whom he had married in 1834.
#baptized as Angèle
This family is in the 1840 census of WINSLOW on page 336 as "Gespan Cayo" age 20-30, one female age 20-30, and
one male child age under 5. This Thibodeau family also used the "dit" name of Cadien, hence, Cayo. This dit name
is also found spelled as "Kian" and "Kiah." Cadien most likely meant "Acadian" where their earlier roots stemmed.
This family returned to St.François from 1842-3 to about 1848-9 and finally settled in Winslow.
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WINSLOW 1840 CENSUS

VEILLEUX, Olivier NOTE....04 Sep 1807....St.François....(Jean Veilleux & Cécile Jacques)
--CLOUTIER, Modeste.......28 Aug 1814....St.Joseph......(Prisque Cloutier & Marie Poulin)
married 12 Feb 1833 St.Georges, Beauce
+++Joseph.................24 Jan 1834....St.François....
+++Olivier*...............18 Aug 1835....St.François....M.-Caroline Rancourt 25 May 1856 Waterville
+++Rosalie................03 Jul 1837....St.François....Pierre Gagné or Gagnon "Peter Ganue" 185_ Maine
---Marie..................23 May 1841....St.François....Vital Labbé 1860 Wtvl.; Elzéar "Eli" Lessard 1887 Wtvl.; William Lachance 1912 Wtvl.
---Majorique..............30 Dec 1842....St.François....died 13 Jul 1844 St.François
---Jean...................08 Jan 1846....St.François....died 15 Aug 1846 St.François
---Sévère "Savage"........10 Apr 1849....St.François....Rebecca L. Taylor 1871 Winslow
---Geo-Alfred.."John".....02 Jun 1847....St.François....Emily Beatty 1872 Winslow; Nannie E. Hall 1897 Newcastle
*Civil War veteran. Olivier's mother is erroneously listed as Modeste Jacques in the baptismal record.
NOTE: Olivier (Sr.) died 13 Sep 1877 in Winslow, age 72, a blacksmith by trade.
This family is in the 1840 census of WINSLOW on page 335 as "Levi Vigue" age 30-40, one female age 20-30, one male
under 5, one male 5-10, and one female under 5.
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Other families that were in Waterville before 1840

ROY, Raphael..............25-Apr 1808....St.Joseph......(Ignace Roy & Josette Caron) (correction 15-6-01)
--BOLDUC dit Germain, Angèle.bef.Sep 1808...............(possibly the illegitime child of Josephte Bolduc b.9 Jul 1808
at St.Francois; Josephte might be the daughter of Pierre Bolduc and Josephte Doyon; if so,
she m. Augustin Boivin in 1810)
married 28 Sep 1829 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---Angèle.................15 Jul 1831....St.François....died 15 Apr 1832 St.François
---Raphaël................20 Jul 1833....St.François
---Marie .................__ Jul 1835....Waterville.....bap.25 Sep 1837 St.Frs. & died 27 Nov 1837 St.François, age 2
---Michel.................07 Feb 1838.....St.François
This family was in Waterville two or three years from 1834 to 1836-7.
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VEILLEUX, Louis...........23 Apr 1776....St.Joseph.....(François Veilleux & Geneviève Breton)
--GAGNÉ, Marie-Louise.....25 Jan 1783....St.Joseph.....(Louis Gagné & M.-Jeanne Cloutier)
married 4 Nov 1799 St.François, Beauce (Beauceville)
---M.-Louise..............25 Nov 1800....St.François....(no record yet found - religious vocation ?)
---Louis..................13 Mar 1802....St.François....Adélaide Quirion 1826 St.François
---Natalie................27 Jun 1804....St.François....Anselme Toulouse 1826 St.François (to Wtvl.)
---M.-Archange............15 Feb 1806....St.François....Jean Toulouse 1824 St.François (to Wtvl.)
---Modeste................29 Aug 1807....St.François....Jean Laliberté 1826 St.François (to Wtvl.)
---Marguerite.............1 Jun 1809.....St.François....Alexis Rodrigue 1826 St.François
---Jérémie................3 May 1811.....St.François....died 5 May 1811 St.François
---Flavie (Basilisse).....22 Sep 1812....St.François....Stanislas Thibodeau 1831 St.François (to Wtvl.)
+++Marcelline.............5 Apr 1815.....St.François....Louis Lachance* 1842 St.Georges (to Fairfield)
---Julie..................18 May 1818....St.François....Jean Mathieu 1842 St.François
---Jean...................3 Mar 1821.....St.François....Rosalie Veilleux 1848 Skowhegan !; Modeste Veilleux 1953 Wtvl.
---Angèle.................5 Oct 1823.....St.François....Charles Barbeau 1845 Waterville (to Skowhegan)
*Louis Lachance aka "James Lewis"
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			M	A	L	E	S			F	E	M	A	L	E	S
Head of Family	Name spelled as	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
BOUCHER, Joseph	Joseph Busha	1	1	1			1			1	2				1
DOSTIE, David	David Dusty		1					1		1		2			1
COUILLARD, François	Francis Couillard			1				1				1				1
DESROCHER, Michel	Michel Durocher	2	1				1			2			1
DESROCHER, Pierre	Peter Durocher	2		1	1				1			1			1
GILBERT, Jacques	James Gilbert				1				1							1	1
LACHANCE, Olivier	Levi Lashus	2	1	1				1			2	1			1
LACHANCE, Sylvain	Silver Lashus	1					1			2				1
LACOMBE, André	Andrew Lacomb		2	2					1			1				1
LESSARD, François	Francis Lesor			2			1	1		1	1			1		1
MATHIEU, Jean-Baptiste	John Maccue		1	1					1		1	1				1
MOREAU, Jean	John Morrow		1	1				1		2					1
PARÉ, Jacques	James Perry					1				2				1
POULIN, Gaspard	Gasper Pooler					1				1				1
POULIN, Jean	John Pooler					1				1			1
POULIN, Joseph	Joseph Pooler	1		1	1				1	1	2	1				1
RANCOURT, Abraham	Abraham Rancou	1				1				1				1
RANCOURT, Bernard	Barney Rancour	1				1				1				1
RANCOURT, Joseph	Joseph Rancou	1				1								1
TOULOUSE, Anselme	Samuel Tooloose	2	2			1					1	1		1
VEILLEUX, Louis	Lewis Villieux								1				1				1
	TOTALS:	14	10	11	3	7	4	5	6	16	9	9	3	8	5	6	2