Joseph Rosario Lepitre

1894 Westbury, Quebec – 1920 Sherbrooke, Quebec

 

 

Continuation of tree (4th child of Joseph Philippe Lepitre/Delphine Marie Leclerc); all known surname descendants:

                8          Joseph Rosario Lepitre  b: 26 March 1894  St. Louis, East Angus, Westbury, Compton, QUE; d: 14 November 1920  Hospital, St. Jean Baptiste, Sherbrooke, QUE

                                  +Marie Josephine Fortier  b: 10 April 1901  Berlin, Coos, NH; m: 4 June 1917  Berlin, Coos, NH [Gideon/Mathilda Marquis]; d: 2 July 1989  Conway, Carroll, NH

                            9          Joseph Rosario Achille Lepitre  b: 2 May 1918  St. Louis, East Angus, Westbury, Compton, QUE; d: 18 September 1918  Berlin, Coos, NH

                            9          male Lepitre  b: 21 May 1919  St. Louis, East Angus, Westbury, Compton, QUE; d: 21 May 1919  St. Louis, East Angus, Westbury, Compton, QUE

 

 

Notes for Joseph Rosario Lepitre:

Census

- 1911 East Angus, Westbury, Compton, Quebec:  Philippe Lapitre 56 (farmer), wife Delphine 45, Louis 22, Zoel 18, Rosario 17, Marianne 9, Manuel 6, Lida 5.

 

- 1920 Berlin, Coos, NH:  Josie Lepitre 18 (mar.), living with her parents.

 

WWI registration records:  Joseph Rosario Lepitre; res. Glen Ave., Berlin, NH; b. 30 Mar 1894 (East Angus, Quebec); common labor; wife; medium/medium; dark brown eyes; dark brown hair; 5 Jun 1918 Berlin, NH.

 

Border crossing from NH to QUE at Coaticook:  Rosario Lepitre 24 (Can), wife Josie 17 (USA); April 1919; Labourer; has $50

 

Notes for Marie Josephine Fortier:

- Married Frederick Thibodeau 29 August 1921 at Berlin, NH.

- Married John Robert Horne 7 January 1933 at Berlin, NH.

- Obituary:  Sun Journal (Lewiston, ME), Tuesday, 4 July 1989:  Berlin, N.H. - Josephine Horne, 88, formerly of 83 Granite St., a resident of the Clipper Nursing Home in Conway for the past eight months, died Sunday at the nursing home.  She was born April 10, 1901, in Berlin, the daughter of Gedeon and Mathilda Marquis Fortier.  She had resided in Berlin all of her life, and was a member of St. Anne's Parish.  Her husband, John R. Horne, died in 1959.  She is survived by a son, Russell Thibodeau of Atlanta, Ga.; a daughter, Mrs. Lillian Malenfant of Berlin; a brother, Arthur Fortier of Virginia; one grandson and one great-grandson.

 

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Last updated:  15 November 2023.