Biographie Gaucher George

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Biographie Gaucher George

George is the son of Léandre Gaucher et Délima Mercier (1). He was born in Massachusetts on March 7, 1878 (2).

George's mother was born in Canada around July 1845 (3) and was the daughter of Joseph Mercier and Marie Lafrance (4). George’s parents were married around 1867 (I've not been able to find the wedding act yet) and immigrated in USA around 1868; they had 9 children but only 6 were alive in 1900; Délima was a widow in 1900 (3). In 1900, Délima was living at 42 ½ Congress Street in Salem, Mass. with 4 children still single (Elzéar-Joseph, George, Henri-Joseph and Sophronie) (3). Details on the children follow at the end of this section. Delima died at the age of about 60 on Feb. 7, 1906 in Salem, Mass.; she was then residing at 10 Park St. in Salem, Mass. (4).

As previously stated, in 1900, George was living at 42 ½ Congress Street in Salem, Mass. with his mother, 2 brothers and one sister; he was working as a “laster” (3). In 1910, George was living with her sister Sophronie and his brother-in-law Laurent Cyr, at 27 Congress Street in Salem, Mass. (5) In 1918, George was living at 41 Ward St. in Salem, Mass. and was a shoe worker; the nearest relative he indicated was his brother Elzéar, 38 Peabody Street, Salem, Mass.; George signed George Goucher (6).

George married Anna Cyr around 1929 (7). In 1930, the couple lived at 37 Ward Street in Salem, Mass. and they worked in a shoe shop (8).

George's known siblings (from the 1900 Census):

Elzéar Joseph was born in Massachusetts (9) on March 27, 1876 (10). He married Marie C. Marquis, daughter of David Marquis and Célina Lévesque, born in Canada around 1884; she immigrated in USA with her family from L'Isle-Verte, Qc, Canada, around 1885 (11). In 1918, Elzéar Joseph and Marie C. were living in an apartment building at 38 Peabody Street, Salem, Mass. (12). In 1920, Elzéar and Marie lived with their daughter at 38 Peabody St., Salem, Mass. ; the household comprised also Arthur Marquis (Marie's brother) and a certain Laura Côté, a widow, and her daughter Ida Côté (Laura being the "sister" of either Elzéar or Marie C.); Henry Joseph, Elzéar's brother, lived in the same apartment building at that time (26). Marie died in 1922; at that time, she and Elzéar Joseph were still living at 38 Peabody Street (11). Marie's mother passed away in 1902 in Salem; her father passed away in 1924 in Salem; he was then a widow and residing at 38 Peabody St. in Salem, the same bulding as Marie and Elzéar (24).

Henri Joseph was born in Marlborough on February 27, 1880 (12). He married Jennie Gagnon, born in Canada on April 15, 1883 and daughter of Elzéar Gagnon and Ursule Pelletier (13). Their wedding was celebrated on February 10, 1902 in Salem, Mass.; in the register, Henri Joseph is said to be 21, born in Marlborough, and the son of Leandre Gaucher and Delima Marcil , and Jennie is said to be 17 (she was 18 in fact) and the daughter of Elzéar Gagnon and Ursule Pelletier (14). In 1910, Henri Joseph and Jennie were living with their 3 children at 19 1/2 Perkins Street in Salem, Mass. (25). In 1918, Henri Joseph and Jennie were living in an apartment building at 38 Peabody St. in Salem, Mass. (15). In 1920, Henri Joseph, Jennie and their 2 daughters were still living at the same place; they were the neighbors of Elzéar, Henri's brother (26) In 1942, Henri Joseph and Jennie M. were living at 97 Leach Street in Salem, Mass. (16). Henri Joseph died in Salem in 1954 and Jennie M., in Salem in 1965; they lie in St. Mary's cemetary (17).

Sophronie was born in March 1882 in Massachusetts (3). She married Laurent Cyr, son of Michel Cyr and Dosithée Ouellet, on April 14, 1902 in Salem, Mass.; in the marriage register, her parents are registered as Léandre Gaucher and Délima Mercier (18). Her husband Laurent was born on May 12, 1882 in Van Buren, Maine (19). In 1910, Sophronie and Laurent lived at 27 Congress St. in Salem, Mass. with their 3 children and George, Sophronie’s brother (20). In 1924, when Sophronie’s daughter Alice-Bertha was married, Sophronie and Laurent lived at 41 Ward Street in Salem, Mass. (21). In 1930, Sophronie and Laurent still lived at 41 Ward Street in Salem, Mass. (22). Laurent died in 1955 (23).

Note 1: these are the names found in the wedding inscription of his sister Sophronie (see note 17)
Note 2: date as per his registration card for the conscription in 1918. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GB5R-LP4?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A4LY6-NG6Z&action=view&cc=1968530&lang=fr and location as per the 1900 Census (link in note 3)
Note 3: 1900 Census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6QMP-GN?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM9RD-HPF&action=view&cc=1325221&lang=fr

Note 4: her death certificate https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D18W-CBG?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3ANW11-Y5G&action=view&cc=1463156&lang=fr Declarant was his son Elzéar.
Note 5: 1910 Census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRV4-VR9?view=index&action=view&cc=1727033&lang=fr
Note 6: registration card for the 1918 conscription https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GB5R-LP4?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A4LY6-NG6Z&action=view&cc=1968530&lang=fr
Note 7: in the 1930 Census, they declared having been married for one year. 1930 Census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RHQ-C2H?view=index&action=view&cc=1810731&lang=fr
Note 8 : link in note 7
Note 9: as per the 1900 Census (link in note 3)
Note 10: as per his registration card for 1918 conscription https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9B5R-G9H?view=index&action=view&cc=1968530&lang=fr
Note 11: Birthdate as per her death certificate https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34B-837X-Q?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A6ZFR-JGQK&action=view&cc=1928860&lang=fr She might be Marie Celina (born on November 2, 1883 in L'Isle-Verte, Qc, Canada) or Marie Claudia (born on February 10, 1885 at the same place). Her parents were David Marquis and Celina Levesque. They were married on June 16, 1883, in parish St-Jean-Baptiste, L'Isle-Verte, Qc, Canada. They had many children. The first 2 ones were born in L'Isle-Verte in 1883 and 1885, then others were born in St-Épiphane from 1889 to 1894 (Source: BMS2000). At least one other child was born in Massachusetts (Arthur in 1898 according to the 1920 Census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR6L-JTQ?wc=QZJP-5MX%3A1036470801%2C1036978101%2C1037344001%2C1589335317%26cc%3D1488411&lang=fr&i=2&cc=1488411). We can see the family in the 1900 US Census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6QMB-TJ?view=index&action=view&cc=1325221&lang=fr (let's note that the birth years of Marie and Claudia are wrong). Marie's father passed away in 1924; at that time, he was residing at 38 Peabody St., Salem (same address as Marie and Elzéar); he is said to be a widow from Celina Levesque.
Note 12: date as per his registration card for 1918 conscription https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9B5R-G9H?view=index&action=view&cc=1968530&lang=fr location as per his wedding (see note 14)

Note 13: baptized the next day as Marie-Eugénie-Rose-Anna in St-Donat, Rimouski, Québec, Canada. Baptism act: https://www.familysearch.org/fr/tree/person/memories/LB3X-2D7

Note 24 : Celina Levesque death register https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-67H7-HZD?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3ANWXF-7DP&action=view&cc=1463156&lang=fr David Marquis death certificate https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z69-FW86?lang=fr

Note 25 : 1910 Census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRV4-KCD?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM2JV-YFJ&action=view&cc=1727033&lang=fr

Note 26 : 1920 Census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR6L-JTQ?wc=QZJP-5MX%3A1036470801%2C1036978101%2C1037344001%2C1589335317%26cc%3D1488411&lang=fr&i=2&cc=1488411 Let's note that Marie declares having immigrated in USA in 1894, which differs from what is said in the 1900 Census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6QMB-TJ?view=index&action=view&cc=1325221&lang=fr

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