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Baptismal record states "Felix Levi Lafex: On the twentieth day of November one thousand eight hundred and eighty seven, I the undersigned priest, baptised Felix Levi Lafex, born the twentieth of last August of the lawful marriage of Levi Lafex and Adelaide Duval. Sponsors Lewis Miller and Mary Lafex (his paternal aunt and her husband who was also known as Louis Dumoulin). Signed George Corbett, Priest. SOURCE Drouin Collection, St Andrew's West Parish records, 1857-1891, year 1887 B56.
He was a soldier in WWI, where he was a guard of the Sault Ste Marie Locks. During the first 3 years of he and Lillian's marriage, they lived on his parent's farm in Dean Lake, ON. For his service, he received a grant of land in Ryland, ON, just outside of Hearst, ON, in 1920. He farmed this land for about 15 years as well as operated a logging operation, complete with large bunkhouses on their property. In about 1935, they moved to Hearst, ON and he became Town Foreman. After his retirement in 1958, he and Lillian moved to Creston, BC, where they lived until Levi suffered a stroke in 1973. They returned to Sault Ste Marie and Levi was placed in Tendercare Nursing Home, where he lived until his death. He and Lillian are buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Sault Ste Marie, ON.