Anna Marie (Soucy) Dubé, known simply as 'Anna', was the second of three children born to Édmond and Flavie Soucy in St-Léonard-Parent, New Brunswick, Canada. Both her eld- er sister and younger brother died as infants; and two weeks after her brother's death, An- na's mom passed away at age twenty — from typhoid fever. Barely a-year-and-a-half-old, Anna went to live with her maternal grandpar- ents, Sévérin and Léocadie Cormier, who were then in their late forties; and it was there on the Cormier family farm that Anna grew up.
Anna's dad remarried about nine months after his wife's death and eventually had nine more children with his second wife — the only sis- ters and brothers that Anna ever knew; but it was her 'Mémère Cormier' who served as An- na's role model and surrogate mother. In the summer of 1911, the Canadian Census shows that Anna was attending school, though she was erroneously recorded as the Cormiers' 'niece'. Her grandparents were nearing sixty, but their two younger sons (Fred and Oné- sime), neither of whom had yet married, were still living at home — working the farm with their father.
By early 1919 Anna Soucy had caught the eye of a local Frenchman who had recently moved back to St-Léonard after traveling the country for more than three decades. Fifty-one-year- old Napoléon Dubé was no stranger to the Cormier family; and though he was thirty-two years Anna's senior, he and she shared some- thing in common. By coincidence, Napoléon had also been orphaned as a young child, his parents having died by the time he was three; and quite ironically, he had been sent to live with his godmother — Julie (Cyr) Cormier, who was Anna's great-grandmother. In the spring of 1919, Napoléon Dubé asked for Anna's hand in marriage; and on the fifth of May, the day after Anna's twentieth birthday, the couple exchanged wedding vows.
Click here for an account of Napoléon's ear- lier years.
The Dubés established themselves in a small house in St-Léonard-Parent; and like their an- cestors before them, they took to farming the land. In 1920, shortly before their first anni- versary, Anna gave birth to a son who was named Joël; and over the course of the next fifteen years, three daughters and seven more sons would follow (though two of their boys would die as babies). Their lastborn child, Ro- méo, was born at the tail-end of 1935 when Napoléon was sixty-seven years of age. By then, however, the ol' Frenchman's health was failing, and he passed away two weeks after Roméo's birth.
Widowed at thirty-five, Anna Dubé was tasked with raising their nine children — the youngest of whom was an infant; the eldest, only fif- teen. The family soon moved across the bor- der to Van Buren, Maine; and by the early 1940s, they had all relocated to Portsmouth, New Hampshire — where many of the Dubé descendants remain today. By the mid 1950s, Anna had purchased an old turn of the cen- tury colonial at 210 Clinton Street — on the western bank of North Mill Pond, where she would remain for the next four decades. By then, she and some of her children had adopt- ed the anglicized spelling of the family name (Dubay), as Napoléon had done when he was a younger man; and eventually all of the Dubé children would marry, blessing Anna with many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Though she was still a young woman when Napoléon died, Anna never remarried.
Having survived her husband by sixty years, Anna Dubay passed away in 1995 shortly after her ninety-fifth birthday. Like her father (who had succumbed in 1969 at age 94), Anna had been blessed with a long and fruitful life; and those same genes had been passed on to her eldest son, Joël, who died in 2015 at age 94. May you rest in peace, Anna. Job well done.
ANNA DUBAY's FAMILY
Her Husband:
Napoléon 'Paul' Dubé 1868-1935 [age 67]
married May 5, 1919
St-Léonard-Parent, Madawaska, N.B., Canada
Note:
Napoléon had been previously married and di- vorced.
Their 11 Children:
· Joseph S. 'Joël' Dubé 1920-2015 [age 94]
· Jean-Paul Dubé 1921-1998 [age 76]
· Fidèle E. Dubé 1923-1982 [age 59]
· Patrick A. Dubé 1925-1995 [age 70]
· Régina L. (Dubé) Croteau
1926-2000 [age 73]
· Lucille A. (Dubé) [Croteau] Tibbetts
1927-1968 [age 40]
· Yvette T. (Dubé) Croteau
1929-2009 [age 79]
· Gérard L. Dubé 1930-1951 [age 20]
· Robert Dubé 1932-1932 [age 6 months]
· Clermont Dubé 1934-1935 [age 8 months]
· Roméo Dubé
Her Parents:
Édmond J. Soucy 1874-1969 [age 94]
and Flavie M. (Cormier) Soucy
1881-1901 [age 20]
married May 1, 1898
Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue
St-Léonard-Parent, Madawaska, N.B., Canada
Note:
Édmond Soucy remarried in 1902.
Anna's stepmother was
Clara (Desjardins) Soucy 1883-1965 [age 81]
Her 2 Siblings:
· Alice Y. Soucy 1899-1899 [age 4 months]
· Édmond J. Soucy, Jr.
1901-1901 [died the same day]
Her 9 Half-Siblings:
the only brothers and sisters she ever knew
· Emilie (Soucy) [Tardif] Michaud 1903-
· Aldéric J. Soucy 1905-1987 [age 82]
· Joseph Soucy 1906-1907 [age 8 months]
· Yvonne E. (Soucy) Dubé 1908-1951
· Roméo E. Soucy 1910-1993 [age 83]
· Marthé M. 'Mattie' (Soucy) Desjardins
1913-1988 [age 75]
· Onésime L. Soucy 1915-2012 [age 96]
· Joseph H. Soucy 1919-2001 [age 81]
· Rita D. Soucy 1921-1922 [age 1]
Her Grandparents:
· Joseph Soucy 1849-1900 [age 50]
and Marie (Tardif) Soucy
1853-1924 [age 71]
· Sévérin X. Cormier 1852-1930 [age 78]
and Léocadie (Martin) Cormier
1853-1947 [age 93]
CEMETERY INFORMATION:
Type of Marker: Headstone (monument)
and Footstone (flat)
Anna's dad remarried about nine months after his wife's death and eventually had nine more children with his second wife — the only sis- ters and brothers that Anna ever knew; but it was her 'Mémère Cormier' who served as An- na's role model and surrogate mother. In the summer of 1911, the Canadian Census shows that Anna was attending school, though she was erroneously recorded as the Cormiers' 'niece'. Her grandparents were nearing sixty, but their two younger sons (Fred and Oné- sime), neither of whom had yet married, were still living at home — working the farm with their father.
By early 1919 Anna Soucy had caught the eye of a local Frenchman who had recently moved back to St-Léonard after traveling the country for more than three decades. Fifty-one-year- old Napoléon Dubé was no stranger to the Cormier family; and though he was thirty-two years Anna's senior, he and she shared some- thing in common. By coincidence, Napoléon had also been orphaned as a young child, his parents having died by the time he was three; and quite ironically, he had been sent to live with his godmother — Julie (Cyr) Cormier, who was Anna's great-grandmother. In the spring of 1919, Napoléon Dubé asked for Anna's hand in marriage; and on the fifth of May, the day after Anna's twentieth birthday, the couple exchanged wedding vows.
Click here for an account of Napoléon's ear- lier years.
The Dubés established themselves in a small house in St-Léonard-Parent; and like their an- cestors before them, they took to farming the land. In 1920, shortly before their first anni- versary, Anna gave birth to a son who was named Joël; and over the course of the next fifteen years, three daughters and seven more sons would follow (though two of their boys would die as babies). Their lastborn child, Ro- méo, was born at the tail-end of 1935 when Napoléon was sixty-seven years of age. By then, however, the ol' Frenchman's health was failing, and he passed away two weeks after Roméo's birth.
Widowed at thirty-five, Anna Dubé was tasked with raising their nine children — the youngest of whom was an infant; the eldest, only fif- teen. The family soon moved across the bor- der to Van Buren, Maine; and by the early 1940s, they had all relocated to Portsmouth, New Hampshire — where many of the Dubé descendants remain today. By the mid 1950s, Anna had purchased an old turn of the cen- tury colonial at 210 Clinton Street — on the western bank of North Mill Pond, where she would remain for the next four decades. By then, she and some of her children had adopt- ed the anglicized spelling of the family name (Dubay), as Napoléon had done when he was a younger man; and eventually all of the Dubé children would marry, blessing Anna with many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Though she was still a young woman when Napoléon died, Anna never remarried.
Having survived her husband by sixty years, Anna Dubay passed away in 1995 shortly after her ninety-fifth birthday. Like her father (who had succumbed in 1969 at age 94), Anna had been blessed with a long and fruitful life; and those same genes had been passed on to her eldest son, Joël, who died in 2015 at age 94. May you rest in peace, Anna. Job well done.
ANNA DUBAY's FAMILY
Her Husband:
Napoléon 'Paul' Dubé 1868-1935 [age 67]
married May 5, 1919
St-Léonard-Parent, Madawaska, N.B., Canada
Note:
Napoléon had been previously married and di- vorced.
Their 11 Children:
· Joseph S. 'Joël' Dubé 1920-2015 [age 94]
· Jean-Paul Dubé 1921-1998 [age 76]
· Fidèle E. Dubé 1923-1982 [age 59]
· Patrick A. Dubé 1925-1995 [age 70]
· Régina L. (Dubé) Croteau
1926-2000 [age 73]
· Lucille A. (Dubé) [Croteau] Tibbetts
1927-1968 [age 40]
· Yvette T. (Dubé) Croteau
1929-2009 [age 79]
· Gérard L. Dubé 1930-1951 [age 20]
· Robert Dubé 1932-1932 [age 6 months]
· Clermont Dubé 1934-1935 [age 8 months]
· Roméo Dubé
Her Parents:
Édmond J. Soucy 1874-1969 [age 94]
and Flavie M. (Cormier) Soucy
1881-1901 [age 20]
married May 1, 1898
Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue
St-Léonard-Parent, Madawaska, N.B., Canada
Note:
Édmond Soucy remarried in 1902.
Anna's stepmother was
Clara (Desjardins) Soucy 1883-1965 [age 81]
Her 2 Siblings:
· Alice Y. Soucy 1899-1899 [age 4 months]
· Édmond J. Soucy, Jr.
1901-1901 [died the same day]
Her 9 Half-Siblings:
the only brothers and sisters she ever knew
· Emilie (Soucy) [Tardif] Michaud 1903-
· Aldéric J. Soucy 1905-1987 [age 82]
· Joseph Soucy 1906-1907 [age 8 months]
· Yvonne E. (Soucy) Dubé 1908-1951
· Roméo E. Soucy 1910-1993 [age 83]
· Marthé M. 'Mattie' (Soucy) Desjardins
1913-1988 [age 75]
· Onésime L. Soucy 1915-2012 [age 96]
· Joseph H. Soucy 1919-2001 [age 81]
· Rita D. Soucy 1921-1922 [age 1]
Her Grandparents:
· Joseph Soucy 1849-1900 [age 50]
and Marie (Tardif) Soucy
1853-1924 [age 71]
· Sévérin X. Cormier 1852-1930 [age 78]
and Léocadie (Martin) Cormier
1853-1947 [age 93]
CEMETERY INFORMATION:
Type of Marker: Headstone (monument)
and Footstone (flat)
Anna Marie (Soucy) Dubé, known simply as 'Anna', was the second of three children born to Édmond and Flavie Soucy in St-Léonard-Parent, New Brunswick, Canada. Both her eld- er sister and younger brother died as infants; and two weeks after her brother's death, An- na's mom passed away at age twenty — from typhoid fever. Barely a-year-and-a-half-old, Anna went to live with her maternal grandpar- ents, Sévérin and Léocadie Cormier, who were then in their late forties; and it was there on the Cormier family farm that Anna grew up.
Anna's dad remarried about nine months after his wife's death and eventually had nine more children with his second wife — the only sis- ters and brothers that Anna ever knew; but it was her 'Mémère Cormier' who served as An- na's role model and surrogate mother. In the summer of 1911, the Canadian Census shows that Anna was attending school, though she was erroneously recorded as the Cormiers' 'niece'. Her grandparents were nearing sixty, but their two younger sons (Fred and Oné- sime), neither of whom had yet married, were still living at home — working the farm with their father.
By early 1919 Anna Soucy had caught the eye of a local Frenchman who had recently moved back to St-Léonard after traveling the country for more than three decades. Fifty-one-year- old Napoléon Dubé was no stranger to the Cormier family; and though he was thirty-two years Anna's senior, he and she shared some- thing in common. By coincidence, Napoléon had also been orphaned as a young child, his parents having died by the time he was three; and quite ironically, he had been sent to live with his godmother — Julie (Cyr) Cormier, who was Anna's great-grandmother. In the spring of 1919, Napoléon Dubé asked for Anna's hand in marriage; and on the fifth of May, the day after Anna's twentieth birthday, the couple exchanged wedding vows.
Click here for an account of Napoléon's ear- lier years.
The Dubés established themselves in a small house in St-Léonard-Parent; and like their an- cestors before them, they took to farming the land. In 1920, shortly before their first anni- versary, Anna gave birth to a son who was named Joël; and over the course of the next fifteen years, three daughters and seven more sons would follow (though two of their boys would die as babies). Their lastborn child, Ro- méo, was born at the tail-end of 1935 when Napoléon was sixty-seven years of age. By then, however, the ol' Frenchman's health was failing, and he passed away two weeks after Roméo's birth.
Widowed at thirty-five, Anna Dubé was tasked with raising their nine children — the youngest of whom was an infant; the eldest, only fif- teen. The family soon moved across the bor- der to Van Buren, Maine; and by the early 1940s, they had all relocated to Portsmouth, New Hampshire — where many of the Dubé descendants remain today. By the mid 1950s, Anna had purchased an old turn of the cen- tury colonial at 210 Clinton Street — on the western bank of North Mill Pond, where she would remain for the next four decades. By then, she and some of her children had adopt- ed the anglicized spelling of the family name (Dubay), as Napoléon had done when he was a younger man; and eventually all of the Dubé children would marry, blessing Anna with many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Though she was still a young woman when Napoléon died, Anna never remarried.
Having survived her husband by sixty years, Anna Dubay passed away in 1995 shortly after her ninety-fifth birthday. Like her father (who had succumbed in 1969 at age 94), Anna had been blessed with a long and fruitful life; and those same genes had been passed on to her eldest son, Joël, who died in 2015 at age 94. May you rest in peace, Anna. Job well done.
ANNA DUBAY's FAMILY
Her Husband:
Napoléon 'Paul' Dubé 1868-1935 [age 67]
married May 5, 1919
St-Léonard-Parent, Madawaska, N.B., Canada
Note:
Napoléon had been previously married and di- vorced.
Their 11 Children:
· Joseph S. 'Joël' Dubé 1920-2015 [age 94]
· Jean-Paul Dubé 1921-1998 [age 76]
· Fidèle E. Dubé 1923-1982 [age 59]
· Patrick A. Dubé 1925-1995 [age 70]
· Régina L. (Dubé) Croteau
1926-2000 [age 73]
· Lucille A. (Dubé) [Croteau] Tibbetts
1927-1968 [age 40]
· Yvette T. (Dubé) Croteau
1929-2009 [age 79]
· Gérard L. Dubé 1930-1951 [age 20]
· Robert Dubé 1932-1932 [age 6 months]
· Clermont Dubé 1934-1935 [age 8 months]
· Roméo Dubé
Her Parents:
Édmond J. Soucy 1874-1969 [age 94]
and Flavie M. (Cormier) Soucy
1881-1901 [age 20]
married May 1, 1898
Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue
St-Léonard-Parent, Madawaska, N.B., Canada
Note:
Édmond Soucy remarried in 1902.
Anna's stepmother was
Clara (Desjardins) Soucy 1883-1965 [age 81]
Her 2 Siblings:
· Alice Y. Soucy 1899-1899 [age 4 months]
· Édmond J. Soucy, Jr.
1901-1901 [died the same day]
Her 9 Half-Siblings:
the only brothers and sisters she ever knew
· Emilie (Soucy) [Tardif] Michaud 1903-
· Aldéric J. Soucy 1905-1987 [age 82]
· Joseph Soucy 1906-1907 [age 8 months]
· Yvonne E. (Soucy) Dubé 1908-1951
· Roméo E. Soucy 1910-1993 [age 83]
· Marthé M. 'Mattie' (Soucy) Desjardins
1913-1988 [age 75]
· Onésime L. Soucy 1915-2012 [age 96]
· Joseph H. Soucy 1919-2001 [age 81]
· Rita D. Soucy 1921-1922 [age 1]
Her Grandparents:
· Joseph Soucy 1849-1900 [age 50]
and Marie (Tardif) Soucy
1853-1924 [age 71]
· Sévérin X. Cormier 1852-1930 [age 78]
and Léocadie (Martin) Cormier
1853-1947 [age 93]
CEMETERY INFORMATION:
Type of Marker: Headstone (monument)
and Footstone (flat)
Anna's dad remarried about nine months after his wife's death and eventually had nine more children with his second wife — the only sis- ters and brothers that Anna ever knew; but it was her 'Mémère Cormier' who served as An- na's role model and surrogate mother. In the summer of 1911, the Canadian Census shows that Anna was attending school, though she was erroneously recorded as the Cormiers' 'niece'. Her grandparents were nearing sixty, but their two younger sons (Fred and Oné- sime), neither of whom had yet married, were still living at home — working the farm with their father.
By early 1919 Anna Soucy had caught the eye of a local Frenchman who had recently moved back to St-Léonard after traveling the country for more than three decades. Fifty-one-year- old Napoléon Dubé was no stranger to the Cormier family; and though he was thirty-two years Anna's senior, he and she shared some- thing in common. By coincidence, Napoléon had also been orphaned as a young child, his parents having died by the time he was three; and quite ironically, he had been sent to live with his godmother — Julie (Cyr) Cormier, who was Anna's great-grandmother. In the spring of 1919, Napoléon Dubé asked for Anna's hand in marriage; and on the fifth of May, the day after Anna's twentieth birthday, the couple exchanged wedding vows.
Click here for an account of Napoléon's ear- lier years.
The Dubés established themselves in a small house in St-Léonard-Parent; and like their an- cestors before them, they took to farming the land. In 1920, shortly before their first anni- versary, Anna gave birth to a son who was named Joël; and over the course of the next fifteen years, three daughters and seven more sons would follow (though two of their boys would die as babies). Their lastborn child, Ro- méo, was born at the tail-end of 1935 when Napoléon was sixty-seven years of age. By then, however, the ol' Frenchman's health was failing, and he passed away two weeks after Roméo's birth.
Widowed at thirty-five, Anna Dubé was tasked with raising their nine children — the youngest of whom was an infant; the eldest, only fif- teen. The family soon moved across the bor- der to Van Buren, Maine; and by the early 1940s, they had all relocated to Portsmouth, New Hampshire — where many of the Dubé descendants remain today. By the mid 1950s, Anna had purchased an old turn of the cen- tury colonial at 210 Clinton Street — on the western bank of North Mill Pond, where she would remain for the next four decades. By then, she and some of her children had adopt- ed the anglicized spelling of the family name (Dubay), as Napoléon had done when he was a younger man; and eventually all of the Dubé children would marry, blessing Anna with many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Though she was still a young woman when Napoléon died, Anna never remarried.
Having survived her husband by sixty years, Anna Dubay passed away in 1995 shortly after her ninety-fifth birthday. Like her father (who had succumbed in 1969 at age 94), Anna had been blessed with a long and fruitful life; and those same genes had been passed on to her eldest son, Joël, who died in 2015 at age 94. May you rest in peace, Anna. Job well done.
ANNA DUBAY's FAMILY
Her Husband:
Napoléon 'Paul' Dubé 1868-1935 [age 67]
married May 5, 1919
St-Léonard-Parent, Madawaska, N.B., Canada
Note:
Napoléon had been previously married and di- vorced.
Their 11 Children:
· Joseph S. 'Joël' Dubé 1920-2015 [age 94]
· Jean-Paul Dubé 1921-1998 [age 76]
· Fidèle E. Dubé 1923-1982 [age 59]
· Patrick A. Dubé 1925-1995 [age 70]
· Régina L. (Dubé) Croteau
1926-2000 [age 73]
· Lucille A. (Dubé) [Croteau] Tibbetts
1927-1968 [age 40]
· Yvette T. (Dubé) Croteau
1929-2009 [age 79]
· Gérard L. Dubé 1930-1951 [age 20]
· Robert Dubé 1932-1932 [age 6 months]
· Clermont Dubé 1934-1935 [age 8 months]
· Roméo Dubé
Her Parents:
Édmond J. Soucy 1874-1969 [age 94]
and Flavie M. (Cormier) Soucy
1881-1901 [age 20]
married May 1, 1898
Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue
St-Léonard-Parent, Madawaska, N.B., Canada
Note:
Édmond Soucy remarried in 1902.
Anna's stepmother was
Clara (Desjardins) Soucy 1883-1965 [age 81]
Her 2 Siblings:
· Alice Y. Soucy 1899-1899 [age 4 months]
· Édmond J. Soucy, Jr.
1901-1901 [died the same day]
Her 9 Half-Siblings:
the only brothers and sisters she ever knew
· Emilie (Soucy) [Tardif] Michaud 1903-
· Aldéric J. Soucy 1905-1987 [age 82]
· Joseph Soucy 1906-1907 [age 8 months]
· Yvonne E. (Soucy) Dubé 1908-1951
· Roméo E. Soucy 1910-1993 [age 83]
· Marthé M. 'Mattie' (Soucy) Desjardins
1913-1988 [age 75]
· Onésime L. Soucy 1915-2012 [age 96]
· Joseph H. Soucy 1919-2001 [age 81]
· Rita D. Soucy 1921-1922 [age 1]
Her Grandparents:
· Joseph Soucy 1849-1900 [age 50]
and Marie (Tardif) Soucy
1853-1924 [age 71]
· Sévérin X. Cormier 1852-1930 [age 78]
and Léocadie (Martin) Cormier
1853-1947 [age 93]
CEMETERY INFORMATION:
Type of Marker: Headstone (monument)
and Footstone (flat)
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