Anne-Marie “Marie” Nicolas Durand (1864-1948)

Anne-Marie “Marie” Nicolas Durand

Birth

29 Oct 1864

Fayolle, Departement de la Dordogne, Aquitaine, France

Death

2 Dec 1948 (aged 84)

Saint-Boniface, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Burial

Notre Dame de Lourdes Roman Catholic Old Cemetery

Notre Dame de Lourdes, Central Manitoba Census Division, Manitoba, Canada Add to Map

Memorial ID

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Acte de mariage Le Pertuis 6E 170/4 n°1 (February 16, 1887)

Arrived in Canada with their young family in 1893 and bought homestead #57434 at NW-16-7-8-W1 on May 5 though the patent was never awarded. The family were on another parcel by 1898 when patent was granted to SE-04-07-08-W1 (49.536009, -98.488317). This is the homestead the couple farmed and lived on until retirement.

She, her husband, and their immigrant children became Canadian citizens in 1897.

MB Death Registration #1948,007430, as "Marie Durand; estimated age at death: 84 years; Date of Birth: 1864/10/29 (St Boniface)

An excerpt from the Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, MB, Centennial Book depicting her role in the Durand family:

https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A3122683#page/441/mode/1up/search/durand

A similar excerpt from the volume "Memories of Lorne, 1880-1980":