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Victorine Rosine “Rosalie” <I>Monchalin</I> Dentzer

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Victorine Rosine “Rosalie” Monchalin Dentzer

Birth
Rosieres, Departement de la Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France
Death
22 Dec 1899 (aged 23)
Lorne, Pilot Mound Census Division, Manitoba, Canada
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: When details of the final disposition of her remains are available, this memorial will be updated, but the newspaper accounts tell us her grave is in the area of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, MB Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Born in the hamlet of Chomeil.

Arrived in Quebec, Canada with her parents and three siblings aboard the SS Sarnia on April 25, 1896.

Married Jean Pierre Dentzer on December 12, 1898 (MB Marriage Registration #1898,001399 as "Rosnie Monchalin" and "Pierre Deutzer") in the RM of Lorne.

Died at the hands of her husband (murder) shortly after giving birth to the couple's only daughter, Rosalie (MB Death Registration #1900,004056 as "Rovimain Deutzer"; estimated age at death: 24 years).

After the tragedy, their infant daughter, Rosalie (1899), was adopted by her parents, Andre and Rosalie, who raised her as their own.

Details of her burial have not yet come to hand, but the newspaper accounts of the day tell us they were laid to rest in Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes.

An excerpt from the Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, MB, Centennial Book:

https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A3122683#page/432/mode/1up/search/dentzer

Another part of her story is told, with some lack of clarity, in this excerpt from the centennial volume "The Hills of Home":

https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A2651667#page/569/mode/1up/search/monchalin

With contributions from LES WOODS
Born in the hamlet of Chomeil.

Arrived in Quebec, Canada with her parents and three siblings aboard the SS Sarnia on April 25, 1896.

Married Jean Pierre Dentzer on December 12, 1898 (MB Marriage Registration #1898,001399 as "Rosnie Monchalin" and "Pierre Deutzer") in the RM of Lorne.

Died at the hands of her husband (murder) shortly after giving birth to the couple's only daughter, Rosalie (MB Death Registration #1900,004056 as "Rovimain Deutzer"; estimated age at death: 24 years).

After the tragedy, their infant daughter, Rosalie (1899), was adopted by her parents, Andre and Rosalie, who raised her as their own.

Details of her burial have not yet come to hand, but the newspaper accounts of the day tell us they were laid to rest in Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes.

An excerpt from the Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, MB, Centennial Book:

https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A3122683#page/432/mode/1up/search/dentzer

Another part of her story is told, with some lack of clarity, in this excerpt from the centennial volume "The Hills of Home":

https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A2651667#page/569/mode/1up/search/monchalin

With contributions from LES WOODS


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