Marie Léa Françoise Ruel, daughter of François Ovide Ruel and Clara Ferland, was baptized on 23 Jan 1913 at Sainte Justine, Langevin, Dorchester, Québec, Canada. Her parents and most of her siblings immigrated to the United States in Feb 1920 and settled in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine. Françoise immigrated to the United States at age 10 in Jul 1923 with her maternal grandfather Alfred Ferland and joined her family in Lewiston. She married Armand Blais, son of Arthur Blais and Evangéline Ratté, on 11 Nov 1933 in Maine. Françoise was widowed in 1973.
Sources include the Drouin collection (Québec vital and church records), immigration records, census records, Maine marriage records, the Sun Journal (Lewiston/Auburn) 17 Apr 2003, the Social Security Death Index, and burial records. Please note that the SSDI indicates DOB 21 Jan 1913, but obituary and Drouin records indicate 22 Jan 1913.
Sources include the Drouin collection (Québec vital and church records), immigration records, census records, Maine marriage records, the Sun Journal (Lewiston/Auburn) 17 Apr 2003, the Social Security Death Index, and burial records. Please note that the SSDI indicates DOB 21 Jan 1913, but obituary and Drouin records indicate 22 Jan 1913.
Marie Léa Françoise Ruel, daughter of François Ovide Ruel and Clara Ferland, was baptized on 23 Jan 1913 at Sainte Justine, Langevin, Dorchester, Québec, Canada. Her parents and most of her siblings immigrated to the United States in Feb 1920 and settled in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine. Françoise immigrated to the United States at age 10 in Jul 1923 with her maternal grandfather Alfred Ferland and joined her family in Lewiston. She married Armand Blais, son of Arthur Blais and Evangéline Ratté, on 11 Nov 1933 in Maine. Françoise was widowed in 1973.
Sources include the Drouin collection (Québec vital and church records), immigration records, census records, Maine marriage records, the Sun Journal (Lewiston/Auburn) 17 Apr 2003, the Social Security Death Index, and burial records. Please note that the SSDI indicates DOB 21 Jan 1913, but obituary and Drouin records indicate 22 Jan 1913.
Sources include the Drouin collection (Québec vital and church records), immigration records, census records, Maine marriage records, the Sun Journal (Lewiston/Auburn) 17 Apr 2003, the Social Security Death Index, and burial records. Please note that the SSDI indicates DOB 21 Jan 1913, but obituary and Drouin records indicate 22 Jan 1913.
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