The Post Offices
Postmasters of Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Sainte-Cécile-de-Lévrard and Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard from 1832 onward: terms of office, the address of each office and its lot number.
Written in French by Alain Manset, May 25, 2015. Quotations from period documents are left in the original. Lire l’original en français.
Postmasters of the Lévrard-Becquet seigneury
Note: the list gives the postmasters’ terms of office, along with the address where the post office stood and the corresponding lot numbers.
| Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets | ||
|---|---|---|
| Postmaster’s name | Post office address | Lot number |
| 1- A.P. Méthot (1832) | 159 Marie-Victorin | lots: 55-P, 47-P |
| 2- O. Tousignant (1853 to 1862) | 217 Marie-Victorin | lots: 65-1, 65-2 |
| 3- Élie Godin (1862 to 1869) | Not identified | |
| 4- Thomas Phillips (1869 to 1895) Marie L. Phillips (1895 to 1905) Thomas Phillips (1906 to 1917) Emma D. Phillips (1918 to 1927) | 207 Marie-Victorin | lot: 63 |
| 5- Blanche Lemelin (1928 to 1930) Olivier Archambault (1931 to 1936) | 203 Marie-Victorin | lots: 62-1, 62-2, 52-2, 52-1. |
| 6- Robert Roy (1937 to 1947) | 211 Marie-Victorin | lot: 64-P |
| 7- Sylvio Pepin (1948) Jeanne Trottier Pepin ( 1948 to 1959) | 268 Marie-Victorin | lot: 54-21 |
| 8- Antonio Dion (1960 to 1963) Jeannine Paris (1963) | 231 Marie-Victorin | lot: 53-P |
| 9- Gaston Mailhot (1963- ?) | 274 Marie-Victorin | lot: 54-P |
| 10- Lamarche office Napoléon Gagnon (1912 to 1917) | 513 route 218 | lot: 224-P |
| 11- Montalembert office ( 1917 to 1922) Welley Petit Aurore Petit, daughter of Théotime | ||
| It stood on the deuxième rang (rang: concession road, a row of farm lots), next door on the west side of the route Mailhot; lot: 124 | ||
| Ste-Cécile-de-Lévrard | ||
|---|---|---|
| Postmaster’s name | Post office address | Lot number |
| 1- F.Mailhiot (1879-? ) | Not identified | |
| 2- L.P. Beaudet (1887 to 1891) | Not identified | |
| 3- Miss Atala Roux (1891) | Not identified | |
| 4- W.L.M. Pepin (1892) | Not identified | |
| 5- Ernest Paquin (1892 to 1912) | Not identified | |
| 6- Séraphin Rivard (1912 to 1947) | 245 Principale | lot: 325-P |
| 7- Ferdinand Tousignant (1947) | 248 Principale | lot: 325-P |
| 8- Eva Pepin Paquin (1947 to 1956) Wellie Paquin (1956) | 256 Principale | lot: 325-5 |
| 9- Ferdinand Tousignant (1959 to 1960) Juliette Carignan Tousignant (1961 to 1967) | 248 Principale | lot: 325-P |
| 10- Bernadette Pepin (Mrs. Edmond) (1967 to 1977) | 253 Principale | lot: 325-P |
| 11- St-François office: Urgel St-Cyr (1913 to 1920) Not located (at the upper end of the 4th rang, going toward Gentilly) | ||
| Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard | ||
|---|---|---|
| Postmaster’s name | Post office address | Lot number |
| 1- Fortunat Morrissette (1875 to 1876) | Not identified | |
| 2- Louis Beauchesne (1876 to 1877) | Not identified | |
| 3- Gédéon Lefebvre (1877 to 1883) | Not identified | |
| 4- Gédéon Morrissette (1883 to 1887) | Not identified | |
| 5- Charles Borromée Poisson (1887 to 1927) | 183 St-Antoine | lot: 549 |
| 6- Thomas Barabé (1927 to 1931) | 158 St-Antoine219 St-Antoine | lot: 626-P-2lot 552-P and 553-P |
| 7- Charles Borromée Poisson (1931) Charles Zéphirin Poisson (1932 to 1936) | 183 St-Antoine | lot: 549 |
| 8- Juliette Tousignant (1937 to 1951) | 176-178 St-Antoine | lot: 625-P |
| 9- Marie Angèle Pauline Tousignant (1952 to 1957) | 186 St-Antoine | lot: 625-P |
| 10- Marie Rolande Tousignant (1958 to 1982) | 190 St-Antoine | lot: 624-P, 625-P |
| 11- Jeannine Tousignant (1982) | 1, rue Brunelle | lot: 551-12 |
| 12- Hindelang office Médéric Spénard (1910 to 1916) | 296 St-Antoine | lot: 609-P |
| 13- St-Ovide office Ludger Mailhot (1911 to 1916) | not located | |
N.B.: In accordance with the privacy legislation of 1983, certain information has been withheld.
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