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Fragments of History

by Yolande Allaire-Roux

In this chapter, Madame Yolande Roux shares with us the discoveries she has made over more than 40 years; she has written a great many articles for the local newspapers, all of them driven by her love of History.

Below you will find a number of the subjects she has treated. Part of this list is repeated under the tab “Les histoires de notre Histoire” (The stories of our History)

  1. The CemeteriesMay 25, 2015 · Yolande Allaire Roux · 5 min read
  2. The Gouin Parish PriestsMay 25, 2015 · Yolande Allaire Roux · 5 min read
  3. The Written Word RemainsMay 25, 2015 · Yolande Allaire Roux · 3 min read
  4. Romain BecquetMay 25, 2015 · Yolande Allaire Roux · 2 min read
  5. Thomas-Aimé ChandonnetMay 25, 2015 · Yolande Allaire Roux · 4 min read
  6. Three Houses, One Family: the MéthotsMay 25, 2015 · Yolande Allaire Roux · 4 min read

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  1. The CemeteriesMay 25, 2015 · written by Yolande Allaire Roux · 5 min readFor Yolande Allaire-Roux, cemeteries are genealogies carved in stone: from Pointe Callières to Père Lachaise and Grosse-Ile, then here at home in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, with its 1900 charnel house and Father Gouin’s way of the cross.
  2. The Gouin Parish PriestsMay 25, 2015 · written by Yolande Allaire Roux · 5 min readTwo parish priests from Baie-du-Febvre: Philippe-Antonio Gouin, who arrived in 1898 and led an era of great progress, and Gratien Gouin, who died suddenly at the foot of the altar at 53. Both descend from Mathurin Gouin.
  3. The Written Word RemainsMay 25, 2015 · written by Yolande Allaire Roux · 3 min readFrom Charles Z. Garceau's black notebook to the Archambault index of the parish registers, the writings that have kept the memory of Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, and a call to sort your own archives.
  4. Romain BecquetMay 25, 2015 · written by Yolande Allaire Roux · 2 min readA notary from a small village near Rouen, Romain Becquet looked after the settlers of the côte de Beaupré and the île d’Orléans; his greffe, kept at the Archives de Québec, is one of the largest of the seventeenth century.
  5. Thomas-Aimé ChandonnetMay 25, 2015 · written by Yolande Allaire Roux · 4 min readYoungest of fifteen children, born at Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets in 1834, Abbé Chandonnet was an orator, a doctor of theology and third principal of the école normale Laval; from Rome he chose the painters of our church chancel.
  6. Three Houses, One Family: the MéthotsMay 25, 2015 · written by Yolande Allaire Roux · 4 min readThree neighbouring houses at Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets and their related occupants: the notary Antoine-Prosper Méthot, the brick house built in 1860 for Dr. Archambault, and the Manoir Baby, which became the Manoir Méthot in 1864.
  7. A Tornado at Sainte-Cécile-de-Lévrard.May 27, 2017 · written by Alain Manset · 2 min readOn 19 August 1923 a tornado destroyed 32 buildings at Sainte-Cécile-de-Lévrard: $100,000 in damage, not one injury, and work bees organized by the parish priest Henri Denoncourt.
  8. Memories of a Young Immigrant in 1951July 10, 2015 · written by Alain Manset · 1 min readAlain Manset, who came from France with his parents in 1951, looks back on his first impressions of Canada; now settled in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, he studies local and regional history.

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