Thomas M Cyr

Brief Life History of Thomas M

When Thomas M Cyr was born on 17 October 1861, in Van Buren, Aroostook, Maine, United States, his father, Michel Cyr, was 36 and his mother, Helene Eleonore Roy, was 28. He married Sophie M Levasseur on 11 July 1882, in Van Buren, Aroostook, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Orono, Penobscot, Maine, United States in 1910 and Hopedale, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years. He died in 1944, in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas M Cyr
1861–1944
Sophie M Levasseur
1863–1938
Marriage: 11 July 1882
John Alfred Cyr
1886–1918
Annie M Cyr
1887–1973
Leonard Adam Cyr
1889–1966
Rosanna Margarite Cyr
1891–1962
Simeon Cyr
1893–1958
Mac Cyr
1895–
Almond Cyr
1896–1918
Benjamin Albert Cyr
1897–
Henry Joseph Cyr
1898–1971
Joseph Cyr
1898–
Laura Cyr
1901–
Walter T Cyr
1903–1979
Lillian Corima Cyr
1905–1993
Damase Leo Cyr
1907–1968
Gladys V Cyr
1908–1978
Simon J. Cyr
1916–1987

Sources (34)

  • David Cur, "United States, Census, 1900"
  • Damase "Thomas" Cyr Birth 17 Oct 1861 Van Buren, Aroostook, Maine, USA Death 1944 (aged 82–83) Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Burial 1944 Saint Marys Cemetery, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ID 165233486
  • Thomas Cyr in entry for Henry Joseph Cyr and Violet May Munyon, "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1878

Historical Boundaries: 1878: Aroostook, Maine, United States

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Marcel, Normand, Fernand, Alban, Lucien, Adrien, Andre, Cecile, Pierre, Alphy, Emile.

French: from the personal name Cyr, a vernacular shortened form of Latin Cyriacus (see Cyriac , compare Cyriaque ), a Christian saint's name. The cult of St. Cyriacus (French name St. Cyr), a probably fictitious 4th-century infant saint, said to have been martyred at Tarsus with his mother Julitta, was particularly strong in medieval France. Compare St. Cyr .

Alternatively, an altered form of French Sire 1 ‘lord’. Compare Sear 2 and Sears 3.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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