Hedwidge Louise Leduc

Brief Life History of Hedwidge Louise

When Hedwidge Louise Leduc was born on 31 August 1850, in Saint-Timothée, Beauharnois-Salaberry, Quebec, Canada, her father, Benjamin Leduc, was 45 and her mother, Josephte Leboeuf, was 42. She married Joseph Napoleon Lamesse on 12 January 1874, in Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, Beauharnois-Salaberry, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, Beauharnois-Salaberry, Quebec, Canada in 1871 and Russell, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada in 1881. She died on 21 May 1940, in Embrun, Russell, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 89, and was buried in Saint Albert Roman Catholic Cemetery, The Nation, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Napoleon Lamesse
1854–1940
Hedwidge Louise Leduc
1850–1940
Marriage: 12 January 1874
Rosanna Lamesse
1873–1881
Zeróna Lamesse
1900–
Zepherim Lamesse
1878–1943
Delnida Lamesse
1879–
Napoleon Lamesse
1880–
Anastasie Lamesse
1884–1956
Emelia Lamesse
1886–1967
Louisa Marie Georgianna Lamesse
1888–1969
Delima Lamesse
1893–
Marie Josephine Lamesse
1893–

Sources (41)

  • Edwidge Leduc in household of Benjamin Leduc, "Canada Census, 1871"
  • Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928
  • Edwege Leduc in entry for Frank Barney Parrott and Anastase Chausse, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"

World Events (6)

1867 · Ontario Founded

On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.

1870

Oldest grave seen in the Memorials list.

1883 · Mining Boom

In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Marcel, Gilles, Andre, Emile, Henri, Jacques, Michel, Monique, Pierre, Cecile, Evariste, Alcid.

French; Breton (Le Duc): from the Old French title of rank duc ‘duke’ (from Latin dux ‘leader’, genitive ducis), with the French masculine definite article le, used as a nickname for someone who gave himself airs and graces, or else as a metonymic occupational name for a servant employed in a ducal household. Compare Duke 4 and Laduke .

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

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