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Subject: [MA-MENDON] Fw: Re: [QUEBEC] Robichault/Gosselin, 1850's
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 18:51:57 -0400
Hi Fellow Menon List members -
I belong to the Quebec List also, and offered to post
this man's question to our Mendon List in hope that
someone can offer him some suggestion as to where
he might find the birth record of his great grandmother
Mary Robichault McKenna.
Where are Hopedale births recorded for this time period -
1841-1886 - before Hopedale became an official town?
I hope someone knowledgeable will be able to give Ed
some suggestions.
Thank you,
Lisa
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Lisa,
I appreciate the advice and the help. I haven't done anything in regards
to
Mendon as yet but I have checked Milford of which Hopedale was a part. If
the message can be forwarded to the Mendon list, I'd be grateful. I'm
hopeful that Louis and Elizabeth actually married somewhere in Canada
prior
to coming to the US. If proof of that marriage could be found, I might be
able to approach this from a different perspective.
Ed O'Connor
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Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [QUEBEC] Robichault/Gosselin, 1850's
> Ed -
> You may already know this, but Hopedale did not become
> incorporated as a town until 1886. It was originally started
> in 1841 by the Reverend Adin Ballou as a utopian society
> based on Practical Christianity principles. It was
> incorporated as a town in 1886 after financial difficulties ended the
> utopian experiment. I wonder if Mary's birth might be found in the
> records of the surrounding towns that Hopedale was made from -
> Milford, Mendon, Upton...
>
> Also, the Reverend Adin Ballou wrote a book called
>
> History of Milford from Its first Settlement to 1881
> Boston, Franklin Press 1882
>
> There may be some mention of her or her family there?
>
> If you wish, I will post your message to the Mendon Ma list
> on rootsweb - someone there might have a suggestion about
> where early Hopedale births are recorded.
>
> Let me know,
> Lisa
>
>
>
> On Sat, 31 Aug 2002 07:49:53 -0400 "Ed O'Connor" <>
> writes:
> > I have little to go on and any advice would be appreciated as a
> > result but I am looking for information regarding my great
> > great grandparents, Louis Robichault and Elizabeth (Gosselin)
> > Robichault. The only information which I have is in the form of a
> > marriage record( Catholic Church) and the death certificate for
> > their daughter, my great grandmother( Mary Robichault McKenna).
> > The marriage record is from Precious Blood Church in Holyoke,
> > Massachusetts(1879) and which indicates that Mary's parents were
> > from Canada. I've estimated that Mary was born between 1857 and
> > 1862 in Hopedale, MA so her parents may have been married in a date
> > range between 1856 and 1861. I have found no record of marriage for
> > the Robichaults here in the states nor have I been able to find a
> > birth certificate for Mary in Hopedale. The only records are those
> > of her marriage and of her death.
> >
> > Mary's death certificate shows her maiden name as Robinson but the
> > Church record of her marriage shows the name Robichault.
> >
> > A record of the Robichault marriage or any information would be more
> > than I have now. All suggestions are welcome.
> >
> > Ed O'Connor
>
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