"Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVN8-V98 : 2 March 2021), Adele Lepage in household of Naxisse Lepage, Saint-Anaclet, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Naxisse Lepage, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
"Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6S4-J5H : 2 March 2021), Adele Lepage in entry for Josaphat Ross, 7 Dec 1923; citing Sudbury, Greater Sudbury, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, , Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm .
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All Fr. Cdn Roman Catholic women carried Marie in their name which is truly the middle name. Ontario govt lacked sensitivity to this cultural phenomenon and because the order in Fr names is Marie or Joseph followed by the actual given name they recorded the first names as Marie or Joseph. In order to be able to distinguish one ancestor from the other, I think it is reasonable to use the given name, not necessarily the first name I know she went by Adele.