Céline (Lepage) Fortin (1866 - 1951)

Born 12 Dec 1866 in Saint Jacques L’Achigan, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Pierre Fortin — married 5 May 1889 in Sainte-Anne Parish, Warren, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 2 Jul 1951 at age 84 in Warren, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Celina was born 12 December 1866, Saint-Jacques, Lanaudiere Region, Quebec, Canada. She died 2 Jul 1951 of paralysis in Warren, Ontario. She was 84 years old. She was buried the 4th of Jul in Warren.^[1]

Marriage Records - On May 5, 1889, she married Pierre Fortin, son of Pierre Fortin, father, and Lydia Brillant (Boisbriant) in the parish of Sainte-Anne des Pins in Sudbury, Ontario. Pierre Fortin son, was born on April 3, 1862 and was baptized on April 6, in the parish of Saint-Jérôme in the county of Matane. The marriage certificate indicates that Pierre is a resident of Wahnapitae (Ontario) and Célina a resident of Verner (Ontario).

RECORDS FOUND FOR 13 CHILDREN ( deaths of three infants - Cleophas, Hormidas and Alicidas)

FAMILY INFORMATION FOUND - See website below -

Pierre Fortin was a big alchol drinker and moreover, he like to bet. At one point he bet the family farm and lost it.

"By checking the censuses we can conclude that Pierre arrived in Wahnapitae between 1881 and 1889. Relying on the history of the colonization of the region, Pierre would have come to settle in the late 1880s. was remarried with Cyprien Gauthier and they were owners and managers of the Grand Hotel in Wahnapitae. Pierre and Célina were hotel employees. For her part, Célina came to settle in Wahnapitae, probably in 1888. She worked as a servant at the hotel. Following their marriage, they continued to live in Wahnapitae.

The 1891 census indicates that Pierre and Célina live in what is now considered Wahnapitae (Ontario). Their residence is next to the hotel. They are parents of two children: Omer and Hermina. Their first five children were born in Wahnapitae, but they were baptized in the parish of Sainte-Anne des Pins in Sudbury, because there was no Catholic parish in Wahnapitae."

DEATH OF SPOUSE - Pierre Fortin, age 66-67, in 1930

Celina is now a widow for 21 years. A Relief after a long and difficult marriage Pierre Fortin.

DEATH OF Celina Lepage Fortin, age 84, in 1951, Warren, Ontario, Canada.

INTERMENT WITH SPOUSE, Pierre Fortin, in Warren Catholic Cemetery, Warren, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada, Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1802-1967 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data:Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.Ancestry Record 1109 #14966451, Free Ancestry Document Image

• See also:
• Daughter's Marie Alina? birth.'Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada Births, 1832-1914 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data:Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Births and Stillbirths – 1869-1913. MS 929, reels 1-245. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario. Archives of Ontario. Delayed Registrations and Stillbirths, “50” Series, 1869-1911, 1913. MS 930, reels 1-67, 73-74. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario. Archives of Ontario. Delayed Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, “90” Series, 1869-1911, 1913. MS 933, reels 1-64, 68. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario. Archives of Ontario. Direct Clergy Returns for Simcoe County Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1892-1896. MS 936, 1 reel. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario. Archives of Ontario. Evidence for Delayed Registrations of Births, 1861-1897. MS 946, 2 reels. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario. Archives of Ontario. Division Registrar Vital Statistics Records, 1858-1930. MS 940, reels 1-4, 10-15, 17-20, 22-25, 27-28. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario.Ancestry Record 8838 #14966451, Free Ancestry Document Image'

• Son's marriage. 'Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch : Omer Fortin and Antoinette Miron, 29 Apr 1912; citing registration , Verner, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,906,621.

FAMILY INFORMATION - https://robertberubeblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/01/partie-4-les-meres-voyageuses-euphemie-moisan-et-sa-fille-celina-lepage-part-4-the-travelling-mothers/

HEADSTONE AND BURIAL INFORMATION - FORTIN, Celina Lepage Fortin, age 84, 1866-1951, Warren Catholic Cemetery, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231398640/celina-fortin