Marie-Aurelie Alice Mercier (1867 - 1899)

Born 17 May 1867 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Daughter of Joseph Mercier and Marie-Louise Lefrancois

Descendants

Died 18 Feb 1899 at age 31 in Fall River, Massachusetts

Problems/Questions Profile manager: David Brodeur [send private message]

Biography

• Aurelie was born in 1867. She passed away suddenly of a bowel perforation in 1899.
• Daughter of Joseph Mercier and Marie-Louise LeFrancois, who were married 1852 in Quebec
• First wife of Lorenzo Lemieux, married about 1889. Children:
  • Marie-Jeanne Lemieux 1890–1970, m. 1910 to Henry Servule Paquette 1886-1963
  • Joseph Rosaire Lemieux (1892– after 1930). Remained single; long-term patient at Taunton State Hospital.
  • Marie-Rose Lemieux 1894–1963, m. Henry Levesque (1896- )
  • Alice Lemieux 1895–1895 ‡
  • Marie-Blanche Lemieux 1896–1975
  • Marie-Anne Lemieux 1897–1928, m. in 1916 to (Joseph) Henri Houde (1894 Montréal - )
  • Marie-Alice Lemieux 1899–1963, m. abt. 1920 to Joseph Denis Guerette 1894-1980

DNA

• Paternal and maternal relationship confirmed by a GEDmatch one-to-one comparison (27.0 cM across three segments) between BB and RLD, third cousins. MRCA are their common great-great-grandparents, Joseph Mercier and Marie-Louise Lefrancois, BB by their daughter Aurelie, and RLD by their daughter Marie-Rose de Lima.
• Paternal and maternal relationship confirmed by an Ancestry DNA match 75 cM across five segments between BB and HP1, second cousins once removed. Their MRCA are Joseph Mercier and Marie-Louise Lefrancois, BB is their great-great-granddaughter by their daughter Aurelie, and HP1 is their great-grandchild by their daughter Marie-Rose de Lima, by her son Joseph.
• Paternal and maternal relationship confirmed by an Ancestry DNA match 74 cM across five segments between BB and DV, third cousins. Their MRCA are Joseph Mercier and Marie-Louise Lefrancois, BB is their great-great-granddaughter by their daughter Aurelie, and DV is theirgreat- great-grandchild by their daughter Georgianna (1860- ).

Sources

• Drouin Collection, Baptism Record. 17 May 1867, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Marie-Aurelie Alice, born the same day. Parents Joseph Mercier and Marie-Louise LeFrancois.
• 1871 Census of Canada. Year: 1871; Census Place: Stanfold, Arthabaska, Quebec; Roll: C-10085; Page: 84; Family No: 250. Joseph Mercier 44, and Marie Mercier 39, with Mathelda 15, Alphonsine 14, Georgina 11, Marie 8, Belzemire 5, and Aurelie 4.
• Massachusetts Death Record, 18 Feb 1899, Fall River. Aurelie Mercier Lemieux 31, wife of Lorenzo Lemieux, daughter of Joseph Mercier and Marie-L Lefrancois. Died of bowel perforation.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #190132465, Notre Dame Cemetery, Fall River. Mother of Alice Lemieux (1895‡)