Marie Zoé Morin (1842 - 1916)

Born 25 Dec 1842 in Saint-Anselme, Bellechasse, Bas-Canada

Died 25 Dec 1916 at age 74 in De Smet, Kingsbury, South Dakota, United States

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Biography

Marie Zoé Morin was born and baptized on 25 Dec 1842 in Saint-Anselme parish in Bellechasse. She was the daughter of Dominique Morin, farmer, and Madeleine Corriveau of this parish. Sponsors at Zoé's baptism were Augustin Morin and Marguerite Goudbout [sic]; neither signed the register. At age 17 Zoé married Jean Turgeon (later John Sturgeon) on 28 Aug 1860 in Saint-Vital parish in Lambton, Beauce. Zoe died at age 74 on 25 Dec 1916 in De Smet City, Kingbury, South Dakota. United States.

Sources

• Baptême/Baptismal record for Marie Zoé Morin. Saint-Anselme (Bellechasse) parish register: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G993-N8S6?cc=1321742&wc=HC1Q-HZ9%3A18691301%2C18691302%2C18987801. Image 89 of 504. Free access.
• 1861 Census of Canada. Zoé Morin in household of Dominique Morin, farmer. Lambton Township, Beauce, Québec; page 5, line 7 https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1861&op=img&id=4108660_00118
• "South Dakota State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMHS-WRK : 6 April 2020), Zoa Sturgeon, South Dakota, United States; citing State Historical Society, Pierre; FHL microfilm 2,281,914.
• "South Dakota State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMH5-V2G : 18 February 2021), Zoa Sturgeon; citing State Historical Society, Pierre; FHL microfilm 2,283,939.

• Nos Origines, entry for Marie-Zoe Morin. https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Morin_Marie-Zoe&pid=1315030

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Sheila Beardslee for creating this profile on 17 Mar 2022.