Joseph Onil Romeo Boutin (1881 - 1972)

Born 22 Nov 1881 in St. Camille, Quebec

Ancestors

Husband of Marie (Gervais) Boutin — married 3 Aug 1920 in Cantal, Saskatchewan

Husband of Celina (Lemaire) Boutin — married 20 Jun 1938 in Cantal, Saskatchewan

Descendants

Died 22 Sep 1972 at age 90 in Carnduff, Saskatchewan

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Biography

Joseph Onil Romeo Boutin was born in St. Camille parish, Québec on November 22, 1881. Onil was the son of Charles Boutin and Vitaline Boutin. He married Marie Gervais on August 3, 1920, in Cantal, Saskatchewan. Marie passed away in 1936. Onil then married Celina Lemaire on June 20, 1938, in Cantal, Saskatchewan. Celina passed away in 1957. Joseph Onil Romeo Boutin passed away on September 22, 1972, in Carnduff, Saskatchewan. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Along with his father, uncle and brothers, Onil homesteaded just northeast of Cantal, Saskatchewan in 1901 and 1902. Onil's homestead was registered under the name "Oneil Boutin" on April 23, 1902 (record number 101942) and was located at NW-10-6-1-W2 (see attached image).^[6]

Certain sources spell his preferred name as "Onil" (birth certificate and birth record in St. Camille, Quebec's parish diary) and others spell it as "Onile" (1891 Census of Canada) while yet others spell it as "Oneil" (1901 Census of Canada, 1911 Census of Canada, 1916 Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, and his tombstone in Cantal, Saskatchewan). His birth certificate and the record of his birth in the St. Camille parish diary would seem to be the most definitive of these so I, Daniel Boulet (his grandson), am going to go with Onil in this profile.

It gets even more 'entertaining' if one looks at other official documents. For example, the long-form birth certificate for my mother that I obtained recently gives her father's first name as "OMIL". The information on this long-form birth certificate would have come from the "Record of Registration of Birth" that would have been filled out and then sent to the Saskatchewan government shortly after my mother was born. I have a certified copy of her "Record of Registration of Birth". In the section describing my mother's father, his handwritten name could be interpreted as "Omil Boutin" or "Oniel Boutin". On the other hand, at the bottom of the form, my mother's mother signed the form "Mrs. Oniel Boutin" although a fairly weak case could be made that she signed the form as "Mrs. Omil Boutin".

In keeping with the rule that a person's 'official' name is (generally) how their name was written when they were born, I (Daniel Boulet) am going to stick with "Onil" as his first name.

Sources

1. ↑ Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967.
2. ↑ 1891 Census of Canada, Quebec, District 181, S. District O, pages 16-17.
3. ↑ 1901 Census of Canada, Quebec, Place: Saint-Camille, Richmond & Wolfe, Quebec; Page: 10; Family No: 90.
4. ↑ 1911 Census of Canada, Saskatchewan, District 207, S. District 15, Enumeration District 15, page 11.
5. ↑ 1916 Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, District 16, Sub-district 14, Township 6, Range 1, Meridian 2, page 18.
6. ↑ Grant 101942 in Department of the Interior / Ministère de l'Intérieur, Homestead Grant Registers / Registres d'octrois de "homesteads", RG 15, D III 1, Volume 1784, Grants / Octrois 98240-102319. Available as images 444 and 445 in an image repository titled "Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada, Homestead Grant Registers, 1872-1930 volume 1784" managed by Ancestry.com.