Odile (Nantel) Morrisseau (abt. 1831 - 1911)

Born about 1831 in Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Jean Baptiste Morrisseau — married 12 Feb 1855 in Montreal, Canada East

Descendants

Died 31 Oct 1911 at about age 80 in Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

Odile was born about 1831 to parents Jean Baptiste Nantel and Marie (Therrien or Terrien). She was the middle of 11 children, with 2 brothers & 8 sisters.

Odile married Jean Baptiste Morrisseau on the 12th of February 1855.^[1] It was the 100th wedding recorded at the Notre Dame in Montreal for that year. A translation of the original French church record is given here:

• The twelfth of February, 1855, after the publication of three banns of marriage in this parish and publication in two of those of Granby, without impediment or opposition, the dispensation from the last parish has been obtained from Monseigneur Jean Charles Prince, Bishop of St. Hyacinthe, I undersigned priest authorize for this purpose, having taken the mutual consent by spoken word in the presence of Jean Baptiste Morrisseau, farmer, son of Jacques Morrisseau and of Marguerite Petitclair of Granby, diocese of St. Hyacinthe, party of the first part, and of Odile Nantel, daughter of Jean Baptiste Nantel, carpenter and of Marie Therien of this parish, party of the second part, have married them according to the laws and customs observed in the Holy Church in the presence of Jean Baptiste Sancer, undersigned with the groom and of Jean Baptiste Nantel and of Gilbert Therien, whom the groom has declared unable to sign.

The 1861 census of Canada shows 29 year old Odile, married and living in Brome, Quebec.^[2]

The 1871 Canada census shows her in Waterloo, Quebec.^[3]

The 1895 Minnesota state census.^[4]

The 1900 US census shows 68 year old Odile living with her son Leon near Little Falls Minnesota.^[5]

The 1910 US census finds Odile and her husband living out their final years in Duluth, Minnesota.^[6]

She passed away in 1911.^[7]

Research Notes

Spelling in different records varies regarding her given name, maiden name, & married name.

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89MB-DHL6?cc=1321742&wc=H8W3-YWL%3A16470801%2C23492102%2C35915603 : 16 July 2014), Montréal > Notre-Dame > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1853-1855 > image 522 of 807; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
2. ↑ "Canada, Québec, recensement, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM7L-QHJ : 20 February 2021), Odelle Nantelle, Brome, Brome, Quebec, Canada; citing line number 35, p. 72; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1270, Archives Publiques, Ottawa (Board of Registration and Statistics. Public Archives, Ottawa); FHL microfilm 517,363.
3. ↑ "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M42M-X9P : 19 March 2021), Odille Morisseau, Waterloo, Shefford, Quebec, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
4. ↑ "Minnesota State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ69-SBC : 22 February 2021), Udell Morsean in household of John Morsean, Duluth city, Ward 06, St. Louis, Minnesota; citing p. 49, line 25, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,809.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M939-HXF : accessed 11 September 2021), Odile N Morriseau in household of Leon Morriseau, Belle Prairie Township (pt.), Morrison, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 94, sheet 46A, family 4, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,776.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2P2-GJ6 : accessed 11 September 2021), Odia Morison in household of John D Morison, Duluth Ward 6, St Louis, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 181, sheet 9B, family 196, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 724; FHL microfilm 1,374,737.
7. ↑ Find-A-Grave Memorial https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128030141/odile-morisseau

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