Who was Marceline Tailleur who married Francois Xavier Rheaume in the 1800's ?
A tailor is a person who mends clothes as a profession. In the old days when Voyageurs, fur traders, and " coureurs des bois " were running through the wilderness of Canada, the tailor would have been a popular person because he could trade with you.
Couturier to the French is a sewer to the English.
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| In 1837 this same amendment could have been used by the French when Colborne and the British oligarch came calling |
There are at least two Marceline Couturier, sometimes referred to as Couturier Lajoie. Why Lajoie ? In my opinion La Joie is simply a census typo that was at one time La Jolie which is a location in France where these people once plied their profession.
Marceline Couturier is at one time the daughter of Camille Couturier and of Angele Richer. At another time she is the sister of Camille Couturier. The daughter of Camille goes on to marry Toussaint Brosseau and they relocate to Larchwood sometime around 1900.
What happened to Camille's sister Marceline ? I may have jumped the gun on that one. Was there ever a sister named Marceline ? I know almost for certain that there was a Julie Couturier who married a Masse.
There we go again.....a quick search for Camille Couturier Lajoie brings up the names of John Bradley, Ned Bradley, Elzear and Leandre Brosseau and others.
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| The story didn't start in Chelmsford |
Supposedly his parents were Hubert and Ursula Loiselle Couturier. The Loiselle name seems to go back to immigrant French ( Normandy ) soldiers who came to New France and protected the Fort of Quebec back in the 1600's. That area of France is full of mystery about archers of Vaudreuil who join William the Conqueror and Barons of Braosa who seem to have their name turned to mud. So we know that we are in the right dog patch.
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| Somewhere on Vermillion river near the property of Marcie and Milly |
Marceline Tailleur was born around 1822 probably at Rigaud in Vaudreuil County which at that time was neighbouring the newly formed County of Newton. The English King George III had been the monarch behind the invention of this new border county. Likely, like the Couturier, the Tailleur were French Patriots and were fighting for the survival of their French heritage.
Marceline Tailleur married Francois Xavier Rheaume. Marcie and Frankie then had children. One of them was named Timothee and was born in 1854. Timmy would later meet Milly, aka Melina Aurelie Masse, and they would marry and have children.
Another interesting thing about the Rheaume and Tailleur name is they seem to trace back to Sault Ste Marie and to traders working for the Hudson's Bay Company.
Milly and Tim Rheaume were definitely early pioneers of Chelmsford and Larchwood. They had a place on Vermillion Lake road near where Gordon Lake road is today. They lived only a few farms down from Marcie Couturier Brosseau and her husband Toussaint ( how the heck do you nickname this guy... all saint, Toulou, Tilou ??? ) who lived next door to Delphis Laurin and Delia....aka Del and Del.
It is all a very simple story.
As I researched this Marceline Tailleur issue I came across other people that are very interesting to the Chelmsford story.
The LaBatte sister and their husbands. They were the daughters of Tony Labatt, aka Antoine Labatte. Tony, it seems, was married a few times......the story of Tony Labatt is possibly linked to the story of the Chew brothers who run the sawmill in Chelmsford. Tony's story is probably linked to the story of the Wilson's and the Thompson's who run sawmills in Larchwood and New Larchwood.
And the Labatte name is connected to the Cote name. So we might be able to connect the old Monsignor Cote in this somewhere. After all what is religion without politics ?
It isn't conspiracy.....they just knew how to play the game......
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