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Cullen Family History
and Genealogy
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 1868 - 1887 (19 years)
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| Name |
Joseph Lapointe |
| Born |
22 Jan 1868 |
Notre Dame du Portage, Quebec  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
06 May 1887 |
Ste Rose du Dégelé, Quebec [2] |
| Buried |
09 May 1887 |
Ste Rose du Dégelé, Quebec [2] |
| Notes |
- Joseph Lapointe drowned while working as a draveur on Rivière-aux-Perches.
Coverage of his death was contained in the May 14, 1887 edition of Le Courrier du Canada, page 2:
"The 7th of the current, Joseph Lapointe, aged 19, son of Mr. Alexandre Lapointe of Ste Rose du Dégelé, accidentally drowned in the Rivière-aux-Perches near his father's house. He was driving logs, [probably for his father's mill] when suddenly he fell into the water and was swept away by a fast current. His body was recovered quickly, but he had suffered a skull fracture. His funeral service and burial took place on the 9th at Ste Rose.
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| Person ID |
I5967 |
Cullen family tree |
| Last Modified |
22 Nov 2020 |
| Father |
Pierre Alexandre Audet-dit-Lapointe, b. 20 Feb 1825, La Malbaie, Lower Canada , d. 29 Jul 1896, Ste Rose du Dégelé, Quebec (Age 71 years) |
| Mother |
Marie Anastasie Gagné, b. 13 Mar 1825, Ste. Marie de Beauce, Lower Canada , d. 05 Dec 1900, Ste Rose du Dégelé, Quebec (Age 75 years) |
| Married |
18 Aug 1846 |
St. Patrice, Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East [3] |
| Family ID |
F534 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Documents |
 | Lapointe, Joseph - press coverage of drowning
From the column on right: "The 7th of the current, Joseph Lapointe, aged 19, son of Mr. Alexandre Lapointe of Ste Rose du Dégelé, accidentally drowned in the Rivière-aux-Perches near his father's house. He was driving logs, [probably for his father's mill] when suddenly he fell into the water and was swept away by a fast current. His body was recovered quickly, but he had suffered a skull fracture. His funeral service and burial took place on the 9th at Ste Rose." |
| Histories |
 | Lapointe, Pierre Alexandre (1825-1900) and Anastasie Gagné (1825-1900)
Pierre Alexandre Lapointe was our most successful entrepreneurial French Canadian ancestor. He was a carpenter, blacksmith, farmer, builder and repairer of sawmills and grist mills, dealer in farm implements, and, importantly, prominent as a founding settler, land owner and mill owner of Sainte-Rose-du-Dégelé in Temiscouata. |
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| Sources |
- [S41] Ancestry.ca, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967Riviere-du-Loup, St. Patrice, 1868, page 3.
- [S41] Ancestry.ca, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 Ste.Rose du Degele, 1887, Page 5.
- [S11] Mariages Riviere du Loup Vol 1 1813-1986, 8.
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