I have spent some time trying to find Marguerite Lapierre’s parents and I have finally been successful.
Marguerite is the daughter of André Brignon-Lapierre and Marguerite Guindon. Also, Adelaïde, Henriette and Marcelle (Marceline) are her sisters. Here is a list of her brothers and sisters, with the dates of baptism. All were baptised in the parish of St-Benoît in what is now Mirabel, except for the last one who was born in Montebello (Quebec). I have verified each one in the parishes’ records (Drouin collection) on Ancestry.
André Lapierre, 11 December 1814
Marguerite Lapierre, 9 June 1816
Jean-Baptiste Lapierre, 31 December 1817
Henriette Lapierre, 2 April 1820
Sébastien Lapierre, 27 November 1821
Ferdinand Lapierre, 11 April 1824
Adélaïde Lapierre, 11 August 1825
Marcelle Lapierre, 26 June 1827
Magdeleine Adélaïde Lapierre, 15 March 1829 (baptised in Montebello (Quebec))
The parents were married in St-Benoît on 25 October 1813. It is possible to find all their ancestors on the PRDH website (
http://www.genealogie.umontreal.ca). There are several spellings of Brignon, such as Brillon and Brion. The first to come to Canada had his name spelled Brunion.
While looking at records in Otttawa, it is clear that 5 children came to Ottawa, namely André, Marguerite, Henriette, Adélaïde and Marcelle. I didn’t find anything about the other children or the father.
The mother, Marguerite Guindon, died on 12 April 1829 in Rigaud, Quebec, one month after the birth of her last child. It is possible that the father, André, came to Ottawa (then named Bytown) to find work. There are records of a few André Lapierre who died in Ottawa, but none seem to correspond, according to the dates of death or the age.
Here are some facts about the 5 children who came to Ottawa. These facts are probably incomplete. They were mostly obtained from Ottawa church records.
André Lapierre married Henriette Brunet-Letang in Aylmer (Quebec) on 4 July 1842. He died on 28 September 1875.
Children:
André who died at the age of 5 in 1855.
Angélina Lapierre, 27 May 1859
Alphonse Lapierre, 11 June 1861
Victorine Lapierre, 28 January 1864
Marguerite Lapierre, who married Jean-Baptiste Rossignol, had the following children with him:
Adéline Rossignol, 27 April 1838
Victor Rossignol, 28 March 1837
Jean-Baptiste Rossignol, 15 April 1842
François-Xavier Rossignol, 18 April 1840
Philomène Rossignol, 18 August 1844 (m. Jean-Baptiste Tassé, 6 September 1864)
Marguerite Lapierre married Thomas Davis on 27 August 1852. They had a son Thomas Davis, 28 December 1855, who married Joséphine Chartrand on 8 February 1875 in Ste-Anne parish in Ottawa.
Henriette Lapierre married Antoine Foubert on 6 July 1840.
Children :
Henriette Foubert, 13 June 1843
Marguerite Foubert, 22 August 1846
Étienne Foubert, 30 June 1848
Adélaïde Lapierre married Étienne Larochelle on 4 October 1841.
Children :
Émérentienne Larochelle, 22 March 1843
Marie Erméline Larochelle, 7 January 1845
Adéline Larochelle, 29 September 1846
Édouard Larochelle, 25 March 1848
Joseph Larochelle, 28 April 1850
Marcelle (Marceline) Lapierre married Joseph Turcotte in January 1842.
Children :
Alexandre Turcotte, 14 February 1842
Joseph Turcotte, 22 November 1842
Philomène Turcotte, 7 October 1844
Anastasie Turcotte, b. 26 December 1846
Jean-Baptiste Turcotte, 1850
Théophile Turcotte, September 1848
Marie Marcelline Turcotte, 5 June 1852