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Quenneville Family

Quenneville Family

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 4:46PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Quenneville, Kenville, Kenvil
Does anyone know the original reason for the Quenneville family's presence in the Rockland/Clarence Creek area? Some of Hyacinthe and Josèphte's children left Ottawa to go live there, but I can't figure out why. Any help is appreciated.

Re: Quenneville Family

Posted: 16 Apr 2014 8:47PM GMT
Classification: Query
On the 1901 census it gives their occupation as farmers.
Maybe free land was being given away.

Re: Quenneville Family

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 12:08AM GMT
Classification: Query
Perhaps the answer is as simple as you say. My ancestor, Cyrille, bought farmland in 1901, but in Edwards, Ontario. He was censused in Clarence Creek in 1891 for reasons I am not aware. I am hoping that someone on Ancestry will know the answer.

Re: QUENNEVILLE Family

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 6:01PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: QUENNEVILLE
Hi, Not really an answer to your question but
Perhaps Cyrille QUENNEVILLE - was visiting / working or researching farmland - in the Clarence Creek area during the 1891 Census.

We are included in the census for the place where we are - on census day - not necessarily - where our residence / family are.
Cheers, Stella

Re: QUENNEVILLE Family

Posted: 17 Apr 2014 7:59PM GMT
Classification: Query
My best guess is that he was visiting his brother Hyacinthe, who died in that area a few months later. I have no doubt that Cyrille was a resident of Hintonburg at that time.

Gedeon and Antime were there as early as 1877, and they both worked as labourers. What I don't understand is why they left their homes and their jobs in Ottawa to go to Clarence. Gedeon later returned to Ottawa (Hull), but Antime seems to have remained. Their sister, Eulalie, may also have lived in the area, but I don't have any records to back that up.
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