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Rose Anna Audette Bureau

Rose Anna Audette Bureau

Posted: 27 May 2011 3:14AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Audette Bureau
I'm stuck wondering if anyone can help

I'm trying to track down my great, great, great grandmother. Talking to my Grandmother and an Aunt that did some research on her. My Aunt had done research because she was native and she wanted to get her Metis card.

Now I'm trying to do my tree, and this by far has been the most challenging.

The Story told by my grandmother mother Antoinette Bureau 1890-1974 tells me that Rose Anna born around 1874 (maybe lived in Fall River Massachusetts), was native American, not sure what tribe. The story is that they crossed the border into Canada (Antoinette was about 5-10 years old) because they where tired of not having work or land. She was later married to a Daniel Bureau not sure if they where married before or after she crossed.

They settled in Lavigne, Ontario they bought some land and lived there for the rest of their lives, Daniel Bureau died and she later re maried a Calice Duschesne at an older age.

Some people have linked her and Daniel to Quebec but i'm just not sure they are the same people. Basically i'm looking for anyone that might have info on her, and would be nice to get their parents,

Would love if someone can't point me in the right direction
I have searched all border crossing and came up with nothing, not sure if they sneaked in or not.

Basically i don't to move on until i get proof of her parents just don't want to take the word of other people who just link everything.

Thanks

Re: Rose Anna Audette Bureau

Posted: 27 May 2011 9:49AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Audette, Bureau
Hello,

A quick suggestion for the moment. Have you looked for the AUDETTE name in MA/US in the 1880 and 1900 census records?

And, if Rose AUDETTE and her husband crossed the border into Canada right around 1900, that is a long way to travel to get from Massachusetts to the Prov. of Ontario. But, trains might have been available then. But, it would have been much easier for the family to take a train from Boston up to the Prov. of Quebec. (The history of train travel would mention some of the early routes.) And, then they could go from one Province west to the next.

Also, did you check the 1900 US census to see if the AUDETTE family was still in MA? If they weren't, have you checked the 1901 Canadian census? And the 1911 census? www.automatedgenealogy.com

Also, if Antoinette AUDETTE was born in 1890, then she would have married around 1910-1915. So, that would have been a marriage in Canada !

Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA)

Board Administrator


P.S. Priscilla, thank you for that information (and story). Please remember to respond - on the Board, so the researcher can read it. :o)


Re: Rose Anna Audette Bureau

Posted: 27 May 2011 10:19AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Audette, Bureau
Hi again,

I just checked the 1900 census for MA/US, and there were 14 people with the AUDETTE name living in Bristol County, MA. And most of them were born in Canada !! That makes me wonder if the AUDETTE couple came from Canada to the US in 1860's (~1870 after Civil War), and then returned to Canada. All the people were "white."

There were 34 people in MA with the name in 1900 and almost all of them were born in Canada !

I just checked the BUREAU name and was surprised to see only one couple in MA in 1900. But, on the same page there is a Joseph BUREAU who didn't appear in the Index for the census.

BUREAU, PETER (1900 U.S. Census)
MASSACHUSETTS , MIDDLESEX, 5-WD CAMBRIDGE
Age: 54, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: CANA
Series: T623 Roll: 657 Page: 297

Again, this couple was born in French-Canada, and Peter migrated in 1887. Peter and Rose had been married for 10 yrs.

I'm not sure that Joseph's name was BUREAU but that's what the handwriting looks to me. It looks like he was a widower with several children with him from 22 down to 3. And, he had come down in 1875 from French-Canada.

In 1900 there were only 17 people with the BUREAU name in MA, and 10 of them were in New England and New York.

Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA)

Board Administrator



P.S. I just remembered to check 1880 for AUDETTE in MA and found:

AUDETTE, CHARLES (1880 U.S. Census)
MASSACHUSETTS , BRISTOL, TAUNTON
Age: 31, Race: WHITE, Born: CANA
Series: T9 Roll: 525 Page: 295

Same thing; only a few people with the name; most a large family in Lawrence, MA.

You should check for the AUDETTE name in the 1881 census for Canada. www.familysearch.org

(I find going to the old version of that web site is easier for me.)

Re: Rose Anna Audette Bureau

Posted: 27 May 2011 8:40PM GMT
Classification: Query
thanks i will try some of your suggestion, i have been searching census for both sides and can't find proof that they where there, only thing i found is that Rose Anna re married. I have tried looking for birth certification on both sides for both parties and coming back neg results.

My Grandmother says Rose Anna was full native but married a white man. This has been fun trying to figure out this mystery been wondering this since i was young. I will go to talk to my Grandmother sister she is the oldest and will remember her grandparents, my Grandmother never new her grand parents

Objet : Rose Anna Audette Bureau

Posted: 2 Jun 2012 6:39AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi stephpa10

It looks like I found a cousin here! I am the great-grandaughter of Roseanna Audette. She and her husband Daniel Bureau appear in the 1911 Canadian Census for the Nipissing District. They have her listed as Rosiana and born in 1874. She and Daniel Bureau had 6 children together: Antoinette who is my grandmother, Joseph, Irene, Edmond and twins by the names of Emile and Emilia.

Roseanna was the daughter of Jean Audette and Celanire Verette. They too appear in the 1911 cencus, with Jean being 60 years old at the time and Celanire aged 59 (they have her as Belamire). Celanire lived with my mother's family for a time while she was growing up. A cousin of mine had done some research a while back and found that Celanire was a full-blooded Cree aboriginal, however digging into her ancestry myself, I found her coming from the Ancienne Laurette area of Quebec (near Quebec city)along with her family members and ancestors, which is where the only reservation for the almost extincted Hurons exists today. (there were only about 300 Hurons left when the massacre of the Iroquois occurred in the 1600's. A picture of Celanire and Jean Audette exists whereby I was able to tell she is definitely aboriginal, but unfortunately I don't have a copy of it, however some of my family members or cousins do. In any event, Roseanna was definitely at least a half breed, but through research, I believe that there is aboriginal blood on the Audette side, as well as the fact that most of them had darker coloured skin than what we had. My oldest sister also married an Audette that came from Jean Audette's line. The Audette families originated were from Quebec - the first being Nicolas Audet dit Lapointe on Ile d'Orleans who married one of the King's Daughters Madeleine Despres on Sept 15, 1670. I come from their son Innocent Audet dit Lapointe and Genevieve Lemelin. Jean Audette and Celanire did so move to Fall Rivers, MA but I don't know what year. There were many Quebecers leaving Quebec in the mid-part of the 1800s - looking for work. My grandmother Antoinette was born American, so likely was in the area of Fall Rivers. She was born Nov. 03, 1894 (some have said 1898) but I can confirm the year with someone who would know if you need it.
From what I was able to learn, the Audette family returned to Canada before 1905, and you are correct that they settled in the Lavigne area. They likely returned to Canada by train, as it was beginning to be popular by then, and it is quite a distance from Fall River to Lavigne! Actually my mother said they she lived in a tiny place called Bagton in the Lavigne area. According to my mother, there were four children in the Audette family: Eugene (who married my father's aunt), Roseanna, Arsene and she thinks the name of the 4th was Sara. I didn't know that Roseanna had remarried. From the stories I've been told, Daniel Bureau apparently did not treat Roseanna very good, so I hope that in the end, she found a good man to be with in Calice Duschene.

In the 1911 census, I also found an Arsene Audette who was age 33 at the time, and had a spouse listed as Rose Alma who was born in May 1879 (age 32)

None of the Audette family appear in the 1901 census. It's been a while since I've researched anything on them but I do believe that Roseanna, Celanire, Jean, Eugene are all in the Lavigne cemetary.

How is Antoinette Bureau your grandmother's mother? Your grandmother must either be my first cousin or you are my niece/nephew. Let me know if there's anything else you need and I'll see if I can help.

Re: Rose Anna Audette Bureau

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 11:08PM GMT
Classification: Query
I have so many documents, i'm not sure where to start. Here are a few in case you don't have them.
The marriage certificate is very clear,and,
I have a census but it is in Pdf Format and it won't attach to here, rrosss999@man.com and i could forward it to you.
The Census shows, Antoinette, born in states with a few other siblings, The others are from Quebec, Dad Daniel, Mom RoseAnna...and the Simeon St-Georges family on the same page!!
Great grand daughter of Antoinette Bureau and Simeon St-Georges, Rachel Anna Ross
Talk to you soon

Re: Rose Anna Audette Bureau

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 11:09PM GMT
Classification: Query
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