This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: OHaraHaworth68 Surnames: ARBOUR LECLERC BOUTIN HEALEY ROY ROUILLARD ASSELIN Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.arbour/284/mb.ashx Message Board Post: 10 April 1885 - Born in St-Raphael, QC, Joseph-Louis ARBOUR was the 7th of 9 children of farmer, sawyer, and carpenter Hilaire ARBOUR and his wife Marie-Louise LECLERC. Louis held several occupations during his life: Farmer (1901); Carpenter and Press Room Foreman with the William L. Gilbert Clock Company (1918-1921); and later owned a Trucking Company until he was put out of business by E. J. Kelly. In St-Raphael on 09 June 1908, Louis married 19-year old Virginie BOUTIN. The young couple then made a southerly trek which brought them to Connecticut, where they settled into the community of Winsted. During the year after their wedding, Louis and Louise welcomed their only child, a daughter named Bertha Alma ARBOUR, into their home. According to his WWI Draft Registration, Louis was noted to be tall with a medium build, brown eyes, and black hair. During the Spanish Influenza Epidemic of 1918, poor Virginie succumbed to the illness. After her death, her body was transported b! ack to Quebec for burial in St-Raphael. As Louis was also ill with the flu, he was unable to attend the services. Although Louis also contracted the illness luck was with him and he survived, only to meet a tragic death a few years later. On 16 February 1920, Louis married to 24-year old Eugenie BERNARD. Louis and Eugenie then had 2 daughters: Leona Rita and Helen, both of whom were just little girls at their father's untimely death. Here is the account of his demise on 03 November 1925 in Winsted, CT: The Winsted Evening Citizen (CT) - Wednesday 04 November 1925 LOUIS ARBOUR ACCIDENT VICTIM, DIES IN HOSPITAL -- Was Injured Saturday Night in Trolley-Automobile Collision -- Funeral Tomorrow Morning Louis Arbour, 39, died at the hospital late Tuesday of injuries sustained Saturday night when an automobile in which he was a passenger collided with one of the Connecticut Company's trolley cars in charge of Motorman Edward Healey of Burrville, on Main Street, near the Strong Mfg Co. Arbour was injured internally and also suffered deep lacerations about the head and face. Jeremiah Roy, driver of the automobile, is still undergoing treatment at the hospital. Mr. Arbour was born in Quebec but resided in Winsted for the past 22 years. Until recently he was engaged in the trucking business. After Louis' death, Eugenie was left with three girls to raise. She subsequently took in boarders to help make ends meet. One of these boarders was Emmanuel ROUILLARD, who later married Louis' eldest daughter Bertha Alma ARBOUR. As Eugenie was still a young woman when she became a widow, she decided to marry again. Eugenie wed Joseph ASSELIN sometime in about 1927. They then had 2 children of their own: Leopold and Mary Jane. Eugenie lived a great number if years before dying in Torrington, CT, on 30 April 1981. Louis is known to be responsible for 8 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.