Family stories
A first concession in Saint-Denis
By Luc Charron
Let’s start with a blank page, that of my ancestor, my grandmother Marie-Ange Lussier. The pioneer by the name of Pierre Joubert, who acquired the first land in the Saint-Denis seigneury at the age of 24. Read more…
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Extract from the biannual magazine “Le Parisien” Volume 1, No 1
Donat Lussier (1916-1944): The story of a soldier killed on the battlefield in Belgium
By Josée Tétreault
In the summer of 1940, as war raged in Europe, thousands of young men enlisted in Canada. Between 1939 and 1945, more than a million Canadians served their country; more than 42,000 never returned home. Donat Lussier, son of Cyrille Lussier and Marie-Louise Langlois, was one of them. Read more…
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Ma mère de 104 ans (My 104-year-old mother)
By Yves Petit
Bibiane Lussier… ” My mother was born in rural Racine on
March 15, 1918, the 14th of 16 children. Racine is a small village next to Valcourt in the Eastern Townships…” Read more…
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Extract from the biannual magazine “Le Parisien” Volume 1, No 1
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