Archambeault

While the Archambeaults are not in my direct line, there is enough information about this family to create a page just for them.
The earliest known ancestor on this line is Louis Pascal Archambeault, who married Marguerite Baudreau.
Louis and Marguerite had a son named Joseph Archambeault.
Joseph married Madeleine Metayer St. Onge ca 1815 in Beloeil, Vercheres, Quebec, Canada.  Madeleine was the daughter of Pierre/Marie Madeleine Mette.
Joseph and Marie Madeleine's child was named Eusebe Etienne Archambeault.
Enough with the begats--now the fun begins!!!
Eusebe Etienee Archambeault - Tharsille Beausoleil
These two people with extraordinarily long names, were joined in marriage on 13 January 1852 in St. Damases, St. Hyacinthe, Quebec.
A short rundown on Tharsille's lineage:  She was the daughter of Augustin/Francoise Marcil.  Augustin's parents were Jean-Baptiste Guilmeau dit Beausoleil/Marie Renaud.  Francoise was the daughter of Francois/Marie Louise Benoit.
Eusebe and Tharsille had 9 children:
Philiber Narcisse- More commonly known as Felix, he was born 14 December 1852 in St. Pie, Bagot, Quebec.  More about Felix and his wife appear below.
Hariett- Born ca 1855 in Canada.
Sofranise- Born ca 1856 in Canada.
Addill- Female child born ca 1859 in Canada.
Joseph Born ca 1860 in Canada.
Adolphe- Born 1861 in Canada.
Mary- Born 1864 in Canada.
Exilda- Born 1867 in New York.
Philomene- Born ca 1869 in New York.
It is not known for sure when this family settled in the United States.  The birthplace for the couple's last two children indicates that they were in New York between 1864 and 1867. An entry in the Raymond Royal/Kay Beaudin website indicates that the family was in Cohoes, NY in 1873.  Nothing else is known about this couple.

Philibert Narcisse ("Felix") Archambeault - Adeline Noel
Felix Archambeault and Adeline Noel were married 1 January 1873 in North Adams, Berkshire Co, MA; just one day shy of the bride's 20th birthday.
Adaline Noel was the daughter of Moise Noel and Marguerite Latremouille.  She was born 2 January 1853 in Lacolle, Quebec, Canada.
The abovementioned Royal/Beaudin website claims that this couple met in Cohoes, NY in 1873 when Adeline arrived in that town and went to work in the mill.  The date/place of marriage seems to contraindicate that. Which is accurate?  I don't know.
What I do know is that by the birth of their first child, Felix Archambeault and his "Little Mimere"--as he liked to call Adeline--were settled in Wiliamstown.  They had the following 11 children--all born in Williamstown.  It is important to note that this generation of the Archambeault line would make a change in the surname by dropping the last 2 letters and being known as Archambeau :
Adeline Noel- Born 26 January 1875. I'm betting that the anxious parents-to-be were hoping for a January 1 or 2 birth for this child!! She was nicknamed "Mimere" by her doting father (I'm not sure what "mimere" means).  Young Adeline married a native of Canada named Armidas (went by "Edward") Beaudin on 25 February 1892 in Williamstown and had the following 10 children:
Alfred Arthur- born 2 Feb 1894 in Williamstown.  Married A. Dwan and had 2 girls;Billie and Barbara.
Mary Corrine- born 2 Aug 1895 in Williamstown.  Married Francis Higgins and had 2 children; Francis or "Junior" and Anne Marie.
Clara Beatrice- b. 12 Apr 1897.  Married Arthur Bugbee; no known children.
Maude Catherine- b. 23 Nov 1898 in Williamstown.  Married George Firth and had 5 children:  John, Noel, Donald, George, Richard.
George Adolph- b. 20 Sep 1902 in North Adams, Berkshire Co, MA.  Married Claire Lancto; no known children
Lawrence Edward- b. 26 March 1905 in North Adams.
Mabel Rose Alma- b. 5 Sep 1906 in North Adams.  Married Frank McCabe and had 3 children:  Charles, William, and David.
Ralph Theodore- Married Marian Lutz Stryker and had 2 children:  Ralph Theodore, Jr and Jerome.  This couple divorced, and Ralph married a woman named Peg.
Francis Nelson- b. 7 Aug 1913 in N. Adams.  Married Lillian Buteau and had 5 children:  Bruce, Thomas, Brian, Carolyn, Stephen.
Leonard David- b. 30 March 1916 in N. Adams.  Married Kay Byrne and had 4 children:  Patricia, Phyllis, Janice, Peter.
Details of Edward Beaudin's death are unknown.  Adeline Archambeau died about 1957.
The majority of the information on Adeline Archambeau/Armadis Beaudin came from the Raymond Royal/Kay Beaudin website link above which, as of this update, seems to be outdated.
Arthur "Archie"- The second child of Felix and Adeline, Archie was born 21 April 1876.  He died at 9 yeaers of age from complications of measles on 23 December 1885.  He was buried in Eastlawn Cemetery.
Mary Malvina- Born 1 March 1878.  She married Edward C. Jerome; the date/place of this event is unknown.
Edward was born in New York in 1870, the son of Peter/Roseanna Quinn.  His sister Flora had married Mary Malvina's first cousin (once removed) Edourard Noel.  The couple had one child, Arthur.  Arthur married Elizabeth Murphy and had 2 children, Eleanor and Arthur
Edward was buried 5 February 1930 in Eastlawn Cemetery, Williamstown.  Mary Malvina lived to be 99 years old, dying 14 October 1977.  She was buried 3 days later in Eastlawn.
Rosana- Born 22 December 1879.  She married John Royal (b. ca 1870) 30 August 1897 in Williamstown.  They had 2 known sons:  Raymond, who married Leanette LePine; and Lawrence, who married Lillian White and had a son, William.
Ora D.- Born 7 April 1883.  She married Albert N. Royal (b. 1880) ca 1908.  Albert was the brother of John, above, who married Ora's sister Rosana.
The couple had 3 children:  Edgar, b. ca 1909; Francis, b. ca 1912, married D. Adams, had 2 boys, Robert and John, and supported his family as a cook; Evelyn R., b. 21 August 1913 in Williamstown. She married an unknown Tanguay.  Evelyn died at the age of 94 on 18 May 2008 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, MA and was buried 22 May 2008 in Eastlawn Cemetery.  Evelyn was retired from the GE plant in Pittsfield and liked to golf and bowl.
On 28 December, 1919, Albert and his 10 year old son Edgar were near or on a frozen body of water when Edgar fell through the ice.  Albert tried in vain to save his son.  Tragically, they both drowned.  They are buried in Eastlawn Cemetery.
At an unknown date, Ora married George Wright, a paint contractor.  Ora died 27 December 1957 in Williamstown and was buried in Eastlawn Cemetery.
George- Born 22 December 1884.  Married Rose Orelle on 21 September 1908 in Williamstown.  They had 6 children:  
Howard, married Geraldine Learned and had daughter Carol. 
Charles Peter, married Marion Campbell and had daughter Linda. 
Ruth, born ca 1913 and died ca 1933. 
Mildred, married Edgar Waldon and had Sally and Edgar. 
Leonard, married Virginia Brothers and had Susanne.
Ruby.
Delia Dora- Born ca 1866.  Married Jean Baptiste (called John) Lanoue on 8 June 1909 in Williamstown.  Delia and John had 5 children:
Nelson, born and died in 1911.
Roland, born in 1913 and died in 1966.
Gerland, born in 1915 and was an invalid for most of his life.  He died in 1968.
Doris, born in 1920 and died in 1994.  She devoted herself to taking care of her invalid brother until his death.
Russell.
John Lanoue worked at the Arnold Print Works and at Williams College.
Delia Arhcambeau died 25 February 1947 in Williamstown and was buried two days later in Eastlawn.  John Lanoue died 21 October 1950 in Willamstown and was buried two days later in Eastlawn with his wife. 
Edgar Victor- Born 27 January 1889.  Married Edna McKay and had 5 children:
Thelma, married Charles Gill and had 2 girls named Donna and  Panda Marie.
Dawn U., Born Sep 1917 and died 24 Oct 1918; buried in Eastlawn with her parents.
Yvonne, married August Gomes and had August.
Ursule.
Edgar Victor, Jr..
Edgar Sr. died in 1949 and Edna died in 1971.
Bertha Mae- Born 8 July 1891.  She worked as a spool tender in a cotton mill before marrying Lucius Burr 23 June 1927 in Williamstown.  They had 3 children: Marilyn, Adeline, and Winton.
Leo Edward- Born 11 September 1892.  He married Marie Albina Angelina Rose Alma Plante on her birthday-- 23 July 1923 in Holyoke, Hampden Co, MA.  She was born in Holyoke in 1892 to Napoleon/Octavie Peltier.  Leo was a watch maker and jewler by trade.
Leo and Marie Albina had 4 children:
Infant Girl- Born and died on 14 December 1923.  I know for sure that at least one of their remaining children is still alive and there is the possibility that the others are as well.
Grace Corrine- The youngest of the brood, she was born 18 October 1894.  She was a winder in a cotton mill before she married Walter Picard 25 November 1926.  Their adopted son, Malcolm, was born 29 August 1935 in N. Adams.  The coupld adopted him after his mother died in childbirth.  Malcolm married and had children--these events will not be documented here as they are still living.  Malcolm died 26 Oct. 2003 in N. Adams.
Corrine, as the family called her, died in 1970.  Walter followed in 1981.  They are buried in Eastlawn.
The couple lived on Front Street in Williamstown for most of their married life.  Felix Archambeault was employed in a cotton mill as a carder and also overseer of one of the rooms at the mill.  Felix Archambeault, along with Adeline's brothers Pierre and Albert Noel and other men in the Noel family, founded St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Williamstown.  
The family was bilingual, able to speak both English and French.  Adeline, however, seemed to feel that speaking English was bothersome and generally pretended to be unable to do so.  But, to everyone's amusement, she was overheard more than once on the telephone ordering groceries in English.
Felix Archambeault died 16 November 1912 in Williamstown.  He lived to see 7 of his 11 children marry and have children of their own.
Adeline Noel lived 24 more years.  The census records of 1920 and 1930 show her still living on Front Street; in 1920 with children Bertha, Leo, Corrine, and the widowed Ora--along with Ora's two remaining children.  In 1930, her daughter Corrine and son-in-law Walter were living with her--with Walter listed as head of the household.  Adeline died in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co, MA on 23 November 1936 and was buried in Williamstown with Felix.
The information on this page was taken from the following:
Census records
Lacolle, Quebec, Canada baptismal records
Cemetery records from Eastlawn Cemetery
Town hall records from Willamstown, MA
"Our Founding Fathers" of St. Raphael's church in Williamstown.
GEDCOM from Anne Royal.
The biggest Thank You!! goes to Carol W, who provided me with tons of information for this family--along with encouragement, support, and rides to the Williamstown town hall and Eastlawn Cemetery.  You're the best!! 

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