The earliest known ancestor on this branch is Jean Baptiste Brunel, who was born 26 September 1706 in Quebec, Canada. He married Suzanne GOGUET, who was born about 1710 in Quebec. This couple, my 6th great-grandparents, had a child named Joseph, who married Marie Marguerite DESAUNTELS. Joseph BRUNEL - Marie Marguerite DESAUNTELS
my 5th great-grandparents
Joseph Brunel was born about 1750 to Jean-Baptiste and Suzanne Goguet. Joseph married Marie Marguerite Desauntels 11 February 1771 in Longue Point, Quebec.
Marie Marguerite was a native of Longue Point; born 23 March 1743 to Nicolas/Marie Catherine DUFRESNE; who had been married there on 2 February 1741.
Joseph and Marie Marguerite had a son that they also named Joseph. He married Francoise Maillet; however, Marie Marguerite Desauntels was not present for that event. She had died sometime before the marriage took place; as evidenced by being listed as "defunct" in the marriage record.Joseph BRUNEL - Francoise MAILLET
my 4th great-grandparents
Joseph was born ca 1770 in Quebec. He married Francoise Maillet on 23 September 1783 in Beloeil, Quebec.
Francoise's surname is sometimes found written as Maye in the vital records of Quebec. Francoise was born ca 1770 to Pierre/Angelique LETOURNEAU. Pierre and Angelique were married 26 August 1765 in Quebec. He was the son of Jean-Baptiste/Genevieve Barbe HAMEL; she was the daughter of Louis/Angelique DESMARETS-DESNOYERS.
Joseph and Francoise had the following known children:Marcel- Born 22 March 1797 and baptized the next day at Beloeil.
Joseph BRUNEL - Josephte OLIGNY
my 3rd great-grandparents
Joseph Brunel married Josephte Oligny on 28 November 1826 in L'Acadie.
Josephte was a native of L'Acadie; born there 18 February 1808 and baptized the next day. She was the daughter of Louis Oligny dit Lauvergnat/Josephte TREMBLAY.
The couple had relocated to Lyon Mountain, Clinton Co, NY--in a section of the Adirondack Mountains commonly referred to as the "North Country"--by 1847. Go here for more information, history, and even pictures of the tiny hamlet that once housed a large iron ore mine. Iron ore mining did not come to Lyon Mountain until the late 1860's, so it is unknown what brought this couple to the area in the 1840's.
Joseph and Josephte had 11 children:
Leandre had been born in Quebec in 1825. He was a farmer by trade. When his new country put out the call for men to fight for the Union in the Civil War, Leandre answered willingly. He was taken prisoner and died of yellow fever in a Confederate prison in New Orleans, Louisiana on 1 November 1864. Marie Victoria died 6 February 1901 in Dannemora, Clinton Co, NY.Joseph Brunell appears in the 1860 Saranac, Clinton Co, NY census with his wife (who is, for some unknown reason, referred to as "Eliza" and listed as 20 years younger than her husband); however he does not appear in the 1870 census for Black Brook, Clinton Co, NY that lists "Eliza" and Leandre. From this we must assume that Joseph died sometime before the 1870 census.
Josephte died 11 August 1891 in Redford, Clinton Co, NY.Lenadre BRUNELL - Emmeline D'AOUST
my great-great grandparents
Leandre Brunell and Emmeline D'aoust were married 14 November 1870 in Redford, Clinton Co, NY. Emmeline was born in Lyon Mountain about 1850, the daughter of Francois Daoust/Adalin. Emmeline's surname has also been listed in census records as Dow.
Leandre and Emmeline had 3 known children:Along with most of the men in Lyon Mountain, Leandre worked as a miner in 1880. The census record for that year shows that the Brunell's were also housing 5 other miners; including Emmeline's brother Joseph. Emmeline's sister, Mary, was also living in the home and listed as a "servant". It appears that the family may have been running a boarding house of sorts.
A year later, on 30 November 1881, Leandre Brunell died. His cause of death is not known. He was buried in Redford, Clinton Co, NY in the Assumption of BMV Cemetery.After Leandre's death, Emmeline went on to marry Roma Vennette-date and place of this event is not known. They had one known child, Victoria, born in June of 1888 in New York.
By 1900, we discover that much has changed for the Brunell family:
•For starters, we find that son Joseph has married Celinia Fournier, a New York native--no surprise there. What is a surprise is the location of the marriage--none other than North Adams, MA! Did they relocate separately to work in the bustling Berkshire mills and subsequently meet there? Maybe they met in their home state of New York and then eloped? That's not known for sure; but the romantic possibilities are endless!
•Son Charles Brunell seems to follow his brother to Western Massachusetts to seek employment as a shoe worker. And he also finds a bride for himself among the belles of the Berkshires--Miss Mabel Adams, a North Adams native.
•1900 also finds Emmeline D'Aoust a widow again; the details of her husband Roma's death are unknown at this time. With both of her sons deciding to leave New York, what is a widowed mother to do? You guessed it--go right along with them! Which Emmeline did--the census of 1900 shows her as a member of her son Charles' household, along with her two daughters--21 year old Josephine Brunell and 11 year old Victoria Vennette.The 1910 census of Brockton, MA shows Charles Brunell with his wife Mabel, two daughters Doris and Florence, and sister Victoria--who the census taker identifies as "Victoria Brunell". Josephine would naturally be absent; she had married Edgar Noel in 1905. But where was Emmeline?
On 13 October, 1906, Emmeline had gall bladder surgery in Brockton, Mass., and died from post-operative shock. She was buried 2 days later, on the 15th, in Calvary Cemetery.
Emmeline's address was 445 Montello Street in Brockton at the time of her death.The information from this page came from:
Drouin Collection at Ancestry
Alice
Census records
BMV Assomption marriage index
Josephine Brunell Noel's death certificate and obituary
Northern New York American-Canadian Genealogical Society
New England Historic Genealogical Society
This page was updated April 2009. .
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