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GOUPILLE, Marie Florida 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
• Naturalization, 1946, Detroit, Michigan.
Marie married Joseph Yvon "Levi" MEILLEUR, son of Lévis MEILLEUR and Marie Dauxille DAOUST, on 24 Oct 1898 in Grand Marais, Alger County, Michigan. (Joseph Yvon "Levi" MEILLEUR was born in Jan 1875 in Saint-Andre-Avellin, Quebec, Canada, christened on 8 Jan 1875 in Saint-Andre-Avellin, Quebec, Canada, died on 10 Dec 1967 in St. Clair Shores, Macomb County, Michigan 9 and was buried in 1967 in Resurrection Cemetery, Mt. Clemens, Macomb County, Michigan 10.) |
1 1920 US Census (District 305, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan). Surety: 4. Lists Oliva (as Levi, age 43, b. MI [incorrect]), wife Ada (age 42, b. Canada), and children Raymond (age 15, b. MI), Paul (age 13, b. MI), Charles (age 9, b. MI), Agnes (age 9, b. MI), and William (age 2, b. MI). Also in the household are nephew Roy Thomas [son of Ada's sister, Matilda] (age16, b. MI), and Ada's mother, Marguerite [Godin] Goupille (age 68, b. Canada). Oliva is listed as a "steam fitter" for an auto company. Roy is also working as a "stock cuter(?)" at an auto plant. Oliva incorrectly indicates that both of his parents were born in Michigan [they were born in Canada]. Ada indicates that she came to the U.S. in 1882 and was naturalized in 1905. Marguerite indicates that she came to the U.S. in 1882 and was not naturalized.
2 1930 US Census, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Surety: 4. Lists Oliva (as Levi, age 55), wife Ada (age 52), son Paul (age 24), son Charles (age 20), daughter Agnes (age 20), and son William (age 14), living in Detroit. Oliva is listed as a "supervisor" at the "city gas company." Paul is listed as a "bus driver" for the "city bus company." Charles is listed as a "truck driver" for the "Buscott Company." Agnes is listed as a "telephone operator" for a "telephone company." Paul had been married to Dorothy Wilson in 1924, had a daughter who died in infancy, and then divorced. They would remarry in 1934 and remain together until Dorothy's death in 1977.
3 1910 US Census (Burt Township, Alger County, Michigan). Surety: 4. Lists Oliva (age 35), wife Ada (age 32), daughter Florence (age 7), son Raymond (age 5), son Paul (as Emmanuel, age 3), son Charles (<1), and daughter Agnes (as Mary A., age <1), living in Alger County. Oliva is listed as a "sawyer" for a "sawmill." This is the only census record known in which their daughter, Florence, appears. She died just nine years later as a novetiate at a convent in Chicago, Illinois. This is also the only official record found that lists their son, Paul, by his given name, Emmanuel. By the 1920 census, he is called Paul, and legally changed his name as an adult.
4 Marriage License (Alger County, Michigan). Surety: 4. Witnessed by William Meilleur (Oliva's brother) and Louise Goupille (Ada's sister).
5 Certificate of Naturalization (State of Michigan, Alger County). Surety: 4. Appears on this record as Ada Meilleur.
6 Certificat De Bapteme (Eglise St-Jean-Baptiste et St-Joseph de Tracadie, New Brunswick). Surety: 4. Certified translation: "On the 28th day of August 1877, I the undersigned baptized Marie Florida born on the 10th day of August of the same year, of the legitimate marriage of Xavier Goupille and Marguerite Godin. Sponsors were: Jean Goulette and Venerante Landry. Signed: Jean Joseph Nugent, Ptre."
7 Resurrection Cemetery (18201 Clinton River Road, Mt. Clemens, Macomb County, Michigan). Surety: 4
8 Michigan Death Index: Death Index for Macomb County (Macomb County, Michigan). Surety: 4. Ada Marie Meilleur, died 29 Dec 1965 in Macomb County, Michigan.
9 Ibid. Surety: 4. Joseph Yvon Meilleur, died 10 Dec 1967 in Macomb County, Michigan.
10 Resurrection Cemetery (18201 Clinton River Road, Mt. Clemens, Macomb County, Michigan). Surety: 4
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Another name for Marie was Ada.