François Bacquet dit Lamontagne (the husband of Anne Philippe), Odelie’s fifth great-grandfather and the first of her Lamontagne ancestors in Canada, was born about 1646 in the village of Montjoie near Bordeaux in the region of Guyenne, in what is now the department of Lot and Garonne. When he was 18 years old, he joined the French army as a member of an infantry company in the Carignan-Salières Regiment, which would be sent to fight the Iroquois Indians when it arrived in New France in 1665.
François was the first in the family to use the dit (meaning said or called) name of “Lamontagne” (the mountain). Taking on a dit name was a common practice at the time, especially with members of the military who often took names associated with personal attributes related to their personality or physical characteristics. The name Lamontagne, therefore, might relate to Francois’ physical size rather than being a reference to a mountain.
When his term of duty in the army was over, François, like many members of the regiment, decided to remain in New France. He first settled in the parish of Saint-Laurent on Île d’Orleans, near present-day Québec City, and then moved directly across the Saint-Lawrence River on the south shore to establish a farm in the seigneurie of La Durantaye in the parish of Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse. He raised his family and farmed on this land until his death in 1701. In 1671, he married Anne Philippe, who was born in France and came to New France as a fille de roi, one of the hundreds of young single women whom the king of France sponsored to settle in New France during the 17th century.
One of his sons, also named François (the husband of Marie Elisabeth Guenette), inherited the family farm and remained in Saint-Michel throughout his life. A son of the second François, Pierre (the husband of Margaret Montminy), also lived his life in Saint-Michel, but his son Michel (the husband of Angélique Demers), moved to Saint-Nicolas in the seigneurie of Lauzon around 1770. (There are some sources that say Pierre was the first to arrive in Saint-Nicolas, but as all his children were born in Saint-Michel and because he died there, it seems more likely he never left that parish to live in Saint-Nicolas.) One of Michel’s sons, also named Michel (the husband of Magdeleine Marion), however, appears to have lived his life primarily in the neighboring parish of Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly.
A son of the second Michel, Simon (the husband of Marie Legendre), was born and raised in Saint-Antoine but left that parish to settle in Saint-Ferdinand-d'Halifax. (Halifax was one of the townships newly opened to settlers in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.) The move occurred sometime after Simon and Marie's first child, Philomène, was born in Saint-Antoine in October 1843, and before March 1846 when their next child, Victoria, was born in Saint-Ferdinand. The family then moved from Saint-Ferdinand to the nearby parish of Saint-Julien-de-Wolfestown sometime between October 1864, when the last child, Julie, was born in Saint-Ferdinand, and before October 1867, when the next child, Alphonsine, was born in Saint-Julien. It is possible that the family may have moved immediately after Julie was born in October 1864, because the second daughter, Victoria, was married in Saint-Julien in February 1865. (At the time, marriages were usually celebrated in the parish of the bride.)
Henriette, one of Simon and Marie’s many daughters and the mother of Odelie, married Télesphore Demers in Saint-Julien in 1869. At the end of 1871, the year of Odelie’s birth, the parish of Saint-Julien was divided to form the new parish of Saint-Fortunat-de-Wolfestown. The Demers and Lamontagne family farms were both located in the new parish on the Chemin du 6ème Rang at rang 6, lots 4 and 5, and rang 5, lot 3, respectively. (In 1873, the municipality of Saint-Fortunat was established with the same boundaries as the parish.)
Because Odelie’s father, Télesphore Demers, had his own lineage with the Lamontagne family through his mother, Euphrosine/Euphrasie Lamontagne Demers, Odelie has a double connection with the Lamontagne family. Euphrosine was the daughter of Ambroise and Angèle Côté Lamontagne. Ambroise, in turn, was the son of Michel Lamontagne and Angélique Demers Lamontagne, making him a brother of Simon Lamontagne's father. In short, Simon and Euphrosine were first cousins, making Henriette and Télesphore second cousins. The following explains Odelie's complicated Lamontagne relationship graphically.
Michel Lamontagne et Angelique Demers
(married - 1775)
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Michel Lamontagne Ambroise Lamontagne
(married Madeleine Marion-1802) (married Angèle Côté-1811)
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Simon Lamontagne Euphrosine Lamontagne
(married Marie Legendre-1842) (married Damas Demers)
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Henriette Lamontagne Télesphore Demers
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Odelie Demers
(born-1871)
[And to make the Lamontagne and Demers connection even more complicated, Angélique Demers Lamontagne, the wife of the first Michel Lamontagne, was a first cousin to Henri Aristoboule Demers, Télesphore's grandfather. In other words, Angélique's father, Michel Demers, and Henri Aristoboule Demers' father, Joseph, were brothers.]
Odelie’s grandfather Simon Lamontagne, the father of Henriette Lamontagne Demers. Simon was a first cousin of Euphrosine/Euphrasie Lamontagne Demers, Télesphore Demers' mother. This tin-type photograph was likely taken in the 1860s or 1870s.
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Odelie’s grandmother Euphrosine/Euphrasie Lamontagne Demers, the mother of Télesphore Demers. Euphrosine was the daughter of Ambroise Lamontagne, a brother of Simon Lamontagne’s father, Michel. The photo was likely taken around 1885 and may have been taken, based on the background scene, at a photographer’s studio in Lewiston, Maine. If so, she would have been in Lewiston to visit her eldest son, Théodore, who had emigrated there in the 1880s with his large family.
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The Lamontagne Line
The Last Generation in France
Renaud Baquet - Born at an unknown date near the city of Bordeaux in the region of Guyenne (now in the department of Lot et Garonne), France. Died on an unknown date and location. Married on an unknown date and location to Jeanne Montus de Lamontjoie. They had an unknown number of children.
The First Generation in Canada
François Bacquet dit Lamontagne - Born at LaMontjoie, in the region of Guyenne (now in the department of Lot et Garonne), near Bordeaux, France about 1646. Died in Québec City 10 April 1701. Married in Québec City 24 November 1671 to Anne Philippe (1653-1715), the daughter of Jacques Philippe and Anne Audiger. They had 4 children.
The Second Generation in Canada
François Bacquet dit Lamontagne - Born in Québec 1682 and baptized in Cap-Saint-Ignace. Died in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse 17 October 1744. Married in Saint-Michel 25 May 1710 to Elisabeth Guénette (1692-1734), the daughter of Pierre Guénette and Elisabeth Paquet. They had 10 children.
The Third Generation in Canada
Pierre Bacquet dit Lamontagne - Born in Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont, in the seigneurie de LaDurantaye, 17 October 1712. Died in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse on 29 September 1793. Married in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse 16 January 1741 to Marguerite Montminy (1722-1766), the daughter of Joseph Montminy and Angélique Forgues. They had 8 children.
The Fourth Generation in Canada
Michel Baquet dit Lamontagne - Born in Saint-Michel 22 April 1751. Died in Saint-Nicolas 22 May 1811. Married in Saint-Nicolas 19 June 1775 to Angélique Demers (1756-1809), daughter of Michel Demers and Marie-Anne Gingras. They had 15, or maybe more, children.
The Fifth Generation in Canada - Two lines of descent
1. Michel Lamontagne - Born in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly 14 May 1779. Died in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly 07 October 1854. Married in Saint-Nicolas 12 July 1802 to Madeleine Marion (b. in Saint-Nicolas 18 April 1782), the daughter Étienne Marion and Madeleine Fréchette. They had 11 children.
2. Ambroise Lamontagne - Baptized 25 September 1788 in Saint-Nicolas. Died 22 January 1866 in Saint-Nicolas. Married 05 August 1811 to Angèle Côté in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly. They had 9 children.
The Sixth Generation in Canada - Two lines of descent
1. Simon Lamontagne (son of Michel and Madeleine Marion Lamontagne) - Born in Saint-Antoine 24 October 1818. Died in Saint-Fortunat-de-Wolfestown 15 September 1900. Married in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly 22 November 1842 to Marie Legendre (b. in Sainte-Croix 26 July 1824, d. 11 October 1881 in Saint-Fortunat), the daughter of Charles Legendre and Madeleine Bergeron. They had 12 children.
2. Euphrosine Lamontagne (daughter of Ambroise and Angèle Côté Lamontagne) - Born in Saint-Nicolas 14 April 1817. Died in Saint-Fortunat 02 March 1890. Married in Saint-Nicholas 14 August 1838 to Damase Demers. They had 11 children.
The First Generation in the United States - Two lines of descent
1. Henriette Lamontagne - Born in Saint-Ferdinand-d’Halifax 24 April 1851, d. in Sanford, Maine, 03 March 1923. Married in Saint-Julien 19 January 1869 to Télesphore Demers. They had thirteen children.
2. Télesphore Demers (son of Damase and Euphrosine Lamontagne Demers). Born in Saint-Gilles/Saint-Agapit 22 August 1847. Died in Lewiston, Maine 28 March 1950. Married in Saint-Julien 26 January 1869 to Henriette Lamontagne. They had thirteen children.
The Second Generation in the United States
Odelie Demers - Born in Saint-Julien 21 May 1871. Died 2 May 1937 in Sanford, Maine. Married in Sanford, Maine 03 January 1900 to Napoléon Dubois (b. In Saint-Sophie, Québec, 6 December 1865), the son of Joseph Dubois and Clarisse Marchand.
Odelie Demers - Born in Saint-Julien 21 May 1871. Died 2 May 1937 in Sanford, Maine. Married in Sanford, Maine 03 January 1900 to Napoléon Dubois (b. In Saint-Sophie, Québec, 6 December 1865), the son of Joseph Dubois and Clarisse Marchand.
They had five children: Marie, b. and d. in New Bedford, MA, 10 October 1900; Clement, b. in New Bedford 18 May 1902, d. 29 September 1902; Clement, b. in New Bedford 12 May 1904, d. in Portland, ME, 28 March 1982; Éva Dubois Tibbetts, b. in Sainte-Camille, Wolfe County, Quebec 9 June 1907, d. in Rochester, N.Y., 1 March 2002; and Anita Dubois Washington, b. in New Bedford, MA 11 May 1910, d. in Sanford, ME, 22 January 1996.
Notes and Sources
As with much of the genealogical information in this block, I have received much assistance from my cousins, Cécile Leblanc, Jeanne d’Arc Leblanc, and Anita Demers Olko, and from Juliette Aubin, the former genealogist at the Saint-Nicolas et Bernieres Historical Society. I thank them for all their help and advice. Any errors are all mine.
For more information on the Lamontagne family, I found these websites helpful:
For more information on the dit names of Canada see the following sites:
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