Mathilda SAUVÉ dite LAPLANTE

Born

14 September 1861 , Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA

Died

12 June 1932 , Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA

Age: 70
Cause of Death: Cancer of the Uterus

Mathilda married Thomas August FOURNIER abt. 1881 in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Thomas August FOURNIER was born 15 May 1851 in Québec Province, Canada. Thomas August died 30 July 1925 in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA. Thomas August was the child of Augustin FOURNIER and Élisabeth COUTURE .

Parents & Family of Mathilda SAUVÉ dite LAPLANTE

Parents of Mathilda SAUVÉ dite LAPLANTE

Father

David SAUVÉ dit LAPLANTE

Mother

Cecelia BOLEN

Grandparents of Mathilda SAUVÉ dite LAPLANTE

Paternal grandparents

Jean Baptiste SAUVÉ dit LAPLANTE Charlotte BEAUDOIN

Maternal grandparents

François BEAULAIN Catherine CLOSS

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Mathilda SAUVÉ dite LAPLANTE

Mathilda SAUVÉ dite LAPLANTE married

Thomas August FOURNIER
Marriage date: abt. 1881
Marriage place: Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA
Thomas August FOURNIER was the child of Augustin FOURNIER and Élisabeth COUTURE

Children of Thomas August FOURNIER and Mathilda SAUVÉ dite LAPLANTE

Mary C FOURNIER

Born: 6 June 1882, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA
Died: ,

Anna FOURNIER

Born: 11 January 1884, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA
Died: June 1970, Detroit, Michigan, USA

David Henry FOURNIER

Born: 11 January 1886, , Michigan, USA
Died: 7 September 1961, , Michigan, USA

Joseph August FOURNIER

Born: 19 January 1888, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA
Died: 11 May 1960, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA

Married: Marie Rosanne ANGER (AUGER) 04 May 1910 Place: Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA

Alfred Thomas FOURNIER

Born: 16 February 1890, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA
Died: May 1960, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA

Emma FOURNIER

Born: abt. 1891, , Michigan, USA
Died: ,

Harriet FOURNIER

Born: abt. 1896, , Illinois, USA
Died: 28 November 1979, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA

Leo M FOURNIER

Born: 17 July 1897, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA
Died: 25 August 1958,

Eugene Charles FOURNIER

Born: 8 May 1900, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA
Died: 26 July 1900, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Mathilda's Québec records.

What is a "dit/dite" Name?

When the first settlers came to Québec from France, it was a custom to add a "dit" nickname to the surname. The English translation of "dit" is "said." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1861
14 September 1861
Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 - Sugar Island, Michigan, USA

Name: Matilda Plannt
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Sugar Island, Chippewa, Michigan, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race: W
Occupation: At Home
Relationship to Head of Household: Stepdaughter
Relationship to Head of Household: SDau
Birth Year (Estimated): 1862
BirthPlace: Michigan, United States
Father's BirthPlace: Michigan, United States
Mother's BirthPlace: Michigan, United States
Sheet Letter: C
Sheet Number: 148
Person Number: 2
Volume: 1

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Edward Edwards Self M 29 Michigan, United States
Cecelia Edwards Wife F 35 Michigan, United States
Matilda Plannt Stepdaughter F 18 Michigan, United States
David Plannt Stepson M 16 Canada

District: ED 41
Sheet Number and Letter: 148C
Household ID: 7384935
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Film Number: 0576
GS Film Number:

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1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1882 Birth of Child
Mary C FOURNIER was born 6 June 1882, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA

Mathilda was 20 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1884 Birth of Child
Anna FOURNIER was born 11 January 1884, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA

Mathilda was 22 years old.

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 Birth of Child
David Henry FOURNIER was born 11 January 1886, , Michigan, USA

Mathilda was 24 years old.

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1888 Birth of Child
Joseph August FOURNIER was born 19 January 1888, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA

Mathilda was 26 years old.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1890 Birth of Child
Alfred Thomas FOURNIER was born 16 February 1890, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA

Mathilda was 28 years old.

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1897 Birth of Child
Leo M FOURNIER was born 17 July 1897, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA

Mathilda was 35 years old.

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 Sault St Marie, Chippewa, Michigan

Name: Matilda Fournier
titles:
Residence: Sault Ste. Marie city, Chippewa, Michigan
Birth Date: Sep 1861
birthPlace: Michigan
relationship to head-of-household: Wife
spouse Name: Thomas Fournier
spouse titles:
spouse birth Place: Canada
father Name:
father titles:
father birthPlace: Michigan
mother Name:
mother titles:
mother birthPlace: Michigan
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household Name: Thomas Fournier
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
years Married: 18
estimated marriage year: 1882
mother how many children: 10
number living children: 7
Immigration Year:
enumeration District: 0022
Sheet Number and Letter: 2B
Household ID: 29
reference number: 55
gsu Film Number: 1240707
Image Number: 00350
Household Gender Age
spouse Thomas Fournier M
Matilda Fournier F
child Anna Fournier F
child David Fournier M
child Joseph Fournier M
child Alfred Fournier M
child Harriot Fournier F
child Leo Fournier M
child Eugene C.

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1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1900 Birth of Child
Eugene Charles FOURNIER was born 8 May 1900, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA

Mathilda was 38 years old.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Sault St Marie, Chippewa, Michigan

Name: Matilda Fournier
birthPlace: Michigan
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Residence: Sault St marie Ward 4, Chippewa, Michigan
Marital Status: Married
race : White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year:
father's birthPlace: Michigan
mother's birthPlace: Michigan
family number: 72
page number: 4
Household Gender Age
spouse Thomas Fournier M 56y
Matilda Fournier F 48y
child Joseph Fournier M 22y
child Harriet Fournier F 14y
child Leo Fournier M 12y
child David Fournier M 24y
Emma Fournier F 19y
John Fournier M 55y

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1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1910 Marriage of Child
Joseph August FOURNIER married 04 May 1910, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA to Marie Rosanne ANGER (AUGER)

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 - Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan

Name: Matilda Fernier
[Matilda Fournier]
Age: 59
Birth Year: abt 1861
BirthPlace: Michigan
Home in 1920: Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan
Street: South St.
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Thomas Fernier
Father's BirthPlace: Michigan
Mother's BirthPlace: Michigan
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Nursing
Industry: Out
Employment Field: Own Account
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
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Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Fernier 65
Matilda Fernier 59
Leo Fernier 22
Fredrick Fernier 30

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1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1925 Death of Spouse/Partner
Thomas August FOURNIER died 30 July 1925, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

Death

Name: Mrs Matilda Journet
[Matilda Fournier]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Death Age: 70
Birth Date: 14 Sep 1861
Birth Place: Sault Ste Marie, Michigan
Death Date: 12 Jun 1932
Death Place: Sault Ste Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, USA
Father: David Journet
Mother: Cecila Bolfax
File Number: 002098

Ancestry.com. Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

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