| 1. | Biographical information on Marie Louise Meilleur was gathered from church records and census returns, from diverse newspaper and magazine accounts and from telephone conversations with her daughter, Rita Gutzman of Deep River, Ontario, and her grandson and his wife, Jean and Nicole Bossé, of Kamouraska, Québec. |
| 2. | Marie Louise Meilleur's second marriage.
Hector MEILLEUR, b. 1880, widower of Marie Dufort, of Deux-Joachims.
M. October 25, 1915, Deep River (Ontario).
Marie Louise Chassé, widow of Étienne Leclerc, of Deux-Joachims.
Children: Ernest (b. 1916, living at Nipissing Manor in 1997), Pauline, Olive Therrien
(b. 1920, alive in 1997), Christy, Alfred, Rita Gutzman (b. May 12, 1925, alive in 1998). |