“Louise-Marie Le Blanc Valcour: Ma paroisse, 1880
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“Louise-Marie Le Blanc Valcour: Ma paroisse, 1880
“Louise-Marie Le Blanc Valcour: Ma paroisse, 1880-1972” MCC-00325 Finding Aid Prepared by Anne Chamberland, October 2009 Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes University of Maine at Fort Kent Fort Kent, Maine Title: “Louise-Marie Le Blanc Valcour: ma paroisse 1880-1972” Creator/Collector: Le Blanc Valcour, Louise-Marie Collection number: MCC-00325 Shelf list number: UM-325 Dates: 1880-1972 Extent: 4 folders (.10 cubic feet) Provenance: This document was given to Mrs Esther Levesque of Fort Kent, Maine to be given to the archives by Marcel Valcourt, grandson of Louise-Marie Leblanc Valcourt. The Parish of Saint-Benoit Abbé is part of the Rimouski Diocese and is located in Packington, P.Q. Language: French. Conservation notes: None. Access restrictions: No restrictions on access. Physical restrictions: None. Technical restrictions: None. Copyright: Copyright has not been assigned to the Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes Citation: “Louise-Marie Le Blanc Valcour: ma paroisse 1880-1972”, typescript, MCC-00325, Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes, University of Maine at Fort Kent Separated materials: Not applicable. Related materials: Not applicable Location of originals: Unknown. Location of copies: Not applicable. Published in: Not applicable. Biographical information: Marie-Louise-Albertine Leblanc was born in Cabano, P.Q. on November 10, 1893, daughter of Jean-Hercule Leblanc and Appoline Côté. In Cabano, on July 25, 1922, she married Pierre Valcourt, son of Joseph Valcourt and Démerise Caron. Her husband, Pierre, died August 8, 1966 at the age of 75. Marie-Louise Leblanc Valcourt died November 29, 1977 in Notre-Dame-du- Lac, P.Q. Marcel Valcourt, her grandson, says that Louise-Marie was a school teacher. She liked to read, pray, and visit with her sisters and was certainly interested in history, especially the history of her parish. Scope and content: This collection consists of a typescript of "Louise-Marie Le Blanc Valcour: ma paroisse, 18801972”, written by Louise-Marie Le Blanc Valcour. The document was written to commemorate the fifty years, 1922-1972, of the parish of Saint-Benoit Abbé, located in Packington in the province of Quebec not far from the New Brunswick boundary. The document was never published. Starting from 1880, it contains historical facts; highlights of the parish; culture and folklore of the people that were to be forgotten, as per Louise-Marie. Inventory: Folder 1: “Ma paroisse 1880-1972, la morale, la misère et les coutumes des pionniers de Saint-Benoit de Packington” by Louise-Marie Le Blanc Valcour. 48 p. Index Liminaire (Introduction) Ma paroisse 1880-1972 Le crucifix du paysan Le cheval; la croix du chemin; les anciens Canadiens La naissance d’un enfant chez nos premiers colons L’élevage du poulet Le café; le pain; la pomme de terre Le fromage; le vin Le savon de pays; les raquettes; les âmes du purgatoire La dévotion à la Sainte-Vierge; la dévotion à Saint-Joseph L’hospitalité; pourquoi vous bercez-vous? La côte des Moreau; le moulin à scie; la gelée universelle Une bordée de neige; les voyageurs; les corvées Fait réel de l’ancien temps Le feu; les voitures Nos traditions du jour de l’an; les fêtes La sucrerie; les premiers remèdes Donation par Pierre Valcour à Georges Valcour La première chapelle; la famille Beaulieu Valcourt alias Valcour; bureau de poste; premier magasin L’ école-Chapelle Une femme courageuse; les animaux sauvages L’Abbé Amédée Rioux; la neige La cloche; érection canonique Mess. le curé Amédée Rioux, Charles Pelletier, Omer Berger La superstition Chômage et colonisation 1929-1939 page 1 page 2 page 4 page 5 page 6 page 11 page 12 page 13 page 16 page 17 page 18 page 20 page 21 page 22 page 23 page 24 page 25 page 27 page 29 page 30 page 31 page 32 page 33 page 34 page 35 page36 Le petit rang 7 La paroisse Hommage à Mme Dupont; hommage à toutes les mères La petite fille diplomate; les routes 16 décembre 1973 23 décembre 1973; hommages; poésie; note de l’auteur page 37 page 38 page 43 page 46 page 47 page 48 Folder 2: Funéraille de Mme Pierre Valcourt. ( some genealogy). 1 p. Folder 3: Les curés de la paroisse St-Benoit Abbé. 2 p. Folder 4: Éloge funèbre de Madame Alice Leblanc Richardson Guérette. 2 p.