Source Citations for Anna Lessard

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Source Citations

census-canada-1891-s1-quebec-wolfe-hamsud-20-21: 1891 Canada Census, schedule 1 [population], Québec, Comté de Wolfe (district 181, Richmond and Wolfe), Canton de Ham Sud (sub-district G, Ham South), pages 20-21; Census of Canada, 1891, database with images, Library and Archives Canada (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/home.aspx: accessed before 20 Aug 2018), microfilm T–6417, image 30953_148219-00377

periodical-les-ages-de-soeurs-et-freres-1967: “Les âges de trois soeurs et deux frères forment l'imposant total de 434 ans,” human interest; La Tribune (Sherbrooke, Québec), 20 April 1967 (Thursday), page 11, column 1; photocopy, privately held [A copy can also be found on the website of BAnQ (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec), under the BAnQ Numérique link; this provided the page number, but doesn’t contain Victoria’s granddaughter’s notes.]

Source Reference Details

Name Details

census-canada-1891-s1-quebec-wolfe-hamsud-20-21:

Reference Detail: Page 20, lines 2-10, family 90

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Anna Lessard).

Birth Details

census-canada-1891-s1-quebec-wolfe-hamsud-20-21:

Reference Detail: Page 20, lines 2-10, family 90

Comment Detail: Source includes age (12; using the official census date of 6 April 1891 gives an approximate birth date range from 7 Apr 1878 to 6 Apr 1879) and location (Québec).

Father Details

census-canada-1891-s1-quebec-wolfe-hamsud-20-21:

Reference Detail: Page 20, lines 2-10, family 90

Comment Detail: Source identifies Anna Lessard as a daughter of Richard Lessard. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.

Marriage Details

periodical-les-ages-de-soeurs-et-freres-1967:

Comment Detail: Source identifies "Mrs Bert Horton" as one of Richard Lessard's three living daughters, Anna, Mélina, and Victoria. The latter two are explicitly identified, implying that Anna Lessared was married to Bert Horton.

Miscellaneous Facts Details “Attributes”

census-canada-1891-s1-quebec-wolfe-hamsud-20-21:

Reference Detail: Page 20, lines 2-10, family 90

Comment Detail: Source includes official census date (6 April 1891) and location (Ham-Sud, Wolfe, Québec).

periodical-les-ages-de-soeurs-et-freres-1967:

Comment Detail: Source includes location (Clairmont [likely a misspelling of Claremont], N.H.) and article date of 20 April 1967.

General Notes Details

periodical-les-ages-de-soeurs-et-freres-1967:

(no additional information)