Sainte-Cécile de Whitton or Audet - Our ancesters - Laprise - Mercier - Trépanier - And others - Part Four

Sainte-Cécile de Whitton

Parish of Saint-Hubert-de-Spaulding 

and this town was renamed

under the name ''Audet

Part Four

1909 - Ste-Cécile-de-Whitton

Photo of Claude Grenier = Thanks

Long identified as North Whittom name, municipality called Sainte-Cécile-de -Whitton since 1920. The parish was founded in 1871, served a mission to St-Romain from 1879 to 1888 she was canonically erected in 1890. The first settlers arrived from Saint-Romain and Saint-Sébastien 1870 and some Scottish or are English language.

 

This dear pioneer name was Michel Audet. Unanimously, the name of this famous fellow citizen was chosen to designate the municipality of Audet. This future Patriarch of Saint-Hubert was born in 1832 in St-Anselme in Dorchester County. His parents prénommaient Guillaume Audet and Emilie Gagnon.

Mr. Michel Audet was the first postmaster of the colony of Saint-Charles Spaulding and that, a few years before 1900. The first post office was held in the house piece by piece, built by the Audet family, several years before 1900. This former residence was owned by Mr. Fidèle Bizier, as of 1907.

 

After a hyperactive life, Michel Audet died October 23, 1903 at the age of seventy-one. A few years later, on March 23, 1915, his dignified wife, born, lady Adéline Valliere died at Saint-Hubert at the age of seventy-eight.

First residents

   

Marcel Audet in 1892	Michel Audetin 1892	Audet Noahin 1893
in 1898 Philias Bilodeau	Bouffard Narcisse in 1885	Boulet Philias in 1891
Caron Jean-Baptiste in 1887	Edmond Side in 1895	David Gagnonin 1891
François Gagnonin 1892	in 1893 Joseph Gagnon	Gagnon Xavier in 1893
Guarantor Onesimus in 1893	Grenier Georgesin 1888	Louis Grenierin 1888
in 1887Grondin Louis	GrondinThomas in 1885	Marcel Lapointe in 1894
Entoine Fleury in 1888	Leclerc Antonio in 1886	Lemieux Joseph Napoleon in 1885
Lemieux in 1885 Théophile	Victor Lemieux in 1885	Joseph Morin in 1887
Pépin Georges in 1887	Pomerleau Joseph in 1887	Jean-Baptiste Rousseau in 1890
Edmond Roy in 1887	Étienne Veilleux in 1888	Veilleux Ferdinand in 1885

 

The following colonizers took place between 1885 -1900

Joseph Audet	AudetMisel	AudetPaul	Aurel St-Pierre
Bélanger Auguste	BilodeauMathias	BilodeauThomas	Blais Archélas
Bolduc Odilon	Chouinard Joseph	Côté Joseph	Foley Louis
Fortier Joseph	GrondinJoseph	GrondinSamuel	TheodoreLachance
Edmond Langlois	Pepin Joseph	Charles Pomerleau	Pomerleau Napoleon
Paul Pomerleau	Poulin Charles	William Robicheau

The following colonizers arrived in 1901

Archélas Audet	Audet Pierre	Bergeron Pierre	Bizier Faithful
BlaisMagloire	David Chouinard	CoutureGeorges	CouturePhilippe
Daniel Joseph	FleuryArchelas	Fortier Pierre	HoudeErnest
Lacasse Majorique	MorinEzra	RoyCharles	Turgeon Joseph
Alfred Veilleux

                                    Louis-Philippe Royer, shoemaker

 

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Source: From the book Centennial 1902-2002 Municipality of Audet

Audet

St-Hubert Formerly Spaulding  

Proclamation 1868

 

In 1882, the municipality of the united townships of Spaulding-and-Ditchfield - names alluding to towns in England - was created and was known by this name until 1959, when it was amended in Frontenac.

Frontenac conference

latter name reminds Buade Louis Frontenac and Palluau, earl, soldier and governor general of New France (1672-1682 and 1689-1698), born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1622, died in Quebec in 1698, which has had considerable influence in New France. Under his administration, the colony will significantly expand its borders and find in him a strong advocate, especially against the Iroquois and the British military William Phips came to attack Quebec in 1690.

authoritarian character, which querellera with Monseigneur de Laval and Intendant Jacques Duchesneau, which earned him a recall to France in 1682. Frontenac will focus on the fur trade and some military expeditions, interesting little by population growth in New France, leaving the country in an economic situation precarious. In the Eastern Townships landscape, southeast of Lac-Megantic, Frontenac and Frontenacois constitute an original French notes that left little presage the large number of English-speaking settlers (UK, US) who occupied the region between 1870 and 1880.

Erection of the municipality

 

The division of land in the region we come from the English Regime established in the country after the French defeat in 1760. Under the term of "Eastern Townships" our entire region will be divided into cantons or administrative divisions imitated the Motherland England.

The original townships Ditchfield and Spaulding are attached to the Municipality of the County of Beauce and precisely controlled by municipality Linière (now called Saint-Come). Then. Two cantons get an erection municipal by Order in Council Government of Quebec in October 1881. The new municipality is known under the name of United Townships Ditchfield and Spaulding.

Spaulding In cantons, we have about 145 batches while in townships Ditchfield , we have about 425 lots. There existed no marked road that connects different parts of the municipality. Lots external contacts are formed by paths through the forest, by line and railway or directly by the Lake Megantic and the Chaudière River.

 

1869 Proclamation

 

Limited in the West by the Chaudière River which collects Kokombis Nebnellis and rivers, the irregularly shaped district touches the US border east of Lake Megantic. Its quite hilly territory in the western half, where the population is more concentrated in Fatima, St. John Vianney and Audet, from 500 m to approximately eminences that exceed 710 m Round Top Mountain and the mountains of Porcupine. This geographical division takes its name from a Lincolnshire town about 140 km north of London. As far as we could go back in time I, that word would have its origin in the German top, come from Spalten, verb meaning crack, fragment.

1870 Arrival of settlers from the United Kingdom and the United States

in 1882 (January) Constitution of the municipality of the united townships

of Spaulding-and-Ditchfieid

1959 The municipality of Spaulding-and-Ditchfield adopted the nameFrontenac

in 1989 The population ofFrontenac was 1 362 inhabitants

in 1994 The population of Frontenac is 1399 inhabitants

2000 people Frontenac's 1463 inhabitants

in 2007 The population of Frontenac is 1 573 inhabitants

 

In its internal organization, the municipality of United Townships Ditchfield Spaulding and change its name 18 April 1959 for the Municipality of Frontenac, which now has 1,573 inhabitants, called Frontenacois and Frontenacoises. This was the start of several changes.

 

A low behind other public authorities of that settlement, municipality of Saint-Hubert de Spaulding joined the circle of other older municipalities so to complete the integration of the former colony of Spaulding. Now, Saint-Hubert de Spaulding will be a full partner in the vast territory of the provisional provincial riding of Lac-Mégantic.

Mont Mégantic

In the autumn of 1903, taxpayers in the northern part of the canton of Spaulding, by the expressive voice a public request, obtained the privilege of provincial authorities to erect a new municipality that will be detached from the imposing municipality United Townships Ditchfield and Spaulding. On January 1, 1904, the incorporation of the new municipality of St-Hubert Spaulding is official and effective.

The general meeting of taxpayers of this municipality, to make the appointment of the first members of this new council was held January 11, 1904. This basic formality marks the start of the pioneers of this new municipal division in order to assume responsibility for leading themselves for the future of Audet locality.

Extract marking the birth ofmunicipal life

TheFebruary 1, 1904, we are seeing the first meeting of the Municipal Council. This is Mr. JN notary Thibodeau, village mayor and prefect of Megantic County Council of Lac-Mégantic, which holds the Council Presidency. At this meeting, Mr. Joseph Côté will be called to act as secretary-treasurer of the municipality.

Mont Mégantic in winter

His salary will be $ 45.00 per year. Furthermore, we proceed to the appointment of our first mayor: Mr. Anselme Desrochers. Also, Honourable Councillors Étienne Veilleux and Philippe Grenier suggested that the Council hold its regular meetings on the first Monday of each month, at nine in the morning at the home of Mr. Grondin Athanasius. Thus, Mr. Grondin will rent his house to the City Council for holding its meetings and public meetings at a price of 50 cents per month.

 

During the first thirteen years of municipal life, the mayor was appointed by the members of the Municipal Council. In addition, to be eligible for the post of chief magistrate of this town, it was necessary to have been selected as advisor for the same period. As of January 10, 1917, the mayor will be appointed by the owners taxpayers. These municipal voters will also have the privilege of voting for the candidate of their choice if there is more than one elector owner in line to hold office for the next two years.

 

Prior to 1917, there were seven advisers. One of them was appointed to chair the council and it exercised the powers vested in the mayor, for one year only. However, the outgoing mayor was re-elected as long as he was a member of that council. In the future, the mayor will be appointed for two years and any fairly qualified taxpayer, may be appointed to this position. By cons, as of 1917, there will be six councilors.

In 1917, six councilors were chosen to serve on the City Council. In principle, all these advisors have been appointed for two years. Nevertheless, three of these advisors will be appointed by a draw, as is leaving office in early 1918. Then, every year, three councilors come out load to ensure permanent rotation will promote the Experience within the Council. Consequently, it will be impossible for a new team to occupy every available seat at the table of the City Council.

 

In even years, three councilors come out load. Odd years, the three other councilors and the mayor will face the nomination and perilous phases of voting if there are more candidates than seats to be filled. In 1917 the councilor seats were not numbered. So if there were more than three candidates vied for the votes of the electorate, there was voting in all areas of the municipality. The three candidates who collected the most votes in their favor were declared elected.

  

Rushgold

Stampederson the Chaudière River to1882

thegold rush inSpauldling

1825gold seems to have exploited in the Quebec Appalachians. The first exploration therefore is reported near the river where the rock exploited probably allows for gold in the rivers and tributaries near Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce. In 1834, some later, the discovery of a gold nugget the size of a pigeon's egg in the river near Beauceville, generates a first rush, 1840 and higher around 1865.

Mining of Gold River Boiler

The gold mining there will be significant until 1883 on the banks of the Chaudière River. And thus the Gustave Count Odet of Orsennems in 1868 buys lots 1 to 26 of the first row along the river boiler for the astronomical sum of $ 1,500.00. There would have been gold diggers on both banks of the Chaudière side Spaulding Township. But we found no vein of gold, the gold seekers are returned or concession bought lots. Subsequently the count of Orsennems, around the year 1898 to begin to divest its batch but still maintain the mineral rights on all of them.

 

In 1834, a girl named Clothilde Gilbert accidentally discovered a gold nugget in the Gilbert River.

 

Well before the Klondike in the Yukon, Quebec's Beauce became the "country" of the first gold rush in Canada. In 1834, the young Clothilde Gilbert discovers a small gold nugget at Tuft Pine River, on Rigaud Vaudreuil-lordship. The current Beauceville area is less than an hour south of Quebec City and thirty minutes of the borders of Maine.

Chaudière River Gold

 

The sand, gravel, streams and rivers are sassés. Feverish ambitions pioneering companies. The peak, the hammer and shovel toil in the bluffs. After the hay, farmers catch the "gold fever". Some companies hire perpetual manorial rights Chaussegros family Lery. Gilbert River, upstream from the rapid devil of Saint-François-de-la-Beauce, arouses desires.

By 1847, James Douglas operates Canada's first gold company, "The Chaudiere Mining Co.". Douglas is superintendent of the "Hudson Bay Company" and soon governor of the new colony of Victoria in British Columbia.

 

In 1863, the Rodrigue Poulin and wake up again this "gold rush". This ephemeral rush causes, among others, immigration, taverns and disorder. The ownership of the mineral rights at the heart of many legal disputes. The famous nuggets Kilgour (52g), McDonald (45g) and St-Onge (42g) date from this golden era. Also, in 1867, the New Yorker business "De Léry Gold Mining Co." settled in Saint-François de Beauce first attempt to operate a vein of gold in the country. "Claims, placers, shafts" ...

From 1870 to 1884 reign the golden age of the Beauce gold history. WP Lockwood innovates with its hydraulic process. The Californian fashion courses. Just minor earns 80 cents a day. Powerful jets of water eating away the banks of rivers. The railway advance in Beauce. The frenzy bewitches.

 

The late nineteenth century, the decline of a great dream. A legal appeal confirms the mineral rights manorial! Small groups of miners are hardly tolerated on this concession Lery. Since 1834, the "gold rush" Beauceron is worth its weight in gold: $ 2 milliontoo..

Beauceville

turn, attracts the Eastern Townships, the factories of New England  On the outskirts of the Beauce, the Scottish Donald Morrison defies across Canada fonts for ten months.

At that time the long gallery called "drift" Mr. Hardman winds in Saint-Georges de Beauce. Meanwhile, the St-Onge brothers dig the heart of St. George.
Exiles in the Yukon, two gold beaucerons researchers are murdered.

Around 1910, the "Champs d'Or Rigaud-Vaudreuil" fore the River St. Meules -François second mining complex in Canada. Soon, the Beauceron Arthur Doyon (1915-1987) prospecting Abitibi: Doyon mine called Odyno then second largest gold producer in Canada.

 

Finally, from 1957 to 1964 the "Beauce Placer Mining Co. Ltd" risk the adventure with his Seraphin drag Bolduc Saint-Simon-les-Mines.

From 1834 to 1987, the bowels of the Beauce bring forth a ton and a half of gold. Gilbert River boasts 50% of the gold extracted from the Beauce.

The gold mines in Beauce, an Eldorado?

 

In 1835 the captain Baddely, royal engineer, confirmed the presence of gold in the Beauce. "The discoveries represent only a few hundred dollars of precious metal."

From 1834 to 1846, some growers have researched near Beauceville, but no significant gold trade has developed.

Beauceville

After 1846 there was the first gold rush in Beauce. In rivers Gilbert, boiler and plant, it is now found several miners with more or less experience in the field. The possibility of making a fortune quickly seduced several people from the Beauce and Quebec. This first gold rush, however, included several disappointments.

From 1862 there has been a second gold rush in Beauce. It was caused by the discovery of several gold nuggets by brothers Joseph and Jean Poulin Féréol and Rodrigue Narcisse nephew. In a single day of work, they would have found 72 ounces of gold. Following these discoveries, several mining companies and individuals have settled in Beauce to enrich themselves.

These people came from several corners of the world. In fact, the chance of Poulin brothers attracted people of Beauce and Quebec, but also the United States and even Europe. The time of the newspapers have written about the subject. Following the publication of these articles, several researchers and investors trying the adventure. In the summer of 1864 there were 2,000 workers in the mines of the Beauce.

From the 1870s until about 1883, the heyday of the mining history of the Beauce. " All rivers of Beauce were searched in order to find gold. Mining continued until the late 19th century. From 1900 to 1910 for lack of funds, there has been some abandoned mines Beauce.

From 1959 to 1964, another attempt for gold was done in Saint-Simon-les-Mines. However, the little gold found made ​​the company unprofitable.

Finally the history of gold in Beauce has disappointed many. Except Poulin brothers, few people have managed to make a fortune in the Beauce mines. However, we must not forget the positive side of these gold rushes: the arrival of several foreign Beauce and job creationothers.