James and Maria

In the Quebec Chronicle of Nov 26, we find the following article, containing an unfortunate mistake for the bride's name (she is called "Francine" Laperrière),  we learn that they went on a honeymoon by train to Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto and that JJ received a "purse of gold" from his former emploter, CPR, and also from his actual employer, G.N.W. Telegraph. We can guess he was well regarded by his employers...

Quebec Chronicle, 1912, Nov 26, page 4, source BANQ

La GNW Telegraph a disparu en 1915
Canadian Pacific Railway Telegraphs commenced commercial telegraph service between Lake Superior and the Rockies in 1885, extended soon to Ontario and thereafter to Atlantic Canada, breaking Western Union's monopoly. Perhaps attributable to this new competition, the Great North Western Telegraph Co faced bankruptcy and was taken over by the telegraph subsidiary of Canadian Northern Railway Co on 1 January 1915. The railway itself was in financial difficulty, however, and was soon purchased by the federal government, subsequently forming a component of Canadian National Railways Co. In this way Great North Western Telegraph Co became Canadian National Telegraph Co.
Citation from Canadian Encyclpedia (http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0007903)


Voici les adresses où JJ aurait pu travailler à ce moment:

The first child born is Margaret Rosemary, born and baptized at St-Pats pn October 7, 1913, sponsors are Francis O'Brien, uncle, and Alice Laperrière, aunt.

On Nov 19, 1938, she will marry Joseph Pierre Paul Poiré, of Lauzon, son of Joseph Ovide and Rose Celanire Langlois, of St-Lambert de Lauzon. They will move to Macamic and have at least 6 children.

The second child born is Mark James Joseph, on 27 Aug 1914, baptized a day later, with oncle Richard Benjamin O'Brien and Juliette Laperrière as sponsors. A couple of weeks after the start of WWI...Mark will marry Véronique Aure Drolet, Nov 22, 1948 at St-Sauveur. She is the daughter of Amable Joseph and Aurea Roy. They will have one son in Quebec City.

The third child is James Roger Pearse, born Jul 18 and baptized a day later at St-Pats, in 1916, about two months after the Irish Easter uprising, following which Padraic Pearse, among others, was executed in May. Could the middle name Pearse reflect a nationalist sentiment in the O'Brien family ?

Sponsors were the maternal great-uncle Napoléon Laperrière and his wife Eva Girard.

He married Stella Marie Carmel Ward, at St-Polycarpe, Petit Rocher, New Brunswick, on Oct 8 1949. She was the daughter of  Léon Ward and Marie Alpheda Arsenault. They had 4 children in the Quebec City area.

The fourth child is Mary Patricia "Pat", born on Aug 16 1918 and baptized two days later with Philip John Ryan and his wife Margaret Matilda O'Connor as sponsors. The later is the daughter of John O'Connor and Fanny Bolger. She will marry Jules Grégoire, Aug 15 1942 at St-Pats, son of Marie Louis Polycarpe and Adéla Eugénie Julie Côté. Settling in Hull, Qc, they will have 8 children,

The fifth child is Mary Catherine Erin "Kate", born Nov 11 1919, baptized two days later with Thomas Haskins and his wife Matilda as sponsors. No information was found on this Haskins person...

The sixth child is  John Gerard René "Gerry", born Feb 9 and batpized two days later, sponsors being René McMullen and sister Juliette, related on the Laperrière side. He married Pierrette Prévost, Oct 18 1947, at St-Coeur-de-Marie, Québec. She is the daughter of Joseph Aimé and Adrienne Migneault. They had 3 children in Ste-Foy.

The seventh child is Mary Dorothy, or just Mary, born Mar 1, 1922, and batpized 4 days later at Beauport (La Nativité), Edward McDermott and Dorothy Pritchard are sponsors. It is indicated the parents are from this parish, so they moved to Beauport at that point. She will marry Joseph François Alphonse Guy Marmette 16 Jun 1956,and they will have two children in Orsainville, Qc. Guy was the son of Alphonse Louis Joseph and Joséphine Dugal.

The eight child is Marie Anne Thérèse Liliane , or Liliane, born on May 5 1923 (May 6 baptism with

Joseph Gaudiose Morency and Anne Marie Renaud, a cousin, sponsors). She will marry Marcel André Roy in 1949, Jul 23, son of Henri Victor and Anne Marie Demers. She was born in Giffard, where the family seemed to live.

The ninth child is Marie Jacqueline Thérèse Bernadette, or Jacqueline 19 Jun 1924, baptized at Beauport, 3 days later, Adolphe Grenier and his sister Bernadette are sponsors. She married Gabriel Antoine Jacques Bélanger, son of Joseph François Xavier and Marie Dugal, on 19 Jun 1948. They had 7 children in Beauport.

The tenth child is Mary Marguerite Thérèse, born 16 Oct 1925 and baptized two days later in Beauport, with cousin Napoleon McMullen, and her older sister Margaret as sponsors.

On Dec 19, 1926, in Beauport, the couple had twins. Mary Alice and Mary Virginia Rose, who were baptized the next day with sponsors Joseph John O'Connor and Mary Alice Fitzgerald , and Bill Joseph Noonan and wife Katherine Mary Bolger (of Chicago). The later stayed in Québec City for a few years and returned to Chicago. Unfortunately, Alice died Jan 27, 1927, in Beauport.

Virginia married Joseph Jean Guy Arthur Lacasse 21 Aug 1954, son of Arthur and Simone Gagnon. They had 4 children in Montreal.

Here are all the children in the only photo I found of them. thanks to uncle Gerry, about 1927 since Virginia is in her mother's arms.

Was this still in Beauport, where they lived when the twins were born, or back in Quebec City, on Dolbeau street where they lived before the war.