Man River
My Father was Albert Joseph Rivard,
born 9/26/1905 Pawtucket Rhode Island
died 10/29/51 Lowell, Ma. He was a young
man and I was just a 7 year old. My
mother, Emelia Baron, born July 25, 1908
in Lowell, Massachusetts, was widowed
with five children. (Married 5/1/1937,
Lowell, Ma.)
The first, Monique (Rivard) Reed lives
in Lexington, Mass, born on November 7,
1938. Marie Agnes (Rivard) Baker, the
second, born January 31, 1940, changed
her name to Kathy and became a Mormon
(the black sheep obviously) lives in
Logan, Utah. The third, Emile Albert
Joseph Rivard, born August 3, 1941,
lives in Tacoma, Washington. The fourth,
Madeleine (Rivard) Franklin, born May 3,
1943, lives in Atlantic Highlands, New
Jersey. I’m the fifth, Robert Leon
Rivard, born 10/27/44, and I live in
Amherst, Massachusetts, but I’m moving
straight to hell as soon as I’m done
here.
My paternal grandfather was Damase
Joseph Hormisdas Rivard. Born in Natick,
Rhode Island, July 31,1874. He died on
Feb 19, 1945. He was married (1/7/1901)
to Marie Louise Milotte, who was born in
Fall River, Massachusetts on Sept 4,
1877 and died on Sept 27, 1955. (She had
a small mustache but I pretended not to
notice.) They lived in Pawtucket, Rhode
Island and had thirteen
children.(obviously Damase wasn’t put
off by the facial hair either)
Irene, Alfred, Joseph, Albert (my
dad),Elizabeth (Betty is the last
survivor), Romeo, Lea, Gertrude, Henri,
Cecile, Eugene, Bertha, Antoine(Pete).
They mostly stayed in Rhode Island
around Pawtucket and Warwick. I had
thirty three cousins, so many I
couldn’t keep track, my sisters could
tell me (you) their names and dates of
birth. They are mostly all still alive,
and spread all over the East Coast.
Marie Louise Milotte was the
daughter of Napoleon Milotte (an
undertaker) and Philomene Bachand.
My great grandfather was Isaac Rivard
(plasterer) born 1848, North Stukeley,
P.Q. Canada, died 12/11/1923
He married Odile Dubois Quentin on
5/23/1870 in St. Jean
Odile was born 1850 and died 2/6/1912.
Her parents were Damase Dubois and
Cezairie Chartier.
They moved to 49 Hedly Ave., Central
Falls, Rhode Island, and later to
Natick, R.I.
My great-great-grandfather was Leandre
Rivard dit Dufresne born 1802. He
married DesAnges Mont-Pas born 1802.
They were married 10/16/1827 in
Yamaska. Marie DesAnges Montpas was
daughter of Jean-Louis Maupas dit St. Hilaire, and his second wife Victoire Laliberte (Rose-Victoire Roireau dit Laliberte,from Montreal.
My great-great-great grandfather was
Joseph Rivard dit Dufresne born Aug 7,
1766 died Apr 14, 1826. He married
Euphrosine Heroux on 2/11/1793 at
Yamachiche. Euphrosine was daughter of
Joseph Heroux and Marie Josephte
Sylvestre
My great-great-great-great grandfather
was Augustin Amable Rivard born
3/11/1743 died 5/7/1798. He married two
women the first in 1765 named Francoise
Gautier the second on 6/30/1779 named
Genevieve Gregoire at Ste Anne
d’Yamachiche. He was 1st
Deputy of St. Maurice from 1792 to 1796
My
great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was another Joseph Rivard,
born 1704
died 1/25/1793. He married Marie Toutant
born 5/7/1702 died 10/28/1778.
They were married at Yamachiche on
11/10/1732
Marie Toutant was daughter of Nicholas
Toutant and Marie Anne Raoul from St.
Aubin, Tourouvre, France.
My great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather was Julien Rivard
de La Glanderie born Dec 9, 1657 died
Dec 10, 1708. He married Elizabeth
Thunay dit Dufresne (a fifteen year old)
born 1667
They were married 2/3/1682 at Batiscan
Julien’s father was Nicolas the
adventuresome Sieur de Lavigne, who
married an 18 year old widow, Catherine
Isabelle St Per, after her first husband was killed by the Iroquois.
He came from France, from Merchants, Church Builders and was Captain of the Guard.
The armorplate comes with the territory.