Hawkesbury Prescott County, Canada Directory

Lovell's Hawkesbury 1871 (directory)

An incorporated village on the river Ottawa, township of West

Hawkesbury, county of Prescott. A ferry crosses regularly from this place

to Grenville. Montreal Telegraph Co. has an office here. Distant from

Grenville a station of the Carillon and Grenville railway, and a place of

landing for the Ottawa river steamers, 2 miles, fare 25 cents; from

Vaudreuil, station of the Grand Truck railway, 39 miles, fare $2.25; from

Montreal 60 miles, fare by steamboat to Grenville $2.25; from Lancaster 38

miles, from Ottawa 60 miles. Mail daily. Population about 2000.

(Partial List)

Bergeron Adolphus, mail contractor

Bergeron Gabriel, innkeeper

Bergeron John, carter

Harbec Antoine, laborer

Harbec Felix, storekeeper

Harbec Laurent, laborer

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Gabriel Benjamin Bergeron 3 June 1820

Gabriel BergeronAbout Bergeron, Gabriel
From the Register of champlain Paroisse de la visitation in Trois Rivieres Quebec, a possible baptism entry appears:
1820  -- On the 4th of June 1820 we the undersigned priest have baptised Gabriel Benjamin Bergeron born yesterday of the legitimate marriage of Joseph Bergeron 'Cultivateur' of the parish of St Francois Xavier Batisc and Marie Anne Trottier. Godparents were Gabriel Moreau, Emelie Bergeron who along with the father of the child declared unable to sign.............

1851 Canada Census  - Prescott County, Longeuil and Alfred : Gabrael Bershon, Inn Keeper, born in River De Grace, aged 33, lives with his wife and family, Clarisia, Landlady and wife, (unable to read place of birth, aged 32, children: Gabrael (11), Margaret (8), Adolphus (6), Clarissia (3)(note All children are born in Hawkesbury) ...........

1861 Canada Census  - Hawkesbury Ontario: Gabriel Bergeron is 42 and an Inn Keeper, his wife Clarissa is aged 41 and noted as German, Children: Gabriel 20, Adolphus 15, Clarisa 13 and George 3............

1871 Canada Census  - Hawkesbury Ontario: Gabriel is now 53, still an Inn Keeper, his wife Clarissa is 52 and only their son George aged 12 is living with them...........

1881 According to death certificate signed by a doctor in Hawkesbury Ontario: Gabriel Bergeron, Male, Aged 63 years, died on the 7th of May 1881, 'Retired Hotel Keeper' born in Rigaud Quebec Canada, Cause of death was Chronic Cirrosis of the liver'

1882 - According to the Ontario Death Records, Gabriel died on the 7th of May 1882, aged 65 years, from East Canada, cause oif death was 'Apoplexy', the Informant was his son Adolphus......While these two sources conflict in the actual year of death, we can prove that he did in fact die in 1881 since we have his burial entry as follows:
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1881 - From the Register of St Jean Baptiste in L'Orignal Ontario, on the 7th of May 1881, we priest have interred in the cemetary of this parish the body of Gabriel Bergeron of the mission, deceased the day before yesterday at the age of 65 years. Witnesses were Felix? Harbic and Dolphis Bergeron.

this info was provided by our cousin Lynda Phillips of L'Orignal, Canada on her Tribal Pages