Louis LaFerriere 1813

Louis LaFerrière

Born: Jett lists birth about 1820. According to his death certificate, he died at 83 years, 4 months on July 17, 1904. This would give him a date of birth of approximately March 17, 1821 in St Gervais, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada. Church records in St Gervais show a February 28, 1822. Louis was born in the year of a typhoid epidemic that caused many deaths in St Gervais.

Christening:

Died: July 17, 1904 in Fall River, Massachusetts of old age

Buried: St Mary's Cemetery, southern end near the Tiverton, RI line, Fall River, Massachusetts

Parents: Joseph LaFerrière & Marie-Margurite Marcoux

Occupation: In Canada he was a farmer. In Fall River, Massachusetts he worked in the cotton and textile mills as a day laborer.

Information: Louis moved his family to Fall River, Massachusetts in 1880. Most of the family worked in the cotton mills in Fall River, MA. From what I understand he did returned to Canada for a short time and then back to Fall River until his death.

Social Security Number Possibility:

Birth Date: 3 June 1865
Death Date: July 1964
SSN: 038-22-7231
Issued: Rhode Island

Emigrated: To Tiverton Rhode Island around 1880. The Fall River census of June 2, 1880 places Louis and his family at 15 Shove Mills Block in Tiverton, Rhode Island. Most of the family worked in the cotton mills for many years. Based on information I could find, most of his census information would be in Fall River city, Ward 2, Precinct B; Bounded by: Globe Mills, Bay, Chace, Globe, Kilburn, Slade, Mt. Hope Bay.

1880 Tiverton, Rhode Island Census

1900 Fall River, Massachusetts Census

Residences: (Based on census and city directories)

1880 - 1883: 15 Shove Mills Block, Tiverton, Rhode Island

1884 - 1886: 28 King Philip St., Fall River, Massachusetts

1887 - 1888: 6 East Hall St., Fall River, Massachusetts

1889 - 1895: 6 Wesley St., Fall River, Massachusetts

1896 - 1900: 16 Scott St., Fall River, Massachusetts

1901 - 1902: 12 Scott St. Fall River, Massachusetts

1903 - 1904: 16 Scott St. Fall River, Massachusetts

Wife: Catherine Patry

Married: July 25, 1843 in the Church of St Gervais, Bellechasse, Quebec

Children:

Joseph LaFerrière born September 13, 1863. The 1880 US Census of Tiverton, Newport, RI lists an age of 19 and employed in the Cotton Mills.

George LaFerrière born about 1864. The 1880 US Census of Tiverton, Newport, RI lists an age of 16 and employed in the Cotton Mills.

Antonia LaFerrière born about May 1865. The 1880 US Census of Tiverton, Newport, RI lists an age of 15 and employed in the Cotton Mills.

Emma LaFerrière born about 1866

Euphremie LaFerrière born about 1856. The 1880 US Census of Tiverton, Newport, RI lists an age of 24 and employed in the Cotton Mills.

Pierre LaFerrière born about 1862. The 1880 US Census of Tiverton, Newport, RI lists an age of 18 and employed in the Cotton Mills.

Katherine LaFerrière born about 1858. The 1880 US Census of Tiverton, Newport, RI lists an age of 22 and employed in the Cotton Mills. Katherine died June 20, 1901 of Phthisis (a lung related disease) in Fall River, Massachusetts.

Cyrille LaFerrière born February 15, 1846

Philomene LaFerrière born (?)

Matilda LaFerrière born about 1854. The 1880 US Census of Tiverton, Newport, RI lists an age of 26 and employed in the Cotton Mills.

Rose LaFerrière born (?)

Marie Philomene LaFerrière born July 23, 1844 in St Gervais, Bellechasse, Quebec

Louis Napolean LaFerrière born about February 1849