Marie was the fifth child and second daughter of Germain Mazerolle and Christine Hache. I have been unable to locate Marie's baptism certificate to confirm her date of birth, guess I will need to look page by page on the parish registry to see if I can find it (no time to do that last week!). Her age and birth year vary over the census years, they were listed as: 1856 (5yrs old in 1861), 1861 (30yrs old in 1891 & 40yrs old in 1901) to 1866 (45years old in 1911). Her birth month, May, when stated has always been consistent. Based her first showing up on the census records in 1861 and her death certificate I have concluded that she was born in May of 1856/57 in Pokemouche, Gloucester county, New Brunswick, Canada.
Marie was raised and went to school (learning to read and write) in Inkerman, Gloucester county, New Brunswick, Canada with her 9 brothers and sisters. She continued to live in Inkerman even after her marriage to George Bruno St. Pierre on Sunday Jan 6, 1878 at l'Immaculee Conception parish, Pokemouche-en-Haut. It must have been a celebration for the whole community that Sunday mass, welcoming in the new year and the beginning of a new family.
Marie and George lived with George's parents and younger siblings at the start of their marriage until at least after their second child was born. It must have been a lively household as Marie & her mother-in-law both had children born around the same time (Marie's first child and her mother-in-law's last child). With large families this must happen often as my oldest sibling and my youngest aunt on my Dad's side can attest to.
When Marie and George moved into their own household they did not move far, the lived right next door! They continued to live right next door raising their 11 children (4 boys & 7 girls) until at least 1901. Starting around this time Marie's children began to marry and start families of their own. By 1911, with the 4 oldest children married, they were down to only 7 children living at home. In 1921 they were living in the Cowan Creek area of Inkerman with only their youngest child still living at home. They were not far from their 3 youngest sons as they settled with their families right next door to each other with Marie and George living in the middle of them. Marie may have been losing her children to marriage but she was rapidly gaining grandchildren (9 living next door).
At some point between census periods or after 1921 Marie adopted a 12th child, a girl. I don't have any information on this child, other than her name and who she married. This information was obtained from Marie's funeral notice that was published in the Nov 11, 1955 edition of l'Evangeline. This is another mystery to solve!
At the time of her death Marie was still living in the Cowan Creek are of Inkerman, possibly with her youngest son. Marie's death was reported by her youngest son on October 31, 1955. She was 98/99 years old at the time of her death. This seems like an incredibly long life for anyone, let alone someone who was born in 1856/7. We seem to have some long lives on the Mazerolle side of the family tree.
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| Nov 11, 1955 edition of l'Evangeline |
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| Nov 11, 1955 edition of l'Evangeline |
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