Marie Sara 'Sarah' was the daughter of Fabien Jerome (later known as Regimbal) (1853-1928) and Salome LaBerge (1857-1938) of St-Louis-de-Gonzague, Qc.
Born in Ste-Justine-de-Newton, Quebec in 1875, she migrated to the United States in 1882 with her parents, two brothers and one sister. In Crookston Minnesota at the age of 19, and the oldest of a burgeoning family of ten, Sara Jerome married Hilaire Fortier of St-Malachie Quebec, who was also a Canadian transplant to Crookston. The date was January 13, 1895.
Their first child was my grandfather, Avilla Hilaire Fortier (1895-1987) born in Gentilly, Minnesota. He and his sister Georgianna (1897-1966) moved with their parents to Moxee City, Washington on November 13, 1897.
They, along with several other French-Canadian families, left Crookston and traveled westward by rail in emigrant railroad cars carrying them, their furniture and cattle.
It was an expenses subsidized promotion by the Northern Pacific Railroad and Kittitas and Yakima Irrigation Company to encourage settlement in the Yakima Valley.
The family bought land near Moxee City and there, and in Yakima, Sara had 8 more children: Amanda Marie (1899-1987), Rosario Alphonse (1900-1976), Rosalie Marie (1902-1950), Odilon E 'Dill' (1904-1962), Genevieve Marie (1906-1950), Jane Marie (1907-1993), Augustine Antoinette (1909-1973), and Helen Julia (1913-1980).
Sadly, Sarah passed away from complications of pneumonia one month after the birth of Helen on February 8, 1913. She is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Yakima. Her husband Hilaire joined her there in 1928.
In 1933, the grave of their grandson was placed just a few feet from theirs. The son of Rosalie, Richard William Lizotte, aged 6 years, 6 months, drowned in an irrigation canal.
Marie Sara 'Sarah' was the daughter of Fabien Jerome (later known as Regimbal) (1853-1928) and Salome LaBerge (1857-1938) of St-Louis-de-Gonzague, Qc.
Born in Ste-Justine-de-Newton, Quebec in 1875, she migrated to the United States in 1882 with her parents, two brothers and one sister. In Crookston Minnesota at the age of 19, and the oldest of a burgeoning family of ten, Sara Jerome married Hilaire Fortier of St-Malachie Quebec, who was also a Canadian transplant to Crookston. The date was January 13, 1895.
Their first child was my grandfather, Avilla Hilaire Fortier (1895-1987) born in Gentilly, Minnesota. He and his sister Georgianna (1897-1966) moved with their parents to Moxee City, Washington on November 13, 1897.
They, along with several other French-Canadian families, left Crookston and traveled westward by rail in emigrant railroad cars carrying them, their furniture and cattle.
It was an expenses subsidized promotion by the Northern Pacific Railroad and Kittitas and Yakima Irrigation Company to encourage settlement in the Yakima Valley.
The family bought land near Moxee City and there, and in Yakima, Sara had 8 more children: Amanda Marie (1899-1987), Rosario Alphonse (1900-1976), Rosalie Marie (1902-1950), Odilon E 'Dill' (1904-1962), Genevieve Marie (1906-1950), Jane Marie (1907-1993), Augustine Antoinette (1909-1973), and Helen Julia (1913-1980).
Sadly, Sarah passed away from complications of pneumonia one month after the birth of Helen on February 8, 1913. She is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Yakima. Her husband Hilaire joined her there in 1928.
In 1933, the grave of their grandson was placed just a few feet from theirs. The son of Rosalie, Richard William Lizotte, aged 6 years, 6 months, drowned in an irrigation canal.
Family Members
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Louis Fabien "F Louis" Regimbal
1877–1949
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Edmond Francois Regimbal
1880–1966
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Olivine Marie Denise "Sister Ethelreda" Regimbal
1881–1959
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Desneige Marie Mable "Sister Joanna" Regimbal
1883–1969
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Xavier Francis "X" Regimbal
1885–1962
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Dr Ernest Joseph Regimbal
1887–1965
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Salome Marie Ann "Mamie" Regimbal Perrault
1889–1963
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Fr Clement Regimbal
1891–1933
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Donat Joseph Armand Regimbal
1893–1928
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Lorie Emelie "M" Regimbal Tompkins
1895–1992
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Stella Henriette Regimbal Lenseigne
1898–1980
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Aime Peter Regimbal
1900–1946
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Olympe Marie Regimbal Moreland
1902–1989
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Avilla Hilaire "Avy" Fortier
1895–1987
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Georgia E Fortier Clausing
1897–1966
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Amanda Fortier Kile
1899–1987
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Rosario Alphonse Fortier
1900–1976
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Rosalie N Fortier Lizotte
1902–1950
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Odillon E "Dill" Fortier
1904–1962
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Genevieve C "Jenny" Fortier Lizotte
1906–1950
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Jane Mary Fortier Collier
1907–1993
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Helen Julia Fortier
1913–1980
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