The Book
Onward to the Unknown
Read through the opening pages, move through the family stories, and finish with the closing archive at your own pace.
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Opening Pages
Onward to the Unknown
1887 - 1987 Moïse and Sophie L'Heureux
The Ancestral Lineage of Moïse and Sophie
Dates and Locations of Marriages RENE L'HÉRAULT & MARGUERITE GUILLEMIN c. 1620 (Saint-Cosme-de-Vair, Perche, France) | SIMON L'HÉRAULT & SU…
The First L'Heureux's in Canada
Simon L'Herault, our ancestor, was born in 1626 in the parish of Saint-Cosme-de-Vair, in Perche, France to Rene and Marguerite L'Herault. B…
Farm Heritage Award
Family Farm Heritage Award presented to GILBERT & GEORGE L'HEUREUX to honour the heritage of your family farm of which SECTION 23-48-17-W3M…
Cover Illustration by Louise (L’Heureux) Aubichon
Illustration by Therese (L’Heureux) Johnston
The Reunion's Beginning
The first meeting was held at the home of Gilbert and Darlene L'Heureux on December 12, 1983 at 7:30. George and Gisele L'Heureux, Gil and…
Moïse and Sophie
The First Generation Moise was born in 1858 at Chateau Richer, Quebec. In 1877, when times were very hard, Moise, at the age of 19, like ma…
L'Heureux Family
A Genealogy and Biography of the L'Heureux Family Compiled by The Centennial Book Committee under the leadership of Marcel L'Heureux Printe…
Acknowledgement
This is to acknowledge the grant received by the Wilkinson Foundation committee towards the L'Heureux family 'Onward to the Unknown' and th…
Index
Ancestral Lineage 1 The First L'Heureux's in Canada 2 Farm Heritage Award 3 Minutes of the First Reunion Meeting 4 Moise & Sophie — The Fir…
Introduction and Dedication
You will discover in this book, which has been especially prepared for the L'Heureux Centennial Reunion of 1987, the progression of the Moi…
Family Portrait
Moise and Sophie's Family Back Row: George, Marie Louise, Father Cochin, Mathilda, Joseph. Middle Row: Paul, Arthur, Josephine, Moise, Soph…
Memories
SEPTEMBER 5th, 1986 CHER MARCEL; My souvenirs of Sophie and Moïse date back to my young years when I used to spend my summer holidays on th…
L'Heureux Veterans of World War I & II
Family Name Arthur Alphonse L'Heureux Edmond L'Heureux Maurice L'Heureux Noel L'Heureux Ulric L'Heureux Rene L'Heureux Theodore L'Heureux L…
Family Stories
Alma Marie (L'Heureux) Alain
Alma, the eldest child of Moise and Sophie L'Heureux, was born on July 31, 1883 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The following year, her brother, Art…
Arthur L'Heureux
Although weddings are meant to be happy occasions, Arthur's marriage to Lucille Lambert on May 29, 1906 in Jackfish Lake, Saskatchewan was…
Leonidas L'Heureux
Leonidas L'Heureux was born in Crows Nest Pass, in the Rocky Mountains in 1885. His father, Moise, was helping to build the railroad at tha…
Josephine (L'Heureux ) Alain
I remember our Mother, Josephine Alain as a very quiet, but loving person who was busy continually caring for her husband, Alphonse and the…
Paul L'Heureux
Paul L'Heureux, the son of Moise L'Heureux and Sophie Pichette, was born in the Jackfish Lake area on November 7th, 1887. He came from a fa…
George L'Heureux
George was born on January 6, 1891, the son of Moise L'Heureux and Sophie Pichette. They had come from Quebec to settle in the Jackfish are…
Joe (Joseph) L'Heureux
Joe was born in 1892 on the S.E. 1/4 of Sec. 22, Twp. 48 Rge. 17 at Jackfish Lake. His parents were Sophie Pichette and Moise L'Heureux. In…
Mathilda (L'Heureux) Devlin
THE LAST DAY ON THE FARM She checked the thermometer of the old Enterprise wood stove. Bert had lit it sometime before. Now it was ready to…
Marie-Louise (L'Heureux) Laclare
On September 3, 1893, twin girls were born to Moise and Sophie, and they were named Marie-Louise and Mathilda. They were born and raised in…
Roseanna (L'Heureux) Landreville
Roseanna was born in November of 1894, and was raised on the family ranch in Jackfish Lake, Saskatchewan. She attended a one room school wh…
Antoinette (L'Heureux) Richard
Antoinette came into the world February 18, 1897 in Jackfish Lake, N.W.T. She grew up on her parent's ranch and received her education in a…
Emilie (L'Heureux) Nolin
Emilie was the last daughter of Moise and Sophie, and as all the others before her, she was taught to knit, mend, sew, preserve food, and t…
Wilfrid L'Heureux
On March 20, 1900 Wilfrid was born at Jackfish, Saskatchewan where he spent his boyhood years and received his schooling at St. Michel's sc…
Pierre L'Heureux
Pierre, Moise and Sophie's fourteenth living child, was born on May 15, 1901 on Sec. 22-48-17-W3rd, Northwest Territories. In order to keep…
Antoine L'Heureux
Antoine, "Tony", as he was known by all, was born on March 13, 1903 near Delmas, Saskatchewan (then known as the Northwest Territories). He…
Rolland Alain Memoir Family Story
Note that this was not a story originally included in the Onward to the Unknown book. It was found in one copy of the book as a set of phot…
Closing Archive
I Wish
I wish that every child could know the rural charm... which casts its spell on all who spend a summer on the farm. I wish that every city k…
Family Gathering and Ranch Stallion
Family gathering at the L'Heureux home in the early days. Moise L'Heureux standing on far right. The first purebred Percheron stallion purc…
1939 Reunion and Family Portraits
L'Heureux family re-union — July, 1939. Ninety members of the family were present. Moise L'Heureux and brother Edward.
Sophie L'Heureux's Funeral and Church Move
Sophie L'Heureux's funeral, 1944. Moving the Jackfish church from the lake site to Jackfish, March, 1927. 76 head of horses (38 teams) were…
Joe L'Heureux and the Hereford Bull
Joe L'Heureux and the first purebred horned Hereford bull on the L'Heureux Ranch. This was one of the first purebred Herefords in the area.
Covered Wagon Illustration
Illustration by Aime L'Heureux
L'Heureux Veterans Plaques
THIS HISTORICAL SITE IS DEDICATED TO THE DESCENDANTS OF THE LATE MOISE L'HEUREUX WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR I AND II, IN PURSUIT OF PEACE AND…
Monument and Post Office Plaque
CANADA POSTES POST CANADA THE FIRST POST OFFICE IN THIS AREA WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1897 IN THE HOME OF MR. & MRS. MOISE L'HEUREUX. MOISE WAS T…