The parents of my Father Luc Courcy

Grandfather

Grandmother

Joseph Courcy

Marie-Louise Bérubé

Birth: 21 January 1889 - St-Damase, Quebec

Birth: 18 October 1889 - St-Damase, Quebec

Death: 15 November 1970 - St-Moise, Quebec

Death: 31 July 1956 - Drummondville, Quebec

Marriage: 7 July 1908 - Baie des Sables, Quebec

A photo of my grandfather Joseph Courcy at the age of 7 with Mr. Octave Bouillon and his wife of St-Damase. My grandfather had lost his mother, my Great Grandmother Olympe dit Lacroix who died of dementia at the young age of 25. Greatly affected by the loss of his wife, my Great Grandfather Théophile Courcy had difficulties taking care of his family. So he decided to go to the United States and to look for work. But first he placed his 4 children into foster families. My Grandfather Joseph Courcy spent the rest of his childhood with the Octave Bouillon family in St-Damase. His oldest sister Justine Courcy was adopted by the Guy family at Baie des Sables and eventually married Joseph Otis. His other sister Olympe Courcy was raised by the Vaillancourt family in Fall River, Massachusetts and eventually married Napoléon Carignan. Finally, my Grandfather's brother Louis Courcy was raised by his Grandfather Jean-Baptiste Courcy (my Great Great Grandfather) in St-Damase.

My paternal grandfather Joseph Courcy and my paternal grandmother Marie-Louise Bérubé

A portrait of my grandfather Joseph Courcy and of my uncle Dollard Courcy drawn by my cousin Réjean Courcy

The resting place of my Grandfather Joseph Courcy at the St-Moïse cemetery.