born 1863, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
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My great grandfather. He was born on May 16, 1863, in Sault Ste. Marie. He was married in 1888. He farmed 700 acres in Dunns Valley, Ontario. He married Annie McKensie, who was born in 1869, Southern Shire, Scotland. Photo by F. J. Falkner, Photographer, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. |
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They are both buried in Rock Lake, Cemetery, Ontario, Canada, plots number 34 and 36. Obituaries of Anne and Joseph from the Bruce Mines Spectator
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Joseph changed his last name between 1872 and 1899, a deduction based on census information. According to cousin Dave, it has been established that in 1907 there were over 47 people living in the Canadian Sault Ste Marie vicinity named Joseph Boissonneau or Bussineau. The reason for the name change was to help improve the reliability of Canadian postal delivery. My great grandfather must have been a pragmatic man, he couldn't fix the postal system, make his cousins change their name, so he changed his.
Joseph Bussineau
Joseph and Annie had eight children:
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John
Joesph Bussineau - Born October 19, 1890 at Cook Mills
Township and baptized at Precious Blood in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
June 2, 1897. Died December 3, 1958. Buried at Greenwood Cemetary,
Sault Ste. Marie. Lived at 143 Pine Street, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario.
Married Myrtle Mitchell, had two sons George and Mitchell. John
was a decorated soldier from World War I. Go
to John's World War 1 Attestation papers. Mitchell had 4 children
David,Carol (Hubley), Chris (McWilliams), and Mary-Jo (Eshkibok).
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Angus
Stewart Bussineau - Born November 2, 1892 in Galfrath Township
and baptized at Precious Blood in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. June 2, 1897,
died April 20, 1970. Buried at Rock Lake Cemetary. Lived in Ophir
before his passing. Married Elva Mary McLennan and they had one son
Lynn. Click here for photos of and with Angus.
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Magloire
"Mack" Bussineau - Born August 9, 1894 in Galfrath
Township and baptized at Precious Blood in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
June 2, 1897, died August 27, 1957. Buried in Greenwood Cemetary.
Married Olive, lived in the Sault, ran a tourist resort on Mashagama
Lake. Had two daughters, one named Doreen. Click
here for a postcard to Mack's camp.
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George
Mark Bussineau - Born Aug. 16, 1896 in Galfrath Township
and baptized at Precious Blood in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. June 2, 1897.
Died in WW1 in France at age 21, January 16, 1917. There is a memorail
in Dunns Valley, Rock Lake Cemetery and George is buried in France.
(thanks for catching that previous error Lynn) See
the memorial.
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Henry
"Harry" Bussineau - Born August 9, 1898, baptized
at Precious Blood in Sault Ste. Marie, Feb. 20, 1901, died 1967, buried
in East Tawas. Married Ruth Nordstrom. They had four sons, George
who died at nine months, John and Joseph who were twins, and Mervin.
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Joseph
Eldridge Bussineau "Josey" - Born October 3, 1900,
baptized at Precious Blood in Sault Ste. Marie, Feb. 20, 1901. A bachelor
all his life, died at age 52, January 24, 1953, after a tree fell
on him has he was ploughing snow in Dunns Valley. Click
here for the story.
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Stella
S. Bussineau - Born March 1, 1903, baptized at Precious Blood
in Sault Ste. Marie, Aug. 14, 1904, Married Dave Cohen, lived in the
Sault. Dave and Stella had a son Wayne, who is a judge in Ontario.
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Wilbert
"Wilber" Bussineau - Born Februrary 9, 1906,
died in 1978. Lived in Goulais Bay, Sault Ste Marie. Married Elsie
Jones (daughter of Pete Jones and Agnes McKee, who lived in Goulais
Bay). Wilber and Elsie had four children, Glen (born
3/8/31, died 8/21/95), Anna (or Magi), Roger,
and Gerald or Gerley (who lived in Batchawana). Wibur's
son Glen had a terrible tradgedy on Lake Mashagama
where 4 sons drown. Glen had other children: Mark, and daughters
Judy, Joanne, Glenda and Georgia. Please click here in the future
for a more detailed description of Wilber's family. Thank you to Roger, Lena, Anna, and Georgia for more info about your family. Please click here for Wiber and Elsie's Tree. If there are errors or additions please email. |
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Henry, Cousin Sister Geraldine Biron, Stella, Wilbur, and Angus about 1965, and other photos |