Maternal side My 2nd Great Grandparents -Set #4

   Maternal side -My 2nd Great Grandparents -Set #4

 

Narcisse St. Arnaud and Marie E Tousignant 

Narcisse St Arnaud was born on June 28, 1834, in St-Stanislas, Quebec, Canada, to Valence, his mother, Marie Thiffault

He married Marie Emelie Tousignant on June 2, 1856, in Batiscan, Quebec, Canada. They had seven children in 21 years

Marie Emelie Tousignant was born in 1829 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, to Flavien, and Anne Marie Thiffault

He died on July 28, 1904, in his hometown at the age of 70.

 

She died on January 22, 1916, in St-Stanislas, Quebec, Canada, having lived a long life of 87 years, and was buried in her hometown.

 

Maternal side -My 2nd Great Grandparents -Set #3

                                   My Great Great Grandparents -Set #3 -Maternal side
 

     (Joseph) Octave AYOTTE was born on November 20, 1835, in Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada, to Joseph and Rose Rousseau.

    (Marie) Eloise Cazabon DIT DOSTALER was born in November 1836 in St-Cuthbert, Quebec, Canada, Joseph, and Marie Julie Allard

They married  on July 17, 1855, in St-Cuthbert, Quebec, Canada. They had 12 children in 19 years. 

 

  

He died on May 20, 1883, in Lowell, Massachusetts, at the age of 47.   

She died on August 25, 1882, in Lowell, Massachusetts, at the age of 45.

 

 

Written by Lisa Maturo Bauer 2021

 

 

My dad- Miscellaneous finds, memories and drawings

     More about my dad-William J. Maturo

  One of the few things that made it over the years were my dad's dog tags from World War II.

They had his name, his army serial number and his mom's name and address.  She always went by Dorothy even though her name was actually Emily. 

 

 

        My dad, William J Maturo was a character.  He always loved to make us laugh. 

He loved to make faces and his favorite we called his bubble face.

 

   He used to love to draw little pictures with his bubble face character.  I had a few left over the years.

 

 

 

He was in the hospital many times growing up.

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   In all our pictures, I found this letter that my dad wrote to my mother when he was in the hospital the first time.

    Another memory was the stories he would tell to my brother, sister and me when I was little.  There was an old house on Jones Hill Road in West Haven near Hubbard's farm known as the Warner house.  It looked haunted.   My dad used to tell us stories that the man living there turned into the bumpy monster at night.  My dad was a joker and was having some fun.    My brother used to hide in his closet with a blanket and my sister used to tell me it was bumpy monster coming to get us...

Written by Lisa Maturo Bauer 2021

 

Maternal side My 2nd Great Grandparents -Set #2

 
  My Great Great Grandparents -Set #2 -Maternal side

 Nazaire Champagne

       

    Nazaire Champagne was born on December 8, 1850, in Quebec, Canada, to Nazaire and Adeline Morel de Ladurantaie.

 

 

Eloise Doucet

Doucet Coat of Arms

 

          Eloise Doucet was born in 1851 in Quebec, Canada, to Edouard and Adelaide Dufresne.

 He married Eloise Doucet on July 4 1870 and they had at least 9 children together.  They either divorced or she died prior to 1908 (no confirmed)

      He then married Georgiana Cadorette on June 9, 1908. 

He died on July 6, 1940, in St-Gérard-des-Laurentides, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 89.

 

written by Lisa Maturo Bauer 2021

 

Maternal side-My 2nd Great Grandparents -Set #1

  My Great Great Grandparents -Set #1 -Maternal side

Pierre Deziel

 

     My great great grandfather Pierre Deziel was born on April 5, 1837, in Quebec, Canada, to Luc and Esther Matheau.   He was baptized 1839 in Yamachiche, Québec

Adeline Lacombe

Adeline Lacombe was born on March 26, 1845, in St-Barnabé, Quebec, Canada, to  Joachim and Angèle-Pélagie Grenier.

They married in 1862 in St-Barnabé, Quebec, Canada.

Source citation for Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967

 They had ten children in 19 years.

 

Pierre died on February 11, 1909, in St-Barnabé, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 71. 

Adeline remarried Jacques David Bourassa in St-Barnabe-Nord, Quebec, Canada

She died on November 7, 1917, in St-Barnabé, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 72.

 

Written by: Lisa Maturo Bauer 2021

 

What's in a name... Maturo!

Maturo Name Meaning

Italian: nickname from maturo ‘mature’, ‘middle aged’, possibly denoting someone who was mature beyond his years.

 Some interesting things that I found looking up my family name:  There are many companies and people with the name Maturo,  but I was looking for different things... Here are some of the fun things I found with Maturo.

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Maturo in sign language:    

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Where the Maturo's are in the world........

  According to 3 charts I found on the Maturo name, the USA has more Maturo's and CT has more Maturo's.  Kind of interesting!  

MATUROS, LEAVE ME A COMMENT WHERE YOU ARE FROM?

 

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 There is a MATURO WINE:  I will have to find and try it!

Maturo - Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2019

Montepulciano is widely planted throughout Central and Southern Italy, but it’s the mountainous region of Abruzzo where it reaches its peak. This region is so cool that making red wine is not possible every year. But when the grapes do ripen, there is no better expression of Montepulciano anywhere.

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On Spotify, there is MATURO Music

The music project MATURO was created in 1996 by composer Troy Maturo as an outlet for his musical creativity and a base to project his music. Being an electronic music technology guru, he began to compile some music in his unique electronic style.

Written by: Lisa Maturo Bauer 2021

Finding my Italian family-Our travels-Part 4

                                     My travel memories with my cousins continued.....

    We saw more sites in Rome too nice not to mention.  The Trevi Fountain was beautiful.  We all made a wish by throwing coins into the fountain which has become a ritual to tourists who come from all over the world. 

     There are actually two superstitious legends to explain why people are obsessed with throwing coins:  the first says that if you throw a coin from your right hand backwards over your left shoulder, you will definitely return to Rome. The second legend inspired the film "Three Coins in the Trevi Fountain", which says you must throw three coins into the fountain: the first guarantees your return to Rome, the second leads to a new romance, while the third will lead to marriage.

 

     We also got to see the Spanish Steps in Rome, sit on the famous steps and rest for a little while.   The Spanish Steps are a set of 135 steps in climbing a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by the Trinita dei Monti church at the top.

     We went to Florence and saw many sites around the city.  We also went to Sorrento and the Amalfi coast which were spectacular.

 

 

 

      

      We went to our cousin "F" and "G"'s 2nd home in Milan and had dinner.  From their window we could see the Swiss Alps.   My one memory that day that sticks in my mind is they brought out a huge bowl of pasta with sauce.  We graciously ate the pasta and when they asked if anyone wanted more,  "C" said yes and had another bowl.  They waited for him to finish.

The one thing we didn't know was it was only the first course!.. After that they came out with chicken and meatballs and more.    

 

Another memory I have,  is the gathering we had of all the cousins including some cousins that lived in Switzerland and came over to join us.  We met up and went to an outdoor restaurant overlooking a lake and had a wonderful dinner. 

I met all my 2nd cousins except one "R" and everyone said I resembled her the most.  Someday I hope to meet her.

I want to go back to Italy someday and see my family again.  I've also met more cousins with the help of Facebook.  I also belong to two "Maturo" groups on Facebook.  Someday I hope to connect all the Maturo's around the world.

Written by: Lisa Maturo Bauer 2021