The Family of Alphonse Brault and Eliza Hade
1 – Antoine Brault (14 Jul 1896 to 20 May 1903)
Died of diphtheria in East Angus Quebec at age 6.
2 – Joseph Simeon Adrien Brault (22 Mar 1898 to 08 Feb 1906)
Died in Sherbrooke Quebec at age 7. Unknown as of now why he died young.
3 – Marie Émélie Rose Brault (24 Jan 1900 to 08 Oct 1980)
Born in East Angus, Quebec and lived to 80. Married Mina Nicholas Zafarapolous but she used the married name of Rose Nicholas. Not able to conceive children.
4 – Marie Émélie Dorila Brault (10 May 1901 to 04 May 1935)
Born in East Angus Quebec. Married Israel Fortier in Clyde Alberta in 1919. Fled with her father after they had lived just a few years in New Bedford. Lived in Bromptonville Quebec from 1906 to 1910 and in New Bedford from 1911 to about 1917. Had seven children: Marina – Josephine – Oliva Gerard – Lucille – Georges – Yvonne – Achille.
5 – Marie Antoinette Louise Brault (17 Jan 1903 to 15 Apr 1903)
Born and died in Sherbrooke Quebec at a few months old.
6 – Marie Elizabeth Josephine Brault (14 Sep 1904 to 1959)
Born in East Angus Quebec. Did not move with the family in 1911 to New Bedford Massachusetts. Rather she lived with her half aunt Eveline Dion and immigrated in 1914 to New Bedford. This may be due to a premature birth giving her a frail body and health. Married Emile Charbonneau and had one child Paul Charbonneau. In the family image, she is in the middle as an insert.
7 – Marie Louise Germaine Brault (13 Mar 1906 to 5 Aug 1906)
Born in Bromptonville and lived only four months.
8 – Marie Antoinette Germaine Brault (23 Sep 1907 to 30 May 2002)
Married Adolphe Bedard and had five children – Leo – Ernest – Beatrice – Edna – Doris.
9 – Marie Sylvia Yvonne Brault (9 Sep 1909 to 23 June 1919)
Died at 9 years old of rheumatoid arthritis that was complicated by a weak heart.
10 – Marie Rose Adrienne Brault (16 May 1912 to 20 Oct 1997)
First Brault child born in the USA. Married Archie Spoor and had four children – Theresa – Connie – Cecile – Archibald. This is my grandmother and Cecile is my mother.
11 – Ovila Alphonse Brault (15 Jun 1913 to 16 Oct 1988)
Only Brault son to live to adulthood. Known as Pete to all. Was a barber. Children from a second marriage are Tammie – Tonie – Kenneth. Children from the first marriage are Shirley and Donald.
12 – Antonio Brault (08 Nov 1914 to 18 Feb 1915)
Died at three months in Fairhaven Massachusetts. Death is suspicious.