Notes:
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At the time of the Apr. 16, 1891 Canadian census, Oliviana was 26 years old and living with her husband Xavier and their
three young children in St. Barnab้, St. Hyacinthe, Quebec.
At the time of the Apr. 29, 1910 U.S. Census, Oliviana was 45 years old, mother of 11 children (7 living)
and residing with her husband Frank, 48, married at 27, French Canadian; Francis (some relation - unreadable), 25, French Canadian, farm laborer; Bernadetta, daughter, 22, French
Canadian; Alec, son, 20, French Canadian;, Joseph, son, 13, born in
Rhode Island; Louis, 7, son, Connecticut; Leon, son, 2, Connecticut; and Henry, son, 2, Connecticut
[Source: 1910 U.S. Census, Federal Census - Somers Township, Tolland, Connecticut, ED 29,
Page 11B, Dwelling 223, Family 252. FHL US/Can Film #1374156].
Granddaughter Dorothy Bordua DeVeau remembers her grandmother as being "a tall, thin
woman with no bust. She had long grey hair that hung beyond her waistline; she would
wear it up all day." She and her husband had a farm in Somers where they grew many varieties of apples,
and whenever the family came to visit they would be sent back home with many apples. According to Dorothy,
her grandparents' marriage had been arranged and perhaps as a result they were the proverbial "Mutt and Jeff" couple. Her grandfather
was a very jolly fellow, short and stout, while her grandmother was more staid and conservative, tall and thin. Dorothy
recollects her grandmother as being very loving toward her.
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