New France Genealogy
Montjoie Saint Denis!
Poirier, Albert James
1890 - 1968 (78 years)1. Poirier, Albert James was born 1 Jul 1890, Duluth, St. Louis, MN, USA (son of Poirier, Albert James and Sutton, Margaret Loretta Marion); died 29 Oct 1968, Loma Linda, Riverside, CA, USA. Other Events:
- Christened: Barstow, San Bernardino, CA, USA
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Albert grew up in nothern Minnesota. He was an avid fisherman all his life.
during his youth, he hunted moose. He met Jennifer Johnson in Cusson. Jenny
was working in the boarding house for a logging company and Albert worked as a
lumberjack for the same company.
They were married in Virginia City. After the two boys were born, they moved to
Idaho about 1919. When Jenny left him, he moved to San Francisco with his mother
and three children to be near where his sister, Agnes and George Tuck lived.
In his younger days he worked as a lumberjack in northern Minnesota. During
WW II he worked in the ship plants in Portland, Oregon. Later, he worked as an
auto mechanic for Yellow Cab in San Francisco. He worked on small gas
engines for the U.S. Marine Corps Supply Center in Yermo, CA, until his
retirement about 1965.
In San Francisco, the children were cared for by their grandmother. When the
children got to be to much for the grandmother, the boys were sent to a boarding
school and Marie went to live with her Aunt Agnes (Tuck) in SF, and lat
she lived her Uncle Elmer and Aunt Grace in San Marino, CA.
!SSN: 564-12-3139 REGISTRAR: 4445 ST FILE: 141056Albert married Johnson, Jennifer Dorothy Virginia 24 May 1916, Virginia, St. Louis, MN, USA. Jennifer (daughter of Nylund, Nils Jansson and Lindgreen, Minde) was born 23 Apr 1895, Trysil, Norway; died 1 Jan 1963, Santa Cruz, Monterey, CA, USA. [Group Sheet]
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1 _MEND Divorce
Children:- Poirier, Marie Bernice was born Private.
- Poirier, Robert Garfield was born 16 Sep 1917, Virginia, St. Louis, MN, USA; died 10 Dec 1980, Barstow, San Bernardino, CA, USA.
- Poirier, John Pershing was born 11 Nov 1918, Virginia, St. Louis, MN, USA; died 19 Sep 1970, Colfax, Placer, CA, USA.
2. Poirier, Albert James was born Abt 1853, St. Jacques, Montcalm, QC, Canada (son of Poirier, Joseph and Marion, Suzanne); died Aft 1942. Other Events:
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As a young man, Albert moved to Duluth to work with his brother, Camille in
business. They sold shoes and other supplies. In Duluth, he married Margaret
Loretta Sutton, they had five children, two died. Sometime near the
beginning of 1895, he left his family and moved west. His son, Elmer is
thought to have visited him.
The 1912 Duluth city directory lists: Poirier Alb, b 201 W 5th. (Same address
as for Elmer)
After his grandson, Robert was married, his wife, Katherine moved to live with
his son in Portland. Marie (his granddaughter) stated, in an interview with
Robert James Poirier, that her father (Albert J.) went to visit his dad when he
lived in Portland.Albert married Sutton, Margaret Loretta Marion WFT Est 1886-1920. Margaret was born Abt 1858, Canada; died 10 Dec 1944, San Joaquin, CA, USA. [Group Sheet]
3. Sutton, Margaret Loretta Marion was born Abt 1858, Canada; died 10 Dec 1944, San Joaquin, CA, USA. Other Events:
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In the 1885 Minnesota Census, the family was living in Duluth with Agnes, age
3 yrs, 12 mo.
The 1890 census shows Margaret living in Duluth, MN with three children. Though
the census shows her as a widow, her grandaughter, Marie recalls that she was
told that her husband, Albert, deserted her and left her with three children.
The 1895 census showed that Margaret had five children.
I have no knowledge of any other children.
She immigrated into the US in 1880. Her father and mother came from Ireland.Children:
- Poirier, Agnes was born Jun 1881, Virginia, St. Louis, MN, USA; died Jun 1970, Burlingame, San Mateo, CA, USA.
- 1. Poirier, Albert James was born 1 Jul 1890, Duluth, St. Louis, MN, USA; died 29 Oct 1968, Loma Linda, Riverside, CA, USA.
- Poirier, Elmer was born 13 Apr 1894, Virginia, St. Louis, MN, USA; died 30 Apr 1987, Orange, CA, USA.
Generation: 3
4. Poirier, Joseph was born 1815, St. Jacques, Montcalm, QC, Canada (son of Poirier, Lazare and Forest, Monique); died 1900, Duluth, St. Louis, MN, USA. Other Events:
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Joseph married Marion, Suzanne 1836, St. Jacques, Montcalm, QC, Canada, Canada. Suzanne was born 1817, St. Jacques, Montcalm, QC, Canada; died 1845, St. Jacques, Montcalm, QC, Canada. [Group Sheet]
5. Marion, Suzanne was born 1817, St. Jacques, Montcalm, QC, Canada; died 1845, St. Jacques, Montcalm, QC, Canada. Other Events:
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Children:
- Poirier, Camille was born 3 Mar 1838, St. Jacques, Montcalm, QC, Canada; died 17 Oct 1919, Duluth, St. Louis, MN, USA.
- Poirier, Louis was born Abt 1840; died WFT Est 1841-1930.
- Poirier, Eugene was born Abt 1845; died WFT Est 1846-1935.
- 2. Poirier, Albert James was born Abt 1853, St. Jacques, Montcalm, QC, Canada; died Aft 1942.
Generation: 4
8. Poirier, Lazare was born 1777, Carleton, Bonaventure Co, QC, Canada (son of Poirier, Hilaire and Dugas, Marie Angelique); died WFT Est 1818-1868. Other Events:
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The Acadian History of Genealogy, Vol 3.Lazare married Forest, Monique 3 Feb 1806, St. Jacques, Montcalm, QC, Canada, Canada. Monique (daughter of Forest, Charles and Dugas, Isabelle) was born Abt 1770, St. Jacques, Montcalm, QC, Canada; died 1845, St. Jacques, Montcalm, QC, Canada. [Group Sheet]
9. Forest, Monique was born Abt 1770, St. Jacques, Montcalm, QC, Canada (daughter of Forest, Charles and Dugas, Isabelle); died 1845, St. Jacques, Montcalm, QC, Canada. Other Events:
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date estimated.Children:
- 4. Poirier, Joseph was born 1815, St. Jacques, Montcalm, QC, Canada; died 1900, Duluth, St. Louis, MN, USA.