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Valestine Fontaine
(1856-1932)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Alex Rivard

Valestine Fontaine 2 1 3

  • Born: 17 May 1856, Canada 2 4
  • Marriage: Alex Rivard about 1876 1
  • Died: 6 January 1932, Washington at age 75 4
  • Buried: Holy Rosary Cemetery, Moxee City, Yakima, Washington 4
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  Things to check:

The 1910 US census says she's the mother of 14 children, 7 of whom survive.

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  In her life:

• She immigrated from Canada in 1866. 5 6

• In 1880 she lived in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island. 2

• Valestine was counted in the 1880 US census for Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island. 2 ED 81, Page 27.

• She was naturalized a US citizen in 1890. 5

• In 1910 she lived at 803 South 3rd Street in North Yakima, Yakima, Washington. 1

• Valestine was counted in the 1910 US census for North Yakima, Yakima, Washington. 1 ED 289, SD 3, Sheet 3A, ward 6.

• In 1920 she lived in Moxee City, Yakima, Washington. 5

• She was counted in the 1920 US census for Moxee City, Yakima, Washington. 5 ED 203, SD 4, Sheet 6A.

• In 1930 Valestine lived at Natches Avenue in Moxee City, Yakima, Washington. 7

• She was counted in the 1930 US census for Moxee City, Yakima, Washington. 7 ED 39-67, SD 8, Sheet 21A, precinct 64.
Enumerated as Mrs. Alex Rivard.


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Valestine married Alex Rivard, son of Octave Rivard and Adelaide Laplante, about 1876.1 (Alex Rivard was born on 12 July 1855 in Canada,2 4 died on 26 September 1928 in Washington 4 and was buried in Holy Rosary Cemetery, Moxee City, Yakima, Washington 4.)


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Sources


1 U.S. Census -- 1910.

2 U.S. Census -- 1880.

3 Edmund West, Family Data Collection.

4 Jeri Herbert, Holy Rosary Cemetery Interments, http://www.rootsweb.com/~wayakima/cemetery/holyrosary.txt. Rec. Date: March 2004.

5 U.S. Census -- 1920.

6 U.S. Census -- 1910, The 1910 US census says she immigrated in 1901, obviously incorrect.

7 U.S Census -- 1930.

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