Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Wednesday’s Child: Baby Boy Desgroseilliers

Maurice and Jacqueline Belair with their godson
Maurice and Jacqueline Belair with their godson

I don’t know the name of this child, and I don't know if a photo of his gravestone exists.

Baby boy Desgroseilliers was born in the late 1950s or early 1960s, and died when very young.

His parents Jean-Paul and Fleur-Ange (Dupuis) Desgroseilliers lived in Timmins, where my parents lived.

Jean-Paul asked my mom Jacqueline, his cousin, and my dad Maurice to be his son’s godparents.

The baptism took place at St-Antoine cathedral in Timmins, and afterwards, Mom and Dad were photographed with their godson.

Copyright © 2013, Yvonne Demoskoff.

2 comments:

  1. Hello Yvonne, it’s so strange to accidentally come across this post.
    That little boy was my brother, his name was Pierre. He died from complications of cystic fibrosis. I remember his funeral, I was very young, maybe 4-5 years old. My name is Odile, I’m the oldest of our family.
    Mom never got over this experience.

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    1. Hi Odile. I'm so glad you found this post and told me aobut your brother. Would you get in touch with me at my email address ydemoskoff@gmail.com?

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