Augustin Delorme
1834 – 1901
Wheelwright, Saint-Norbert
The earliest family member whose signature appears on a deed. His workshop is listed in the 1861 assessment roll.
Four generations
The lineage
From Augustin, born 1834, to Thérèse, who keeps the collection today.
Reading this page
What a generation tells you, and what it does not.
A lineage is not a decorative tree: it is a sequence of checkable claims. So-and-so was born in such a year, worked such a trade, signed such a deed. Everything else is memory, and memory is stated differently.
The notes under each person point to the item that establishes it. Where no item establishes it, the note says so.
Four generations
Who comes from whom.
Each person is listed with what a document actually establishes: a date, a trade, a place. What remains uncertain is said to be uncertain.
First generation
1834 – 1901
Marie-Louise Béchard
1839 – 1912
Augustin's wife
Seven children, four of whom reached adulthood. Her hand is recognisable in the workshop's account book.
Second generation
1862 – 1944
Édouard Delorme
1862 – 1939
Wheelwright, later garage owner
Took over the workshop in 1890 and converted it to auto mechanics in 1921. A photograph dates the change of sign.
Alphonsine Girard
1868 – 1944
Schoolteacher
Taught at rural school no. 3 from 1887 to 1895. Her lesson books are the oldest manuscript held here.
Third generation
1893 – 1978
Rosaire Delorme
1893 – 1971
Garage owner
Served in France from 1916 to 1918. His wartime correspondence runs to twenty-two letters, all preserved.
Bernadette Ouellet
1899 – 1978
Seamstress
Ran the village sewing shop for thirty-one years. Her order book documents the local economy.
Fourth generation
1924 – aujourd'hui
Gérard Delorme
1924 – 2009
Land surveyor
The first in the family to leave the village. From 1968 onward he assembled the collection that became this archive.
Thérèse Delorme
née en 1931
Keeper of the collection
Keeps the documents and identifies the faces in uncaptioned photographs. Her annotations are cited as a source.
Portraits are drawn placeholders, not photographs. Replace each one from the admin with your own scan.