Author: BaChag56

We remember, honor and Cherish those who have gone before us. 

Floyd F. Ashline May 7, 1916 – Feb 24, 1970
Rachel P. Beauregard Dec 4, 1931–Feb 13, 2019
Eva F Dumas LaMotte Mar 24, 1910 – Feb 22, 2002
James N. Bisram Aug 25, 1936 – Feb 2, 2007
Richard Allen Blow Jun 7, 1939 – Feb 19, 2016
Helen Bachand Bouchard 1878- Feb 7, 1924
Josephine P. Bouchard Sep 1, 1864 – Feb 6, 1952
Leroy J. Butchino Jan 6, 1961 – Feb 27, 2004
Alexis J. Chagnon, Jr. Dec 9, 1901 – Feb 20, 1994
Nazaire Chagnon Mar 19, 1836 – Feb 25, 1896
Harold James Gonyo May 24, 1924 – Feb 17, 1990
Leward Gonyo Jun 15, 1915 – Feb 9, 2000
Mabel Gonyo Romano Jul 10, 1906-Feb 1996
Robert Hatin Apr 28, 1935 – Feb 10, 1998
Irene Thompson Kane Apr 9, 1916 – Feb 10, 1997
Agnes Passino Klein Nov 12, 1899 – Feb 15, 1967
Gus Klein, Jr. Nov 16, 1928 – Feb 23, 1993
George H. Lacasse August 10, 1913 – Feb 11, 1914
DorothyDusharmLafond Oct 10,1924-Feb 15, 1978
Eva Dumas Lamotte Mar 24, 1910 – Feb 22, 2002
Stephen Roy Lapierre Jan 30, 1962 – Feb 6, 1962
Helen C Fluery LeClair Jan 11, 1911 – Feb16, 1993
Harold Marshall Sep 25, 1936 – Feb 24, 2011
Ernest E. Maskell July 9, 1925 – Feb 1, 1988
Floyd Maskell Sep 1, 1911 – Feb 20/1967
Shirley Maskell Jan 1, 1938 – Feb 14, 1938
Harold Maskell Feb 25, 1936 – Feb 24, 2011
Helen Maskell Nov 27, 1926 – Feb 25, 1998
Alvin Matott Mar 22, 1894 – Feb 2, 1972
Lorraine C.McNamara Oct 24, 1923 – Feb 4, 1990
Phillip J. O’Brien, II Sep 11, 1962 – Feb 21, 2015
George O’Connell Jun 11, 1926 – Feb 1, 2009
Sharon A. B. Therrien Apr 18, 1952 – Feb 2, 2017
Gloria May Valyou Feb 25, 1940 – Feb 25, 1940

 

REMEMBER, HONOR,  & CHERISH

Caroline M. Doughtery Bergeron                                  3/6/1944 – 11/14/2009

Jasper D. Blow                                                                   5/14/1909 – 11/7/1973

Raymond E. Bosley                                                           10/26/1906 – 11/5/1984

Louise Marie Rayta Bosley                                             12/14/1881 – 11/17/1967

Michael E. Bushway                                                         3/31/1959 – 11/24/2004

Walter Centerbar                                                                8/23/1915 – 11/1987          

Elaine J. Chagnon                                                             4/6/1942 – 11/24/1943

Mary Piche Chagnon                                                        4/3/1868-11/08/1930

Peter N. Chagnon                                                              4/2/1946 – 11/24/2015

Tiffany Chagnon                                                                10/9/1991-  11/16/2016

Leo Dusablon                                                                     7/31/1929 – 11/8/2004

Robert E. Genest, Jr                                                          4/1/1941 – 11/3/2001

James Gonyo                                                                      11/2/1955 – 11/4/1982

Edith Chagnon Gonyo                                                      5/19/1902 – 11/22/1997

Emile B. Hatin                                                                     5/14/1914 – 11/7/1973  

Alfred A. Lamotte                                                               2/22/1907 – 11/21/1977

Robert E. Lynch                                                                 1/29/1921 – 11/30/2007

Russell Maskell, Jr.                                                           12/24/1933 – 1/11/1990

Clara Bouchard Meyer                                                      8/10/1897 – 11/07/1984

George McDonald                                                              4/24/1904 – 11/1/1981

Lillian Chagnon Proulx                                                    7/11/1908 – 11/25/1957

David H. Proulx                                                                  3/20/1937 – 11/6/2007

Norman Senna                                                                    8/31/1920 – 11/28/1952

Beatrice Wells Shangraw                                                1/5/1905 – 11/13/1997

Cloyd A. Tennien                                                               2/9/1899 – 11/11/1996

In Memory of those Who Have Gone Before Us

George Ashline 4/25/925-9/25/1996

Samuel R. Asciotti 9/03/31-9/12/2012

John H. Bartlette, Jr 10/10/1942-9/17/2008

George Ashline 04/25/1925-09/25/1998

John Henry Barberi Jr. 10/10/1942-09/17/2008

Albert Blow 9/4/1935-9/21/2012

Lillian Gonyo Bosley 12/19/1907-9/11/1997

Irma Carter Bushey 05/17/1924-09/04/1993

Delina Bouchard Chagnon 03/15/1881-9/13/1944

Alexander Chagnon 03/22/1915-9/18/1992

Joan Bushey Chagnon 10/03/1940-9/12/2011

Lynn Taft Chagnon 11/17/1847-09/16/2012

Mary L. Sorrell Despaw 1885-09/8/1957

Sophia Bouchard Dorey 06/2/1889-9/30/1944

Lori Louis Dusharm   1845-09/2/1931

Earl W. Gonyo 07/29/1910-09/09/1987

 Richard Gonyo 7/14/1920-9/12/1992

Dorothy Dusharm Lafond 10/10/1924-9/29/1978

Joseph G. Lamarche2/19/1915-9/11/1988

Alfred J. Lamore 10/21/1907-9/6/1951

Orissa Trudeau Langlois 2/9/1905-9/19/1930

Maurice M. Lapierre 1/11/1930-9/19/2008

Lillian Brown Lefevre 12/18/1896-09/26/1957

Irene Gonyo Maskell 7/9/1925-9/27/2012

Joseph Poirier 4/14/1884-9/6/1928

Francis Proulx 5/10/1908-9/30/1992

Marie Barbeau Riley 5/2/1904-9/1/1979

Randall Shelley 2/5/1930-9/17/2009

Emilie Krebser Stapel 7/13/1903-9/1/1974

Frank Thompson, Jr. 2/13/1949-9/30/2013

Jabis Bartholowme Valiere 01/01/1898-9/26/1940

Carline Valyou 8/30/1936-9/26/1940

Robert Whitehouse 4/11/1930-9/10/2011

If you know of someone who is related to the Chagnon Family that should be listed here please contact me so that I can add them to our list. 

 We Honor, Cherish and Remember

Jeannette Ashline  6/20/1929  – 8/18/1978
Veronica Yandow Blanchette 12/1/1921 – 8/20/2007
Louis  Bouchard  9/10/1851 – 8/2/1938
Beverly Senna Chagnon 7/4/1950 – 8/29/2008
Christopher W. Chagnon 3/3/1994 – August 9, 2015
Euphemia Chagnon 3/23/1912 – 8/16/2000
Euphemia Cusson Chagnon 7/30/1838-8/1922
Ernest H. Chagnon, Jr. 2/16/1949 – 8/1/1952
Jerry Corron  1881 – 8/1970
Stephen Draper 8/20/1975 – 8/1/1995
Lucia Aube Driscoll 3/17/1916 – 8/10/2012
John A. Driscoll 08/13/1965
Norma B. Gonyo 9/19/1922 – 8/12/2007
Michael H. Gonyo 10/29/1942 – 8/3/2013
Francis “Bill” Gordon 4/20/1900 – 8/25/1981
Edward F. LaBombard 2/26/1923 – 8/26/2003
Sandra Jean Lamarche 1/1944 – 8/1944
Laura Lowell 7/18/1976 – 8/1/1995
Allen Marshall 7/12/1900 – 8/1/1973
Clarence Maskell 7/10/1940 – 8/8/1981
Roy R. Maskell 1/25/1928-8/10/2004
Tanya Wetherby Maskell 8/34/1951-8/19/1991
Marie Elizabeth Gonyo Poland 11/1/1922 – 8/18/2001
Fred Taft 5/27/1926 – 8/8/1987
Frank P. Thompson 1/10/1913 – 8/1971Scott Turner 9/4/1968 – 8/24/1997
Delia Dube Valyou 9/1/1859 – 8/25/1939

The United States has a new federal holiday. On Thursday, June 17, President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that officially designates June 19, as Juneteenth, known to some as the  “second Independence Day” as an American holiday.

Juneteenth celebrates the freedom of enslaved people in the United States at the end of the Civil War. African American communities across the country have observed this holiday for over150 years.

The date of June 19  was chosen for the holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in Texas, which was one of the last strongholds and didn’t happen until two years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

Juneteenth has gained awareness in recent years as activists have pushed for state and federal recognition. Those efforts are finally being recognized with the signing of this bill.

On January 1, 1863, on the condition that the Union won the war, the Emancipation Proclamation would come into effect and declare that enslaved people in the Confederacy would be free. The proclamation turned the war into a fight for freedom and by the end of the Civil War in 1865  more than 200,000 Black soldiers had joined the fight for freedom.

Texas being one of the last strongholds of the South, made emancipation a long-time coming for enslaved people in that state. Many didn’t  learned about  their freedom until  Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, and announced that the president had issued a proclamation freeing them.  This is why June 19 was chosen and would become known as Juneteenth.

Early Juneteenth celebrations included church services, public readings of the Emancipation Proclamation, and social events, but for many years  southern Black communities were forced to celebrate Juneteenth on the outskirts of town due to racism and Jim Crow laws.

As the Civil Rights movement took hold in the ‘60s, Juneteenth celebrations faded. However, in recent years, Juneteenth has regained popularity and is still celebrated with food and community. It also has helped raise awareness about ongoing issues facing the African-American community.

In 1980, Texas became the first state to recognize June 19 as a state holiday. Today, June 2021, the U.S. Congress has finally passed a bill making  Juneteenth a federal holiday.

Juneteenth is often confused with Emancipation Day, which is annually celebrated on April 16. Just like Juneteenth originally celebrated freedom in Texas, Emancipation Day celebrates the day when President Lincoln freed some 3,000 enslaved people in Washington, D.C.