Dad remembers Xmas's at Cleophas's house lasted almost to the end of January

LUC MADORE

1829 Luc Madore was born possibly in St-Eustache or Gatineau.

1833 July 6 Marcelline Larabie is born in Rigaud, Quebec.

1854 Oct 28 Luc Madore marries Marcelline Larabie at St-Francois de Sales, Pointe Gatineau, Que. They have 16 children. One daughter dies at the age of 24. She was married a year earlier. Another daughter dies at the age of 27 after having 2 children. A son dies at 13 days old. And another son dies at the age of 18. I don’t have all info yet.

JEAN-BAPTISTE MADORE

1859 March 20 Jean-Baptiste Madore is born at St-Francois de Sales, Pointe Gatineau, Quebec.

1865 March 20 Melina Desjardins is born in St-Francois de Sales, Pointe Gatineau.

1882 Nov 20 Jean-Baptiste Madore marries Melina Desjardins in Angers, Que. She is 17 years old. They have 14 children. Two die by the age of two and two others die at birth.

CLEOPHAS MADORE

1888 March 25 Cleophas Madore is born in Ste-Rose de Lima, Quebec.

1892 June Jean-Baptiste’s house burns down. One child dies at the age of 2.

1893 March 12 Rosina Clement is born in Ste-Rose de Lima.

1894 March 5 Luc Madore dies in Ste-Rose de Lima at the age of 66.

1895 Aug 14 Marcelline Larabie dies in Ste-Rose de Lima at the age of 62.

1912 Jun 25 Cleophas Madore marries Rosina Clement in Ste-Rose de Lima. She is 19 years old and he’s 24. They have 13 children. Two die in infancy.

1922 Jan 16 Melina Desjardins dies in Ste-Rose de Lima. She is 56.

1923 May 1 Jean-Baptiste Madore dies in Ste-Rose de Lima. He is 64.

ROLLAND MADORE

1923 Rolland Madore is born on a farm in St-Rose de Lima, Templeton, Quebec. I visited there with dad in the mid 1990’s. The people living there let us in to visit after I told her that dad had been born here over 60 years ago. I stayed at the door and looked around but dad had a quick peek all around the main floor. He remembered there used to be two staircases to go upstairs. One to the parents room and one to a large room for the kids! After all, they had 11 kids. Dad found it to be much smaller then he remembered. He wondered how they did it in such a small house with 11 kids.

1926 Jun 26 Marguerite Presse is born in Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec.

1933 Rolland moves to the town of Ste-Rose de Lima on Blvd St-Rene. House is still there. He was 9 years old. They stayed here about 3 years. Cleophas worked in a blackboard mine.

1935 Rolland moves to Granada, Que. He is 12 yrs old. He recalls in the summer his father & brother Maurice went to Granada to build their house on the hill. Quite a few people had gone to Granada to build themselves a home. Dad thinks that maybe everyone got together and helped one guy build his house then went on to the next guy's land and helped him build his and so on until they were all built. They did not finish the insides. On Dec 19 1935 they all left Ste-Rose de Lima by train and arrived Granada on Dec 25. The house was finished on the outside but not on the inside. It was winter and dad remembers seeing the nails popping through the wall on the inside with frost on them. The nails were about half inch thick with frost. But he doesn't remember ever being cold. It was heated with a wood stove.

Here Cleophas worked on constructing roads in the Granada area during the summers. He made $2.50 per day and had his own team of horses.

1935 Marguerite moves to Beaudry, Que on a farm in 'rang 8'. She is 9 years old.

1938 Marguerite wrote : Quand j'avais 12 ans, mon pere lisait le journal La Patrie. Il y avait une partie qu'on appelais 'Les Petits Bonhomme' (les comics). Une page 'Jacques Le Matamore' en petite image ecrite. Sa se suivait a tous les semaines. C'etait une fuse' qui s'en allaient a la lune. Mon pere lisait cela. Ma mere disait 'dit moi pas que tu lis sa'. Il disait 'un jour il vont aller a la lune'. Grand maman croyait pas sa. Grand papa disait 'nous on voira pas ca mais les enfants vont le voir'. C'etait en 1938. Ils sont aller a la lune vers 1967 ou 1969. On etait en voyage a Niagara avec Carole et Lise. Carole avait 15 ans environs et Lise 12 ans. On c'est rendu chez Denis Petit a Welland, Ontario. (mom)

1941-42 Marguerite goes to work in the diet kitchen at the Youvil-Noranda Hospital. Stays at the residence for 8 months. She’s 14 years old. Would leave her jobs when her mother needed her and then find another job.

1942 Rolland takes a room in Rouyn. Starts to work in the mines and makes $ .28 an hour. He's 18 yrs old.

1945 Rolland Madore & Marguerite Presse are married in Beaudry, Que. Rolland rents an apartment in Rouyn about 2 weeks prior to wedding. They did not go on a honeymoon. On the wedding day there was a big diner at Emile Presse's place and a big supper at Cleophas Madore's place. The evening saw a big party at Cleophas's house. Dad hadn't invited any of his friends. Mom had friends present. The newlyweds slept at John Pepin's (Conrad's dad but not related yet) house across from Cleophas's place since Cleophas's place was under renovations and some walls were not up yet. The day after the wedding there was a big party at Emile Presse's residence and a regular supper.

1945 The day after the wedding they moved into their nice rented 1 bedroom bungalow on Cardinal Begin road in Rouyn. They lived here 1 1/2 years.

1945 Michel is born at the hospital in Rouyn.

1945 Aug 31 Cleophas Madore dies in Granada at the age of 57 of double pneumonia.

1946 – 48 Mines were opening up in Malartic. The money was good with bonuses. So they moved to Malartic. Here dad made $ .90 an hour plus almost the same in bonus. They lived in Malartic a little less then 3 years. They lived in a duplex.

I believe they owned a dry cleaners here that may have burnt down.

1948 Marcel was born in Malartic. He was born at home.

1949 Spring Mom & dad returned to Rouyn. Bought land and started building a home. They stayed at Cleophas Madore's place while building themselves a small 2 bedroom home. They moved in before it was finished. Here dad also made about $ .90 an hour plus about the same in bonus.

1949 Aug Raymond Presse was going to Asbestos to look for work. Heard the money was good there. He asked dad to go with him. Mom said yes so he went. She regrets having made that decision. She was pregnant for Leo. Dad got hired by Patrick Harrison.

He remembers walking down the street and being stared at really bad. He thought 'le monde est bien sauvage ici." The next day, he went to work and asked one guy what was wrong with the people around there. He was told there had been a 6 month strike that had just ended. The strike had gone bad. A police car had been burned and others had been turned over. The police had declared marshal law and came into town at 5:00 am and were picking up everyone they saw for questioning. They wanted to know who had done this to the police cars. People were hiding everywhere even under steps and balconies. There had been workers hired to fill in these strikers jobs. They were known as scabs. They were hated. Anyone that was knew in town was looked at as possibly being a scab. This is where dad met Girard Gervais, his old time friend. He told dad all about the strike. When the strike was over, the new agreement gave the men $ .05 an hour less then they had before. No wonder the town was so angry.

Dad was now making $2.00 an hour plus about the same in bonus. That was about $160.00 every two weeks plus bonuses. They were ranked the 3rd top wage earners. The first month they arrived, they took an apartment on rue Noel in Asbestos. They lived here one year. Leo was born here. Then dad went to work for the Canadian Johns Mainville Co. He stayed with them for about 8 years and earned about the same money. The Population of Asbestos was about 10,000 to 15,000 at this time.

1950 Summer Bought house at 10 rue Lavigne, Asbestos. They paid $4,000.00 for the house with $1,000.00 as down payment. Paid 3% interest. Their monthly payment was $25.00.

1951 A brand new 2 door Chevrolet cost $1,800.00.

1952 Carole was born on rue Lavigne in Asbestos.

1954 Xmas Moved into house he built at 299 rue Letendre (or Letange), Asbestos. They moved in between Xmas and New Years.

1955 Lise was born.

1957 Sold his house and moved into the bunkhouse in Asbestos. These homes were owned by Johns Manville Co.

1958 May Dad goes to Elliot-Lake. Works in one mine for 2 weeks then to Standrock Mines.

1958 Jul Bought trailer and went to get the kids. Aunt Yvonne Dore was babysitting them in Asbestos. Dad worked in the mines here until an accident injured his knee. Then he was trained on the hoist. He made $2.50 an hour, and $2.65 an hour when he went on the hoist.

1962 Andre was born at the Elliot-Lake hospital.

1963 Sep Mom and kids arrive Timmins. Moved in main floor apartment rented by Gerard Madore for us. Located on corner of Elm Street and Algonquin Blvd. Behind the Senator Hotel. Bad conditions here so we moved within a month again.

1963 Oct Dad arrives Timmins 3 weeks after the family. He had to give his notice at work.

We moved to Cedar Street South till better accommodations were found. Small cement block house. Then we moved to a main floor apartment 317? Waterloo Road on corner of Carling Ave.

1964 Jun or July Dad bought a Hollinger Mine house and moved it to Crescent Ave. He renovated it and we lived there for many years. Now it belongs to Marcel.

1970 Mar 10 Rosina Clement dies in Granada at the age of 76. She is buried 2 days later on her birthday.

1973 Dad makes $4.49 an hour at Kam Kotia Mines in Timmins as a hoist man.

1978 Dad makes $7.98 an hour at Kid Creek Mines in Timmins as a hoist man.

1984 Dad receives a pension for his ears of $471.50 a month.

1985 Dad makes $15.23 an hour at Kid Creek Mines in Timmins as a hoist man.

1990 Apr 10 For medical reasons mom and dad came to Ottawa and stayed 2 or 3 weeks at Rotel and then in May they moved across the street to Ronald McDonald House for about 4 months.

1990 Sep 1 They rented an apartment Orleans, Ont. They stayed here about 2 years.

1992 Dec 12 They bought a house where they are now living. It was dad's uncle Armand's house. He was also dad's godfather.