The Livingston Family History - Alive and Well

St. Léon  established 1877-1878 Odile Marten's book Pionniers de la Montagne Pembina: Saint-léon  Manitoba 1877-2000 describes Saint-Leon (this is a loose translation of pages H-2 to H-6). The village of Saint-Leon at the heart and top of Pembina Mountains has a singular history. It is the oldest in the region; it was always modest in population and yet it was the mother parish of no less than seven parishes. It had two births and awakening that can be described as a rebirth. the very promising beginning that lasted less than ten years (1887-1885) took the name of the old Saint-Léon located south of Lac Rond. Two misfortunes led to its disappearance. a great fire that destroyed the mills of the industrial spring and the mass removal of the villagers to Somerset and its railway station, which the people of Saint-Léon had so much lust for their village reported the disappearance of the latter. These calamities would have been enough to erase any trace of collect...

The Lafreniere Settlers of the Pembina Mountains This picture entitled "the Other Settlers of Pembina Mountains" taken from Marie Le Roy's book and the same picture is found in Odile Martel's book, is significant because it contains several grandchildren of Antoine Lafreniere and his wife Magdeleine dit Letard dit St. Onge dit McTavish. Antoine and Magdeleine had many children, including Olivier, Charles, Henri, Joseph, Marie, Ovide-Benjamin, Zoe, Julie, Theophile, Louise, Victoire, Virginie, and Auguste. Please note some translation of the picture's description: Back row:  Antoine Lafreniere, the first gentleman standing in the back row, is the son of Charles Lafreniere (born on May 16, 1843 and wed to Marie-Lucie Brasseur) and grandson of Antoine Lafreniere and Magdeleine. Emilie Lafreniere, daughter of Olivier Lafreniere and half-sister of Frederic Lafreniere. Frederic Lafreniere, son of Olivier Lafreniere. Rose Moreau, sister of Zoe Lafreniere...