Mirza Marguerite Cholette
1884 - 1980 (96 years)
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Name Mirza Marguerite Cholette Born 18 Mar 1884 St. Philippe, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada 
[1, 2] Christened 23 Mar 1884 St. Philippe, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada [2] Gender Female Godparents 23 Mar 1884 St. Philippe, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada [2] - Her godparents were Calixte Richer and Marie Guay (her maternal grandparents).
Census May 1891 Chatham, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada [3]
Shalette (Cholette), John (Jean Baptiste), 32 years, carriage maker
Shalette, Leieau (Leah), 28 years, can read/write
Shalette, Mearzieau (Mirza), female, 7 years
Shalette, Meneseppe (Menesippe), male, 5 years
Shalette, Daurinau (Dorina), female, 2 years
Shalette, Meletine, female, 0 years
Occupation 1 Aug 1901 Quebec, Canada Teacher - Mirza passed and exam with distinction at the Bureau Central des Examinateurs Catholiques de la Province de Quebec.
Diplome No 2461
Professing the Catholic religion and having fulfilled all the conditions required by law and school regulations and examined by the Central Office of the Catholic Examiners of the Province of Quebec, on all the required subjects, deserved and obtained a certificate of capacity of elementary school, with the grade with distinction, giving her the right to teach FRENCH AND ENGLISH in all Catholic elementary schools in the province of Quebec.
In witness whereof, we affix our signatures and the seal of the Department of Public Instruction, at Quebec, this first day of August of the year nineteen hundred and one.
Mirza Cholette teaching diploma Census 1911 Cobalt, Timiskaming, Ontario, Canada [4]
Raymond, Napoleon, age 29, pipe fitter
Raymond, Mirza, age 27
Raymond, Alcide, age 4
Raymond, Lucile, age 2
Raymond, Adela, age 4/12 months
north ward - Russel 94
Census 1921 Brownsburg, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada [5]
Raymond, Napoleon, 39 years, born US, immigrated 1883, nat, can speak Eng, can read/write, journalier, earnings $1200
Raymond Merisa, 37 years, can speak Eng, can read/write
Raymond, Alcide, 14 years, can speak Eng, can read/write, journalier, earnings $750
Raymond, Lucille, 12 years, cannot speak Eng, can read.write, student
Raymond, Adila, 10 years, cannot speak Eng, can read/write, student
Raymond, Roger, 8 years, cannot speak Eng, can read/write
Raymond, Ivan, 6 years, cannot speak Eng, cannot read/write
City Directory 1925-1926 Springwells, Wayne, Michigan, United States [6] 5026 Eugene av - Raymond, Peter autowkr r 5026 Eugene av (S)
Residence 4 Nov 1927 Springwells, Wayne, Michigan, United States - They lived at 5103 Eugene Avenue, Springwells, Michigan.
City Directory 1927-1928 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States [7] 5111 Renville Ave - Raymond, Napoleon (Mirza) carp h 5111 Renville av
Census 1930 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States [8]
Raymond, Napoleon, head, 47 years, born Michigan, carpenter at auto factory
Raymond, Mirza, wife, 46 years, born Canada French, immigrated 1923
Raymond, Alcide, 22 years, immigrated 1923, gear inspector at auto factory
Raymond, Adelle, 19 years, immigrated 1923, wrapper at automobile hardware factory
Raymond, Roger, 17 years, immigrated 1923, wrapper at laundry
Raymond, Ivan, 15 years, immigrated 1923
Raymond, Raynand, 7 years, immigrated 1923
Raymond, Maurice, 6 years, immigrated 1923
Raymond, Florence, 5 years
Raymond, Claire, 2 years 3/12 months
Ouellette, Emile, boarder, 22 years, immigrated 1925
Monthly rent on home was $55.00.
Residence 5 Apr 1930 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States [9] - They lived at 1549 Waterman in Detroit.
Residence 1931 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States [10] 1931 Morrell - Raymond, Napoleon (Mirza) carp h 1931 Morrell
Census 1940 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States [11] 2209 Morrell
Raymond, Napoleon, age 57, born Mich, same place 1935, carpenter, auto factory
Raymond, Mirza, age 56, born Can French
Raymond, Ivan, age 24, born Can French, laborer, auto factory
Raymond, Morris, age 17, born Mich, new worker
Raymond, Florence, age 15, born Mich
Raymond, Claire, age 12, born Mich
Obituary Card 30 Oct 1980 [12] 
Mirza Cholette Raymond obituary card Died 30 Oct 1980 Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States Obituary Nov 1980 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States - Mirza Raymond
Wife of the late Napoleon.
Dear mother of Alcide, Mrs. Lucille Lefebvre, Mrs. Adela Ouellette, Ivan, Reynald, Maurice, Mrs. Florence Lirette, Mrs. Claire Pelletier and the late Roger Raymond. Also 30 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Funeral Monday 9:00 am. from the Querfeld Funeral Home, 1200 Oakwood (12 Blks S. of Michigan), Dearborn and from St. Sebastian Church at 9:30. Rosary Sunday 7:30 pm.
Mirza Cholette Raymond obituary Burial Mass 3 Nov 1980 [12] - Funeral mass at St. Sebastian church.
Cemetery 3 Nov 1980 Southfield, Oakland, Michigan, United States [12] Holy Sepulchre - Section 22, lot 287
Mirza Cholette Raymond cemetery stone
Section 22, lot 287, grave (2?)Name Marie Marguerite Mirza Cholette [2] Reference Number 7 Residence Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States [13] 2184 Morrell - The family lived at 2184 Morrell Ave, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.
_HASHTAG Holy Sepluchre Cemetery - buried at Holy Sepluchre Cementer
_UID F2AA59CBBDF84E5D91F3A3D67D6DD277509B Buried 3 Nov 1980 Southfield, Oakland, Michigan, United States - Querfield Funeral Home, Dearborn, Michigan
Person ID I2 Lirette Family Tree Last Modified 26 Nov 2019
Father Jean Baptiste Cholette, b. 27 Apr 1859, St. Polycarpe, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada , d. 28 Oct 1891, St. Philippe, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada (Age 32 years) Mother Lea Richer, b. 19 Apr 1863, St. Philippe, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada , d. 14 Jun 1916, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Age 53 years) Married 17 Oct 1882 St. Philippe, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada [14, 15, 16] Marriage Ceremony 17 Oct 1882 St. Philippe, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada [16] - Present at the ceremony were Olivier Cholette and Calixte Richer.
Family ID F207 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Napoleon Raymond, b. 24 Jun 1882, Republic, Marquette, Michigan, United States , d. 16 Feb 1958, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States (Age 75 years) Married 2 Jul 1906 Ste. Therese de Blainville, Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada [18] - Annual taffy pulls in November around the Feast of St. Catherine. All of the family members in the area. [17]
Raymond 50th wedding announcement 
Raymond-Cholette wedding photo 
Napoleon & Mirza's 50th Wedding Anniversary Mass 
Raymond 50th Wedding 
Napoleon & Mirza Raymond 50th Anniversary 
Raymond girls
Florence Raymond Lirette, Lucile Raymond Lefebvre, Adele Raymond Ouellette and Claire Raymond Pelletier
Raymond boys
Maurice "Fats", Ivan, Alcide "Shorty" and Raynald
Napoleon & Mirza Raymond 50th Wedding Anniversary Marriage 1956 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States [19] 50th Anniversary Celebration - Newspaper article cut out of paper (no name or date):
FETE RAYMOND GOLD WEDDING
Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon Raymond, 14608 Sussex, will observe their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday with a high mass of thansgiving at St. Mary's of Redford Church.
Married in Montreal, the couple came to Detroit in 1911. Raymond, 79, retired from the Ford Motor Co. in 1952 after 35 years' service. His wife, Mary, is 75.
The couple has four sons, Alcide, Ivan, Raynald and Maurice; four daughters, Mrs. Lucille Lefebre, Mrs. Adela Ouellette, Mrs. Florence Lirette and Mrs. Claire Pelletier, 25 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
A reception will be held Saturday night at Mother O'Mear's 5028 Joy.
St. Mary's of Redford Church is located at 14750 Saint Mary's Street, Detroit, Michigan 48227
50th Anniversary Celebration 
Raymond 50th Wedding Mass Residence Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States 2184 Morrell Ave Children 1. Alcide Napoleon Raymond, b. 7 Jul 1907, St. Philippe, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada , d. 10 Jun 1994, Dearborn Heights, Wayne, Michigan, United States (Age 86 years)2. Lucile Adela Raymond, b. 4 Mar 1909, St. Philippe, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada , d. 20 Jan 2001, Michigan, United States (Age 91 years)3. Adela Theresa Raymond, b. 31 Jan 1911, Cobalt, Timiskaming, Ontario, Canada , d. 9 Feb 1988, Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, United States (Age 77 years)4. Roger Aldege Raymond, b. 1 Jan 1913, St. Philippe, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada , d. 8 Jul 1944, Cherbourg, Normandy, France (Age 31 years)5. Ivan Leo Raymond, b. 11 Feb 1915, Brownsburg, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada , d. 21 Apr 2003, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Age 88 years)6. Marie Berthe Aline Raymond, b. 15 Jul 1918, Brownsburg, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada , d. 13 Aug 1918, St. Philippe, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada (Age 0 years)7. Raynald Harvey Raymond, b. 26 Apr 1922, Brownsburg, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada , d. 16 Dec 2016, Howell, Livingston, Michigan, United States (Age 94 years)8. Maurice Lawrence Raymond 9. Florence Leona Raymond, b. 4 Nov 1924, Springwells, Wayne, Michigan, United States , d. 3 Oct 2012, Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States (Age 87 years)10. Claire Regina Raymond Last Modified 6 May 2014 Family ID F1 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos Mirza Cholette
Mirza about 20 years old
Cholette sisters
Dorina, Mirza, Meletime Cholette
Mirza Cholette Raymond postcard
Postcard sent to sister Dorina Cholette.
Alcide and Lucille Raymond
Side two of postcard Mirza Cholette Raymond wrote to her sister Dorina Cholette.
Mirza Cholette signature
Mirza signed in St. Philippe church records at the marriage of her uncle, Simeon Richer and Anna Leclair. She was 10 years old.
Mirza Cholette Raymond 
Cholette sisters
Mirza Cholette Raymond (front), Meletime Cholette Moreau and Dorina Cholette Raymond (l to r) Picture taken at the Wedding of Florence Raymond & Roland Lirette.
Mirza Cholette Raymond & Napoleon Raymond
Picture taken at wedding of Florence Raymond and Roland Lirette
Mirza Cholette
Mirza on right
Mirza Raymond with daughters
Adele Raymond Ouellette, Mirza & Florence Raymond Lirette
Mirza Cholette Raymond with sisters
Dorina Cholette Raymond, Mirza & Meletime Cholette Moreau
Mirza Raymond with son Alcide 'Shorty' 
Raymond group 
Maurice Raymond with Raymond men
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Sources - [S20] St. Philippe d'Argenteuil, parish records.
- [S6] Drouin Collection - Quebec, Gabriel Drouin, ((ancestry.com : 2008)), accessed 20 Jan 2010), 1882-1885, Baptism - B 18, page 205; St. Philippe d'Argenteuil. (Reliability: 4), 20 Jan 2010.
- [S105] 1891 - Canadian Census - Quebec - Ancestry, Canada. Quebec., (Ancestry.com Operations Inc. \i Ancestry.com\i0 . ancestry.com : 2008), district 136 - Argenteuil, Quebec, sub-district C-1 - Chatham, p. 87, family 385, Shalette, John (Jean Baptiste Cholette); (ancestry.com : accessed 22 Aug 2012) (Reliability: 4), 22 Aug 2012.
- [S97] 1911 Canadian Census, Canadian Government, Ontario, dist. 99 Nipissing, sub. dist. 45 Cobalt, Russel, page 32 (Reliability: 3).
- [S99] 1921 - Canadian Census - Quebec - Ancestry, Canada. Quebec., (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. \i Ancestry.com\i0 . ancestry.com : Aug 2013), district 149 - Argenteuil, sub-district 2 - Chatham township, Brownsburg, p. 25, dwelling 315, family 245, Napoleon Raymond; (ancestry.com : accessed 21 Aug 2013); citing Library and Archives Canada, Sixth Census of Canada, 1921, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Reliability: 3), 21 Aug 2013.
- [S100] Michigan, Detroit, City Directory 1925-26 - Ancestry, R. L. Polk & Co., Detroit, Michigan, (\i Ancestry.com\i0 . ancestry.com : 2011), 1925-26: 1603;
- [S101] Michigan, Detroit, City Directory 1927-28 - Ancestry, R. L. Polk & Co., Directory Building, 431 Howard St., Detroit, Michigan, (\i Ancestry.com\i0 . ancestry.com : 2011), 1927-1928: 1831;
- [S102] 1930 US Federal Census, Michigan, Wayne, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), T626, roll 1057, Detroit, enumeration district (ED) 82-614, sheet 5A, p. 111, dwelling 58, family 3, Napoleon Raymond, accessed 28 Apr 2010 (Reliability: 4), 28 Apr 2010.
Ward 18, Block 414, Precinct 5
April 5, 1930 - [S102] 1930 US Federal Census, Michigan, Wayne, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), T626, roll 1057, Detroit, enumeration district (ED) 82-614, sheet 5A, p. 111, dwelling 58, family 3, Napoleon Raymond, accessed 28 Apr 2010 (Reliability: 4), 28 Apr 2010.
Ward 18, Block 414, Precinct 5 - [S103] Michigan, Detroit, City Directory 1931-32 - Ancestry, R. L. Polk & Co., Publishers, Directory Building, 431 Howard St., Detroit, Michigan, (\i Ancestry.com\i0 . ancestry.com : 2011), 1931-32 Detroit City Directory: pg 1383;
- [S108] 1940 US Federal Census, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), T627, Detroit (ward 16), Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 84-914, sheet 6B, household 122, Napoleon Raymond, accessed 30 Sep 2015 (Reliability: 3), 30 Sep 2015.
- [S15] Funeral Prayer Card (Reliability: 4).
- [S102] 1930 US Federal Census, Michigan, Wayne, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), T626, roll 1052, Detroit,Ward 16, Precinct 10, Wayne, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 487, sheet 9A, p. 111, image 283.0, dwelling 119, family 2, Aurore Thomas, accessed 6 Sep 2010 (Reliability: 4), 6 Sep 2010.
Ward 18, Block 414, Precinct 5 - [S5] Quebec Western Region, marriages, (196?), 971.42 V25m or Film 928396, item 1., St. Philippe (Reliability: 4).
- [S21] Loiselle's Index, Antonin Loiselle; Lucien Rivest, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978), 6010042 FHL US/CAN Fiche. (Reliability: 3).
- [S6] Drouin Collection - Quebec, Gabriel Drouin, ((ancestry.com : 2008)), accessed 20 Jan 2010), 1882-1885, Marriage - M-20, page 164; St. Philippe d'Argenteuil. (Reliability: 4), 20 Jan 2010.
- [S4] Dolores Ouellette Gaylord (Reliability: 4), 30 Aug 2008.
- [S3] Ste. Therese d'Avila, Ste. Therese marriages 1789-1991, [Agency/Creator], ([Publisher City].), 971.424/S14 K2r., page 312. (Reliability: 4), 20 May 2010.
- [S2] Irene Lirette Gauthier, Irene Lirette Gauthier (Reliability: 4), 31 Oct 2007.
- [S20] St. Philippe d'Argenteuil, parish records.