Marcelline Leclerc (1827)

Biography

By the 1851 census, Merciline (abt. age 24) is married going by the last name "Marion" or Fontaine dit Marion . She was in Renfrew, Canada West (Ontario), Canada.^[1]

In the 1861 census, Merselene (age 35) was the married head of household yet living alone in Westmeath, Renfrew, Canada West.^[2]

In the 1871 census, Marcilene (age 45) was recorded as married in Mansfield and Pontefract, Pontiac South, Quebec. Family members were:

• Sepherin/Zepherin Fontaine dit Marion 59
• Marcilene Marion 45
• Joseph Marion 22
• Ozéledu Marion 19
• Adoplh Marion 16
• Baptiste Marion 13
• Vergenease Marion 11
• Sepherin Marion 8
• Edward Marion 2

^[3]

In the 1881 census, Merceline was recorded as married in Mansfield and Pontefract, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada.^[4]

Research Notes

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Sources

1. ↑ 1851 Census: "1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia"
   Year: 1851; Census Place: Renfrew, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C-11751; Page: 9; Line: 40
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1061 #436189 (accessed 21 June 2025)
   Merciline Marion in Renfrew, Canada West (Ontario), Canada. Born in Canada East.
2. ↑ 1861 Census: "1861 Census of Canada"
   Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1071; Page number: 30
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1570 #792412028 (accessed 21 June 2025)
   Merselene Marion (35), married head of household in Westmeath, Renfrew, Canada West. Born in C of E.
3. ↑ 1871 Census: "1871 Census of Canada"
   Year: 1871; Census Place: Mansfield and Pontefract, Pontiac South, Quebec; Roll: C-10025; Page: 16
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1578 #3305790 (accessed 21 June 2025)
   Marcilene Marion (45), married in Mansfield and Pontefract, Pontiac South, Quebec. Born in Quebec.
4. ↑ 1881 Census: "1881 Census of Canada"
   Year: 1881; Census Place: Mansfield and Pontefract, Pontiac, Quebec; Roll: C_13226; Page: 32; Family No: 133
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1577 #4275103 (accessed 21 June 2025)
   Merceline Marion, married in Mansfield and Pontefract, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada. Born in Quebec.