Theresa LaLiberte

Theresa was born in 1855 in St Francis-Xavier, RRS, MAN. CAN..  Theresa's father was Alex LaLiberte and her mother was Marie Robillard.  Her maternal grandparents were Jean Baptiste Robillard and Antoinette Lajomodere.  She was an only child.  She died at the age of 72 on July 11th, 1927 in Naicam, Sask., Can.  She was buried in Naicam, Sask, Can.

• General Notes
  • Theresa LaLiberte was the daughter of Alex LaLiberte and Marie Robillard. Marie Robillard's mother was Antoinette Lajomodere, who, in turn was the half sister to Louis Riel's mother. Through this line, the descendants of Antoine and Theresa are related to Louis Riel.  (Antoinette's mother was a full blooded indian woman from the Pembina area, probably Assiniboine or Salteaux or Cree)
    Theresa married Antoine Lariviere Sr. at  St Francis- Xavier parish in Winnipeg Canada when she was 17 years old. At present, there no information on the heritage of Alex LaLiberte except that he was probably french and indian. Her mother, Marie Robillard was at least one quarter indian, Cree. This assumes that Marie's father, Jean Baptiste Robillard, was a full blooded frenchman.
    Her Father was also one-quarter indian, making Theresa one-quarter indian.
    Theresa and Antoine had 19 children and all except one who died at a young age, lived into their later years, with most of them living to the late 80's and some into their 90's.
    The children who died were Melanie age 7 years; Sarah age 3; Hector age 1; Josephine age 15; John age 17; Victor age 10 mos; and one other who must of died at birth.
    
    After Antoine died, Theresa married Frank Langevin sometime before June 1911. According to an application for homestead near where Zehprin live dated June 1911, she was listed as Mrs Langevin. Theresa must of moved to Naicam Saskachewan, either in April/May of 1911 or during the fall of 1910.  The homestead was proved in 1915. She died in Naicam on July 11th, 1927 at the age of 71.
    Theresa is buried in Beauchamp, SK. is Antoine's wife.  I got the infor from a Garth Ulrich who is some kind of Historian in that area.  He actually has gone to the cemetery there.
    She was accompanied to Naicum by her unmarried daughter Hilda and her married daughter Elise and her family (Mrs Adolph Langevin, son of Frank Langevin)
    Her other daughte, Mary, Mrs Louis Dease, had preceded her by arriving in Naicum in 1910 by train at Watson, Sask.
    Many of the residents of Olga area, especially the Larivieres and the Villeneuves, actually lived in the area called Beaulieu which is north & east along the county road down the hills and around  a curve about 6 or7 miles from Olga. However, Alex Lariviere, told me that when His father was alive, they lived in the town proper of Olga.
    Theresa had seven brothers, Joseph, Jean Baptiste, Joachim, R?, Lazare, Etienne and Modeste and two sisters, Angelique and Arsensoe. Etienne and Modeste never married and were bachelors. Angelique married Charles Lussier and Arsenoe married Napoleon Normand.
    Angelique and her family stayed in Canada(St Eustache) and they are still there(1995). I received pictures from a daughter of Angelique, named Camelia Lussier Allary, in 1964 through the St Eustache parish priest, father Paquet
    
    Zephrin applied for homestead near Naicum, Sask in 1905.
    His brother David applied for a homestead in Naicum area in 1907.
    Joe applied for a homestead in the same area in 1912 and proved it
    (satisfied the homestead requirements by living and farming it for
    4 years)  in 1916. Which means he didn't go to the Hibbing area until
    after that.
    Theresa Lariviere applied for a homestead in June 1911 in the same
    area. She was then Mrs Frank Langevin, but applied under the right
    of Antoine Lariviere, which is kind of strange.
    Her daughter, Mary (Mrs Louis Dease by then) arrived in Naicum
    in October of 1910 by train.

Details of Theresa's family with Antoine Lariviere Sr