| Title: Urgel Bazinet (1843-1912) |
| Year: 2007 |
| Medium: acrylic |
| Size: 20 x 16 inches - 50 x 40 cm |
| Private collection. |
| Photo credit: Sylvain Simard |
| Urgel, you never knew how to read nor write. Married three times, you produced but one descendant with from your second wife, Marie-Flore Vaillancourt. Like many French-Canadiens of the time, you sold your farm in Lachenaie to become a factory worker. So did it get you that better life you had been searching for? |
| Urgel, tu ne savais lire ni écrire. Marié trois fois, tu n’as eu de descendance que de la deuxième, Marie-Flore Vaillancourt. Comme beaucoup de canadiens-français à l’époque, tu as vendu ta ferme à Lachenaie pour devenir ouvrier. Fut-ce une meilleure vie ? |
| Genealogy - généalogie |
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