Vandersteen, Josephine Mary^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]}

1927 - 2001  (73 years)

• Name	Vandersteen, Josephine Mary  [2, 3]
  Birth	2 Dec 1927	Fisher Branch, Manitoba, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Birth	2 Dec 1927	Fisher Branch, Manitoba, Canada
  Physical Description	Brown eyes; Brown hair
  Name	Josephine Vandersteen
  Residence	1 Jun 1931	RM of Mt Pleasant, Saskatchewan, Canada   [2, 3]
  Death	29 Jun 2001	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  Person ID	I402011004784	Rick Dondo's Family
  Last Modified	28 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Vandersteen, Johannes Gerardus "John Nicholas",   b. 6 Dec 1895, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands d. 28 Jul 1980, Saint-Boniface, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Meilleur-Mullen, Josephine Mary,   b. 12 Apr 1905, East Grand Forks, Polk, Minnesota, USA d. 27 Jan 1997, Hodgson, Manitoba, Canada (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	17 Oct 1923	Fisher Branch, Manitoba, Canada
  Family ID	F5718	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Tougas, Honorat Phillip "Harry",   b. 1 Jul 1913, Fisher Branch, RM of Fisher, Manitoba, Canada d. 29 Jun 2001, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	21 Jan 1946	Fisher Branch, RM of Fisher Branch, Manitoba, Canada   [4, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  	Type: Spousal
  Children	1. Tougas, Henri Emil "Henry",   b. 3 Mar 1947   d. 1987 (Age 39 years)   2. Tougas, R.J.   3. Tougas, L.M.   4. Tougas, R.R.   5. Tougas, A.A.   6. Tougas, Y.E.   7. Tougas, J.J.
  Family ID	F717	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 May 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 2 Dec 1927 - Fisher Branch, Manitoba, Canada Birth - 2 Dec 1927 - Fisher Branch, Manitoba, Canada Residence - 1 Jun 1931 - RM of Mt Pleasant, Saskatchewan, Canada Marriage - Type: Spousal - 21 Jan 1946 - Fisher Branch, RM of Fisher Branch, Manitoba, Canada Death - 29 Jun 2001 - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  [S1502254493] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees (Public and Private), (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.). A contributor has cited material deemed to be pertinent to this story. It is described as "Ancestry Family Tree". Another researcher's profile of this person Another researcher's profile of this person Another researcher's profile of this person Another researcher's profile of this person Another researcher's profile of this person Another researcher's profile of this person Another researcher's profile of this person Another researcher's profile of this person [S1597022058] Statistics Canada and Ancestry.com, 1931 Canada Census, (Government of Canada and Ancestry.com Operations Inc), MG26-K; Microfilm reel #M-1408; Item ID #234379. A contributor has cited material deemed to be pertinent to this story. It is described as "Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Seventh Census of Canada, 1931; Folder Number: T-27329; Census Place: Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Canada; Page Number: 15". [S1597022058] Statistics Canada and Ancestry.com, 1931 Canada Census, (Government of Canada and Ancestry.com Operations Inc), MG26-K; Microfilm reel #M-1408; Item ID #234379. As noted on the Ancestry.com service in this Records Collection item It is described as "Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Seventh Census of Canada, 1931; Folder Number: T-27329; Census Place: Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Canada; Page Number: 15". [S0000300001] Various, Media items collected on Ancestry® family trees: Portraits [SD], (Various). Your host has offered a file identified as an image of a portrait with a title of "Josephine Mary (Vandersteen) (1927) and Honorat Phillip "Harry" Tougas (1913) - Wedding Day portrait", and has reported details about it as follows: Described as: Josephine Mary (Vandersteen) (1927) and Honorat Phillip "Harry" Tougas (1913) - Wedding Day portrait NOTE: The above description may be truncated / shortened from the original Published in Fisher Branch, RM of Fisher Branch, Manitoba, Canada, on 21 Jan 1926 Media / Image (jpg - [png]; image - [portrait]) File size: 452421 bytes; Image size (pixels): 734 wide by 1163 high Available for viewing with an active subscription on your host's Ancestry tree. Ancestry record number reported as: ee076b82-e163-4850-b034-c45b5b809361 [S0000300005] Various, Media items collected on Ancestry® family trees: Images of documents [SD], (Various). Your host has graciously offered an image file identified as a document with a title of "Honorat Phillip "Harry" Tougas (1913) Story", and has reported details about it as follows: Described as: A single page (60) from a much larger work produced by Robert Dwayne Amiot in 2009. It was as accurate as he was able to make it at the time. Knowledge of the family’s history and its composition have, of course, evolved since it was published. Som NOTE: The above description may be truncated / shortened from the original Presented as pertaining to An unknown location on 2009 The pertinent institution was not identified Though there may be such, no people have been identified by the contributor as having been mentioned in the document Media / Image (jpg - [png]; image - document]) File size: 1401610 bytes; Image size (pixels): 2397 wide by 3146 high Available for download with an active subscription on your host's Ancestry tree. Ancestry record number reported as: bd9c7030-9da4-4156-b53d-1f0a306527b1 [S0000300005] Various, Media items collected on Ancestry® family trees: Images of documents [SD], (Various). Your host has graciously offered an image file identified as a document with a title of "Josephine Mary (Vandersteen) Tougas (1927) Story", and has reported details about it as follows: Described as: A single page (61) from a much larger work produced by Robert Dwayne Amiot in 2009. It was as accurate as he was able to make it at the time. Knowledge of the family’s history and its composition have, of course, evolved since it was published. Som NOTE: The above description may be truncated / shortened from the original Presented as pertaining to An unknown location on 2009 The pertinent institution was not identified Though there may be such, no people have been identified by the contributor as having been mentioned in the document Media / Image (jpg - [png]; image - document]) File size: 939455 bytes; Image size (pixels): 2150 wide by 3061 high Available for download with an active subscription on your host's Ancestry tree. Ancestry record number reported as: 34b3b5b4-fd9f-4ac7-bd1d-158a7b6a1674 [S0000300007] Various, Media items collected on Ancestry® family trees: Stories in files [SD], (Various). Your host has offered a data file identified as containing a story with a title of "Emile Delorme (1912) and Aurise Tougas (1920) Family Story", and has reported details about it as follows: Described as: Saint-Pierre-Jolys - Au fils du temps (2005): The Emile Delorme (1912) and Aurise Tougas (1920) Family Story NOTE: The above description may be truncated / shortened from the original Reported as pertaining to Manitoba, Canada, on 2005 File details: [pdf - pdf; story - story] File size: 2419048 bytes; Image size (pixels): 0 wide by 0 high Available for download with an active subscription on your host's Ancestry tree. Ancestry record number reported as: c4ee42bd-279d-4602-8ac0-e8c1b730483c [S0000300005] Various, Media items collected on Ancestry® family trees: Images of documents [SD], (Various). Your host has graciously offered an image file identified as a document with a title of "Obituary - Josephine Mary (Meilleur-Mullen) Vandersteen (1905)", and has reported details about it as follows: Described as: Obituary for Josephine Mary (Meilleur-Mullen) Vandersteen (1905), as published in the Winnipeg Free Press NOTE: The above description may be truncated / shortened from the original Presented as pertaining to Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on 29 Jan 1997 The pertinent institution was not identified Though there may be such, no people have been identified by the contributor as having been mentioned in the document Media / Image (jpg - [png]; image - document]) File size: 394545 bytes; Image size (pixels): 644 wide by 1185 high Available for download with an active subscription on your host's Ancestry tree. Ancestry record number reported as: fa577926-cf05-410c-972d-ccb96701d551 [S0000300001] Various, Media items collected on Ancestry® family trees: Portraits [SD], (Various). Your host has offered a file identified as an image of a portrait with a title of "John Nicholas Vandersteen (1895) and Josephin Mary (Meilleur-Mullen) (1905) - A Family Portrait", and has reported details about it as follows: Described as: John Nicholas Vandersteen (1895) and Josephin Mary (Meilleur-Mullen) (1905) - A Family Portrait NOTE: The above description may be truncated / shortened from the original Published in Fisher Branch, Manitoba, Canada, on Abt. 15 Jul 1951 Media / Image (jpg - [png]; image - [portrait]) File size: 63027 bytes; Image size (pixels): 628 wide by 483 high Available for viewing with an active subscription on your host's Ancestry tree. Ancestry record number reported as: 3965bdda-b88a-45ba-87eb-b90e0e702532 [S0000300006] Various, Media items collected on Ancestry® family trees: Stories as rich text [SD], (Various). Another contributor has offered a story, and has reported details about it as follows: with a title of "John Vandersteen Family Story", and has reported details about it as follows: Described as: From the local history captured in the book "A Place of Our Own - A History of Fisher Branch and surrounding towns" (1982), pp 389 - 396 NOTE: The above description may be truncated / shortened from the original Noted by the author as pertaining to events in Fisher Branch, Manitoba, Canada on 1982 The story has been brought forward to this site as follows: John Nicholas Vandersteen & Josephine Meilleur - October 18, 1923 - married in Fisher Branch by Father Leroux John Nicholas Vandersteen was born in the year 1895, in Utrecht, Holland. He started school when he was seven and went until he was thirteen. For the first couple of years he attended Soesterbergse School, and when his family moved to Soest in 1904, he attended a Catholic boy's school. He had to pay five cents a week for schooling and continued his education until he grade six. Later, to help his family, he worked at landscaping, and in a vegetable garden at home. In the winter of 1910, he planted trees along the streets. He was paid one gulden a day for eight to ten hours of work. A gulden has a Canadian value of thirty-three cents. In May 1913, he came to Canada with some friends. He started work in Holland, Manitoba, on a farm, for fifteen dollars a month for the first month, and twenty-five dollars for the The content is described by the Ancestry service as follows: Content type: story - x-inline Content size: 13233 bytes / characters The full story is available for viewing with an active subscription on your host's Ancestry tree. Ancestry record number reported as: 9e28e7e3-171a-4a2c-88d4-78cc72157d9b [S0000300007] Various, Media items collected on Ancestry® family trees: Stories in files [SD], (Various). Your host has offered a data file identified as containing a story with a title of "A Place of Our Own - A History of Fisher Branch -- Eliodore Tougas Family", and has reported details about it as follows: Described as: A Place of Our Own - A History of Fisher Branch -- the story of the pioneer life of the Eliodore Tougas Family NOTE: The above description may be truncated / shortened from the original Reported as pertaining to Fisher Branch, North Interlake Census Division, Manitoba, Canada, on 1 Jan 1982 File details: [pdf - pdf; story - story] File size: 684529 bytes; Image size (pixels): 0 wide by 0 high Available for download with an active subscription on your host's Ancestry tree. Ancestry record number reported as: 2299e75d-2b28-4be6-a3dc-5a2cdfbda90d [S1502254493] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees (Public and Private), (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.). A contributor has cited material deemed to be pertinent to this story. It is described as "Ancestry Family Tree". [S0000100001] Find a Grave (A subsidiary of Ancestry), Ancestry's Find A Grave Indices / Catalogues, (Find a Grave (A subsidiary of Ancestry)). As noted on the Ancestry.com service in this Records Collection item [S0000100001] Find a Grave (A subsidiary of Ancestry), Ancestry's Find A Grave Indices / Catalogues, (Find a Grave (A subsidiary of Ancestry)). An online memorial for "Honorat Phillip “Harry Honora” Tougas 29 Jun 2001" can be reviewed on the public and free Find a Grave service. It may offer connections to his or her parents, siblings, children, and generations beyond. It may also contain stories that are not documented on your host's tree or this website. [S1563291627] Winnipeg Free Press, Passages Service of the WFP (Web)[SD], (Winnipeg Free Press Located in: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), N/A. A contributor has cited material deemed to be pertinent to this story. It is described as "https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-62089/TOUGAS_HONORA". It was described specifically or transcribed by them as "HONORA (HARRY) PHILLIP TOUGAS, BORN: JUL 01, 1913, DATE OF PASSING: JUN 29, 2001; Peacefully on Friday, June 29, 2001, Harry passed away at the Deer Lodge Centre at the age of 87 years. Harry was reunited with his late son Henry. Honora will be sad".ly missed by his beloved and caring wife Josephine of 55 years; son Roland (Adeline) five daughters, Louise (Gilbert), Rita (Len), Alma (Jeff), Yvonne (Carl) and Julie (Marcel) 20 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Dad/Grandpa was predeceased by his son Henry; his parents; and three sisters, Aurise, Rose and Georgianna. He is survived by his brother Joe (Therese) of Anola, MB, his sister Aurore Gauthier of St. Pierre, MB, and numerous nieces and nephews. Honora was born on July 1, 1913 in Fisher Branch, MB. Always a hard worker, Dad finally retired at the age of 67. Dad had various hobbies, all of which involved making things for his children and grandchildren, and playing cards with friends and family. Dad always used to say that the whole country took the day off to celebrate "HIS" birthday. The family would like to thank the wonderful, compassionate staff of 4E at the Deer Lodge Centre and a special thank you to family and friends for the love, support, and encouragement over the years. "Death only comes to let us know, We love more deeply than we show. But love in death should let us see, What love in life should always be." In keeping with his wishes, cremation has taken place. Funeral services to be held July 4 at 2:00 p.m. at Glen Lawn Funeral Home, 455 Lagimodiere Blvd. (south of the Royal Canadian Mint). In lieu of flowers, donations in Harrys memory may be made to the Sunshine Fund, 194-A Sherbrook St., Winnipeg, MB R3C 2B6. Arrangements entrusted to: GLEN LAWN FUNERAL HOME -- As published in the Winnipeg Free Press on Jul 3, 2001 Reported as having been published or sourced on or about 2001/07/03. The information was at the time and may yet be available here, on an Internet service, access to which may or may not also be subject to a subscription.