| Photos
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 | Florence Gravelle as a young girl
Somebody visiting the farm took this picture... I wish I knew who it was! My mother appears to be about five years old. |
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| Jasper & Florence Gravelle 1925
My mother, Florence Gravelle, age 4 with her father Jasper Gravelle, age 25. |
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| 4th Avenue Baptist Church
Oscar & Florence Lafrance's Church 1960 - 1992 |
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| Florence Gravelle-Lafrance
Tending to the burn barrel at the family cottage in Otter Lake Quebec. |
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| Full Immersion Baptism
Behind the French Baptist Church in Otter Lake the land slopes down to Farm Lake's shore. My grandmother is absent as she is tending to her infant son. The man holding the blonde girl is my grandfather holding my mother, Florence, age 3. The lady in front of him is my GGrandmother Flavie Leblanc. The minister officiating is Rev. G. McPhail. |
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| Hazel, Mrs. Emard, Florence
During winter months, Florence & Hazel would often room & board at the pastor's home while attending school. |
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| Otter Lake - French Baptist Church
Otter Lake Baptist Church: The Grande-Ligne Mission of Montreal built the present Baptist Church in 1920. It was then called The French Baptist Church. This has changed in the past few years, and the church as we know it now is under the leadership of the English Mission (1973). Previous to the erection of this building in the village, an old… |
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| Oscar Flo Marriage License
French document handwritten by Emile A. Masse, pasteur |
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| French Baptist Church - Hull, Quebec
Mom and dad lived in an apartment in the back of the church. Mom talked about water being frozen in the basin when they would get up in the morning, so it lacked a lot of comforts we now take for granted. However, the rent was affordable and it was close to Canada Packers. I believe this church burned down. In 1947, dad was building a home in… |
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| Joseph Oscar Narcisse Lafrance & Florence Beryl Gravelle
Father & Mother |
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| Lafrance-Gravelle Marriage Announcement Ottawa Citizen
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1920 - 1992 (71 ans)
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