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Albani/Albenie Joseph Violette

Albani/Albenie Joseph Violette

Male 1873 - 1928  (54 years)

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  • Name Albani/Albenie Joseph Violette 
    Birth 6 Oct 1873  St. Leonard-Parent, NB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 24 Apr 1928  St. Leonard, NB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID P2846  Violette Family
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2023 

    Father Germain Violette,   b. 9 Apr 1836, St. Basile, NB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1904, St. Leonard-Parent, NB Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Sarah Levasseur,   b. 3 Jan 1841, Van Buren, Aroostook, ME Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1918, St. Leonard-Parent, Madawaska, NB Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 17 Jul 1860  St Bruno, Van Buren, ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • DOM: Genealogies of the Catholic Families of Maine, New Brunswick and the Province of Quebec incorrectly lists his parents as Louis Violette & Suzanne Thibodeau, Langlois marr. records Violette pg. 139
    Family ID F1608  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Memoree Annie (Mamery) Akerley,   b. 15 Sep 1874, St. Leonard-Parent, NB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1937, St. Leonard, NB Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 16 Apr 1894  St. Leonard-Parent, NB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • DOM: Genealogies of the Catholic Families of Maine, New Brunswick, and the Province of Quebec
    Children 
     1. Marie Esther Violette,   b. 23 Sep 1894, St. Leonard-Parent, NB Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Georges Leonard Violette,   b. 4 Jan 1896, St. Leonard-Parent, NB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1980, St. Leonard, NB Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     3. Francois Emile Violette,   b. 29 Jan 1897, St. Leonard-Parent, NB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1970, Portland, ME Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     4. Fred Henri Violette,   b. 4 Apr 1898, St. Leonard-Parent, NB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1965 (Age < 66 years)
     5. Marie Blanche Helene Violette,   b. 11 May 1899, St. Leonard-Parent, NB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Aug 1977, St. Leonard, NB Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     6. Elie Romeo Violette,   b. 3 Jul 1900, St. Leonard-Parent, NB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jul 1900, St. Leonard-Parent, NB Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     7. Edna Violette,   b. 6 Sep 1901, St. Leonard, NB Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Charles Dollard Violette,   b. 1 Nov 1902, St. Leonard-Parent, NB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jun 1970, Lewiston, ME Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     9. George Arthur Violette,   b. 31 Jan 1904, St. Leonard-Parent, NB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Aug 1904, St. Leonard-Parent, NB Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     10. Marie Gertrude Violette,   b. 28 Apr 1905, St. Leonard-Parent, NB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 1954, St. Leonard, NB Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
     11. Albert Lorenzo Violette,   b. 5 Jun 1906, St. Leonard-Parent, NB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1906, St. Leonard-Parent, NB Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     12. Anne Irene Violette,   b. 5 Aug 1907, St. Leonard-Parent, NB Find all individuals with events at this location
     13. Myrtle Eva Lily Violette,   b. 3 Dec 1908, St. Leonard-Parent, NB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1981, St. Leonard, NB Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     14. Gerald Albert Violette,   b. 15 Jan 1910, St. Leonard-Parent, NB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 1984, St. Helens, OR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F2146  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • DOB: Lippe pg 107 & Poitras: St. Leonard-Parent birth records pg 163
      DOD & burial: New Brunswick Provincial Death Certificate
      His name is Joseph, Albani Violette on his marriage certificate.
      Also known as the infamous "Joe Walnut". Albenie was a Hotel owner, see When Rum was King by B. J. Grant, Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1984. He was the owner of Hotel Violette which burned in 1914. He then bought Hotel Bellefleur and called it Brunswick. He owned the Hammond Hotel in Van Buren, Maine. He was also owner of a brickyard, a mill, the Saint-Léonard Woodworking Factory and the Imperial Oil garage in addition to having a Ford dealership. He had a house and properties in West Palm Beach, Florida and took trips to Europe, the two Americas and the West Indies. He owned several hunting and fishing camps in Quebec, New Brunswick and Maine, but his favorite was the Summit near Juniper, New Brunswick. He was an importer, among others, of Cuban cigars and silks. He owned a yacht and several ships of which the Oaklee and the schooner Grace and Lou were used to transport merchandise from the Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Islands or Jamaica.
      Errata 154g) correct name to Albani Joseph