Abel Joseph William Lajoie

1905 - 1995  (90 years)

• Name	Abel Joseph William Lajoie
  Birth	27 Feb 1905	Cyr Plantation, ME
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Jun 1995	Van Buren, ME
  Burial	10 Jun 1995	Portsmouth, NH
  Person ID	P7547	Violette Family
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	William Joseph Lajoie,   b. 27 Jun 1870, Edmundston, NB d. 12 Mar 1959, St Basile, NB (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Claudia Agnes Violette,   b. 22 May 1875, Van Buren, ME d. 8 Mar 1926, Van Buren, ME (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	11 Jul 1892	Van Buren, ME
  Notes	DOM: Genealogies of the Catholic Families of Maine, New Brunswick, and the Province of Quebec
  Family ID	F2067	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Marthe Thibodeau,   b. 25 May 1907, St. Leonard-Parent, NB d. 4 Nov 1995, Van Buren, ME (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	8 Nov 1927	Van Buren, ME
  Notes	DOM: Anneleen Lajoie Loughlin
  Children	1. John Abel Lajoie,   b. 21 Sep 1928, Van Buren, ME d. 15 Feb 2022, Van Buren, ME (Age 93 years)   2. Garner A. Lajoie,   b. 1 Nov 1929, Cyr Plantation, ME d. 16 Sep 2020, Frenchville, ME (Age 90 years)   3. Bernard Joseph Lajoie   4. Conrad Daniel Lajoie,   b. 28 Dec 1932, Cyr Plantation, ME d. 22 May 2000, Portsmouth, NH (Age 67 years)   5. Kenneth C. Lajoie,   b. 1935   d. 1935 (Age 0 years)   6. Annieleen Joyce (Anne) Lajoie
  Family ID	F5853	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  DOB: Maine Birth Record, obit has 26 Feb 1905, listed as Alex in the 1910 census Marriage: Lippe pg 337 DOD: Social Security Death Index Abel W. Lajoie, 90, died June 10, 1995, at a Van Buren nursing home. He was born at Cyr Plantation, Feb 26, 1905, the son of William J. and Claudia (Violette) Lajoie. He was employed as a potato farmer in Cyr Plantation until 1940 and then moved to southern Maine where he worked at the Portland Shipyard prior to and during World War II. He then worked as a carpenter for a few years before returning to northern Maine. He relocated to the Portsmouth NH area in 1954 where he lived and worked until his retirement in 1973 as a custodian and carpenter for the City of Portsmouth. He and his wife returned to Van Buren in 1985 where they resided at the Borderview Manor nursing home. He is survived by his wife Annie (Thibodeau) Lajoie of Van Buren; four sons, John A. Lajoie and Garner A. Lajoie both of Van Buren, Bernard W. Lajoie and Conrad D. Lajoie both of Portsmouth, N.H.; one daughter Mrs Bernard (Annieleen) Laughlin of Troy, N.Y.; two sisters Cecile Ouellette of Van Buren and Mrs Albert (Germaine) Tardif of Lewiston; 19 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by a son Kenneth Lajoie in 1935; six brothers, Willie Lajoie, Felix Lajoie, Emile Lajoie, Gilbert Lajoie, Come Lajoie and Wilfred Lajoie; and by three sisters, Azilda Cormier, Anna Martin and Laura Dube. Relatives and friends may call at the Ouellette-Thibault Funeral Home 12 High St Van Buren 2-4 and 7-9 pm Monday and from 9:30 am until time of services on Tuesday. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 am Tuesday at the St Bruno-St Remi Catholic Church. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery Portsmouth NH.