Guillaume Napoleon Moncel

Notes:

From THE FRENCH QUARTER by Ron Graham: P 158

"Guillaume was born in Griffintown, the notorious shantytown between the river and the railway tracks of Montreal. He was the ninth of eleven children and the third son of an illiterate shoemaker named Pierre Moncel (sometimes Moncell, Monsel or even Leure' as a variation on the origional name of Pierre's grandfather Charles Leret, the soldier who had come to New France shortly before the British conquest).
"My great- grandfather had picked up some education from the priests, some English from the Irish kids, and went to work sweeping floors in a bank.. He was listed as a clerk when he was twenty-seven and asked for the hand of Alphonsine Fauteux. They were married at Notre-Dame on January 10, 1871, fifty-one years to the day after Guilliame's own parents were married there."
With the help of his in-laws and their family connections, Guilliame was eventually appointed to the board of the bank where he once swept floors. He held esteemed positions on many boards and organizations, and eventually became truly wealthy through real estate holdings in the old Montreal area. In addition to his own children he cared for his wife's widowed sister, the sister's daughter and grandaughter.
Guilliame and Alphonsine had seven children in all - five surviving to adulthood, and two children who died in their youth - a boy who was killed in a freak fall in a haystack, and a girl who succumed to pneumonia.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Birth:
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Guillaume married Alphonsine Fauteux on 10 Jan 1871 in Montreal, , Québec, Canada. Alphonsine (daughter of Louis-Gonzague Fauteux and Hermine Leduc) was born about 1852; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Guillaume and Alphonsine were married in the Notre Dame Cathedral.

1. Alphonsine Moncel was born about 1871; and died.
2. Guillaume Moncel was born about 1876; and died.
3. Charles Moncel was born about 1877; and died.
4. Rene' Edouard Moncel was born in 1880; died in 1958.
5. Cocoune Beatrice Moncel was born about 1882; and died.
6. Moncel was born about 1884; and died.
7. Moncel was born about 1886; and died.