SIXTH GENERATION

44. Nyzaire (Isaie) ST.JEAN was born on 15 Nov 1840 in Canada. (From tombstone inscription, St. Francis Catholic cemetary, St. Francis, Maine.) He appeared on the census in 1870 in Allagash (on upper St. John above St. Francis), Maine. ⁽¹⁴¹⁾ Listed as Nazaire St. John, age 34, born in Maine, living with wife Christie (31) and children Sophia (10) and Christie (7). He appeared on the census in 1880 in Township 17, Range 11, Aroostook, Maine. ⁽¹⁴²⁾ Listed as Nazaire St. John, age 36, farmer, couldn't read or write, born in Canada; living with wife Christa, 31 and children Ester, 16, Sophia, 14, George, 12, Nazaire, 11, Christine, 9, Louis, 7, and John, 3. He died on 28 Feb 1883. (From tombstone inscription, at St. Francis Catholic cemetary, St. Francis, Maine: "Nizaire St.Jean, le 15 november 1840, le 28 février 1883".) He was buried in Mar 1883 in St. Francis Catholic cemetery, St. Francis, Maine. (Discrepancy between 1870 and 1880 censuses on children; 1870 lists Sophia, age 10, and Christie, age 7; 1880 lists Ester, age 16, Sophia, age 14, George age 12, Nazaire age 11, and Christine age 9 (plus two younger than 10). It is unlikely that Sophia who is ten in 1870 is the same person as Sophia who is 14 in 1880; or that Christie age 7 in 1870 is same person as Christine age 9; also, not clear where were Ester, George and Nazaire, all listed as born before 1870 but not on 1870 census?) He was married to Christine OUELLETTE on 8 Jul 1861 in Frenchville, Maine.⁽³⁰⁾

45. Christine OUELLETTE was born on 23 Feb 1840 in Canada.⁽¹⁴³⁾ (1850 US Census gives age as 10, 1860 says 21; tombstone inscription at St. Francis Catholic cemetery gives birth date 26 February 1839.) She was baptized on 3 Mar 1840 in St-Patrice, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec. She appeared on the census in 1850 in Township 17, Range 9, Aroostook, Maine. ⁽¹⁴⁴⁾ Listed as Christie Willet, age 10, born in Canada, living in parents' household (Amat and Esther). She appeared on the census in 1860 in Township 12, Range 16, Aroostook, Maine.⁽¹⁴⁵⁾ Listed as Christine Ouillett, age 21, living in parents' household (Amable and Esther). She appeared on the census in 1870 in Allagash (on upper St. John above St. Francis), Maine.⁽¹⁴⁶⁾ Listed as Christie St. John, age 31, born in Maine, living in household with husband Nazaire St. John and children Sophia (10) and Christie (7). She appeared on the census in 1880 in Township 17, Range 11, Aroostook, Maine. ⁽¹⁴⁷⁾ Listed as Christa St. John, age 31, born in Maine, living with husband Nazaire and children Ester, Sophia, George, Nazaire, Christine, Louis, and John. (Age was misestimate, off by 9 years, and birthplace too was wrong.) She died on 22 Apr 1918. (From tombstone inscription, St. Francis Catholic cemetary, St. Francis, Maine, buried next to first husband Nyzaire St.Jean: "Christie Ouellette son épouse, le 26 février 1839, le 22 avril 1918".) She was buried in St. Francis Catholic cemetery, St. Francis, Maine. Children were:

i. Esther ST.JOHN was born about 1864 in Maine. ⁽¹⁴⁸⁾ She appeared on the census in 1880 in Township 17, Range 11, Aroostook, Maine.⁽¹⁴⁹⁾ Listed as Ester St. John, age 16, living with her parents (Nazaire and Christa St. John).
ii. Sophia ST.JOHN was born about 1866 in Maine. ⁽¹⁴⁸⁾ She appeared on the census in 1880 in Township 17, Range 11, Aroostook, Maine.⁽¹⁵⁰⁾ Listed as age 14, living with her parents (Nazaire and Christa St. John).
22 iii. George ST.JOHN.
iv. Nazaire ST.JOHN was born about 1869 in Maine. ⁽¹⁴⁸⁾ He appeared on the census in 1880 in Township 17, Range 11, Aroostook, Maine.⁽¹⁵¹⁾ Listed as age 11, living in parents' household (Nazaire and Christa St. John).
v. Christine ST.JOHN was born about 1871 in Maine. ⁽¹⁴⁸⁾
vi. Louis ST.JOHN was born in Jan 1873 in Maine. ⁽¹⁵²⁾ He appeared on the census in 1880 in Township 17, Range 11, Aroostook, Maine.⁽¹⁵³⁾ Listed as age 7, living in his parents' household (Nazaire and Christa St. John). He appeared on the census in 1900 in Fort Kent, Maine.⁽¹⁵⁴⁾ Listed as Louis St. John, born Jan 1873 in Maine, 26 years old, married 4 years, day laborer, couldn't read or write, spoke English, living in household with wife Susan (26) and daughter Mary, age 2. He appeared on the census in 1920 in St. John Plantation, Aroostook, Maine. ⁽¹⁵⁵⁾ Listed as Louis St. John, age 46, owned own home, couldn't read or write, mother tongue was English, parents' mother tongue was French, farm laborer (reference to farm schedule no.31), living in household with wife Suzie (45), and children Marsey (son, 21), Annie (18), Joe (13), Susie (12), Mable (10), Laurette (8), Romeo (6), Henry (4), and Esther (2). He was a farmer.
vii. Théodule Alphonse (T.A.) ST.JOHN⁽¹⁵⁶⁾ was born about 1877 in Castonguay Settlement, Aroostook, Maine. ⁽¹⁴⁸⁾ He appeared on the census in 1880 in Township 17, Range 11, Aroostook, Maine.⁽¹⁵⁷⁾ Listed as John St.John, age 3, living with parents (Nazaire and Christa St. John). Jean was his actual first name, listed at his marriage by the priest as Jean-Théodule. Alphonse may have been his confirmation name. He appeared on the census in 1920 in Fort Kent, Maine.⁽¹⁵⁸⁾ Listed as Theodule St.John, 42, owned own home free of mortgage, knew how to read and write, occupation: retail merchant at a general store, employer, living in household with wife Clara (39) and children Anna (14), Angeline (4), and Louis (3), as well as Isaiah Dionne, 23, laborer. He died on 11 Dec 1962 in Fort Kent, Maine. ⁽⁴⁾ He had Social Security Number 005-34-6106. ⁽⁴⁾ He was a merchant in Fort Kent, Maine. "Like his dad, T.A. had to learn to be independent from a young age. He was the youngest of six kids, and life was tough in the Allagash. Isaie died when T.A. was 11-12 years old. None of his older siblings could take him in when Christine remarried a man named Hunter in 1890, and apparently left. T.A. was on his own!! He was raised by the Cunliff family. He worked in the lumber camps from an early age, working as a cook's asistant and working the spring log drives from the top of the Allagash down the Penobscot River, or down the Allagash to the St.John?

"He came to Fort Kent at the age of about 19 and enrolled in the Madawaska Training
School, apparently intending to be a teacher. Something must have happened to derail that dream, for he never finished that program. He married Clara in 1901 and settled in life as a potato farmer, general store owner, and lumber buyer. His estrangement from most of his family must have been tough, even at his wedding his witness was not a St.John but a friend name John Sweeney. For years thereafter, there was very little socializing between our family and most of the other St.Johns (we only ever visited Nellie and Kitty)."

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