A Woman of Valour
The Biography of Marie-Louise Bouchard Labelle
Distributed for Athabasca University Press
A Woman of Valour
The Biography of Marie-Louise Bouchard Labelle
255 pages | © 2010
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Preface
Family Trees
Family of Georgianne Tremblay and her two spouses
Family of Marie-Louise Bouchard Labelle and Joseph Ray
Prologue
CHAPTER ONE: From Les Escoumins to Hanmer (1891–1906)
Marie-Louise Bouchard
Marie-Louise Labelle
Arrival in Hanmer
Life of Hanmer’s First Settlers
Marie-Louise’s Education
Primary School
Tough Love
And What of the Future?
Spiritual Life in the Hamlet
CHAPTER TWO: The New Arrival (1858–1906)
Father Joseph A. Roy
The Francophone Catholic Clergy in the Canadian West
Wolseley, Saskatchewan
Vernon, British Columbia
Hanmer, Ontario (August 1906)
First Meeting with Marie-Louise
CHAPTER THREE: The Turning Point (1906–1916)
Regular Meetings with Marie-Louise
Presbytery Maid?
Against All Comers
Flight
Impact of Their Departure
CHAPTER FOUR: Family Life (1916–1928)
New Identities
Ottawa
Rideau Park (May 1917)
Life as a Couple
Daily Life
Intellectual Life
Spiritual Life
First Return to Hanmer (November 1920)
Birth of Lorne
1921–1926
Gertrude’s First Communion
Facing Facts
Synchronicity
The Big Decision (1928)
CHAPTER FIVE: “Widow” with Three Children (1928–1935)
Heartbreak
Unexpected Visits
Living Day to Day
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