Descendants of Philippe Diel and Marie Anquetin

Philippe¹, Charles², Charles³, Eustache⁴, Amable⁵, Amable⁶, Louis Daniel⁷

According to his death certificate, Louis Daniel Guiel was the son of Amable Guiel and Euphrosine Brunette and was born on 21 MAY 1843 in St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada. He came to the United States in 1861 and settled in Holyoke, Massachusetts where he married Rose Delima L'Homme dit D'Artois on 26 SEP 1871 in Precious Blood Church. She was born 14 FEB 1851, Marieville, Quebec, the daughter of Joseph L'Homme dit Artois and Rosalie Vien. Their marriage certificate says Louis' father was Alphonse Amos Guiel and his mother, Euphrosine Brunet. They had one son, Louis Uldege Exarias before Rose Delima's death.

Burial record of Rose Delima Artois:

St. Mathias / Notre Dame de Bonsecour, Rouville, Quebec. Recorded at St. Hyacinthe

Le vingt-deux février mille huit cent soixante dix neuf nous pretre curé soussigné avons inhumé dans le cimetière de cette paroisse le corps de Rose Delima Artois décédée la surveille à l'âge de vingt-huit ans, épouse de Louis Guel, cultivateur de le paroisse de St Mathias. Présents à la l'inhumation Honoré Dominique, Alfred Demers, Henri Lussier, et un grand nombre d'autres dont les uns ont signé et les autres ont déclaré ne le savoir faire.

				Toussaint Lavalleé
				Alfred Demers
				Henri Lussier
				Leopold Premont		L.A. Borque, Ptr Curé

TRANSLATION

On 22 FEB 1879, we, priest undersigned, have buried in the cemetery of this parish the body of Rose Delima Artois dead two days before at the age of 28, wife of Louis Guel, cultivator of the Parish of Saint Mathias. Present at the burial were Honoré Dominique, Alfred Demers, Henri Lussier and a great number of others of which some signed and others declared not knowing how.

Louis apparently was not present at the burial.

Louis Daniel Guiel's birth record from Notre Dame du Rosaire Parish, St. Hyacinthe, Quebec:

Le vingt mai mille huit cents quarante-trois, nous, prêtre sousigné, nous baptisons Louis, né aujourd'hui du mariage legitime de Amable Guaile, menuisier, et de Euphrosine Brunette de cette paroisse. Parrain Louis Daniel, marraine Barbe? (not sure) Brodeur, qui ne savent pas signer.

							 L. Turcot   Prêtre

The twenty May one thousand eight hundred forty-three, we, undersigned parish priest, baptize Louis born today of the legitimate marriage of Amable Guaile, carpenter, and of Euphrosine Brunette of this parish. Godfather Louis Daniel, godmother (? Barbe ?) Brodeur, who do not know how to sign.

The family name here was spelled Guaile at the whim of the parish priest.
Louis Daniel Guiel (Guaile) was named after his godfather Louis Daniel. Was Louis the father of Captain Louis Daniels, Jr.?
A Louis Daniel also married an Ursule Brunette. Did Amable and Louis marry sisters?

Louis Daniel Guiel arrived in the US from Canada in 1861 according to the 1900 census. A hand-me-down story says he worked for a time as a baker making hard tack for the Union troops. He is listed in the 1876 Holyoke, Mass. city directory as Louis Gill, "wire puller" for Prentiss Wire living at 15 Fountain St. He is still working at Prentiss in 1882, but the directory lists his address and that of Eusebe Chagnon, his father-in-law, as 13 West Street. There was also listed a Napolean Gill, blacksmith for Lyman Mills. Napolean may or may not have been a relative; but previously, in Canada, there were blacksmiths in the family.

Louis married Mary Melanie Edwidge Chagnon on 10 NOV 1879, shortly after Rose Delima died, and had two or three children in Holyoke before moving to a farm on Potwine Lane in Amherst, Massachusetts. They had eight more children, the last, Viola Emma, being born in 1901. Those born in Amherst were baptized there in St. Brigid's Church. The Amherst directory of 1908 has them still living there, but the 1910 Federal Census has them living on another farm in Granby, MA where they lived until 1919. They raised a total of eleven children including Rose Delima's son, Louis Uldege Exarias. Their marriage is recorded in Holyoke city records as Lewis Gill to Douilda Chegnon.

The 1920 U.S. Census lists Louis Daniel as head of household on Hadley Street, South Hadley, MA where he died shortly after on 26 AUG 1920. He is buried in Notre Dame Cemetery in South Hadley. Mary Melanie Edwedge Chagnon died in South Hadley in 1941 and is also buried in Notre Dame Cemetery.

The Amherst Directory for 1906 gives this information:

Guiel, Arthur D., laborer, boards L. D. Guiel
Delia, bds L. D. Guiel, Potwine Lane
Henry, laborer, bds L. D. Guiel
Lena bds L. D. Guiel, Potwine Lane

Children of Louis Daniel Guiel and Rose Delima D'Artois

• Louis Uldege Exarias

  (07 AUG 1874 - 17 MAY 1947)
  Son of Rose Delima D'Artois.
  Born and died in Holyoke.
  Married Emma Pin.
  Buried in Precious Blood Cemetery, South Hadley, Ma
  They had: Rhea, Nolia, Roland, Conrad, and Gerald.

  His WWI draft registration card has this information:

  occupation: self-employed electrician
  description: Tall, brown eyes, black hair, medium build.
  next of kin: Exilda Guiel (wife)

Children of Louis Daniel Guiel and Mary Melanie Edwege Chagnon

1. Arthur Daniel

   (08 JUL 1880 - 26 MAY 1919)
   Born in Holyoke died in Granby.
   Attended Massachusetts Agricultural College 1905
   Never married.
   Buried in Notre Dame Cemetery, South Hadley, MA.

2. Henry Joseph

   (26 AUG 1882 - 15 MAR 1965)
   Born and died in Holyoke.
   Lived in Holyoke, Amherst, Granby, and South Hadley.
   He was at various times a farmer, carpenter, and building contractor.
   Attended Massachusetts Agricultural College 1907
   Married to Flora St. Germain on 24 JUN 1918,
   and to Julia ---- on 01 JUL 1925.
   Buried in Notre Dame Cemetery, South Hadley

3. Delia Roseanna

   (31 OCT 1884 - ????)
   Married Walter Whitaker 02 JUL 1907

4. Mary Lena

   (19 AUG 1887 - ????)
   Married Frederick Nightingale 30 APR 1909

5. Delena Ann

   23 MAR 1889 -
   Married Rene Isabelle 23 SEP 1912.
   Married Frank Corey ?? ??? 194?
   Operated South Hadley, MA Town Farm for many years.
   Buried in Notre Dame Cemetery, South Hadley

6. William Joseph George

   16 DEC 1890 - 12 NOV 1965
   Married Louisiana Defayette 16 APR 1917

7. George Euclide

   (20 JUL 1892 - 01 MAR 1982)
   Married Marie Fournier 30 AUG 1927

8. Leon Amas

   (14 DEC 1894 - 01 FEB 1966)
   Married Nora Beaudry 23 OCT 1916

9. Eugene Victor

   (01 APR 1897 - 01 DEC 1967)
   Army veteran of World War 1, served in France with Battery F, 12th Field Artillery, 2nd Division
   from JAN 1918 - AUG 1919.
   Married (1) Serella Beaudry
   Married (2) Lillian Beaudry
   
   Eugene and Serella had six daughters: Elaine, Joan, Vivian, Jeannie, Alice and Lorraine.

10. Viola Emma

    (30 JAN 1901 - ????)
    Married Newman Henry

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