The young Philomène
Source: Collection Maison LePailleur
In 1856, at the young age of 16, Philomène Dalton got married in Chateauguay to the notary Alfred-Narcisse LePailleur. The couple settled there and it is there that they started their family.
In addition to their ten or so children, the couple adopted their nephew Joseph Wilbrod Chauvin after his mother, Philomène’s sister, passed away.
Philomène died in 1916, she was 76 years old.