Joseph Pigeon family members
Rear, from l.: Marie Anna Pigeon (Ernest’s second wife), Maria Strangward (daughter of Ernest and his first wife Adélina Cadieux), her child Harry Strangward and husband William Henry Strangward. Front, from l.: Pierre F.-X. Ernest “Peter” Pigeon, Clarence Pigeon (son of Ernest and Marie Anna), patriarch Joseph Pigeon holding Ruth Strangward. Source: Stephanie Strangward
Ernest was the eldest of the children of Joseph and Josephte Arthurine “Athénaïse” née Blain.
Some French was spoken in the family, and an elderly Marie Anna was known to everyone in Clinton as “Mémère” – “Granny” in French.