Olive Gratton's link to her ancestor, Claude-Jacque Gratton
and to Olindo Gratton, the "family" sculptor

Generation No. 1

1.  CLAUDE-JACQUES2 GRATON  (PIERRE1) was born Abt. 1618 in Audigny, Vendee, Poitou, France, and died Bef. October 04, 1697 in Beauport, Quebec.  He married MARGUERITE MONCION Abt. 1654 in Audigny, Vendee, Poitou, France.  She died June 09, 1674 in Beauport, Quebec.
          
Children of CLAUDE-JACQUES GRATON and MARGUERITE MONCION are:
2.       i. JOSEPH3 GRATON, b. July 05, 1672, Beauport, QC; d. April 04, 1703, St Francois,  Ile Jesus, QC
         ii. HELENE GRATON, m. NOEL COTÉ, Abt. 1673, Beauport, QC.

Generation No. 2

2.  JOSEPH3 GRATON (CLAUDE-JACQUES2, PIERRE1) was born July 05, 1672 in Beauport, Quebec, and died April 04, 1703 in St Francois, Ile Jesus, Quebec.  He married ANNE PERRON October 04, 1697 in L'Ange Gardien, Lachine, Quebec, daughter of DANIEL PERRON and LOUISE GARGOTTINE.  She was born March 19, 1675/76 in L'Ange Gardien, Lachine, Quebec.
          
Children of JOSEPH GRATON and ANNE PERRON are:
3.       i. JOSEPH4 GRATON.
          ii. MARIE-DOROTHEE GRATON.

Generation No. 3

3.  JOSEPH4 GRATON (JOSEPH3, CLAUDE-JACQUES2, PIERRE1)  He married MARGUERITE FILION February 11, 1719/20 in St Francois de Sales, Quebec, daughter of MICHEL FILION and MARGUERITE GOULET. 
          
Children of JOSEPH GRATON and MARGUERITE FILION are:
4.       i. ANDRÉ5 GRATON, b. Abt. 1728.
          ii. LOUIS GRATON, m. JUDITH CHARTRAN, February 21, 1757, St Vincent-Paul, Montreal, QC.

Generation No. 4

4.  ANDRÉ5 GRATON (JOSEPH4, JOSEPH3, CLAUDE-JACQUES2, PIERRE1) was born Abt. 1728.  He married FRANCOISE BELANGER January 20, 1755 in St Vincent-Paul, Montreal, QC. 
          
Children of ANDRÉ GRATON and FRANCOISE BELANGER are:
5.       i. JOSEPH6 GRATON, d. November 29, 1842, Ste Thérèse de Blainville, QC.
6.       ii. ANDRÉ GRATON, b. Abt. 1758; d. June 16, 1812, Ste Thérèse de Blainville, QC.
7.       iii. LOUIS GRATON.
          iv. MARIE GRATON, b. 1772.
8.       v. MARTIN GRATON.
André and Louis above both, at one time, owned the Graton house in St Estache which is still standing today. The building of a house, a barn etc was usually a family affair, so it is probably safe to presume that Joseph, their brother, the grandfather of Olve Graton helped in its construction.

Generation No. 5

5.  JOSEPH6 GRATON (ANDRÉ5, JOSEPH4, JOSEPH3, CLAUDE-JACQUES2, PIERRE1) died November 29, 1842 in Ste Thérèse de Blainville, Quebec.  He married MARIE LABELLE October 05, 1778 in St Eustache, QC. 
          
Children of JOSEPH GRATON and MARIE LABELLE are:
9.       i. FRANCOIS7 GRATON, b. 1785; d. December 11, 1860, Ste Thérèse, QC.
          ii. CÉCILE GRATON, b. Abt. March 03, 1794, Ste Thérèse, QC; d. March 15, 1794, Ste Thérèse, QC.
         iii. MARGUERITE GRATON, b. September 1790, Ste Thérèse, QC; d. July 07, 1791, Ste Thérèse, QC.
10.     iv. JOSEPH GRATON, b. 1781; d. August 14, 1855, Ste Thérèse, QC.

6.  ANDRÉ6 GRATON (ANDRÉ5, JOSEPH4, JOSEPH3, CLAUDE-JACQUES2, PIERRE1) was born Abt. 1758, and died June 16, 1812 in Ste Thérèse de Blainville, Quebec.  He married THÉRÈSE MAISONNEUVE January 28, 1782 in St Francois de Sales, Quebec, daughter of FRANCOIS MAISONNEUVE and CÉCILE FILIATRAULT. 
Francois Maisonneuve mentioned here is responsible for building the flour mill in St Eustache.  The Legaré mill was built in 1762 and is the oldest functioning water-operated mill in Canada.
          
Children of ANDRÉ GRATON and THÉRÈSE MAISONNEUVE are:
          i. ANDRÉ7 GRATON, b. Abt. May 1794, Ste Thérèse, QC; d. May 13,1795, Ste Thérèse, QC.
          ii. FLAVIE GRATON, b. Abt. January 06, 1791, Ste Thérèse, QC; d. April 21, 1791, Ste Thérèse, QC.
          iii. FRANCOIS GRATON, b. January 1796, Ste Thérèse, QC; d. July 05, 1796, Ste Thérèse, QC.
          iv. JOSEPH-ALEXIS GRATON, b. February 1803, Ste Thérèse, QC.
          v. MARIE-SOPHIE GRATON, b. December 1804, Ste Thérèse, QC.
          vi. MARIE-THÉRÈSE GRATON, b. May 1800, Ste Thérèse, QC; d.June 01, 1800, Ste Thérèse, QC.
          vii. THÉRÈSE GRATON, b. 1789; d. April 16, 1791, Ste Thérèse, QC.
          viii. JOSEPH GRATON, b. Abt. 1780; m. MARIE-ANNE PRESSEAU, April 16, 1804, St Eustache, QC.
       ix. MERCIER GRATON, m. MARGUERITE MATHE, February 14, 1814, St Eustache,QC.

7.  LOUIS6 GRATON (ANDRÉ5, JOSEPH4, JOSEPH3, CLAUDE-JACQUES2, PIERRE1)  He married (1) CÉCILE MAISONNEUVE February 01, 1785 in St Eustache, Quebec, daughter of FRANCOIS MAISONNEUVE and CÉCILE FILIATRAULT.  He married (2) CATHERINE BOUFARD January 31, 1803 in St Eustache, Quebec. 
          
Child of LOUIS GRATON and CÉCILE MAISONNEUVE is:
           i. MARIE-THÉRÈSE7 GRATON, b. June 1801; d. July 21, 1801, Ste Thérèse, QC.

8.  MARTIN6 GRATON (ANDRÉ5, JOSEPH4, JOSEPH3, CLAUDE-JACQUES2, PIERRE1)  He married ARCHANGE ROBIN February 01, 1796 in Terrebonne, QC. 
          
Child of MARTIN GRATON and ARCHANGE ROBIN is:
11.     i. FRANCOIS-XAVIER7 GRATON.

Generation No. 6

9.  FRANCOIS7 GRATON (JOSEPH6, ANDRÉ5, JOSEPH4, JOSEPH3, CLAUDE-JACQUES2, PIERRE1) was born 1785, and died December 11, 1860 in Ste Thérèse de Blainville, Quebec.  He married (1) CLÉMENCE SÉQUIN October 19, 1807 in Ste Therese de Blainville, Quebec.   He married (2) PAULYNE DESJARDINS February 18, 1833 in Ste Therese de Blainville, Quebec. 
          
Children of FRANCOIS GRATON and CLÉMENCE SÉQUIN are:
          i . JULIE8 GRATON, m. NAZAIRE FILION, February 06, 1837, St Eustache, QC; b. Abt. 1815, St Eustache, QC; d. December 14, 1837, St Eustache, QC.
          ii. ADÈLE GRATON, b. Abt. February 1826, Ste Thérèse, QC; d. April 18, 1826, Ste Thérèse, QC.
          iii. ANTOINE GRATON, b. October 1813, Ste Thérèse, QC; d. October 29, 1813, Ste Thérèse, QC.
          iv. EDOUARD GRATON, b. March 1828, Ste Thérèse, QC; d. April 12,1828, Ste Thérèse, QC.
          v. EMÉLIE GRATON, b. January 1830, Ste Thérèse, QC; d. June 23,1830, Ste Thérèse, QC.
          vi. JOSEPH GRATON, b. June 1817, Ste Thérèse, QC; d. September 16, 1817, Ste Thérèse, QC.
          vii. JOSEPH GRATON, b. May 1818, Ste Thérèse, QC; d. June 26,1818, Ste Thérèse, QC.
          viii. JOSEPH-ISODORE GRATON, b. April 1811, Ste Thérèse, QC; d.June 29, 1811, Ste Thérèse, QC.
          ix. MARIE-ANNE GRATON, d. September 01, 1819, Ste Thérèse, QC.
          x. VENANT GRATON, b. March 1823, Ste Thérèse, QC; d. June 28,823, Ste Thérèse, QC.
          
Children of FRANCOIS GRATON and PAULYNE DESJARDINS are:
          xi. AUSTRASIE8 GRATON, b. June 1835, Ste Thérèse, QC; d. August 08, 1835, Ste Thérèse, QC.
          xii. PASCAL GRATON, b. Abt. 1837; d. February 28, 1849, Ste Thérèse,QC.

10.  JOSEPH7 GRATON (JOSEPH6, ANDRÉ5, JOSEPH4, JOSEPH3, CLAUDE-JACQUES2, PIERRE1) was born 1781, and died August 14, 1855 in Ste Thérèse de Blainville, Quebec.  He married JOSEPHTE FORTIER November 08, 1802 in St Eustache, Quebec, daughter of LÉONARD FORTIER and MARIE-MADELEINE CHEVAL. 
          
Children of JOSEPH GRATON and JOSEPHTE FORTIER are:
12.     i. AUGUSTIN8 GRATON.
          ii. CHARLES GRATON, m. SOPHIE D'AOUST, November 08, 1841, St Eustache, QC; b. Abt. 1820; d. September 01, 1886, St Albert, Russell County, Ontario.
           iii. MARIE-JOSEPHTE GRATON, b. Abt. 1809, St Eustache, Quebec; d. September 10, 1825, St Eustache, QC.
           iv. GENEVIÈVE GRATON, b. 1817, Ste Thérèse, QC; d. June 14,1821, Ste Thérèse, QC.
13.     v. OLIVE GRATON, b. January 11, 1825, St Eustache, Quebec; d. Abt. 1895.
          vi. HENRIETTE GRATON, b. December 17, 1827, St Eustache, QC.

11.  FRANCOIS-XAVIER7 GRATON (MARTIN6, ANDRÉ5, JOSEPH4, JOSEPH3, CLAUDE-JACQUES2, PIERRE1)  He married ROSE-HORTENSE FILIATRAULT July 17, 1837 in Ste Rose, Quebec. 
          
Child of FRANCOIS-XAVIER GRATON and ROSE-HORTENSE FILIATRAULT is:
          i. JOSEPH-OLINDO8 GRATON, b. November 23, 1855, Ste Thérèse,QC.
Olindo Graton was a famous Quebec sculptor. He did many religious works found in various churches in Montreal.  We are related to Olindo. The great-grandfather of Olive Graton ( married to Augustin 2 in 1867)  was André. Olindo shared the same great-grandfather.

Generation No. 7

12.  AUGUSTIN8 GRATON (JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, ANDRÉ5, JOSEPH4, JOSEPH3, CLAUDE-JACQUES2, PIERRE1)  He married MARGUERITE D'AOUST July 06, 1835 in Ste Therese de Blainville, Quebec, daughter of JEAN-BAPTISTE D'AOUST and LUCIE GERMAIN. 
          
Children of AUGUSTIN GRATON and MARGUERITE D'AOUST are:
           i. DÉLIMA9 GRATON, b. June 05, 1840, St Augustin, Deux Montagnes, QC.
           ii. EMILIE GRATON, b. December 17, 1841, St Augustin, Deux Montagnes, QC.

13.  OLIVE8 GRATON (JOSEPH7, JOSEPH6, ANDRÉ5, JOSEPH4, JOSEPH3, CLAUDE-JACQUES2, PIERRE1) was born January 11, 1825 in St Eustache, Quebec, and died Abt. 1895.  She married AUGUSTIN D'AOUST September 19, 1842 in Ste Therese, Quebec, son of AUGUSTIN D'AOUST and MARIE-LOUISE CHARBONNEAU.  He was born October 17, 1822 in St Eustache, QC, and died Abt. 1893.
          
Children of OLIVE GRATON and AUGUSTIN D'AOUST are:
         i. CELINA9 D'AOUST, b. July 26, 1843, St Augustin, Deux Montagnes, QC; d. Abt.1925; m. THEODULE HUBERT, January 28,1867, St Augustin Parish, Diocese of Montreal; b. Abt. 1845.
14.     ii. EMERY D'AOUST, b. May 23, 1845, St Augustin, Deux Montagnes, QC; d. Abt.1905.
15.     iii. AUGUSTIN D'AOUST, b. March 29, 1847, St Augustin, Deux Montagnes, QC; d. September 08, 1915, Sturgeon Falls, ON.
          iv. EDESSE D'AOUST, b. July 05, 1849, St Augustin, Deux Montagnes, QC; d.  Abt. 1930; m. OLIVIER RICHER, January 24, 1870, St Augustin Parish, Deux Montagnes, Diocese of Montreal; b. Abt. 1845; d. Abt. 1925.
          v. AGNES D'AOUST, b. May 19, 1851, St Augustin, Deux Montagnes, QC; m.JOSEPH GRIGNON, June 01, 1868, St Augustin, QC.
          vi. HERMENEGILDE D'AOUST, b. January 15, 1853, St Augustin, Deux Montagnes, QC; d. Abt. 1925; m. GEORGINA RENAUD,             July 22, 1872, St Eustache Parish, St Eustache, QC; b. Abt. 1852; d. Abt. 1925.
16.     vii. NAPOLEON D'AOUST, b. February 09, 1855, St Augustin, Deux Montagnes, QC.
17.     viii.MARIE ELMINA (ELMIRE) D'AOUST, b. November 12, 1856, St Augustin, Deux Montagnes, Quebec; d. Abt. 1932.
          ix. CORDILIA D'AOUST, b. December 07, 1857, St Augustin, Deux Montagnes,QC; d. Abt. 1925; m. ERNEST BOURGEOIS,                      August 27, 1874, Saint Jacques, Embrun, Ontario; b. Abt. 1853; d. Abt. 1920.
          x. EXILIA ZOEL D'AOUST, b. July 05, 1860, St Augustin, Deux Montagnes, QC; d. Abt. 1925.
18.     xi. JOSEPH D'AOUST, b. September 13, 1862, St Augustin, Deux Montagnes, QC.
          xii. MARIE-OLIVE D'AOUST, b. August 26, 1864, St Augustin, Deux Montagnes, QC; d. Abt. 1944.
          xiii. OLIVE D'AOUST, b. August 26, 1864, St Augustin, Deux Montagnes, QC; d. Abt. 1941; m. ANATOLE ARCHAMBAULT,                     January 08, 1883, St Jacques, Embrun, Ontario; b. Abt. 1862; d. Abt. 1938.
          xiv. AZILDA D'AOUST, b. November 16, 1867, St Augustin, Deux Montagnes, QC; d. Abt. 1943; m. (1) MOISE ST ONGE, August 31, 1885, St Jacques, Embrun, ON; b. Abt. 1862; d. Abt. 1890; m. (2) VALANCE PILON, January 10, 1892,Clarence Greek, ON; b.Abt. 1865; d. Abt. 1945.