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Elie Odilon Pate
1. Elie Odilon Pate was born on 10 Jan 1854 in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 5 Jul 1932 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Elie married Marie Sabine Samson on 16 Jan 1882 in Holy Guardian Angels, L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada. Marie (daughter of Aime Samson and Celeste Martell) was born on 3 Oct 1857 in L'Ardoise, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America; died on 20 May 1900 in Holy Guardian Angels, L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Isidore P?t?
was born on 21 Sep 1883 in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 5 May 1957 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. - 3. Maxime Pate
was born on 7 Jun 1885 in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 31 Aug 1885 in Holy Guardian Angels, L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada. - 4. Mary Sabine P?t?
was born on 11 Nov 1886 in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; died in 1961 in Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts. - 5. Edouard P?t?
was born on 19 Sep 1888 in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; and died. - 6. Frank Edward P?t?
was born on 14 Oct 1890 in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 10 Jun 1932 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. - 7. James P?t?
was born on 28 Aug 1892 in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; and died. - 8. Maxim Leon P?t?
was born on 27 Sep 1894 in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 15 Nov 1983 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. - 9. Celeste P?t?
was born on 10 Nov 1896 in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 14 Aug 1980 in Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts; was buried in Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts.
- 2. Isidore P?t?
Generation: 2
2. Isidore P?t?
(1.Elie1) was born on 21 Sep 1883 in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 5 May 1957 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Isidore married Sophie Briand on 7 Jan 1908 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Sophie (daughter of Anne Nancy McIsaac) was born on 4 Dec 1886 in L'Ardoise, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 23 Jan 1975. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 10. Isedore Howard Pottie
was born on 13 Oct 1908; was christened on 15 Oct 1908 in St. Mary's, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada; died in 1982 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada. - 11. James Clarence Pottie
was born in 1911 in L'Ardoise West, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; died in 1996 in Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Gate Of Heaven Cemetery, Sackville, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America.
- 10. Isedore Howard Pottie
3. Maxime Pate
(1.Elie1) was born on 7 Jun 1885 in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 31 Aug 1885 in Holy Guardian Angels, L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada. 4. Mary Sabine P?t?
(1.Elie1) was born on 11 Nov 1886 in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; died in 1961 in Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts. Mary married Matthew McDonald P?t? on 26 Dec 1915 in Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts. Matthew (son of William Pate and Victoire Morvan) was born on 18 Jan 1886 in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; died in 1968 in Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Edouard P?t?
(1.Elie1) was born on 19 Sep 1888 in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; and died. 6. Frank Edward P?t?
(1.Elie1) was born on 14 Oct 1890 in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 10 Jun 1932 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Frank married Louise Evangeline Mombourquette on 8 Jan 1912 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Louise (daughter of Jeremie Thomas Mombourquette and Marie Melanie Martel) was born on 18 Jul 1894 in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 30 Jul 1954 in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried on 30 Jul 1954 in Mount Olivet Cemetery Halifax, NS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 12. Frank Jeremiah Pottie
was born on 12 Mar 1912 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 27 Jan 1979 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. - 13. Arthur Edward Pottie
was born in 1914 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 5 Nov 1976. - 14. Leonard A. Pottie
was born on 1 Nov 1915 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 29 Nov 1979 in Liverpool NS; was buried in White Point, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada. - 15. Clifford Henry Pottie
was born on 3 Mar 1918 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 30 Jun 1970 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried on 3 Jul 1970 in Gates of Heaven Cemetery Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. - 16. Joseph Leo Pottie
was born on 4 Aug 1921 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia; died on 11 Jan 1985 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. - 17. Edna Dorothy Pottie
was born in 1923 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 15 Mar 1992 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in 1992 in Lower Sackville, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. - 18. Gerald Francis Pottie
was born on 29 Oct 1924 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 22 Jun 2009 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Lower Sackville , Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. - 19. Raymond Charles Pottie
was born on 10 Jan 1927 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 26 Oct 1989 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried on 31 Oct 1989 in Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada, Gate Of Heaven. - 20. Marie Ann Pottie
was born in 1929 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 25 Sep 2005 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. - 21. Dorothy Gertrude Pottie
was born in 1931 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 26 Dec 1986 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Lower Sackville, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- 12. Frank Jeremiah Pottie
7. James P?t?
(1.Elie1) was born on 28 Aug 1892 in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; and died. 8. Maxim Leon P?t?
(1.Elie1) was born on 27 Sep 1894 in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 15 Nov 1983 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Maxim married Denatilde Chiasson about 1932 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Denatilde was born in 1904 in Nova Scotia, Canada; died in 1978. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 22. Joseph Leo Pottie
was born in 1933; died in 2008. - 23. Anna Pottie
was born in 1936; died in 2018. - 24. Wilford John Pottie
was born in 1937; died on 8 Mar 2001. - 25. Kenneth William Pottie
was born in 1938; died in 2010. - 26. Shirley P?t?
was born in 1941; died in 1942.
- 22. Joseph Leo Pottie
9. Celeste P?t?
(1.Elie1) was born on 10 Nov 1896 in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 14 Aug 1980 in Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts; was buried in Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Generation: 3
10. Isedore Howard Pottie
(2.Isidore2, 1.Elie1) was born on 13 Oct 1908; was christened on 15 Oct 1908 in St. Mary's, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada; died in 1982 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada. Isedore married Margaret M. Gillis on 3 May 1934 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Margaret was born in 1912; died in 1975 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 27. Edward Patrick Pottie
was born on 10 Sep 1945; died on 7 Dec 2025 in Bridgewater, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. - 28. Michael Pottie
and died. - 29. James Pottie
and died.
- 27. Edward Patrick Pottie
11. James Clarence Pottie
(2.Isidore2, 1.Elie1) was born in 1911 in L'Ardoise West, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada; died in 1996 in Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Gate Of Heaven Cemetery, Sackville, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. 12. Frank Jeremiah Pottie
(6.Frank2, 1.Elie1) was born on 12 Mar 1912 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 27 Jan 1979 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Family/Spouse: Kathleen Thelma Hyland. Kathleen was born in May 1938 in Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada; died in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Arthur Edward Pottie
(6.Frank2, 1.Elie1) was born in 1914 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 5 Nov 1976. 14. Leonard A. Pottie
(6.Frank2, 1.Elie1) was born on 1 Nov 1915 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 29 Nov 1979 in Liverpool NS; was buried in White Point, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada. 15. Clifford Henry Pottie
(6.Frank2, 1.Elie1) was born on 3 Mar 1918 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 30 Jun 1970 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried on 3 Jul 1970 in Gates of Heaven Cemetery Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Family/Spouse: Margaret Elsie Spears. Margaret was born on 18 Mar 1926 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 3 Feb 1992 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 30. William Anthony Pottie
was born on 11 Sep 1956 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 11 Sep 1956 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. - 31. Clifford Earl Pottie
was born on 9 Mar 1945 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 2 Apr 2013 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Halifax, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- 30. William Anthony Pottie
16. Joseph Leo Pottie
(6.Frank2, 1.Elie1) was born on 4 Aug 1921 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia; died on 11 Jan 1985 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. 17. Edna Dorothy Pottie
(6.Frank2, 1.Elie1) was born in 1923 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 15 Mar 1992 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in 1992 in Lower Sackville, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Family/Spouse: Frank Joseph Westhaver. Frank was born in 1922; died in 1992. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
18. Gerald Francis Pottie
(6.Frank2, 1.Elie1) was born on 29 Oct 1924 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 22 Jun 2009 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Lower Sackville , Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. 19. Raymond Charles Pottie
(6.Frank2, 1.Elie1) was born on 10 Jan 1927 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 26 Oct 1989 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried on 31 Oct 1989 in Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada, Gate Of Heaven. 20. Marie Ann Pottie
(6.Frank2, 1.Elie1) was born in 1929 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 25 Sep 2005 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 21. Dorothy Gertrude Pottie
(6.Frank2, 1.Elie1) was born in 1931 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 26 Dec 1986 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Lower Sackville, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 22. Joseph Leo Pottie
(8.Maxim2, 1.Elie1) was born in 1933; died in 2008. 23. Anna Pottie
(8.Maxim2, 1.Elie1) was born in 1936; died in 2018. 24. Wilford John Pottie
(8.Maxim2, 1.Elie1) was born in 1937; died on 8 Mar 2001. 25. Kenneth William Pottie
(8.Maxim2, 1.Elie1) was born in 1938; died in 2010. 26. Shirley P?t?
(8.Maxim2, 1.Elie1) was born in 1941; died in 1942.
Generation: 4
27. Edward Patrick Pottie
(10.Isedore3, 2.Isidore2, 1.Elie1) was born on 10 Sep 1945; died on 7 Dec 2025 in Bridgewater, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. Family/Spouse: Janet Ritcey. Janet and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
28. Michael Pottie
(10.Isedore3, 2.Isidore2, 1.Elie1) and died. 29. James Pottie
(10.Isedore3, 2.Isidore2, 1.Elie1) and died. 30. William Anthony Pottie
(15.Clifford3, 6.Frank2, 1.Elie1) was born on 11 Sep 1956 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 11 Sep 1956 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 31. Clifford Earl Pottie
(15.Clifford3, 6.Frank2, 1.Elie1) was born on 9 Mar 1945 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 2 Apr 2013 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Halifax, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
