Maxime Vincent & Adeline Godin

PARENTS
Son of Lazare Vincent and Elizabeth Allard. 
Daughter of Casimir Godin and Angele Varin.

RELATIONSHIP TO ME
Fraternal FIRST grand-parents

PHOTOGRAPH
Not available.

RESIDENCE
The FIRST Vincent family to live in Horton township was that of Maxime Vincent and Adeline Godin coming from Matawatchan Township. Maxime was born in 1862. He was attracted to the fertile soil of Horton, when he purchased the east half of Lot 22 in the fourth concession from David Barr. Originally deeded in 1856 to James Lynch. The property is now owned by the Arthur Berger family.

CENSUS 1901

Their eldest child already married, Maxime and Adeline came to Horton with their 8 children. Most attended SS No. 4 school, with special permission for reasons of inconvenience, since the property was in the No. 5 school section. Maxime moved to Renfrew in the early 1930's and died there in 1936. Adeline lived until 1967.

MEMORIAM

CHILDREN

Married in 1913, there eldest son Alfred lived for a time on the west half of the same lot which had been deeded in 1874 to Samual Mason Jr. from King's County Ireland. About 1921 Alfred sold to his cousin Ferdina and moved to the fifth concession next to Andrew Johnston and then to Renfrew. The farm is now owned by Frank Peever. 

Another son Bert and his wife Clephir, acquired 3.6 acres of Lot 10 in the 9th Concession in 1944 from Garnet Johnston on which was developed Grandview Lodge. About 1963 their daughter Yvonne and her husband Victor Pickett acquired and operated the business for about 10 years, selling to the Campbells of Sunset Motel in Renfrew. The business which now includes a trailer park is owned by Terry Johnston.

Lot 10, originally deeded by the Crown in 1840 to Edward Farrell of Sligo, Ireland, became known as Farrell's Landing. By the time of the 1852 census, Edward had sold all but 20 acres and he, along with his wide Sarah from New Brunswick, kept a one-story framed hotel.

~

LAZARE VINCENT (Maxime's brother)

Urged by his brother Maxime, Lazare (some 17 years older) and Marie Belanger continued the migration to Horton from Matawatchan. In 1920 the family purchased the east half of Lot 21 in the third concession from Josiah Shaw, originally deeded in 1848 to Henry Williams from Canada East (Quebec) and his wife Sarah from County Clare in Ireland. Single sons Adelard, (just returned from active service in WWI), Fidele and Ferdina joined their parents in Horton. Lazare died in 1925 and shortly afterwards, a daughter Georgina and her husband Narcisse Lapointe took over the farm, remaining until 1938 when they moved to Renfrew, Marie having died in 1930. This property was in S.S. No. 6 on the third line. Though there were no Vincents of school age, the writer Edna (Lapointe) Nighbor attended No. 6 and was prepared for entrance examination (written at R.C.I in Renfrew) in 1935 by teacher Irene Richards of the Fourth Line. The property is now owned by the St. Aubin family.

Lazare's son Lazare, and his wife Marceline Leclaire followed the pattern, leaving Matawatchan for Horton on Lot 20 on the fifth concession. The lot, deeded in 1856 to John Vance of County Fermanagh in Ireland, was unoccupied when purchased by Lazare Vincent from James K. Rochester in February 1921. The census of 1852 shows John Vance and his widowed mother living in a shanty, with 20 acres under cultivation.

Of Lazare's 6 children born at Matawatchan, the two youngest attended S.S. No. 4 in Horton, as did their children. Their youngest son Leonard married Stella Kenopic from the adjacent farm. Imelda, the youngest of the family, married Stella's older brother John and the two couples farmed side-by-side for several years. Young teachers from S.S. No. 4 will remember their boarding days with the Vincents.

Lazare farmed until he and Marceline retired in 1944 and moved to Renfrew. Leonard and Stella took over the property, remaining until 1947, when they sold to James McCarroll, teh present owner, and moved to Renfrew, marking the last Vincent farm ownership in Horton.

Of French-Acadian origin, Vincent ancestry has been traced back to 1654.

CREDITS
Narrative portion extracted (verbatim) from an unknown document by Edna Nighbor.