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Rachelle Jacqueline Silva, / de Brum de Silva

Female 1917 - 2012  (95 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Rachelle Jacqueline Silva 
    Suffix / de Brum de Silva 
    Gender Female 
    Born 18 Jul 1917  Laconia, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Christened 29 Jul 1917  Sacred Heart, Laconia, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Census 1920  Laconia, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1930  Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    _FSFTID GS7W-XPL 
    Died 10 Oct 2012  Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Buried
    Notes 

    • obituary - Ricker Funeral Home (Lebanon, NH)
      Rachel J. Boisvert, 95, died Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at her home in Lebanon.
      She was born in Laconia, NH on July 28, 1917 a daughter of Manuel and Marion (Fecteau) Silva and graduated from Stevens High School in Claremont, NH Class of 1935. After high school Rachel attended the Concord Business School and worked as a secretary for the Sullivan Company in Claremont. On August 9, 1937 she married Gerard “Jocko” Boisvert, who predeceased her in 1978. During her adult life she was a bookkeeper for Jocko’s Plumbing and Heating Company for twenty-nine years.
      In 1957 she was State President of the New Hampshire Plumbing and Heating C.C. Women’s Auxiliary. Rachel was also a supervisor of the check-list for Ward 2 in Lebanon for sixteen years, a member of Sacred Heart Church in Lebanon, the Catholic Daughters of America Court of St. Theresa and the American Legion Post 22 Auxiliary. Rachel volunteered for Sacred Heart’s Martha’s Ministry, the Red Cross Bloodmobile, Alice Peck Day Hospital, Retired Senior Volunteer Program, and the Upper Valley Senior Center where she was a committee member of the Advisory Council and Newsletter Committee. She was also very active with the Stevens High Alumni Association class of 1935.
      In her spare time, Rachel enjoyed traveling, reading and handcrafts, but her greatest joy was spending time with her entire family.
      She was predeceased by a brother Francis Silva.
      She is survived by her three sons Donald, Manuel and Phillip all of Lebanon; a daughter Marie Harding and her husband Paul of White River Jct., VT; a brother Robert Silva and his wife Barbara of Concord, NH; a sister Madelyn Shupenko of Claremont; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren as well as many nieces and nephews
      Family and friends may call at the Ricker Funeral Home in Lebanon on Sunday, October 14, 2012 from 1-3PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, October 15, 2012 at Sacred Heart Church in Lebanon at 10 AM with burial following in the Valley Cemetery in Lebanon. In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made to Sacred Heart Church Memorial Fund, PO Box 482, Lebanon, NH 03766; the Upper Valley senior Center, PO Box 433, Lebanon, NH 03766 or the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, 1 Medical Center Dr. Lebanon, NH 03756.



    Person ID I70486  Filteau - Fecteau - Facteau families
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2013 

    Father Manuel Brum Silva,   b. 11 Jul 1893, Azores, Portugal Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1986, Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Mother Ancestors Marie Rose Emma - Marion Marie Rosanna Fecteau,   b. 2 Nov 1894, Laconia, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1985, Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 17 Jul 1916  Sacred Heart, Laconia, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Census records
    1920 - Facteau (Fecteau), Joseph Theophile (Amelina Lepage) - NH, Belknap, Laconia
    1920 - Facteau (Fecteau), Joseph Theophile (Amelina Lepage) - NH, Belknap, Laconia
    Facteau, Joseph (Theophile) and Armalina Lepage - lines 7+
    Facteau, Albert and Bertha Gagne - lines 10+
    Bissonnette, Joseph and Georgiana Facteau - lines 12+
    Parent, Wilfred (Alvina Fecteau) - lines 1+
    Silva, Manuel (Marion Fecteau) - lines 4+
    1930 - Silva, Manuel (Marion Fecteau) - Claremont, Sullivan, NH
    1930 - Silva, Manuel (Marion Fecteau) - Claremont, Sullivan, NH
    hh 497, lines 40+
    1940 - Fecteau, Adelard (Leona Boyle); Manuel Silva (Marian Fecteau) - Claremont, Sullivan, NH
    1940 - Fecteau, Adelard (Leona Boyle); Manuel Silva (Marian Fecteau) - Claremont, Sullivan, NH
    Fecteau, Adelard and Leona Boyle - lines 33+
    Silva, Manuel and Marian Fecteau - lines 25+
    Family ID F12537  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ancestors Gerard Boisvert,   b. 28 Feb 1913, Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1978  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 9 Aug 1937  Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F40649  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Jul 1917 - Laconia, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 29 Jul 1917 - Sacred Heart, Laconia, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Laconia, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 Aug 1937 - Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 10 Oct 2012 - Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1147] Laconia NH - Sacred Heart - Baptisms, p 75.

    2. [S377] Census 1920, New Hampshire, Belknap, Laconia, ward 5, ED 11, sh 7A, p 129A, hh 169, lines 4+.

    3. [S378] Census 1930, New Hampshire, Sullivan, Claremont, ED 3, sh 24A, p 47A, hh 497, lines 40+.

    4. [S998] Obituary Notices, Rachel J (Silva) Boisvert (95) - Ricker Funeral Home (Lebanon, NH).

    5. [S1414] Find A Grave - www.findagrave.com, #98775555 - Rachel J (Silva) Boisvert (1917-2012) - Valley Cemetery, Leanon, NH.

    6. [S832] RW - rcp.

    7. [S1147] Laconia NH - Sacred Heart - Baptisms, pp 110-113.