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(Number 93 - Spring 2017) PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Mark your calendars: September 15, 16, 17, 2017. Our 30th Racine Family Association reunion will be held in St. Anne Des Plaines. Gerard Racine, a member of our Association Council, and his team will welcome us. Please read the details in this issue of our newsletter. As is too often the case in recent years, we are saddened by the deaths of two very active members of our Association. Roger Racine, a member of our current Administrative Council, passed away this spring. Roger and his wife, Yolande Huppe, also a Council member, were responsible for the Racine reunion in Montreal in 2010. This week we were saddened by the departure of Fernande Mathieu, wife of Jean-Paul Racine. Fernande and Jean-Paul have been active in the Association since it was established. They were the sponsors of more than one of our family reunions. Fernande was always extremely supportive of Jean-Paul’s work with the Association Council where he served many years as archivist. The Association offers its sincere condolences to Yolande and to Jean-Paul. Our annual sugar shack party in St. Hyacinthe was again a success. This year, another Racine family sugar shack party was held in Casselman, Ontario to accommodate family members in Ontario. We can say that our family has a “sweet tooth”! We will again be holding elections for our Administrative Council during our reunion in September. Please consider offering your time and talent to serve our Association. See you in September. Celine Racine Paquette, President SUMMARY President’s message 1 Ancestors of Étienne Racine 16 In Memoriam 2 Our next reunion 18 Racinades 6 Annual General Assembly 20 A beautiful story 9 1 IN MEMORIAM - GEORGES RACINE, husband of Denise Girouard, son of the late Aimé Racine and of the late Mary Paul, deceased at Salaberry-de-Valleyfield on 3 April 2016 at age 78; - GILLES MARINEAU, widower of Yvette Racine, deceased at l’Hôpital du Centre-de-la-Mauricie on 4 May 2016 at age 85. Gilles was a founding member of our Association in 1987. He and Yvette organised our 2002 reunion in Shawinigan. Blessed with a beautiful voice, he often rendered a moving rendition of Panis Angelicus at our reunions; - MARIE-FRANCE RACINE, deceased at Joliette on 1 September 2016 at age 63; - JACQUELINE CÔTÉ, deceased at l’Hôpital Saint-François d’Assise, Québec City on 29 September 2016 at age 88; - JACQUELINE RACINE, widow of Jean-Marie Côté, daughter of the late Willie Racine and of the late Marie-Anne Sansfaçon, deceased at l’Hôpital Saint-François d’Assise, Québec City, on 29 September 2016 at age 88; - J. RÉAL RACINE, husband of Laurenne Trudeau, son of the late Alphonse Racine and of the late Florestine Legault, deceased at Gatineau on 30 September 2016 at age 90; - MARGUERITE BINETTE, widow of Raymond Racine, deceased at Châteauguay on 30 September 2016 at age 91; - GISÈLE RACINE, daughter of the late Racine and of the late , deceased at Montréal on 30 October 2016 at age 81; - CHARLOTTE RACINE, widow of Armand Beaubien, daughter of the late Joseph Racine and of the late Joséphine Janvier, deceased at CHSLD Côté-Jardins, Québec City, on 8 November 2016 at age 86; - MAURICE RACINE, husband of Réjeanne Dugrenier, son of the late Philémon Racine and of the late Mary Marcoux, deceased at Sherbrooke on 16 November 2016 at age 87; - RACHEL RACINE, wife of Yvan Bouchard, daughter of the late Gérard Racine and of Marcelle Côté, deceased at Saint-Jérôme on 21 November 2016 at age 67; - CLAUDE RACINE, deceased at Montréal on 24 November 2016 at age 68; - LISE RACINE, partner of the late Normand Maltais, deceased at Montréal on 28 November 2016 at age 82; - JACQUES RACINE, husband of Yolande Aubin, son of the late Adonai Racine and of the late Aurore Corbeil, deceased at Saint-Jérôme on 30 November 2016 at age 83; - THÉRÈSE RACINE, widow of Raymond Huot, daughter of the late Émile Racine and of the late Cécile Poulin, deceased at l’Hôpital de l’Enfant-Jésus, Québec City, on 3 December 2016 at age 84; 2 - GABRIEL RACINE, widower of Cécile Perth, son of the late Rolland Racine and of the late Osine Cyr, deceased at Saint-Jérôme on 5 December 2016 at age 73; - LISE RACINE, wife of Alain Desrosiers, daughter of the late Osias Racine and of the late Alphonsine Gaboury, deceased at CHSLD/CHRDL at Saint-Charles-Borromée on 10 December 2016 at age 75; - RAYMOND BOIES, husband of Emma Racine, of Beaupré, deceased at l’Hôpital de l’Enfant-Jésus, Québec City on 20 December 2016 at age 86; - RÉJEAN RACINE, widower of Laurianne Verreault and partner of Doris Nadeau, son of the late Philippe Racine and of the late Clarisse Côté, deceased at l’Hôpital Sainte-Anne de Beaupré on 24 December 2016 at age 75; - YVES RACINE, son of the late Noël Racine and of Thérèse Pérusse, deceased at Saint-Basile de Portneuf on 1 January 2017 at age 52; - DIANE RACINE, daughter of the late Gérard Racine and of the late Gisèle Racicot, deceased on 8 January 2017 at age 71; - HELENE BRISSON, wife of Armand Racine, deceased in January 2017 in Ottawa at age 87. Hélène and Armand were members of our Association for many years and participated in our trip to Normandy in September 1989. - ALAIN RACINE, husband of Caroline Caron, son of the late Yvan Racine and of Thérèse Pruneau, deceased at Québec on 10 January 2017 at age 54; - BERNARD RACINE, husband of Suzanne Paradis, son of the late Joseph Racine and of the late Marie-Jeanne Girard, deceased at l’Hôpital L’Enfant-Jésus, Québec City, on 18 January 2017 at age 72; - RÉAL RACINE, husband of Diane Pomminville, son of the late Arthur Racine and of the late Marie-Ange Boisvert, deceased at Saint-Jérôme on 20 January 2017 at age 76; - JOANNE RACINE, wife of Daniel Landriault, daughter of Wilfrid Racine and of Jeannine Gour, of Lefaivre (Ontario), deceased on 20 January 2017 at age 51; - GENEVIÈVE RACINE, partner of Marc Lajeunesse, daughter of Alain Racine and Lucie Audette, deceased at Montréal on 25 January 2017 at age 41; - NADIA RACINE, daughter of Hélène Racine, deceased at Gatineau on 25 January 2017 at age 34; - MARJORIE ANNE DEMELL, wife of Marcel Racine, of Rapide-des-Joachims, deceased at Deep River and District Hospital on 4 February 2017 at age 81; - GUY RACINE, husband of Louise Cimon, son of the late Joseph Racine and of the late Thérèse Dion, deceased at l’Institut universitaire de cardiologie and of pneumologie de Québec on 13 February 2017 at age 82. Mr. Racine is a former president of the Sainte-Foy chamber of Commerce and anadministrator of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce of Canada. He was the uncle of Denis Racine, our association’s genealogist; 3 Guy Racine, intendant of a duchy, dancing with Princess Grace of Monaco, the guest of honour at the Queen’s Ball of the Carnaval de Québec, Québec City, February 1969. - CLAIRE RACINE, wife of Raymond-Guy Rochefort, daughter of the late Joseph Racine (who was president of Terreau & Racine, of Québec City) and of the late Claudia Guy, deceased at Laval on 14 February 2017 at age 85; - DENISE RACINE, wife of Denis Gougeon, daughter of the late Eugène Racine and of the late Rose-Emma St-Amour, deceased at Notre-Dame de Pontmain on 15 February 2017 at age 66; - WILLIAM RACINE, husband of Jeanne d’Arc Godin, son of the late William Racine and of the late Olivine Perrault, deceased at la Maison Paul-Triquet, Québec City on 17 February 2017 at age 94. Mr. Racine was a longtime member of our Association. He was a school commissioner of the Tilly regional school board; - LUCIENNE RACINE, widow in a first instance of Laurent Guertin, wife in a second marriage of Raymond Lemieux, daughter of the late Émile Racine and of the late Philomène St-Roch, deceased at l’Hôpital du Haut-Richelieu, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, on 18 February 2017 at age 86; - LAURIER RACINE, partner of Claire Grenier-Robert, son of the late Racine and of , décédé on 23 February 2017 at l’Hôpital de Cowansville at age 89; - RUTH LEMAIRE, widow of Gordon Racine, of Bryson, deceased at Montréal on 28 February 2017 at age 72; - THÉRÈSE RACINE, widow of Henri-Paul Grondin, daughter of the late Albert Racine and of the late Zelpha Labarre, deceased at Drummondville on 2 March 2017 at age 95; - BIANCA CAUCHON-RACINE, conjointe de Nicolas Verreault, daughter of Richard Racine and of Martine Cauchon, de Château-Richer, deceased accidentally at l’Ange Gardien on 12 March 2017 at age 26; - LUCIE RACINE, daughter of Jean Racine and of the late Thérèse Gagnon, deceased at Longueuil on 19 March 2017 at age 61; - SERGE RACINE, son of the late Armand Racine and of the late Julia Legault, deceased at Sutton on 20 March 2017 at age 61; - LUC RACINE, husband of Mariette Deschamps, son of the late Réal Racine and of the late Lucille Dupuis, deceased at Cazaville on 21 March 2017 at age 62. He is the brother of Pierre Racine of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, a member and director of our Association. 4 - NOELLA LAFRANCE, widow of Vianney Racine, deceased at Lachute on 9 April 2017 at age 89; - LORENZO RACINE, husband of Juliette Grossinger, son of the late Hermas Racine and of the late Alphonsine Gratton, deceased at Saint-Jérôme on 11 April 2017 at age 90; - AUGUSTE RACINE, husband of Lucette Gravel, son of the late Joseph Racine and of the late Catherine Brennan, deceased at l’Hôpital de Val d’or on 23 April 2017 at age 80; - ROGER RACINE, husband of Yolande Huppé, son of the late Héliodore Racine and of the late Anne Roy, deceased at Mirabel on 26 April 2017 at age 83.