{"id":241,"date":"2018-06-11T13:25:49","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T17:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paroissestmathieu.ca\/history\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T18:21:12","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paroissestmathieu.ca\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_cta_0 et_pb_promo et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_promo_description\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">On m\u2019a cont\u00e9 St-Mathieu 1912-1987\u2026<\/h1><div class=\"et_pb_promo_content\"><p>Hammond\u2019s 75th anniversary souvenir album, published in 1987. The author of this souvenir album was Mrs. Odette Lacroix-Lalonde. The publication of this book in digital format is courtesy of Mme Jocelyne Lacroix-Thivierge and Mme Monique Lacroix.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button et_pb_promo_button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bazhq.smmall.cloud\/MTc1MDY5ODQ2NzE5OQ\" rel=\"noreferrer\">View the book<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bazhq.smmall.cloud\/MTc1MDY5ODQ2NzE5OQ\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paroissestmathieu.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Historique_Hammond-squashed.jpg\" width=\"512\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paroissestmathieu.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Historique_Hammond-squashed.jpg 512w, https:\/\/paroissestmathieu.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Historique_Hammond-squashed-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" class=\"wp-image-345\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>This monograph does not claim to be a rigid historical study, but rather a recollection of a series of events handed down by oral tradition and faithfully recounted by eyewitnesses from the early days of St-Mathieu parish, including Mrs. Elsie Butler-Lacroix, C\u00e9lima Diotte-Guindon, twins Ren\u00e9 and Ubald Gendron, Ovila \u00c9thier, D\u00e9lisca St-Jean-Goyer, Herv\u00e9 St-Jean ; documents, notes, memories, facts written and\/or preserved by Anna Carri\u00e8re-Gendron, Hazel Watson, John Finnamore Cooper. 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