In 1861 Mr. Villeneuve married Miss Susan Ann Walker, a daughter
of Captain James Walker, of Sorel, Quebec, who survives together
with their four children. Her father was a captain in the
regiment stationed at Sorel and was a son of Dr. Edward Walker,
surgeon of that regiment. Jacques Villeneuve, the eldest of the
four children, residing at St. Jerome, Quebec, is proprietor of a
stone quarry and brick manufacturing business there. He married
Miss Lamontague and they had seven children, Jacques, Edgar,
Charles Eugene, Lia, Adrienne, Marguerite and Jeanne. For his
second wife Jacques Villeneuve wedded Miss Poitevin, and they
have a son, Jean. Eugene W., the second member of the family,
was born in Montreal in 1865 and was associated in business with
his father until the latter’s death. He brought about the royal
commission, giving a change of administration and management of
the city by a board of control. In November, 1910, at a meeting
held at St. Jean Baptiste market hall, he proposed that the
centenary of the birth of Sir George Etienne Cartier should be
appropriately commemorated and that steps should be taken for the
erection of a monument to his memory. Since then the monumental
enterprise has assumed not only national but empire scope and
representatives of every portion of the empire will be present at
the commemorative celebration September 6, 1914. Mr. Villeneuve
has served faithfully as president of the executive committee in
charge of the celebration and the erection of the monument. He
married Miss Alice Crompton, and their children are James and
Reginald. Frederic Villeneuve, the third member of the family,
is a graduate of Laval University and was afterwards advocate
in Montreal and in Edmonton, Alberta. For several years he was
editor of Canadian West and for four years, from 1898 until 1902,
sat for St. Albert in the legislature. In 1909 he was appointed
librarian of the Montreal Civic Library. He married Miss Howie,
of St. Johns. Rachel Villeneuve, the youngest of the family,
married Alphonse Morin, protonotary of St. Johns. Their children
are Josephine, Louise, Susan, Pierre Villeneuve, Lucie, Madeleine
and Andre, and they reside at No. 629 Dorchester West.
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