The Doucette/Dufour family of Northern Maine:Information about Jose Madore
Jose Madore
Notes for Jose Madore:
"He is said to have had very bad headachs, to the point that he committed suicide by shooting himself.Because of the suicide, the Catholic church did not allow a church funeral for him. Burial for Jose Madore was after super in the evening, after the sixo'clock angelus.[la tombre par-dessus la cloture...trans =the casket over the fence. ] meaning buried on the other side of the fence, outside the catholic cemetery , into ground not blessed, reserved for people who either committed suicide or for those who had not done their easter duties and also at the time, for newborns who died before being baptized.That evening, uncle Patrick Theriauld, Senator for Maine, who resided directly across the street from the church, saw everything that happened.Later that same evening, he and his wife Zelie a sister of our grandfatther Denis Morneault, came for a visit and deplored the fact that Mr. Madore could not have been bruied in acatholic cemetery." from Joel Morneault family history, vol.1