Father to all the Tourouts

Auguste Tourout

Introduction.

Augustin Tourout, is know as the father to all the Tourouts of Newfoundland. He married a local Mi'kmaq girl in St. George's, and started a long and interesting family tree that we will look at in closer detail in this presentation.

Marriage

The Sandy Point R. C. Marriage records, available in the Provincial Archives in St. John's, Newfoundland and at St. Joseph's R.C. Church in St. George's, Newfoundland list an August Tauro, born in La Manche, France age 43, marrying at Sandy Point to Mary Ann Sheppard, age 34 of St. Georges, Newfoundland.

Surname discrepancies

It seems, as with many other surnames, there were spelling irregularities with the Tourout name also. Starting with Tauro, as it is originally written in the church register from Sandy Point. A second entry of the name appears next to the original one and is spelt Tourneau. This spelling changes again when we look at census records and baptism records for August's children.

Located the following baptism records:

Tourneau, Alphonse, born 1862, baptised on 1862, parents: Auguste Tourneau and Mary Ann Shepperd
Tourent, Anne, born July 1869, baptised on Oct 23, 1869, parents: Auguste
Tourneau and Mary Ann Shepperd
Touroux, Elizabeth, born May 1871, baptised on Jul 16, 1871, parents: Auguste
Tourneau and Mary Ann Shepperd
Tourault, Joseph, born Aug 18, 1873, baptised on Mar 9, 1873, parents: Auguste
Tourneau and Mary Ann Shepperd
Thoroute, Agnes, born Mar 3, 1879, baptised on Mar 10, 1879, parents: Auguste
Tourneau and Mary Ann Shepperd
Tourout, Federick, born Feb 22, 1893, Stephenville, parents: Joseph and Mary A. touret
Tourout, Joseph, born Aug 29, 1893, Campbell's Creek, parents Cyril and Ellen Tourout
Tourout, Elizabeth Ann, born Jan 28, 1894, Cape St. George, parents Augustus Tourout and Justine Chaisson.
Tourout, Odious Michael, born Aug 23, 1894, Port au Port, parents Colsons and Justinea Tourout
Tourout, Mary Elizabeth, born Nov 24, 1895, Lower Cove, parents: Cyril Tourout
Tourout, Selina, born Jul 19, 1896, Ship Cove, parents: August and Augustina Tarneau
Toureau, Mary Elizabeth born 9 May 1889, parents: Israel & Ellen Jusseau, Cape St. George,NL.

Note: The spelling changed from father to child.

Located the following marriage records:

Tourout, Elizabeth, Marche's Point, married John Parke, Ship Cove, Jan 23, 1910
Tourout, Sandy, 24 Ship Cove, and Mary Jesso 18 Lower Cove, married Aug 13, 1912 in Port au Port.
Tourout, Mary, 17 , Sheaves Cove and John James Campbell, 22, Ship Cove, married Oct 7, 1912 in Port au Port.
Tourout, Selina, 18, Ship Cove, and Peter Paul Benoit, 40, Ship Cove, widower, married Jan 28, 1912 in Port au Port.
Tourout, John, 22, Bank Head, and Pauline King, 22 , Bank Head, married Feb 15, 1915 at St. George's.
Tourout, John, 19, bachelor, Cape St. George, married Maria Lousson, 24, spinster, Cape St. George on July 5, 1917 in Port au Port.
Tourout, Augustus, 25, Bachelor, Marche's Point, married Elsie Edmonds, 18, Spinster, Marche's Point, on April 5, 1919 in Port au Port.
Toursett, Mary, 27, widow, Lower Cove married John Albert Jesso, 20, bachelor, Lower Cove, on August 8, 1921 in Port au Port.

Located the following death records:

August Tourneau died before 1911, because the 1911 census shows his wife Mary Ann-a widow living with her grandson John James's family in Ship Cove.
Alphonse Tourneau, age 11 yrs old, died Aug 27, 1873, son of Auguste Tourneau & Mary Anne Shepperd,
Cathleen Turant, Ship Cove, age 3 months old, died Oct 30, 1910 of Whooping Cough, buried in Campbell's Creek.
Joseph Turont, Charley Sheaves Cove, AGE 18, died March 9, 1912, buried in Lower Cove, NL.
Mary Turout, originally from Sandy Point, of Ship Cove, Age 84, died Feb. 11, 1910 of old age, buried in Campbell's Creek, NL.
Mary Tourout, died May 22, 1926, buried in Cape St. George, age 25 years

Located the following cemetary listings:

Piccadilly cemetery listings show:

Tourout, Allan, b. Mar 13, 1912, d. Mar 21, 1996, HEADSTONE
Tourout, Amab, b. 1933, d. 1981, HEADSTONE
Tourout, Ralph, b. 1918, d. 1983, HEADSTONE
Tourout, Walter, b. March 9, 1914, d. Aug 24, 1994, wife Ethel, HEADSTONE
Port au Port Cemetary Listings show:
TOUROUT, Hubert J. b. July 11 1941 d. Jan 11 1996 "Remembered by Martha and daughters"
TOUROUT, Della Marie, Died Jan 4 1966 aged 8 months "Darling Daughter of Hubert and Martha Tourout"

Sources:

St. Joseph's Church, St. Georges, NL.

NL. Provincial Archives, St. John's, NL.

The Tourout Family

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