Joseph Eugène Luder Têtu

Joseph Eugène Luder Têtu we believe was a farmer and was a bachelor until he married at age 41 on January 22,1872.

Before marrying Joseph Eugène Luder Têtu had a relationship in 1857 with Marie Marthe Morin, (a widow at age 30 with 7 children). She became pregnant and gave birth to Louis George Têtu. Louis George Têtu was born illegitimate on Mach 11,1858 and died at age 82 on June 5, 1940. He was raised by Marie Marthe Morin as Louis George Morin.

• Jean Baptiste Jean married Marie Barbe Toussain and also lived in St-Jean-Port-Joli Quebec. They had a daughter whom they named Joséphine (Josephte) Jean born in 1834.

Joseph Eugène Luder Têtu at age of 41 then married Joséphine (Josephte) Jean on January 22, 1872. She was 38. They had 1 child, Marie Joséphine born 1873.

Luder or rather Joseph-Eugene, because Ltider does not not found in the baptismal record, b. February 23, 1830. Married January 22, 1872, to Josephte Jean. A child was born of this marriage: Joséphine, b. the 30th August 1873, and married on April 18, 1893, to Napoléon Dus- sault, from the Islet. Luder had studied two and a half months only at Collège de Sainte-Anne. He is far from having the adventurous spirit of his brothers. He stayed in the paternal home until 1862, when he acquired the property neighbor who is still his. He is a farmer. Her wife died April 24, 1891. As I said already, he welcomed under his roof, his brothers Georges and David. Luder inherited his father's muscular strength and he is one of the strongest men in the country. Naturally gentle and never attacking anyone, he knows how to defend himself and if necessary take the defense of the next abused. One day, Mr. Letellier was holding a political assembly in Saint-Jean-Port-Joly, and had l;!!i I / m^^ Z38 Stubborn family started to deliver his speech from the small platform, placed on the grounds of the church, but the crowd composed almost entirely of adversaries, did not want the en- tender and strong bastards had already approached the speaker to bring him down. At this time, a car arrives with lightning speed. Stubborn Luder and a man named Chouinard jump to the ground without further get off the horse, and there they both are to mow down with their arms in the mass, jostling and meeting pouring everything that opposes their passion. In a few minutes, they reached the stage. They place on each side of M. Ivetellier, and Luder shouts to him: "Now you can speak." And he was able to speak in effect ; the first who would have dared to come forward at this moment to oppose it, would certainly have been knocked out. I have heard witnesses, — M. Letellier himself enters res — tell me this scene, everyone was amazed of the extraordinary power of these two fellows, and of the salutary fear they had inspired in hundreds of men who were silent in front of them. Seven very strong young men go one day to Luder to spend the evening and to try, as they said, well decided to beat him in good standing. They start drinking then, little by little, want to start the chicane. luder attacked, gets angry, throws himself on his adversaries, pours one after the other, inflicting wounds on them. res terrible with his heavy fists like clubs, and, picking them up, launches them into the path where they could not i^^aitertSj^ Stubborn FAMILY 129 than getting up all bruised, having no desire to spin around the house. What other facts I could relate and that I hold witnesses absolutely divine in faith! Luder does not speak never, of himself, of his exploits and it is necessary to insist a long time to get something out of it. I wrote to him about it, and all I could find out was that he had no never been afraid and that in all the difficult circumstances where he had been, he had never had the bottom. I believe it!

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