Bishop / Lévesque Photo Gallery

Firmin Lévesque


Firmin Lévesque

8 Sep 1829 - 1905


Son of Firmin Lévesque (1798 - aft 1852)

and Félicité Létourneau (abt 1807 - 1889)


Married Esther Pelletier

14 Jan 1861, Isle Verte, QC

Esther Pelletier


Esther Pelletier 

1832 - 22 Sep 1900


Daughter of Jean-Baptiste Pelletier (1808 - 1840)

and Adélaïde Robin


Married Firmin Lévesque

14 Jan 1861, Isle Verte, QC


Photo taken Isle Verte QC

Joseph Thomas Bishop & Rosalia O'Sullivan Bishop


Joseph Thomas Bishop

(née Firmin Lévesque)

1865 - 1929

at age 25


Rosalia Sullivan (O’Sullivan) Bishop

1866 - 1953

at age 24


photo about 1890

Ruth Loakes Coles


Ruth Loakes Coles

23 Oct 1892 - 25 Sep 1962


daughter of Walter Coles (1850 - 1928)

and Bridget Lydia Loakes (1857 - 1920)


Married to Firmin Joseph Bishop (1894 - 1960)

26 Jan 1918

Orvilla Coles, James Roberts and family


Orvilla Coles (1880 - 1927) married James Roberts (1874 - 1962) about 1897.


Seven children – Grace (1898 - 1898), Florence (1899 - 1950),

James Clare (1901 - ?), Zoe (1906 - 1990), Donald (1908 - 1980), Ellen (1910 - ?), Orvilla (1914 - 1936).


Firmin J. Bishop (1894 - 1960) is the brother-in-law

of Orvilla Coles – married to her sister Ruth.

Benjamin Coles


Benjamin Coles

27 Sep 1897 - 29 Jan 1975


Son of Walter Coles (1850 - 1928)

and Bridget Lydia Loakes (1857 - 1920).


Youngest brother of Orvilla, Myrtle, Walter, Zoe,

Clara, Velma and Ruth Coles.

Aglaé "Mary" Lévesque


Aglaé “Mary” Lévesque

born Aglaé Lévesque

22 Oct 1861 - 12 May 1886


Daughter of Firmin Lévesque (1829 - 1905)

and Esther Pelletier (1832 - 1900).

Elmire Lévesque Bishop & John Alphonse Lapointe


Elmire “Emma” Lévesque Bishop

21 Feb 1863 - 1932

John Alphonse Lapointe

1856 - 1936


Photo courtesy Mrs. Mary Ann Niedzielski

Elmire Lévesque Bishop and children


Elmire “Emma” Lévesque Bishop

born Elmire Lévesque

21 Feb 1863 - 1932


Daughter of Firmin Lévesque (1829 - 1905)

and Esther Pelletier (1832 - 1900)


married John Alphonse Lapointe (1856 - 1936)

Louise-Dorilda, Aglaé, and Elmire Lévesque


Louise-Dorilda (“Dehlia”), Aglaé (“Mary”)

and Elmire (“Emma”) Bishop


Daughters of Firmin Lévesque (1829 - 1905)

and Esther Pelletier (1832 - 1900)

Firmin "Tom" Bishop


Firmin “Tom” Bishop

born Firmin Lévesque

12 Jan 1865 - 1929


Son of Firmin Lévesque (1829 - 1905)

and Esther Pelletier (1832 - 1900)


Married Rosalia O’Sullivan (1866 - 1953)

about 1892

Firmin "Tom" Bishop


Firmin “Tom” Bishop

born Firmin Lévesque

AKA Joseph Thomas Bishop

Pierre Sampson, Louise-Dorilda Bishop and children


Pierre Sampson, Louise-Dorilda “Dehlia” Bishop

and children Albert and Lilian.


Daughter and grandchildren of Firmin Lévesque (1829 - 1905)

and Esther Pelletier (1832 - 1900)

Ether Pelletier and grandson Albert Samson


Esther Pelletier (1832 - 1900) and grandson Albert Samson.


wife and grandson of Firmin Lévesque (1829 - 1905)

Napoléan "Pete" Bishop


Napoléan “Pete” Bishop 

born Napoléon Pierre Lévesque

23 Mar 1869 - 2 Sep 1922)


Son of Firmin Lévesque (1829 - 1905)

and Esther Pelletier (1832 - 1900)


Married Bertha Smith (1882 - 1951)

Alphonse "Foe" Bishop and family


Alphonse “Foe” Bishop 

born Alphonse Lévesque

7 May 1871 - 1964


Son of Firmin Lévesque (1829 - 1905)

and Esther Pelletier (1832 - 1900)


With wife Laura Côté (? - 1955)

and children Firmin, Estelle and Alexander

Firmin Joseph Bishop


Firmin Joseph Bishop 

27 May 1894 - 7 Mar 1960


Son of Firmin “Joseph Thomas” Bishop (1865 - 1929)

and Rosalia O’Sullivan (1866 - 1953)


Photo at age 2 years, 3 months

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