Gallery 2 - Sense of belonging and taking roots into Greater Madawaska (1860-1960)
16. Drummond
Yvonne and Lucien Beaulieu's house (am_2326)
Lucien S. Beaulieu and Yvonne Lavoie were married in 1933 and later bought the farm on lot 120 on
Tobique Road. The big house had been built by Michel Michaud, in the beginning of the
20th century. In Drummond, the farmers residences are quite big, as much space was needed
for the numerous children. Also, the old people who would not accept to go to a Home, lived at one
or the other of their descendants. Thus, Abraham Lagacé and Hermine Bard, Lucien's grandparents
lived with Lucien and Yvonne for several years between 1935 and 1940. Lucien was a potato grower and
shipper and also raised milking cows, pigs and poultry. The old barn on his land was blown away by
the wind in the winter of 1946 and a frolic took place to build a bigger one. Lucien renovated the
interior of the house and built a big potato house in 1947. When potato growing and shipping became
a good source of revenue, Lucien acquired modern agricultural machinery and bought a second piece of
land. Finally the interior of the house was renovated in 1955. Photo taken in 1955. Lent by the
Beaulieu family.
