MURRAY Valentina 1920-1990 Dufresne connections CANADA
Valentina Margaret Murray 1920-1990 was the daughter of Valentina Quilietti and Alexander Murray.
She married Paul Alex. Dufresne [1911-?] who was a Canadian National but for whatever reasons travelled to and fro Canada in 1926 when he was 15 with his profession as Scholar. The couple married in 1942 in Edinburgh. After the war Valentina travelled with her daughter Pat who had been born in 1944 in Edinburgh, over the ocean on the Queen Mary to meet Paul and they settled back at Paul’s homestead, at Elie Manitoba, a small town on the outskirts of Winnipeg. The town of Elie had been founded by Paul’s Grandfather Elie.
This connection is very exciting and now all their descendants will have this most historical of facts attributed to Elie Dufresne.
Their four children were , Pat, Dawn, Martin and Roland, and their descendants are still today.
Sisters Dawn and Pat Dufresne
Dufresne family – need help with identification. Roland, Martin,Dawn and Pat with mum and dad
Schooldays
Five Dufresne family members, Martin, Paul and Roland at the back with Pat and Dawn at the front.
Parents Valentina Margaret Murray and Paul Alex. Dufresne 
The Clan
Wedding day in Manitoba Canada
With daughter Alison [Girourard]
Dawn and Gordon Evers with daughter Allison
Allison with Joel Girouard and their two children. They were married on 21st July 2012.
Photograph taken in Elie, Canada
Pat with husband Jerry. They live in Arizona USA
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Pat and her brother Martin Dufresne
Martin was born on 2nd August 1952. When he was only 4 in 1956, he visited his gran at the family home 28 West Pilton Grove where he and his mum Valentina enjoyed Scotland for 3 months.
Valentina M Dufresne with son Martin
Pat Dufresne with daughter Noraleigh Carthy
This pic was taken at one of the most magical places from my girlhood-the playhouse on my maternal grandparents farm in Elie MB. My Mum & her siblings played in this house & my sister & I also played for hrs many a summer day.
Noraleigh Carthy was born on 15th June 1966
Noraleigh is my second cousin once removed. She is also the 3rd great grandaughter of Leonardo Quilietti
More information – if you are interested to add. Noraleigh lives in Portland Oregon, with her Partner Noah Dundas, and they have a daughter Narissa.
I also have another daughter Candace Senato – married to Anthony Senato, children Samantha, Sierra and Nicholas.
Thanks for your comments Pat. Have tried to sort out the errors, Would you like me to add any more information
Hi Helen,
Thank you for updating:) Looks like only a couple more things to be corrected, and that is Valentina Murray married Paul Dufresne (not Minnie) –
also if you wanted to correct- After the war, Valentina and I traveled across the ocean on the Queen Mary to meet Paul and we settled back at Paul’s homestead, at Elie Manitoba, a small town on the outskirts of Winnipeg. The town of Elie had been founded by Paul’s Grendfather Elie.
Not sure how much you want to get into this. If you just want to correct who married Paul – that would be enough:)
Thank you so much for doing this.
Hello Helen!
I love this site, so interesting ! My daughter is now 9 years old -Narissa Valentina. Love history & discovering new things about family! Thank-you for making this site & doing such a beautiful job!
Noraleigh
Hello Noraleigh and thanks for your comments. So lovely to hear that your daughter has Valentina as her second name. It is great to know that the history is handed down through the lines. Hope you like your page and I will of course add whatever else you wish. You can get me on quilietti@blueyonder.co.uk if you would like to send me anything. Thanks again. Helen