(18 Dec. 1862-17 Feb. 1943), riverman, farmer. Born at St-Polycarpe, Que. Parents: Joseph Glaude and his wife Mary Cholette. He went with his parents to River Beaudette, just east of GC, when he was two years old. As a young man, he was employed for a “few summer seasons” in running timber rafts down the St. Lawrence “from Kingston and Garden Island, and sometimes from Toronto.” This was the period of “his dangerous trips on the St. Lawrence as a raft runner.” He “witnessed the drowning of a couple of fellow-runners as rafts were going through the Cedars Rapids.” He lived in Quebec at River Beaudette and St. Zotique, and again at River Beaudette. At River Beaudette, he was a farmer. After moving to GC he lived, presumably as a farmer, at The Glen, Williamstown, St. Raphael’s and North Lancaster. About 1916 he settled in Cornwall . He died at his home in Cornwall. He married (1) Martine Bissonnette, in 1883, and (2) Mary Pigeon, in 1886. (children) Roman Catholic.
DTL article on him, Standard Freeholder 2 Aug. 1941 * long and striking obituary, SFH 18 Feb. 1943, entitled “Joseph Glaude Old River Runner Dies in 81st Year,” and featuring his river experiences (QF)