149 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca PONCHON, Emile FRENCH ARMY Claude Felix Ponchon and wife Seychal Jeanne Marie had seven children. They lived on a farm at La Chamba, Canton de Noirétable, Département de la Loire, France. Emile, the last son of the Ponchon family, was born in 1910. He also served in the French Army from 1930 to 1931. His trade was Telephone Communications and was stationed at Nancy, Département de Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. After service, he lived with his wife Simonne near Paris in Sens, France. PONCHON, Eugène FRENCH ARMY Claude Felix Ponchon and wife Seychal Jeanne Marie had seven children. They lived on a farm at La Chamba, Canton de Noirétable, Département de la Loire, France. Eugène, their son, served in the French Army from 1906 to 1907. His trade was in leather (making harnesses for the horses). He came to Canada with his wife and two sons in 1914 settling on a homestead in Fisher Branch. The boys Emile and Henri attended Dumoulin School. Leo Caners was teaching there at the time, this was in the early 1920’s. Later the family moved to Pine Falls. One of their sons, Henri, was killed in a gravel pit accident on November 29, 1926, at the age of fourteen. He is buried in the cemetery in St. George, Manitoba. On April 4, 1928, Eugène and his family returned to Paris, France. PONCHON, Jean-Baptiste Celestin Claude Felix Ponchon and wife Seychal Jeanne Marie had seven children. They lived on a farm at La Chamba, Canton de Noirétable, Département de la Loire, France. Jean-Baptiste, their son, enlisted in the Army at the age of 22 years. He was the oldest of two brothers of a family of seven to enlist for compulsory training in the same year. He was enrolled in the 36th Artillery Regiment at Clermont Ferrand on November 14, 1904.While in the army, he was trained as a second gunner. His trade was in agriculture and he earned about one or two centimes a day. On September 23, 1905, he was sent on leave of absence with a possible admission into the reserve army. He returned to his parents’ farm home at La Chamba, Canton de Noirétable Département de la Loire, France which was close to Clermont-Ferrand where he had been stationed for his military training. From October 19 to November 15, 1908, he returned and completed a period of military exercises in the 36th Artillery Regiment. This short stage was also compulsory. The following year, on April 30, 1909, he left for Canada. He worked in several places in Manitoba. In 1912, he settled on a homestead in Fisher Branch where he spent the remainder of his life.
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