Aurore
Aurore
1 Introduction There are many contributing factors as to why people resort to abusing or mistreating their own children or the children around them. A child who is being abused or severely mistreated could be from pure hatred or jealousy, drug and alcohol abuse, every day stresses, mental illness and maybe even pleasure. 11 year old Aurore Gagnon was a victim of child abuse and died because of it. Who was responsible for the death of Aurore? What can society do to prevent such abuse in the future?
Background Information According to Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History (2008), Aurore Gagnon was born on May 31st, 1909 into a Roman Catholic family in Fortierville, Quebec. Aurore was the second of five children of farmer Telesphore Gagnon and Marie-Anne Caron. Unfortunately Marie-Anne Caron was hospitalized with Tuberculoses and not long after Telesphsphores cousin Marie-Anne Houde moved in wanting to take care of the house and children. Aurores mother died on January 3rd, 1918 at Beauport Asylum from tuberculoses and 7 days later Telesphore married Marie-Anne Houde. Three children died in Marie-Anne Houdes care, two of her own children and two year old Joseph who supposedly died from natural causes in 1917. At the age of 10 Aurore was hospitalized with a leg infection caused by a beating Marie-Anne had given her. Aurore died
1 Introduction There are many contributing factors as to why people resort to abusing or mistreating their own children or the children around them. A child who is being abused or severely mistreated could be from pure hatred or jealousy, drug and alcohol abuse, every day stresses, mental illness and maybe even pleasure. 11 year old Aurore Gagnon was a victim of child abuse and died because of it. Who was responsible for the death of Aurore? What can society do to prevent such abuse in the future?
Background Information According to Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History (2008), Aurore Gagnon was born on May 31st, 1909 into a Roman Catholic family in Fortierville, Quebec. Aurore was the second of five children of farmer Telesphore Gagnon and Marie-Anne Caron. Unfortunately Marie-Anne Caron was hospitalized with Tuberculoses and not long after Telesphsphores cousin Marie-Anne Houde moved in wanting to take care of the house and children. Aurores mother died on January 3rd, 1918 at Beauport Asylum from tuberculoses and 7 days later Telesphore married Marie-Anne Houde. Three children died in Marie-Anne Houdes care, two of her own children and two year old Joseph who supposedly died from natural causes in 1917. At the age of 10 Aurore was hospitalized with a leg infection caused by a beating Marie-Anne had given her. Aurore died
Bibliography: 1) Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect (Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2008) Retrieved April 27th, 2012, from https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/preventingcan.cfm 2) Aurore! The mystery of the martyred child (Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History, 2008) Retrieved April 27th, 2012, from http://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/gagnon/accueil/indexen.html