Thibault Family

The Thibault family is one of the most famous families in fire apparatus manufacturing.
==1st generation==
===Charles Thibault===
Charles Thibault (11st February 1873, Saint-Robert, QC - 16th March 1958, Pierreville, QC) was the son of Pierre Thibault (1844-1907) and Mathilde Millette (1845-1923). Charles Thibault was a blacksmith and a mechanic that operated a small shop at 80, rue Augusta in Sorel. His shop mostly built horse carriages but with the years, Charles Thibault started to make horse-drawn ladders tenders, trailer pumps, and sprinkler trucks. Those types of equipment were built under the name Pompes incendie C. Thibault. In 1937, Charles decided to stop the production of fire equipment in his shop but the following year, his son, Pierre, asked him to join Richelieu in Pierreville. Charles accepted the proposition of his son and moved to Pierreville where he worked for Richelieu and Pierre Thibault. Charles Thibault was still working for Pierre Thibault when he died at age 85 in 1958.
==2nd generation==
===Pierre Thibault===
Pierre Thibault (30th August 1898, Saint-Robert, QC - 30th November 1961, Pierreville, QC) was the son of Charles Thibault (1873-1958) and Délia Mongeau (1875-1910). Pierre was introduced to mechanics by his father at a young age. In 1916, Pierre is employed as a mechanic by the Sorel Light & Power. In 1920, he moves with his wife, Julie Lavallée, to Saint-Robert to work for the Richelieu Telephone Company. The house that he bought in Saint-Robert came with a grain mill that was operated by his wife from 1920 to 1937 and a barn that was converted into a shop, where he also repaired machinery for the local farms. In 1928, he founded Richelieu where he produced pumpers and pump trailers. Some works were also given as subcontracts to his dad's company in Sorel. 
In 1936, Pierre decided to move his family and his company to another town as Saint-Robert did not have electricity at the time, his two final choices were Massueville and Pierreville. In 1937, he accepted an offer of Pierreville's town council to install his company there and in March 1938, his equipment are officially moved to Pierreville. 
In 1945, Pierre became the fifteenth mayor of the village of Pierreville and was reelected successfully until 1959, when he resigned. He resigned as the president of Pierre Thibault in the summer of 1961 due to illness, he died a couple of months later.
A street, rue Pierre-Thibault, is named after him in the Bécancour industrial park, all streets in that area are named after different companies' founders.
==3rd generation==
===Pierre-Paul Thibault===
Charles Pierre-Paul Thibault, known as Pierre-Paul Thibault, (28th October 1918, Saint-Robert, QC - 23rd October 1977, Pierreville, QC) was the son of Pierre Thibault (1898-1961) and Julia Lavallée (1899-1980).
===René Thibault===
Hector Fernand Irénée Joseph Thibault, known as René Thibault, (9th May 1920, Saint-Robert, QC - 23rd August 1982, Pierreville, QC) was the son of Pierre Thibault (1898-1961) and Julia Lavallée (1899-1980).
René Thibault was the sixteenth mayor of the village of Pierreville, succeeding his father Pierre, from 1959 to 1969. He was also mayor a second time from 1975 to 1977.
===Julien Thibault===
Julien Sylvio Félicien Joseph Thibault, known as Julien Thibault, (15th October 1921, Saint-Robert, QC - 15th July 1977, Sorel, QC) was the son of Pierre Thibault (1898-1961) and Julia Lavallée (1899-1980).
===Charles-Étienne Thibault===
Charles-Étienne Jean Joseph Thibault, known as Charles-Étienne Thibault, (18th March 1925, Saint-Robert, QC - 10th August 1992, Pierreville, QC) was the son of Pierre Thibault (1898-1961) and Julia Lavallée (1899-1980).
===Gilles Thibault===
Gilles Robert Conrad Joseph Thibault, known as Gilles Thibault, (24th June 1926, Saint-Robert, QC - 17th June 2011, Granby, QC) was the son of Pierre Thibault (1898-1961) and Julia Lavallée (1899-1980).
===Marion Thibault===
Marion Rosaire Éloi Joseph Thibault, known as Marion Thibault, (21st October 1927, Saint-Robert, QC - 15th June 1994, Pierreville, QC) was the son of Pierre Thibault (1898-1961) and Julia Lavallée (1899-1980).
===Yvon Thibault===
Yvon Hector Joseph Thibault, known as Yvon Thibault, (24th February 1932, Saint-Robert, QC - 12nd August 2018, Sherbrooke, QC) was the son of Pierre Thibault (1898-1961) and Julia Lavallée (1899-1980). Pierre Thibault and Julia Lavallée previously had another son named Yvon Conrad Armel Joseph Thibault (26th June 1930, Saint-Robert, QC - 13rd March 1931, Saint-Robert, QC).
===Réjean Thibault===
Régent Gérard Joseph Thibault, known as Réjean Thibault, (1934, Saint-Robert, QC - 27th July 2019, Boucherville, QC) was the son of Pierre Thibault (1898-1961) and Julia Lavallée (1899-1980).
===Guy Thibault===
Guy Gérald Joseph Thibault, known as Guy Thibault, (1937, Saint-Robert, QC - ) is the son of Pierre Thibault (1898-1961) and Julia Lavallée (1899-1980).
==4th generation==
===Carl Thibault===
Carl Thibault, born in 1954, is René Thibault's son and Pierre Thibault's grandson. After becoming an engineer, he started to work for his dad and uncles Charles-Étienne, Julien, Marion, and Yvon at Pierreville Fire Trucks sometime before 1980. When his dad bought Pierre Thibault Canada (1972) Ltée in 1980, he continued to work for Pierreville Fire Trucks for a certain period before transferring to Camions Pierre Thibault Inc. In 1982, when René Thibault died, he became one of the two administrators of the company with his brother Léon. He worked there until the bankruptcy in the early 1990s. 
In 1990, he created his own company, Camions Carl Thibault. As of 2023, his wife, Marie Nadeau is legally the president of Camions Carl Thibault while his daughter, Maricarl Thibault, is the director of sales, and his son-in-law, Éric Gagné, is a service manager.
===Christian Thibault===
Christian Thibault is Guy Thibault's son and Pierre Thibault's grandson. After receiving his bachelor of business administration, he joined Tibotrac in 1986 as the communication and marketing director. He worked there until the bankruptcy in 1998.
=== Jean Navert ===
Jean Navert is one of Yvon Thibault's sons-in-law. He was one of the administrators of Phoenix Fire Apparatus from 1985 to 1992, then worked at NovaQuintech Corporation as the director of sales and marketing.
===Jean Thibault===
Jean Thibault is Yvon Thibault's son and Pierre Thibault's grandson. He was one of the administrators of Phoenix Fire Apparatus from 1985 to 1992, then worked at NovaQuintech Corporation until 1997 and founded Thibault & Associés, also known as L'Arsenal, which acts as the Pierce dealer for Québec.
===Léon Thibault===
Léon Thibault, born c. 1953, is René Thibault's son and Pierre Thibault's grandson. He started to work for his dad and uncles Charles-Étienne, Julien, Marion, and Yvon at Pierreville Fire Trucks sometime before 1980. When his dad bought Pierre Thibault Canada (1972) Ltée in 1980, he continued to work for Pierreville Fire Trucks for a certain period before transferring to Camions Pierre Thibault Inc. In 1982, when René Thibault died, he became one of the two administrators of the company with his brother Carl. He worked there until the bankruptcy in the early 1990s. In 1994, he bought Industries Lafleur, a company specializing in the production of rescue and utility trucks. His sons Mathieu and Pierre and his daugher Isabelle are also working for Industries Lafleur. As of 2023, Léon Thibault is one of the administrators of the company.
===Robin Thibault===
Robin Thibault is Guy Thibault's son and Pierre Thibault's grandson. After studying in finance, he joined Tibotrac in 1985 as the finance director. He worked there until the bankruptcy in 1998.
===Stéphane Thibault===
Stéphane Thibault is Charles-Étienne Thibault's son and Pierre Thibault's grandson. He is the president of CET Fire Pumps Mfg since January 1995.
===Sylvain Thibault===
Sylvain Thibault is Charles-Étienne Thibault's son and Pierre Thibault's grandson. He was one of the owners of CET Fire Pumps Mfg. He died on August 27th, 2010.
==5th génération==
=== Isabelle Thibault ===
Isabelle Thibault is Léon Thibault's daughter, René Thibault's granddaughter, and Pierre Thibault's great-granddaughter. As of 2023, she is mentioned on Industries Lafleur's website, a company specializing in the production of rescue and utility trucks, as working for the company with her brothers Pierre and Mathieu.
=== Maricarl Thibault ===
Maricarl Thibault is Carl Thibault's and Marie Nadeau's daughter, René Thibault's granddaughter, and Pierre Thibault's great-granddaughter. As of 2023, she is working at Camions Carl Thibault as the director of sales. Her husband, Éric Gagné, also works for the company as a service manager.
=== Mathieu Thibault ===
Mathieu Thibault is Léon Thibault's son, René Thibault's grandson, and Pierre Thibault's great-grandson. He has been one of the owners of Industries Lafleur, a company specializing in the production of rescue and utility trucks, since March 2021. As of 2023, he is the vice-president of Industries Lafleur.
===Pierre Thibault===
Pierre Thibault is Léon Thibault's son, René Thibault's grandson, and Pierre Thibault's great-grandson. He has been one of the owners of Industries Lafleur, a company specializing in the production of rescue and utility trucks, since October 2002. As of 2023, he is the president and secretary of Industries Lafleur.
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