The victims were killed one by one by the
Haitian Army, until the last two survivors, Louis Drouin and Marcel Numa, were captured alive, brought back to
Port-au-Prince and shot in public against a cemetery wall on November 12, 1964.
Terminology
The massacre was called the "vespers" because many of the families killed by the regime are remembered as the families who took many aforementioned "vesper" picnic excursions.
Victims
Several of the group were from the town of Jérémie. During two months that the army and the resistance group fought in the hills, the regime ordered the arrest and murder of Jeune Haiti's family members. 27 people were murdered, ranging in age from 85-year-old Mrs Chenier Villedrouin to 2-year-old Régine Sansaricq.
The murdered were:
Louis Drouin Sr., father of Louis Drouin Jr.
Louise Degraff, his wife
Guy Drouin, brother of Louis Drouin Jr.
Alice Drouin, sister of Louis Drouin Jr.
Gérard Guilbaud, Alice's husband
Mrs. Chenier Villedrouin (née Corinne Sansaricq) (85 years old), mother of Guy and Victor Villedrouin
Victor Villedrouin
Roseline Drouin, Guy Villedrouin's wife and sister of Louis Drouin Jr.
Fernande Villedrouin, sister of Guy and Victor
Guy Villedrouin, brother of Victor Villedrouin
Adeline Chassagne, Victor Villedrouin's wife, and the aunt of Canadian indie rock band
Arcade Fire's
Régine Chassagne
Lisa Villedrouin (18 years old), their daughter
Frantz Villedrouin (16 years old) their son
Pierre Sansaricq
Louise Laforest, Pierre's wife
Jean-Claude Sansaricq, their son
Graziela Sansaricq, Jean-Claude's wife
Lily Sansaricq, sister of Pierre Sansaricq
Fred Sansaricq, son of Pierre
Hubert Sansaricq, son of Pierre
Reynold Sansaricq, son of Pierre
Marie-Catherine Sansaricq (10 years old) daughter of Pierre
Edith Laforest, Louise Laforest's sister
Jean-Pierre Sansaricq (6 years old), son of Jean-Claude and Graziela
Stéphane Sansaricq (4 years old), son of Jean-Claude and Graziela
Régine Sansaricq (2 years old), daughter of Jean-Claude and Graziela