Re: DesJardins,Oscar(Adelard: - Montreal Canada
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Re: DesJardins,Oscar - Montreal Canada
8/26/99
Hello Una,
while searching some Desjardins in the 1911 Census I couldn't help but notice an Adelard Desjardins, living in Charlemagne, with kids Juliette, Hortense, Idora and Edgar. (the wife's first name doesn't jive but she could have been wife # 1., or could have been using one of her middle names, lots of people did that back then). However, he is listed as born in 1885 and her in 1883. Juliette born Dec 1904,Hortense in May 1906, Idora(Dora?) May 1908 and Edgar in May 1910. Adelard(sometimes people wrote Dollard or even Dolor) was a laborer(journalier in French) employed mainly forchopping wood (coupe du boisin French).that's what it says on the census form. You may want to investigate further.(Hortense and Edgar were not the most common names even back then, so they stood out a bit more)Good luck,Helene