esther french m. martin desjardin Canada
My maternal ggrandmother was Esther (Hester) French. She was born in Quebec (as stated on her daughters marriage certificate).She married Martin Desjardin also born in Quebec. I don't know how many children they had, but the only one I know of is Jessie Desjardin Harris (spelled Jesse on her marriage certificate). Jessie married Lloyd Harris of Haldimand District and later of North Cobalt on June 2, 1914. I believe the Desjardins were from Windsor,Ontario/Detroit area.I know she has (had) some relatives in Grand Bend, Ontario on Lake Huron. Her six children were Allan Harris, (Frances)Esther Elizabeth Harris (my mother, b. November 23, l915 who married Stan Thompson), Mildred , Pearl, Alex? Harris and Bill Harris. I am not sure of the birth order, one of the names of the boys, or the married names of my aunts. Many of these children live(d) in the Windor/Detroit area for most of their lives.My mother went from Windsor to Chatham to Toronto to Gilford.She now lives in St. Catharines.Jesse, my grandmother, moved from Haileybury, Ontario to Windsor, Ontario with her children somtime between 1930 and 1940 after they were burned out of 3 different homes during the great Haileybury forest fires.