Re: I would like to know more about our name
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I would like to know more about our name
1/09/01
The ancestor you are looking for is Alexandre born in Ogdensburg, New York, per my earlier message - he was the son of Joseph Alexandre/ Alexis and Denise Lavergne, both probably of Canadian origin - he emigrated to Sainte-Anne-des-Chenes,Manitoba,from Gouverneur,New York,with his parents when only 19 years old where he worked for his cousin L.G.Gagnon in a general store, within one year he was proprietor of his own store which he operated until 1926 - he married (1) Emma Desautels dit Lapointe 5 October 1885, she died 28 Oct 1913 aged 47 yrs, his second marriage (2)Anna-Marie Prefontaine 12 August 1915.
Alexandre died 29 September 1937.
Alex and Emma Desautels had 16 children - 4 sons and 4 daughters lived, no doubt the large family you refer to and to which you are connected - I can probably help you check this out but I will need names other than Harold, Ross, Scott, etc., which aren't very French Canadian - what were the names in the previous generation?
His mother Denise Lavergne was born c1840 in Saint-Paul-de-Joliette,Quebec - she died at Sainte-Anne 20 October 1913.
It seems his father died in 1915, also at Sainte-Anne.
I have for some time been looking for the origin of Alexandre Sr. - I beleive the family name originally was Levac - a family established in the Montreal area (Soulanges) and later in southern Ontario along the St-Lawrence - Prescott, Ontario is just north of Ogdensburg, New York, where Alex Jr. was born.
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