Hi Jim, Thank you for your well-reasoned answer! Your theory is a good one and seems quite possible. So, I've been trying to think of what evidence might be available to prove or disprove your theory. One thing that goes against your theory is that in her 1866 civil death record Anne is listed as a widow [I sure wish it mentioned her deceased husband's name]. But, in my notes I have it that Luc GIROUARD/GERRIOR didn't die until 2 years later in Apr 1868. I do not have his civil death record, so I don't know if he was a widower at the time of his death. Next, I took a look at the birthplaces for children of Luc GIROUARD & Anne DESLAURIERS. Like everything else there are contradictions. Pierre Girouard's website has children 7, 8, 10, and 11 born in Guysborough Co. Lloyd Boucher, on the other hand, has these children born at Tracadie. http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET& db=antigonish&id=I262 And, in the 1866 marriage record for Isidore GIROUARD, child 8, his residence is listed as Tor Bay, but his birth place is listed as Tracadie. I checked the Tracadie Old Burials, hoping for a tombstone with dates, but I don't find either Luc or his wife among those listed, so at this point I don't know where they are buried: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/2516/Tracadie.htm Anyone have anything that might prove Jim's theory? Thanks in advance! Eileen In a message dated 11/20/04, [email protected] writes: > I believe this is Anne Jacquet dit DesLauriers, daughter of > Jean-Baptiste Jacquet dit DesLauriers and Anne Coste, who married Luc > Girouard (Girror or other spellings).  See Mary Ferguson's site at > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mjfergus&id=I120 > > Looking at Pierre Girouard's site at > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pierregirouard& > id=I5276 > > we see that roughly the first half of their children were born in the > Tracadie area and the second half in the Tor bay area. > > So how do I account for the mother given as Mary BENOIT versus Anne > Coste? Well, the person supplying the information appears to be Charles Pelerine, to > whom I cannot find a connection to Anne Jacquet dit DesLauriers, so I'm > presuming even if he is a relative, he is fairly distantly removed and could > easily have made a mistake. Here is all the info from the Tor Bay site: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Enslsatb/torbay/deaths/d.htm > > Deaths Registered in Guysborough County NUMBER: 16522-007-021 > Anna DesLaurier > SEX: F > AGE: 79 > CONDITION W > OCCUPATION > WHERE_BORN Tracadie > FATHER: John B. DesLaurier > MOTHER: Mary Benoit > FATHER_OCCUPATION: > DATE OF DEATH:  February 06, 1866 > PLACE OF DEATH: Torbay > CAUSE OF DEATH: : Old Age > INFORMANT: Ch. Pelerine > DATE_REGISTERED: 2/6/1866 > REG_PLACE: > NOTES: > > Jim Delorey > > [email protected] wrote: > > >Hello all, > > > >I came across this death record and I'm unable to connect this family. Can > >anyone clarify the parents of John B. DesLAURIER and Mary BENOIT? > > > >Anna DesLAURIER d. 6 Feb 1866 Tor Bay, Guysborough Co, listed as age 79 > >[implies b. 1787], born Tracadie, Antigonish Co., widow, dau. of John B. > DesLAURIER > >& Mary BENOIT. Reference: Deaths Registered in Guysborough County NUMBER: > >16522-007-021Source TorBay website: > >      http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Enslsatb/torbay/index.htm > > > >Thanks in advance! > >Eileen Avery