This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: SAcocks Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.desjardins/33.39.45/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Like you, I am searching for Desjardins from the Quebec area. Also like you, the ancestors I am seeking settled in the south-west of Michigan's Upper Peninsula around Garden, Nadeau, Hermansville, Spaulding, Wilson etc. The name I have that brings my search to a halt is Hilaire Desjardins, married to Marie-Anastasie LaFramboise and father of Rose Margaret, ( born on July 14, 1889 in St. Jerome, Quebec, P.Q.) Rose Margaret married Walter C. Lorenzen and bore five children: Lillian Florence, Marie Violet, Roger W. and Ilene. I note that on one of my info sheets I have penciled in the name "Gardener," which I'd forgotten until just now when I looked at it. I have a birth certificate for Rose Margaret that originates in Ste. Marguerite , Lac Masson, P.Q. When I asked my birth mother (I was adopted) about the name of her grandfather she only remembered him being referred to as Eli (which, to my mind, could easily have evolved from Hilaire, since the French pronunciation omits the initial "h" sound. Do you have any knowledge of an Eli Desjardins from that area? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.