This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bbffrrpp Surnames: Peloquin, Gibault, Gibeau Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.connecticut.unknown/4719.2.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Rick. I can just offer an FYI. I have been trying to find more information on the .12. siblings of my grandfather. Most were born and raised in Stoneham, MA. One brother was Arthur who married Philomene LeBLANC. Her parents were born in the Prov. of Quebec, and I knew nothing else about them. I posted a query on the 2 Quebec Lists and a very helpful researcher found the marriage of her parents -- in Wilton, New Hampshire. ?? It turns out her parents and siblings were in southern NH for several years before they moved to Woburn, MA (beside Stoneham). I had a hunch that Arthur LEWIS' wife had some connection to NH, as in 1924 "she" bought an old farm in the White Mountains of NH. And, as I think of it, this same grandfather had a 3rd wife who was born in the Prov. of Quebec. She was a widow when they married, and she and her first husband had come down to the Springfield, MA, area as young adults and married there shortly after arriving. Mrs. Yvonne (LAMOTHE) (JARRY) LEWIS remained in the Springfield area. I'm mentioning this because the people and families coming down from P.Q. seem mostly to move to the "mill cities" - Manchester, NH, Lowell, MA, Springfield, MA, and all along the Connecticut River Valley and the Merrimac River valley. So, those would be the places to place queries about. I've seen several instances of young adults coming down to New England as single people, and either marrying someone they traveled with or met someone at the workplace they joined. Also, have you checked both the 1880 US census and the 1881 CAN census to see where the couple was at that time? www.familysearch.org And, I and others have access to the 1860 and 1870 US census. So, you could place a specific query about that. Offering as many details as you have. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) P.S. A quick check shows the name only appearing in Louisiana in 1860. But in 1870 a largefamily appears in New London, CT. And a young man is in Woonsocket, RI. Then the ones in LA and Texas. In 1880 there is a Joseph in Spencer, MA, which is in Worcester Co. I can't read his (probable) wife's name but it starts with Pi____. There are 26 PELOQUIN people in Worcester Co., mostly in Worcester, MA, that year and 11 in Middlesex Co., all in Lowell, MA. The GIBEAU name first appears in 1870 in New York. That's another state where people / families would have first come down to - and then moved to another state, like CT. The GIBAULT name first appears in NY in 1860. Doesn't appear in New England until 1900. 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.