I have watched this thread with interest because my Gt.grandfather Frank SNAPE married a Julia LAROCQUE born Vermont of French Canadian parents Joseph H & Emily (Emilie TRUDEAU?) LAROCQUE. Julia was Frank's 2nd wife & as yet I haven't found their marriage but as she was RC I don't believe that they would just live together, Julia died July 21, 1894 & her Requiem was held at the Notre Dame De Lourdes Church in Fall River according to her obit. Has anyone come across this surname before? Any help appreciated. Anita. New Zealand. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James FR Morgan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 1:59 AM Subject: Re: [MABRISTO] RE: French-Canadian in Fall River > Terry, > > Don't discount Hormisdas Lambert yet. Often the French-Canadians names > more then one child with the same name, even if the first child was still > alive. They would often call one by one name and the other child by > another but sometimes the wrong one is listed (I know because of the > age-example; mine was a Florence Rosalie who had two daughters named > Florence Rosalie-one went by Florence, one by Rosalie but a few times > Rosalie is listed as Florence-they were born 10 years apart so I can tell > who is who. I know it gets very confusing. Depending on who gave the > census information to the census taker makes a lot of difference. > Original birth records will held resolve your questions. > > I'd also try to contact the French-Canadian group in Pawtucket, Rhode > Island as they have published many of the French Catholic Church Records > in New England. I'll try to get the e-mail address for you today. > > Have you written to the state of Massachusetts for a copy of a marriage > record? They could have gotten married anywhere in Mass. or possibly > Rhode Island as both had a large Irish population. > > Good luck in your research as your Lambert is French-Canadian and the > French-Canadians have excellent records. When you get the right parents > for Rose contact me again as I have a lot of experience in that area as > my mother's side is 100% French-Canadian. > > I'll also send you later info on how to find your Ronan coming into > America. Very possibly they arrived in Boston or Nova Scotia. > > Jim > Salt Lake City