This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Menard/Roy/Tibbetts Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mA1.2ACIB/384.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you Joe. Joseph Menard died in 1865 in Dresbach, Winona Co. MN. He is buried in Menard Cemetery. From the information that I have, Joseph Menard and wife, Catherine Sophia (Roy) Menard, lived in Dresbach, Winona Co. from the early 1850's. I have been told that Joseph opened the first lime kiln in Dresbach, was a leader of the French colony, also kept the hotel for the stage and freight haulers, and loggers. Joseph and Catherine are listed on the 1860 census with son Felix for Dresbach. My problem is that, his wife Catherine Sophia has disappeared for me,after Joseph's death. Rumour is that she was sent to White Earth Reservation, and that she is listed on their rolls, but if so, I can not find this reference anywhere. Also, and you may not know the answer, daughter Catherine Isabelle (Isabella), was married to Tibbetts, on March 21, 1853 in Dresbach. Supposedly the 1st marriage in Dresbach. Since records were not kept in Dresbach until 1854, where would this marriage be recorded? I want to thank you for taking the time to try to assist me, and the census info that you sent to me are definitely my people. Have a great day Pam