This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MAYNARD, ROY, PELOQUIN, BLASE, BUECHNER, KNOPH. GROEBNER, MIRCEA, REININGER, HINKLEY, GOULD, WHITNEY, COLLIER, RUSSELL, PRENCE, BREWSTER, SWARD, WEDDLE, HARTSHORN/HARTSON, IRELAND. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mA1.2ACIB/417.1 Message Board Post: Did any of your Maynard / Menards reside in Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Mass and / or St. Paul, Ramsey Co., Minnesota? My Maynard line lived in those areas. I've heard that originally they spelled their name Menard. They lived in Massachusetts fr. abt. 1860-1880, then moved to St. Paual Minnesota where they remained. They were originally from Canada, probably Quebec. Do you see any of these names in your Maynard lineage, allied or direct? I am wondering if My John B. Maynard is a brother or cousin of your Joseph Menard. My Maynard lineage: Descendants of John Baptiste MAYNARD 1 John Baptiste Maynard b: Mar 1837 in French Canada d: Aft. 05 Jun 1900 in prob. 25 March 1929,-St. Paul, Ramsey, MN or Hennepin Co., MN . +Philomene "Helen" PELOQUIN b: Sep 1842 in French Canada d: Aft. 05 Jun 1900 in Ramsey County, MN m: Abt. 1860 ... 2 Phillip Maynard ... 2 John Maynard b: Aug 1861 in Massachusetts ....... +Minnie b: May 1862 in French Canada m: Abt. 1884 ... 2 Eliza Maynard b: Nov 1866 in Massachusetts d: 20 Nov 1949 in Ramsey Co., MN ....... +David LA BARRE b: Feb 1864 in Minnesota m: Abt. 1882 Most likely Minnesota ... 2 Child Maynard b: Bet. 1866 - 1873 ... 2 William Maynard b: Abt. 1868 ... 2 Mary Elizabeth Maynard b: 31 Mar 1873 in (birth may be 1872) Marlboro, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts d: 31 Mar 1928 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN ....... +Gonzague ROY b: 02 Oct 1863 in St. Simon, Rimouski County, Quebec, Canada d: 01 Jun 1931 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN (home of dau. Eva) m: Abt. 1890 ... 2 Peter Maynard b: Jun 1877 in MA or MN - 23 June 1878 says a WWI draft card for Lynn, Mass. Porbably died Lynn, Massachusetts aft. 1910. ....... +Jennie