This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/UGB.2ACE/232.238.412 Message Board Post: I am quite sure you are related to my husband's family. My father-in-law, Howard La Porte, gave me the names of his grandparents, and his aunts and uncles, and some cousins. He passed away a year ago, so I can't get anymore information from him. He told me his grandparents were Julius and Mathilda Pagenkopf.(from ancestry.com it looks like her maiden name was Benjamin) His mother was Maud, his father Frank La Porte. The names he gave me for his aunts and uncles were: Bernie George May - twin to Maud Alice - your grandmother I would think Agnes He said Bernie was married to Ruth (I don't know if Bernie was the Pagenkopf or Ruth was) they had a son Robert May was married to a Chester Tyler, and I think he said their children were Dorothy, Rosetta, and Lloyd Alice was married to a James, and had a daughter Mary Alice He must have known Mary Alice quite well, as he mentioned her anytime he spoke of the Pagenkopf side of the family. You mention she was 84 years old in 1999, which would have made her about a year younger than him. I am assuming here, that Mary Alice is your Mother. My father -in-law was born in Minnesota, and his family moved back and forth between the St. Paul area and Canada several times before staying in Canada.He said his mother didn't like to stay put for long.His father worked for a time as a butcher, I believe with Swift meats in St. Paul or Faribault. Maud & Frank had 2 daughters and 6 sons.1 daughter and 2 sons are still living. I haven't done too much research on the Pagenkopfs, but would like to find out more about them. Let me know if I have you connected properly.