This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bdevarney Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.franklin/6803.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello, Napoleon married Victoire Sauvageau in St. Joseph church in Dannemora, NY on 21 Jun 1885. No parents names were listed for either person. Her surname is interesting since it is comprised of the canadian french word for Native American. As indicated, they had eight children one who died between 1900 and 1910. They are recorded in the Altamont, NY census in 1900, 1910 and 1920. The 1900 census was almost unreadable and therefore their names do not appear in any index. The child who died was a girl born between 1890 and 1895. I believe you have the names of the other seven children. Napoleon was most likely the son of of Pierre Duvernay and Sophie Letourneau. The 1870 Ellenberg, NY census gives Napoleon's age as 9. The family appears to have had about ten children. Eight of them were baptized at St. Joseph de Corbeau church in Coopersville, NY. I wasn't able to find any record of Napoleon's birth or baptism in the church records I had access to. At the time of the 1850 census, they were living in Champlain, NY. I wasn't able to find them in the 1860 census. It could be a case of another unreadable census however. According to the census information, Pierre was born in Canada ~1810-1815. Sophie was also born in Canada ~1820. Hopes this helps. Bernie DeVarney (bdevarney@comcast.net) 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.