This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: pata41 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.yates/460.511.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Lisa, I`m not related to your family but did check census records for them. Abel Desjardine appears on the 1881 census of Canada as a son of Sadme & Osile Desjardine. He was born abt. 1876/77. Sadme is probably Sadrac & Osile may be Azelia. The 1900 US census shows an Aabel Desjardiens/Desjardins, age 23 in Police Jury Ward 9, Calcasieu Parish, LA. His parents are Sadrac & Azeile Desjardins. Able is on the 1910 census in the same place with his wife Eve with several children. In 1930 they are in Santa Cruz, CA. Lily, age 12, is shown as one of their children. I`ll paste the 1881 census below. If you don`t have access to the other records, let me know. If you do some google searches for "Sadrac Desjardine, you`ll get hits that may help you. I also did a search for Desjardine "Huron Co." & found a pdf file that contains an obit for a Isadore Gravelle. One of his surviving daughters was a Mrs. S. DesJardins of Lake Charles, Louisiana. I think this is Abel`s mother. The pdf is here: http://tinyurl.com/ydugz9j Use the find feature to search for Lake Charles & the obit will come up. Pat R. Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion Sadme DESJARDINE M Male French 37 Quebec Farmer Reformed Presbyterian Osile DESJARDINE M Female French 27 Quebec Reformed Presbyterian Elijah DESJARDINE Male French 18 Ontario School Reformed Presbyterian Evan DESJARDINE Male French 6 Ontario School Reformed Presbyterian Abel DESJARDINE Male French 4 Ontario Reformed Presbyterian Calvan DESJARDINE Male French 2 Ontario Reformed Presbyterian Hulse DESJARDINE Male French <1 Born: Feb; 2/12 Ontario Reformed Presbyterian Source Information: 1880 Census Place Stanley, Huron South, Ontario Family History Library Film 1375908 NA Film Number C-13272 District 173 Sub-district E Division 3 Page Number 16 Household Number 66 from: http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp 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.