The name below sounds French and Roman Catholic. Ste Marie in this case would not be Ste-Marie d'Eli which would be opened later as a parish. My suggestion in this case is Ste Marie-de-Monnoir, which by the way th e anme was changed to Marieville. This area has given lots of families to the Townships, including mine. Antoine Benoit got married there in 1815. Searching the Larose name of that time can be very difficult. In 1837, there was a beginning of a French Canadian revolution which was put down by the British Army. Lots of men immigrated west or south to better working conditions and not be questioned by the Army. At that time, those who felt the need changed their name to their "dit" name. The really bad news is that Tanguay provides 54 dit names for Larose. If the ancestor did not change you are lucky, otherwise be prepared for a lot of research. As an aside dit name changes were ruled out by the Canadian Government in 1876, but the practice stayed to the beginning of 1900. Immigrants to the US would adopt the easier sounding name for the English speaking employers. (Hope I did not confuse two different St Mary's questions) Marcel Benoit ---------- > From: molly <molly@sunline.net> > To: QC-ETANGLO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [QC-ETANGLO] Re: St. Marys for Molly > Date: June 28, 2000 11:47 AM > > Thank you, Joy. My correction: Ancestor was GABRIEL LAROSE b. 1815 or > 1816 St. Marys, CANADA. > Molly Shumate > > molly@sunline.net > > JOY TWENEY wrote: > > > > Hi Molly, > > I guess you can now forget about the Ontario village. It seems like > > overnight many St. Marys are showing up in the Eastern Que. area. > > Perhaps if you send the corrected name again to the list some person > > may have the appropriate info for you.. Sorry I couldn't help much > > but got the ball rolling... Will still keep you on file in case I > > find a clue .. Joy..