Good morning Michael; Did you get my message on the baptism of Marie Odile Georgiana Lefebvre born in 1878 and baptised in Ste-Cunégonde, Montral? Frank ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael McAlonie" <mmcalonie@msn.com> To: <quebec@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [QUEBEC] looking for some charity- Lefebvre > Renee, > Thank you for your help. This is interesting. I just looked up the > 1897 marriage, at Saint Ann Montreal, my great grandfather is indexed > as Dan H McAlonce in ancestry.com index. It does list Clement and > Cesarie as Alexandrina's parents, but perhaps they are grand parents > or some other relation, seems more likely, I agree. I should not be > so quick to say that, as my own father was 50 and mother 46 when I was > born! HHmm. However I will check St Cunegonde for Mary > Alexandrines in 1879 to some other last names, like Barselou. Seeing > as she would have siblings born in the early 1850s, I thought 1879 > sounded late to be a sibling of Clements children. > > Thank you so much for looking. I appreciate your help. I just want > to figure this out. As I was growing up, I was told that my great > grandmother Lefebvre was part Cree Indian. I have traced all branches > of her parents families (Clement and Cesarie, if they are her parents) > back to French immigrants and I see no indication of Metis ancestry. > So If these are not her actual parents I can understand that now. > > How were illegitimate children recorded in the church records back > then? > > Thanks to anyone who helps me sort this out, > Michael > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Renee Cummings<mailto:rcummi1123@rogers.com> > To: quebec@rootsweb.com<mailto:quebec@rootsweb.com> ; > mmcalonie@msn.com<mailto:mmcalonie@msn.com> > Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 8:51 PM > Subject: Re: [QUEBEC] looking for some charity- Lefebvre > > > Michael, I found this in BMS > Probably siblings of your great grandmother > Adele Lefebvre d/o Clement & Cesarie Martin mar. Jan 09 1878 at > Ste-Cunegonde, Montreal to Ludger-Napoleon Bardsalou w/o > Marie-Louise Chartrand > > Ludger-Napoleon Bardsalou, s/o Leon & Odile Bertrand mar. 1873-10-20 > St-Henri Montreal Marie-Louise Chartrand d/o Francois & Mathilde > Bisson > > or could this be your great-grandmother > Marie Lefebvre (same parents) mar. 1879-10-21 at Ste-Cunegonde, > Montreal > David Barsalou s/o Leon & Adele Chartrand. > > This might help you find her in that area. If her mother was born in > 1829 > she would have been 50 when Mary-Alexandrine was born in 1879 so I > think > it's the wrong year and maybe it was the year of her marriage in 1879 > (See > Marie above) Please check your note to verify the info you gave us. > Something doesn't seem to add up here-( > > Good luck > Renee > > -----Original Message----- > From: quebec-bounces@rootsweb.com<mailto:quebec-bounces@rootsweb.com> > [mailto:quebec-bounces@rootsweb.com]On > Behalf Of Michael McAlonie > Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 6:51 PM > To: Quebec List > Subject: [QUEBEC] looking for some charity- Lefebvre > > > Hello, > In all these years I have never been able to find my great > grandmothers > baptism in Quebec. I would have tried the PRDH but it says it stops > at > 1799. I tried all sorts of angles searching the indexes and any > close > matched page images on ancestry.com for the Drouin collection. Her > name was > some form of Mary Alexandrine Lefebvre. I have seen Alexandrine > spelled > Alexandrina also, and I have seen her recorded as just Alexandrina at > times > also. Per her NYS death certificate she was born August 15, 1879. > Her > parents were Clement Lefebvre born 1825 in St Phillippe (I don't have > my > notes in front of me) and her mother was Cesarie Martin (also Son dit > St > Martin) who I think was born in St Constant in 1829. They lived in > St > Phillippe and were married at St Remi I believe. I have found all > the info > for her parents, and their ancestors, but not for her. Her 1942 > death > certificate said she was born in Montreal, but it said her parents > were born > in Montreal also which was not ! > the case. She did get married in Montreal in 1897 however, I > believe at St > Anns in Griffintown where my great grandfather DH McAlonie was a > member. > Every document I have seen says she was born in Canada, however, her > family > was located in Troy, NY by the 1880 US census, in which her father is > indexed as Clements Lefebre, and, according to the kids names and > dates, I > cant clearly tell which one is supposed to be her. Perhaps she was > adopted? > > Name Age > > . > . > Search the Archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=QUEBEC > . > Browse the Archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/QUEBEC/ > . > A link to a favorite site: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclefred/main.htm > . > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > QUEBEC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message