In a message dated 1/15/05 7:48:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, kd1843@verizon.net writes: << I have found many Couture's in Rochester, NH and that area and many Merciers in area of Peterborough, NH so my assumption that they went to Michigan where their relatives lived is a hunch of their behavior previous to and after. >> I also know personally of Couture's in Barre / Graniteville VT. who had been there from at least the 30's Fran Wilcox