Dot that listing you found for the 1871 census has a lot of names missing ....... Paul 42 Desanges 36 Azilda 17 Ludger 15 Joseph 14 Melina13 Delima 12 Damien 11 Regina 9 Emma 7 Olivie 4 Alma 3 Eliza 10 months and more came later! so yes his wife is Desanges Racine as Fran just sent you "Emma" was born 19 Sep 1864 (not the 17th) baptized at S-Guillaume d'Upton as Marie Alma "Alma" was born 27 Sep 1868 baptized at St-Valerien as " Marie Rosalie Alma" " In a message dated 4/14/2014 1:07:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dhazvt@aol.com writes: I am trying to find out who Paul was married to. Emma and Alma who married in Rhode Island gave their mother as Frances last name unknown. I found this info on Paul in the 1871 census and am wondering if anyone has parish records for this location who might be able to identify his wife. Perhaps the children were baptized there. It appears his wife had already died. Name: Paul Provost Gender: Male Age: 42 Birth Year (Estimated): 1829 Birthplace: Q Marital Status: Married Nationality: Franciase Religion: Catholique Event Place: St-Valérien-de-Milton d, Shefford 127, Quebec Page Number: 20 Line Number: 8 House Number: 60 Family Number: 63 GS Film number: 2229035 Affiliate Film Number: C-10073 Digital Folder Number: 4395463 Image Number: 577 Household Gender Age Birthplace Paul Provost M 42 Q Mélina Provost F 13 Q Délima Provost F 12 Q Emma Provost F 7 Q Olivie Provost F 4 Q Alma Provost F 3 Q Thank you, Dot ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~For the list web page, goto: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclefred/main.htm And we are on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/QRlist/ List Archives are at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/QUEBEC-RESEARCH ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUEBEC-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message