Hello,   Because of my husband's serious illness one year ago, and his one- year of recovery,  I probably haven't posted to this List in a year or 2.  *     But, I just saw the Town of Lakefield in the Province of Quebec mentioned in a posting.      And that is where my ancestors arrived in the 1823-1825 timeframe.    They initially settled in the "former Township of Gore" which became the Lakefield and Lachute areas of Argenteuil County.    (And Mille Isles nearby.)      So, I wanted to mention that there has been a List for the "former Township of Gore,"  and it used to be active.     I just did a quick check of the archives and see that the surname, DAWSON,  has been mentioned many times.   http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-QC-GORETWP.html   And, you will find my ancestors'  surnames mentioned many times.    I am descended from 2 of the 5 couples:   William and Mary (KERR) HENDERSON Samuel and Catherine  (?)  HENDERSON Patrick and Elizabeth  (KERR?)  KERR Miss Elizabeth KERR   (married in Canada to Levi MILLER) John and Ann  (HENDERSON)  KERR   (Robert KERR and Elizabeth HENDERSON were born there in 1827,  married there and had their 5 children there.     By the 1880's,  they and 4 of their children had migrated to Massachusetts.    I cannot find out what happened to their oldest daughter.)   I have mentioned this family-group on this List in past years.     They were born in County Sligo, Ireland, and the couples married there and had at least their first child there.     But, none of their many descendants can find out who their parents were.    People in Ireland tell me that we may .never.  find out.    They were born in the 1780 to 1805 timeframe.   I have also mentioned them on the 2  Quebec Lists,  where the Quebec-Research List is more active.   Betty                (near Lowell, MA, USA)     (on Lists and Boards for 10 yrs.;   now an Admin for 9 Lists and 3 Boards,  including the older List for CAN-USA-Migration and the newer Board for  New-England-Research)    (already the New-Eng-Gen List) (and I started up a List for the Laurentian Mountains but it is not active)   * My husband was "damn lucky"  to survive a "brain aneurysm" one year ago.     But, he continues to recover from that 9 hrs. of brain surgery.    He is fine and healthy,  but it appears his problem with "short-term memory" will be with him for a while.        (As I've talked to people,  I hear way too many sad stories about aneurysms,  and I've heard that the aneurysms which happen inside the body  (not head) usually - kill.)