Re: LORD Charles; ON,CAN>IN,USA>WI,USA; 1828-1850 In article <6eh61d$1m0@bl-4.rootsweb.com>, bobnlou <bobnlou@execpc.com> wrote: > LORD Charles; ON,CAN>IN,USA>WI,USA; 1828-1850 > > LORD, Charles > > I am at a dead end in my search for Charles LORD. According to his > obituary he was born in 1828 in St Francis, Ontario, Canada. The only St > > Francis that I could find in Ontario is Smiths Falls in Lanark county > which was named St Francis for a short time. I did find a St Francis du > Lac Indian reserve, but I could not find any information on it. I also > know that he was a bussinessman in Montreal Just before he came to > Indiana in the US arround 1850. He worked as a baker and owned a bakery > as well as working in a mine after he came to the US. I know it's not > much to go on but that's all I have. > Thanks, Bob > > > -- > Bobnlou@execpc.com > Delafield, Wisconsin, USA > Bonjour Bob, I don¹t have a Francois Lord in my database but the following information may help you: 1- All people named Lord or sometimes spelled Laur or Laurt, found in the province of Quebec are of Acadian descent. 2- There is a town called St-Francois-du-Lac at the mouth of the St-Francois river, on the shore of the lake St-Pierre, itself part of the St-Lawrence river, about 45 miles north-east of Montreal. 3- I have one Lord couple married in St-Francois-du-Lac: Israel-Louis Lord (Charles Lord & Josephe Desjarlais) married 24-05-1831 St-Francois-du-Lac (Yamaska county) Angelique Sanfacon (Jean-Baptiste Sanfacon & Louise Gosselin) I think this St-Francois-du-Lac is a good place for you to look further into. Salut ! Roger -- J-Roger Cloutier McMasterville, Quebec jrclout@cam.org A la recherche des / Searching CLOUTIER, LATENDRESSE, DESILETS