Hi Sandra In the year 1905 there was in Winooski VT a person by name of Miss Albertine Ladoucier, a music teacher at St. Louis Convent. Mal Bevins, Chittenden County GENWEB Coordinator SVRICHARD@aol.com wrote: > Seeking any information on GUINDON and LADOUCEUR families who lived in > Winooski area in late 1800's. My great-grandfather was Adolphe Guindon who > married Adelina Ladouceur probably in the mid-1890s. Family legend has it > that they were champion ice skaters in the area; and that Adolphe "stole a > cow" so that he afford to marry his fiance. I am trying to identify Adolph > and Adelina's parents. My best guess is that the parents emigrated from > Canada and were very likely "metis" (French Canadian and Native American). > > Any information would be helpful. > > Sandra Vincent Richard > Bolingbrook, IL