Lester was my great-grandfather. The problem I have is determining who his parents are. According to his death record, he was born on June 14, 1847. He is not seen in the 1850 VT census but he is seen in the 1860 VT census: he is 13 years old and lives in the Peter "Layhu" household (in Berkshire). Peter Lahue is also seen in the 1850 VT census (living in Richford). According to Lester's marriage certificate (he married Laura Laplant on January 14, 1874), his parents were Peter and Amanda Lahue (whose birth names were Pierre Lague and Monique Rainville). The problem with this is that my grandfather (Walter Lahue) stated on Lester's death record that Lester's parents were "R. Lahue and Mary Laplante" (Lester died in Highgate Center on March 31, 1932). Since my grandfather has been dead for about 30 years now, I have no way of knowing whether that information was true or not. The death record and his marriage record state that Lester was born in Richford. However, Richford and the Vermont Vital Records have no birth record for Lester. There are also no birth records for any Lahue in Richford in the same time frame as Lester. Since Lester does not appear in the 1850 census in Peter's household (nor in any of the census data for the northern half of Vermont), the idea that Peter was not his birth father has a potential to be true. What I'm looking for is some clue to say who Lester's parents really were. Thanks for any info. Jim Lahue

Aloha Jim, For what it is worth: Celestin LAGUE, child of Pierre & Monique RENVILLE of Richford (VT) was born 20 Feb and baptized 2 Jul 1848 at Notre Dame des Anges, Stanbridge, Quebec Godparents were Joseph BOURQUE & Emilie COLLETTE: and Julien LAGUE, child of Pierre & Monique RINVILLE of Ritchford (sic) US, was born 23 Feb and baptized 10 May 1846 at the same ND des Anges. Godparents: Charles TETREAU & Marcelline LAGUE. In my opinion RINVILLE, RENVILLE and RAINVILEE are all one and the same. This information would clearly place Monique as the wife of Pierre in 1846 and 1848. You said that Lester was born 14 June 1847. Our French-American ancestors were often quite fertile, so this leads me to believe that Pierre & Monique are the parents of Lester. My guess is that your grandfather was wrong when he filled out the Lester's death certfiicate. Another possibility , is that Monique and Pierre remarried to Mary/Laura LAPLANTE/LAPLANT. Don't sweat variations in given names, especially if one of the first names was Mary. Many French-Canadian and Franco-American girls of that era were baptized with two names, the first being Marie. LAHUE is a variation of LAGUE, so don't sweat that either. One of the Quebec pioneers was a LAGUE. So you should be looking for LAGUE when you've crossed that formidable genealogical barrier...the VT-Quebec border in the 19th C. (My only two ancestral brickwalls are at that barrier.) Jerry Lesperance, Aiea, Hawaii ----- Original Message ----- From: James Lahue/Austin/IBM <jmlahue@us.ibm.com> To: <VTFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 2:20 PM Subject: [VTFRANKL] Lester LAHUE > Lester was my great-grandfather. The problem I have is determining who > his parents are. > > According to his death record, he was born on June 14, 1847. He is not > seen in the 1850 VT census but he is seen in the 1860 VT census: he is 13 > years old and lives in the Peter "Layhu" household (in Berkshire). Peter > Lahue is also seen in the 1850 VT census (living in Richford). According > to Lester's marriage certificate (he married Laura Laplant on January 14, > 1874), his parents were Peter and Amanda Lahue (whose birth names were > Pierre Lague and Monique Rainville). The problem with this is that my > grandfather (Walter Lahue) stated on Lester's death record that Lester's > parents were "R. Lahue and Mary Laplante" (Lester died in Highgate Center > on March 31, 1932). Since my grandfather has been dead for about 30 > years now, I have no way of knowing whether that information was true or > not. The death record and his marriage record state that Lester was born > in Richford. However, Richford and the Vermont Vital Records have no birth > record for Lester. There are also no birth records for any Lahue in > Richford in the same time frame as Lester. Since Lester does not appear in > the 1850 census in Peter's household (nor in any of the census data for the > northern half of Vermont), the idea that Peter was not his birth father has > a potential to be true. What I'm looking for is some clue to say who > Lester's parents really were. > > Thanks for any info. > > Jim Lahue > > > ==== VTFRANKL Mailing List ==== > Visit the Franklin County Vermont GenConnect Boards > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >