Hi List, I'm new here, and hoping someone can help me with my family, LaBARGE. My great grandfather was John Baptiste LaBerge, born Oct. 27 1857 in Montmangy Quebec. He went to sea at the age of 12 and was at sea for 6 years. He married Christine Allie the 18th of June 1882 in Oconta, WI. John Baptiste was apparently a woodsman, and he and Christine had 10 to 12 children, total number unknown. However, their known children are listed below. Maude-Julie, born March 31, 1885, died Dec. 25, 1952. George Albert, born July 27, 1886, died May 5, 1920. Flora Mary, born June 1, 1888, died Sept. 26, 1959. Lola, born Aug.8, 1890, died in Sept (no year available). William Richard, born June 1, 1894. He lived in Jacksonville, Oregon and died there. Rudolph Henry, born Aug. 10, 1900. Adelaide Amelia, called Lil, born April 8, 1903. She and her husband George Thompson owned the Oasis Hotel in Palm Beach, and other hotels in California and Florida. Ralph Henry, born Aug. 12, 1905, died in Medford, Oregon in 1962. Aloys Harry, born Dec. 3, 1887, died in 1963. (May be diff spelling on name) The family is listed in the 1910 census of Shawano Country, Whittenberg City, WI, and are also listed in the 1920 census of Whittenberg Village with children Rudolph, 19; Adelaide, 16; Rudolph Henry, 14; and Aldis R. (sp?), 12. However, I can only read the info on both sheets that I have typed here. Both sheets are too light to read anything else. I have the birth and marriage certificates of my grandfather, Ralph Henry, and he was evidently born in Morris, Shawano County, and married in Kimberly, Octagamie (sp) County. I am interested in tracing the LaBerge/LaBarge line back from John Baptiste and have been trying to get through this roadblock for a long time. I have been in contact with several people connected with the LaBarge/LaBerge web page with no luck. If anyone has any info I would greatly appreciate it and of course would pay for any expenses incurred. Thank you, Lyn LaBarge Sinnema.