Well at least that’s the plan I have…

Finding that my maternal grandfather once worked in Tupper Lake was quite a surprise a few years ago.

Images about Tupper Lake, New York, taken from the Internet

A planing mill, where boards from the sawmill are turned into finished lumber. Circa 1920. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

A group of workers pose outside a sawmill; the caption on the original reads: “The Big Mill.” Some of the people identified in the original photo: First Row: David Benjamin #5, Ben Churcho #11; Second Row: Mike Leonard #3, Ernie Martin #5; Top Row: Mr. Coolaw #3, William Staves #4. 1900. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial

Exterior of the Brooklyn Cooperage Mill, which made hardwood barrel staves. It was connected to the Cornell School of Forestry. The “Faust” reference in the caption is an area now incorporated into the village of Tupper Lake. Circa 1905-1915. Tupper Lake, NY.

Two men (possibly owners of a mill or managers of the job) sitting on pulpwood logs in Rock Island Bay. The logs were destined for the Piercefield Paper Mill. Circa 1920s. On Big Tupper Lake, NY.

Lumber yard outside of Tupper Lake. C: Stacks of lumber on either side of railroad tracks in a lumber yard on the Raquette Pond on Raquette River, near Tupper Lake. The pond is full of logs, and the sawmill is in the background on the left. Photo caption says: Raquette Pond, on Raquette River. Near the village of Tupper Lake, Franklin Co., N.Y. Circa 1890-1900. Tupper Lake, NY.

Workers inside the sawmill at the Santa Clara Lumber Company, which operated from 1888-1927. Circa 1900. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

Three workers inside a Tupper Lake shingle mill operating shingle saws. One of the men pictured is John Oliver Dupont. The other two are unidentified. Circa 1905-1915. Tupper Lake, NY.

Little did I know I would one day reunite with his cousin Euclid Oscar Vezina (Vézina) and someone who would take care of Euclid Vezina’s headstone.

This finding led me to search for more of Vezinas’ headstones at the same cemetery.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125657789/joseph-olivier-vezina

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111165690/hermine-vezina

I quicky became uncontrolable…

I could go on and on, but I am sure you get the point…

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/91644/memorial-search?firstName=&lastName=Vezina&includeMaidenName=true&page=1#sr-52953080

Well at least that’s the plan I have…?

If you ever stumbled on this blog, you can contact me and I will share all I know about the Vezina family.

Where to find our ancestors! Final Chapter?

Where to find our ancestors! Final Chapter? Try Find A Grave…

I had to find mine elsewhere back in 2007. Do you have old mortuary cards…? 

Old pictures…?

 

 

Thanks to my aunt Evelyne my family tree has grown exponentially since 2007 mostly with people who have been contacting me through my blogs or Find a Grave.

Lately I have started adding a few more memorials on Find A Grave and I have made contact with someone who was also searching for the Vezina family.

Joseph Olivier Vezina (1849-1930) – Find a Grave Memorial

Having had many children, Olivier Vézina and Hermine Paiement have thousands of descendants mostly living in the United States who know nothing of their French-Canadian ancestors both born in Ste-Marthe, in Vaudreuil-Soulanges County, Québec, Canada.

Here is the list of their 21 children with updated dates I have added when I started looking for more information using Find a Grave…

Roméo Vézina 1880–1942

Albert Vézina 1881–1946

Rebecca Vézina 1882–1973

Raoul Vézina 1884–1967

Raoul Vézina

Raoul Vézina and his bride Marie-Louise Blanchard 

Elmer Vézina 1885–?

Leona Vézina 1886–1960

Albina Vézina 1888–1952

Florentine Vézina 1890–1895

Annonciade Vézina 1891–1891

Ovide Vézina 1891–1891

Ovide Vézina 1892–1942

Alma Vézina 1894–?

Euclide Vézina 1896–1967

Sarah Vézina 1898–1898

David Alexis Vézina 1899–1900

Sarah Vézina 1900–1900

Léonie Vézina 1900–1901

Sarah Vézina 1903–1903

Yvonne Vézina 1903–1984

Corinne Vézina 1904–1908

Joseph David Vézina 1906–1906

Each will eventually get its own post on Our Ancestors II leading up to December 25, 2023.

Well at least that the plan I have…

When you look for something, you are bound to find it Pierre… Final Chapter

When you look for something, you are bound to find it Pierre…

Final chapter?

Ten years ago I thought I ought to stop searching for distant relatives in the US. My youngest son had said that there were not enough dead people around to satisfy my addiction.

Tupper Lake 1914…

My grandfather Euclide was going there with his brother Aldama.

As always that had piqued my curiosity. Why were Euclide and his brother Aldama going to Tupper Lake?

Googling “Tupper Lake 1914” I found this photo.

http://franklinhistorian.blogspot.com/2011/05/santa-clara-lumber-company-lumber-camp.html?m=1

How come my grandfather went to work there? And if he did where did he stay?

Stay tuned…

When you look for something, you are bound to find it Pierre… The sequel

When you look for something, you are bound to find it Pierre…

What was that all about?

When you look for something, you are bound to find it Pierre…

 

I had tried very hard to find the missing link between Therese Charbonneau and her ancestor Olivier Charbonneau and help Bob find his mother’s ancestors.

This was the hypothesis I had about James Charbonneau until Louise Nelson’s commented last month…

Time flies…

Caroline Grenier, James’ second wife was married to Pierre Loiselle (in 1871) before marrying James Charbonneau (in 1879) She had a daughter – also named Caroline – with Pierre. The children born after this Caroline Loiselle are children of Caroline and James. The marriage document for James and Caroline lists his parents as Peter Charbonneau and Victorine Cottineau. Caroline Grenier’s parents are listed as Louis Grenier and Marceline Boutier.

With Louise Nelson’s comment I could finally complete the puzzle with this piece.

Le vingt-sept juin mil huit cent trente-trois par nous prêtre soussigné avons baptisé Jacques né ce jour du légitime mariage de Pierre Charbonneau cultivateur de cette paroisse et de Victoire Laurier. Le parrain a été Jacques Laurier oncle de l’enfant et la marraine Marie Léveillé qui avec le père n’ont pu signer.

On June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, we, the undersigned priest, baptized Jacques, born this day of the legitimate marriage of Pierre Charbonneau, farmer of this parish, and Victoire Laurier. The godfather was Jacques Laurier, uncle of the child, and the godmother Marie Léveillé who, with the father, were unable to sign.

So James Charbonneau would actually be Jacques Charbonneau unless Victorine Cottineau and Victoire Laurier are not the same person?

Right?

Right!

I got mail – September – 2023

My virtual friend Joe is honoring La Famiglia for 2023. He wrote this as an introduction…

My intention was for the 2022 calendar to be my last. However, with the recent passing of my mom it was obvious that I needed to do at least one more calendar. And yes, she appears more than a few times.

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September –

Joe Miller Legasse (1848-1947) – not sure of photo dates, Dorothea’s great grandfather, born in Notre-Dame-des-Agnes and died in Bristol, Conn., age 99