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Author: mindfoggs2
Surnames: BIGGAR, LARAMÉE, DESROCHERS, POLIQUIN
Classification: queries
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I've been researching Marie Rose née Laramée of Pigeon Lake, RM St-François-Xavier,
Manitoba & later of the Winnipeg area.
She was the 16th child born to Herménégilde & Marie Odélie née Desrochers of
St-Bonaventure-d'Upton, Yamaska Québec who moved their family to RM
St-François-Xavier, MB somewhere between 1912 - 1914.
M. Rose was the youngest sister to a direct ancestor of ours named Marie Mérenda Poliquin
née Laramée who moved to, married, lived & died in Rhode Island, USA.
M. Rose's birth was supposedly in the US in Jan 1910 (Sources: 1911 & 1916
Canadian censuses) which happens to coincide with the impending birth Mérenda's 1st
child b. 24 Jan 1910/recorded 23 Feb 1910 in RI birth records.
I've speculated that Odélie may have come to RI to support/assist her daughter Mérenda
with her first birth and wound-up giving birth herself to M. Rose while being in RI but so
far I've not been able to prove this via RI civil birth records.
My next attempt to prove this will be via a baptism record in RI. No record of a baptism
was found in the répertoire of St-Bonaventure-d'Upton, Yamaska, Québec where the rest
of M. Rose's siblings were baptised.
I've learned that because M. Rose was born to a Canadian mother and returned to Canada
with her mother, no formal naturalization was required so, therefore, in that regard there
are no naturalization records to check for place of birth/DOB.
M. Rose's obit listed her 5 children by her two husbands.
Her first husband was Joseph Conrad Lacroix d. 9 Nov 1940.
Her second husband was William Arthur St. Germain d. 29 Oct 1974, father of Mrs. W.
Biggar.
Three of her daughters I believe to be still alive. One, Mrs. W. BIGGAR, lived in
Manhattan KS in 1979 at the time of M. Rose's death.
Mrs. Biggar has since moved around a bit so I'm not totally sure where she is
currently located. Las Vegas is one of the locations I found mentioned for her. Another
was Apple Valley, CA.
I am seeking to make contact with M. Rose's daughter, Mrs. W. BIGGAR or someone in
her BIGGAR family, in order to try & learn M. Rose's DOB and place of birth &
burial.
Naturally, I'm willing to share what I have on the families of Laramée &
Desrochers and Herménégilde & Odélie's specific family group with the BIGGAR
family if they wish to have it.
Can someone put us in contact?
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