A Canadian Family

A Strange Thing Happened On The Way To Lewiston, Maine

Peter Lagasse is joining us once again today to share his information on a line of Lagaces who descend from  Basil Mignier/Lagace and his first wife Madeleine Leclerc/Francoeur. This time the accent is on the Lagasse/Ross connection!

Guest Post 4: Peter Lagasse

A Strange Thing Happened on the Way to Lewiston, Maine

As I have shared in an earlier post my father, Roland Paul Lagasse, was not born in the United States as he had thought. He had been born in St-Paul-des-Capucins, Les Mechins, Quebec, Canada and had been given the name Joseph Gaudiose Rolland Lagacé. At the age of 8 months his parents decided to return to the United States. However, instead of going to Manchester, New Hampshire, where they had been married, they decided to go to Lewiston, Maine, in July of 1910. Read more »

July 30, 2009 Posted by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault | . | French Canadian, Genealogy, headstone, Lagace, Lagasse, Lewiston, Maine, Ross | 3 Comments