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From: Harriet E Cady <>
Subject: [Q-R] MERCIER, ROBIDEAU, COUTURE
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 14:16:57 -0400


Just a note to Jeey's observation of Canadians Border Crossings.
They certainly were able to move freely across the border without all the
immigration checkpoints. In fact there is some historical wiring to
state that they would claim a child was born in Vermont, NH or Maine just
to make them a US citizen.
In doing the MERCIER genealogy the newsletter AMAN wrote of the MERCIER
who was the Head of Fur Trading for the Canadian Gov't. Since my own
great grandfather went to Wisconsin and made his third marriage in EAU
CLAIRE I am assuming that he had family out there. He always seemed to
go to areas that had brothers or sisters. I haven't proven it yet but
assume that when I find time I will find MERCIER's in Wisconsin &
Michigan, as I believe he went to Michigan where his first son was born
according to Aselemes birth records. Yet he and his second wife
Georgianna COUTURE are in Rochester, NH in 1878. For years I hunted for
my grandfather, Emile MERCIER's birth certificate. Only recently did I
discover that his must be the birth certificate showing the name George
MERCIER in July 1893. He always thought his birthday was March 7th, 1893
but since Nazaire and Georgianna are listed as the parents, I can only
assume that they named their second son George and that my grandfather
was Emile George but the second name somehow became his first. He had an
older brother named George so don't suppose they named them both the
same.
I also found where they had twin daughters Lora and Marie but Marie was
stillborn in Peterborough in 1892. Then on July 20 1894 they had a
daughter named Marie and Georgianna death certificate shows she died July
24th, 1894. Of course this is why I believe the George born in 1893 had
to be my grandfather, right age, right parents but records not exactly
clear.
I was talking to Bob St Louis of Laconia and he tells me that his mother
was a MERCIER and that his grandparents adopted a baby girl named Marie
but her birth records weren't quite a match. His Aunt Marie married a
ROBIDEAU and they moved back to Isle Orleans, Quebec. Marie died at 103
years of age a few years ago. Since my great Uncles lived into their
late 90's I am wondering if this Marie MERCIER ROBIDEAU wasn't actually
the missing sister.
I guess this is why I love doing genealogy so much, get a mystery, try to
solve and then you end up with two more that have to be solved.
Harriet in NH
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001 07:20:02 -1000 "J. Lesperance"
<> writes:
> Aloha Jodi,
> It certainly was "easier" immigration-wise to cross the border then
> than it
> is now.
> Primarily French-Canadians but also Irish and English mod across the
> border
> regularly.
> If your g-grandmother was French it is likely her ancestry traces
> back to
> Quebec Province of Canada although her ancestors might have gone to
> MN from
> one of the middle Canadian provinces. My wife has grandparents that
> migrated
> directly from the Province of Quebec to MN, as well as ND (close to
> MN).
> Jerry, Aiea, Hawaii
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 6:49 AM
> Subject: [VERMONT-L] Canada/U.S.
>
>
> > I am fairly new at geneology and reading everyone's posts has
> raised a
> > question for me. In the late 1800's and early 1900's was it alot
> easier
> > crossing back and forth from the U.S. and Canada? Can someone
> enlighten me
> a
> > little?
> > The reason I ask is that I have seen it written in our family
> history
> book,
> > my great grandmother's obituary, and in the booklet to commemerate
> her
> > funeral that she was born in Wisconsin in 1881. However in all of
> the
> census
> > where they list where she was born, it says "Canada". What's up
> with
> that?
> > Jodi in Seattle
> >
> >
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