My ggf. Napoleon (or Joseph Napoleon) Bouchard married a Ledia Lagasse in 1889. He may have been from the St Luce parish. And they were married in Madawaska perhaps at St David. They are parents to my gf. Arthur Bouchard, who was born in Frenchville. He has brother Peter 1892 and Frank 1986. In 1900, Napoleon and boys show up in a Fall River, Massachusetts census showing he is now married to a Madeleine Gahagan. She has several children of her own. Any information on any of these people would be appreciated. I suspect Ledia may have passed prior to 1900 but there is no record and I cannot identify the parents or families of any of them. I know Napoleon and Madeline returned to Caribou with many of the Gahagan children and Frank Bouchard. And the census showed they were farm workers mostly. Thank you Barb Bouchard Smialek
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Barb, I can answer some of your question. Napoleon Bouchard b. Oct. 19, 1866 Frenchville-d. 1937 Caribou. He was son of Francois/Francis Bouchard & Bethesbee Belzemire LaCChance. He was married twice 1. Marie Anne Ledie Legassie D/o ??? on AUG. 12, 1889 in Madawaska, Me. they had two sons Arthur Archille b. 1890 and Pierre Edmond b. 1892. Neither are recorded in Frenchville records. Napoleon remarried 2. on Dec. 5 1895 in Caribou to Mary Madeleine Cyr b. Apr 25, 1855 in Van Buren Me. d. Sept. 18, 1931in Caribou. They had one chld, Frank b. 1896. Madeliene was daughter of Pascal Cyr & Victoire Beaulieu. She was the Widow of Thomas Gahagan b. 1854 April 26, Caribou -d. Sep 20 1891 Caribou s/o Patrick Gahagan & Mary Catherine Hale. Thomas & Madeleine married Oct. 22, 1880 in Caribou. They had 6 children: 1. Joseph Patrick b. 1882, Mary Ellen aka Nellie 1883, Bertha b. 1886-1897, unnamed child d.Y., Thomas b. 1888 and Esther b. 1890
I am beyond excited and thankful for this help. I have found so many records on Arthur and Napoleon that show different data. I always thought Archie (what Arthur went by) was Arthur A. Then on Ancestry I ran into a social security request for a Lydia Lagosse, spouse Mapoleon, child Arthur Joseph. It is so hard when they used names interchangablly or things are misspelled.
It makes me want to take a road trip up to Aroostook myself!!!
Thank you!!!!!
Learning is such a painful business. It requires
humility at an age where the natural habitat is arrogance
……May Sarton
Barb