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
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