Continuation of tree (4th child of Gregory 'Louis Gregoire' Lajambe/Anne Piteau); all known surname descendants:
9 Ephraim John Lajambe b: 15 March 1898 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT; d: 21 April 1977 Montreal, QUE
+Margaret Mary McGee b: 1898 Liverpool, England; m: 2 June 1920 La Nativite, Cornwall, Stormont, ONT [Robert/Helen O'Flaharty]; d: 1993 Montreal, QUE
10 Anna Alice Loraine Lajambe b: 13 September 1921 Notre Dame, Verdun, Montreal, QUE; d: Bef. July 1997
+Walter Preston b: Abt. 1922 Canada; m: 27 December 1944 Westmount, Hochelaga, QUE
10 Aline 'Elaine' Nora Lajambe b: 23 September 1923 Notre Dame, Verdun, Montreal, QUE; d: 27 July 1997 Newburgh, Orange, NY
+Harold Ernest Charles Hadley b: 4 November 1919 Montreal, QUE; m: 6 May 1944 Westmount, Montreal, Hochelaga, QUE [Harry/Anne Bolduc]; d: 8 April 1987 Cold Spring, Cattaraugus, NY
Notes for Ephraim John Lajambe:
Census
- 1911 Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario: Louis Lashamb 42, wife Anna 39, George 20, Mary 15, Efram 13, William 5; widowed mother Julia 70.
- 1921 Verdun, Montreal (Ste. Anne), Quebec: Ephraim Lashambe 23 stenographer, wife Margaret 21, lodger Louise Wheeler 20 filing/factory.
- 1930 Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York: Ephrin Lashambe 31 agent/life insurance, wife Margaret 29, Lorraine 8, Eileen 6 [20 Lorraine Avenue]
New York Naturalization Records: Ephraim John Lajambe, 27, stenographer; 5' 5 1/2", 120 lbs., dark brown hair & gray eyes; b. 15 Mar 1898 Ste. Vierge, Cornwall, ONT; res. 1525 Glover St., Westchester, NYC, NY; emigrated from Montreal 3 Jan 1925; wife Margaret (b. Liverpool, ENG)
Obituary: The Gazette (Montreal, QUE), Friday, 22 April 1977: Ephraim Lashambe. At the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, on Thursday, April 21, 1977. Ephraim Lashambe, beloved husband of Margaret Magee and dear father of Lorraine Preston and Elaine Hadley, of New York. Visitation at Clarke MacGillivray White Funeral Directors, Lachine. Funeral service from the Church of the Resurrection of Our Lord, on Saturday, at 10 a.m. Interment Field of Honour, Pointe Claire.
Tombstone Inscription, Champ d'Honneur National, Montreal, QUE: W.O. 2 Ephriam John Lashambe / 1898 - 1977 / Corps of Military Staff Clerks, C.A. / Margaret Magee / 1898 - 1993 / Wife of W. O. 2 Ephriam John Lashambe
Obituaries for the children:
Aline Nora Lajambe: The Herald Statesman (Yonkers, NY), Wednesday, 30 July 1997: Elaine N. Hadley, a former Peekskill resident, died Sunday, July 27, 1997, at St. Luke's Hospital in Newburgh, N.Y. She was 73. She was born on Sept. 23, 1923, to Ephraim J. and Margaret McGee Lashambe in Montreal, Canada, where she was raised and educated. On May 5, 1944, she married Harry E. Hadley in Montreal. He died in 1987. The couple moved to Peekskill in 1965. For the past seven years, she has lived at the Hedgewood Adult Home in Beacon, N.Y. For about 10 years, she worked as a secretary at Peekskill Community Hospital, retiring in 1970. Mrs. Hadley was an entertainer for the Red Cross/USO in Montreal in the 1940s. She is survived by a son, Richard K. Hadley of Hopewell Junction, N.Y.; a daughter, Elissa Conklin of Fishkill, N.Y.; and five grandchildren. A sister, Lorraine Prestone, died earlier. Arrangements are by Robert Auchmoody Funeral Homes, Inc., in Fishkill. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. today at Church of the Resurrection in Hopewell Junction.
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