Continuation of tree (9th child of Pierre Pitre/Almira Quesnell); all known surname descendants:
8 Frederick Joseph Lashomb b: 11 April 1875 Maple Ridge, Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 5 June 1946 Maple Ridge, Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY
+Adelaide Sawyer b: 10 June 1878 Moose Creek, ONT; m: 23 January 1899 Sacred Heart, Massena, St. Lawrence, NY [Gaspar/Sophie Houle]; d: 3 April 1959 Massena, St. Lawrence, NY
9 Estella Lashomb b: 29 September 1900 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 2 September 1970 Massena, St. Lawrence, NY
+Franklin H. Lacomb b: 1 February 1891 Norfolk, St. Lawrence, NY; m: 7 October 1924 Sacred Heart, Massena, St. Lawrence, NY [Joseph A./Lucy Raymond]; d: 13 July 1958 Massena, St. Lawrence, NY
9 Eugene Lawrence Lashomb b: 22 July 1903 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 27 April 1983 Massena, St. Lawrence, NY
+Anna Mae Barry b: 27 May 1905 Norfolk, St. Lawrence, NY; m: 27 September 1927 St. Mary's, Massena, St. Lawrence, NY [Michael Henry/Margaret Crowley]; d: 28 March 2005 Auburn, Cayuga, NY
*2nd Wife of Eugene Lawrence Lashomb:
+Rosemary Laframboise b: 30 April 1919 Casselman, ONT; m: 22 April 1945 Brasher Falls, St. Lawrence, NY [Armand/Rosina Lamere]; d: 21 October 1975 Massena, St. Lawrence, NY
Notes for Frederick Joseph Lashomb:
Census
- 1900 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY: Fred Lashomb 25 & wife of 1 year Addie 20, living with his parents.
- 1905 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY: Fred Lashomb 30 (farmer), wife Addie 27, Stella 4, Eugene 2; servant/housekeeper Laura St. Thomas. [Ridge Road]
- 1910 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY: William Lashomb 35, wife of 11 years
Addie 31, Estella 9, Eugene 7.
- 1915 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY: Fred Lashomb 40
farmer, wife Addie 36, Estella M. 14, Eugene L. 12. [Maple Ridge
Road]
- 1920 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY: Fred Lashomb 44 (farmer), wife Addis 44,
Estelle 19, Eugene 16.
- 1930 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY: Fred J. Lashamb 55, wife Addie J.
51.
- 1940 Brasher Ridge, St. Lawrence, NY: Fred Lashomb 65 farmer, wife Addie 61.
- 1950 Massena, St. Lawrence, NY: Frank A. Lacomb 59, wife Estella M. 49, Lyle F. 20 cable mill/aluminium co., Leola 16 saleslady/retail dry goods store, widowed mother-in-law Adelade Lashomb 71.
Misc: Watertown Daily Times (Watertown, NY), Friday, 31 January 1936: Massena, Jan. 31 - Fred J. Lashombe has purchased the Fisher Ames farm on Maple Ridge in the town of Brasher. The farm consists of 150 acres and is joined on both sides by land owned either by Mr. Lashombe or his son, Eugene. With this plot of land, the Lashombes own 600 acres. Mr. and Mrs. John Premo who were tenants on the farm, have moved to Massena and are residing on Woodlawn avenue. The house on the Ames farm burned a short time ago.
Obituary: Massena Observer (NY), Thursday, 6 June 1946: Fred Joseph LaShomb, 71, a life-long farmer on Maple Ridge, died at 5:15 Wednesday afternoon at his home. He had been in declining health for the past two years. Mr. LaShomb was born on Maple Ridge, Apr. 11, 1875, a son of Peter and Elmira Quenelle LaShomb. He attended district schools and on Jan. 23, 1899 married Miss Adelaide Sawyer of Moose Creek, Ont. They were married in Sacred Heart Church by Father Nolan, who was then pastor. After their marriage they lived on the LaShomb farm for a number of years and then purchased the nearby Joseph Gray farm. Mr. LaShomb retired two years ago when his health began to fail. Surviving are his wife; two children, Mrs. Frank LaComb, S. Main St., and Eugene LaShomb, Brasher; one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth O’Keefe, Syracuse; two brothers, Peter LaShomb, Antwerp, and Bert LaShomb, 151 Center St.; five grandchildren. A requiem high mass will be celebrated Saturday morning at 10 o’clock at Sacred Heart Church. Burial will be made in Calvary Cemetery
Tombstone Inscription, Calvary Cemetery, Massena, NY: LASHOMB / (reverse) Fred J. / 1875 – 1946 / Adelaide Sawyer / 1878 – 1959
WWI registration records: Fred Joseph Lashomb;
Brasher Falls, NY; b. 11 Apr 1875; Adline Lashomb (wife); tall/medium; dark grey
eyes; grey hair.
Notes for Adelaide Sawyer:
Obituary: Massena Observer (NY), Monday, 6 April
1959: Mrs. Adelaide Sawyer Lashomb, 80. widow of Fred Lashomb,
died in Massena Memorial Hospital at 9:20 o'clock Friday night, Apr. 3, 1959.
She had been a patient in the hospital four days. For 20 years she had
been afflicted with Rheumatoid arthritis and her condition had become worse in
the past three months. Despite the severe pain caused by the affliction,
Mrs. Lashomb remained cheerful. She was always ready to smile. The
manner in which she bore the pain was commended by her physicians, friends and
relatives. She was born in Moose Creek, Ont., June 10, 1878. a daughter of
Gasper and Sophia Houle Sawyer. She moved with her parents
to Massena when she was seven years old and had resided in this area since.
She and Mr. Lashomb were married in Sacred Heart Church Jan. 23, 1899, by the
late Father Nolan. They lived on their farm in Maple Ridge and Mr. Lashomb
died June 5, 1946, just about a year after they had retired and moved to a
smaller home. Since then, Mrs. Lashomb has resided with her daughter,
Mrs. Frank LaComb, 609 Main St. She is the last of a family of 12
children. Surviving are one daughter Mrs. Frank Estelle Lacomb,
Massena, and one son Eugene Lashomb, Route 2, Brasher Falls; seven
grandchildren and one great-grandson. Also surviving are several nieces
and nephews, also grand nieces and grand nephews. A requiem high mass was
celebrated at Sacred Heart Church at 10 o'clock this morning, and the body was
placed in the vault in Calvary Cemetery to await burial. Mrs. Lashomb was
a member of Sacred Heart Church and of the League of the Sacred Heart.
Obituaries for the children:
Estella Lashomb: Massena Observer, Thursday, 3 September 1970: Mrs. Estella LaComb, 69, of 609 South Main St., widow of Frank A. LaComb, died unexpectedly at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ronald (Leola) Robillard, Wednesday morning about 7:00, Sept. 2, 1970. She had been in failing health since June following a fall at her home. Friends may call at the Phillips Memorial Home this afternoon and evening. Funeral services will be Friday at 12:00 noon at Sacred Heart Church, with burial in Calvary Cemetery. The LCBA will recite the Rosary at the funeral home Thursday evening at 7:30. Mrs. LaComb was born in Brasher, Sept. 29, 1900, the daughter of Fred and Adelaide Sawyer Lashomb. She was married to Frank A. LaComb on Oct. 7, 1924 in Sacred Heart Church by the Rev. Benjamin Staie. Mr. LaComb, a well-known bus driver for many years, died July 13, 1958. Mrs. LaComb is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Ronald (Leola) Robillard, 55 Chase St., Massena; two sons, Lyle LaComb, Ogdensburg; Gerald LaComb, Tupper Lake; four grandchildren; one brother, Eugene LaShomb, Brasher Falls; nieces and nephews. She was a member of Sacred Heart Church, League of the Sacred Heart and a promoter in Ladies Catholic Benevolent Association.
Tombstone Inscription, Calvary Cemetery, Massena, NY: LACOMB / Franklin H. / 1891 - 1958 / Estella M. / 1900 - 1970
Eugene Lawrence Lashomb: Courier & Freeman (Potsdam, NY), Tuesday, 3 May 1983: BRASHER FALLS - Funeral Services for Eugene L. LaShomb, 79, Maple Ridge Road, Brasher Falls, were Friday (April 29, 1983) at 10 a.m. in Sacred Heart Church with the Rev. Francis Croyer officiating. Burial was in St. Patrick's Cemetery in Brasher. Arrangements were with the Phillips Memorial Home in Massena. Mr. LaShomb died at 1:15 a.m. Wednesday (April 27, 1983) in the Massena Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient since Feb. 9. Surviving are three sons, Gerald, Brasher, Barry, Cicero, and Ivan, Auburn; a daughter, Mrs. Craig (Jean) Stowell, Brasher Falls; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He was predeceased by a sister, Stella LaComb, in 1970. Mr. LaShomb was born in Brasher on July 22, 1903, son of Frederick and Adalaide Sawyer LaShomb. He attended local schools and married Anna Berry in 1928. That marriage ended in divorce and he later married Rosemary LaFramboise, who died in 1975. For many years, Mr. LaShomb operated a farm on the Maple Ridge Road, retiring in 1970. From 1982 to 1966, he was the owner and proprietor of Gardner's Hotel in Massena.
[Massena Observer, Thursday, 30 June 1932: NOTICE—My wife, Anna Barry Lashombe, having left my bed and board without just cause or provocation I hereby forbid anyone trusting or harboring her on my account. EUGENE LAWRENCE LASHOMBE, Brasher Falls, R. F. D. 2.]
Tombstone Inscription, St. Patrick Cemetery, Brasher
Falls, NY: LASHOMB / Eugene L. / 1903 - 1983 / Rosemary / 1919 - 1975
Back one generation to parents of Frederick Joseph Lashomb
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- New York birth/marriage/death items in RED have come from newspaper obituaries, some marriage announcements, and occasional birth announcements.
Last updated: 3 June 2022.