Continuation of tree (1st child of Angus Pitre/Harriett Leroux); all known surname descendants:
8 Francois Lajambe b: Abt. 1875; d: 14 November 1902 Ste. Agnes, Dundee, Huntingdon, QUE
+Marie 'Helene' Carriere b: 5 October 1866 St. Stanislas de Kostka, Beauharnois, QUE; m: 15 April 1901 Ste. Agnes, Dundee, Huntingdon, QUE [Joseph/Marie Laplante]; d: 23 August 1937 Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence, NY
9 girl Lajambe b: 30 April 1902 St. Regis, Dundee, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 30 April 1902 St. Regis, Dundee, Beauharnois, QUE (birth 30 April/died 30 April/burial 1 May record in Ste. Agnes, Dundee register, notes parents are from St. Regis parish)
9 Helen Christine Lajambe b: 30 April 1902 St. Regis, Dundee, Beauharnois, QUE; d: 25 June 1978 Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence, NY
+William Paul Summers b: 17 August 1904 Dundas, ONT; m: 4 November 1925 Massena, St. Lawrence, NY [David E./Lucy Ann Keys] (divorced); d: 28 April 1978
Notes for Francois Lajambe:
Census
- 1880 Helena, St. Lawrence, NY: This household now consists of widow Mary Lashamb 40, and her step-son Peter Dishaw 17, her children with Peter Dishaw: Stephen Dishaw 16, Alvina Dishaw 15, David Dishaw 12, Fredrick Dishaw 10, and her children with Angus Pitre: Frank Lashamb 5 & Hattie Lashamb 2. [Dishaw = Deschamps]
- 1900/1901
- 1910/11
- 1920 Constable, Franklin, New York: Leonard Leach 42, wife Ellen 50, stepdaughter Christine Lashan 17.
- 1925 Massena, St. Lawrence, NY: Leonard Leach 46 iron mill laborer, wife Ellen 43, dau. Helen C. Leach 23.
- 1930 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY: Leonard Leach 52, wife Helen 54.
- 1940 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY: Widower Leonard C. Leach 62 laborer, married daughter Helen C. Summers 37, grandson Franklin D. Summers 11.
MISC: Burial entry for Francois Lajambe in the Ste. Agnes, Dundee, Huntingdon, Quebec register: BUR. 16 Nov 1902, d. 14 Nov - Francois Lajambe, husband of Helene Carrieres, age 26 years, wit: Pierre & Etienne Deschamps, brothers of the deceased.
Other Notes:
These reports are probably Francois Lajambe:
- Courier & Freeman (Potsdam, NY), Wednesday, 19 March 1890: Some time since, Harlow Wright, of Stockholm, was tried before Justice Stearns, of that place, for petit larceny, and sent to jail here for six months and fined $50. Frank Lashamb, his hired man testified at the trial. A warrant was immediately issued for his arrest for perjury. Lashamb got wind of the warrant and disappeared. Wright was lodged in jail. The utmost search failed to reveal the whereabouts of Lashamb. Last week a letter from him to Wright passed through Sheriff Backus’ hands. The letter contained Lashamb’s address. Wright answered the letter and instead of trusting the missive to the mail, Mr. Backus decided to act as a special delivery. He proceeded to Dundee Lines and saw the postmaster at that place, paid to have the letter registered, and the postmaster sent a man four miles to inform Lashamb that there was a registered letter at the office for him, and that he must call and get it. Now it appears that at Dundee Lines there is a grocery store through the center of which runs the line between Canada and the United States. Into this store it had been arranged that the postmaster was to bring Lashamb for identification before delivering the letter to him and that Mr. Backus was to be on hand with Ernest Chilton to do the identifying if Lashamb should cross the line. Lashamb fell easily into the trap. He walked about the store freely and was even prevailed upon to step into a little office in the end of the store on American ground to receive his letter. When he turned to go out he faced the muzzle of a revolver. He saw the toils into which he had fallen, and after quietly asking if the holder of the “barker” was Sheriff Backus, and learning that it was, he gave himself up. Chilton stepped out to get the shackles, and as quick as his back was turned a scene of wild commotion ensued. Lashamb had only been “playing off,” and when within twelve feet of liberty he did not propose to give himself up without a struggle. Lashamb is strong and powerful, and the Sheriff and Chilton had their hands full. They did not wish to shoot, and so put up their revolvers. For twenty minutes the fight was fast and furious. The faucets were kicked out of two huge molasses barrels and the contents were soon over the floor and ankle deep. For twenty minutes molasses, Sheriff, Chilton and the shackles swarmed around and over the man, who tore and cursed, but that twelve feet remained twelve feet still and the molasses got thicker and his strength less, and at last the molasses and the Sheriff and Chilton and the shackles prevailed, and Lashamb is resting in jail, where he awaits the action of the grand jury. Sheriff Backus is covered with bruises, but says that when he found that Lashamb was in for a fight, he decided to see it out along that same line without the aid of his revolver. The Sheriff paid for the molasses.
- Norwood, St. Lawrence, NY, 13 May 1890: Court Proceedings, Canton: Frank Lashomb, indicted for perjury, was arraigned and plead guilty, receiving a sentence of two years and 6 months at Dannemora. Lashomb is the man on whose account Sheriff Backus spilt the molasses a few weeks ago. [another article says he is from Brasher]
Notes for Marie 'Helene' Carriere:
- Helene (widow of Francois Deschamps) remarried to Bernard 'Leonard' Claude Leach (widower of Mary Sweeney) on 9 January 1908 at St. Joseph, Huntingdon, Beauharnois, Quebec.
- According to the Ste. Agnes, Dundee, Quebec registers, 'Helene Carriere wife of Bernard Leach, age 67,' died 23 August 1937 at Ogdensburg, NY, and was buried on 25 August 1937 presumably at Dundee, Quebec; witnesses were Bernard Leach & Sylvain Carriere.
Notes for Helen Christine Lajambe:
- NY Marriage Certificate: William Paul Summers 21 (b. Can) laborer, s/o David E./Lucy A. Keys, & Helen C. LaShomb 23 (b. Can), d/o Frank/Ellen Courrier; mar. 4 Nov 1925 at Massena, NY.
- Obituary: Watertown Daily Times (Watertown, NY), Wednesday, 28 June 1978: Ogdensburg - Services for Mrs. Helen Summers, 76, Renesselaer Falls, who died Sunday afternoon in the Ogdensburg Hospital, are scheduled for 2 p.m. today at the Nichols Funeral Home, with Rev. Harold Beaudry, pastor of the United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. Surviving is one son, Franklin, Malone. Mrs. Summers was born April 3, 1902 in Kingston, Ont., the daughter of Frank and Helen Carriere LaShombe.
Back one generation to parents of Francois Lajambe
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.
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