George Edmund Lashamb

 1891 Cornwall, Ontario – 1935 Cornwall, Ontario

 

 

Continuation of tree (2nd child of Gregory 'Louis Gregoire' Lajambe/Anne Piteau); all known surname descendants:

                    9          George Edmund Lashamb  b: 29 June 1891  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT; d: 10 February 1935  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT

                                    +Marie Louise Masson  b: 10 May 1893  Ontario; m: 30 September 1912  Gladstone, Stormont, ONT [Benjamin/Clara Dwyer]; d: 30 June 1951  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT

                            10          Marie Anna Antoinette Lashamb  b: 15 November 1913  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT; d: 27 November 2003  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT

                                             +Armand Wilfred Tardiff  b: 4 May 1913  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT; m: 13 June 1937  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT [Amedee/Louise Leblanc]; d: 18 February 2003  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT

                            10          Maurice Lashambe  b: 1915; d: 12 January 1976  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT

                                             +Cecile Marie Anne Leduc  b: 22 January 1916  Limoges, Prescott & Russell, ONT; m: 31 October 1942  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT [Osias/Eva Martin]; d: 10 January 1998  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT

                            10          Laurette Lashambe  b: 1918; d: 1992  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT

                                             +Leopold Paul Bissonnette  b: 1915  Alfred, Prescott, ONT; m: 16 July 1938  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT [August/Anna St. Jean]; d: 14 May 1959  Hwy.2, near Lancaster, Cornwall, ONT  (traffic accident)

                            10          Margaret Lashambe  b: 26 November 1922  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT; d: 29 April 2003  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT

                                             +Arthur Anson Joseph Tardiff  b: 21 August 1918  Stormont, Glengarry, ONT; m: 25 December 1940  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT [Amedee/Louise Leblanc];; d: 10 April 2006  Stormont, Glengarry, ONT

                            10          Rodolphe 'Pete' Lashambe  b: 4 November 1925  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT; d: 3 May 1997  Wawa, Algoma, ONT

                                             +Lorraine Delorme  b: 10 December 1927  Montreal, Quebec; m: 22 December 1945  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT; d: 17 April 2009  White Rock, BC

                                          *2nd wife of Rodolphe 'Pete' Lashambe:

                                             +Olive Sybil

 

 

Notes for George Edmund Lashamb:

Census

- 1911 Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario:  Louis Lashamb 42, wife Anna 39, George 20, Mary 15, Efram 13, William 5; widowed mother Julia 70.

 

- 1921

 

- 1931 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT:  George Lashambe 59 butcher, wife Louise 38, Antoinette 18, Maurice 16, Loretta 11, Margarite 8, Rodolph 6; widowed lodger Clara Masson 66 (USA)

 

Obituary:  The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, ON), Wednesday, 13 February 1935:  George E. Lashambe - Cornwall, Feb. 13 - Ill for over a year, George Edmund Lashambe, a popular Cornwall butcher, died at his home, 32 Louisa street north, on Sunday.  The funeral was held from his residence yesterday morning and was largely attended.  Requiem high mass was sung by Rev. Duncan McDonald at Nativity church and interment was made in Flanagan's Point cemetery.  Pallbearers were Arthur Dextras, Albert Dextras, Rosaire Forget, Adrien Marleau, Evard Bowen and Albert Lavigne.  Mr. Lashambe was born in Cornwall 43 years ago.  He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lashambe, who have made their home in River Beaudette, Que., for the past three years.  All his life was spent in Cornwall.  He was a well-known business man and his death was regretted by a wide circle of friends.  Surviving are his father and mother, his widow, formerly Miss Louise Masson of Cornwall; two sons and three daughters, Miss Antoinette Lashambe, Maurice Lashambe, Miss Laurette Lashambe, Miss Margaret Lashambe, Rodolph Lashambe, all at home; three brothers and three sisters, Ephriam Lashambe, William Lashambe, Montreal; Gordon Lashambe, Mrs. Arthur Bergeron, Mrs. John Jesmer and Miss Kathleen Lashambe of Cornwall.

 

Tombstone Inscription, Precious Blood Cemetery, Glen Walter, Stormont, ONT:  LASHAMBE / George Lashambe / 1892 - 1935 / his wife / Louise Masson / 1893 - 1951

 

Obituaries for the children:

Antoinette Lashamb:  Tombstone Inscription, Notre Dame Cemetery, Cornwall, ONT:  TARDIFF / Armand W. / May 4, 1913 - Feb. 18, 2003 / Antoinette (Lashamb) / Nov. 15, 1913 - Nov. 27, 2000

 

Maurice Lashambe:  Tombstone Inscription, Notre Dame Cemetery, Cornwall, ONT:  LASHAMBE / Father / Maurice / 1915 - 1976 / Mother / Cecile / 1916 - 1998

 

Laurette Lashambe:  Tombstone Inscription, St. Columban's Cemetery, Cornwall, ONT:  BISSONNETTE / Leopold Bissonnette / 1915 - 1959 / husband of / Laurette Lashambe / 1918 - 1992

 

Margaret Lashambe:  Tombstone Inscription, Notre Dame Cemetery, Cornwall, ONT:  TARDIFF / Arthur J. / 1918 - 2006 / (nee Lashambe) / Margaret M. / 1922 - 2003

 

Rodolphe 'Pete' Lashambe:  The Sault Star (Sault Ste. Marie, ONT), Tuesday, 6 May 1997:  Lashambe, Rudolph (Pete) - Passed away at home Saturday May 3, 1997 at the age of 72.  Loving husband and friend of Olive (Sybil) Lashambe.  Dear father of Richard (wife Cecile) of Sault Ste. Marie, Robert (wife Ester) of Germany, Louise (friend Jan) of Richmond, B.C. and Darcy (wife Marilyn) of Surrey, B.C.  Grandfather of Darryl of London, Tina of Sault Ste. Marie, Dustin of Collingwood and Karli of Mississauga.  Dear brother of Mag (husband Art), Tarif and Antoinette.  Predeceased by brother and sister Maurice and Loretta.  Fondly remembered by his special friends Roger and Gisele Carrier, Fred and Sadie Schliephacke and many if not all the residents of Wawa.  Pete was born in Cornwall, Ontario on November 4, 1925.  He moved to Wawa in 1960 with his family and went to work at Algoma Ore, after 25 years of dedicated service, Pete retired in 1985.  Pete will always be remembered for his great love of hockey and the Montreal Canadiens have lost their greatest fan.  When Pete was not watching hockey, he was dancing.  Fred Astaire now has competition in heaven.  Of course, anyone who knew Pete will realize that he went into all his projects with a passion and dedication that surpassed all.  Funeral will be held on Wednesday May 7, 1997 at the United Church of Canada on Broadway Avenue in Wawa, Ontario at 1:00 p.m.

- The Sault Star (Sault Ste. Marie, ONT), Saturday, 2 May 1998:  Lashambe, Rudolph (Pete) - In loving memory of a dear husband, father and grandfather, who passed away May 3, 1997.  This day is remembered and quietly kept.  No words are needed, we do not forget.  You live with us in memory still.  Not just today but always will.  Lovingly remembered by his wife Olive, children and grandchildren, friends and stepdaughter Sadie.

 

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