Jean Baptiste Lajambe

 1833 Tyotown, Ontario – 1910 Cornwall, Ontario

 

 

Continuation of tree (4th child of Jean Baptiste Pitre/Isabelle Vandandaigue); all known surname descendants:

              7     Jean Baptiste Lajambe  b: 10 April 1833  Tyotown, ONT; d: 3 July 1910  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT

                             +Julie Poudret dite Lavigne  b: 11 June 1839  St. Joseph, Les Cedres, Soulanges, QUE; m: 31 March 1856  Notre Dame, Williamstown, Glengarry, ONT [Ignace/Marie Lauzon]; d: 9 December 1933  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT

                         8       John Lajambe  b: 9 February 1857  Notre Dame, Williamstown, Glengarry, ONT; d: Bef. 1859

                         8       John Lajambe  b: 27 January 1859  Williamstown, Glengarry, ONT; d: 18 July 1920  Finch, Stormont, ONT

                                     +Marjorie Cameron  b: 5 December 1854  Finch, Stormont, ONT; m: 10 September 1882  Newington, Stormont, ONT [Donald/Mary McDonald]; d: 25 June 1919  Finch, Stormont, ONT

                         8       Alexander Angus Lajambe  b: 31 October 1861  Williamstown, Glengarry, ONT; d: 26 March 1941  Ste. Irene, Matapedia, QUE

                                     +Marie Hermine Morin dite Valcourt  b: 24 January 1861  Ste. Luce, Matane, QUE; m: 13 July 1885  St. Columban, Cornwall, Stormont, ONT [Jean/Marie Julie L'Etalien]; d: 28 November 1939  Ste. Irene, Matapedia, QUE

                         8       Mary Elizabeth Lajambe  b: 9 April 1864  Williamstown, Glengarry, ONT; d: 11 July 1947  Summerstown, Charlottenburg, Glengarry, ONT

                                     +Joseph Arthur Laprise  b: 2 April 1864  St. Germain, Rimouski, QUE; m: Abt. 1882 [Francois Xavier/Justine Lacombe]; d: 24 March 1939  Charlottenburg, Glengarry, ONT

                         8       Clarissa Lajambe  b: 23 May 1866  Notre Dame, Williamstown, Glengarry, ONT; d: Bef. 1871

                         8       Gregory 'Louis Gregoire' Lajambe  b: 20 September 1868  St. Columban, Cornwall, Stormont, ONT; d: 21 November 1942  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT

                                     +Marie Anne Piteau  b: 26 June 1872  St. Germain, Rimouski, QUE; m: 13 May 1889  Gladstone, Cornwall, ONT [Philippe/Anne Proulx]; d: 28 June 1951  East Cornwall, ONT 

                         8       Angus Lajambe  b: 4 December 1870  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT; d: 4 October 1954  Montreal, QUE

                                     +Marie Bernadette Delia Fortin  b: 30 April 1877  St. Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec; m: 4 December 1895  Notre Dame, Williamstown, Glengarry, ONT [Joseph/Josephine Seguin]; d: 19 April 1926  Montreal, QUE

                         8       George Edward Lajambe  b: 18 August 1873  St. Columban, Cornwall, Stormont, ONT; d: Bef. 1881

                         8       Delia Agnes Lajambe  b: 10 February 1876  Notre Dame, Williamstown, Glengarry, ONT; d: 9 March 1949  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT

                                     +James Lalonde  b: 5 November 1876  St. Columban, Cornwall, Stormont, ONT; m: 11 June 1900  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT [Louis/Marie Lamare]; d: 9 November 1949  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT

                         8       Julia Ann Corine Lajambe  b: 10 February 1876  Notre Dame, Williamstown, Glengarry, ONT; d: 6 February 1938  Manhattan, NYC, NY

                                     +William Henry 'Joseph' Taillon  b: 28 July 1873  Williamstown, Glengarry, ONT; m: 3 February 1896  Cornwall East, Stormont, ONT [Francis/Melina Montreuil]; d: Aft. July 1929

                         8       Emma Lashamb  b: 18 January 1879  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT; d: 9 October 1931  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT

                                     +Edward Jodouin  b: 24 August 1879  St. Zotique, QUE; m: 28 May 1900  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT [Michel Isidore/Adelaide St. Denis]; d: 29 January 1945  Charlottenburg, Glengarry, ONT

                         8       Leah Lashamb  b: 18 January 1879  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT; d: 19 November 1879  Cornwall, Stormont, ONT

 

 

Notes for Jean Baptiste Lajambe:

Census

- 1871 Charlottenburg, Glengarry, Ontario:  John Lashalmb 38 (laborer), wife July A. 32, John 12, Alexander 10, Mary Ann 8, Gregor 3, Angus 5 months.

- 1881 Centre Ward, Cornwall, ONT:  John Lashamb 48, wife Julie 42, John 22, Alexander 19, Mary 17, Gregor 12, Angus 10, Delia A. 5, Juliann 5, Emma 2.

- 1891 Cornwall City East Ward, Cornwall & Stormont, ONT:  John Lajambe 58 (carpenter), wife Julie 52, Angus 20, Aggie 15, Julie 15, Ema 12; son Louis 22, wife Annie 19, Emma 1.

- 1901 Cornwall, ONT:  Jean Lajambe 67, wife Julia 61.

- 1911 Cornwall, Stormont, ONT:  Widow Julia Lashamb 70, with son Louis' family.

- 1921 Cornwall, Glengarry-Stormont, ONT:  Edward Jodoin 42, wife Emma 43, 5 children, widowed mother-in-law Julia Lashambe 81.  (Sydney Street)

- 1931

MISC:  The Cornwall Standard (Cornwall, ONT), Friday, 6 April 1906:  Mr. and Mrs. John Lashambe celebrated their golden wedding on Saturday last.  A large number of relatives and friends assembled at their residence on Water Street and a very pleasant evening was spent, Mr. and Mrs. Lashambe receiving the hearty congratulations of all, with sincere wishes that they may be spared to enjoy many more years of happiness and prosperity.  Mrs. Lashambe is 66 years of age and Mr. Lashambe, who still follows his trade as a carpenter, is 72.  They were born in Tyotown and married in Williamstown.

Obituary:  The Freeholder (Cornwall, ONT), Friday, 8 July 1910:  John Lashambe, carpenter, died very suddenly on Sunday aged 76 years and three months.  Deceased was a son of the late John Lashambe and was born iat Tyotown, but spent 35 years of his life in Cornwall.  He was in poor health for the past year.  On Sunday he was sitting on the verandah for a time.  He went in and died sitting in a chair.  He married young and is survived by his wife, four sons and four daughters of a family of 12 children.  The survivors are John Lashambe, Finch, Alex. Lashambe, Amqui Station, Que., Louis and Angus Lashambe, Mrs. Arthur Laprise, Mrs. Wm. Tyo, Mrs. Edward Jodoin, Mrs. Lalonde, Cornwall.  The funeral took place Tuesday morning to the Church of the Nativity and thence to the Palmyra Grove cemetery, Flanagan Point.  Rev. Father McMillan officiated.  The pall-bearers were three sons of the deceased, Angus, Louis and John Lashambe, and three sons-in-law, James Lalonde, Edward Jodoin, and Arthur Laprise.

Obituaries for the children:

John Lajambe:  The Standard Freeholder (Cornwall, ONT), Wednesday, 31 July 1940:  From the fyles of the Standard Freeholder Twenty Years Ago:  John Lashamb, a native of Cornwall, a son of John Lashamb, died at Finch on July 18th, aged 61 years.  He had resided in Finch 25 years.  His wife predeceased him by a year.  He left a daughter, Mrs. Donald W. McRae, Finch; his mother, Mrs. John Lashamb, Cornwall; four sisters, Mrs. Archie Laprise, Mrs. Edward Jodoin, Mrs. James Lalonde and Mrs. William Tyo, all in Cornwall; three brothers, Angus Lashamb, Montreal; Louis Lashamb, Cornwall; Alexander Lashamb, Quebec.  The funeral was held from the residence of his daughter, Mrs. McRae, to the Roman Catholic Church, Finch, the Requiem High Mass being sung by Rev. M. J. Leahy, of Crysler.

Tombstone Inscription:  Newington Cemetery, Stormont, ONT:  John Lashamb / Jan. 27, 1859 / July 18, 1920 / his wife / Marjory Cameron / Dec. 5, 1854 / June 25, 1919 / Donald W. McRae 1871 - 1939 / his wife / Mary Lashamb 1888 - 1951 / LASHAMB

 

Mary Elizabeth Lajambe:  The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, ONT), Saturday, 12 July 1947:  Mrs. Arthur Laprise dies in Summerstown; Cornwall, Ont., July 11 - Mrs. Arthur Laprise, 84, passed away at her home at nearby Summerstown, after suffering a heart attack.  Mrs. Laprise was born in Williamstown, Glengarry county, 83 years ago last April 9, a daughter of the late John Lashambe and his wife Julia Lavigne, her maiden name being Mary Lashambe.  She came to Cornwall and made her home here for 50 years, but 15 years ago the family moved to a farm at Summerstown and have since resided there.  Mr. Laprise died there seven years ago.  Surviving are a son and two daughters - George Laprise, of Toronto, formerly a well-known lacrosse player in Cornwall, Mrs. Henry Constant and Miss Delia Laprise at home.  She is also survived by a brother and sister, Mrs. James Lalonde, Cornwall, and Angus Lashambe, Montreal.  The body is at Miller's Funeral Home from whence the funeral will be held to the Church of the Precious Blood, Glen Walter, and the cemetery at Flanagan's Point.

 

Gregory 'Louis Gregoire' Lajambe:  Tombstone Inscription, Glen Walter, Stormont, ONT:  Mr. / Louis / Lashambe / died / Nov 21 / 1942 / age 75

 

Angus Lajambe:  Daily Standard Freeholder, Wednesday, 6 October 1954:  Lashambe - At the Hotel Dieu Hospital, Montreal, on Monday, Oct. 4, 1954, Angus (Puggy) Lashambe formerly of Cornwall, in his 84th year.  Solemn Mass of Requiem at St. Arsene Church, Montreal at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 6.  Body will arrice Wednesday afternoon at Miller's Funeral Home, from where the funeral will be held on Thursday, Oct. 7 to St. Columban's Church and cemetery.

 

Delia Agnes Lajambe:  The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec), Friday, 11 March 1949:  Mrs. J. Lalonde Dies - Lifelong Cornwall Resident had been ill a month - Cornwall, March 10 - Mrs. James Lalonde, lifelong resident of Cornwall, died at her home 633 Adolphus street last night.  She had been about until a month ago and was in serious condition for two weeks, a sufferer from heart trouble.  She was born in Cornwall 73 years ago Feb. 10, a daughter of John Lashambe.  Surviving, besides her husband, are three daughters and five sons Mrs. Delia Herrington, Mrs. Romeo Gagnon, Mrs. Neil Merpaw, James, Leo, Francis and Louis Lalonde, all in Cornwall.  Her only surviving brother, Angus Lashambe, resides in Montreal.

Tombstone Inscription, St. Columban's Cemetery, Cornwall, ONT:  In memory of / (left side) James Lalonde / born Oct. 31, 1876 / died Nov. 9, 1949 / beloved husband of / Mary Juliet / Lalonde / wife of / Neil Merpaw / born April 1, 1901 / died July 5, 1957 / Norman Herrington / 1927 - 1993 / (right side) Delia Agnes Lashambe / born Feb. 10, 1876 / died Mar. 9, 1949 / Delia A. Lalonde / 1905 - 1965 / wife of / Henry Herrington / Leo Lalonde / Mar. 15, 1910 / Jan. 8, 1987 / LALONDE

 

Julia Ann Corine Lajambe:  The Standard Freeholder (Cornwall, ONT), Friday, 11 February 1938:  Old Cornwall friends were sorry to learn of the death, at New York, on Sunday, of Mrs. William Taillon, formerly a well known and respected resident of Cornwall.  Born here 63 years ago, she was a daughter of John Lashambe, her maiden name being Julia Lashambe.  She went to New York in September last to reside with her daughters, Mrs. Larry Rosenfeld and Mrs. James Snell.  She was predeceased by her husband.  Left to mourn her loss are four daughters - Mrs. James Snell and Mrs. Larry Rosenfeld of New York City; Mrs. Mabel Latraverse and Mrs. Willis Colmon, of Montreal.  She also leaves two sisters and three brothers - Mrs. Arthur Laprise and Mrs. James Lalonde, of Cornwall; Alex. Lajambe, of Rimouski, Que.; Angus Lajambe, of Montreal; Louis Lajambe, of River Beaudette.  Four grandchildren also survive - Mrs. Ed. Haywood, New York City; William, George and Beverly Colmon, of Montreal.  The body was brought to Cornwall, Tuesday morning, accompanied by Mrs. Snell and Mrs. Rosenfeld, and taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Lalonde, 633 Adolphus street, from whence the funeral was held Wednesday morning, to Nativity church and vault.  The Requiem High Mass was sung by Rev. Duncan McDonald.  Pall bearers were Stephen Tyo, James Lalonde Sr., James Lalonde Jr., James Angus Lalonde.

 

 

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