Continuation of tree (9thchild of Pierre Pitre/2nd Wife Marie Angelique Bergevin); all known surname descendants:
9 Louis Gouzacene Lajambe b: 3 March 1889 Oakley, Red Lake, MN; d: 11 December 1956 Bemidji, Beltrami, MN
Notes for Louis Gouzacene Lajambe:
Census
- 1895 Lambert, Polk, Minnesota: Peter Lajambe 47 (farmer), wife Angele
42, Rosa 20, Dona 19, Joseph 17, Edsvilda 15, Gasper 13, Eustache 11, Adreyenne
9, Gonzague 7, Norman 4, Barnadette 3.
- 1900 Lambert, Red Lake, MN: Widower Pierre Lajambe 51 (farmer),
Adrienne 15, Gouzacene 11, Normand 9.
- 1910
- 1920
- 1930 Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington (State Penitentiary): Louis LaJambe 39 single, tailor (MN)
- 1940 Bemidji, Beltrami, Minnesota: Louis Lajambe 51 lodger (was in Yakima) [Vickers Hotel]
- 1950 Duluth, St. Louis, MN: Louis La Jambe 61 resident/inmate (Cook Home, Home for Aged & Needy)
- 1942 Bemidji Directory: Louis Lajamb h rear 208 Miss av S
WWII Records: Louis G. Lajamb, 208 Mississippi South, Bemidji, Beltrami, MN; age 53, b. 3 March 1889 Oakley, Red Lake, MN; contact Father Forlin, Catholic church Bemidji; unemployed; 5'8", 160 lbs., blue eyes, gray hair, light complexion, one leg; signed Louis Lajambe, 25 April 1942 Bemidji
- On ship 'Ancon', Louis G. Lajambe, arrived in NYC, NY, from Christobal (Canal Zone, Panama) on 29 Dec 1948, age 59 (signed on 15 July 1948, discharged 24 Nov 1948).
MN death index - Louis G. La Jambe b. 3 Mar 1889, d. 11 Dec 1956 Beltrami, mother's maiden name Bergerin
Misc: **This is probably Louis Gouzacene Lajambe, as his WWII registration notes he has only one leg:
- The Newport (WA) Miner, 22 September 1910: Unconscious of the loss of his right foot, after being run over by a passing train, Louis La Jambe, of Wapato, was found on the Northern Pacific station platform at North Yakima in an intoxicated condition and complaining of a pain in his foot. The leg was later amputated just above the ankle. It is supposed that La Jambe attempted to board a passenger train which had passed through the city half an hour earlier.
- The Seattle Star (Seattle), 24 December 1912: If anyone springs that old joke about the fussy diner and the waiter's query as to whether or not he wanted pearls with his oysters, he won't get a laugh from Louie Lajamb. Louie ordered oysters Monday night in the Palace cafe, 108 Washington st. A large slug pearl stuck in his throat. The ambulance was called, and Lajamb, suffering intense pain, was sent to the city hospital. A sedative was given him so that he might sleep, and this morning the pearl was removed. Lajamb has a mighty sore throat and a useless pearl.
- Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa), Monday, 6 January 1913: Big Pearl Sticks in Diner’s Throat – Seattle, Wash. – Louis Lajamb, a machinist, 24 years old, was taken to the city hospital suffering intense pain and in a serious condition, due to the lodgement of a slug pearl in his throat while eating oysters at the Palace café, 160 Washington street. An operation may be necessary to remove the pearl. Lajamb was eating an order of raw oysters when he jumped from the table with a cry of pain. Waiters and attendants rushed to his side, but Lajamb was speechless with agony. For several minutes he danced about the floor coughing convulsively. He finally made known between gasps the cause of his ailment. Patrolman James O’Brien happened into the café and he called the police auto in which Lajamb was taken to the city hospital. Dr. H.K. Baumgarten made an examination of Lajamb’s case with a reflector and magnifying mirror, and said that the obstruction appeared to be a giant slug pearl, lodged lengthwise across Lajamb’s aesophagus. A sedative was administered and next morning the doctors managed to remove the big pearl.
- 5 July 1918, East Oregonian (Pendleton, Umatilla, OR): O. Olney, Lewis Lajamb, Jack Kettlewood and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Toll, all of Toppenish, Wash., are here on a pleasure trip, having come over by auto. They visited at Walla Walla en route and are attending the circus here today.
- Tacoma Daily Ledger, Monday, 15 February 1926: Louis Lajambe, aged 30, claiming Spokane as his home, was taken from a southbound night train early this morning by Patrolman P.G. North and landed in the city jail. Lajambe was said to be drunk and to have created a disturbance on the train. When searched a 38-caliber revolver and a box of cartridges, also a bottle of liquor were found on his person. He is held awaiting prosecution by the O.-W. R. & N. authorities, on whose train he was a passenger.
- Bellingham Herald, Tuesday, 27 December 1927: Yakima, Dec. 27 - Had it not been for the deflection of the bullet from the holster of his own gun, Deputy Sheriff Wes Gano would this morning have fallen before the gunfire of Louis La Jambe, of Moxee. As it was, Gano received two wounds, but neither is considered serious. When officers went to take the man for investigation, they found him sleeping, so they waited while he dressed. As Jambe was nearly dressed, he suddenly whirled and opened fire, shooting five or six times. Gano, though one shot pierced his hand, went directly for La Jambe and succeeded in getting the gun from him. La Jambe was brought to the county jail by Gano, who then got a physician to care for his two bullet wounds.
- The Morning Oregonian, Thursday, 29 December 1927 (Portland) - Deputy Disabled in Fight - Yakima, Wash., Dec. 28 - (Special) - Deputy Sheriff Gano was confined to his home today, not on account of two bullet wounds inflicted yesterday by L. Lajambe when the officer arrested him at Moxee, but by a broken bone in one hand. The injury was received in a scuffle with Lajambe after the shooting.
- The Morning Oregonian, Sunday, 19 February 1928 - Yakima, Wash., Feb. 18 (Special) - Louis Lajambe, Moxee cripple, who shot and seriously wounded Deputy Sheriff Gano in December at Moxee, was sentenced today in superior court here to a minimum of ten years in the penitentiary at Walla Walla. Lajambe complained that "no one in the United States wants or seems to care about me," and asked the court if he could not be deported. Judge Nicholson told Lajambe he was sentencing him less for punishment than that he might have care.
Back one generation to parents of Louis Gouzacene Lajambe
Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.
- Washington deaths in RED from Washington State Death Records (online) or Washington Death Certificates (Family Search - online).
Last updated: 27 May 2022.