Continuation of tree (4th child of Pierre Pitre/Sophie Noreau); all known surname descendants:
7 Pierre Pitre b: 16 October 1833 Quebec; d: 1 July 1904 Helena, St. Lawrence, NY
+Elmire Quenell b: 12 December 1837 St. Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec; m: 17 October 1854 Fort Covington, Hogansburg, Franklin, NY [Amable/Genevieve Amelot dite Perrequier]; d: 1 April 1916 Lawrence, St. Lawrence, NY
8 Ellen Lashomb b: 1856 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 7 February 1926 Brasher Falls, St. Lawrence, NY
+Charles Bostick b: 1859 Canton, St. Lawrence, NY; m: Abt. 1879 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY [Charles/Adelia Vanier]; d: 31 May 1933 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY
8 Jane Almira Lashomb b: Abt. 1858 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 17 October 1868 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY
8 Charles Henry Lashomb b: 8 May 1860 Brasher Center, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 14 January 1945 Massena, St. Lawrence, NY
+Annie Lalonde b: 26 April 1861 St. Andrew's West, Cornwall, Stormont, ONT; m: 19 May 1881 Sacred Heart, Massena, St. Lawrence, NY [Julien/Angelle Viau]; d: 21 August 1945 Massena, St. Lawrence, NY
8 Anne 'Hannah' Pitre b: 20 May 1862 Maple Ridge, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 20 June 1938 Massena, St. Lawrence, NY
+Levi Youmell b: 9 March 1861 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY; m: 3 July 1884 St. Patrick's, Brasher Falls, St. Lawrence, NY [Lewis/Sarah Gray]; d: 22 February 1947 Lakeworth, Palm Beach, FL
8 William Lashomb b: 6 April 1864 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 20 November 1911 North Lawrence, St. Lawrence, NY
+Mary Elizabeth Leclair b: 4 April 1870 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY; m: 15 June 1892 Hogansburg, Franklin, NY [Elie/Julia ----]; d: 6 February 1955 Henrietta, Monroe, NY
8 Elmer Lashomb b: May 1866 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 5 December 1929 Malone, Franklin, NY
+Rose Chartrand (aka Shatraw) b: May 1879 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY; m: 22 June 1896 North Lawrence, St. Lawrence, NY [Peter/Mary Lacomb]; d: 8 November 1949 North Lawrence, St. Lawrence, NY
8 Peter ' Elvin' Lashomb b: Abt. 1869 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY; d. 27 March 1952 Antwerp, Jefferson, NY
+Mildred Mallett b: August 1879 Clayton, Jefferson, NY; m: Abt. 1900 [John/Abigail Sargent]; d: 1964 Antwerp, Jefferson, NY
8 Virginia 'Jennie' Lashomb b: February 1873 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 30 May 1909 Massena, St. Lawrence, NY
+Elijah Hilliard (aka Hilyard) b: 24 October 1874 Brasher Center, St. Lawrence, NY; m: 19 June 1905 North Lawrence, St. Lawrence, NY [Elijah/Nancy Kinnear]; d: 4 March 1967 Massena, St. Lawrence, NY
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, Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY [Gaspar/Sophie Houle]; d: 3 April 1959 Massena, St. Lawrence, NY
8 Elizabeth Lashomb b: 28 May 1878 Brasher Falls, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 10 August 1950 Syracuse, Onondaga, NY
+Charles Eugene Smith b: 7 November 1878 Canton, St. Lawrence, NY; m: 30 September 1901 Sacred Heart, Massena, St. Lawrence, NY [Hiram Eugene/Bridget Miles]; d: Aft. 1910
*2nd Husband of Elizabeth Lashomb:
+Timothy O'Keefe b: 2 July 1872 Ireland; m: Bet. 1920- February 1926; d: 17 January 1928 Syracuse, Onondaga, NY
8 Albert Allen Lashomb b: 31 January 1881 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY; d: 16 June 1968 Potsdam, St. Lawrence, NY
+Lodema Jennie Hallahan b: 27 October 1877 Bombay, Franklin, NY; m: 25 April 1905 Hogansburg, Franklin, NY [John/Agnes Dishaw]; d: 11 September 1952 Brasher Falls, St. Lawrence, NY
Notes for Pierre Pitre:
Census
- 1860 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY: Peter Lowshom 40
(farmer), wife Amina 19, children Ellen 4, Jane 2, & Henry 1 month.
- 1870 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY: Peter Lashamb 38 (farmer), wife Almine
32, Ellen 14, Henry 10, Anne 8, Willie 6, Elmore 4, Alvin 1.
- 1880 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY: Peter Lashamb 47 (farmer), wife Meira
42, Henry 20 laborer, Hannah 18, William 16, Elmer 14, Elvin 12, Jeane 7, Freddie 5,
Lizzie 3, and his widowed mother Sophia 70. (Hannah Laschomb 18 also
listed with sister Ellen & husband Charles Bostick.)
- 1900 Brasher, St. Lawrence, NY: Peater Lashomb 67, wife Elmira 63,
Jennie 27, Lizzie 25, Bert 19, Fred 25, & his wife of 1 year Addie 20.
- 1910 Lawrence, St. Lawrence, NY: Widowed Elmira Lashomb 72 [Noted
that she had 11 children with 10 still living.]
Ogdensburg Advance & St. Lawrence Weekly, Thursday 12 November 1903: Brasher Falls: Peter Lashomb of the Ridge is dangerously ill.
Obituary: Ogdensburg Advance (NY), Thursday 7 July 1904: Helena - Death of Peter Lashombe - Peter Lashombe who has been sick for the past year, passed away Friday by dropsy, aged 70 years 8 months. Mr. Lashombe was a man of excellent habits, was liked by all. He leaves a wife and large family of grown children. The funeral was held on Monday, burial in the Catholic cemetery at Brasher Falls.
Will: I, Peter Lashomb, of the town of Brasher in the County of St. Lawrence and State of New York, do make, ordain, publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament, in manner and form following, that is to say:- First. I direct the payment of my just debts, if any, by my executor, hereinafter named. Second. In case my wife, Almyra, should me survive, I give, devise and bequeath unto her, for and during her natural life, only, all my property both real and personal on condition that she shall accept the same in lieu of any and all claims against my estate or property for dower, thirds, or otherwise. Third. I give and bequeath unto my daughters, Ellen Bostic, Hannah Youmell, Jennie Lashomb and Lizzie Smith, to each, the sum of Three Hundred Dollars. "Fifth". I give and bequeath unto my sons, William, Elmer and Peter, to each, the sum of Two Hundred Dollars. I make no provision for my son, Charles Henry, to whom I have heretofore given $400.00 as an advancement, in full payment of all his share in my estate. Sixth. I give and bequeath unto my son, Fred, the sum of Three Hundred Dollars. Seventh. All the rest, residue and remainder of my property, both real and personal, I give, devise and bequeath unto my son Albert, to have and to hold the same unto his own use and benefit, absolutely, subject, only, that in case my said wife shall me survive, he shall defray all proper and necessary burial expenses incident to her death, and shall erect at her grave and at my grave a suitable monument. Eighth. I hereby make the bequests to my sons and daughters, herein before set forth, a charge and a lien upon my real property. "Nineth". My executor, hereinafter named, shall have five years in which to pay the legacies hereinbefore set forth after my death, and also, shall have five years in which to pay the same after the death of my said wife, in case she shall me survive, and none of said legacies shall become due or payable before the end of said period of five years. Said legacies shall not bear interest and my said executor may at his own election pay one or more of said legacies, or any part thereof, before the end of said period of five years, or should he pay the same, or any part thereof during my lifetime, he shall have credit therefor. Tenth. I hereby empower my said executor hereinafter named to sell and dispose of any real property which I may own at the time of my death. Eleventh. Likewise, I make, constitute and appoint my son, Albert Lashomb, to be executor of this, my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal the twenty-third day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two. Witnesses to mark: Frank F. Stevens, James F. Shinnock. Peter (his X mark) Lashomb L.S.
We, whose names are hereto subscribed, do certify that Peter Lashomb the testator, subscribed his name to this instrument in our presence, and in the presence of each of us, and at the same time he declared in our presence and in the presence and hearing of each of us that the same was his last will and testament, and requested us and each of us to sign our names thereto as witnesses to the execution thereof, which we hereby do in the presence of the testator and of each other, the day of the date of said Will, and we write opposite our names our places of residence respectively. Frank F. Stevens Residing at Brasher Falls, N.Y. James F. Shinnock Residing at Brasher Falls, N.Y.
Probate of Peter Lashomb of Brasher: On 2 November 1904 Albert Lashomb applied to have the will proved and recorded. Heirs are Almyra Lashomb widow, Jennie Lashomb, William Lashomb, Henry Lashomb, Fred Lashomb, Albert Lashomb of Brasher, Ellen Bostic of Derrick, Hannah Youmell and Elmer Lashomb of N. Lawrence, Lizzie Smith of Canlin, and Peter Lashomb of Sackett's Harbor. All property real & personal bequeathed to widow; to daughters Ellen Bostic, Hannah Youmell, Jennie Lashomb & Lizzie Smith each $300; to sons William, Elmer & Peter each $200. No provision for son Charles Henry to whom has already been given $400; to son Fred $300; all the rest to son Albert who should arrange all burial expenses upon his mother's death and erect at their graves a suitable monument.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Patrick Cemetery, Brasher Falls, NY: PETER LASHOMB / Born 1833 – Died 1904 / ELMIRA QUENELL / Born 1837 – Died 1916 / LASHOMB / Bert A. / 1881 – 1968 // Lodema J. / 1877 - 1952
Notes for Elmire Quenell:
Obituary: St. Lawrence Republican (NY), Wednesday 5 Apr 1916: Mrs. Elmira Lashomb, who moved here from Brasher about 10 years ago died at her home here Saturday afternoon April 1st after a long illness. Mrs. Lashomb was born in Brasher 78 years ago and resided in that town for a great many years. For the past year she has been ill and unable to care for her home and has been cared for by her son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lashomb, who moved from their home north of the village to their mother’s home here. The funeral services were held at the Catholic church here Monday morning, April 3rd, Father St. Jacques officiating, burial in the Catholic cemetery at Brasher Falls. Those left to mourn the loss of this mother and sister are her daughters Mrs. Charles Bostic and Mrs. Levi Youmell of this place, Henry, Fred and Bert Lashomb of Brasher, Peter of Antwerp, and her sisters, Mrs. Eliza Lashomb of Fort Jackson, Mrs. Anna Mousow of Bellingham, Washington, and Mrs. Alice Crapser of Nashua, Iowa, and her brothers, Moses Quinell of this place, Julius Quinell of Lawrenceville, Paul Quinell of Helena, Levi Quinell of Massena.
Will proved: At Potsdam, St. Lawrence, NY on 3
July 1916, will of Almyra Lashombe, late of Lawrence. Executor is Albert
A. Lashombe
WWI registration records (sons)
Frederick Joseph Lashomb: Fred Joseph Lashomb; Brasher Falls, NY; 11 Apr 1875; Adline Lashomb (wife); tall/medium; dark grey eyes; grey hair.
Albert Allen Lashomb: Albert Allen Lashomb; Brasher Falls, NY; 31 Jan 1881; Mrs. Lodema Lashomb; tall/medium; blue eyes; grey hair
Obituaries for the children:
Ellen Lashomb: Massena Observer (NY), Thursday, 18 February 1926: Mrs. Ellen Bostic, wife of Charles Bostic, passed away at her home in this village Sunday evening, February 7, after several months' illness, aged 70 year. She was born in Brasher, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lashomb and was united in marriage with Charles Bostic about 46 years ago and had had lived in this village nearly all the time since their marriage. Mrs. Bostic was highly respected and made many friend by her quite, unassuming ways and will be missed by a large circle of relatives and friends. She is survived by her husband; one daughter, Mrs. Peter Post, of Canton; two sisters, Mrs. l.evi Youmell, of this village, and Mrs. Lizzie O'Keefe, of Syracuse; five brothers, Henry, Fred and Bert Lashomb, of Brasher, Peter Lashomb of Florida, and Elmer Lashomb, of this village. The funeral services were held in the Catholic church Tuesday morning, Rev. J. L. St. Jacques officiating. Burial was made in Brasher Falls.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Patrick Cemetery, Brasher Falls, NY: BOSTIC / Charles B. / 1859 - 1933 / Ellen, his wife / 1856 - 1926
Jane Almira Lashomb: Tombstone Inscription, St. Patrick Cemetery, Brasher Falls, NY: Almira / daughter of / P. & A. J. Lajamb / died Oct. 17, 1868 / 11 Years old (very difficult to read)
Charles Henry Lashomb: Watertown Daily Times (Watertown, NY), Monday, 15 January 1945: H. P. Lashomb, 86, Massena, Dies. Massena, Jan. 15 - Henry Peter Lashomb, 86, retired farmer, died Sunday evening at 6:10 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank Ormsby, 61 Bishop avenue. Funeral services will be held at 10 Tuesday morning at St. Mary's church. The body will be placed in the vault at Calvary cemetery and burial will be made in Brasher Falls in the spring. Mr. Lashomb was born May 8, 1858, at Brasher Falls, a son of Peter and Elmira Quenelle Lashomb. He married Miss Anna Lalonde on St. Andrews, Ont., in Sacred Heart church, May 19, 1877. He farmed in this vicinity until retiring and has been in failing health for the past year. His condition became serious in November. Mr. Lashomb leaves his wife, two sons, Walter, Brasher Falls, and Melvin, Potsdam; two daughters, Mrs. Lawrence (Gertrude) Layo and Mrs. Frank (Rebie) Ormsby, Massena; 18 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Peter, Antwerp; Fred, Brasher Falls, and Bert, Massena, and one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth O'Keefe, Fayetteville.
Anne 'Hannah' Lashomb: Massena Observer (NY), Tuesday 21 June 1938: Mrs. Youmell Dies Suddenly at age of 76: Mrs. Hannah Lashomb Youmell, has died suddenly yesterday morning at her home at 13 Clark St. She had been in declining health for the past six months. Mrs. Youmell had arisen as usual about -- o'clock yesterday morning and was getting breakfast when she suffered a heart attack about 6 o'clock and died within a few minutes. Dr. Herbert Engel was called but Mrs. Youmell was dead when he arrived. Born in Maple Ridge District of the Town of Brasher, May 17, 1862, a daughter of Peter and Elmira Quenelle, she was married on July 3, 1884, to Levi Youmell at Brasher Falls. The couple lived here for four years and then went to North Lawrence where Mr. Youmell managed farms, operated a store and conducted an undertaking establishment until he retired 12 years ago and came to live in Massena. They had eight children, all of them died before they were a year old. Surviving are the husband, an adopted son, Earl Doren Youmell, Watertown; three brothers, Henry Lashomb, Maple Ridge; Peter Lashomb, Antwerp; Bert Lashomb, Brasher, and one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth O'Keefe, Syracuse. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at Sacred Heart Church with burial at St. Patrick's Cemetery at Brasher Falls.
Tombstone Inscription,
St. Patrick Cemetery, Brasher Falls, NY: Levi Youmell /
1861 - 1947 / Hannah A. / his wife / 1862 - 1938
William Lashomb: Ogdensburg Advance (NY), Thursday, 23 November 1911: Brasher Falls - William P. Lashomb who lives in what is called Harmony died on Monday. He has been a great sufferer and has had difficult operations during the past few years. We understand it was a cancer in the stomach. He was a hard working man and has a nice farm dwelling and was comfortably situated. ---St. Lawrence Republican, Wednesday 29 November 1911: North Lawrence: William Lashomb who lived north of this village, died at his home Monday afternoon after a long illness. He leaves to mourn his loss his wife and seven children, also brothers and sisters and his mother, all of whom have our sympathy. The funeral services were held at the R.C. church here, Rev. St. Jacques, officiating.
Elmer Lashomb: Massena Observer (NY), Thursday, 12 December 1929: The funeral services of Elmer Lashomb, who died December 5 in the Alice Hyde hospital in Malone, were held from St. Lawrence R.C. church Saturday morning, Rev. R. A. Hoffman officiating. Burial was made in the Catholic cemetery.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Lawrence Cemetery, North Lawrence, NY: LaSHOMB / 1866 Elmer E. 1929 / his wife / 1879 Rose 1949 // Mother // Father
Peter Lashomb: Massena Observer (NY), Thursday, 3 April 1952, Brasher Center: Peter LaShomb, 82, who died in Antwerp Mar. 27, was a former resident of this town but has resided in Antwerp for many years. His parents were Peter and Myra LaShomb. He is survived by his wife and one brother, Bert LaShomb, Brasher Falls.
Virginia 'Jennie' Lashomb: Ogdensburg Advance (NY), Thursday, 3 June 1909, Brasher Falls: The funeral of Mrs. Lizzie Hilliard of the Ridge is to be held here today. She leaves a child three months old.
- St. Lawrence Republican (NY), Wednesday, 9 June 1909: The remains of Mrs. Hilliard were brought here from Massena last Tuesday for interment in the R. C. cemetery. A large procession of friends accompanied them.
Frederick Joseph Lashomb: 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
Elizabeth Lashomb: Massena Observer (NY), Thursday, 17 August 1950: Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth LaShomb O'Keefe, 72, were held in Syracuse Saturday, Aug. 12, at 8:30 a.m. at the Martin funeral home and at 9:30 a.m. at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Fayetteville. Interment took place in St. Agnes Cemetery. Mrs. O'Keefe died after a long illness on Thursday, Aug. 10, 1950 in Syracuse. A resident there for the past 40 years, she was born in Brasher Falls; a daughter of the late Peter and Elmira LaShomb. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Benjamin of North Syracuse and Mrs. Marion Silkworth of Daytona Beach, Fla., and two brothers, Peter LaShomb of Antwerp and Bert LaShomb of Brasher Falls; two grandchildren, Donald and Richard Benjamin and several nieces and nephews also survive.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Agnes Cemetery, Syracuse, NY: Elizabeth LaShombe / O'Keefe / Born May 28, 1878 / Died Aug. 10, 1950 // Timothy O'Keefe / Born July 2, 1872 / Died Jan. 17, 1928
Albert Allen Lashomb: Massena Observer (NY), Tuesday, 18 June 1968: Bert A. LaShomb, 87, Brasher Falls, died at 12:40 p.m., Sunday, June 16, 1968, at the Potsdam Hospital where he had been a patient since June 4. He had been in poor health for several months. The body was released to the Hammill Funeral Home, Winthrop. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick's Church, Brasher Falls, with the Rt. Rev. John M. Waterhouse, pastor, officiating. Burial was made in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Survivors are one son, LeRoy LaShomb, Brasher Falls; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He was born Jan. 31, 1881 in Brasher a son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter LaShomb. He attended Maple Ridge School and married Miss Jennie L. Hallahan of Brasher, March 6, 1905, at Hogansburg. She died Dec.11, 1952. He was a communicant of St. Patrick's Church, Brasher Falls. Mr. LaShomb was a farmer for many years at Maple Ridge and also was employed at Massena Alcoa until his retirement at the age of 65. Three sons predeceased him.
Tombstone Inscription, St. Patrick Cemetery, Brasher Falls, NY: PETER LASHOMB / Born 1833 – Died 1904 / ELMIRA QUENELL / Born 1837 – Died 1916 / LASHOMB / Bert A. / 1881 – 1968 // Lodema J. / 1877 - 1952
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Last updated: 7 February 2022.