Continuation of tree (10th child of Alexandre Lajambe/Marie Louise Hurteau); all known surname descendants:
8 Victor Alfred Lajambe b: 29 October 1890 Cornwall, ONT; d: 21 March 1938 Watertown, Jefferson, NY
+Emma Marsh b: Abt. 1888 New York; m: 12 February 1907 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Watertown, Jefferson, NY; d: 19 December 1913 Watertown, Jefferson, NY
9 Francis Alfred Lashomb b: 14 April 1907 Watertown, Jefferson, NY; d: 17 March 1946 Grindstone Island, Clayton, Jefferson, NY (suicide)
+Florence Erissa Garnsey b: 31 January 1909 Clayton, Jefferson, NY; m: 1 June 1929 Clayton, Jefferson, NY [Robert W./Clara C. Turcotte]; d: 21 June 2002 Watertown, Jefferson, NY
9 Harold Clinton Lashomb b: 20 July 1912 Watertown, Jefferson, NY; d: 31 May 1984 Syracuse, Onondaga, NY
+Dorothy Celestia Kelsey b: 11 July 1914 Theresa, Jefferson, NY; m: 18 January 1934 Theresa, Jefferson, NY [Charles H./Nettie Fikes]; d: 14 October 1994 Theresa, Jefferson, NY
*2nd Wife of Victor Alfred Lajambe:
+Mabel E. Diefendorf b: 6 November 1887 Antwerp, Jefferson, NY; m: 7 November 1916 Watertown, Jefferson, NY [Orvis/Caroline Wallraff]; d: 28 July 1967 Riverside, Riverside, CA
9 Donald Adrian Lashomb b: 8 January 1918 Watertown, Jefferson, NY; d: 15 January 1945 France (WWII)
+Mary C. Robertson b: 4 February 1915 Edinburgh, Scotland; m: 22 September 1941 St. Paul's Episcopal, Watertown, Jefferson, NY [Alexander/Mary McCraw]; d: 22 February 2009 Watertown, Jefferson, NY
Notes for Victor Alfred Lajambe:
Census
- 1910 Watertown, Jefferson, New York: Victor Lashomb 22 (machine shop/laborer), wife of 4 years Emma 21, Frank 3.
- 1915 Watertown, Jefferson, NY: Alfred V. Lashomb 27 machinist, Francis A. 8, Harold C. 2.
- 1920 Watertown, Jefferson, NY: Alfred V. Lashomb 31, wife Mabel E. 31, Francis A. 12, Harold C. 7, Donald A. 2.
- 1925 Watertown, Jefferson, NY: Alfred V. Lashomb 36 machine opr, wife Mabel E. 36, Francis A. 18, Harold C. 12, Donald A. 7. [Mill St.]
- 1930 Watertown, Jefferson, NY: Alfred V. Lashomb 40, wife Mabel 40, Harold 17, Donald 12.
- 1940 Watertown, Jefferson, NY: Widow Mabel E. Lashomb 52, Donald A. 22 map clerk/insurance company office, lodger John H. Gleason 52 barber/barber shop.
Marriage Notice: Watertown Re Union, Saturday, 16 February 1907: A very pretty but quiet wedding occurred at the Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart at 8:30 Tuesday night when Miss Emma Marsh and Mr. Victor Lashomb were married. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Father Royet. Besides the immediate friends only a few attended the wedding. Both the bride and groom are well known in this city and have many friends. They will make their home at No. 56 1/2 Arsenal street.
WW1 registration records: Alfred Victor Lashomb; Watertown, NY; born 29 Oct 1888 (Cornwall, ONT); wife & 2 children; medium height, medium build; dark brown eyes & brown hair.
Misc.: Watertown Daily Times, Tuesday, 3 October 1922: Council business - Damages to the extent of $200 are claimed by A.V. Lashomb of 877 Mill street in behalf of the son, Francis Lashomb, who was injured while swinging at the Lansing street playground on July 15, 1922. The boy's knees and legs were lacerated, it is said, and the swing is alleged to have been in an unsafe condition.
Notes for Emma Marsh:
Obituary: Watertown Herald, Saturday, 27 December 1913: Lashomb -- In this city, Dec. 19, 1913 Emma M., wife of Alfred V. Lashomb, aged 25 years.
- Watertown Re Union, Wednesday, 24 December 1913: LASHOMB - The funeral of Mrs. Alfred V. Lashomb will be held at the family home, 366 Arlington street, Monday a t 2:30.
Notes for Mabel E. Diefendorf:
- Mabel remarried to Milton H. Farmer on 3 July 1949.
Obituary: Friday, 28 July 1967: Former City Woman Dies - Mrs. Mabel E. Diefendorf Lashomb Farmer, 79, of Riverside, Calif., widow of Milton H. Farmer and formerly of Watertown, died Friday in the Palm Terrace Convalescent home, Riverside, after a long illness. The funeral was Monday with burial in Crest Lawn cemetery, Riverside. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Maud L. Hickey, widow of Harold E. Hockey, Watertown; and Mrs. Louis (Florence) Maitland, St. Petersburg, Fla; a stepson, Harold C. Lashomb, Syracuse; and step-grandchildren. Also surviving is a daughter-in-law, Major Mary C. Robertson Lashomb, in the army nurse corps, widow of Mrs. Farmer's only child, Donald A. Lashomb, who was killed in action in France, Jan. 15, 1945. Mrs. Farmer was born in Antwerp, Nov. 6, 1887, a daughter of Orvis and Caroline Wallraff Diefendorf. She was married first on Nov. 7, 1916 to Alfred Victor Lashomb. He died March 21, 1938. On July 3, 1949, she was married in the First Baptist church to Milton H. Farmer of Baywood, Calif., a native of Belleville. They went to California to live after the marriage. Mrs. Farmer was a member of the Gold Star Mothers.
Tombstone Inscription, Crestlawn Memorial Park, Riverside, CA: Mother / Mabel E. Farmer / 1887 - 1967
Obituaries for the children:
Francis Alfred Lashomb: The Kingston Whig Standard (Kingston, ONT), Thursday, 21 March 1946: Francois A, LaShomb, Grindstone Island farmer, who had been ill for some time committed suicide by cutting his throat with a knife.
Harold Clinton Lashomb: Watertown Daily Times (Watertown, NY), Friday, 1 June 1984: Harold Lashomb, 71, of 259 Valley Drive, Syracuse, a Watertown native and former Potsdam resident, died Thursday evening at Community General Hospital, Syracuse, where he had been admitted May 19. He had been in failing health the past year. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the Frederick Brothers Funeral Home, Theresa, with Rev. Walter Giles, pastoral associate at Trinity Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Theresa. There will be no calling hours. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; a daughter, Mrs. Wilbur (Suzanne) Hodges, Rochester; and two sons, Herbert, Helmetta, N.J., and Dr. James Lashomb, East Windsor, N.J., a professor at Rutger's University, New Brunswick, N.J. Born July 20, 1912 in Watertown, a son of Victor and Emma Marsh Lashomb, he was graduated from Watertown High School in 1931 and married Dorothy Kelsey, Theresa, Jan. 18, 1934. The couple lived 30 years in Potsdam, moving to Syracuse in 1966. Mr. Lashomb was a retired truck driver for the Ward Baking Company. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church and was a charter member of the Potsdam Elks Club.
Donald Adrian Lashomb: Syracuse Herald Journal (NY), Tuesday, 27 April 1948 - Watertown - The body of Corp. Donald A. Lashomb, 27, formerly of 877 Mill st., who was killed in action on Jan. 15, 1945, in France, will arrive here tomorrow afternoon on the 4:50 train from the U.S. Army's general distribution center in Schenectady. Funeral services will be held from the Northern & Fox funeral home on Friday at 2 P.M. and at 2:30 from the St. Paul's Episcopal Church. The Rev. John R. Bill, rector, will officiate. Burial will take place at North Watertown Cemetery. Full military honors will be accorded. The casket will be flag draped. A firing squad and bugler will fire the customary farewell salute and sound taps at the grave. Corp. Lashomb, a tank gunner in the 14th Armored Division, was killed instantly in France when his command tank slipped over the shoulder of the road into a ditch and struck some land mines during the Battle of Hatten. He was a native of this city.
Back one generation to parents of Victor Alfred 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.
Last updated: 21 January 2023.