Earl LaMere had a son with wife Marguerite Williams Parkins Gordon. He apparently had children with a prior wife, before Marguerite, but the records are hard to find.
Thank you to Findagrave contributor Christopher Ware for researching Earl's parents.
DEEP ANCESTRY. According to their Findagrave pages, immigrant ancestors brought the La Mere name from France, by going to Canada very early, in the 1600s. Earl's grandparents on his father's side were born in the Quebec area of French-speaking Canada.
Their branch of the LaMeres then emigrated to the States around 1853-1854, found generally in lumbering/mining areas that had some farming. Different of Earl's aunts and uncles were thus born in northern Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin, according to his grandparents' Censuses and obituaries. By their last Census, in 1910, the LaMere grandparents had moved further west, while remaining near Canada, ending in Douglas County, Oregon, at the timber town of Umpqua. (Named for local rivers, Umpqua was about 10 miles south of the larger town of Roseburg, both places inland and roughly east of the still larger coastal town called Coos Bay.)
Four adult sons, ages 26 to 37, still lived at home with Earl's LaMere grandparents in 1910. One source said the grandparents had nine children total, naming some, not all. Their sons included Earl's father, Louis, who died out in Butte County, in California. Earl's aunt, Mary Leah LaMere Andrus, was also named in their obituaries.
For those of us spoiled by modern city life, wilderness dangers are hard to imagine. Mary Leah's husband went missing in a 1943 hunting trip for elk in the coastal mountains, with his body never found. She died locally, in Roseburg.
Mary Leah's descendant, Patrick Andrus, checked the death certificate of Earl's grandfather, Adolph LaMere. Patrick reported (online, 2003) that Earl's great-grandfather had been that Frank LaMere who married Odelia Bonville, possibly aka Bonneville. Frank and Odelia's son Adolph then married Defela, aka "Flevie", maiden name Basset/Bassett or Bessette, according to Censuses, some obituaries, and the work of Patrick Andrus. (Her maiden name is sometimes presented as her first name, making records harder to find.)
The spelling of the French surname varies. The spellings can include LeMire, seen in the Douglas County death record for Earl's uncle Silas. Silas LeMere was said to have been a deaf mute who died in 1944, the year after Mary Leah's spouse went missing. Silas died at age 71, after being hit by an auto while out walking outside Roseburg. A local news article said, "LeMere, a shoemaker, reportedly was the fifth of seven brothers to meet accidental deaths in the order of their ages, the eldest brother being the first to lose his life by accident".
The LaMere spellings also include LaMire and the much older Lemieux.
Immigrant ancestor Gabriel Lemieux was freshly from France in 1658, when he married in Quebec.
Thank you to Findagrave contributor Christopher Ware for researching Earl's parents.
DEEP ANCESTRY. According to their Findagrave pages, immigrant ancestors brought the La Mere name from France, by going to Canada very early, in the 1600s. Earl's grandparents on his father's side were born in the Quebec area of French-speaking Canada.
Their branch of the LaMeres then emigrated to the States around 1853-1854, found generally in lumbering/mining areas that had some farming. Different of Earl's aunts and uncles were thus born in northern Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin, according to his grandparents' Censuses and obituaries. By their last Census, in 1910, the LaMere grandparents had moved further west, while remaining near Canada, ending in Douglas County, Oregon, at the timber town of Umpqua. (Named for local rivers, Umpqua was about 10 miles south of the larger town of Roseburg, both places inland and roughly east of the still larger coastal town called Coos Bay.)
Four adult sons, ages 26 to 37, still lived at home with Earl's LaMere grandparents in 1910. One source said the grandparents had nine children total, naming some, not all. Their sons included Earl's father, Louis, who died out in Butte County, in California. Earl's aunt, Mary Leah LaMere Andrus, was also named in their obituaries.
For those of us spoiled by modern city life, wilderness dangers are hard to imagine. Mary Leah's husband went missing in a 1943 hunting trip for elk in the coastal mountains, with his body never found. She died locally, in Roseburg.
Mary Leah's descendant, Patrick Andrus, checked the death certificate of Earl's grandfather, Adolph LaMere. Patrick reported (online, 2003) that Earl's great-grandfather had been that Frank LaMere who married Odelia Bonville, possibly aka Bonneville. Frank and Odelia's son Adolph then married Defela, aka "Flevie", maiden name Basset/Bassett or Bessette, according to Censuses, some obituaries, and the work of Patrick Andrus. (Her maiden name is sometimes presented as her first name, making records harder to find.)
The spelling of the French surname varies. The spellings can include LeMire, seen in the Douglas County death record for Earl's uncle Silas. Silas LeMere was said to have been a deaf mute who died in 1944, the year after Mary Leah's spouse went missing. Silas died at age 71, after being hit by an auto while out walking outside Roseburg. A local news article said, "LeMere, a shoemaker, reportedly was the fifth of seven brothers to meet accidental deaths in the order of their ages, the eldest brother being the first to lose his life by accident".
The LaMere spellings also include LaMire and the much older Lemieux.
Immigrant ancestor Gabriel Lemieux was freshly from France in 1658, when he married in Quebec.
Earl LaMere had a son with wife Marguerite Williams Parkins Gordon. He apparently had children with a prior wife, before Marguerite, but the records are hard to find.
Thank you to Findagrave contributor Christopher Ware for researching Earl's parents.
DEEP ANCESTRY. According to their Findagrave pages, immigrant ancestors brought the La Mere name from France, by going to Canada very early, in the 1600s. Earl's grandparents on his father's side were born in the Quebec area of French-speaking Canada.
Their branch of the LaMeres then emigrated to the States around 1853-1854, found generally in lumbering/mining areas that had some farming. Different of Earl's aunts and uncles were thus born in northern Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin, according to his grandparents' Censuses and obituaries. By their last Census, in 1910, the LaMere grandparents had moved further west, while remaining near Canada, ending in Douglas County, Oregon, at the timber town of Umpqua. (Named for local rivers, Umpqua was about 10 miles south of the larger town of Roseburg, both places inland and roughly east of the still larger coastal town called Coos Bay.)
Four adult sons, ages 26 to 37, still lived at home with Earl's LaMere grandparents in 1910. One source said the grandparents had nine children total, naming some, not all. Their sons included Earl's father, Louis, who died out in Butte County, in California. Earl's aunt, Mary Leah LaMere Andrus, was also named in their obituaries.
For those of us spoiled by modern city life, wilderness dangers are hard to imagine. Mary Leah's husband went missing in a 1943 hunting trip for elk in the coastal mountains, with his body never found. She died locally, in Roseburg.
Mary Leah's descendant, Patrick Andrus, checked the death certificate of Earl's grandfather, Adolph LaMere. Patrick reported (online, 2003) that Earl's great-grandfather had been that Frank LaMere who married Odelia Bonville, possibly aka Bonneville. Frank and Odelia's son Adolph then married Defela, aka "Flevie", maiden name Basset/Bassett or Bessette, according to Censuses, some obituaries, and the work of Patrick Andrus. (Her maiden name is sometimes presented as her first name, making records harder to find.)
The spelling of the French surname varies. The spellings can include LeMire, seen in the Douglas County death record for Earl's uncle Silas. Silas LeMere was said to have been a deaf mute who died in 1944, the year after Mary Leah's spouse went missing. Silas died at age 71, after being hit by an auto while out walking outside Roseburg. A local news article said, "LeMere, a shoemaker, reportedly was the fifth of seven brothers to meet accidental deaths in the order of their ages, the eldest brother being the first to lose his life by accident".
The LaMere spellings also include LaMire and the much older Lemieux.
Immigrant ancestor Gabriel Lemieux was freshly from France in 1658, when he married in Quebec.
Thank you to Findagrave contributor Christopher Ware for researching Earl's parents.
DEEP ANCESTRY. According to their Findagrave pages, immigrant ancestors brought the La Mere name from France, by going to Canada very early, in the 1600s. Earl's grandparents on his father's side were born in the Quebec area of French-speaking Canada.
Their branch of the LaMeres then emigrated to the States around 1853-1854, found generally in lumbering/mining areas that had some farming. Different of Earl's aunts and uncles were thus born in northern Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin, according to his grandparents' Censuses and obituaries. By their last Census, in 1910, the LaMere grandparents had moved further west, while remaining near Canada, ending in Douglas County, Oregon, at the timber town of Umpqua. (Named for local rivers, Umpqua was about 10 miles south of the larger town of Roseburg, both places inland and roughly east of the still larger coastal town called Coos Bay.)
Four adult sons, ages 26 to 37, still lived at home with Earl's LaMere grandparents in 1910. One source said the grandparents had nine children total, naming some, not all. Their sons included Earl's father, Louis, who died out in Butte County, in California. Earl's aunt, Mary Leah LaMere Andrus, was also named in their obituaries.
For those of us spoiled by modern city life, wilderness dangers are hard to imagine. Mary Leah's husband went missing in a 1943 hunting trip for elk in the coastal mountains, with his body never found. She died locally, in Roseburg.
Mary Leah's descendant, Patrick Andrus, checked the death certificate of Earl's grandfather, Adolph LaMere. Patrick reported (online, 2003) that Earl's great-grandfather had been that Frank LaMere who married Odelia Bonville, possibly aka Bonneville. Frank and Odelia's son Adolph then married Defela, aka "Flevie", maiden name Basset/Bassett or Bessette, according to Censuses, some obituaries, and the work of Patrick Andrus. (Her maiden name is sometimes presented as her first name, making records harder to find.)
The spelling of the French surname varies. The spellings can include LeMire, seen in the Douglas County death record for Earl's uncle Silas. Silas LeMere was said to have been a deaf mute who died in 1944, the year after Mary Leah's spouse went missing. Silas died at age 71, after being hit by an auto while out walking outside Roseburg. A local news article said, "LeMere, a shoemaker, reportedly was the fifth of seven brothers to meet accidental deaths in the order of their ages, the eldest brother being the first to lose his life by accident".
The LaMere spellings also include LaMire and the much older Lemieux.
Immigrant ancestor Gabriel Lemieux was freshly from France in 1658, when he married in Quebec.
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