Eugene LaCroix, from Ste Claire, Quebec, sometimes used "John Cross" after immigrating from there to Maine (Old Town, Houlton, Livermore Falls, Jay) and New Hampshire (Gorham).
Not all, but several of his 12 children's births are recorded as "Cross", but 6 of those children died in childhood, and of the 6 who survived to adulthood and marriage, records will be found in both their actual surname, LaCroix, and also in their father's "americanization" of their surname, "Cross." One child, a son, Pierre LaCroix, most frequently used "Peter Cross," and especially during his second marriage, his children's births are more frequently recorded as "Cross," but he himself finally reverted to using LaCroix.
Eugene LaCroix's brother, Louis Napoleon LaCroix, also "americanized" his name to "Paul Cross" and he, and most of his children, kept to that variant, and did not revert to LaCroix, although there are records in that original name, especially church and US Census. Thus most of Louis Napoleon LaCroix's descendents will be found under the name, "Cross."
Not all, but several of his 12 children's births are recorded as "Cross", but 6 of those children died in childhood, and of the 6 who survived to adulthood and marriage, records will be found in both their actual surname, LaCroix, and also in their father's "americanization" of their surname, "Cross." One child, a son, Pierre LaCroix, most frequently used "Peter Cross," and especially during his second marriage, his children's births are more frequently recorded as "Cross," but he himself finally reverted to using LaCroix.
Eugene LaCroix's brother, Louis Napoleon LaCroix, also "americanized" his name to "Paul Cross" and he, and most of his children, kept to that variant, and did not revert to LaCroix, although there are records in that original name, especially church and US Census. Thus most of Louis Napoleon LaCroix's descendents will be found under the name, "Cross."
Eugene LaCroix, from Ste Claire, Quebec, sometimes used "John Cross" after immigrating from there to Maine (Old Town, Houlton, Livermore Falls, Jay) and New Hampshire (Gorham).
Not all, but several of his 12 children's births are recorded as "Cross", but 6 of those children died in childhood, and of the 6 who survived to adulthood and marriage, records will be found in both their actual surname, LaCroix, and also in their father's "americanization" of their surname, "Cross." One child, a son, Pierre LaCroix, most frequently used "Peter Cross," and especially during his second marriage, his children's births are more frequently recorded as "Cross," but he himself finally reverted to using LaCroix.
Eugene LaCroix's brother, Louis Napoleon LaCroix, also "americanized" his name to "Paul Cross" and he, and most of his children, kept to that variant, and did not revert to LaCroix, although there are records in that original name, especially church and US Census. Thus most of Louis Napoleon LaCroix's descendents will be found under the name, "Cross."
Not all, but several of his 12 children's births are recorded as "Cross", but 6 of those children died in childhood, and of the 6 who survived to adulthood and marriage, records will be found in both their actual surname, LaCroix, and also in their father's "americanization" of their surname, "Cross." One child, a son, Pierre LaCroix, most frequently used "Peter Cross," and especially during his second marriage, his children's births are more frequently recorded as "Cross," but he himself finally reverted to using LaCroix.
Eugene LaCroix's brother, Louis Napoleon LaCroix, also "americanized" his name to "Paul Cross" and he, and most of his children, kept to that variant, and did not revert to LaCroix, although there are records in that original name, especially church and US Census. Thus most of Louis Napoleon LaCroix's descendents will be found under the name, "Cross."
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