Only daughter and the younger of the two surviving children of Michel Justin and Eulalie Louise (Testot) DUVIGNEAUD. Lise was only three years old in July of 1841 when her parents separated, and she was taken by her mother from Paris to Berlin to start-up another household and her own stationery shop. Lise was left in the care of a German family for three years while her mother pursued her affairs. In 1847, Lise's mother, Eulalie, returned to Paris and left Lise (age 8) with her father, Rene Testot, who then returned her to Michel Justin. At that time Lise was reintroduced to her father and elder brother, Alfred, neither of whom had she any memory. The household to which she returned now included a step-mother, Marie-Caroline Desiree Evrard, and a new half brother, Justin Edouard.

In 1852 the family, including 'Desiree's parents and brother, left France for America, initially with plans to establish themselves in New York but eventually 'landing' in Pewaukee, Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Lise married Edward Evrard July 6, 1857 in Waukesha WI in a dual ceremony in which her father married Edward's sister, Marie-Caroline Desiree Evrard, mother of Michel's second young family.

Lise and Edward had five children:

1-Clemetine Eulalie Evrard MULLIGAN,
md. Dennis D. Mulligan. A son, Edward James Mulligan, b. 01 Oct 1885, Waukesha, Waukesha WI, md.. 23 Sep 1918, Imperial, CA, at age 32, Kathryn Beatrice Washburne d/o Reuben Washburne and Sarah Brogan;

2-Desiree Caroline Evrard PAULSON,
md. Peter Paulson, 12 FEB 1890, Waukesha WI, Peter was born 28 MAY 1859 in Barseback Sweden, s/o Paul and Inga Anderson Olson, (Immigration 1880). The family was living in Minneapolis MN by the early 1890s. There were two children of this union: Clothilde Ethel Paulson and Amy Eulalia Paulson. Peter was a very enterprising and successful Railroad Contractor in Minneapolis;

3-Theresa Henriette Evrard KELLY,
md. Bernard John Kelly, 12 OCT 1891, Milwaukee WI,
Children of Bernard and Therese Kelly:
Arthur Kelly (1893 – 1947), Irene M. Kelly DOUGLAS (1895 – 1992), Marcel Adrian Kelly (1897 – 1989). and Bernard John Kelly b. 18 AUG 1901, Waukesha, Waukesha WI;

4-Alexander A. Evrard, at age 22,
md. Anna M. Mulligan, 20 SEP 1877, Waukesha;
Ch: Edward A. Evrard, b. 27 Apr 1890, Waukesha, Wisconsin; Camille Frances Evrard HUNTER b. 29 Jun 1892, Waukesha, Wisconsin;

5-Clotilde Rosalie Evrard CARBERRY,
md. James A Carberry, 15 OCT 1890 Waukesha WI. Children of this union include: Elmer A Carberry, Walter J Carberry, Claude M Carberry, James E Carberry.

Lise was widowed on December 1, 1890. By 1900, she was living in the household of her daughter, Clotilde Carberry in Waukesha WI.
bio contributed by Anne DuVigneaud.