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Desserts in 1881 Census of Canada

ON THIS WEBSITE I HOPE TO GIVE THE GENEALOGY OF THE DESERRES / DESSERT FAMILIES WHO SETTLED IN THE UNITED STATES . IN THE 1881 CENSUS FOR CANADA MOST DESSERT FAMILIES LIVED IN THREE KEY AREAS OF QUEBEC .
 
THE FIRST AREA IS ST JOSEPH DE MASKINONGE AND THEN SPREADS TO ST AMBROISE DE KILDARE IN JOLIETTE COUNTY AND ST JACQUES DE L'ACHIGAN IN MONTCALM COUNTY .
 
THE SECOND AREA IS ST GUILLAUME D'UPTON IN YAMASKA . THE THIRD AREA IS ST PATRICE DE TINGWICK IN ARTHABASKA COUNTY .

I HAVE MOST OF THE DESSERT / DE SERRES MARRIAGE RECORDS FROM CANADA . I HAVE MANY OF THE US RECORDS BUT NEED HELP IN PUTTING SOME OF THE FAMILIES TOGETHER
 
 
 
I am looking also to connect HENRY DESSERT who married Clara Lavoie in 1909 . In 1910  they are in Plainfield CT and in 1920 they are in New Bedford MA.
Henry was born in 1887 at New Haven CT and was the son of Alexander Dessert and Susan Corriveau . Alexander died about 1887 and Susan remarried Romuald Lambert and in 1900 this family appears in West Warwick RI .
 
In 1906 the couple of Rosario DeSerres and Malvina Laroche were in Cambridge MA - where do they fit in the family tree ?
 
 

CONNECTICUT , PLAINFIELD .
 
The family of James Dessert and Rosanna Monty .James was the son of Louis Dessert and Melanie Lanneville who were married in 1872 at Ste Angele de Laval Nicolet Quebec . This last named couple settled in Fall River .
 
KANSAS , DAMAR
 
Francois Dessert and Celina Cauchon dit Lavalliere were married in 1872 at Dobie Wisconsin but later the family moved to Kansas . Francois Dessert now spelled Desaire was the son of Narcisse Dessert and Rosalie Luneau who were married in 1838 at Ste Melanie de Joliette Quebec .
 
MASSACHUSETTS , AMESBURY AND HAVERHILL
 
In 1910 we find the family of Alphonse Dessert and Alphonsine Gagne in Amesbury and then in Haverhill . Alphonse died in 1907 . He was the son of Felix Dessert and Rose Delima Leclerc of St Guillaume d'Upton Quebec .
 
For awhile his brother Antoine lived in Amesbury before moving to New Bedford MA .
 
MASSACHUSETTS , FALL RIVER .
 
The family of Louis Dessert and Melanie Lanneville who were married at Ste Angele de Nicolet in 1872 came to Fall River . In 1900 Louis married Melanie's sister Marie Lanneville in Fall River .
 
Jean Baptiste Dessert married Diane Hetu in 1896 in Fall River . He was the son of Calixte Dessert and Angele Gregoire married in 1865 at St David d'Yamaska Quebec .
 
MASSACHUSETTS , LOWELL
 
Ambroise Hormidas Dessert and Marie Delima Caille were married in 1895 at St Liguori de Montcalm Quebec . He was the son of Pierre Dessert and Emerentienne Sicard  married in 1856 at Maskinonge .
 
MASSACHUSETTS , NEW BEDFORD
 
Three brothers settled in New Bedford . They were the sons of Felix Dessert and Rose Delima Leclerc of St Guillaume d'Upton Quebec . Antoine married Roseanna Lepine in 1892 in Amesbury MA. Joseph married Philomene Bouchard in 1899 at Notre Dame Fall River . Later they moved to New Bedford MA. Wilfred married Marie McMahon in 1905 in Amesbury and later moved to New Bedford .
 
MASSACHUSETTS , WORCESTER
 
George Dessert married Rosanna Gaucher in Worcester in 1896 . He was the son of Pierre and Alphonsine Chevrier of the Ogdensburg NY family .
 
MICHIGAN , DETROIT
 
Nelson Dessert immigrated to Detroit . He was the son  of Pierre Dessert and Alphonsine Chevrier of the Ogdensburg NY family .
 
 
Peter Dessert , Nelson's brother also settled in Detroit . He married Marguerite James in 1881 at Ogdensburg NY .
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE , LEBANON
 
Henry Dessert married Marie Louise Lambert in 1908 at Lebanon New Hampshire . He was the son of Joseph and Emma Paquin married in 1874 at st Theodore de Chertsey Quebec . 
 
NEW YORK , COHOES
 
In 1900 George Anthime Dessert and family are in Cohoes . He married Melina Farley in 1876 at St Ambroise de Kildare . His son Wilfred is in Cohoes with a family in 1910 .
 
NEW YORK , OGDENSBURG
 
Pierre Dessert and his second wife Esther Gauthier settled in Ogdensburg NY .They were married in 1850 in Montreal . Pierre Jr was the son of the first wife Marguerite Laporte dit St Georges . He married Alphonsine Chevrier in 1860 at Notre Dame Ogdensburg . His brother Joseph married Emelie Menard in 1865 at Notre Dame .Theodore Dessert was the son of Esther Gauthier . He married Marie Primeau in 1880 at Notre Dame .
 
Desire "Dennis' Dessert , the son of Pierre and Esther Gauthier ,  married Helen Larue in 1877 at Notre Dame Ogdensburg NY.
 
NEW YORK , TROY
 
Michel Dessert married Denise Forcier and settled in the Troy area . He was the son of Michel and Euphrosine Girard of St Guillaume d'Upton . In 1870 and 1880 Michel called Mitchell and his family are at Green Island NY
 
Michel's brother Thomas also lived in the Albany area. He later moved to Manhattan . He married Elizabeth McAndrew around 1855 . This family is represented now by the descendants of their son Alexander Edward  who married Mary Elizabeth Weller in 1889 at St John's Catholic Church in Manhattan .
 
RHODE ISLAND , CENTRAL FALLS
 
The family of Louis Adelard Dessert and Corinne Leclerc settled here . They were married in 1899 at St David d'Yamaska Quebec .
 
RHODE ISLAND , WEST WARWICK
 
Two brothers settled here . Francois Xavier Dessert married Merelise Talbot , Adelard married Hilda Stride . They were the sons of Leandre Dessert and Angelique Harel of St Guillaume d'Upton .
 
RHODE ISLAND , WOONSOCKET
 
The family of Lactance Dessert and Clothilde Lebrun who were married in 1905 at St David d'Yamaska settled here .
 
WISCONSIN , BARRON COUNTY
 
Louis Doctrove Dessert married Mary Abbie Richardson in 1882 at Mosinee Marathon Wisconsin . He was the son of Antoine Dessert and Edwidge Ratel married in 1842 at Maskinonge .
 
 
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ONTARIO , PINEWOOD
 
In 1901 the family os Prosper Dessert and Euphemie Giguere are at Pinewood Algoma Ontario . They were married in 1882 at St Theodore de Chertsey Quebec .
 
OTTAWA
 
Octave Dessert , the son of Pierre David Dessert and Marguerite St Georges , married Hermeline St Georges in 1864 in Ottawa . Their son Mazenod married Angeline Bougie in 1891 at Bourget Russell Ontario and had fifteen known children . After Angeline died , Mazenod married Ernestine L'Heureux after he immigrated to  Detroit where his cousins from Ogdensburg  New York already settled .

 

 

 

Tombstone pictures from St Guillaume d'Upton in Yamaska quebec .

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