Thank you for replying. I do appreciate it.
What I do know about my grandmother is that she was born Rose Ida Cyr, to Cyr Cyr and ???
Lajoie. Don't know her mother's first name. She was born Aug. 22, 1905, in St. Basil, New Brunswick, Canada, and died April 5, 1965, from cancer, in Beacon, N.Y. She married Louis Edmond Gervais, in Presque Island, Maine, not sure of date, and had one son, my father, Louis Eugene Gervais in 1928. Her mother died when she was 2 yrs. old, giving birth to her younger sister, Ezlie, and she was raised by family friends with the last name of Michaud, in Canada. She had three brothers, whom were, Patrick, Emile, and Come, and some sister, Ezlie, Yvonne, Mary, Ann, and 2 others she had heard about as well as one or two brothers. The family was all split up after the mother's death and only the whereabouts of some were known. She was know by the name Ida and not Rose. She had the Guiness book of world records and would tell us that her cousin (it could of been her second) was the man listed there as the strongest man. When I can get the chance to talk to my father, his memory is failing, I will try to ask about him. If you have any other information, please e-mail me at
zstangels@aol.com. I would appreciate any info you may have. Again, thank you so much for replying. Enjoy your day. I look forward to hearing from you. Janine