Thank you for responding. I was so surprised to find an email on the isableem family in my in-box. It seems that our grandmothers were sisters and we share common grnadpartents, Wifrid & Marie Isabelle. They had other children: Albert, Nectar, Raymond, Emile ( I met him at my grandfathers funeral in the 70's), Yvonne, Eva, Marie & Alice. Wilfrid Isabelle was born in New Hampshire. His father's name was Frederick and he was from France. They lived on a small farm in the 12th range in Ste Agathe. I went last spring to visit the area and went to his farm and the farm of my other great-grandparents as well. Wilfrid sold his farm in the 50"s for 1800.00. His house was very small. It is hard to imagine a family so large in such a tiny house. I do have a picture of Wilfrid that I can send you if you sned me your email. I also have a picture of Marie Demers. Wilfrid was the mayor of Ste Agathe de Lotbiniere so a couple of years. I was able to get some of this information from my mother's cousin on her father's side of the family. I have never had contact with anyone from the Isabelle side. Do you live in Canada. You won't believe this but I also have a copy of your mother's baptism certificate. It is in a family history my Aunt was given a copy of prepared by Lynda Nash in 1992. Please email me at
JJ1957@optonline.net and I will shae my informatoin with you.