I've been researching St. George families in Minnesota since 1997.
My own particular St. George family comes from Québec. The original family name was St. Jore dit Sergerie.
In about 1855 Joseph St. Jore dit Sergerie and his wife Marie Louise Vaillancourt left Québec and were living in Cleveland, Ohio. They and their children lived in Huron County, Michigan (ca.1863-1881) and settled in Duluth, Minnesota in 1881.
The family name appears to have officially changed to St. George sometime after 1864.
Most St. George families from Québec do not come from the St. Jore dit Sergerie family, but descend from the Laporte dit St-Georges families, a much larger family. The first Laporte dit St-Georges appeared in Québec circa 1650, roughly 100 years before the first St. Jore dit Sergerie arrived in about 1747. Linking my St. George family to the St. Jore dit Sergerie family came as a big surprise, and might suggest an alternative route for a few others who may have been trying to link their St. George families to Québec ancestors.
The St. Jore dit Sergerie line has its origins in Normandy, France in the modern department of Manche. More details of my ongoing research can be found on my webpage at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mstgeorge/There were other St. George families in Minnesota in the 19th century who were probably descended from the Laporte dit St-Georges families. To my knowledge none of these families have yet been successfully researched back to their proper Québec ancestry. But they are almost definitely part of the Laporte dit St-Georges.
These other families continue to be of interest to me as I have strong evidence that my St. George family knew some of these other St. Georges.
I'm also interested in other St. Jore families from around the world as well as other St. Georges from the U.K. So I'll remain tuned in here. Feel free to write privately anytime.
Sincerely,
Michael