Louis Benjamin Carignan was born in 1850, lived and died, 1916, in Providence Rhode Island. His parents were Pierre and Marie Carignan. I think the only way to find Pierre and Marie is to go back to the time of name changing. Somewhere I picked up the following info - "Son of Pierre Bourbeau chose to be named after his grandfather's maternal name, which was really Besnard (Benard)". Can anyone help me start with info regarding the "son of Pierre Bourbeau"? I can think of no other way to get to my gggrandparents.