Welcome to my LeMire family history page
Throughout my research I have had many folks that helped me out with many areas of my research. But I want to give special thanks to Jerry Imus, Ted and Carol Miller of the Boone-Nance Genealogical Society. They're an incredible source of information within Nance county, NE and Nebraska in general. The NEGenWeb website which Ted and Carol Miller, among others, maintain is full of great sources. I wouldn't have gone far without their help. Also special thanks to Don...you know I never did get his last name. I meet Don through the [email protected] message board. Don provided me with a ton of old records dating back to the late 1600's that link my Lemire line all the way back to Jean Lemire. Don also helped me with finding the marriage record for Ovide Lemire and Louisa Archambault (my GG grandparents) which was a HUGE breakthrough at the time. At the time I was losing sleep over this one. Sad I know...
During my research I discovered that days after my grandfather Jack's mother died my father was born. In honor of his mother Jack named my father Blair. This was Jack's mother Lula's maiden name. Along with his mother, Jack was also raised for a short while by his grandfather Alexander McDonald Blair when his father died while he was a kid. "Mac" as he was know moved from Shelby County, Missouri to stay with Jack and Lula. Much of this info was received from Kathleen Wilham of the Shelby County Historical Society. She was another person who made many contributions to my research. She was a HUGE help in locating information and sources for the Blair's of Missouri.
As I started to research the Blair's I realized that they were the only part of my tree that might have a long history in the US. The other lines of my branch came to America in the mid to late 1800's. The problem was I could only go back as far as William Blair, Alexander McDonald's father. This was a MAJOR brick wall for me. For the Lemire's in Canada I was able to trace back the line to 1650. Just about the same for the Hendrickson's in Sweden. But this line wasn't coming as easily. Finally frustrated, I contacted Charlotte Stewart of the Blair Society for Genealogical Research. Wow! What a great source they are. Charlotte, the genealogist for BSGR, put up with my constant e-mails about the Blair's. For a while I was in contact with her everyday. She knew of a line of Blair's that had a William born about the same time as mine, 1820 in the general area and together we made about a 95% (not sure if it will ever be 100%) connection to a Blair line from Clarksburg, Virginia (West Virginia today). This connection opened a whole new area of research for me that goes back to the mid 1700's. She has been an AMAZING contact and I will always appreciate her help.
Now onto my Lemire line...
Jean Lemire (1626 – 1685) is the ancestor of most Lemire's living in Canada. His father and mother, Mathurin LeMire and Jeanne Vannier, lived in the Saint Vivien district of Rouen, Normandy. Rouen is a port on the Seine river. Jean Lemire was baptized in the Saint Vivien church June 4, 1626. He was a carpenter by trade. Jean Lemire crossed the Atlantic between 1650 and 1653. He married Louise Marsolet, daughter of Nicolas Marsolet of Saint-Aignan and Marie Barbier, and thereby entered one of the most important families of Québec. In 1667, the couple decided to establish themselves on a land at Cap-Rouge. By then, they owned ten acres (40,000 m²) of land and five cattle, and they employed three servants. The same year, Jean was named syndic of the region's inhabitants, and thus became the community spokesman at the Supreme Council. By 1684, the master carpenter was in high esteem throughout the region. He was assigned the construction of the steeple in Québec Cathedral, a structure of Batiscan oak, designed to crown the south tower of the cathedral. Nine months later, on October 5, 1684, he died at fifty-nine years old. Louise outlived her husband until 1712.
- Source: Wikipedia
The first of the Lemire's to come to the United States from my direct line was Ovide Lemire dit Marsolet around 1850. According to a family story , when Ovide's Father Joachim passed away on Feb 17 1850, he was sent to live with his uncle Zephirin (Frank) Lemire dit Marsolet on a farm just outside of North Adams, Massachusetts. When Ovide was about 17 he went to North Adams to serve as a Blacksmith’s apprentice for a 3 year term. He was an apprentice to a Mr. Marshall and lived with him in his home. At the same time as Ovide was staying with Mr. Marshall, Louisa Archambault also worked for Mr. Marshall. Maybe as a servant? Possibly, this is how Ovide and my GG Grandmother Louisa meet.
In 1864 Ovide and Louisa were married and headed west with their 2 sons, Ovid Jr. and my great grandfather Frank Lemire. They settled in Missouri for about 20 years before finally ending up in Nebraska, their final destination. In the later years Frank would remarry to my great grandmother Lula Belle Blair and a few years later my grandfather Jack was born.
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