[Research Journal #7, Entry #5] I went back to the 1920 census. This time I searched through Massachusetts which may have been a worse idea than working in New York. Boisvert’s were as plentiful as Smiths! I searched for Alphonse since he was 17 or 18 at the time. Perhaps he’d be living on his…
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Going Forward with the 1930 Census
[Research Journal #7, Entry #4] Since I was fairly sure that my brother-in-law’s mother was raised in the United States, I thought I’d take my chances trying to find her with her parents. I had some of the same difficulties that I had with the 1920 Census. Too many Alphonses! And, don’t even ask about…
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A Wasted Jaunt through the 1920 Census
[Research Journal #7, Entry #3] Thinking that with names like Philias, Elzyre, and Alphonse this should be a breeze, I headed off for the 1920 Census. I was in for a big surprise. There were more Boisverts than you could shake a stick at. Philias? Alphonse? It seemed that everyone had a Philias and Alphonse…
Pinpointing Alphonse’s Parents
[Research Journal #7, Entry #2] Unbeknownst to me, Boisvert was a common surname on the East Coast and even more so in Canada. It wasn’t going to be easy sorting them out from the other families. My brother-in-law’s mother knew very little about her family. She knew that her grandfather was name Philias, but wasn’t…