Joseph Arthur Lessard and wife Domatilde Gravel moved their small family to Bay City before June 2, 1880, the date of the U.S. 1880 Census. Their oldest three children, Mathilde, May and Arthur were born in Ottawa. The next five children, Marie Dora, Marie Victoria, Emma, Francis Daniel and Thomas Oscar were all born in Bay City between 1881 and 1892. 1892 is the year Mathilde Lessard and Francis X Valade were married. Her family returned to Ottawa in 1894 where their youngest child, Joseph Louis Lessard was born.
Emma Lessard was born about 1886. She is mentioned in two 1890 news articles regarding her ill health. The 1894 Michigan Census also lists Emma, age 8, living with the family. That is the year the Lessard family returned to Ottawa, reasons unknown.
While living in Bay City, Joseph Arthur Lessard worked as a Carpenter. He is listed in several City Directories. From 1881-1883 they lived at 506 14th, Bay City, Bay County, Michigan. In 1884, they were living at 209 N Farragut, Bay City, Bay Co, Michigan. That same year, Joseph Arthur also had a business listing... Lessard & Bergeson ~ Carpenters, Builders and Mnfrs Cisterns and Wire Screens, 404 N. Water. It's not clear whether the partners split up, but by 1886, Joseph A Lessard is listed as a carpenter and August Bergeson is listed as Screen door mnfr, now located at 414 Saginaw, Bay City. By 1889 August Bergeson is now listed as a laborer.
In The Bay City Times: Thursday, March 13, 1890 there is a three line notice that "J. A. Lessard has the contract to build a $3,000 store and saloon on the corner of madison avenue and 22d street."
Perhaps as the lumber boom subsided, the Lessards decided to return to Ottawa.
(Michelle Valade Woodham ~ 2018)
Joseph Arthur Lessard and wife Domatilde Gravel moved their small family to Bay City before June 2, 1880, the date of the U.S. 1880 Census. Their oldest three children, Mathilde, May and Arthur were born in Ottawa. The next five children, Marie Dora, Marie Victoria, Emma, Francis Daniel and Thomas Oscar were all born in Bay City between 1881 and 1892. 1892 is the year Mathilde Lessard and Francis X Valade were married. Her family returned to Ottawa in 1894 where their youngest child, Joseph Louis Lessard was born.
Emma Lessard was born about 1886. She is mentioned in two 1890 news articles regarding her ill health. The 1894 Michigan Census also lists Emma, age 8, living with the family. That is the year the Lessard family returned to Ottawa, reasons unknown.
While living in Bay City, Joseph Arthur Lessard worked as a Carpenter. He is listed in several City Directories. From 1881-1883 they lived at 506 14th, Bay City, Bay County, Michigan. In 1884, they were living at 209 N Farragut, Bay City, Bay Co, Michigan. That same year, Joseph Arthur also had a business listing... Lessard & Bergeson ~ Carpenters, Builders and Mnfrs Cisterns and Wire Screens, 404 N. Water. It's not clear whether the partners split up, but by 1886, Joseph A Lessard is listed as a carpenter and August Bergeson is listed as Screen door mnfr, now located at 414 Saginaw, Bay City. By 1889 August Bergeson is now listed as a laborer.
In The Bay City Times: Thursday, March 13, 1890 there is a three line notice that "J. A. Lessard has the contract to build a $3,000 store and saloon on the corner of madison avenue and 22d street."
Perhaps as the lumber boom subsided, the Lessards decided to return to Ottawa.
(Michelle Valade Woodham ~ 2018)
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