Veronique Voirol LeMaitre
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Plowing Through Life

Amy Johnson Crow at No Story Too Small gave us a new 52 Ancestors challenge for 2015. Each week, we have a different theme about which to write. It’s quite the challenge, but I love meeting it and reading how everyone interprets each week. Week five is “plowing through”.  My 3rd great grandmother, Veronique Voirol, was born in…

Isabell LeMaitre Essler with children
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Family History Brick Wall: Veronica Voirol

My third great grandmother on my dad’s side was Veronica (Veronique) Voirol. She was born in Geneva, Switzerland on August 18, 1829 and came to the United States sometime before her marriage to Joseph LeMaitre on December 24, 1852. Veronica is one of my family history brick walls. Family records provide information on her birth…