Moses St. Germain aka Sangimaux
Moses St. Germain, first settler at Chazy Lake
Thanks to “Debbiesaint” for sharing this picture. Her comment on the earlier picture “Sangimaux” explains how Moses came to get his nickname.
Chazy Lake, New York
A look at the lake community from 1869 to the 1950′s (or so)
New stuff from C. Leadslinger
- Exford King House as it looks today May 14, 2009 cheryljk
Researcher notes
- Library BooksThe passengers of the St. Andre “LES PASSAGERS DU SAINT-ANDRÉ” can be found at the Library of Congress http://lccn.loc.gov/82246367
- Working on Roy
- onChazy Lake SourcebookAlthough it is not done, the Chazy Lake Sourcebook is 92 pages mostly on the children of Sullivan King. There are not many pictures, but there are some useful genealogies and scans of obituaries and other material. chazy-lake-sourcebook-sept-2007 there is information in here about Lucy Columbe. The Columbe name appears with many spellings. Lots of Columbe […]
I was delighted to see this picture and doubly delighted when it’s owner allowed the picture to be shared. Please don’t reproduce it without permission (see her comment under the first “Sangimaux” entry if you want to reach her).
We’d love to hear stories about Moses’ and his family and life at Chazy Lake.
cheryljk said this on February 4, 2009 at 9:25 pm |
The younger picture of Moses St.Germain does look a lot like the picture of the older gentleman I took years ago from Uncle Wilfred’s collection. The spelling “Sangimaux” is just a guess. I heard Uncle Wilfred say it once and I thought that it might be French. It could, however, be an Indian name or something else. Nevertheless, in the younger picture he seems to have been a handsome looking chap. I wonder what the dates might be? Uncle Wilfred said that this man lived close to Chazy Lake in a dugout with logs in front.
cleadslinger32 said this on February 5, 2009 at 12:17 am |
Close your eyes and picture the census taker listening to someone with the last name of St. Germain say it with an intense french accent. It might sound like ‘san zheh mahn’ or sangimaux! In once census of NY State they are written as Sosariman (it’s under ancestry.com as Sossreman). That’s my guess as to his nickname.
Now…does anyone know why he (Moses St Germain) is called a half-breed?
Thanx,
Rose
Rose Marie said this on April 1, 2012 at 2:45 pm |