Sleigh Trek - Michigan Migration (3rd Wave)

Joseph Plamondon had returned to Provemont Michigan to convince more of his friends and relatives to repatriate to Canada and join them in Plamondon.  See 1^st Wave for background information.

Thus the 3^rd Wave arrived by train to Edmonton on March 5, 1910.  Because of the snow, four men from Plamondon arrived with covered sleighs to bring them to Plamondon.  The teamsters were Ferdinand Plamondon, John Lamie, Ernest Plamondon and Anthony St. Jean.

The Sleigh Trek left Edmonton on Mar 10, 1910, using the Athabasca Landing/Lac La Biche Trails.  However, snow conditions on the trail deteriorated close to Plamondon and they no longer could use the sleighs.  The teamsters selected the J. Fosseneuve homestead (SW-29-67-16-W4) by the trail as a place to stage.  (It is likely that the homestead belonged to one of two sons (Jean or Joseph) of the famous Captain Shot (Louison (Louis) Fosseneuve), the Métis, who in 1867, navigated a loaded scow through the Grand Rapids on the Athabasca River! He occupied river lot 25 at the nearby Lac La Biche Settlement)

The teamsters unhitched the sleighs and rode their horses to Plamondon for about 4.5 miles (~7 kms).  They returned with wagons to pick up the group and complete the journey, arriving to Plamondon on March 20, 1910.

Not including the 4 teamsters, there were 40 individuals (11 men, 14 women, 15 children – 10 years old and younger).

1. Siméon Gagnon
2. Melinda Gagnon (née St. Jean)
3. Eddie Gagnon (b. March 5, 1898)
4. Joseph Gagnon (b. August 19, 1899)
5. Sylvia Gagnon (b. May 4, 1902)
6. Isidore Gagnon (b. December 19, 1903)
7. Clifford Gagnon (b. October 7, 1907)
8. Isabel Gagnon (b. October 26, 1908)
9. Joseph Labonté
10. Sophronie Labonté (née Gagnon)
11. Richard Labonté (b. June 16, 1893)
12. Clara Labonté (b. 1896)
13. Florence Labonté (b. February 1,1899)
14. Mabel Labonté (b. April 21, 1900)
15. Emma Labonté (b. 1902)
16. Myrtle Labonté (b. February 25, 1904)
17. Germain Labonté (b. March 16, 1906)
18. Emmanuel (Pat) Labonté (b. August 26, 1908)
19. Isadore Gauthier
20. Marie Gauthier (née Duperron)
21. Clifford Gauthier (b. March 19, 1904)
22. Florence Gauthier (b. February 13, 1909)
23. Joseph St. Jean
24. Helen St. Jean (née Lamie)
25. Julie St. Jean (b. July 5, 1895)
26. Lucy St. Jean (b. July 18, 1898)
27. Regina St. Jean (b. 1899)
28. Narcisse (Nelson) St. Jean
29. Joséphine St. Jean (née Ducheney)
30. Sylvia St. Jean (b. April 22, 1906)
31. Bertha St. Jean (b. August 26, 1907
32. Ferdinand Plamondon (Teamster)
33. Régina Plamondon (née Lamie)
34. Willie (Guillaume) Plamondon (b. 1891)
35. Onézime Plamondon (b. February 1, 1899)
36. Amedée Richard
37. Marguerite Richard (née Chouinard) *
38. Eugenie Richard (b. 1880)
39. William Richard (b. 1903)
40. Rachel Richard (b. 1905)
41. Mathilda (Domithilde) Plamondon
42. John Lamie (Teamster)
43. Ernest Plamondon (Teamster)
44. Anthony St. Jean (Teamster)

* Marguerite had married Siméon Plamondon in Michigan.  However, he passed away after they had 14 children.  He was the oldest brother of Angelique, Nazaire, Thomas, Joseph (Plamondon Founder), and Evangeliste.  All of these siblings either moved to Plamondon or some of their children did. 

After being a widow, Marguerite married Amedée Richard.  She arrived to Plamondon using Richard as her last name.  Several of her children, mostly married with children, moved to Plamondon at various times after she had arrived.  Thus, over time, in Plamondon, there was not an immediate association to four of her children who had large families that created many descendants in Plamondon:

• Narcisse Plamondon married Melinda Payette.
• Pauline Plamondon married Jacob Schaub.
• Melinda Plamondon married Alex Gauthier.
• Henry Plamondon married Ezilde Cyre