Lalonde children

Lalonde boys, date unknown

Lalonde children 1984 (Roland is missing)

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After owning a couple stores on Bell St in Ottawa, Honoré bought a motel on Carling Ave near Britannia.  He was definitely the entrepreneur of the boys.

In the late 1940's and early 1950's John and Laurette McBride (nee Lalonde) lived on top of Honoré’s store on Bell St in Ottawa, and their kids used to call him "Mon Oncle Noré." Helene McBride was born in 1946, and remembers Honoré's sons Pierre and Paul as the older cousins she used to play with every so often. 

Honoré eventually moved his store across the street to a newer, larger location which included a butcher counter.  His next move was to Ottawa's west end.

Jeanne, and Laurette were very close sisters. Angeline, the oldest, married Jean-Baptiste Raymond.  He was a bit of a recluse, but a fantastic fiddler.  He always played until the wee hours of the morning on New Years' Eve.

Herve and Jeanne had a 20-year-long feud regarding their father's house, during which they didn't speak to each other.

Roland (missing in the 1984 photo) was a their mother's favourite son, a boxer, and served in Korea as part of the Canadian Army.