February 6, 2020 Same Name


This is a four generation photo taken around 1950.  My Great Grandmother Rose Leduc Rivard, my Grandmother Lena Rivard Wickenheiser, my Mother Clara Wickenheiser Joblinski, and my Sister Rosemary Joblinski (Later to be Bruck).  Mimi Rivard named one of her daughters Rosemary, Grandma Wickenheiser named one of her daughters Rosemary, and Mother Clara named her eldest daughter Rosemary.
Rosemary named one of her daughters Sara Rose, her son named his daughter Emma Rose, and so the name goes on.  There are other female cousins with the name Rose in their name, as well.  


Imagine my surprise when going through the church microfish from the parish where Mimi was baptized to find out her name was not Rose!  Generations of little girls were named after her!   Her name was Cecelia Rosalie Leduc!

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