Career
He was born in Rupert"s Land, the son of Louis Lacerte Senior and Marie Martin, both of Métis descent. Lacerte was married twice: first to Josephte Vandal in 1925 and then to Charlotte Lesperance in 1879 following his first wife"s death. He worked for the Hudson"s Bay Company until 1848 and then had moved to Pembina, North Dakota by 1850.
By 1870, Lacerte was living in Saint Norbert parish.
He served as a school commissioner and as overseer of highways for the parish. He died in Saint Norbert in 1882.
