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JE ME SOUVIENS
Summer 1990
Volume 13, number. 1
AMERICAN FRENCH-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
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JE ME SOUVIENS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
President's Message ........................................... 3
About the Author: Rev. Albert Ledoux ................. 7
Our Cousins in the American Midwest ..................8
Some Suggested identities for
Early French-Canadian Settlers in Illinois ............ 28
Family Associations: Ties That Bind ...................4 2
List of Family Associations ................................ 4 4
Family Associations News .................................51
Members' Corner .............................................52
Librarian's Report
54
Drouin Book Fund Donors ................................58
Book Review ................................................... 60
About RI Vital Statistics ....................................6 2
Research Policy ............................................... 6 4
Questions and Answers ..................................... 66
Ancestor Charts ...............................................7 5
New Members
4
A.F.G.S. Materials and Publications ................. 101
Index to Number 2 4 .......................................107
Volume XIII. Number 1: Summer 1990
0 A.F.G.S.
I.S.S.N.: 0195-7384 ~ 1 9 9 by
OFFICERS
President:
Janice Burkhart
508-285-7736
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Norton. MA 02766
Vice President
Henri Paradis
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Attleboro. MA 02703
Secretav.
Eveline Desplaines
401-762-4866
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Woonsocket. RI 02895
Treasurer:
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508-222-3203
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Leon Asselin
Roger Beaudry
Dorulhy Cirielio
Lucille Creamer
Paul Delisle
Joseph Desrosiers
Simone Goitz
William Roberqe
Roger Ross
Jeanne Theberge
JE ME SOWIENS
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COMMITTEE HEADS
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Message de la presidente
Our S o c i e t y i s g r o w i n g a n d
t h a n k s t o you a n d you a n d y o u .
improving,
Our S o c i e t y i s g r o w i n g .
Ninety-two
p e r s o n s have j o i n e d o u r r a n k s s o f a r t h i s
year.
Y o u ' l l f i n d a l i s t o f them b e g i n n i n g on p a g e 9 4 . L!e welcome e a c h of y o u .
We h o p e t o m e e t you a t o u r l i b r a r y when
you d o y o u r r e s e a r c h , come t o a m e e t i n g
o r attend our f a l l conference.
If i t ' s
i m p o s s i b l e f o r you t o v i s i t t h e l i b r a r y ,
p l e a s e g e t i n t o u c h w i t h u s by m a i l i f
you h a v e o q u e s t i o n o r i f you n e e d h e l p
of any k i n d .
Our S o c i e t y i s i m p r o v i n g .
We h a v e
a new l i b r a r y .
I t i s located i n the
b a s e m e n t of t h e F i r s t U n i v e r s a l i s t C h u r c h
a t 78 E a r l e S t r e e t i n W o o n s o c k e t , R I . Our
new q u a r t e r s a r e s p a c i o u s , w h i c h h a s p e r m i t t e d u s t o c e n t r a l i z e our h o l d i n g s and
They a r e
s o make them r e a d i l y c v a i l c b l e .
a l s o w e l l l i g h t e d and t a s t e f u l l y decor a t e d , w h i c h makes them q u i t e c o m f o r t a b l e
and v e r y c o n d u c i v e t o r e s e a r c h .
Incid e n t a l l y , p l e a s e do n o t send correspondence t o our l i b r a r y .
There i s no m a i l box t h e r e .
Our m a i l i n g a d d r e s s s t i l l i s
A . F . G . S . , P . O . Box 2 1 1 3 , P a w t u c k e t , R I ,
02861-0113.
We h a v e a new e d i t o r f o r " J e me S O U viens."
H e ' s Henri Leblond, our founder
and f i r s t p r e s i d e n t .
H e ' s an e x p e r i enced w r i t e r .
He h a s w r i t t e n L e F o y e r ' s
monthly n e w s l e t t e r s i n c e 1969.
He h a s
b e e n a c o l u m n i s t f o r "The ( P a w t u c k e t , R I )
E v e n i n g T i m e s " o n d h a s d o n e some f r e e l a n c e work.
H e ' s o l s o on e x p e r i e n c e d
editor.
H i s m o s t r e c e n t p r o j e c t was
Le F o y e r ' s 5 0 t h a n n i v e r s a r y b o o k .
We h o v e o new h e a d o f r e s e o r c h . H e ' s
F o t h e r D e n n i s Boudreou, o u r immediate
p o s t p r e s i d e n t and o f o r m e r e d i t o r o f " J e
me s o u v i e n s . "
He's o l s o the outhor o f
"Beginning Franco-American Genealogy,"
"Les M a r i o g e s des I l e s de Madeleines,
PQ," a n d " T h e G e n e a l o g i s t ' s P r a y e r . "
He
wos o l s o c o - e d i t o r o f " T h e M a r r i a g e s o f
S t . Cecilia's C h u r c h , P a w t u c k e t , R I . "
Y o u ' l l f i n d a l l t h e s e w o r k s l i s t e d omong
o u r p u b l i c a t i o n s s t a r t i n g on p a g e 1 0 1 .
I n s h o r t , he b r i n g s o g r e o t d e o l o f e x p e r t i s e t o h i s new p o s t .
Thonk you, Roger B e o u d r y , f o r s e t t i n g u p o u r new m o i l r o o m w h i c h a l l o w s y o u
t o p r o c e s s o r d e r s e f f i c i e n t l y ond p r o m p t -
1 ~ .
Thonk you,
typing our s t r o i
s k i l l i n typing
p a r c h m e n t makes
Dorothy C i r i e l l o , f o r
ght line charts.
Your
t h e s e i n b r o w n on t a n
them t r u l y h e i r l o o m s .
Thonk you, D a v i d C o u t u , f o r h e l p i n g
t o copy r e c o r d s .
Your d e v o t i o n t o t h i s
t a s k i s r e a d i l y e v i d e n t by t h e f o c t t h a t
you e v e n a r r o n g e y o u r d o y s o f f f r o m y o u r
w o r k t o c o - i n c i d e w i t h t h e d o y s when we
most need your h e l p .
Thank you, P a u l D e l i s l e , f o r w r i t i n g
o u r b i m o n t h l y n e w s l e t t e r which keeps o u r
members s o w e l l i n f o r m e d o f o u r o c t i v i ties.
Thank you, Armand and M a r y L e t o u r neou, f o r c o p y i n g and o r g a n i z i n g r e c o r d s
w h i c h come t o u s f r o m v a r i o u s s o u r c e s a n d
f o r r e p a i r i n g o u r b o o k s when y o u s e e f i t .
Thank you, T h e r e s e P o l i q u i n , f o r
y o u r e x c e l l e n t w o r k as. o u r t r e a s u r e r a n d
f o r l e n d i n g a hond whenever and wherever
t h e r e ' s a n e e d : i n t h e m o i l r o o m , on t h e
r e s e a r c h c o m m i t t e e and s o o n .
Thank you, B i l l Roberge, f o r t a k i n g
on t h e j o b o f o r g a n i z i n g a three-day f a l l
conference.
More d e t a i l s w i l l b e ' f o u n d
on t h e f o l l o w i n g p a g e .
Thank you, K a t h r y n S h a r p , f o r i n d e x i n g " J e me s o u v i e n s " a n d f o r y o u r d e c o r a t i v e touches oround our l i b r o r y .
Incid e n t a l l y , the index f o r our l o s t issue
b e g i n s on p o g e 1 0 7 .
Thank you, Jeanne T h e b e r g e , f o r p u b l i c i z i n g o u r a c t i v i t i e s and f o r g e t t i n g
speakers f o r our monthly meetings.
T h o n k y o u t o t h e 9 0 members who
d o n o t e d n e a r l y 5 4 . 0 0 0 t o buy t h e D r o u i n
books w h i c h a r e a v e r y v o l u o b l e a d d i t i - n
t o our l i b r o r y .
D o n o r s o r e l i s t e d on
poge 5 8 .
T h o n k y o u t o t h e many members who
g a v e o v e r 1 , 0 0 0 h o u r s o f h e l p t o move o u r
librory.
F i n a l l y , t h a n k you t o o u r u n s u n g
h e r o e s , t h o s e members who q u i e t l y f i l l
p o s i t i o n s , c o m p u t e r i z e r e c o r d s , work w i t h
new members o n d h e l p i n a t h o u s a n d w a y s .
Yes.
improving,
Our
Society
thanks
i s
t o you
Jon
growing
and you
Burkhort,
and
and you.
President
ANNOUNCING
OUR FALL CONFERENCE
OCTOBER 12, 13, 14
Plan to be with us for three-full days of
INFORMATIVE LECTURES,
USEFUL SEMINARS AND
INTERESTING DISPLAYS.
plus time for
RESEARCH,
EXCHANGING IDEAS AND
SOCIALIZING.
Watch your mail for details in the late summer.
Meanwhile. do you know of a speaker
whom you'd like to hear? Have you a subject about
which you'd like to know more or a display which
you would like to see? Let me know:
Bill Roberge
66 Urban Ave., Apt. 46
North Providence, RI 02904
401-728-6993
A b o u t the A u t h o r
REVEREND ALBERT H .
LEDOUX
F a t h e r A l b e r t H. L e d o u x , t h e a u t h o r
o f t h e f o l l o w i n g a r t i c l e as w e l l as a n o t h e r
w h i c h a p p e a r s on p a g e 28, was b o r n i n New
B e d f o r d , MA, i n 1 9 5 2 .
He i s t h e s o n o f
A u r e l e and Georgianna ( L e B l a n c ) Ledoux.
He was e d u c a t e d i n l o c a l s c h o o l s .
He r e ceived a b a c h e l o r ' s degree i n French from
S t o n e h i l l C o l l e g e and a m a s t e r ' s d e g r e e
a l s o i n French from Middlebury College.
He
d i d g r a d u a t e w o r k a g a i n i n F r e n c h a t Pennsylvania State University.
He e n t e r e d b i t .
S t . M a r y ' s S e m i n a r y i n 1 9 8 2 w h e r e he e a r n e d
a M a s t e r o f D i v i n i t y and a M a s t e r o f A r t s
i n Theology w i t h a c o n c e n t r a t i o n i n Church
History.
A f t e r h i s o r d i n a t i o n i n 1987,
F a t h e r was a s s i g n e d t o t h e C a t h e d r a l o f t h e
B l e s s e d S a c r a m e n t i n A l t o o n a , PA.
He i s
c u r r e n t l y a s s i g n e d as p a r o c h i a l v i c a r a t
S t . C l e m e n t C h u r c h i n J o h n s t o w n , PA.
F a t h e r Ledoux has been i n t e r e s t e d i n
f a m i l y h i s t o r y f r o m an e a r l y a g e .
As a
c o l l e g e s t u d e n t , he a b s t r a c t e d t h e i n s c r i p t i o n s f r o m t h e O l d Sacred H e a r t Cemetery i n
New B e d f o r d , MA, o s w e l l a s i n s c r i p t i o n s i n
t h e New S a c r e d H e a r t C e m e t e r y d a t i n g b e f o r e
1935.
He l a t e r c o m p i l e d a n d p u b l i s h e d t h e
F r a n c o - A m e r i c a n M a r r i a g e s o f New B e d f o r d ,
MA, 1 8 6 5 - 1 9 2 0 ( S e e p a g e 1 0 5 ) a s w e l l a s
~ h F
b r a n c o - A m e r i c a n s of C o n n e c t i c u t
a n d The I - r a n c o - A m e r i c a n s o f Rhode I s l a n d
1880, b o t h c e n s u s a b s t r a c t s .
P r i o r t o ent e r i n g t h e s e m i n a r y , he e d i t e d a n d p u b l i s h e d o g e n e a l o g i c a l n e w s l e t t e r " F l e u r de L y s . "
H i s l a s t p u b l i s h e d w o r k s were t h r e e volumes
o f A c a d i a n m a r r i o g e s i n t h e P r o v i n c e o f Queb e c f r o m 1775 t o t h e p r e s e n t .
-
L)ec-
OUR C O U S I N S I N THE AMERICAN MIDWEST
by R e v e r e n d A l b e r t H . Ledoux
A F r a n c o - A m e r i c a n g r o w i n g u p i n New
E n g l a n d c a n e a s i l y f a l l p r e y t o w h a t we
m i g h t c a l l a "demographic t e m p t a t i o n . "
He
can a l l o w h i m s e l f t o b e l i e v e t h a t b e f o r e
t h e r i s e o f t h e c o t t o n and woolen m i l l s i n
New E n g l a n d , t h e F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n h a b i t a n t
was n e v e r t e m p t e d t o e m i g r a t e t o t h e U n i t e d
States.
A f t e r t h e C i v i l War, s o t h e s t o r y
g o e s , o r m o r e s p e c i f i c a l l y a f t e r 1880, t h e
F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n s began l e a v i n g t h e i r p r o vince i n a great flood, a l l o f i t directed
t o p l a c e s l i k e L e w i s t o n , M a n c h e s t e r , Nashua,
F a l l R i v e r , a n d W o o n s o c k e t , t o name b u t a
few o f t h e m i l l towns.
T h i s way o f l o o k i n g a t t h i n g s i s b o l s t e r e d b y t h e f a c t t h a t many F r a n c o - A m e r i can f o m i l i e s r e t a i n e d a c t i v e t i e s w i t h t h e
f o l k s t h e y l e f t b e h i n d i n Canada.
I t was
n o t uncommon, a g e n e r a t i o n ago, f o r f a m i l y
v i s i t s t o b e made t o c o u s i n s i n M o n t r e a l
o r elsewhere.
I n fact, the proximity of
New E n g l a n d i s s u p p o s e d t o h a v e a c c o u n t e d
f o r t h e French-Canadian d e s i r e t o e m i g r a t e
t h e r e and h a r d l y anywhere e l s e .
I n f a c t t o g a i n a more p r e c i s e p i c t u r e o f F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n e m i g r a t i o n , we
n e e d t o s t e p b a c k a b i t f r o m t h e mop o f
the United States.
We n e e d t o r e c o g n i z e
t h a t t h e F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n was n o t immune
f r o m t h e impulse t o "go west" t h a t roused
t h e h e a r t o f many o y o u n g A m e r i c a n .
We
a l s o need t o a p p r e c i a t e t h a t t h e u r g e t o
e m i g r a t e t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s d i d n o t sudd e n l y m a t e r i a l i z e i n t h e decade f o l l o w i n g
t h e C i v i l War.
I t i s n o t our i n t e n t i o n here t o t r e a t
o f a l l possible d e s t i n a t i o n s o f French
Canadian e m i g r a t i o n .
R a t h e r we w i l l t r y
t o a p p r e c i a t e t h e l a r g e r p i c t u r e , and i n
so d o i n g , perhaps g i v e t h e r e a d e r t h e
chance t o uncover y e t another l o s t f a m i l y
line.
The F e d e r a l c e n s u s r e t u r n s f c r 1900
o f f e r some i n t e r e s t i n g s t a t i s t i c s t o t h e
Franco-American r e s e a r c h e r .
I n 1900, t h e
census t a k e r needed t o a s c e r t a i n w i t h a
f a i r degree o f p r e c i s i o n the c o u n t r y o f
b i r t h of a l l foreigners l i v i n g i n the
U n i t e d S t a t e s a s w e l l a s t h e i r y e a r of
immigratioa
I n t h e 1880 c e n s u s , t h e
l a s t p r e v i o u s census t h a t i s a v a i l a b l e t o
u s i n i t s e n t i r e t y , n o a t t e m p t was made t o
d i s t i n g u i s h between t h e French-Canadian
and t h e E n g l i s h - C a n a d i a n .
I n 1900, t h e
census t a k e r needed t o d i s t i n g u i s h between
t h o s e C a n a d i a n s b o r n i n French-Canada and
those born elsewhere i n the Dominion.
The r e s u l t s a r e n o t a s a c c u r a t e a s we
might l i k e .
F o r one t h i n g , t h e r e s p o n d e n t
needed t o d i s t i n g u i s h o n l y between E n g l i s h
Canada and F r e n c h Canada.
T h i s was n o t a
s t a t e m e n t o f e t h n i c i t y , b u t r a t h e r one o f
birthplace.
T h i s w r i t e r h a s s e e n many o
c e n s u s e n t r y f o r an O ' B r i e n o r a M c D o n a l d ,
b u t who w e r e b o r n i n Q u e b e c , a n d who w e r e
t h e r e f o r e r e p o r t e d as F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n f o r
census purposes.
E v e n i f we a l l o w f o r a p r o p o r t i o n o f
t h e " F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n s ' ' t o be i n f a c t o f
I r i s h o r E n g l i s h s t o c k , we m u s t a l s o r e cognize t h e f a c t t h a t a French speaker
b o r n i n O n t a r i o w o u l d s i m i l a r l y be r e p o r t e d
as b e i n g i n E n g l i s h Canada.
I n short, the
c e n s u s f i g u r e s a r e n o t t o be t a k e n as gosp e l , b u t r a t h e r as r o u g h i n d i c a t i o n s as t o
t h e s i z e o f a r e g i o n ' s French-Canadian popu l ~ t i o n .
G i v e n t h a t p r e f a c e , we m u s t a l s o s t a t e
t h a t t h e census c o m p i l e d two s o r t s o f d a t a
w i t h respect t o foreigners : the foreign
b o r n a n d t h e A m e r i c o n - b o r n whose p a r e n t s
were b o r n i n o f o r e i g n c o u n t r y . These l a t e r
i n d i v i d u a l s a r e r e f e r r e d - t o as " f o r e i g n
stock."
F o r t h e e n t i r e c o u n t r y , i n 1900,
395,297 p e o p l e a r e r e p o r t e d as h a v i n g been
b o r n i n F r e n c h Canada.
Of t h i s t o t o l ,
3 0 5 , 160 w e r e l i v i n g i n t h e N o r t h A t l o n t i c
d i v i s i o n [ c o m p r i s i n g New E n g l a n d , New Y o r k ,
New J e r s e y , a n d P e n n s y l v a n i a ) .
A mere
2,500 w e r e l i v i n g i n New J e r s e y a n d P e n n s y l v a n i a , s o we c a n c o n s i d e r t h e f i g u r e a s
r e p r e s e n t i n g New E n g l a n d a n d New Y o r k . ( ! )
The S o u t h A t l a n t i c d i v i s i o n c o n t a i n e d
o mere 6 3 6 and t h e S o u t h C e n t r a l , 1,460.
Outside o f the Northeast, only eight states
c o n t a i n e d more t h a n 2,000 F r e n c h - C a n a d i o n s :
O h i o w i t h 2,903;
I l l i n o i s , 9,129; M i c h i g a n ,
32,483;
W i s c o n s i n , 10,091; b i i n n e s o t o ,
12,063;
N o r t h D a k o t a , 3,162; Montana. 3 , 5 1 6 :
a n d C a l i f o r n i a , 2,410. ( 2 )
Faced w i t h s u c h s t a t i s t i c s , one m i g h t
be t e m p t e d t o c o n c l u d e t h a t F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n s
h a d i n d e e d m i g r a t e d a l m o s t s o l e l y t o New
E n g l a n d a n d u p s t a t e New Y o r k .
W i t h 77% of
a l l t h e n o t i o n ' s French-Canadians, t h e
c o n c l u s i o n w o u l d seem o b v i o u s .
The p r o p o r t i o n f a l l s a b i t when we
l o o k a t the f i g u r e s f o r French-Canadian
stock.
The N o r t h e a s t r e t a i n s t h e l e a d
w i t h 72% ( 5 8 3 , 3 4 1 o u t o f an 8 1 0 , 3 4 1 t o t a l . )
A l l the N o r t h - C e n t r a l s t a t e s (Ohio, I n d i ana, I l l i n o i s , M i c h i g a n , W i s c o n s i n , M i n n e s o t a , Iowa, M i s s o u r i , N o r t h D a k o t a , S o u t h
D a k o t a , Nebraska, and K a n s a s ) c l a i m a t
l e a s t 3,000 F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n s t o c k . I n f o c t
t h e n u m b e r s gc f r o m a l o w o f 3,003 f o r
N e b r a s k a t o a h i g h o f 75,584 f o r M i c h i g a n .
F i v e o t h e r s t c ~ t e sr e p o r t e d more t h a n 2,000
F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n s t o c k : M o n t a n a , 5,725;
C o l o r a d o , 2,3CO;
W a s h i n g t o n , 3,862;
Oregon,
2,169;
and C a l i f o r n i a , 5,392.
(3)
We c a n see t h a t t h e s e t t l e m e n t p a t t e r n
i s f a r more c c m p l e x t h a n w h a t w o u l d be a c c o u n t e d - f o r by t h e s i m p l e m o d e l o f e m i g r a t i o n t o w a r d t k ~ ec o t t o n m i l l s o f New E n g l a n d .
Given t h e f o c t t h a t t h e French-Canadian p r e s e n c e i n t h e u p p e r M i d w e s t was a c t u a l l y f a r
o l d e r t h a n t h u t i n New E n g l a n d , one f u r t h e r more s u s p e c t s t h a t a g o o d number o f
F r a n c o - A m e r i c c n s were t h u s made " i n v i s i b l e "
t o t h e c e n s u s t a k e r , a t l e a s t where t h e i r
e t h n i c i t y w o u l d be c o n c e r n e d . I f o n e ' s p a r e n t s were b o r n i n t h e S t a t e s , t h e r e w o u l d
s i m p l y be n o n a y t o r e c o r d e t h n i c o r i g i n .
We h o v e t o t u r n t o w a r d t h e economy o f
p r e - 1 8 5 0 Quebec and t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s t o
g a i n some s o r t o f u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f w h a t
caused t h e h a t . i t a n t t o s t a r t c a s t i n g
glances t o w a t h e o t h e r side o f the border.
Ralph Vicero, i n h i s s p l e n d i d t h e s i s
on F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n i m m i g r a t i o n t o New
England, ( 4 ) s t u d i e s i n g r e a t d e t a i l t h e
economic and demogrophical crisis which
g r i p p e d Q u e b e c s t a r t i n g i n t h e 1 8 4 0 ' s . On
t h e map, t h e P r o v i n c e o f Q u e b e c o c c u p i e s
a g r e o t d e a l of s p a c e .
G r e a t r i c h e s are
to be found i n t h e f o r e s t s and t h e mineral
resources of the province. 'Jnfortunately,
t h e amount o f a r a b l e l a n d i s q u i t e l i m i t e d .
T h e h a b i t a n t was f i r s t a n d f o r e m o s t a
farmer.
F a r m i n g was t h e o n l y w o y o f l i f e
t h o t h i s p e o p l e hod e v e r known.
Farming
w a s f u r t h e r m o r e p o s s i b l e on t h e l a n d s o u t h
o f t h e S t . Lawrence R i v e r , e x t e n d i n g toward t h e b o r d e r w i t h t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s .
A g r i c u l t u r e c o u l d a l s o be c a r r i e d a n i n a
narrow band of t e r r i t o r y n o r t h of t h e
river.
Add t o t h e s e t w o z o n e s , t h e a r e a
around Lac S t - J e a n and t h e l o r g e l y untouched tracts n o r t h o f t h e Ottawa River,
a n d o n e sees t h o t a g r i c u l t u r e c o u l d n o t
expand i n d e f i n i t e l y i n Quebec.
The n e x t e l e m e n t i n t h e d e m o g r a p h i c 0 1
p i c t u r e was t h e p r o d i g i o u s f e r t i l i t y o f
t h e Quebec people.
Given t h e need f o r
l a r g e f a m i l i e s , s o t h a t t h e l a n d c o u l d be
t i l l e d , t h e p o p u l a t i o n of Quebec had doubled every twenty-seven years s i n c e t h e
B r i t i s h c o n q u e s t . ( 5 ) The d e s c e n d a n t s o f
t h e 65,000 F r e n c h s u b j e c t s t r a n s f e r r e d t o
t h e B r i t i s h c r o w n i n 1 7 6 3 , b y 1 8 5 1 , numb e r e d 669,528. ( 6 )
S i n c e n e a r l y a l l new h o u s e h o l d s n e e d e d t o e s t a b l i s h t h e m s e l v e s on t h e l a n d ,
and s i n c e t h e a n c e s t r a l forms could only
b e d i v i d e d s o many times b e f o r e t h e y c o u l d
n o l o n g e r s u p p o r t a n o v e r a g e f a m i l y , most
children i n a given family needed t o look
o u t s i d e t h e i r n o t i v e p a r i s h f c r new l a n d .
T h i s a p p r o a c h worked a s l o n g as t h e r e
was l a n d t o be h a d .
By m i d - c e n t u r y ,
t h o u g h , t h e p i c t u r e was n o l o n g e r v e r y
bright.
The F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n , f o r v a r i o u s
reasons, p r e f e r r e d s t a y i n g w i t h i n t h e o l d
s e i g n e u r i e s on l a n d s t h a t had o r i g i n a l l y
G c G G d t > noteworthy individuals
u n d e r t h e F r e n c h Regime. C u l t u r a l l y - s p e a k i n g , l i f e i n t ~ se e i g n e u r i e s was homogeneous and n o n - t h r e a t e n i n g .
E n g l i s h speakers,
p u t - o f f by the very c u l t u r a l f a c e t s o f
s e i g n e u r i a l l i z e t h a t a t t r a c t e d t h e Cathol i c French, opted
t o s t a r t t h e i r farms
elsewhere. (7)
For t h e French-Canadian,
t h i s had t h e e f f e c t o f c o n c e n t r a t i n g t h e
French-speaking population i n a s u r p r i s i n g l y s m a l l n u r i b e r o f c o u n t i e s . The d e n s e s t
c o n c e n t r a t i o n o f p o p u l a t i o n among F r e n c h
C a n a d i a n s was t o be f o u n d i n t h e o l d s e i g n e u r i a l c o u n t i e s between t h e a r e a west o f
M o n t r e a l and t h e c i t y o f T r o i s - R i v i e r e s ,
a n d a l o n g t h e F t i c h e l i e u a n d Yamaska r i v e r s .
A n o t h e r o r e a o f h i g h p o p u l a t i o n d e n s i t y was
t o be f o u n d a r o u n d Quebec C i t y a n d e x t e n d i n g a l o n g t h e s o u t h s h o r e o f t h e S t . Lawr e n c e d o w n r i v e r t o w a r d Kamouraska. ( 8 )
E v e r - s h r i r k i n g f a r m s i z e s m i g h t have
s u f f i c e d t o house and f e e d t h e p o p u l a t i o n
f o r a n o t h e r g e r e r a t i a n , had a g r i c u l t u r a l
calamity not irtervened.
The h a b i t a r t p u t
g r e a t s t o c k i n h i s wheat crop, f r o m i c h
he d e r i v e d muck o f h i s s p a r e c a s h a t
P o t a t o e s a l s o o c c u p i e d an
year's end.(9)
important ploce i n the farm f a m i l y ' s d i e t .
Thanks t o t h e appearance o f t h e "wheat
m i d g e " i n Quebec i n t h e e a r l y 1B3O1s, t h e
wheat y i e l d would s u f f e r a p r e c i p i t o u s d r o p .
B y 1844, t h e y i e l d h a d f a l l e n t o 30% o f w h a t
i t had been i n 1 8 2 7 . ( 1 0 )
With t h e decrease i n t h e s i z e o f t h e
wheat h a r v e s t , t h e h a b i t a n t had l i t t l e
c h o i c e b u t t o i n ~ r e ~ ~ r o ~ o r o ft i o
land devoted t o other crops.
The p o t a t o
came t o f i l l t h i s c r i t i c a l d i e t a r y n e e d . ( l l )
Y e t a f t e r t h e p o t a t o b l i g h t made i t s o p p e a r a n c e i n Canada i n t h e m i d - 1 8 4 0 1 s , t h i s
c r o p t o o would s u f f e r a d i s a s t r o u s d e c l i n e
i n production.
Between ! a 4 4 a n d 1851, t h e
P r o v i n c e ' s p o t a t o h a r v e s t w o u l d be c u t i n
half.(l2)
The p o p u l a t i o n c o n t i n u e d t o r i s e
I t has been e s t i throughout the period.
mated t h a t t h e number o f F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n s
g r e w 4 0 0 % b e t w e e n 1784 and 1844, w h i l e t h e
a m o u n t o f c u l t i v a t e d l a n d g r e w b y o n l y 275%
i n t h e same s p a n o f t i m e . ( 1 3 )
L a n d was
a v a i l a b l e i n t h e E a s t e r n Townships, b u t t h e
l a n d t i t l e s c o s t money, sums o f c a s h t h e
s i z e o f w h i c h many F r e n c h - C a v a d i a n f o r m e r s
d i d n o t hove.
Furthermore, s e t t l i n g i n the
T o w n s h i p s w o u l d have meant s e v e r i n g thems e l v e s f r o m f o m i l y and f r i e n d s , and r i s k i n g
c u l t u r a l i d e n t i t y i n on E n g l i s h - s p e a k i n g
environment.
I t was o b v i o u s f r o m t h i s
s i t u a t i o n t h a t " s o m e t h i n g had t o g i v e . "
Migrating t o New E n g l a n d o f f e r e d o n e
solution.
Yet before mid-century, the
c o t t o n m i l l s were n o t i n o p o s i t i o n t o o f f e r
on a l a r g e s c a l e w h a t t h e F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n
needed.
Granted, small French-speaking
e n c l a v e s e x i s t e d i n u p s t a t e Vermont, and i n
t h e B l a c k s t o n e V a l l e y o f Rhode I s l a n d a n d
Massachusetts.
B u t i t w o u l d n o t be u n t i l
a f t e r t h e C i v i l War t h a t F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n s
w o u l d be n e e d e d i n l a r g e n u m b e r s t o o f f s e t
n
I r i s h w o r k e r s l o s t i n b a t t l e and t h e n a t i v e New E n g l a n d s t o c k w h i c h , m o r e a n d
more, were l e a v i n g t h e r e g i o n f o r t h e open
spaces o f t h e f a r Midwest.
I n these preC i v i l War t i m e s , t h e F r e n c h - C a n o d i a n d i d
n o t seem t o h a v e l o s t h i s t a s t e f o r a g r i culture.
H i s a t t i t u d e seems t o h o v e b e e n
t h a t , i f f a r m i n g n o l o n g e r worked as i t
s h o u l d i n Quebec, t h e h a b i t a n t w o u l d m e r e l y t r y i t elsewhere.
The l a n d s o f t h e A m e r i c a n M i d w e s t w e r e
no s t r a n g e r t o t h e French-Canadian.
We
s h o u l d remember t h a t F r e n c h - s p e a k e r s p a r t o o k i n t h e f o u n d i n g of n e a r l y e v e r y l a r g e
midwestern c i t y : S t . Louis, D e t r o i t , Chicago, a n d S t . P a u l , t o name b u t o f e w . F r e n c h
e x p l o r e r s had opened u p t h e i n t e r i o r o f t h e
c o n t i n e n t i n t h e 1 7 t h and 1 8 t h c e n t u r i e s .
T h e y h a d f r e q u e n t l y t a k e n n a t i v e women a s
brides, with the r e s u l t that a sizeable
number o f S i o u x and Chippewa c a r r i e d F r e n c h
Canadion surnames.
To t h i s e a r l i e r g r o u p o f i m m i g r a n t s
was a d d e d a much l a r g e r wave, s t a r t i n g
a r o u n d m i d - c e n t u r y . Whether i n t h e f o r e s t s
o f W i s c o n s i n o r M i c h i g a n o r on t h e M i n n e s o t a p r a i r i e , t h e French-Canadian element
c o n t i n u e d t o grow.
I n I l l i n o i s , t h e s t o r y d e v e l o p e d somewhat d i f f e r e n t l y .
G r a n t e d , J o l i e t and Marq u e t t e had been r e s p o n s i b l e f o r u s i n g t h e
Chicago p o r t a g e i n 1673.
Because o f t h i s
a d j a c e n t s h o r t c u t between t h e G r e a t Lakes
and t h e M i s s i s s i p p i , C h i c a g o w o u l d l a t e r
g r o w i n t o t h e g r e a t m e t r o p o l i s o f t h e Amer i c a n Midwest.
C o n t r o l o f the Chicago area s h i f t e d
f r o m F r e n c h t o E n g l i s h i n 1763, b e f o r e
l a n d i n g i n American hands a t t h e t i m e o f
independence.
A m e r i c a n c o n t r o l was o n l y
t h e o r e c t i c a l , however, as B r i t i s h t r o o p s
w o u l d n o t abondon t h i s i m p o r t a n t f u r
t r a d i n g s i t e f o r s e v e r a l more y e a r s .
A m e r i c a n c o n t r o l was e s t a b l i s h e d
once and f o r a l l by t h e b u i l d i n g o f F o r t
D e a r b o r n i n 1803.
T h i s became t h e n u c l e u s
o f the future c i t y .
French-Canadians were c e r t a i n l y n o t
numerous, b u t t h e y d i d f o r m t h e b a s i s o f
I t i s noted that i n
Chicago's population.
t h e e l e c t i o n o f 1826, t w e n t y - o n e o f t h e
t h i r t y - f i v e r e g i s t e r e d v o t e r s i n t h e town
were French-Canadians. ( 14)
With t h e o p e n i n g of t h e E r i e C a n a l i n
1825, t h e G r e a t L a k e s were f r e e t o n a v i g a t i o n from the e a s t .
More i m p o r t a n t l y f o r
towns b o r d e r i n g on t h e Lakes, t h e i r a g r i c u l t u r a l p r o d u c e c o u l d now b e s h i p p e d t o
eastern c i t i e s .
The p o p u l a t i o n o f C h i c a g o
w o u l d g r o w a p o c e : f r o m l e s s t h a n 100 i n
1830 t o 4 , 4 7 0 i n 1840 a n d 2 9 , 9 6 3 i n 1 8 5 0 .
With the harvest o f
1841,
a notable
agricultural s u r p l u s wos g e n e r a t e d i n
n o r t h e r n I l l i n o i s , ( 1 5 ) much o f i t d e s t i n e d
f o r t h e m a r k e t s o f New Y o r k , P h i l a d e l p h i a ,
and B o s t o n .
News o f t h e a s t o u n d i n g f e r t i l i t y o f t h e s o i l was n o t l o s t on t h e r e s t
of the nation.
N e i t h e r were t h e p o t e n t i a l
f o r t u n e s t h a t s t o c d t o b e made f r o m t r a d e
on t h e a s - y e t - i n c o m p l e t e C h i c a g o - D e s P l a i n e s
River canal.
New r e s i d e n t s f l o c k e d i n
l i t e r a l l y by t h e b o a t l o a d .
I n the year
1845, 20,244 p a s s e n g e r s came f r o m B u f f a l o
F a r e s s t o o d a t $10 f o r a
by steamer.(l6)
c a b i n and $5 f o r s t e e r a g e , a p r i c e t h a t
many f o u n d t h e y c o u l d n o t r e f u s e . ( 1 7 )
Y e t more s e t t l e r s a r r i v e d v i a t h e
Overland
C h i c a g o Road f r o m D e t r o i t . f l 8 )
t r a v e l was c e r t a i n l y s l o w e r , b u t a f a r m
f a m i l y c o u l d s a v e on s t e a m e r f o r e b y
u s i n g i t s own c a r t a n d o x e n .
The l o n g - a w a i t e d c a n a l l i n k i n g t h e
G r e a t Lakes w i t h t h e M i s s i s s i p p i b a s i n
opened i n 1848.
Now, f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e .
i t was p o s s i b l e f o r t h e f a r m e r s o f n o r t h e r n
I l l i n o i s t o s e n d s u r p l u s f a r m p r o d u c e down
t h e M i s s i s s i p p i as w e l l a s t o w a r d New Y o r k .
P r o d u c t i o n o f wheat d u r i n g t h e p e r i o d
of t h e 1840's c o n t i n u e d t o c l i m b .
Exports
of t h i s g r a i n f r o m C h i c a g o t o w a r d t h e e a s t
s t o o d a t 586,907
b u s h e l s i n 1842.
Two
y e a r s l a t e r , t h e f i g u r e had c l i m b e d t o
891,894.
By 1847, t h e q u a n t i t y s h i p p e d
had more t h a n d o u b l e d a g a i n , t o 1,974,304
bushels. (19)
C h i c o g o ' s f i r s t r a i l l i n e opened i n
1848.
Although a comporatively i n s i g n i f j c a n t e n t e r p r i s e , i t foreshodowed t h e day
f o u r y e a r s l a t e r when C h i c a g o w o u l d h o v e
d i r e c t r a i l l i n k s t o the eastern c i t i e s . ( 2 0 )
The c i t y was t u r n i n g i n t o a b o o m t o w n .
Ever
g r e a t e r q u a n t i t i e s o f f o o d were needed f o r
the ever-growing population.
A l l surpluses
c o u l d be u n l o a d e d o n t o t h e c o m m o d i t i e s market.
One h a s o n l y t o t h i n k o f t h e i m p o v i s h e d F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n f a r m e r b a c k i n Lower
Canada, h i s w h e a t c r o p i n r u i n s , h i s p o t a t o e s r o t t i n g i n t h e f i e l d , t o w o n d e r how
l o n g i t would t a k e f o r t h e news o f
p r a i r i e r i c h e s to reach h i s ears.
Illinois'
In f a c t , the f i r s t French-Canadian
s e t t l e r s s t a r t e d t r i c k l i n g i n by t h e mid40's.
A study of census r e t u r n s f o r French
C a n a d i a n s l i v i n g i n W i l l C o u n t y , 5 0 miles
s o u t h of C h i c a g o i n 1850, shows t h a t 250
f a m i l i e s were a l r e a d y l i v i n g o n t h e l a n d .
Of t h e s e , 1 1 0 r e p o r t e d u n d e r a g e c h i l d r e n
born i n I l l i n o i s . Furthermore, t h e earlier
o f t h e s e I l l i n o i s b i r t h s shewed t h a t a t
l e a s t 2 2 F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n f a m i l i e s were
p r e s e n t a t t h e f u t u r e B o u r b o n n a i s by 1 8 4 6 .
T h e n u m b e r was u n d o u b t e d l y l a r g e r i f o n e
f a c t o r s i n a p o r t i o n o f t h e f a m i l i e s who
d i d n o t hove young, I l l i n o i s - b a r n c h i l d r e n
t o declare t o the census taker.
So a French-Canadian c o l o n y a l r e a d y
I t needed a s k i l l f u l propagandist
existed.
t o r e c r u i t new f a m i l i e s f r o m C a n a d a .
It
found t h a t propagandist i n Father Charles
Chiniquy.
T h i s French-Canadian p r i e s t had been
born a t Kamouraska i n 1809, t h e grandson o f
t h e F r e n c h - s p e a k i n g r i v e r p i l o t who h a d
guided Wolfe's troop transports upstream t o
Quebec i n 1759. Ordained i n t h e Quebec
c a t h e d r a l i n 1 8 3 3 , h e was a s s i g n e d t o v a rious porishes before starting a b r i l l i a n t
career as a p r e a c h e r o f t e m p e r a n c e some s i x
y e a r s l a t e r . His e l e v e n - y e a r i n v o l v e m e n t
i n t h e t e m p e r a n c e movement i n Quebec l e d
him t o d e l i v e r o v e r 5 0 0 s e r m o n s i n 110
churches and h a l l s , and to r e c e i v e t h e solemn p l e d g e s o f 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 p e o p l e t o f o r e v e r more f o r e s w e a r t h e u s e o f a l c o h o l i c b e v e r a g e s . !2 2 )
H i s c a r e e r a s a p u b l i c s p e a k e r was n o t
without blemishes.
Obliged t o leave the
A r c h d i o c e s e o f Quebec f o r a n e p i s o d e o f
p r i e s t l y i n d i s c r e t i o n t h a t was n e v e r a d e q u a t e l y made p u b l i c , ( 2 3 ) h e s o u g h t r e f u g e
i n t h e O b l a t e monastery o f L o n g u e u i l . There,
a f t e r a one-year n o v i t i a t e , t h e Oblates
refused him permission t o continue. (24)
F r o m 1 8 4 7 t o 1851, h e w o u l d l i v e i n t h e
r e c t o r y o f h i s f r i e n d , F r . Brassard, the
pastor of Longueuil.
H i s r e j e c t i o n b y t h e O b l a t e s i n n o way
i n t e r f e r e d w i t h h i s speaking tours.
These
continued a t a f u r i o u s pace.
Sermon a f t e r
s e r m o n was d e l i v e r e d i n p a r i s h a f t e r p a r i s h
of. t h e Diocese o f M o n t r e a l .
By 1850, C h i n i q u y was p e r h a p s t h e b e s t k n o w n F r e n c h
C a n a d i a n , a t l e a s t among h i s o v ~ n p e o p l e .
Q u i t e p o s s i b l y h a l f o f t h e p o p u l a t i o n had
had t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o h e a r h i m speak. His
s t a r , s o l o n g on t h e r i s e , was h o w e v e r ,
destined t o take a sharp f a l l .
By 1 8 5 1 , C h i n i q u y f o u n d h i m s e l f on t h e
v e r g e o f b e i n g suspended f r o m h i s p r i e s t l y
d u t i e s i n the Diocese o f Montreal, t h i s f o r
i m p r o p e r a d v a n c e s t h a t h e h a d mode t o w a r d
the opposite sex.(25)
Pleading a lesser
punishment, C h i n i q u y r e c e i v e d f i r s t t h e
p e r m i s s i o n o f t h e b i s h o p o f M o n t r e a l , and
s e c o n d l y t h a t o f t h e a r c h b i s h o p o f Quebec,
t o a l l o w him t o e m i g r a t e t o the U n i t e d
States.
C l a i m i n g an i n v i t a t i o n f r o m B i s h o p
Van d e V e l d e o f C h i c a g o , C h i n i q u y moved
there. (26)
A l t h o u g h he l a t e r m a i n t a i n e d t h a t h e
p e r s o n a l l y p i c k e d t h e s i t e f o r h i s new
c o l o n y o f S t . Anne, C h i n i q u y f o u n d t h e p l a c e
a l r e a d y s e t t l e d b y t h e f i r s t o f many F r e n c h
Canadian f a m i l i e s t h a t were t o f o l l o w . ( 2 7 )
He h a d a l r e a d y p a s s e d t h r o u g h B o u r b o n n a i s ,
where t h e F r e n c h p r i e s t C o u r j a u l t had been
s e r v i n g t h e Canadian community f o r t h e l a s t
three years. (28)
C h i n i q u y wasted n o t i m e i n r e c r u i t i n g
additional s e t t l e r s f o r "his" colony.
He
dashed o f f a correspondence t o t h e "Melanges
r e l i g i e u x " t h e d i o c e s a n newspaper o f Montr e a l , c l a i m i n g among o t h e r t h i n g s t h a t t h e
s o i l o f I l l i n o i s was s o r i c h , o n e c o u l d b e come a r i c h man i n l e s s t h a n a y e a r w i t h
l e s s t h a n $200 o f i n i t i a l c a p i t o l . ( 2 9 )
The
bishop o f Chicago found himself o b l i g e d t o
c o u n t e r a c t t h i s o v e r - e n t h u s i a s t i c propaganda
w i t h more s o b e r f i g u r e s . ( 3 )
S t i l l , the Chin i q u y name r e t a i n e d i t s c u r r e n c y i n L o w e r
Canada.
Families started a r r i v i n g i n greate r numbers, t h e i r w o r l d l y p o s s e s s i o n s p i l e d
i n t o a c a r t or s t u f f e d i n t o trunks.
By t h e
s p r i n g o f 1852, o n e h u n d r e d f a m i l i e s j o i n e d
Chiniquy a t S t . Anne.(31)
Throughout t h e decade o f t h e 18501s,
C h i n i q u y ' s stormy p e r s o n a l i t y p u t him a t the
G r a d u a l l y coming
c e n t e r o f many a s q u a b b l e .
t o t h e c o n c l u s i o n t h a t he c o u l d n o l o n g e r
l i v e w i t h t h e p r i e s t , B i s h o p O'Regan o f C h i cago suspended h i m f r o m h i s d u t i e s i n t h e
l a t e summer o f 1 8 5 6 .
When C h i n i q u y r e f u s e d
t o a c k n o w l e d g e t h e s u s p e n s i o n , 0 ' Regan e x communicated him. ( 3 1 )
T h e r e e n s u e d an a l l - o u t e f f o r t b y C h i niquy t o retain control of his parish a t S t .
Ann, e v e n i f t h i s m e a n t s c h i s m a n d f i n a l
separation from the C a t h o l i c Church.
This
i s i n f a c t where t h e b a t t l e l e d , two y e a r s
later, w i t h t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t by Chiniquy
of the "Christian Catholic Church,". (32)
U l t i m a t e l y t h e S t . Ann c o n g r e g a t i o n was
allowed t o e n t e r t h e Presbyterian Church.
By t h i s p o i n t , h o w e v e r , C h i n i q u y h a d
b r o u g h t some 1 , 0 0 0 o f h i s p a r i s h i o n e r s i n t o
s c h i s m w i t h hirn,(33) most o f them F r e n c h
Canadians.
Five hundred o t h e r syrnpathisers
l i v e d e l s e w h e r e i n Kankakee ond I r o q u o i s
counties. (34)
Vicero is of the impression t h a t the
t e r r i b l e c l a m o r c a u s e d by t h e C h i n i q u y
a f f a i r i n t h e Canadian press served t o d i v e r t s i g n i f j c a n t French-Canadian migration
from I l l i n o i s and from elsewhere i n t h e
M i d w e s t . ( 3 5 ) A l t h o u g h t h e r e m i g h t b e some
t r u t h t o t h i s s t a t e m e n t , i t must a l s o be
r e m e m b e r e d t h a t t h e C i v i l War was b r e w i n g
at t h i s point.
F o r e i g n e r s o r e much l e s s
r e a d y t o m i g r a t e t o a c o u n t r y a t war w h e n
t h e i r own s o n s a r e l i k e l y t o b e p r e s s e d
i n t o s e r v i c e . At a n y r a t e , by w a r ' s e n d ,
New England had d e f i n i t e l y r e p l a c e d t h e
Midwest as t h e d e s t i n a t i o n of t h e m a j o r i t y
of French-Canadian immigrants.(36)
B u t w h a t o f t h e s e F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n s who
remained i n Kankakee and I r o q u o i s c o u n t i e s
a f t e r t h e C i v i l War? A c c o r d i n g t o a v a i l a b l e d a t a taken from t h e Federal Census ret u r n s f o r 1 8 6 0 , 7 0 , a n d 80 we c a n m a k e s o m e
o b s e r v a t i o n s on t h e i r g r o w t h i n n u m b e r s a n d
also on t h e rate a t which t h e p o p u l a t i o n
w a s a u g m e n t e d by new a r r i v a l s f r o m C a n a d a .
Ten y e c r s l a t e r , t h e p i c t u r e c h a n g e s
significantly.
T o t a l French-Canadian househ o l d s f o r t h e two c o u n t i e s s t a n d a t 1,614.
S t . Ann i s n o w i n t h i r d p o s i t i o n a m o n g t h e
important settlements.
Setting aside the
non-French-Canadian f a m i l i e s , one a r r i v e s
a t t h e f i g u r e 175 a s t h e t o t a l f o r i t s
households.
Kankakee ' s F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n s
number 267 f a m i l i e s , w h i l e B o u r b o n n a i s ret a i n s a slim l e a d of 301.
By 1 8 8 0 , t h e g r o w t h i n n u m b e r s h a s
stopped.
Kankakee and I r o q u o i s c o u n t i e s
c a n c o u n t o n l y f o u r t e e n more French-Canadion f a m i l i e s than i n iS70.
The t o t a l f o r
S t . A n n h a s f a l l e n t o 181; f o r K a n k a k e e ,
206; and f o r B o u r b o n n a i s , 235 f a m i l i e s o f
French-Canadian o r i g i n .
A f i r s t o b s e r v a t i o n w o u l d b e t h a t some
c o n t i n u e d i n f l u x o f p e o p l e was n e c e s s a r y
a f t e r 1 8 6 0 f o r t h e p o p u l a t i o n t o g r o w by 6 0 4
i n one d e c a d e .
The n a t u r a l f e r t i l i t y r a t e
of French-Canadians a t m i d - c e n t u r y , allm~ded
t o e a r l i e r , would h a v e o n l y a c c o u n t e d f o r an
i n c r e a s e of 40%. Although t h e t i d e of i m m i g r a t i o n f r o m C a n a d a d i d n o t come t o a n a b r u p t end a f t e r Fr. Chiniquy's public break
w i t h Rome, we m u s t a d m i t t h a t i t c o n t i n u e d
a l b e i t a t a diminished rate.
One c a n a l s o o b s e r v e t h a t t h e r a t e o f
i n c r e a s e between 1860 and 1870, i f c a r r i e d
o v e r t o t h e d e c a d e e n d i n g i n 1680, s h o u l d
hove y i e l d e d c l o s e t o 2,500 h o u s e h o l d s .
Clearly something d r a s t i c occurred.
We m u s t
l o o k f u r t h e r n o r t h a n d west t o f i n d t h e
answer.
To t h e n o r t h , C h i c a g o c o n t i n u e d t o e x pand.
A f t e r t h e d i s a s t r o u s f i r e of 1 8 7 1 ,
t h e c i t y n e e d e d t o be r e b u i l t .
New i n d u s t r i e s arrived, a l l i n g r e a t need of ambitious
young w o r k e r s .
With t h e Kankakee and I r o -
quois county settlements
s i x t y m i l e s from Chicago,
t h a t a c e r t a i n number of
y o u n g p e o p l e be d r a w n t o
a mere f i f t y t o
i t was n a t u r a l
the counties'
the metropolis.
The s t a t e o f K a n s a s a c c o u n t s f o r m o s t
o f t h e r e s t of t h e " m i s s i n g " p o p u l a t i o n .
By t h e m i d - 1 8 7 0 1 s , a y o u n g c o u p l e who
wished t o c o n t i n u e farming a s t h e i r ancest o r s had d o n e had l i t t l e c h o i c e b u t t o move
from I l l i n o i s .
The f a m i l y f a r m i n I l l i n o i s
m i g h t w e l l go t o t h e e l d e s t s o n , b u t younge r b r o t h e r s needed t o e a r n a l i v i n g a l s o .
I n a r e p l a y o f w h a t had b r o u g h t t h e i r p a r e n t s and g r a n d p a r e n t s from Canada a gener a t i o n e a r l i e r , t h e s e younger f o l k headed
f o r t h e p l a i n s of K a n s a s .
The n u c l e u s of a s e t t l e m e n t was c r e a t e d n e a r C l y d e , i n modern C l o u d c o u n t y .
By
1 8 8 0 , W a s h i n g t o n a n d C l a y c o u n t i e s e a c h had
6 5 o r s o h o u s e h o l d s of F r e n c h - C a n o d i o n d e s c e n t . Cloud County, t o t h e i r w e s t , cont a i n e d a significantly l a r s e r n u m b e r : 375
families. Of a l l these, the great majority
had c l e a r l y o r i g i n a t e d i n I l l i n o i s r a t h e r
than d i r e c t l y i n Canada.
The b i r t h p l a c e s
of t h e c h i l d r e n a r e t h e t e l l - t a l e s i g n s . We
f i n d t r a c e s of t h e s e I l l i n o i s F r e n c h Canadians e l s e w h e r e i n t h e Midwest: i n
s o u t h e a s t e r n Nebraska and i n e o s t e r n S o u t h
D o k o t a , b u t t h e r e t h e m a j o r i t y of t h e
s e t t l e r s had come d i r e c t l y f r o m Q u e b e c .
C l o u d , C l a y , and Washington c o u n t i e s i n
Kansas were i n c o n t r a s t o v e r f l o w s e t t l e m e n t s o f K a n k a k e e ond I r o q u o i s c o u n t i e s ,
Illinois.
We c a n e v e n u s e t h e c e n s u s r e t u r n s f r o m
C l o u d C o u n t y , K a n s a s , i n 1900 t o g a u g e more
a c c u r a t e l y t h e number o f p e o p l e o f F r e n c h
C a n a d i a n d e s c e n t who l i v e d i n t h e A m e r i c a n
Midwest.
Granted, t h e sample i s s m a l l b u t
nonetheless s i g n i f i c a n t .
Let us note that
t h e o f f i c i a l census f i g u r e s o f t h e " N o r t h
C e n t r a l D i v i s i o n " f o r peole o f French
Canadian s t o c k (second g e n e r a t i o n Americans
h a v i n g a t l e a s t one p a r e n t b o r n i n F r e n c h
C a n a d a ) s t o o d a t 198,451 f o r 1 9 0 0 . ( 3 7 )
A d d e d t o t h e s e a r e t h e 7 7 , 0 1 9 who a d m i t t e d
t o b i r t h i n French Canada.(38)
T h e s e numb e r s s h o u l d s t r i k e u s as b e i n g a b i t on t h e
low side.
I m m i g r a t i o n f r o m F r e n c h Canada t o t h e
a g r i c u l t u r a l and f c r e s t e d s e c t i o n s o f t h e
M i d w e s t had p r e c e d e d l a r g e - s c a l e i m m i g r a t i o n t o New E n g l a n d a n d New Y o r k b y m o r e
than a generation.
Recall also that i f
c h i l d r e n were b o r n t o American-born p a r e n t s ,
t h e s e c h i l d r e n were c o u n t e d as n a t i v e s t o c k .
The p o i n t o f o r i g i n o f t h e i r g r a n d p a r e n t s
d i d n o t enter i n t o the equation.
Looking a t the government's f i g u r e s
f o r C l o u d County, 466 f o r e i g n - b o r n French
This
Canadians were r e p o r t e d f o r 1 9 0 0 . ( 3 9 )
r e p r e s e n t s j u s t a b o u t a t h i r d o f t h e 1,485
i n d i v i d u a l s s a i d t o be l i v i n g i n t h e e n t i r e
state. (40)
T h e r e w e r e b e t w e e n 2,800 o n d
2,900 F r a n c o - A m e r i c a n s i n t h e c o u n t y , i n d i c a t i n g o t h e o r e c t i c o l 2,400 s e c o n d g e n e r o t i o n individuals.
Yet t h i s f i g u r e does n o t
seem t o a g r e e w i t h t h e 5 , 5 4 7 r e p o r t e d f o r
a l l p e o p l e i n Kansas w i t h a t l e a s t one
French-Conodion born p a r e n t . ( 4 1 ) Cloud County
w o u l d t h u s a c c o u n t f o r one t h i r d o f t h e f o r e i g n b o r n F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n s , b u t 43% o f t h e
second g e n e r a t i o n .
Something needs t o acc o u n t f o r t h e swolen second f i g u r e .
We f i n d t h e e x p l a n a t i o n i n t h e " i n v i s i b l e " t h i r d g e n e r a t i o n Franco-Americans,
p e o p l e whose g r a n d p a r e n t s w e r e b o r n i n
C a n a d a , b u t whose p a r e n t s w e r e n a t i v e s o f
I l l i n o i s o r Kansas.
A family-by-family
a n a l y s i s o f C l o u d C o u n t y y i e l d s some 7 0 0
o f these people.
T h e s e i n d i v i d u a l s who
are n o t included i n the government's ethn i c t a l l y , a c c o u n t f o r f u l l y one f o u r t h o f
t h e Cloud County Franco-American population.
Given t h a t the ancestors of these
c i t i z e n s come f r o m C a n o d a b e t w e e n 1 8 5 0 a n d
1860, a n d t h a t t h e s e a n c e s t o r s w e r e p o r t
o f a l a r g e r movement t o M i c h i g a n , M i n n e s o t a , Wisconsin, I n d i a n a , and Iowa, as
w e l l a s I l l i n o i s , we m i g h t w e l l h a v e r e o son t o b e l i e v e t h a t t h e F r a n c o - A m e r i c a n
element i s severely under-represented i n
t h e g o v e r n m e n t ' s own e t h n i c t a l l y f o r 1900
M i g h t the f i g u r e f o r t h e Midwest (French
C a n a d i a n b o r n as w e l l as F r e n c h - C o n a d i a n
s t o c k ) a c t u a l l y be c l o s e r t o 370,000 t h a n
t h e o f f i c i a l l y r e p o r t e d 275,000.
A det a i l e d demographic s t u d y m i g h t p r o v i d e t h e
osnwers.
F o r t h e t i m e b e i n g , we c a n o n l y c o n c l u d e t h o t t h e French-Canadian presence i n
t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s was l a r g e r t h a n t h e f i g u r e s w o u l d seem t o i n d i c a t e .
The e a r l i e r
n a t u r e o f the Midwest immigration would
seem t o a c c o u n t f o r t h e g r e a t e r n u m b e r o f
e t h n i c a l l y " i n v i s i b l e " p e o p l e t o be f o u n d
there.
F o r t h e g e n e a l o g i s t , one f a c t above
a l l emerges.
A complete f a m i l y h i s t o r y
n e e d s t o e x p a n d b e y o n d t h e l i m i t s o f Queb e c a n d New E n g l a n d .
The r e s e a r c h e r n e e d s
t o seek o u t c o n s c i e n t i o u s l y t h e more e x -
tended l i n e s , n o t o n l y those l i v i n g e l s e w h e r e i n Canada, b u t t h e d e s c e n d a n t s o f
f a m i l y members who m i g r a t e d t o t h e U n i t e d
S t a t e s b e f o r e a n d a f t e r t h e C i v i l War --p e o p l e who s o u g h t t h e i r f o r t u n e n o t i n
the m i l l s o f the northeast but i n the
black s o i l o f the p r a i r i e states.
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FRENCH-CANADIAN SETTLERS IN ILLINOIS
by Reverend Albert H . Ledoux
The b a s i c r e c o r d s which t h i s writer
h a d t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o h a n d l e were t h e
F e d e r a l C e n s u s r e t u r n s f a r 1850 ( W i l l
and I r o q u o i s c o u n t i e s , I l l i n o i s ) and t h e
1860, 70, a n d 8 0 r e t u r n s f o r Kankakee ond
Iroquois counties.
W i l l C o u n t y was t h e
p a r e n t o f Kankakee County.
Any F r a n c o - A m e r i c a n a b s t r a c t o r n e e d s
t o f i g h t against particular odds, the
chief problem being t h e tendency of
English-speaking census-takers t o thor o u g h l y m a n g l e many a F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n
name, a t l e a s t i n i t s s p e l l i n g .
Even s o ,
B o u r b o n n a i s a n d S t . Ann h a d t h e g o o d f o r tune i n s e v e r a l of these census y e a r s t o
have a French-speaking census t a k e r .
The
m a n u s c r i p t f o r t h e s e towns t e n d s t o be
q u i t e good.
The a v e r a g e e n t r y l i s t s t h e f a m i l y
name o n l y o n c e .
Each i n d i v i d u a l ' s f i r s t
name i s g i v e n , a l o n g w i t h a g e , b i r t h p l a c e ,
and o c c u p a t i o n i f he o r s h e had o n e .
To p o s i t i d e n t i t i e s f o r t h e s e m a r r i e d
couples, one needs f i r s t of a l l a l e g i b l e
name a n d d i s t i n c t f i r s t names f " J o s e p h "
m a r r i e d t o " M a r i e " would t e n d t o be eliminated at this level.)
To g o s e a r c h i n g i n
t h e Quebec marriage r e p e r t o i r e s , one needs
t o b e a r i n mind t h a t , by m i d - 1 9 t h - c e n t u r y ,
c e r t a i n Quebec c o u n t i e s had f a r more popul a t i o n t o export thon d i d other c o u n t i e s .
The c o u n t i e s l a y i n t h r e e b a s i c g r o u p s :
a l o n g t h e R i c h e l i e u and S t . Lawrence r i v e r s
e o s t of M o n t r e a l ; on t h e n o r t h s h o r e of t h e
S t . Lawrence from w e s t of M o n t r e a l t o t h e
e n v i r o n s of T r o i s - R i v i e r e s ; ond t h e a r e a
a d j a c e n t t o Q u e b e c , and e x t e n d i n g a l o n g t h e
s o u t h s h o r e t o t h e Komouroska r e g i o n .
I t makes more s e n s e t o t r y t o i d e n t i f y
c o u p l e s f r o m among m a r r i a g e s t h o t t o o k
p l a c e i n t h e s e a r e a s , and t h e n i f n e c e s s o r y , t o look e l s e w h e r e .
The c e n s u s e n t r y d o e s n o t i n d i c a t e t h e
maiden name of t h e w i f e , s o h e r e i s where
d e t e c t i v e work i s i n o r d e r .
The a g e s of
both spouses a r e taken i n t o account, os
w e l l a s t h e a g e of t h e o l d e s t c h i l d i n t h e
household.
These a g e s s e t p a r a m e t e r s a s t o
when t h e p a r e n t s ' m a r r i a g e may hove t o k e n
place.
The m a r r i a g e s t h o t f o l l o w d o n o t
t h e r e f o r e p r o v i d e i r o n - c l a d i d e n t i t i e s of
couples i n the census.
B u t i n mony c a s e s ,
b a s e d on o t h e r e v i d e n c e ( m a r r i a g e and b u r i a l records in I l l i n o i s ) , the i d e n t i t y i s
shown t o be a c c u r a t e .
In a l l c a s e s , t h e
i d e n t i t y would n e e d t o be c o r r o b o r a t e d by
these secondary s o u r c e s .
The names of t h e
couples a r e t h e r e f o r e o f f e r e d os o times a v i n g m e a s u r e and t o a l e r t t h e r e s e a r c h e r
t o t h e l i k e l y p r e s e n c e , i n I l l i n o i s , of
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22-9-;849, S t - J e a n
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23-10-1854,
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12-9-1831, Chambly
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BOUDREAU, L u c & A u r e l i e L a n d r y
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BOUDREAU, M e d a r d & F l o v i e H e b e r t
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5-6-1838,
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28-10-1834,
L ' Acadie
BOURQUE, P i e r r e & J o s e p h t e A r c h a m b a u l t
6-5-1821,
St-Roch/Achigan
BRAULT, G e d e c n , ( m . # l ) & E m e l i e G i r a r d
13-10-1845, H e n r y v i l l e
BRAULT, Gedeon, ( m . # 2 ) & C e l i n a L e s p e r a n c e
1-8-1854, H e n r y v i l l e
BRAULT, N a r c i s s e & A r c h a n g e B r o s s e o u
31-7-1837, L ' A c a d i e
BROSSEAU, F r a n c o i s & Salome D u a u e t
2-10-1832, St-Luc
BROSSEAU, P i e r r e & J u d i t h D a n d u r a n d
31-1-1814, St-Luc
BROUILLETTE, A n t o i n e 8 Melanie F o u r n i e r
15-2-1847, L ' A c a d i e
BROUILLETTE, L a n d r y & E r n e l i e F o r t i n
14-10-1834, N a p i e r v i l l e
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23-1-1844,
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8 - 1 1-1836, M a r i e v i l l e
CLOUATRE, J u l i e n & A r m e l i n e B o u r d e a u
4-2-1862, St-Luc
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12-1-1841, H e n r y v i l l e
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19-11-1844,
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DANDURAND, M a r c e l & S o l a n g e M o r e a u
16-9-1834, S t - L u c
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28-10-1805, S t - L u c
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29-7- 1835, C h a m b l y
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16-11-1846,
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12-10-1830,
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..-2-1867,
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15-2-1859, S t - J a c q u e s - l e - M i n e u r
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2-2-1818,
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28-2-1848, St-Leon, M a s k i n o n g e
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30-10-1820, Chambly
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8-10-1844,
Henryville
LAPOLICE, J . B . ( H a n g a r d ) E u p h r o s i n e L o r d
19-10-1829,
St-Leon
LAROCHE, A l e x i s & E m e l i e C l o u a t r e
11-9-1849, S t - V a l e n t i n
LAROCHE, P i e r r e & A n a s t a s i e B o u r g i s
9 - 4 - 1839, H e n r y v i l l e
LAROCQUE, A m a b l e & C o t h e r i v e C h o r b o n n e a u
2 3 - 1 0 - 1832, L o n g u e u i l
LECLERC, F r a n c o i s & M a r i e T e t r e a u
16-10-1838,
Henryville
LECUYER, N o r c i s s e & M a r g u e r i t e L e c l a i r e
30-7-1839,
Henryville
LEDOUX, J o h n ( M i c h e l & C o t h . S i g a u l t )
m2 B o u r b . M a r t h a L a m p h e r e
LEDOUX, M i c h e l & E l e o n o r e B o m b a r d i e r
22-8-1843, H e n r y v i l l e
LEDOUX, M i c h e l & C a t h e r i n e S i g a u l t
10-7-1820, S t - P h i l i p p e
LEGRIS, M o i s e & S y l v i e F l a g e o l e
27- 1 1 - 1 8 2 6 , L o u i s e v i l l e
LEMELIN, F r a n c o i s & M a r g u e r i t e M e n a r d
16-1-1815, L ' A c a d i e
LEMIEUX, A n d r e & E m i l i e G o d b o u t
7-2-1842,
St-Gervois
LESAGE, J o s e p h & D o m i t h i l d e B o u c h e r
28-6-1848, St-Leon (Mask.)
LETOURNEAU, M i c h e l & G e n e v i e v e B u t e a u
2 3 - 6 - 1835, S t - F r s - d u - S u d
LEVASSEUR, M i c h e l & L u c e J o y a l
1-3-1824, S t - M i c h e l - d l Y a m a s k a
LOISEL, J . B . & S o p h i e S t e b e n n e
29-9-1840, M a r i e v i l l e
LONGTIN, J o s . F l a v i e n & M a r c e l l i n e C a i l l e
18-10-1841, S t - C o n s t a n t
LONGTIN, P i e r r e ( ? ? ) & M a r i e H u e t
25-1-1819,
St-Constant
LORD, D a v i d & E m e r a n t e T o u p i n
18-2-1833, L ' A c a d i e
LORD, J o s e p h & R o s a l i e Roy
10-6-1862, St-Jean
MAILLOUX, J o s e p h & C h r i s t i n e G u a ~
21-2-1832,
Napierville
MAILLOUX, L e o n & H e r m e n i g i l d e A r c h a m b a u l t
1-5-1848, L ' A c a d i e
MARCEAU, B e n o i t & A u r e l i e T r a h a n
22-10-1850,
L'Acadie
MARCOTTE, A n t o i n e & M a r i a Gagnon
15-2-18 13, S t - L e o n
MARCOTTE, O l i v i e r & J u l i e R i v a r d
26-2-1832, S t - L e o n
MARTIN, B e n j a m i n & T h a r s i l e L e s a g e
7-5-1821, St-Leon (Mask.)
MARTIN, F a b i e n & D o m i t h i l d e P a i l l e
22-11-1843, S t - L e o n ( M a s k . )
MARTIN, Gedeon & T h a r s i l e L e s a g e
5 - 1 1-1850, S t - L e c n ( M a s k . )
MARTIN, J . B . & E u p h r o s i n e P r a t t e
17-4-1809 S t - L e o n (Mask. )
MARTIN, J . B . & E m e l i e M a r q u i s
2-3-1840, S t - L e o n ( M a s k . )
MARTIN, P i e r r e & Salome L u s s i e r
8 - 10- 1866, N a p i e r v i l l e
MARTIN, T o u s s o i n t & D e n i s e B o u r d e a u
13-7-1850, S t - J a c q u e s - l e - M i n e u r
MASSE, J . B . & J o s e p h t e L o r o c q u e
27-2-1854,
Henryville
MASSE, J o s e p h & J o s e p h i n e L a v o i e
2 5 - 2 - 1 8 5 1, C h a m b l y
MENARD, B e n o n i & M e l a n i e 8ou t e i l l e r
29-1-1828, L ' A c a d i e
MENARD; P i e r r e & M a r i e B e n o i t
2-2-1841,
St-Luc
MERCIER, A l o r i e & S o p h i e R e g n i e r
19-10-1847, L ' A c a d i e
MESSIER, L o u i s & T h e c l e D e m e r s
9-10-1832,
St-Luc
MIGNERON, C y r i l l e & O d i l e A l l a r d
1 4 - 2 - 1843, M a s c o u c h e
MOISAN, P i e r r e & D o m i t h i l d e H e b e r t
LIAcadie
8-5-1848,
MONGEAU, I s a a c & J o s e p h i n e G r i s e
17-2-1852, Chambly
MORIN, F r a n c o i s & M . J o s e p h t e B i s a i l l o n
23-10-1820,
L'Acadie
MORIN, M o i s e & A u r e l i e M a i l h c t
1 7 - 8 - 1847, L o u i s e v i l l e
MORIN, N o e l & M o r i e C h o u v i n
1 0 - 1 1-1840, N a p i e r v i l l e
MORISSETTE, J o s e p h & Agnes R h e a u l t
14-11-1854, S t e - G e r t r u d e ( N i c o l e t )
NOEL, A l e x i s ( ? ? ) & M a r g u e r i t e A r v i s a i s
12-11-1627, S t - L e o n
PARADIS, J . B . & I s a b e l l e B r o u i l l e t t e
26-2-1827, L ' A c o d i e
PARE, A r n b r o i s e & M a r i e M o q u i n
3-7-1854, N a p i e r v i l l e
PARE, L o u i s & A d e l i n e F o u r n i e r
13-2-1855, N a p i e r v i l l e
PATENAUDE, A m b r o i s e & E s t h e r Raymond
18-1 1-1823, Chambly
PATENAUDE, J o s e p h & J u l i e n n e C o r t i e r
1 4 - 2 - 1843, L ' A c o d i e
PATENAUDE, J u l i e n & D o m i t h i l d e S o r n o i s e t t e
9-2-1847, S t - J e a n
PERRAULT, E t i e n n e & E s t h e r P e r r a u l t
15-6-1841, Moscouche
PILOTTE, J a c o b & R e s t i t u e P r o u l x
13-1-1835, S t - V a l e n t i n
PONTON, L o u i s & A n g e l e K e r o u o c
27- 1-1846, H e n r y v i l l e
POUTRE, J . 8 . & S o p h i e P a r e
27-1-1846,
Napierville
PROULX, L o u i s & F r a n c o i s e D o m i n i q u e
1 4 - 1 1 - 1 8 2 6 , Montmagny
PROVOST, H u b e r t & M a r i e L a j a i e
24-4-1838, H e n r y v i l l e
RACETTE, F r o n c o i s & Emerence C y r
6-2-1337,
Henryville
RACETTE, I a n a c e & M a r i e S i m a r d
18-2-1828, L ' A c a d i e
RAINVILLE, D i d a c e & E r n e l i e T a u i n
18-11-1845, M a r i e v i l l e
REGNIER, E d o u a r d & A d e l i n e B e a u d r y
3-11-1851, S t - A l e x . d l I b e r v i l l e
REGNIER, J . B . & M . A n g e l i q u e Ray
26-10-1812,
L ' Acadie
REGNIER, J o s e p h & M a t h i l d e B r o s s e a u
20-10-1846,
L'Acadie
REGNIER, J u l i e n & M a t h i l d e Roy
23-9-1845,
L'Acadie
REGNIER, L o u i s & G e n e v i e v e L a b r e c q u e
17-10-1843, S t - J e a n
REMILLARD, H i l a i r e & Rose B r u l e
21-7-1857, S t - C u t h b e r t
REMILLARD, J u l - i e n & S o p h i e B r a i s
3 - 1 1-1847, S t - V a l e n t i n
RICHARD, Abraham & C e c i l e Laflarnme
5 - 1 1 - 1 8 1 0 , Cap S t - I g n a c e
RICHARD, D e l p h i n & D e l p h i n e F r e g e a u
15-2-1847, Cap S t - I g n a c e
RICHARD, P l o c i d e & Emerence R i c h a r d
12-1-1830, Cap S t - I g n a c e
RIVARD, A l e x i s ( ? ? ) & M a r i e V i e n s
1-2-1837, S t - M i c h e l - d l Y a m a s k a
RIVARD, L e a n d r e & J u l i e Jerome
7-11-1843, St-Leon-de-Moskinonge
ROBILLARD, Anselme & L u c i l l e L a p o r t e
18-6-1846, L a v a l t r i e
ROUGIER, N o e l & M a r t i n e B e s s e t
24-7- 1832, S t - M a t h i a s
SAULNIER, J u l i e n & V i t a l i n e Dumas
9-7-1867, L a c o l l e
SAVOIE, J o s e p h & E u p h r o s i n e M a r c o t t e
7 - 7 - 1 8 17, L o u i s e v i l l e
SENESAC, D a n i e l & E r n e l i e L a g u e
21-10-1823, S t - L U C
SICARD, P h i l i p p e & A d e l i n e P o t v i n
19-2- 1844, Charnbly
SPOONER, E d o u a r d & F l a v i e T a l l a r d
9-9-1838,
St-Jean
ST-JEAN, N a r c i s s e & C a s e l i e L e s p e r a n c e
8- - 1.1.- 1 ~
8 5 9 .- .
Henrvville
STEBENNE, ~ o u i ; & ~ u p h r o s i eF o n t a i n e
18-2- 185 1, M a r i e v i l l e
SURPRENANT, C y p r i e n & E r n e l i e P a n n e t o n
3-11-1846,
Henryville
SURPRENANT, J a c q u e s & I s a b e l l e G r a n g e r
15-10-1821, L ' A c o d i e
TALBOT, Gedeon & F l a v i e P r o v o s t
29-9-1846,
Henryville
TETREAU, C h r i s t o p h e & G e n e v i e v e B e n j a m i n
17-4- 1820, M a r i e v i l l e
TETREAU, Eusebe & J o s e p h t e S t e b e n n e
24-1-1837, S t - M o t h i a s
TETREAU, G u i l l a u r n e & D e s a n g e s P o n t o n
9-4-1839,
Henryville
TETREAU, P i e r r e & A d e l e M e n a r d
21-7-1856, S t - G r e g o i r e
TETREAU, T h e o p h i l e & O z i t e B e n j a m i n
2-10-1832, M a r i e v i l l e
THIBAULT, C h a r l e s & D o m i t h i l d e P r o v o s t
15-10-1844, H e n r y v i l l e
THIFAULT, J a c q u e s (rn.1) & A d e l o i d e J a r e d
3-2-1845,
Marieville
THIFAULT, J a c q u e s ( M . 2 ) & N a t h a l i e P a q u e t
8-3-1886,
Ste-Brigide
THIFAULT, J e r e r n i e & E u p h r a s i e M o n a t
5 - 1 1-1850, M a r i e v i l l e
THIFAULT, J o s e p h & C e l i n o Adam
10-2-1857, M a r i e v i l l e
THIFAULT, N a r c i s s e & A d e l i n e B e d a r d
20-4-1852, M a r i e v i l l e
TRAHAN, N a p o l e o n & C e s a r i e P a r a d i s
25-1-1853,
St-Jean
FAMILY ASSOCIATIONS: TIES THAT BIND
by Virgj-nia Palombit
Have y o u e v e r w o n d e r e d a b o u t p e o p l e
who s h a r e y o u r f o m i l y name?
I have.
For
i n s t a n c e , whenever I t r a v e l , I l o o k i n
phone books t o see i f t h e r e o r e any S e v i g n y s , my m a i d e n name, a n d , i f I f i n d some,
I wonder i f w e ' r e r e l a t e d .
My c u r i o s i t y
i s u n d o u b t e d l y f u r t h e r aroused by t h e f a c t
t h a t n o t o n l y was I b o r n a S e v i g n y b u t my
m a t e r n a l g r e a t g r a n d m o t h e r was a l s o o n e .
I n o t h e r w a r d s , I h o v e S e v i g n y s i n b o t h my
f a t h e r ' s a n d m o t h e r ' s l i n e s as you c a n see
f r o m my a n c e s t o r c h a r t s on p a g e s 8 8 a n d 8 9 .
E a r l y l a s t year, I learned t h a t a
m e e t i n g o f S e v i o n y s w o u l d be h e l d i n
Fleurimont near Sherbrooke.
I t s purpose
was t o o r g a n i z e a f a m i l y a s s o c i a t i o n .
N e e d l e s s t o s o y , I was e a g e r t o g o .
As my s i s t e r , E l i z a b e t h D e m a r s , a n d I
drove from Minnesota through Ontario t o
Quebec, I t h o u g h t a b o u t f a m i l y a s s o c i a I knew t h a t t h e r e were a b o u t !25
tions.
o f them i n Canada.
I k n e w t o o t h a t some
o f them have been a r o u n d f o r q u i t e a w h i l e ,
h a d many members a n d h e l d e l a b o r a t e r e unions.
The L a n g l o i s e s , f o r i n s t a n c e ,
h e l d a r e u n i o n w h i c h was a t t e n d e d b y t h o u I t f e a t u r e d a m e m o r i a l mass, t h e
sands.
u n v e i l i n g o f a monument, t h e p u b l i s h i n g o f
N o e l L o n g l a i s ' b i o g r a p h y as w e l l as d i s p l a y s o f p r o m i n e n t descendants and i m p o r tant events.
I a l s o knew a b o u t t w o f a m i l y
a s s o c i a t i o n s , t h e A s s e l i n s and t h e V i o l e t t e s , w h i c h have p u b l i s h e d a d i r e c t o r y
o f p e r s o n s , l i v i n g and dead, b e a r i n g t h o s e
t h o s e names.
I e v e n knew o f o n e , t h e
C a r o n s , which s p o n s o r e d a t r i p t o t h e onc e s t r a l home i n F r a n c e .
The m e e t i n g o f t h e S e v i g n y s w a s h e l d
i n a community c e n t e r .
About 70 p e r s o n s
attended.
T h e r e was a s p e a k e r s ' p r o g r a m
and time t o s o c i a l i z e .
A p i c n i c had been
p l a n n e d b u t , b e c a u s e o f r a i n , i t was c a l l e d
off.
D i s a p p o i n t i n g ? No.
Every organizat i o n n e c e s s a r i l y s t a r t s small. H o p e f u l l y ,
o u r s w i l l g r o w l i k e t h o s e I ' v e a l r e a d y mentioned.
I n f a c t , we h o p e t o h a v e a l a r g e
reunion of t h e Sevignys a t N e u v i l l e i n 1995
t o c e l e b r a t e t h e 3 0 0 t h a n n i v e r s a r y of J u l l i e n - C h a r l e s d e S e v i g n e - d i t - L a f l e u r t o Marg u e r i t e Rognon-dit-Laroche.
The b e n e f i t s o f b e l o n g i n g t o a f a m i l y
a s s o c i a t i o n are o b v i o u s .
I t ' s a wonderful
way t o t r a c e y o u r a n c e s t r y a n d l e a r n m o r e
a b o u t y o u r a n c e s t o r s b e c a u s e , a s o member,
you a r e p o r t o f a t e a m s h o r i n g i t s f i n d ings.
You a l s o s h a r e a h e r i t a g e a n d , a s
you l e a r n m o r e a b o u t t h a t h e r i t a g e , you
d e v e l o p p r i d e i n i t a n d t i e s t h a t b i n d you
to it.
On t h e n e x t p a g e i s a l i s t o f f a m i l y
associations.
I f y o u r f a m i l y h a s i t s own
a s s o c i a t i o n , j o i n i t . Y o u ' l l be g l a d t h a t
you d i d .
I f your f a m i l y d o e s n ' t have i t s
own a s s o c i a t i o n , you m i g h t c o n s i d e r s t a r t ing one.
F i n a l l y , on p a g e 5 1 , t h e r e ' s a c o l u m n
I t w i l l keep
which d e b u t s i n t h i s issue.
you u p - t o - d a t e on t h e g o i n g s - o n i n f a m i l y
associations.. .
FAMILY ASSOCIATIONS
T h e r e a r e o v e r 130 f a m i l y a s s o c i a tions.
You may c o n t o c t t h o s e l i s t e d b e l o w
by w r i t i n g t o them i n c a r e o f
C . P . 6700
S i l l e r y , Quebec
C I T 2W2, Canada
w h i c h i s t h e address o f t h e F e d e r a t i o n des
Quebecoises i t e d e r o d
-.
- e s Families-Souches
t i o n r O r i g i n o l Quebec F a m i l i e s ) :
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Baillargeon
Beoulieu
B e r u be
Bois
Boisvert
Boucher
Bou l e r i c e
Bourbeau
Bourg
Bourque
Bouti n
Brisson
B r o c hu
Cabana
C a r on
C h a l i f our
Chamberland
Charlevoix
Car b i n
Dery
Dessureault
Dionne
Du b o i s
Duchesneau
Duplain
Durand
Durocher
Gagne-Bellavonce
Gagnon-Belzile
Gau t r e o u
Gauvin
Gourgues-Gourde
Heroux
Joncos
Locombe
Lagace-Lagosse
Longelier
Longlois
Laroche-Roche t t e
Lorr ivee
Lourier
Lavergne
Leblond
Leduc
L e hou x
Lemieux
Lemire
Levasseur
Loignon
Morc hand
Mathieu
hlercier
Me~sier
Michaud
Miville-Deschenes
Man as t
Mar i n
Norrnandeau
Ou i m e t
Parenteau
P e l l et i e r
Plourde
Poitras
Poulin
Ratte
Robitaille
Roux
S a i n t-Amand
Saint-Pierre-Dessaint
Savard
Sequin
Sevigny
Tardif
Thibault
Touzin
Tremblay
Villeneuve
L i s t e d below a r e t h e addresses o f
other family associations:
ALBERT
2964, r u e S u m m e r s i d e , S a i n t e - F a y ,
Q u e b e c , G1W 2G1, C a n a d a
ALLARD
C . P . 237, S t e - R o s e , L a v a l ,
Quebec, H7L 4 T 3 , C a n a d a
ANCT IL
23, r u e d e l a V a n o i s e , S a i n t Romuald,
Quebec, G6W 5M6, C a n a d a
ARCHAMBAU LT
C . P . 2062, S a i n t - S a u v e u r - d e s - M o n t s ,
Q u e b e c , JOR 1 R 0 , C a n a d a
ASSELIN
C . P . 354, S i l l e r y ,
Q u e b e c , G l T 2R5, C a n a d a
BELISLE
5604 U p t o n Avenue,
M I , 5 5 4 1 0 , USA
Minneapolis,
BERNIER
133, r u e du M a n o i r E s t , C . P .
Cap S t - I g n a c e
Q u e b e c , GOR 1H0, C a n a d a
82,
BLANCHET
758, r u e d e s M e l e z e s , S a i n t e - F o y ,
Quebec, C I X 3C9, C a n a d a
BONNEAU
3342, r u e B o u c h e r v i l l e , S a i n t e - F o y ,
Quebec, GIW 2R7, C a n a d a
BOU RDAGE S
C . P . 250, B o n a v e n t u r e ,
Quebec, GOC 1E0, C a n a d a
BOURGAULT
C . P . 218, R o x b o r o ,
Q u e b e c , H8Y 3E9, C a n a d a
BRAULT
29, r u e P a b l o N e r u d a ,
Vouveuil-sur-Vienne,
France
BUSSIERES
1644, r u e C o l m a r , C h a r l e s b o u r g ,
Quebec, G I G 2C2, C a n a d a
CAMPAGNA '
5 , r u e Lowe, V a l l e y f i e l d ,
Quebec, J6S 4E9, C a n a d a
CHARBONNEAU
9 0 4 0 F a r l e y Road,
M I , 4 8 1 6 9 , USA
Pickney
CHOU INARD
C.P. 425, S a i n t - H y a c i n t h e ,
Quebec, J2S 7 8 8 , C a n a d a
CLICHE
C . P . 602, S a i n t - J o s e p h - d e - B e o u c e ,
Quebec, GOS 2V0, C a n a d a
CLOUTIER
C . P . 2144, Q u e b e c ,
Q u e b e c , G1K 7N8, C a n a d a
CORRIVEAU
C.P. 472, L e v i s
Quebec, G6V 7E2,
Canada
-46-
CROTEAU
C.P. 8 2 1 Succ. " B " O t t a w a ,
O n t a r i o , K I P 5P9, Canada
DAVIAU
2 Primrose Path,
MA, 01038, USA
Hatfield,
DESJARDINS
24, r u e Dumas, G a t i n e a u ,
Quebec, J8P 1Z2, Canada
DION
C.P. 232, L o r e t t e v i l l e ,
Quebec, G2B 3W7, Canada
DROU I N
C.P. 7362, V a n t e r ,
O n t a r i o , K l L 8E3, Canada
EMERY-CODERRE
6822, r u e G a r n i e r , M o n t r e a l ,
Quebec, H2G 3A4, Canada
FILION
5623, r u e du Bocoge, P i e r r e f o n d s ,
Quebec, H8Z 1L4, Canada
FILLION
23 1, b o u l e v a r d d e s P r a i r i e s ,
Quebec, H7H 2T8, Canada
Laval,
GENEST-LABARRE
1405, b o u l e v a r d S a i n t - C h a r l e s ,
Saint-Charles-de-Drummond,
Quebec,
J2C 426,
Canada
GIGUERE
25, r u e J a r e s t , M o n t r e a l ,
Quebec, H2P 156, Canada
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163, r u e S a i n t - P i e r r e , S a i n t Raymond
Quebec, COA 4G0, Canada
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Box 20, S i t e 16 A.R.R. # 2 , A r m d a l e
Halifax,
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GOSSELIN
4739, a v e . Royale, S t e - F a m i l l e ,
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I.O.,
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P.O. Box 191, P a l m e r ,
MA, 0 1 0 6 9 , USA
HAMEL
C.P. 482, Succ. I j o n t r e a l - N o r d ,
Quebec, H1H 5 L 5 , C a n o d a
Montreal,
K I ROUAC
31, L a u r e n t i e n n e , S t - E t i e n n e - d e - L a u z o n ,
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C.P. 415, O u t r e m o n t ,
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LANDRY
C.P. 9 4 2 , C a r a q u e t ,
New B r u n s w i c k , EOB ] K O ,
Canada
MARTIN
C . P . 156, S u c c . P i e r r e f o n d s ,
Q u e b e c , H9H 4K9, C a n a d o
Pierrefonds,
McLEAN
211, C h i c o u t i m i ,
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8811, r u e C e n t r a l e , V i l l e L a s a l l e ,
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NADEAU
67-A P r i n c i p o l e Sud, W i n d s o r ,
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Quebec,
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PICHE
C.P. 6 6 6 , B r o m p t o n v i l l e ,
Quebec, JOB 1H0, C o n a d a
PINARD
3 1 5 5 , r u e Chornbois, T r o i s - R i v i e r e s ,
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Canada
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C . P . 93, S t a t i o n B, Quebec,
Quebec, G l K 7A1, C a n o d o
RIOUX
C . P . 1934, T r o i s - P i s t o l e s ,
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49, avenue Georges, C . P .
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THERRIEN
7 6 1 , r u e S t - A n t o i n e , N.-D.
Quebec, JOC 1A0, Canada
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C . P . 263, O u t r e m o n t ,
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271 S t - G a b r i e l , S a i n t e - T h e c l e ,
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Armand, M a r y , H e n r y a n d J o e j o i n me
i n g r e e t i n g you f r o m Woonsocket, R I ,
w h e r e w e ' r e h a p p i l y s e t t l e d i n o u r new
home.
I t ' s i n t h e basement o f t h e F i r s t
U n i v e r s a l i s t C h u r c h on t h e c o r n e r o f
E a r l e a n d Snow s t r e e t s .
I f you a r e t r a v e l i n g e a s t t h i s summer, we c o r d i a l l y i n v i t e you t o v i s i t u s .
W e ' r e open e v e r y
I f Tuesday
T u e s d a y f r o m 1 t o 10 p.m.
i s n o t c o n v e n i e n t t o you, s p e c i a l a r r a n g e m e n t s c o u l d be made.
We h a v e some s a d n e w s .
C h a r l e s Gaud e t , one f o u r f i r s t l i b r a r y c o m m i t t e e
members, h a s p a s s e d a w a y .
He was a wand e r f u l person.
He was a l w a y s w i l l i n g t o
help.
Q u i c k t o l e t you know i f s o m e t h i n g
w a s n ' t q u i t e r i g h t , he was e q u a l l y q u i c k
w i t h a compliment.
He i s s a d l y m i s s e d .
However, w e ' r e n o t w i t h o u t r e m i n d e r s o f
h i m : he l e f t u s h i s c o l l e c t i o n o f b o o k s .
We a r e a l s o s a d d e n e d b y t h e p a s s i n g
o f B r o t h e r G e r a r d Roy.
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t h o u g h t f u l n e s s o f h i s f a m i l y , h i s books
a r e a l s o i n o u r l i b r a r y where t h e y p r o v i d e much h e l p t o o u r m e m b e r s .
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f r o m t h r o u g h o u t t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s and
Canada.
A r e you a b l e t o g a t h e r v i t a l
s t a t i s t i c s from c i t y h a l l s , churches,
f u n e r a l homes a n d e v e n c e m e t e r i e s i n
your area?
I f so, we n e e d y o u .
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u s know i f y o u c a n a n d w e ' l l h e l p y o u
along.
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appreciated.
We c o n t i n u e t o c o l l e c t n e w s p a p e r
c l i p p i n g s o f b i r t h n o t i c e s , engogement,
w e d d i n g and a n n i v e r s a r y announcements as
w e l l as o b i t u a r i e s .
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t h r o u g h o u t t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s and Canada.
We a l s o w e l c o m e p h o t o c o p i e s o f s u c h c l i p p i n g s w h i c h you h a v e i n y o u r p o s s e s s i o n .
This year i s t h e 200th anniversary
o f the founding o f the Old Slater M i l l i n
Pawtucket, R I .
I t started the t e x t i l e ind u s t r y which would b r i n g m i l l i o n s o f
F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n s t o New E n g l a n d a n d e s p e c i a l l y t o the Blackstone River Valley i n
seorch of j o b s .
I t ' s on a p p r o p r i a t e t i m e
t o b e g i n o new p r o j e c t c a l l e d " T h e B l o c k stone River V a l l e y Project."
Our hope i s
t o c o l l e c t the v i t o l records of a l l the
towns i n t h e B l a c k s t o n e R i v e r V a l l e y .
These o r e W o r c e s t e r , M i l b u r y , G r a f t o n ,
S u t t o n , Upton, N o r t h b r i d g e , Douglas, Uxb r i d g e , Mendon, H o p e d o l e , M i l l v i l l e a n d
B l a c k s t o n e i n M o s s o c h u s e t t s os w e l l a s
N o r t h S m i t h f i e l d , S m i t h f i e l d , Woonsocket,
L i n c o l n , C u m b e r l o n d , C e n t r a l F a l l s , Powt u c k e t a n d P r o v i d e n c e i n Rhode I s l a n d .
Because o f t h e l a r g e number o f F r e n c h C o n a d i o n s who came t o t h i s a r e a t o w o r k
i n i t s m i l l s , t h i s p r o j e c t , when c o m p l e t e d ,
w i l l p r o v i d e r e s e a r c h e r s w i t h on a b u n dance o f i n f o r m a t i o n .
Many l i n k s t o Queb e c w i l l s u r e l y be f o u n d i n t h e c i v i l a n d
c h u r c h r e c o r d s o f t h e s e once t e e m i n g m i l l
c i t i e s and towns.
Because o f t h e s i z e o f
t h i s p r o j e c t , we n e e d h e l p .
You c a n h e l p
by g e t t i n g p e r m i s s i o n f o r us t o copy
b i r t h , m a r r i a g e and d e a t h r e c o r d s .
These
are mostly found i n c i t y h a l l s , churches
Jnd f u n e r a l homes.
I f you know a mayor,
pastor o r f u n e r a l d i r e c t o r , opprooch him!
You c a n a l s o h e l p b y c o p y i n g t h e r e c o r d s .
L e t u s know b e f o r e you s t a r t so t h a t you
w o n ' t waste t i m e and e n e r g y d u p l i c a t i n g
work w h i c h has a l r e a d y been done.
We'll
a l s o w a n t t o t e l l y o u haw t o g o a b o u t i t .
S e v e r a l members a r e w o r k i n g on new
projects.
Armand a n d M a r y L e t o u r n e a u a r e
w o r k i n g on t h e b a p t i s m a l r e c o r d s o f S a c r e d
H e a r t C h u r c h i n B r o c k t o n , MA, w h i l e P a u l
T o l b o t i s w o r k i n g on t h e b i r t h r e c o r d s o f
J a f f r e y , NH.
F a t h e r D e n n i s Boudreou has
helped us w i t h the baptismal records o f
S t . John t h e B a p t i s t C h u r c h i n West W a r w i c k ,
RI.
D o r o t h y C i r i e l l o i s u p d a t i n g o u r marr i a g e r e c o r d s o f N o t r e Dame C h u r c h i n C e n Thanks t o H e n r y P a r a d i s ,
t r a l Falls, R I .
we're copying the marriage records of
S a c r e d H e a r t C h u r c h i n N o r t h A t t l e b o r o , MA.
A r m a n d a n d M a r y L e t o u r n e a u a r e w o r k i n g on
t h e m a r r i a g e r e c o r d s o f Sacred H e a r t Church
i n B r o c k t o n , MA, a n d S t . J o s e p h ' s C h u r c h i n
Natick, R I .
R i c h a r d G i g u e r r e i s w o r k i n g on
t h e d e a t h r e c o r d s o f J a f f r e y , NH.
Paul
L a n d r y i s w o r k i n g on t h e r e c o r d s o f t h e
H i c k e y - G r e n i e r F u n e r a l Home i n B r a c k t o n ,
MA, w h i l e D a v i d C o u t u i s w o r k i n g on t h o s e
o f t h e B r u l e F u n e r a l Home i n F a l l R i v e r , M A .
We h a v e some new b o o k s r e a d y f o r t h e
printer.
They i n c l u d e t h e m a r r i a g e s o f
S t . John t h e B a p t i s t C h u r c h o f P o w t u c k e t ,
R I , Our L a d y o f V i c t o r i e s C h u r c h ond S t .
L o u i s C h u r c h o f Woonsocket, R I , and S t .
T h e r e s e C h u r c h o f B l a c k s t o n e , MA.
The r e c o r d s o f t h e F o l e y F u n e r o l Home i n A t t l e b o r o , MA, a r e a l s o r e a d y .
P r i c e s w i l l be
announced i n a n e w s l e t t e r w h i c h y o u ' l l r e c e i v e a t t h e e n d o f t h e summer.
Even more
s u c h b o o k s w i l l become a v a i l a b l e i n t h e
very near f u t u r e .
We s t i l l have a f e w t r i a l t r a n s c r i p t s
w h i c h n e e d t o be t r a n s l a t e d f r o m F r e n c h t o
English.
We w o u l d a p p r e c i a t e h e a r i n g f r o m
anyone who w o u l d l i k e t o h e l p w i t h t h i s
project.
We a r e g r a t e f u l t o t h e many members
whose g e n e r o s i t y p e r m i t t e d u s t o b u y t h e
D r a u i n books.
We a r e a l s o g r a t e f u l t o t h e
members who, i n a d d i t i o n t o t h e i r d u e s ,
c o n t r i b u t e t o our l i b r a r y fund.
I t would
be d i f f i c u l t i f n o t i m p o s s i b l e t o add t o
o u r h o l d i n g s w i t h o u t y o u r f i n a n c i a l support.
We a r e e q u a l l y g r a t e f u l t o t h o s e
who d o n a t e o r i g i n a l w o r k s , b o o k s and magazines.
A l l d o n a t i o n s g r e a t l y h e l p t o def r a y t h e h i g h c o s t o f a d d i n g books t o o u r
library.
T h e r e ' s a new c o l u m n i n t h i s j o u r n a l .
I t ' s c a l l e d "The Members' C o r n e r . "
I t s
g o a l i s t o make o u r j o u r n a l more h e l p f u l
t o t h e membership.
(See page 5 2 )
I t ' s
a g o a l w h i c h we, t h e members o f t h e l i b r a r y committee, o l s o t r y t o reach.
Can we
I f so, w r i t e
be o f g r e a t e r h e l p t o y o u ?
and t e l l u s how.
Your s u g g e s t i o n w i l l be
I f we can
given serious consideration.
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s i z e , change d o e s n o t happen o v e r n i g h t .
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The b o o k s a r e now on o u r
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THOMAS J. LAFOREST'S
'OUR RENCH-CANADIAN ANCESTORS"
by Lucille Bissonnette Creamer
W h a t was i t l i k e t o l e a v e y o u r homel a n d t o s e t t l e i n New F r a n c e i n t h e 1 7 t h
c e n t u r y ? Whom d i d t h e s e t t l e r s l e a v e b e h i n d ? What k i n d o f l i f e h a d b e e n t h e i r s
i n t h e o l d c o u n t r y ? What w e r e t h e i r a c cupations?
What was t h e i r d a i l y l i f e l i k e
i n t h e New W o r l d ?
Thomas J . L a f o r e s t a n s wers these q u e s t i o n s i n h i s ten-book c o l l e c t i o n o f b i o g r a p h i e s , "Our French-Canadion Ancestors."
This i s a translation
o f "Nos A n c e s t r e s " (Our A n c e s t o r s ) b y F r .
G e r a r d L e b e l t o w h i c h L a f o r e s t has added
two c h o p t e r s on c o l o n i a l l i f e , i l l u s t r a t i o n s , maps, on a p p e n d i x , b i b l i o g r a p h y
o n d name i n d e x .
Who i s Thomas J . L a f o r e s t ?
He's a
n i n t h g e n e r a t i o n descendont o f P i e r r e Lof o r e s t d i t L a b r a n c h e f r o m Agen, P r o v i n c e
o f G u y e n n e , F r a n c e , who a r r i v e d i n New
F r a n c e a b o u t 1665.
He was b o r n i n H i g h l a n d Pork, M i c h i g o n , and a t t e n d e d D e t r o i t
p a r o c h i a l schools.
He r e c e i v e d a b a c h e l o r
o f a r t s degree i n l i t e r a t u r e and languages
from t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Michigon i n 1939.
I n 1 9 4 5 - 1 9 4 6 , he a t t e n d e d t h e U . S . N o v y
G e n e r a l L i n e S c h o o l and, t h e f o l l o w i n g
y e a r , t h e U . S . Navy I n t e l l i g e n c e and Language S c h o o l .
He r e c e i v e d a m a s t e r o f
a r t s i n g e o g r a p h y d e g r e e i n 1966 a n d a
master o f a r t s degree i n education i n 1967,
both from the University o f Michigan.
He
i s a r e t i r e d n a v y c a p t a i n and f o r m e r u n i versity professor.
The g e n e a l o g i c a l w o r k w h i c h m o s t o f u s
h a s d o n e i s o f t h e h a t c h , m a t c h and d i s patch kind, t h a t i s we've c o l l e c t e d the
names o f a n c e s t o r s , t h e i r d a t e s a n d p l a c e s
o f b i r t h , m a r r i a g e and d e a t h and l i t t l e e l s e
L a f o r e s t ' s b o o k s p e r m i t u s t o p u t f l e s h on
t h o s e b o n e s b y g i v i n g u s much b i o g r a p h i c a l
i n f o r m a t i o n o f t h e s e t t l e r s who w e r e o u r
ancestors.
T h e y o l s a g i v e many d e t a i l s o f
the world i n which they l i v e d .
I n short,
t h e y make t h e s e s e t t l e r s come t o l i f e .
When we f i n i s h one o f t h e s k e t c h e s , we f e e l
a s i f we r e a l l y know t h a t i n d i v i d u a l .
N o t o n l y d i d one o f L a f a r e s t ' s s k e t c h e s make an a n c e s t o r o f m i n e come a l i v e ,
i t l e d t o a chain o f fortunate events.
A f t e r reading obout Francais Fafard t o
whom I ' m r e l a t e d , I j o i n e d t h e F r e n c h Canadian H e r i t a g e S o c i e t y o f Michigan.
I
t h e n l e a r n e d t h a t a l i n k between h i m and
me was an i n h a b i t a n t o f F o r t D e t r o i t
w h i c h made me e l i g i b l e f a r a M i c h i g a n
Sesquicentennial Pioneer C e r t i f i c a t e .
L a f o r e s t ' s b o o k s make g r e a t r e a d i n g
i n b e d on a c o l d snowy n i g h t o r u n d e r a
t r e e o n a h o t summer d a y .
They c a n be r e a d
p i e c e - m e a l t h o u g h , be w a r n e d , t h e y a r e h a r d
t o p u t down.
"Our F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n A n c e s t o r s " i s a
c o n t i n u i n g s e r i e s . About two books a r e i s sued p e r y e a r .
Back c o p i e s a r e a v a i l a b l e .
The p u b l i s h e r i s
The L i s i P r e s s
P.O. Box 1063
Palm H a r b o r , FL,
34682
OF NOTE-T O OUR RESEARCHERS..
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Re: -R.1. BIRTH, BAPTISM -E DEATH RECORDS/VATA.
We f e l t t h i s t o be a t i m e l y t o p i c , which should be
addressed p u b l i c l y and i n w r i t i n g f o r o u r r e s e a r c h e r s , and t h u s , h o p e f u l l y , t h e f o l l o w i n g i n f o r m a t i o n
w i l l be of h e l p t o you.
L a t e l y , we have n o t i c e d an i n c r e a s e i n correspondence, p a r t i c u l a r l y from our Canadian c o u s i n s and
from o u r o u t - o f - s t a t e members, r e q u e s t i n g informat i o n concerning b i r t h s , baptisms and d e a t h s , which
took p l a c e h e r e i n Rhode I s l a n d ; e s p e c i a l l y f o r
missing d a t a f o r t h e above, o r f o r a c t u a l r e c o r d s
themselves f o r t h e s e c a t e g o r i e s . Off t h e c u f f ,
what you a r e a s k i n g f o r i s a g e n e a l o g i c a l m i r a c l e !
A s a S o c i e t y , we a r e t h a n k f u l t h a t we have been
a b l e t o a c q u i r e t h e abundant marriage d a t a we a l ready p o s s e s s i n our l i b r a r y h o l d i n g s , and t h a t
we a r e s t i l l p r e s e n t l y compiling even more d a t a
f o r f u t u r e marriage r e p e r t o i r e s . But w i t h r e g a r d s
t h i s o t h e r v i t a l d a t a , we a r e not a s f o r t u n a t e ,
A.F.G.S.'s a c c e s s t o b i r t h s , baptisms and d e a t h s
i s extremely l i m i t e d , even though some of our memb e r s enjoy a good r a p p o r t w i t h some c l e r k s and
p a r i s h p r i e s t s . P r e s e n t l y , we have been given
permission t o compile t h e b i r t h l b a p t i s m a l and
d e a t h d a t a of o n l y 4-5 p a r i s h e s i n t h e PawtucketC e n t r a l F a l l s a r e a , which i s i n p r o g r e s s . There
a r e s t i l l many o t h e r important churches whose marr i a g e d a t a i s of importance t o u s , moreso t h a n t h e
b i r t h s and d e a t h s . We a l s o have people busy comp i l i n g m a r r i a g e s from our Massachusetts m i c r o f i l m s
(1840-1895); and o t h e r s working on an update of t h e
Forget F i l e of R . I . Canadian Marriages (1850-1900),
which a s many know, i s t e r r i b l y incomplete.
Regarding b i r t h r e c o r d s , o n l y t h o s e of Providence
have been published, and a r e a v a i l a b l e a t t h e R . I .
H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y L i b r a r y , Hope S t r e e t , Providence.
They a l s o have a copy of t h e d e a t h r e c o r d s , b u t
f o r both i t e m s , only s c a n t i n f o r m a t i o n ( i . e . names
and d a t e s , and an index t o t h e r e c o r d s ) is given.
Regarding d e a t h r e c o r d s , o u r S o c i e t y h a s c o p i e s of
t h e Northern Rhode I s l a n d B u r i a l Records o f t h e
Fournier & Fournier Funeral Home of Woonsocket. We
have a l s o r e c e n t l y r e c e i v e d a c c e s s t o two more fun e r a l homes, i n F a l l River and i n A t t l e b o r o , MA.
These a r e p r e s e n t l y being compiled by our members.
U n f o r t u n a t e l y , no one h a s y e t attempted t o r e c o r d
t h e thousands of g r a v e s t o n e s o f Franco-Americans
who came t o our a r e a . T h i s would be a n o t h e r bold
p r o j e c t f o r a n i n t e r e s t e d group of o u r membership,
and c e r t a i n l y , a welcome a d d i t i o n t o o u r holdings!
Unlike Canada o r some o t h e r s t a t e s , h e r e i n Rhode
Island, v i t a l records a r e closed t o t h e public.
A f t e r 1900, only immediate r e l a t i v e s have a c c e s s
t o b i r t h r e c o r d s . P r i v a t e g e n e a l o g i s t s and lawyers
a l s o have b e t t e r a c c e s s . The same a p p l i e s t o
most Church r e c o r d s i n our a r e a . Some correspond e n t s have w r i t t e n t o u s f o r c e r t i f i c a t e s . . we
have no power o r a u t h o r i t y t o i s s u e such documents.
They must be i s s u e d by t h e c i t y / t o w n c l e r k ' s off i c e o r v a r i o u s p a r i s h e s where t h e e v e n t s took
p l a c e o r a r e recorded. S i m i l a r l y , we do n o t have
t h e personnel t o hunt down such r e c o r d s i n t h e
S t a t e ' s 39 c i t i e s / t o w n s o r 150 p a r i s h e s . W e w i l l
however p r o v i d e o u r r e s e a r c h e r s w i t h t h e a p p r o p r i a t e
a d d r e s s e s , which they can c o n t a c t on t h e i r own.
For f u t u r e r e f e r e n c e , i f you w r i t e t o u s f o r t h e s e
t y p e s of r e c o r d s , i f we don't have t h e i n f o r m a t i o n
a v a i l a b l e t o u s , we w i l l r e f e r you immediately t o
t h e r i g h t p l a c e . A s f o r a c q u i s i t i o n of t h e s e t y p e s
of r e c o r d s , we w i l l keep you informed through t h i s
magazine o f what we a r e a b l e t o compile & p u b l i s h .
.
ATTENTION, READERS ...
NEW A , F , G , S ,
RESEARCH P O L I C Y
( E f f e c t i v e March 1990)
That we r n i g k t keep owr Renemch Sehvicen o p m fing much mahe p h 0 6 e n n i o W y and qLLicbRq, we
m e announcing OW n w po&cq, known an owr
3-SLep Reneahch P h o g m :
STEP ONE: WHAT YOU SEND US
-- Youh hequent, and u s d 6 - a d d t r e ~ n e d , ~ t a m p e d
envdope
- PLEASE DO NOT SEND US A C H E C K I N ADVANCE!!!
-
Youh c l z o i c G 6 t h e t y p e 06 heneanch t o be
petrjionmed i h O m t h e ~oUow4ngde4chipLionn:
A . SINGLE MARRIAGE (Only O N E m a r r i a g e t o s e e k )
- m a r r i a g e s o f p a r e n t s w i l l a l s o be c o u n t e d
a s a d d i t i o n a l s i n g l e m a r r i a g e s and b i l l e d
a s such.
II
B . DIRECT LINEAGE (A s t r a i g h t l i n e o f e i t h e r
a husband o r w i f e b a c k t o t h e immigrant
ancestor).
- This w i l l include each couple, t h e i r d a t e
and p l a c e of m a r r i a g e , and t h e i r p a r e n t s '
names, and l o c a t i o n o f i m m i g r a n t s i n
France.
- P r i c e f o r d i r e c t l i n e a g e s w i l l be d e t e r mined by t h e number o f g e n e r a t i o n s found
times the r a t e s f o r research, a s applicable.
C . FIVE-GENERATION ANCESTRAL CHART ( S t a n d a r d
5 g e n e r a t i o n a n c e s t o r c h a r t o f 31 a n c e s t o r s , w i t h 8 m a r r i a g e s f o u n d . The l a s t
column o f names w i l l g i v e p a r e n t s ' names
o n l y . No m a r r i a g e s , a s t h e y w i l l s t a r t a
new f i v e - g e n e r a t i o n c h a r t .
- P r i c e : $16 (AFGS Members) $25 (non-members)
A.F.G.S. RESEARCH RATES (Standard)
$2.00 per marriage (AFGS Members)
$4.00 per marriage (Non-members)
$16.00
$25.00
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- 5
STEP TWO:
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Generation chart (AFGS Members)
Generation chart (Non-members)
OUR JOB
A d z e ~heceiving yowl h e q u a t , h e h m e n v d o p e ,
and choice 0 6 heneahch t o be pehdonmed, we
w& 5Raht immedtately upon yowl h u e m c h .
We w& t h e n no-ti6y you by m u d an t o owl
6indingh, and w i l l b i l l you i n advance doh
t h e h a e m c h pehtomned, w i n g t h e h&a applicable above.
STEP THREE: YOUR APPROVAL
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payabLe t o A. F.G.S., and upon h e c e i p t , we
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p o k e y , cue can o d 6 e ~o w l m0bez.b a much mohe pko~ennioncdand ohdehey way 0 6 amwehing h e q u u a
dux neneahch. Aguin, pLeane do not send money
i n advance. Thin new b i E n g nyb;tm w i U enable
u .to keep mohe accuhnRe he.condn. Yowl coopeha-tion w i t h .th~
nac policy w d l be a p p t e u d t e d by
owl n-tn6d. Thank you.
A. F.G.S.
P.S.
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JE M E SOUVIENS' Q / A neotion each .innue.
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M = Marriage d a t e l p l a c e
D = Descendants
s l o = son of
d l o = daughter of
v f . / v v e . = widow(-er) o f
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o t h m who may nee .them and have .the answetln w 2 L
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.to .the appkopmate f i e n e a t r c h m . kee a v u w m may
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be addhenbed .to .the A.F.G.S.,
P a w ~ c h e L ,R I 02ti61. When a ~ 6 w C h i n ga queha%on,
p L e u e rcne .the c u l l nwnbeh, e . g . 1 3 1 1 1312.
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1311- Seeking P and M o f Michel FONTAINE and MarieC h a r l e s / C h a r l o t t e AUCLAIR of I l e Dupas, PQ
c a . 1775. T h e i r d a u g h t e r , M a r i e - J u d i t h marr i e d E t i e n n e Gatineau-Brindamour on 3011211799
a t St-Ours, PQ. ( J o y c e H o l l a n d ) .
1312- Seeking P and M of Anthony ROBBINSIROBIN and
~ g & sFLEURY c a . 1865-69 M a s s a c h u s e t t s . T h e i r
s o n , David was b o r n Dec. 1870-72 i n W i n c h e s t e r ,
MA.
(Veronica B u t c h e r ) .
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1313- S e e k i n g P and M o f Amable BELAIR and MarieV i t a l e CARON c a . 1770-75. Their d a u g h c e r ,
Marie-Amable ~ g l a i rm a r r i e d Amable Durusseau
on 2 4 / 1 1 / 1 7 9 5 - L o u i s e v i l l e , PQ. (Kay
Schumacher)
.
1314- S e e k i n g P and M of L o u i s ST-WES and
Madeleine LESAGE c a . 1770. T h e i r d a u g h t e r
Madeleine m a r r i e d ~ e / l i xMoreau o n 18/11/1793
a t L o u i s e v i l l e , PQ. ( P h y l l i s G i r o u x )
.
of St-Matthieu, PQ. T h e i r son Alphonse marr i e d Albine ~ g l a n ~ on
e r 21/9/1920-st-Damase
( ~ a t a ~ g d i,PQ.
a ) (Adrien P r o v o s t ) .
13112- Seeking P and M of P i e r r e DUFRESNE and Marie~ G l i n aDESMARAIS c a . 1865-70 i n VTICT. T h e i r
daughter Rosanna married J u l i e n Forgue on
19/4/1887-Cranston, R I (Ste-Anne Ch.).
(Carol J a c q u e s ) .
13113- Seeking P and M o f Josaphat LEPAGE (b.1833)
and Rose LEBLANC (b.1844). They had c h i l d r e n
born i n 1869 and 1870. Josephat & Rose marr i e d ca. 1865-68-NYIME. ( J u l i e B r a s s a r d ) .
13114- Seeking P and M of Charles ELLIOT, Vf. Marie
Roy and Sophie ROY, Vve. Moise Dumas, who
married on 231511875-st-~ermgn&gilde. PQ.
( C l i f f o r d Timpson)
.
13115- Seeking p a r e n t s ' names of ~ a ~ o l g oBRODEUR
n
and Alphonsine LACROIX who married on
261911875-Central F a l l s , R I (Notre-Dame Ch.).
(Roger Turgeon).
13116- Seeking P and M of C h a r l e s LEFEBVRE t o ~ n g L l ique THIERAY, c a . 1750-Yamachiche, PQ a r e a .
(Yvonne B l a i r ) .
13117- Seeking b r i d e ' s P and M o f Joseph MICHON
and Marie-An2ele BERRY who married 7/1/1801N.D. ~ u e b e cC i t y , PQ. (Robert Bowerman).
x
and
13118- Seeking P and M of ~ e d n d r e - ~ l eDALZIEL
[ = £ . A ' S Ursule COOK ca. 1780-86. T h e i r daughter
11/70A] Marguerite married P i e r r e F o r t i e r on 23/9/1816St-Henri-Lauzon, PQ. (Robert Bowerman)
13119- Seeking P and M of Antoine CHICOINE and
Fran9oise SAMUEL who married 16/7/1800-Contrat
N o t a i r e Barachois? (Robert Bowerman)
13/20- Seeking P and M o f ~ n d r e /THIBAULT and
M a r c e l l i n e PATRAS/POITRAS c a . 1 8 7 0 ' s i n
Canada. T h e i r s o n , Lewis-Charles m a r r i e d
L i l l i e F. F o s t e r o n 11/10/1907-Neligh,NEB~.
(Denise T h i b a u l t )
.
13/21- S e e k i n g P and M o f J u l i u s / J u l i e n THIBALKT
and J o s e p h TREMBLAY c a . 1890-1900-Raleigh,
ONT. T h e i r d a u g h t e r P e a r l E. was b o r n t h e r e
on 12/2/1900. ( D e n i s e T h i b a u l t ) .
13122- S e e k i n g P and M o f F r a n c o i s / F r a n k ROY and
Their son
L o u i s e DURAND c a . 1860-Canada.
P e t e r King/Roy m a r r i e d Mary J a n e Walker on
24/8/1889-~oonsocket, R I . (Gloria Merritt).
13123- S e e k i n g P and M o f Georges GIRARD and V i c t o r i n e VINCENT c a . 1870's-CT?
Their son ~ 6 o n
m a r r i e d ~ g l i aM. P l a n t e on 8/1/1900-Pawtucket ,
R I (St-Jean-Bte.)
(Richard G i r a r d ) .
13124- S e e k i n g P and M of L o u i s TETREALET t o Marie
BLANCHARD;and o f P i e r r e PLOUFFE and O d i l e
GIROUX.
Their children Alfred ~ G t r e a u l t
m a r r i e d t o ~ o r d e l i aP l o u f f e on 17/6/1904New Bedford, MA.
( A l f r e d Rock) .
1 3 / 2 5 S e e k i n g P and M of David OUIMET and MarieJ e a n n e DESMARAIS c a . 1868-72-VT/NY/MA. T h e i r
s o n A r t h u r m a r r i e d Marie-Anne Dioane on
22/5/1906-Providence, R I (O.L. L o u r d e s ) .
(Dennis Boudreau).
13126- Seeking P and M of A l f r e d / A l p h o n s e GAUTHIER
e
c a . 1875-VT/NY.
and ~ l i z a / ~ l g s i mDUMAS,
T h e i r son Frank m a r r i e d L o u i s a Dragon on
211811905-Putnam, CT. (St-Mary's) (Dennis
Boudreau)
.
/
r
13127- Seeking P and M o f J o s e p h GENEREUX and
C h a r l o t t e CARTIER c a . 1 8 1 5 - J o l i e t t e a r e a .
T h e i r s o n J o s e p h m a r r i e d Angsle J o b i n o n
111611838-St-Elisabeth ( J o l i e t t e ) , PQ.
(George C h r i s t i a n ) .
13128- S e e k i n g P and M o f J a m e s / J a c q u e s LAPOINTE
and L o u i s a MOREY/MORIER c a . 1 8 7 5 - S t a n s t e a d
a r e a . T h e i r d a u g h t e r E l i s a b e t h Anna marr i e d Douglas P. A u c l a i r o n 121411898-?
( C h r i s t i n e Shugrue)
.
13129- S e e k i n g P and M o f A c h i l l e GUIMONT a n d ~ e / a
CARON c a . 1915-20-~u6bec a r e a . T h e i r daught e r A l i n e m a r r i e d Paul-Robert Caron on
151711943-Cap S t - I g n a c e , PQ.(Leon Guimond).
13130- S e e k i n g P and M o f P h i l i a s PAIN and Marie
PAQUETTE. T h e i r s o n S y l v i o m a r r i e d MarieE r n e s t i n e Fournier on 13/6/1921-Fall River,
MA. ( S t - J e a n - B t e . )
(Ernest Pain).
13131- S e e k i n g P and M o f Gordien/Ge/d&on LAFRENAIS
and D o m i t h i l d e BOULET c a . 1870. The l a s t
m a r r i a g e was t h e i r c h i l d : e i t h e r Alphonse
m a r r i e d t o Marie-Hermine L a f r e n a i s ( o r v i c e
v e r s a ) on ?/2/1892-Providence, R I . (Barbara
Cunningham)
.
,
13132- S e e k i n g P and M o f Joseph COTE and MarieAnne LAMOTHE. T h e i r d a u g h t e r Marie m a r r i e d
H i l a i r e C a d o r e t t e o n 25/10/1871-Sutton,PQ.
( C l a i r e Mailloux).
13133- Seeking P and M of A n t o i n e ~ L J ~ ~ ~ ~ - v i l a n d r e /
and Genevi'eve MASSON c a . 1810. T h e i r daugh\
t e r Genevieve m a r r i e d F r a n s o i s - X a v i e r
GuignardIGuinard o n 271911831-Ile Dupas, PQ.
( P a u l Giroux)
.
13134- S e e k i n g P and M o f Joseph CAPISTRAN and
L o u i s e PRAIRIE c a . 1887-8-Montreal o r Cheboygan,MI. a r e a . ( S h a r r o n S i n g l e t o n ) .
,
13135- S e e k i n g P and M o f Michel FONTAINE t o MarieC h a r l o t t e AUCLAIRIAUCLERC c i r c a 1765-75. H i s
p a r e n t s were J e a n - B a p t i s t e P e n i n - L a f o n t a i n e
and .4ngZlique ~ u g n e t . Michel 6 Marie-Charl o t t e ' s daughter Judith Fontaine married
E t i e n n e G a t i n e a u on 30/12/1799-St-Ours,
PQ.
(Eveline Desplaines).
13136- Seeking P and M of P i e r r e DUSSAULT and
F r a n c o i s e VALADE c i r c a 1750-55.
T h e i r daughter U r s u l e D u s s a u l t m a r r i e d p i e r r e - ~ g n o n i
Gareau on 31611777-Chambly, PQ. ( E v e l i n e
Desplaines).
13137- S e e k i n g P and M o f J o s e p h - P l a c i d e GRAVEL and
M a r i e - E l i s a b e t h RONDEAU who m a r r i e d a t Cap
S t - I g n a c e , PQ on 311011746. H i s p a r e n t s were
A u g u s t i n Gravel & E l i s a b e t h Caron. Who were
h e r s ? (Eveline Desplaines) .
13138- S s e k i n g P and M of Edouard FORTIER t o ~ g o c a d i e
TETREAULT c i r c a 1850-59. A l l t h e i r c h i l d r e n
e x c e p t f o r t h e o l d e s t was b o r n i n Weedon, PQ.
H i s p a r e n t s were F r a n ~ o i sF o r t i e r and Marguer i t e L u s s i e r . Who were h e r s ? ( E v e l i n e
D e s p l a i n e s & Rosalyn L a C h a p e l i e ) .
ANSWERS
TO FORMER QIA'S
We m e rnoh.t ghdte6LLe .to MJL. ke B & L L ~ ~ / 0 6 Montrred
doh phoviding UA w d h .the an5Weh.J .to t h e 6oUowi n g quu.tionh 0 6 OWL h e n e m c h m .
12128- Joseph CLOUTIER(Eustache & Elisabeth ~ a ~ n g )
Elisabeth GAUDREAU(Augustin & Marthe Lemieux)
mg. 23/1/1810-st-Jean, Port-Joli, PQ
Michel GAUTHIER(Pau1 & Mgte. Gauvreau)
Catherine DAG~NA1s(Laurent & Josette Lefebvre)
mg. 23/7/1821-~iviere-des-Prairies, PQ
12130- Jean LAMOTHE (Yierre & ~nge/li~ue
~Llanger)
~ n ~ g l i q uJETTE
e
(Paul & ~ n ~ ique
6 l Mandeville)
mg. 181311848-~oliette,PQ (Cathedral)
12131- Pierre TESSIER-Lavigne(Vf. Eliza Goguet)
Marie LARCHEVESQUE(Joseph & Eliza Simon)
mg. 11/2/1771-Longue-Pointe, PQ
12134- Pierre BEAUDOIN (Frs. & Anne Grenette)
(Vf Rosalie Daoust)
Marguerite BEAUDRY (Louis & Mgte. Lacombe)
mg. 111811762-~gpentigny,PQ
(Perhaps a mistake in St-Paul-Joliette reg.?)
.
12139- JB CHARBONNEAU ( J B & Josette Pelletier)
Mgte. COUCHOIS (Ignace & ~hgreseLaperle)
???
mg. 29/10/1821-Sandwich, ONT.
12140- JB CORRIVEAU (Joseph & Mgte. Tanguay)
T h a r s i l e TODD (Tille fllegitime- I b y r s )
mg. 181911838-N.D. Quebec City, PQ
12141- Jean SIMPSON (Jean & ~enevikveTalon)
M-Anne KOENIG (Baron Edmond-Victor & Louise
Jean)
mg. 12/2/1811-l'Islet, PQ
12144- James SLICER ( J o s e p h & ~ n & l eL a c e r t e )
E s t h e r CHAPLEAU(Narcisse & E s t h e r C h a r t r a n d )
mg. 23/11/1858-N.D. ~ o n t r G a 1 ,PQ
Hormisdas ST-GERMAIN(Prosper & ~ g n \ e sP o u l i n )
E s t h e r CHAPLEAU (Vve. James S t a c k s o n I S l i c e r )
mg. 4/10/1875-St-Brigide,
M o n t r e a l , PQ
12145- F r a n c o i s G I B E A U ( J ~ ~ ~ - M
& .Thgr'ese ~ r u y ' ; r e )
. J u l i e PROULX(0livier & Mgte. P o i r i e r )
mg. 28/10/1850-~t-~ndrg-~rgenteuil , PQ
12149- F r a y o i s LABER$E(Nicolas & R e i n e P r o u l x )
C a t h e r i n e VALLEE (Antoine & C a t h e r i n e Moreau)
mg. 231111797-N.D. S t - H y a c i n t h e , PQ
Answer from Helen B e r t r a n d : (Thanks, Helen! ! ! )
12/45- Marie-Jeanne D O M I N I C d / o V i t a l & A l v i n a Gibeau
b . 5 O c t . 1878 h p . 17 Nov. 1878
p l . S t - P a t r i c k Ch., Rouses P o i n t , NY
gdpts. V i c t o r Stacy & V i c t o r i a Stacy
13118- c f . l a s t i s s u e JE ME SOUVIENS b11170A
Alexandre DALZIEL ( p a r e n t s o m i t t e d )
Rachel COOK ( p a r e n t s o m i t t e d ) ,
mg. 25/5/1790-St. Andrew's, Quebec C i t y , PQ
A.F.G.S.
WHO'S WHO ANCESTOR CHARTS,.,
In trenpon~et o Rhe many peopLe who have w h i t t e n
u k i n g aboU.I. t h e A.F.G.S. Who'n Who? book we wehe
hoping Lo compde n e v m d y e m ago, we hope t h e
6oUowing w i l l naLL56y you4 cunionLty ...
Ah you know, i n 1 9 8 5 we
ou* quen-tionvldi/re.n
wkcch many oh you &~tYed and hetwined t o UA, along uLth t h e hequented ancen,thd c h m h and i n
nome c a n u , a pieLLULe 06 youmeL6 oh yowi ancenLorn. An you know d o , dtivm owi (UivLteh 19A7
h n u e 0 6 JE 1IE SOUVIENS, cue iuerre uizabee t o pubU h t h i n mcdehid due t o a nhomkge 04 mvnien
and peopLe t o tiet~dyt h m doh pubf5cdoi.1. T h u ,
i R wan a31a.t iue have gone anothen nou*e and t h d
w u t o y~ubEihht h e ctncaLkc& than i n 6LLtme
i n n u u a d outr pubLLco.t.ion.
We have conCLviued doing L l ~ hniizce .the Wi~Lteti' 8 7
innue and n t i M l?ace n m ~ ylnohe t o pub&sh a4 06
t h e phenent, Wc rd.50 tlzougld ii benR t o g& ouh
Renemch CommiMee i n on t h e ctcR, i o nechecl: cdLeC
t h e in4omcLtion on C ~ I C L & n e n t t o un, n~ iaeU
t o &iLZ i n ciny mhning i i ~ ~ o h m a L i ogou
n coutd not
hind. 7 6 you have yet t o hind yvun niawLictge inf i ~ h I n & ~ ~t h, e n t h e ~oUoii?ingrend upcc*nMny c h a h t d
wiU be ad ivttetlent t o gou. 7 6 gou have iouitci
i n ~ o n m d o.to~ 6iU i r z .tile g c ~ p 6 you 5e11.t
dive
y e u ago, t h e n you migCLt io(t112 Lo tiecl~ecl:it
wLth w h d o m huecmeh t e m ~lzru ccurnpiLed.
16 you have nLiLL n o t been you4 cl1iflL5 pub-ei.)llcd,
p L e u e bc p d i e f i t . They m e b u ' i ~ ge,i,tllctr ficcl~cci-,
cd doti acumacy, 04 b e i y ~uoxlZed o n b e c n u e ~ , O U
have needed &sing indoh~naLion,caliicli iue itope t o
pxovide. We d-tiLe hnve many, mnHy motre clir~4t4
1~lhLchM1iU
. appcbh i l l upconiiiig i4nue.h oh J E hlE
SOUVIENS. Hehe'd 111044 doh you Lo e.njoy!
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G a b r i e l TAREAU-CHAMPAGNE
and R o s e LEHAY
Cabriel T W U - C W A G S L and
xoe LM*y
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for chis -rrlale and line
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c h a r t of
Francois-Xavier ASSELIN
H u s b a n d o f H e r m i n e GRANGER
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H e m i n e GRANGER
Wife o f Francois-Xavier
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W i f e o f W i l f r e d COh4EAU
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H u s b a n d o f P o t r i c i a MORIN
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Patricia MORIN
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R o l a n d Amedee COMTOIS
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01610
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01603
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02766
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02895
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R u t l a n d , MA
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INDEX TO NUMBER 2 4
Volume X I I , N o . I1
Winter 1989
AGUENIER, L o u i s
ALGONQUIN I N D I A N S
ALGONQUIN LANGUAGE
ALLUMETTE I S L A N D
AMYOT, J e a n
ANDERSON, John
ANTHONY. R I
ARTIC,
RI
AUBERT, J a c q u e s
AUCLAIR, L u c i e
AYOTTE, H o m i s d a s
AYOTTE, J o s e t t e
BACHAND, V i c t o r
BACHINE, A d l i n e
B A L T I C MANUFACTURING CO.
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BANDY
BARBER, H e n r y L .
BARIBEAULT, G e o r g i a n a
BARILLAUX
BAROBE, M i c h e l
BATON, J o s e p h E .
BAUDRY, R o s a
BEAUDREAU. J o s e a h
BEAUHARNO~S~
, olernor
BEAULY
BEAUREGARD
BEAUREGARD, U r s u l e
BEBEAU
BENARB, P i e r r e ( L o V i o l l e t t e )
BERGERON, M a x i n e
BERTHIAUME, I d a
BESSETTE, M a r c e l J.
BESSETTE ( A n c e s t o r C h a r t )
BIRTHS: B l a c k s t o n e / W o o n s o c k e t
BISAILLAN, ( E t i e n n e ? )
BLACK R I V E R
BLACKSTONE V A L L E Y
BLAIR, F e l i x
BLANCHARD, C o r d u l e
BLANCHARD, J o s e p h
BLED, A l e x i s
BLED, J o s e p h
BOIVENDEL, Joseph
BONIER, A u g u s t i n
BOUCHARD, M a r y
BRANCH R I V E R
BRAULT. F . - S o l o m o n
B R I S S E ~ T E , Leon
BROULLARD, A l b i n a
BRUNO, ~ a b o l e o n
BURDO,
BUSNETT, O l i v e r
BUTEAU, A l e x a n d e r
BUTEAU, D a m a s e
BUTEAU, D a m a s e
BUTEAU, Emma
BUTEAU, F r a n c i s
BUTEAU, G e o r g e
BUTEAU, G e o r g e H . I
BUTEAU, G e o r g e H . I 1
BUTEAU, G e o r g e H e n r y
BUTEAU, H e n r y
BUTEAU, H e n r y A l b e r t
BUTEAU, H e n r y T .
BUTEAU, J a m e s
BUTEAU, J o s e p h
BUTEAU, J o s e p h i n e
BUTEAU, J o s e p h i n e
BUTEAU, L a u r a
BUTEAU, L e o n
...
BUTEAU,
BUTEAU,
BUTEAU,
BUTEAU,
BUTEAU,
BUTEAU,
BUTEAU,
BUTEAU,
Louis Frederick
Louis Henry
Louise
M a r i e Jeanne
Paul
Pierre
Thomas ( D a m a s e )
Thomas W i l l i a m
CABOURY/GABOURY, I s r a e l
CADORET, J e a n n i e A .
CAMERON, D o n a l d
CAMERON, H u g h
CAMERON, J o h n
CAMERON, M a r y
CANADA
CARDER, A l b e r t
CARDINAL, Emma
CARDINAL, F r e d
CARTER, D e l i a
CARTER, J o s e p h
CAT HAY
CATLIN, G e o r g e
CHAMPEAU, E x i l d a
CHAMPEAU, J e a n - B a p t i s t e
CHAMPFLEUR, M. d e ( g o v e r n o r )
CHAMPLAIN, S a m u e l d e
CHAMPING, A d o l p h u s
CHAPDELAINE, M a r i e - A n n e
CHAPDELAINE, P i e r r e
CHARBONNEAU, P i e r r e
CHARBONNEAU, P i e r r e
CHARRON, J e a n B a p t i s t e
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CHIPPEWA I N D I A N S
CHIPPEWA R I V E R
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CHOQUETTE, A l f r e d
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22, 3 3
22, 3 3
27, 3 3
23, 3 6
60
61
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73
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63
61
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55
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CLEVELAND, G e o r g e W .
CLOUTIER, A n t o i n e
CLOUTIER, L o u i s e
CLOUTIER, S a l o m e
CLOUTIER, Z a c h o r i e
COMPAGNA, J o s e p h
COMPANY OF THE 1 0 0 ASSOCIATES
COTE, J o s e p h
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COUTURIER
COVENTRY. R I
C R O M A R T Y ~ S REGIMENT
CROMPTON, R I
CULLODEN, B o t t l e o f
CYR, M a r y
D
DAIGNAULT, G o d f r o y
DAIGNEAU, M o r y C .
DAYON, G e o r g i a n n o
DAYTON, A r t h u r
DEEP SOUTH
DELAWARE I N D I A N S
DEROSIER, G i d e o n
DEROSIER, N e l s o n
DEROSY, J o s e p h
DESMARAIS, M a r i e
DEROSIERS, A d e l e
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DONAIS, J e a n - B a p t i s t e
DOUCET, P i e r r e
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DOUSETT, A r c u l e
DUBUC, A n d r e
DUCHARME, Emma
DUFAULT, A u g u s t i n
DUFAULT, E l i a s
DUFAULT, M a r i e
DUFAULT, M a r i e
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DUFAULT, M o r i e L o u i s e
DUFAULT, P i e r r e
DUHAIME, J a m e s
DUMA1 S
DUPONT, A l p h o n s i n e
DUPONT, C h a r l e s
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DUQUETTE, J o s e p h
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EAST R I V E R , SCOTLAND
ESINHART, P h i l o m e n e
FAFARD, L o u i s
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FORTIN, P i e r r e
FORTIN, P i e r r e
FOURNEL, C h a r l e s
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FRASER, C ~ l i n
FRASER, H e l e n
FRASER, Hugh
FRASER, J e a n
FRASER, M a r g a r e t
FRASER, S i m o n
FRASERS
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GACHE, M a r y
GADOIS, L o u i s
GAGNON, J o s e p h
GELINAS, F r a n c i s
GENDRON
GENEREUX, C h a r l e s
GENEREUX, J o s e p h
GERVAIS, J o s e p h
GERVOIS, J e a n - B a p t i s t e
GILKERSON, A r c h i e
GIRARD, A n t o i n e
GIROUARD, J o s e p h
GIROUARD, P i e r r e
GOBEILLE, L o u i s
GOBEILLE, M a r g . - M a r i e
GODEFROG, T h o m a s de
GOODNESS, A u g u s t u s
GORDON, J e n n i e
GOUGER ( A n c e s t o r C h a r t )
GOUIN, F r a n c o i s
GOUIN, S i r
GRAHAMS
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GRAVELIN, A m e l i a
GRAVELIN, C e l i n o
GRAVELIN, M i t c h e l
GREEN BAY
GREENOCK
GRENIER, J o h n T .
GRENIER, M a r y
GRENIER, R o s e
GRENIER, Z a d i e
GRINNEL, M a r i e
HALL, H a r r i e t E .
HAMEL, J e n n i e
HAMEL, L y d i a
HAMEL, M a r y A .
HAMMOND, M a r y
H A V E R H I L L , MA
HEART, F r e d E .
HEBERT ( A n c e s t o r C h a r t )
HECTOR ( T h e )
HIGHLAND SCOTS
HOULE, W i l l i a m
HUET, A l e x i s
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KIRKE, D a v i d
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LAREAU, H e n r y
LAROCHE, F r a n c o i s
LAROCHE, J o s e p h
LAROUX, J o s e p h
LASALLE, J e a n - B A P T I S T E DE
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LATREILLE, A n t o i n e
LAVOIE ( A n c e s t o r C h a r t )
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LEBLANC, F r a n c o i s
LEBLANC, J e a n - C y r i a c
LEBLANC, J o s e p h
LEBLOND, H e n r i
LEDOUX, J u l i e
LEDUC, J e a n - B a p t i s t e
LEFEBVRE
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LEFEBVRE, H i c h e
LEFLEUR
LEGEE, F r a n c i s
LEJEUBE, B o p t i s t e
LEMAY, o n e s i m e
LENTENDER, M a r y
LESTAGE, S i r
LEWIS a n d CLARK
LIZOTTE, J e a n - B a p t i s t e
LOCH BROOM, SCOTLAND
LOCKHAUS. L o u i s e
LOCKWOOD; avid
LONGE POINTE
LORANGER, P i e r r e
LORDS BRIDGE, CT
LOUISBURG
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LUCIER, D o m e t t i e
LUSSIER, D e l p h i n e
MAC LEOD, H u g h
MACDONALD
MACDONALD, M a r y
MACFEWFORS
MACKAY, C o l i n
MACKAY, SQUIRE W I L L I A M
MACKAY S
MACKENZIE, C o l i n
80
MACKENZIE, W i l l i a m
78 - 8 1
MACKINAC COMPANY
66
MACKINAC I S L A N D
66
MACLEODS
83
MAGREY, I r e n e
28, 3 4
MAGREY, M a r y L .
30, 3 9
MAILLOUX, J o s e p h
75
MANDAN I N D I A N S
60 - 6 1
MARANCY, J o s e p h i n e
21, 3 9
MARGUERIE, F r a n c o i s ( S i e u r )
57 -59
MARGUERIE, F r a n c o i s
5 7 - 59
MARQUETTE. FATHER JACQUES
62
MARSOLET, ' ~ i c o l a s
MARSOLET P R A I R I E S
MARTINEAU, Z e p h i r i n
MASCOUTIN' INDIANS
MASSION, B a p t i s t e
MATHESONS
MATTAWA R I V E R
MAUMEE R I V E R
MAYNARD, J o s e p h
MENARD, A n t o i n e
MENOMINEE I N D I A N S
MERCIER ( A n c e s t o r C h a r t )
MIAMI INDIANS
MICHIGAN
MIGNAULT,
Jean ( d i t C h a t i l l o n ) 5 9
MIGNERON, J a c q u e s
63
M I S S I S S I P P I RIVER
55, 63
MISSOURI RIVER
62
MONIERE, S i r
MONTAGNAIS LANGUAGE
MONTREAL
MOREAU, M i c h e l
MORIN, J e a n - B a p t i s t e
MORRISETTE, E m a n u e l
MORSE, R o s e
MUNROES
MURRAY, C h r i s t y
MURRAY, E l i z a b e t h
MURRAY, W a l t e r
MURRAYS
NADEAU, A l e x a n d r e
NASSAUKETONS
NEW BEDFORD, MA
NIAGARO F A L L S
NICOLAS ( I n d i a n )
N I C O L E T , Jean
NIPPISING INDIANS
NO€, J o s e p h
NORMANDIN, A d e l i n e
NORMANDIN, E d w i n g e
NORMANDIN, P h i l o m e n e
NORMANDIN, J o s e p h
NORTH A M E R I C A
0
ORR, J a m e s
OTTAWA I N D I A N S
OTTAWA R I V E R
OUIATANOUS I N D I A N S
OUTAGAMI I N D I A N S
OUTAGAMI R I V E R
PAGAN, John
PAGAN, R o b e r t
PAGE, D a n i e l
PAITEAU, A n t o i n e
PARMENTIER, H o r a c e
PATTERSON, R e v .
PATTERSON, R e v . G e o r g e
PAUL
PAUL, Joseph
PAWTUXET RIVER
PEPIN, J e a n o r G e r v a i s
PERKINS, Thomas L .
PHILIPAS
PHILLIPS, E l l e n R.
PICTOU, NOVA SCOTIA
PLANT, E l i z a
PLANT, F l o r a
PLANTE, M a r g u e r i t e
POINTE ST. IGNACE
POLLY, N a t h a n i e l
POTAWATOMIE I N D I A N S
POTVIN, C a r o l i n e
PROULX, J e a n - B a p t i s t e
PROULX, NANCY H .
QUEBEC
QUEBEC C I T Y
QUEVILLON, O l i v i e r
RAINY LAKE
RAQUENEAU, F a t h e r
RASAOUA-KOUETAN
RENAUDDOT, J e a n - B a p t i s t e
RENO, A n t h o n y
RENO, P e t e r
RICHARD, L o u i s e
RICHELIEU, C a r d i n a l
RION, J o s e p h
ROMAIN, M a r t h e
ROSE ( d i t D e s r o s i e r s ) , N a p .
ROSE, A l b e n a
ROSE, M a t i l d a
ROSS, A l e x a n d e r
64
59
61 63
29,
29,
30,
57
30,
57
30,
25,
25,
13
62
34
35
39
41
42
40
40
SACRED HEART CEM., NEW BEDFORD 1 9
SALNOY, P e t e r
30 - 32
SANDUSKY
54
SAUK I N D I A N S
55
SAULT S T . M A R I E
60
SAULT-STE-MARIE
66
SAUNDERS, C h a r l e s D .
30 - 32
SENECAL, E t i e n n e
64
SENSORE, ? ( R I V E R S ) M a r y
24, 4 0
SETTERBAR, C e l i n a
29 - 4 0
30 3232
SEVINER, N e l s o n
SHAWNEE I N D I A N S
54
SHETUCKET R I V E R
17
SIMINO, Anna
28, 4 0
SIMONO, E m a n u e l
31, 3 4
SIMONS, A r t i m i s e
28, 4 1
SIMORIAN, M i n n i e
29, 4 1
55
SIOUX INDIANS
SIVANEY, M a r y
27, 4 1
SLATER. J o h n
16
SLATER; J a m u e ~
SLATERVILLE
SOLANEY, M a r y
SOLANGE H a t t i e
SOREL
15'
51
SOUTHIERE ( A n c e s t o r C h a r t )
SPRAGUE M I L L
17
SPRAGUE, W i l l i a m
17
ST ANDRE, P i e r r e
64
55
ST C L A I R E R I V E R
ST F R A N C O I S - X A V I E R M I S S I O N
55, 62
31, 4 2
ST JOHN, E d r n o n d
31 35
ST JOHN, J o s e p h
55
ST MARC M I S S I O N
ST M A R Y ' S CEM., B A L T I C , CT
18
55
ST PETERS R I V E R
29, 4 1
ST SAUVER, A n n i e
74
ST-JACQUES, A u r e l i e
76 - 78
S T E I R S , John ( C a p t . )
81
STRATHNAVER
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SUTHERLANDS
SUTHERLANDSHIRE
TEBEAU, L o u i s
TEBO, C l a r a
TEBO, M a r y
THIBEAULT, M i n n i e ( H e r m i n a )
THUNDER BAY
TOULOUSE
TROIS R I V I E R E S
TRURO
31,
23,
31,
27,
66
64
58 79
36
42
42
42
59
U N I T E D STATES
V I K I N G EXPLORERS
VINCENT, P e t e r
VOLUNTOWN, C T . MARRIAGES
61
31, 3 5
21 - 4 2
WABASH R I V E R
WEEKS, E l e r y B .
WEST WARWICK, R I
WHEEL ( d i t LAROUX),
WHELEN, C h r i s t i a n a
WHITE R I V E R
WINNEBAGO I N D I A N S
WISCONSIN
WISCONSIN R I V E R
54
31,
18 30,
23,
54
55,
60
55,
Minnie
38
19
42
42
61,
61
63
COMING EVENTS
JULY AND AUGUST
No business meetings
SEPTEMBER 25
Roger Beaudry and Larry Poitras
"French-Canadian Culture in Woonsocket. RI
OCTOBER 12, 13 AND 14
Fall Conference
OCTOBER 30
Annual Meeting and Election of Officers
NOVEMBER 27
Business meeting
DECEMBER 7
Christmas Party
JANUARY 29
Business meeting
All meetings are held in our l i b r a ~which is located in the hasement of the
First Univeriallst Church at 78 Earle Street >nWooniocket. RI. They beg)" at
7 p m. and last about an hour during which ttme the 1hhrat-y is not available for
research They are open to the public at no charge
ABOUT OUR COVER
Our Society's seal contains its coat of arms: a shield with
an oak tree, a symbol of genealogy. above which is a star
representing the United States flanked by two fleurs-de-lis
I-epresenting France and Quebec. Our motto is the same
as Quebec's: "Je me souviens" (I remember). The coat-ofarms is ringed by acorns. another symbol of genealogy.
and circled by the words "American French Genealogical
Society. 1979." The border represents the molten wax
used to seal documents. Our coat-of-arms and seal were
designed by our founder. Henri Leblond. They are registered with the Committee on Heraldry of the New England
Historical and Genealogical Society in Boston. MA.

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