Alodie "Élodie" PARADIS (1840-1912)

Alodie Virginie PARADIS

was born 1840-05-12 in L’Acadie, which was then part of the Montréal diocese. It later became part of Saint-Jean County, QC. The 3^rd child of 6 of Joseph PARADIS & Émilie GRÉGOIRE, in the family she was called Élodie.
In 1846, she was sent to the Boarding School of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre-Dame in LaPrairie, Qc.
In February 1854, she became a postulant in the convent of the Marianite Sisters in Saint-Laurent, a suburb of the city of Montréal, on the island of Montréal, QC. In 1857-08-22, she pronounced her first vows and took the name of Sister Léonie.
Up till 1862, she taught in the Montréal area. She was then sent to St-Vincent-de-Paul Orphanage in New York. In 1870, She transferred to the American branch of the community of the Sisters of Holy Cross in INDIANA where she taught French & embroidery to the students of St. Marie Academy. Twelve years in the U.S. permitted her to learn the English language. In 1874, she was sent to Memramcook, NB as directrice of a group of young female domestics working at St. Joseph College. At this point, many young girls joined Sr. Léonie in her work; therefore, in 1880, during the General Chapter of the Father of the Holy Cross, who were in charge of the College, dubbed the group of young women domestics as the "Petites Soeurs de la Sainte-Famille." These women took private vows & performed domestic duties in the Colleges run by the Fathers of the Holy Cross. The small community did not have Canonical approval at that time. Then, Msgr. Paul LAROCQUE, bishop of Sherbrooke, QC, asked Sr. Léonie & the “Little Sisters” to staff the seminary and the bishop's house. It was at this point that Sr. Léonie transferred the Mother House and Novitiate from New Brunswick to Sherbrooke. In 1896, the Petites Soeurs de la Sainte-Famille received diocesan approval. Sr. Léonie was still a member of the community of the Sisters of the Holy Cross; but, in 1905, Pope Pius X relieved her of her obligations to that community and allowed her to wear the habit of the community which she had founded in NB, the Petites Soeurs de la Sainte-Famille. At the time of Mother Léonie's death (1912-05-03) in Sherbrooke, QC, there were 600 sisters, who worked in 38 houses.

PARADIS
(1)
Jacques PARADIS
Marguerite PESLÉ/PELLÉ
Chartres, Perche (Orne), FRANCE
(2)
Pierre PARADIS
Barbe GUYON
Marriage contract
1632-02-11
before Notary Mathurin ROUSSEL
Chartres, Perche (Orne), FRANCE
(3)
Pierre PARADIS
Jeanne MILLOIR
Marriage contract
1674-08-23
before Notary VaCHON
Beauport, QC
(4)
Joseph PARADIS
Geneviève CAUCHON
1712-04-05
Château-Richer, Montmorency County, QC
(5)
Pierre PARADIS
Ursule CANTIN
1744-09-28
St-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Montmorency County, QC
(6)
Jean-Baptiste PARADIS
Marueguerite GUÉRIN
1781-08-20
LaPrairie, Laprairie County, QC
(7)
Jean-Baptiste PARADIS
Isabelle ROY
1804-11-26
L'Acadie, St-Jean County, QC
(8)
Joseph PARADIS
Émilie GRÉGOIRE
1837-10-03
L'Acadie, St-Jean County, QC

For more information about
Alodie Virginie PARADIS
AKA
Mother Léonie PARADIS,
click on the title above.

Ste-Irène church transformed into a museum

Sainte-Irène church
Laferté/Taschereau
Abitibi, QC
On August 1st & 2nd,
the parish church will be ignaugurated
as a museum.

The second wave of colonization in 1933 brought the founders of LAFERTÉ to this area of Abitibi. By 1934, the parish was organized and the church built by 1939. The first pastor was Father Henri PARÉ.
Today there are 300 inhabitants in what is now known as LAFERTÉ/TASCHEREAU, but in the 1950's therre were as many as 1,200 residents.
From 1926 to 1968, a train ran from TASCHEREAU to ROUYN-NORANDA. It is in the process of being "rebuilt" and will be known as "The Green Line."

Sainte-Irène church was officially closed in 2006.

Esther SUREAU dite BLONDIN (1809-1890)

Born in 1809 on her father’s farm on Côte Terrebonne in the city of the same name, Esther BLONDIN lived like other female children of her era. She learned the chores necessary to become a good wife & homemaker.

At age 20, she was hired as a domestic for a village merchant. Soon afterward, she accepted a similar job at the convent of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre-Dame (CND), who staffed the local school. It is thanks to the sisters that Esther learned to read & write, knowledge that was not deemed essential by her parents for a daughter. Eventually, Esther entered the community of the CND sisters having been attracted by the lifestyle of the Sisters for whom she worked. She had to leave the novitiate because of illness. Esther then met a former CND novice, who had opened a school in Vaudreuil, QC where she began her teaching career.

In 1850, with the encouragement of the Montréal clergy, Esther founded the Roman Catholic religious teaching community of the Sisters of Saint Anne. As a nun, she was known as Sister Marie-Anne. Esther died in 1890 at the Mother House of the Sisters in Lachine, QC.

Female founders of religious communities in Québec did not have an easy life. Like all women of their era, the sisters were subject to the clergy, who regulated every aspect of their daily life even though they were quite capable of administering schools, hospitals and other social institutions. Despite their abilities, the Sisters were looked upon by the all-male clergy as “inferior” beings, who must be “guided” at all times by the watchful authority of men.

Hence, it may be worth your while to read one or more biographies of such women in QC as Esther BLONDIN. Such reading will bear witness to the influence that the Roman Catholic Church had upon the life of our ancestors in QC during the 17th, 18th & early 19th centuries.

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of the

Sisters of Saint Anne.

SUREAU dit BLONDIN
(1)
Jacques SUREAU
Honorée POULLET
Poitou (Vienne) FRANCE
(2)
Hilaire SUREAU dit BLONDIN
Louise PARADIS
1691-06-18
Québec City, QC
(3)
Pierre SUREAU dit BLONDIN
Agnès LEDOUX
1723-05-18
Montréal, QC
Catherine PETITCLERC
1745-01-07
Terrebonne, Terrebonne County, QC
(4)
Jean-Baptiste SUREAU dit BLONDIN
Thérèse MARIÉ
1778-02-02
Terrebonne, Terrebonne County, QC
(5)
Jean-Baptiste SUREAU dit BLONDIN
Marie-Rose LIMOGES
1804-10-08
Laval, Île-Jésus County, QC
(6)
Esther BLONDIN
(1809-1890)

CATUDAL dit SAINT-JEAN

Judy SCHNEIDER, who is living in Germany, has devoted much time to the research of her maternal CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN ancestry. As a result of this work, she has published 2 voluntes entitled: The Extended Catudal Family History; An In-depth Study of 8 Family Lineages including the Families: Boisse, Catudal, Chabot, Couture, Daragon dit Lafrance, Godard dit Lapointe, Fabre dit Larosée and Tremblay.

Judy's CATUDAL lineage is as follows:

CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN

Unknown ancestors

(1)

Jean-Baptiste CATUDAL

Angélique SABOURIN

1728-07-18

Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly, Chambly County, QC

(2)

Joseph CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN

Charlotte ROCQUE

1756-05-03

St-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Hyacinthe County, QC

(3)

Michel CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN

Élisabeth/Isabelle VIDAL

1794-09-22

Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Rouville County, QC

(4)

Jean-Baptiste CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN

Sophie PAQUET

1821-06-25

Marieville, Rouville County, QC

(5)

Magloire CATUDAL

Philomène CHABOT

1856-04-22

Saint-Césaire, Rouville County, QC

(6)

Barthélémy CATUDAL

Joséphine BOISSÉ

1896-02-17

Valcourt, Shefford County, QC

(7)

Adélard CATUDAL

Yvonne TREMBLAY

1929-04-01

Haileybury, ON

Having unearthed many CATUDAL pictures through the years, Judy has decided to share some of them on her Webshots site.

For those of you, who are interested in viewing them,

simply CLICK on the title above to be brought to her site.

Enjoy!

RC churches in QC open to visitors during the summer 2009

From June 7 to September 7, 2009

the historic churches of the

Montérégie region of QC

will be open to the public.

This is a unique opportunity to follow in the footsteps of your ancestors, whose life centered around their parish church.

The following is a list of churches open to visitors:

Beauharnois, Hinchinbrooke, Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, Philipsburg, Rigaud, Sainte-Marthe, Vaudreuil-Dorion

RICHELIEU RIVER

Beloeil, Chambly, Lacolle, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Saint-Alexandre, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville, Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (secteurs Iberville, Saint-Jean et l'Acadie), Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Ours, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Sorel

SOUTH SHORE OF MONTRÉAL

Boucherville, Châteauguay, Contrecoeur, Kahnawake, LaPrairie, Longueuil, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Saint-Isidore, Saint-Lambert, Varennes

MONTÉRÉGIE EAST

Acton Vale, Bromont, Farnham, Granby, La Présentation, Marieville, Roxton Falls, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Théodore-d’Acton

For more information
click on the ORANGE title above.

Connie LEMONDE's latest book

Our favorite Franco-American author published "Changing Winds and Seasons" in April 2009. As usual, Connie bases her novels upon real-life experiences of which she is aware, not only in her personal life, but in that of people around her. This time, ALZHEIMER is the topic of Connie's novel. Anyone having been in touch with this disease will appreciate Connie's view of how a patient with Alzheimer, relatives and friends may all be affected by the condition.

To take a peek inside
"Changing Winds and Seasons,"
click on the title above,
which will bring you to
Connie's HIDEAWAY.

Eugène RICHER dit LAFLÈCHE (1871-1925)

Born April 17, 1871 in Saint-Georges-de-Windsor, Richmond County, QC, Eugène RICHER dit LAFLÈCHE was the son of Jean-Baptiste & Julie GUIMONT/GUIMOND. In 1913, he founded the "Mission de l'Esprit-Saint" (Mission of the Holy Spirit). The word MISSION meaning MESSAGE since it was Eugène's self-proclaimed work to spread the messages of the Holy-Spirit, which, to him, included the teachings of EUGENICS, that became popular in Nazi Germany.
The group took hold in the province of Québec and soon spread to francophone areas in Canada and the U.S. A house in Westport, MA was purchased and members settled in the area during the mid-1920's; but, they have since dispersed.
At the beginning of March 2009, a former member of the mission came forth and divulged her experience of 30 or so years as a member of the MISSION, which is now considered a sect and which is still flourishing in Québec. The Québec government has been "watching" the MIssion for several years because of their unauthorized schooling of members' children, but nothing seems to have been done thus far to shut down these schools.

(1)
Jean RICHER
Marie GALARDE
Anjou (maine et Loire) FRANCE
(2)
Pierre RICHER dit LAFLÈCHE
Dorothée BRASSARD
1671-10-05
Québec City, QC
(3)
Pierre RICHER dit LAFLÈCHE
Marguerite HUBERT
1716-10-12
Québec City, QC
(4)
Pierre RICHER dit LAFLÈCHE
Charlotte NORMANDEAU
1749-10-27
Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Richelieu County, QC
(5)
Athanase RICHER dit LAFLÈCHE
Marie BONIN
1785-08-04
Saint-Ours, Richelieu County, QC
(6)
Augustin RICHER dit LAFLÈCHE
Céleste LAGRAVE
1824-11-16
Saint-Pierre-de-Sorel, Richelieu County, QC
(7)
Jean-Baptiste RICHER dit LAFLÈCHE
Julie GUMOND
1854-10-05
Wotton, Wolfe County, QC
(8)
Eugène RICHER dit LAFLÈCHE
Marie-Louise Adéla DAVID
1895-02-25
Montréal, QC
For more information about the
Mission de l'Esprit-Saint
click on the title above
to be brought to their homepage.
A search on Google for
the Mission of the Holy Spirit
in Westport, MA
will bring you to the website of the
Westport, MA Historical Society
where you'll find an interesting story about the Mission.

Daniel (SUIRE) PERRON

Daniel SUIRE PERRON
born 1638-11-25 in LaRochelle, FRANCE
was the illigitimate son of
François (PERON) PERRON
and

Jeanne SUIRE

In return for an amount of money, his father, François, demanded that Daniel bear his mother's surname, SUIRE, that he be baptized in the Calvinist church & that he, the father, be given charge of Daniel at 8 years of age.
After his arrival in New France in 1662, Daniel relized that if he wanted to work in Catholic Québec & marry Louise GARGOTIN, he would have to denounce his religion, which he did in Notre-Dame church on December 6, 1663. He then married Louise (Jacques GARGOTIN+Françoise BERNARD) on February 26, 1664 in Château-Richer, Montmorency County, QC.
Daniel's father, François PERRON, was upset by his denunciation of the Calvinist religion; and he rejected him as his son, thus cutting off all ties as well as his inheritance. This resulted in Daniel's loss of the land his father owned in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency County, QC when he died. Nonetheless, in 1674, the court gave François' land in L'Ange-Gardien, to Daniel in return for unpaid work that he had done for his father. On the other hand, François' property on rue Sur-le-Cap in Lower Québec City, was turned over to his creditors. The PERRON family property in L'Ange-Gardien eventually became the inheritance of Daniel's 5 sons:

ANTOINE
b. 1664-11-29 in L'Ange-Gardien,
bapt. in Château-Richer under the surname of SUIRE,
m. 1691-01-15 in L'Angue-Gardien
Jeanne TREMBLAY
(Pierre+Ozanne ACHON);
FRANÇOIS
b. 1666-02-22 in L'Ange-Gardien,
bapt. in Château-Richer under the surname of SUIRE,
d. 1666-04;
MARIE
b. & bapt. unknown
m. 1691-11-27 in L'Ange-Gardien
Louis TREMBLAY
(Pierre+Ozanne ACHON);
MAGDELEINE
b. 1670-04-05 in L'Ange-Gardien
baptized under the surname PERRON
m. 1689-10-17 in L'Ange-Gardien
Charles GODIN
(Charles+Marie BOUCHER);
JEAN
b. 1672-08-10 in L'Ange-Gardien
baptized under the surname of LESUIRE
1st m. 1698-11-10 in L'Ange-Gardien
Anne GODIN
2nd m. 1706-01-25 in L'Ange-Gardien
Suzanne TOUCHET
(Simon+Marie GAGNARD)
For more information about the SUIRE-PERRON descendants
click on the title above
and you will be brought to the
Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré site
where the Revue Sainte-Anne is published.
This ancestry appears in the January 2009 edition
Vol. 136. No. 11

CHARON/CHARRON dit DUCHARME dit DUSHARM

What a wonderful surprise to find relatives in NY state, persons whom I would never have found were it not for our photos of ancestors on Webshots, since there was a surname change from DUCHARME to DUSHARM. Below is their ancestral migration from QC to NY. Maybe you'll find some DUCHARME relatives among their descendants as I have.

(1)
Pierre CHARRON
Judith MARTIN
Champagne, FRANCE
(2)
PIERRE "Le Jeune" Nicolas CHARRON dit DUCHARME
b. 1635.10.21 in Saint-Martin-de-Meaux (Seine-et-Marne), Champagne, FRANCE
m. 1665-10-19 om Mptre-Dame parish, Montréal, QC
CATHERINE Marie PILAT (PILARD)
(3)
François CHARRON dit DUCHARME
m. 1701-01-30 in Sorel, Richlieu County, QC
Marguerite TREMPE PIET (PIETTE)
(4)
FRANÇOIS Jean CHARRON dit DUCHARME
2nd m. 1747-08-06 in Contrecoeur, Verchères County, QC
FRANÇOISE Marie JARED POLOUFF
(5)
MARC Antoine CHARON dit DUCHARME
m. 1785-09-12 in Contrecoeur, Verchères County, QC
Marie-Angélique BERTHIAUME
(6)
FRANÇOIS Xavier CHARON dit DUCHARME
1st m. 1818-07-13 in Contrecoeur, Verchères County, QC
Marie RIEL (dite MAURICE, dite L'IRLANDE)
10 children were born in QC,
2 in NY state
(as far as I know)
(7)
John DUSHARM
b. 1834-06-15 in Plattsburg, NY
m. 1857-10-04 in the Methodist church, Gouverneur, NY
Catherine COMMAND
(8)
CHARLES Augustin DUSHARM
b. 1860.08.01 in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, NY
married
DELIA Rose ELLIOT

To see pictures of our DUCHARME ancestors,
click on the title above.

A CANADIAN FAMILY: THÉRIAULT

Evelyn Yvonne THÉRIAULT
Teacher in the province of QUÉBEC

created A CANADIAN FAMILY blog a few months ago. Evelyn's 2 great interests are genealogy & history; therefore, anyone interested in THÉRIAULT ancestry should take a serious look at all the information she has posted in just a few months.

Click on the title above
to be brought to Evelyn's Blog

Connie LEMONDE, a favorite Franco-American

Connie LEMONDE
from
Woonsocket, RI

is a prolific Franco-American, who is at it again... An author, poet, playwright, song writer, composer, Connie now has a homepage.
Like many people in Rhode Island, Connie is of Québec ancestry and proud of it. Among her many activities, she continues to promote the French language via various Franco-American organizations. The French caption on Québec license plates, "Je me souviens" is part of the core of her life.

Check out Connie's activities & interests
by clicking on the title above
and you'll be brought to her website.
Enjoy!

Since 2005, 6 new parishes in Nicolet, QC diocese

For those of you, who are interested in genealogical research, it may be important to know that 6 parishes have been founded in the diocese of Nicolet, QC since 2005.

In Bois-Francs: Ste-Marguerite Bourgeois (2008)
In Drummond: Notre-Dame de la Paix (2008)
In Drummondville: St-François-d'Assise (2008),
St-Jean-de-Brébeuf (2005),
Bon Pasteur (2006)
In Victoriaville: Ste-Trinité (2005)

For more information, click on the ORANGE title above to be brought to the official website of the diocese of Nicolet, QC

Délia TÉTREAULT (1865-1941)

On February 4, 1865, twins, Délia and Roch were born to Alexis TÉTREAULT (Alexis+Esther BOULAIS) and Célina PONTON (Pierre+Céleste GIRARD) in Marieville, Rouville County, QC. Although Délia was the more frail of the two, it was Roch, who died at age 7 months. In 1867, Délia’s mother died; therefore, her uncle, Jean ALIX, and his wife, Julie PONTON (her mother's sister), adopted her.
Délia studied at the convent school of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary in Marieville. Once she had learned to read, she spent much time perusing the religious magazines that were available at the time. It was thus that she began dreaming of becoming a missionary in distant lands.
At 18, she asked to be admitted to the Carmelite convent in Montréal but she was refused. In October 1883, the Sisters of Charity of St-Hyacinthe, QC accepted her as a Postulant. It was during this period that she heard “the call of God” to found a missionary religious community. She became ill and was sent home where she spent a couple of years caring for her “mother,” Julie. Afterward, she volunteered to help Father PICHON, who worked with immigrants and the destitute in Montréal, QC.
In 1902, Délia began to plan for her missionary future. Msgr. BRUCHÉSI helped her found a training school for missionaries. In 1904, Pope Pius X officially approved the school and transformed it into a religious community known as the Société des Soeurs Missionnaires de l'Immaculée-Conception. In religions, Délia was known as Mère Marie du Saint-Esprit.
In 1933, Délia fell ill and was paralyzed for 8 years. She died on October 1, 1941, leaving behind missionary sisters, who were working in 13 different countries.

For more information about

the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception,

click on the title above.

More info about PINEL

Bob ST-GELAIS wrote: I have the marriages of Notre Dame de Québec in Québec City... here is some info I did not see in the review you sent.

PIERRE PINEL married Charlotte FOUGERAT, daughter of Madelain & Marie DAVID of France M Nov 30 1662, Notre-Dame-de-Québec. Pierre married second to Marie-Barbe DUPONT, daughter of Gilles and Françoise MICHEL. M Nov 27 1692, Notre-Dame-de-Québec. Pierre died July 1707, Ste. Foye, Québec, P.Q
GILLES PINELmarried Anne LÉODET, daughter of Nicolas & Isabelle PINAU Sept 2 1657, Notre-Dame-de-Québec. Gilles PINEL died Jan 1700 Neuville, Portneuf, P. Q. was buried 15 Jan 1700 Neuville, Portneuf., P.Q.

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to be brough to the

SAINT_GELAIS FAMILIES of NORTH AMERICA

where you'll find more than 249,000 entries.

Nicolas PINEL (1605-1655)

In the October 2008 issue (Vol. 136, No. 9)

of the

Revue Sainte-Anne

you'll find an interesting article about the ancestor of the PINEL's in QUÉBEC.

Born in Campagnolles, Normandie, FRANCE, Nicolas PINEL married Madeleine MARANDA dit MARAULT in 1630 in Ste-Marguerite-de-LaRochelle. The couple had 5 children:

Antoine,

Pierre (1-died very young)

&

Gilles (twin) married Anne LÉODET in 1657,

Pierre (2) married Charlotte FOUCHERAT in 1662,

2nd marriage to Barbe (Anne) DUPONT in 1692,

Isaac.

Gilles is the only child to have assure the survival of the PINEL surname, although some of his children took on the name of LAFRANCE. In 1729, the PINEL's had 276 descendants.

For more information,

click on the title above

to be brought to the Ste-Anne website.

Sainte-Brigide-de-Kildare parish

Ste-Brigide-de-Kildare parish in Montréal, QC, will be closing.

As early as 1850, the Irish population of Montréal was petitioning for an English-speaking parish. Msgr. Ignace BOURGET, bishop of the city, acquiesced and the parish was established in 1867.
The church will be turned into a Community Center. There will be an open-house at the parish on Sunday, October 5, 2008 before renovations begin. Like many Roman Catholic parishes, the building will be used for other purposes.
Although there are still many persons in Québec, who claim to be Catholic, few attend church services regularly, other than for the traditional ceremonies of Baptism, Confirmation, Marriage & Funerals. For this reason, many parishes have merged & others have closed, such as will Sainte-Brigide-de-Kildare since expenses may not be met.

For more information about the parish,

click on the ORANGE title above.

LEMONDE's in ENGLAND

Trying to find the ancestry of

William Bruce LEMONDE

who married

Margaret Alice BIRCH,

probably in ENGLAND. Their son,

Frederick Bruce LEMONDE

was born 1903-07-25 in Islington, London, ENGLAND.

He married

Margaret Louisa BAILEY.

Their son,

Bruce Edmond LEMONDE

was born & married in ENGLAND

and served in the British Royal Navy.

From what Bruce remembers, he was on the East Coast of the U.S. on a British naval ship when he received a letter from a U.S. relatives; but, he doesn't recall the name of this female relative, who had recognized his photo in the local newspaper. Also, he doesn't recall whether this stopover was in MA or PA or elsewhere on the East Coast of the U.S.
Any help in researching these LEMONDE's would be appreciated.

To see pictures of the above-mentioned,

click on the ORANGE title above.

Richard SÉVIGNY

Thanks to Richard SÉVIGNY's son, John, I've d
iscovered the artwork of this talented and prolific Franco-American. Like many of our Québec ancestors, Richard inherited their artistic capabilities that bring us such pleasure when relatives accept to share them with us, as has done John.

Richard was born in 1947 in Hingham, MA, the son of Harold SÉVIGNY and Mary Ernestine STEVENS.

To view Richard's artwork,

CLICK on the title above.

This will lead you to John's BLOG

where you'll discover the state of mind

and environment that gave birth

to such creativity.

Enjoy!

Brother Amédée DUCHARME (1892-1982)

The son of David DUCHARME+Clérina HÉON, Amédée was born 1892-01-15 in Saint-Sylvère, Nicolet County, QC. In 1908, he entered the Juniorat of Mont-de-La-Salle in Maisonneuve, a suburb of the city of Montréal, on the island of Montréal, QC. Known in religious life as Brother Gustave, Amédée taught in various schools of the community. He died 1982-05-04 in Laval, QC.

PROVENCHER dit DUCHARME

Unknown ancestry
according to the JETTÉ Dictionary
(1)
Sébastien PROVENCHER
Marguerite /MANCHON
Marriage Contract
1663-01-22
Notary Laurent du Portail
(2)
Jean-François PROVENCHER
Marguerite MOREAU
1701-11-15
Batiscan, Champlain County, QC
(3)
Joseph-François PROVENCHER dit DUCHARME
Marie-Pélagie PINET BELLEFEUILLE
1760
(4)
François PROVENCHER dit DUCHARME
Josèphte DAVID LACOURSE
1785-04-04
Bécancour, Nicolet County, QC
(5)
Étienne DUCHARME
Charlotte LABARRE GENEST
1820-02-14
Bécancour, Nicolet County, QC
(6)
Onésime DUCHARME
Marie DESHAYES
1860-04-23
Bécancour, Nicolet County, QC
(7)
David DUCHARME
Clarina/CLérina HÉON
1884-07-15
Saint-Maurice, Champlain County, QC

For more biographical information

and a picture of Brother Amédée DUCHARME,

click on the ORANGE title above.

LAMBERT Genealogy

Aubin LAMBERT

born 1632-06-30 in

Saint-Aubin village, Tourouvre, Perche, FRANCE.

son of

Odouard LAMBERT

and

Jacqueline FEILLARD

Aubin LAMBERT arrived in Nouvelle-France around 1660 with the Carignan-Salières Regiment that was under the command of Lieutenant General, Alexander de PROUVILLE.

As Sieur of Tracy, Aubin was listed as LAMBERT dit CHAMPAGNE. He married a "Daughter of the King" (Fille du Roi), Élisabeth AUBERT, the daughter of defunct Michel AUBERT and Jeanne AUBERT, in the parish of Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix, Québec City in 1670-12-29. Aubin was 38 years of age, his wife, Élisabeth, was 34. According to parish registries, the couple had 10 children:

Catherine (1671)

Françoise (1673)

Jean-Baptiste (1675)

François (1676)

Marie-Florence (1678)

Catherine-Élisabeth (1682)

Anne (1685)

Louise (1687)

Pierre-François (1689)

Michel (?)

More information about the LAMBERT lineage may be found in an elaborate article printed in the July/August 2008 issue, Vol. 136, No. 7, of LA REVUE SAINTE-ANNE. Three pictures are illustrated:

Omer LAMBERT and his wife, Anne ROY,

Ludger/Léger LAMBERT and his wife, Célina BERGERON,

Hector LAMBERT and his wife, Georgette RITCHOT

Click on the ORANGE TITLE above to be brought to the official site of the Shrine in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, QC to inquire about the article.

Joséphine MARCHAND (1861-1925)

Joséphine was born into what could be considered the “privileged” class for French-Canadians of the day. Her father was a lawyer and well-known journalist; but she, as a female born in 1861, was expected to become a wife and mother. Yet, inheriting a love of literature and the ability to write from her father, she did not allow this talent go to waste. She married Raoul DANDURAND (lawyer, politician) and gave free reign to her capabilities under the name of Joséphine DANDURAND. She became a journalist, writer, lecturer as well as a feminist and activist. She died at a young age (1925-03-02) in Montréal and is buried at Notre-Dame-des-neiges Cemetery in that city.

MARCHAND
(1)
Jean MARCHAND
Mathurine CHAURAY
(aka Catherine CHORAIS)
1630-03-03
LaRochelle, Aunis (Charente-Maritime), FRANCE
(2)
Jean MARCHAND
Marie-Madeleine HAYOT
1681-04-14
Québec City, QC
(3)
Étienne MARCHAND
Marie-Anne DURAND
1707-02-21
Québec City, QC
(4)
Nicolas MARCHAND
Geneviève JÉRÉMIE DEFOY
1749-01-28
Québec City, QC
(5)
Louis MARCHAND
Françoise ROUSSEL
1778-09-15
Québec City, QC
(6)
Gabriel MARCHAND
Mary McNIDER
1810-10-06
Holy Trinity Anglican church, Québec City, QC
(7)
Félix-Gabriel MARCHAND
Hersélie TURGEON
1854-09-12
Terrebonne, Terrebonne County, QC
(8)
Joséphine MARCHAND
Raoul DANDURAND
1886-01-12
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, St-Jean County, QC

For more information about

Joséphine MARCHAND-DANDURAND

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The Honorable Jean CHRÉTIEN

I became particularly interested in Jean CHRÉTIEN, the former Prime Minister of Canada for 3 terms, when I heard him interviewed on the radio one night last month. He happened to mention that his dad, WILLIE/WELLIE, had spent a portion of his childhood in Manchester, NH. In researching this fact, I discovered that his grandfather, François CHRÉTIEN, had married Olivine LAFORME (Godfroi+Aurélie GARCEAU) in St. Augustin parish, Manchester, NH.

More information about

Jean CHRÉTIEN

may be found by clicking on the title above.

(1)

Vincent CHRÉTIEN

Anne LECLERC

Circa 1668

Île-d'Orléans, Montmorency County, QC

(2)

Jacques dit VINCENT, dit LESOURD, CHRÉTIEN

Marie-Josèphte BEAUDON

1713.02.20

Saint-François (Île-d'Orléans), Montmorency County, QC

(3)

François CHRÉTIEN

Charlotte LABÉCOSSE BONNEAU

1738-10-14

Trois-Rivières, Saint-Maurice County, QC

(4)

François CHRÉTIEN

Marguerite BERGERON

1773-08-09

Louiseville, Maskinongé County, QC

(5)

François CHRÉTIEN

Amable LORANGER RIVARD

1797-02-20

Yamachiche, Saint-Maurice County, QC

(6)

François-Régis CHRÉTIEN

Marie-Louise MARCOTTE

1831-08-29

Louiseville, Maskinongé County, QC

(7)

François CHRÉTIEN

Élisabeth BLAIS

1865-01-10

Saint-Barnabé-nord, Saint-Maurice County, QC

(8)

François CHRÉTIEN

Olivine LAFORME

1885-10-06

Manchester, Hillsborough County, NH

(9)

Willie/Wellie CHRÉTIEN

Marie BOISVERT

1909-05-27

Baie-de-Shawinigan, Saint-Maurice County, QC

(10)

Jean CHRÉTIEN

Aline CHAINÉ

1957-09-10

Baie-de-Shawinigan, Saint-Maurice County, QC

Another book by Connie LEMONDE

Our favorite Franco-American author has published another pocket book for men and women, who find solitude a bore, a challenge or just plain hard to handle.
Connie was born in Woonsocket, RI, the child of parents, who were lured to New England to work, as were countless French-Canadians of their day. She is one of many descendants of "Quebecers," who enjoy sharing their heritage through their artistic and literary endeavors.

For more information about and pictures of

Connie LEMONDE and her ancestors

click on the ORANGE title above

and go to the album entitled

LEMONDE+BADEAU

Louis RIEL (1844-1885) hanged for High Treason

Louis RIEL was born 1844-10-22 in the Red River Settlement of Rupert's Land, now known as the province of MANITOBA. He was the eldest of 11 Metis children. He was hanged in 1885-11-16 for High Treason against the Queen of England and the Dominion of Canada for having led the Northwest Revolution against the government.
Although sincere in his life-long efforts for the rights of the Metis people, he was misunderstood by the clergy of the Roman Catholic church, said to have been mentally deranged, and was feared by the Canadian governments for his influence among the half-breeds and the Metis of Rupert's Land.
He married in the state of MONTANA where he was living in exile for fear of his life. His wife, Marguerite MONET dite BELLEHUMEUR was a Cree woman. They had 3 children, all having died young. The eldest, Jean, married Laura CASAULT in March 1908 in Québec City, QC where Jean had studied to become an engineer. Wanting to return to western Canada, Jean found a job with the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway where he worked on a construction site 12 miles from his home in Saint-Vital, MB. One day, on his way home from work, his cart overturned and some ribs were fratured. Although the accident was not considered serious, Jean died from his injuries in July of 1908. He and his wife had no children; therefore, LOUIS RIEL has no direct descendants.

RIEL
(1)
Jean-Baptiste RIE dit L’IRLANDE
Louise LAFONTAINE
Limerick, IRELAND
(2)
Jean-Baptiste RIEL dit L’IRLANDE
Louise COTTU

1704-01-21
Sorel, Richelieu County, QC
(3)
Jacques Michel RIEL dit L’IRLANDE
Élisabeth DEGANNE
1730.05.08
Saint-Sulpice, l’Assomption County, QC
(4)
Jean-Baptiste RIE dit L’IRLANDE
Charlotte SYLVESTRE
1755-01-27
St-Antoine-de-Lavaltrie, Berthier County, QC
(5)
Jean-Baptiste RIEL
Marie-Antoinette HÉNAULT dite DELORME
1783-01-20
Ste-Geneviève-de-Berthier, Berthier County, QC
(6)
Jean-Baptiste RIEL dit l’IRLANDE
Marguerite BOUCHER
1812
Île à la Crosse, SK

(7)
Jean-Louis RIEL
Julie LAGIMODIÈRE
1844-01-21
St-Boniface, MB
(8)
Louis RIEL
Marguerite MONET dite BELLEHUMEUR
1882-03-09
Montana, USA
(9)
Jean RIEL (1882-1908)
Marie-Angélique RIEL (1883-1897)
Male RIEL (1885-1885)

For more information about LOUIS RIEL,

click on the title above.

Jeanne "Jane" BOISVERT (1918-2008)

Born 1918-01-03, Jane BOISVERT died 2008-01-17. She married Walter HÉBERT (Joseph+Mary Esther BAILEY) in 1940-05-30 in St-Jean-Baptiste parish, Manchester, Hillsborough County, NH.

To read her obituary,

under the name of Jane L. HÉBERT,

click on the ORANGE title above,

which will bring you to the website of

Lambert Funeral Home

Manchester, NH

Descendants of Guillaume LABELLE

Born around 1649 in Saint-Éloi-de-Tontuit, (today known asi Saint-Benoît-d'Hébertot, Calvados, Normandie, FRANCE), Guillaume came to New France around 1667. In 1671, he married Anne CHARBONNEAU in Montréal, QC.
The January 2008 edition of the Sainte-Anne Shrine publication (Vol. 136, No. 1) has a 4 page article giving the history of the LABELLE's in Québec. There's a drawing of Guillaume LABELLE, and 3 pictures of his descendants:

1) Isidore LABELLE and Zoé GASCON,

2) Louis LABELLE and Marguerite GASCON,

who married in 1839 in St-Jérôme, QC,

3) Urgel LABELLE and Herméline LACROIX.

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to be brought to the website of

Sainte-Anne Shrine, QC

The Search for Cousin PIERRE CHOLET

I have just found an article on the Internet, published by Gregory Gerard SHOLETTE , 1998/2002, in which he describes his trip in search of whether the family lore about PIERRE CHOLET was true or imaginary.

Click on the title above

to read about Gregory SHOLETTE's discoveries

and relive the adventures of his cousin, Pierre CHOLET.

Pierre CHOLET/CHOLETTE, kidnapped in 1845 in QUÉBEC

Born in 1840,

the son of

Hyacinthe CHOLET & Angélique ANDRÉ dite ST-AMAND

Pierre & his brother, Toussaint CHOLET & their cousin, Pierre DOUCET were kidnapped in 1845-07-07 by a traveling merchant, who showed his wares to the two mothers. When they didn't purchase anything, he left saying: "You won't forget me." in an angry tone. On the way out of the village, he met the three boys, whom he enticed toward his wagon & pushed them in. Only Pierre survived the adventure that lasted many years.

A new translation of the biography of Pierre CHOLET,

"l'Enfant perdu et retrouvé ou Pierre Cholet" by J.-B. Proulx,

was published by

J.R. Koenig (July 30, 2007)

under the title

LOST AND FOUND AGAIN or PIERRE CHOLET

The book contains new maps, notes and illustrations that will prove of great interest to anyone researching the CHOLET- CHOLETTE surname.

The PREFACE of this book

may be found

by clicking on the ORANGE title above.

Éléonore CHARRON (1826-1912)

Éléonore CHARRON (François+Marie-Angélique AYOTTE) founded the Roman Catholic religious community of women known as the Sisters of Sainte-Martha (Soeurs Ste-Marthe) in St-Hyacinthe, QC in 1883. The community's main purpose was to serve priests and seminarians by cooking, sewing and housekeeping. Nowadays, the sisters are also involved in pastoral work and the making of hosts to be used (consecrated) during the celebration of the Eucharist.

For more information about Éléonore and the community,

click on the title above.

CHARRON Ancestry

(1)

Pierre CHARRON

Judith MARTIN

1632

St-Martin-de-Meaux, Champagne, (Seine et Marne) FRANCE

(2)

Jean-Baptiste CHARRON dit DUCHARME

Catherine PILLAT^/PILLARD

1665-10-19

Montréal, QC

(3)

Jean-Baptiste CHARRON

Marie-Madeleine GUERTIN

1711-01-08

Contrecoeur-Verchères County, QC

(4)

Michel CHARRON

Angélique MARIER

1749-02-03

St-Charles-sur-Richelieu, St-Hyacinthe County, QC

(5)

Louis-Eustache CHARRON

Marie-Judith HOGUE

1777-09-29

St-Charles-sur-Richelieu, St-Hyacinthe County, QC

(6)

François CHARRON

Marie-Angélique AYOTTE

1807-08-03

St-Denis-sur-Richelieu, St-Hyacinthe County, QC

(7)

Éléonore CHARRON

(Mère Marie Sainte-Marthe)

Gilles LAUZON

The November 2007 (Vol 135, No. 10) issue
of the Sainte-Anne Shrine publication
contains a history of the lineage of

GILLES LAUZON

The article displays a drawing of Gilles LAUZON as well as an 1885 picture of 4 generations of LAUZON: Roger, Paul-Émile, Josaphat and Cyrille-Marie. A 3rd photograph of Paul-Émile LAUZON + Hélène RACINE and their family is also included. The couple was married in 1930 in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Terrebonne County, QC

For more information, you may go to the website of
Sainte-Anne Shrine
by clicking on the ORANGE title above.

Father Jean-Louis BOURBON (1916-2007)

Born 1916-11-02, the son of J. A. Camille BOURDON and Albertine DUPUY, died 2007-10-21 at Charles-Lemoyne Hospital in Longueuil, QC. Funeral presided by Msgr. Jacques BERTHELET, C.S.V. at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in LaPrairie on October 26, 2007.
Father BOURDON was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood in 1941-03-09 by Msgr. Atanase FORGET at Nativity parish in LaPrairie, QC. He was the oldest priest in the Saint-Jean-Longueuil diocese.
Among other activities, he taught at the Seminary in St-Jean from 1941-1953. He also served as assistant pastor at Ste-Famille parish in Boucherville, QC (1959) & was pastor of Ste-Louise-de-Marillac parish in Longueui, QC (1960) & of St-Edmond parish in St-Jean, QC (1966), pastor of Très-St-Coeur-de-Marie parish in Chambly, QC (1978), as well as assistant pastor at St-Joseph-de-Chambly parish (1985).
Father BOURDON leaves behind his grieving sisters, Camille, Louise, Françoise, Thérèse and Andrée as well as his brother, Gilles.Burial will be at Côte-des-Neiges Cemetery in Montréal, QC

Saint-Georges-de-Beauce, QC

The history of the Roman Catholic Church in Saint-Georges-de-Beauce, QC is explored through beautifu pictures in the October 2007(Vol. 135, No. 9) issue of the Revue Saint-Anne monthly publication. The first chapel dates back to 1820. The architect, Denis OUELLET, drew the plans for the present-day church building in 1900. The Church was blessed in 1902 by Cardinal BÉGIN. Seven photographs grace the article.

For more information
click on the ORANGE title above
that will bring you to the official site of
Sainte-Anne Shrine.

Délia TÉTREAULT (1865-1941)

Délia TÉTREAULT
b. 1865-02-05
Marieville, Rouville County, QC
d. 1941-10-09
Montréal, QC

She was the foundress of the Québec Roman Catholic religious community of the
Missionaries of the Immaculate Conception

Known in religious life as
Soeur Marie du Saint-Esprit, MIC
For more information about Délia TÉTREALT
and the Sisters,
just click on the ORANGE title above
to be brought to their official ENGLISH site

MARTEL History in Québec

The September 2007 edition (Vol. 135 - No. 6) of the Sainte-Anne Shrine publication contains the story of

Honoré MARTEL dit LAMONTAGNE

and his descendants in Québec.

The picture of two famous Québec MARTEL's are included:

Renée MARTEL, a popular singer,

and

Roland MARTEL, a trumpetist.

For more information,

click on the ORANGE title above

to be brought to the official site of

Sainte-Anne Shrine,

Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, QC

LAFRENIÈRE Lineage & photo

The ancestry and photo of the LAFRENIÈRE sisters, daughters of Charles+Émilie POULIN, may be found in album # 7 on our Webshots site. They are the 4th cousins, once removed, of Ernestine LAFRENIÈRE, daughter of Michel+Marie RITCHOT, who married Raoul DUCHARME in 1922 in Manchester, NH.

Just click on the ORANGE title above
tp be brought to our Webshots site.
You may find photos of some of your
French-Canadian & Franco-American
relatives there.

Cardinal Édouard GAGNON (1918-2007)

Édouard GAGNON

born 1918.01.15

in Port-Daniel, Bonaventure County, QC

died 2007.08.25

in Montréal, QC

He was a member of the Roman Catholic Priests of Saint-Sulpice (Sulpicians), having been ordained 1940-08-15.

For more information about his life,

click on the ORANGE title above.

Sister Réjeanne ROUSSEL

Réjeanne ROUSSEL

originally from Chapleau, Ontario

is the first Canadian to be elected Superior General of the Roman Catholic community of the Sisters of Saint Mary or Namur (Soeurs de Sainte-Marie de Namur) that was founded in Belgium.

For more information about the Sisters,

click on the ORANGE title above

and you will be brought

to their official site.

Mayor of Québec City died

Andrée PLAMONDON-BOUCHER

mayor of the city of Québec since 2005 and previous mayor of Sainte-Foy, a susburb of Québec City, died 2008-08-24 at her home of a massive infarctus. Born 1937-01-30 in Québec City, the daughter of Louis PLAMONDON and Alice MONTMINY, she obtained her degree in Education from Laval University.

In 1985, she was elected mayor of Sainte-Foy, a job that she retained for 15 years. In 2005, she was elected mayor of Québec City.

Andrée PLAMONDON married Marc BOUCHER (Gabriel & Thérèse PAQUET) on 1959-08-10 in Notre-Dame-de-Foy parish, Sainte-Foy, QC. The couple had 3 children: Bernard, Denis and France.

Residents of Québec City and the City Council were taken aback by their mayor's unexpected death since her husband had failing health, but she was energetic and seemed tireless. Andrée's priorities were always based upon the welfare of the residents of the city. Concern for them was the basis of all her decisions, and she even intervened personally on their behalf when normal channels proved fruitless. All were welcome, and everyone knew her home address, where, today, there are countless flowers on the lawn as well as in front of the City Hall.

The family has accepted a public funeral. Arrangements are in the offing.

BISSONNET/BISSONNETTE Descendants

The descendants of PIERRE BISSONNET are well described in two consecutive editions of the REVUE SAINTE-ANNE (Vol. 235, Nos. 6 & 7.
The June publication contains 3 pictures:
1) Bernard BISSONNETTE, b. 1898.01.15 in Saint-Esprit-de-Moncalm , QC. He married Jacqueline MASSON in 1935.
2) Louis-Georges BISSONNETTE, b. 1893.09.04 in Côteau-du-Lac, Soulanges County, QC. He marriage Juliette DANSEREAU in 1927.
3) Lise BISSONNETTE, former director of the LE DEVOIR newspaper. In 2005, she was appointed director of the National Library of Montréal, QC.
The July/August edition contains a photo of Pierre-André BISSONNETTE, who died in Ottawa in 1989.12.23at the age of 65 two days after having been honored with the Order of Canada.

Click on the ORANGE title above

to be brought to the official site of the

Sainte-Anne Shrine

where is published the

REVUE SAINTE_ANNE

The forced assimilation of Aboriginal children in Canada

Suzanne FOURNIER and Ernie GREY relate the truth about the “abduction” of native children in Canada by the State & Church as a result of the Indian Act of 1876 that gave the Minister of Indian & Northern Affairs intrusive rights. To discover more about the waning of Aboriginal culture in this country due to "lawful abduction" of children, who were forced into Residential Schools or put into Foster homes, read STOLEN FROM OUR EMBRACE, the abduction of First Nations children and the restoration of Aboriginal communities (ISBN: 978-1-55054-661-3). Published in June 1998, the authors share their experiences and that of their community members along with the effect that such forced assimilation had on them, and their search for their identiry, for their culture.

Learn more about the

Indian Act of 1876

by clicking on the ORANGE title above.

The Franco-American Connection BLOG

Jacques L'Heureux

from

Columbia, MD

has a BLOG that should be of interest to everyone researching French-Canadian and Franco-American ancestors. It would be well worth your time to

click on the ORANGE TITLE above

to be brought to his BLOG.

Canadian Home Children

Those of us, who are interested in Canadian genealogy, have eventually come upon the HOME CHILDREN, who were sent from their homeland (England or Ireland) to work for Canadian families. Not much is known about their daily living experiences in Canada in the late 1800's, i.e. not until JEAN LITTLE wrote a novel about 2 of these children based upon much research. Her book, "ORPHAN AT THE DOOR: The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope," brings you right into the heart of the situation of a Home Child in a strange land and what these siblings lived at the hands of their "employers."
While lexperiencing Canadian life in Ontario with these Home Children, I was also introduced to the author, Jean LITTLE, via the blurb on the jacket of the book. From there I Googled and ended up on her website, only to discover that she is a prolific blind person, who has shared the results of her vivid imagination and thus has helped us to see WITHIN the heart of our fellowmen via her novels.

Learn more about JEAN LITTLE

by visiting her website.

Just click on the ORANGE TITLE above

if you're interested in knowing more about

Canadian Home Children.

Father Émilien TARDIF (1928-1999)

Born June 6, 1920 in Saint-Zacharie, Beauce County, QC, Émilien TARDIF was the son of Léonidas & Anna LAROCHELLE. In 1940, the family moved to Rapide-Danseur in the Abitibi region of Québec.
In 1949-09-08 Émilien made profession in the religious community of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC: Missionaires du Sacré-Coeur). In 1955-06-24, he was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in Rapide-Danseur. In September 1956, he left for the Dominican Republic where he taught at the Minor Seminary of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, worked for the Amigo del Hogar magazine, was named "superior" of the mission in the Dominican Republic, and in 1971 he became Administrative Provincial of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in that country.
Later, Father TARDIF founded the community of lay persons known as the Servants of the Living Christ (Serviteurs du Christ Vivant), which, in 1999, had more than 300 members. He opened several community homes in the Dominican Republic as well as in the state of Florida in the U.S.
In 1973, Father TARDIF returned to Canada because of failing health and was cared for at Laval Hospital in Québec City, QC. . While in hospital, he met members of the Charismatic Movement. Once cured of his health problems, he began preaching retreats throughout the world.
Father TARDIF's first book: Jésus a fait de moi un témoin, sold more than one million copies. It was translated into 18 languages. He wrote 2 more books before dying in 1999-06-08 while preaching a retreat to priests in Cordoba, ARGENTINA. His funeral was held in the stadium in San Domingo, Dominican Republic, and he is buried in Santiago de Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.

For information concerning

Father Émilien TARDIF's ancestry,

click on the ORANGE TITLE above.

Ancestors baptized or married or buried in Montréal, QC?

Since many researchers of French-Canadian ancestors have relatives, who were born, married or died in Montréal, I am in the process of uploaded pictures of the many Catholic and Protestant church of that city. You may download them at will and free of charge.

Click on the ORANGE title above

to be brought to album # 45

on our Webshots site.

Searching for your North-American Indian Heritage?

WILFRED PELTIER

Why not start by understanding Native American thinking?

Wilfred PELTIER (b. 1927-10-16, d. 2000-07-07) An Odawa aboriginal, Wilfred was born on the Wikwemikong Reserve in Manitoba, CANADA. According to his autobiography, NO FOREIGN LAND : THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A NORTHERN AMERICAN INDIAN, Wilfred changed the spelling of his surname, PELTIER, to PELLETIER at one point in his life, so as to be recognized as of French-Canadian extraction.
Unlike usual autobiographies, Wilfred PELTIER goes beyond relating his life events. He brings us into the Indian mind and allows us to begin thinking like one. What an experience! Being led to see the world through aboriginal eyes is mind-boggling and well worth the experience. Such a point of view removes all pre-conceived notions I had about Indians as well as my judgmental attitude concerning their actions and way of being. Wilfred PELTIER’s autobiography brought me into the very spirit of native North-American life and has opened my mind to who they are from the inside out.

If you have Indians among your ancestors, it would be worth your while to read Wilfred PELTIER's autobiography, which was written from tape recordings of conversations he had with a friend over a period of many years. Experience your native ancestors by THINKING like them from their point of view of Mother Earth. You will then discover a whole other meaning to the words,

COMMUNITY, OWMERSHIP & SHARING.

Cross on MOUNT ROYAL in Montréal, QC

In 1643, Paul CHOMEDEY, Sieur de Mainsonneuve, erected a wooden cross on Mont-Royal in thanksgiving to God for having proected the city now known as Montréal, QC, from flood waters. In commemoration of this act, in 1924, a metal cross, 30 meters high, was erected on the exact spot of the original cross. Through the years, the cross has been weather-beaten; therefore, it, and the surrounding area, will be restored in the Spring of 2008. A well-known landmark, the cross is lit up at night and can be seen from many miles, especially on the south shore of the St. Lawrence Seaway.

To view the cross and discover more about

MOUNT ROYAL

click on the ORANGE title above.

Franco-Americans from QUÉBEC to RHODE ISLAND

CONNIE LEMONDE

has done it again, sharing the knowledge she has gained, through the years, about living alone.

Thoughts and hints
to encourage women who,
through divorce, widowhood,
or other forms of separation,
are suddenly living alone
and having difficulty
adjusting to this change.

To discover more about

Connie LEMONDE's ancestors

(BADEAU, CHARLAND, FENLEY, LEDOUX)

who went from Lotbinière County, QC

to

New England, U.S.A.

and to view pictures of them,

click on the ORANGE title above.