My 2018 French ChallengeAZ in 100 Words: J for January

Mitchell January—Janvier in Québec—was living in Vergennes at least since 1833 when he married Louise Labonté, daughter of Joseph Labonté and Élizabeth Rock. They will have 13 children. He died between 1870 and 1880. But unfortunately for us, unless you were an important figure in town, obituaries were uncommon at that time. Was Madelin January, deceased in Vergennes in 1870, at age 95, his mother? In that case he could be Michel Deschenaux dit Janvier, born in Trois-Rivières in 1808, son of Michel Deschenaux dit Janvier and Madeleine Bodin dit Benoît. Definitely an interesting path to follow.


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