Of all the people who made history during the New France era, very few of them appear in my genealogical tree. One of them though is Pierre Le Gardeur de Repentigny, from Normandy, France, and director of the Community of inhabitants, who came to Québec circa 1636 with his wife Marie Favery. Their marriage most likely took place around 1630 in La Rochelle. I owe to his grandson Jean-Baptiste—who had a natural child with Marie-Marthe Richaume in 1665—the honour of having a nobleman as my ancestor. Continue reading
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My 2021 French ChallengeAZ: E for Éthier
Élizabeth Éthier, baptized on February 2, 1673, at the Notre-Dame parish in Montréal, is my 6th great-grandmother. She married Louis Forget on March 2, 1688, in Lachenaie where she was also buried in 1743. Apropos, their daughter Élizabeth (Forget) was Augustin Hubou dit Tourville’s wife, the first to use the “dit name” of Tourville.
My 2021 French ChallengeAZ: D for Destroismaisons
The Destroismaisons family whose “dit name” was Picard is from the paternal line of my great-great-grandmother Esther Laurendeau.
My 2021 French ChallengeAZ: C for Casti
Where were we? Oh, yes, Paul Casti or Caty — for whom the research is still in progress — did leave some hints in the archives for us about his life outside the BMD standards.
My 2021 French ChallengeAZ: B for Badeau
Geneviève Badeau is my 6th great-grandmother on my maternal grandfather’s side. Born and baptized on November 7, 1683, in Beauport, she was the daughter of Jean Badeau and Marguerite Chalifour.
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My 2021 French Challenge AZ: A for Avanti!
It is, by all means, the first time—and hopefully the last!—that I begin this ChallengeAZ with no hope of completing it. I’m a little bit late, but I will try anyway. For a second or two, I thought of A for Abort Mission! for this post’s title! Continue reading
My 2019 French ChallengeAZ in 100 Words—or More | Z for Zachary Richard
I will end up this Challenge by introducing you to, or remind you of, a Louisiana-born singer whose Acadian ancestry crosses mine—another telling illustration of how heartlessly families were separated during the Deportation. Continue reading
My 2019 French ChallengeAZ in 100 Words—or More | Y for YouTube
The letter Y has inspired me this. It has taken me three hundred times the amount of work of all the other posts. Anyway, enjoy and have a nice trip! 🙂 Continue reading
My 2019 French ChallengeAZ in 100 Words—or More | X for Cross
The photo featured on all my posts since the beginning of this year’s French Challenge shows the Deportation Cross memorial, located at Horton Landing, 1.5 km from Grand-Pré National Historic Site. Continue reading
My 2019 French ChallengeAZ in 100 Words—or More | W for White
Reviewing records of the locality where your Acadian ancestors eventually settled remains the best way to collect any clues about them. Thus, as nearly all of my Acadian ancestors ended up in Saint-Jacques-de-l’Achigan, local church records proved very useful indeed. Continue reading