Salt Lake City, October 23, 2015
For the last few years, this week is like Christmas time to me.
Just flew in yesterday. I am in Salt Lake City until next Sunday. No matter how beautiful the weather is, I will lock myself in the Family History Library until next Saturday 5 pm. Continue reading
The Pioneers from Mesnil-Durand, FranceWe have identified five persons who came from Mesnil-Durand in the 17th Century: Guillaume Hubou (about 1627), Barbe Hubou (1639), Mathieu Hubou (1641), Nicolas Goupil (1642) and Françoise Hubou (1662). Here is the story of Barbe Hubou. Continue reading
Two weeks ago, when we left Adam, he was in a very bad state bedridden at home. Sick as he seemed to be when he had his will made, he must have died not long afterwards. Continue reading
My annual research trip to Salt Lake City is coming up fast and I have started preparing for it. I often get the same comment before leaving: “Again?! Aren’t you done?” No I’m not… 😉 Continue reading
Genealogy is a lot of fun when you can tell your mother: “Well… did you know that Adélard Charbonneau was 22 years old when he married Emma Tourville? And that she was… 34?!” Continue reading
I thought it would be appropriate to begin this journey with the will of Adam Bangle. If you have read the introduction, you already know that there is no marriage record or contract for our couple, William Bangle and Marie Tourville. So let’s see what story this document tells us and how we can find more information about William: Continue reading
You may remember having read on this blog a few months ago about Adelia Tourville Pelky Ouimette claiming a pension for her late husband, Adolphus Tourville, who was a soldier in the New York 96th Infantry Regiment, Company F.
I considered very interesting the fact that the witness in the following testimony is Prisk Pelky, brother of Adelia’s second husband, Andrew. Here how it goes : Continue reading
I am quite a regular user of Google Maps and Street View but I didn’t know that Street View would allow me to virtually visit the inside of my ancestor’s baptismal place!
Mathieu Hubou was baptized in 1626 in Saint-André du Mesnil-Durand, Department of Calvados, in the region of Normandy, France. This Church dates back to the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th century and is a classified historical monument in France since July 19, 1926.
To visit the church, click here and then on the image to get inside. Please note that access is possible only from a computer.
Enjoy!
Église St-André du Mesnil-Durand. Photo: P. Florentin, source Wikipedia. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
The burial register of Montréal’s Notre-Dame Church contains very laconic entries. However, sometimes, we are in for a surprise, such as the reading of the one of July 3, 1857 regarding Josephte Cantin. Continue reading