This week, let’s turn our attention to the daughter of Adam Bangle and Marie Davis, Catherine (she’s also the sister of William whom I wrote about in this series’ previous article). We know from her father’s will that she was married to Jacob Smith (or Schmidt). Once again, the church records of Saint-Louis-de-France Parish of Terrebonne will allow us to know who were the couple’s children. Continue reading
#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #27 Michel Tourville (1759-1810) and #28 Catherine Marié (1764-1830)
I can easily picture Catherine Marié (widowed for almost two years), sitting in Notary Public Pierre Laforce’s office, on this afternoon of the 12th day of October 1811, along with her eleven children: the elder, Jean-Baptiste, 25, married to Rosalie Bleau for three years; Michel, 24; Rose, 23, married to Joseph Forget-Depaty for two years; and the minor children: Catherine, 19*; Antoinette, 17; Hyacinthe, 15; Marie, 14; Charlotte, 12; Joseph, 11; Charles, 9; and François, 7. [*Note: The age of Catherine is estimated but the age of the other children is based on their actual birthdates.] Continue reading
#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #26 Catherine LaCount (née Tourville) (~1792-1866)
In my next 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks article, I will write about the family of Michel Tourville and Catherine Marié, parents of 14 children; but this week I would like to bring to your attention the case of their daughter Catherine. Why? Because she’s their only child for whom no baptismal act is available. Continue reading
The Bangle Files: #3 | The Children of Marie Tourville and William Bangle
Genealogy typically is a work-in-progress, so discoveries made during my Salt Lake City research trip mean that transcriptions need to be done.
Before we find out the reason why Adam Bangle ended up in Terrebonne, let me first introduce to you the initial subjects of my research, Marie Tourville and William Bangle. Continue reading
Salt Lake City 2015 | Research Trip Journal | Day 9
Once on the plane taking me back home after each of my annual stays in Salt Lake City, I can’t help but feel that if only I could have stayed just one more day… Who am I kidding? It would never be done in just one day! Continue reading
#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #24 Olivier Tourville (1848-?) & #25 Amédée Tourville (1855-1899)
For so long I have been complaining about the limitations of the wildcard search on Ancestry.com. The only thing you could do was type the first three characters and then enter either a “*” or a “?”. And then just last week without even thinking about it I tried to search with “*ville” and much to my surprise, it worked. Continue reading
Salt Lake City 2015 | Research Trip Journal | Day 8
Yesterday already felt like running a marathon. Will I get to the finish line?
Salt Lake City 2015 | Research Trip Journal | Day 7
It was one of those days…
I bet that St. Louis County clerk having fun in the deeds book is the one who put the wrong page number references in the index…
Salt Lake City 2015 | Research Trip Journal | Day 6
Saint-Germain de Lisieux, Ladies and Gentlemen! That’s where to look!
If you have read my post on Barbe Hubou, you’ve already seen the tree showing the Hubous we have identified so far who came from France to the New World. Continue reading
Salt Lake City 2015 | Research Trip Journal | Day 5
For those of you who have never been to Salt Lake City, this is the library seen from my hotel room. Nope! Cannot be closer than that!
The time I spent at the library yesterday is quite easy to breakdown.
Most of the day was spent working on the Bangle Family. I wanted to see if I could find some new documents and I did! I am very excited about this as I now have the signature of Adam Bangle. Continue reading