The Bangle Files: #6 | The Loyalist

BANQCollaboration, that is the key word. I don’t remember exactly when I “met” Judith Bangle Persin online for the first time. However, I do recall the days when I was searching through the notarial records of Terrebonne at Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec while, at the other end of the continent, she was looking through microfilms she ordered from her Family History Center. Continue reading

The Bangle Files: #5 | The Children of Josephte Allaire and John Bangle

BANQI am certainly not the one who can brag about discovering John Bangle’s family! The only clue I had about John was that he was cited in his father’s will. Continue reading

The Bangle Files: #2 | The Burial of Adam Bangle

BANQTwo 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

The Bangle Files: #1 | The Will of Adam Bangle

BANQI 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