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
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#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
#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #22 Nina Tourville (?-1910)
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
#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #21 Adélard Charbonneau (1864-1925)
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
The Bangle Files: #1 | The Will of Adam Bangle
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
#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #20 Adolphus Tourville (1836-1877)
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
#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #19 Josephte Cantin (1799-1857)
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
From the Archives: Maps? I Love Maps!
These are two maps of Île Jésus from 1911 (nowadays, the island is home to Ville de Laval which results from the amalgamation of all municipalities previously established thereon). On the far right of the first map, we may locate Saint-François-de-Sales Parish, and on the second one, we can see where the Tourvilles lived. You can bet for sure that the large lot occupied by Desale Tourville was Michel Tourville’s land (husband of Catherine Marié), at the time of his death in 1810.
#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #18 Octave Tourville (1826-1902)
Spending so many years investigating about Mathieu Hubou’s descendents, I certainly came across some people who clearly stand out from the others. Octave Tourville is one of them. Continue reading
From the Archives: Tourvilles as Middlemen Voyageurs
The very preliminary steps of the first acknowledged trip in which Toussaint Tourville and his older brother Pierre were involved as voyageurs started on April 3, 1790 at the office of Notary Public Louis Chaboillez (in office 1787-1813), where they each sign a one-year contract with the merchant company Todd McGill & Co. The destination was unknown as they were accepting to travel wherever they were required to (North excluded). Even if the agreement entered into was for a one-year term only, they were contracted as “hyvernants” which meant they would spend the winter and make the return trip the next year. Continue reading