Located in the western Central Vermont Region, Addison County is bordered to the west by majestic Lake Champlain. The primary stream of the county, Otto Creek, represents a significant source of water power. If numerous French Canadians settled in Addison County starting around 1840, others came much earlier, seeking work opportunities offered by the Monkton Iron Company, established in the little city of Vergennes at the outset of the 19th century, and several farms in Ferrisburgh and surrounding areas. Surnames of some of the French Canadian pioneers included the following: Yattaw (Guertin), Labonté, Little (Petit), and Rock (Desrochers dit Frenière).
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You may have noticed that I was off the genealogy radar for a while now. Please do not assume that my interest in my favourite hobby has faded, quite the contrary!
Of the twelve children born to William Bangle (1765-1821) and Marie Tourville (1778-1853), two are nowhere to be found: Joseph-Hippolyte, born in 1806, and his brother Félix, born in 1812.
I was validating some dates for Jean-Baptiste Tourville and Marguerite Dome—they were married on August 2, 1836, in Saint-Luc, Saint-Jean County, in Québec just before they left for South Hero, Grand Isle County, Vermont—when I came across the next marriage record which was about Toussaint Cardinal and Catherine Audette dit Lapointe.