What is the earliest Bre/Bray you can identify? My Bre family, Etienne Bre, was born in St. Etienne de Montange, France about 1693 and died in 1774 in Soulange, Quebec, Canada. I show children born to Etienne and his wife in 1726 in Longue-Pointe, Quebec, Canada. I don't know exactly when he came from France to Canada. A lot of my Bre/Bray family were in Soulange, Quebec, Canada. My lineage moved from Canada to Kankakee, Ill. where they were the first white settlers in the area. They then moved to Kansas. Anyway, do you know the parents of Gilbert, or any other information that you can give to me. I may have something that you can use. If so, I will be gald to share it. Jim Owen Ann Martin wrote: >My interest is in the family of Gilbert Phillip Bre/Bray. He and his wife, Marie Malheur were living in Fond du Lac, WI at the time of his death about 1860. > >Marie Malheur was then married to Christopher Letourneau, there were children of this marriage. > >I have been fortunate to have been sent information that shows Marie had 4 children with her first husband, we knew of only 2. > >I would like to pass on what I have found to any one interested in the surname Bre/Bray of French ancestry who first settled in Quebec, before coming to Wisconsin. > >Ann Martin >grandima@cin.net > > >==== BRAY Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >