I doubt we are connected, Rose, but I couldn't help but reply to your post because of the similarity of our names and places (and because it gives me another opportunity to post my dead end). I have been searching for a BRADY family from Quebec. Marie BRADY was my great great grandmother. She was the daughter of Patrice (Patrick) BRADY and Elizabeth TARDY (or TARDIFF or FARDY). Marie had at least one brother; I know of no other siblings. She was born in 1822. I don't yet know where, but I speculate it was either Ireland or Canada. She married a French Canadian, Louis LEMIRE, in Wotton, Quebec, on October 11, 1842, when she was about 20. She died on 5/31/1903. Her brother Patrick was married to Odile PELLETIER, a French Canadian woman, also in Wotton, on 7/3/1849. According to his marriage record, he was less than 21 years old and he was an orphan at the time. Thus, Patrick Sr. and Elizabeth both died before 7/3/1849 and Patrick Jr. was born after 7/3/1828. Assuming that the parents were about 21 when Marie (as far as I know, their oldest child) was born, the parents were probably born around or before 1801. I speculate that Patrice and Elizabeth might have been part of the Irish immigration of 1832. This was also the year that a cholera epidemic hit Quebec (and the rest of Canada). I further speculate that Patrice and Elizabeth died in that epidemic and that their orphaned children were raised by french Canadians. Another possibility is that the children were sent to Canada after they had been orphaned in Ireland. Nevertheless, it is almost certain that the parents (at least the father) were born and raised in Ireland and they were probably married there as well. If you could give me any information on Patrice/Patrick BRADY and Elizabeth TARDY/TARDIFF/FARDY or any information on any other BRADYs in that place and time, I would be very grateful. Dick [email protected] wrote: > Subject: [BRAY-L] Quebec/NY: Francois BRAY - LA LONDE - RAYMOND/RAIMOND > Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 10:50:00 -0800 > From: Rose Terry <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Lookin' for cousins! > > My Francois BRAY m Genevieve LA LONDE and had child Francis/Francois > BRAY who m 11 Jan 1802 in Les Cedres, Soulange, Quebec, CANADA to > Marguerite RAYMOND/RAIMOND. They had child Francis "Frank" BRAY who > was b 10 Mar 1806 in Quebec, CANADA, he came to Alexandria (Jefferson > CO, NY) in 1829 and became a US Citizen in 1847. He m Mary Ann BARNARD > and he d 15 Jan 1905 in Charles City, Floyd Co, IA. > > Francis "Frank" BRAY & Mary Ann BARNARD had children: > > Edward BRAY b 1835 Alexandria, Jefferson Co, NY, d 1912 King Co, WA, > m Cordelia A GAYLORD in 1864 in Chickasaw Co, IA; > > Lafayette BRAY b 1836 Alexandria, Jefferson Co, NY, d 1910 Hubbard Co, > MN, m Mary BRADLEY in 1863 in Floyd Co, IA; > > Henry Willard BRAY b 1838 in Alexandria, Jefferson Co, NY; > > George W BRAY b 1840 in Alexandria, Jefferson Co, NY, m Anna GILL in > 1863 in Chickasaw Co, IA; > > Andrew Jackson BRAY b 1843 in Alexandria, Jefferson Co, NY, d 1893 in > Chickasaw Co, IA, m Hannah MILLER in 1865 in Chickasaw Co, IA; > > Hannah Sophia BRAY b 1845 in Rodman, Jefferson Co, NY, d 1907 in > Hubbard Co, MN, m Isaac Rollins TRUSTY in 1864 in Chickasaw Co, IA; > > Mary E BRAY b 1847 in Alexandria, Jefferson Co, NY, m Olizem NADEAU > in 1863 in Chickasaw Co, IA; > > Emily BRAY b 1849 in Alexandria, Jefferson Co, NY, m Wes NOBLES in > 1866 in Cjickasaw Co, IA; > > Josette BRAY b 1852 in Alexandria, Jefferson Co, NY, d 1891 in Otter > Tail Co, MN, m ___ WOOD; > > Francis Edward BRAY b 1854 in Alexandria, Jefferson Co, NY, d 1918 in > Floyd Co, IA, m Cordelia NELSON in 1878 in Chickasaw Co, IA; > > Learose BRAY b 1856 in Alexandria, Jefferson Co, NY, d 10 days later > in teh same place; > > Adelaide BRAY b 1857 in Chickasaw Co, IA, m Eugene HENRY in 1883 in > Floyd Co, IA; > > Levi BRAY b 1861 in Chickasaw Co, IA, d 1862 same place. > > -- > \\\|/// > \\ ~ ~ // > ( @ @ ) > -oOOo-(_)-oOOo- > Rose CAUDLE TERRY, Washington state > BILYEU Listowner/Listmother (genealogical) & Proud RootsWeb Sponsor > [email protected] or [email protected] > http://www.genealogy.bilyeu.com/ -- _~o _ o -\<, -\<, (_) /---- / (_) [email protected] Dick & Barbara Lemieux Concord, NH