my guess would be that it is a messed up French name spelled by an Anglo who didn't know French, so I'd try to think of what the French word might be. There were many French settlements in what is now Michigan--e.g. Detroit! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Andrews" <andrews.colleen@gmail.com> To: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 11:36 AM Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Isle of Paso Trudie >I googled it & absolutely nothing comes up. Odd. I'd say it sounds Spanish, > but that's presuming it was spelled correctly on the gravestone. My best > guess would be it's the former name of a small island in either Lake > Michigan or Lake Huron. And maybe the name is a twisted Anglo version of > an > original native name. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ladypatricia" <paron@bendnet.com> > To: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 1:46 PM > Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Isle of Paso Trudie > > >>A grave in Michigan on Canada border had this statement Native of >>the >> Isle of Paso Trudie >> >> Has any one any ideas???? >> Thanks Lady Patricia