Hi Betty: This French name has quite a history. Suggest you google using Richelieu + genealogy. Believe this name is connected to French Royalty. There are a number of places in Canada named for this name. Lauraine > > From: "Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> > Date: 2009/07/27 Mon AM 06:43:24 CDT > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] RICHELIEU (sp?) CAN to USA > > Hello, > > Someone on the MA (US) List is looking for information on the RICHELIEU > surname. I did a quick look at census information, and found it is not a > popular name, but the families which did live in New England came down from > Canada. > > I only found a few mentions of the name for MA. One was about 2 young > children in the 1880 census, seemingly living in an orphanage in Holyoke, > MA. Later there was a family in New Bedford, MA, and with a different > spelling in Fall River, MA (RICHILIEU). > > Just curious if there are other spellings of this surname which I'm not > thinking of. I just checked www.familysearch.org and it's not a > popular name there, either. And, the SSDI records have people with > surname, seeming to die in specific states in the US, like the Dakotas and > Minnesota, or CA or Colorado, or NY or FL, for example. (Not New > England) > > Just an FYI for you. > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > List Administrator > > > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >