Hi Yvon and other listers, I'm one of the many "shy" subscribers on this list, so I thought I'd try to break the ice a bit. You have been very patient with this group Yvon, thanks. Its funny too, because all the Cormiers I know are definitely not on the shy side when it comes to anything in life. The problem I find is that geneology research can be very time consuming, and with 4 young children, I don't ever seem to get to it. But that is also the reason I joined this list, to see if I could get information to come to me in order to save me the time I would have spent searching. So here is a little of what I know via my Father Warren Cormier who was born in Worchester, MA in 1921... My Father's paternal grandparents were Romaine (Raymond) and Agnes Cormier. Agnes' maiden name was Leger, she was half Indian and her family were farmers from Moncton, New Brunswick. The story goes that Agnes and Romaine had a problem relationship of some sort in Moncton, and a single Agnes was sent illegally to the United States by her family to escape Romaine. She was sent to Worchester, MA to live with relatives. Romaine followed her to Worchester to find her and they eventually married. They built a farm house in Worchester near a lake on Pleasant Street. They had 19 children, so I guess they worked things out. I don't have any dates for Agnes, but for Romaine I have him as Raymond P. Cormier, 1860-1936. My Father's maternal grandparents were Henry and Meda Morris. Meda's maiden name was Duclos and her full name was Almeda Duclos. Her birthday was July 1, but I don't know the year. She died sometime in the late 1920's or early 1930's. Meda's parents were Henry Morin (1846-1914) and Virginia Bouvier (1847 - 1915). My Dad had always been told that they were related to the famous Jackie Bouvier Kennedy of Mass, but I don't know if that's true. Henry Morris was born June 1, 1873 and died approximately 1953ish. The story my Dad heard about him is that he was related to Lord Morris of England, but again, I don't know that for sure. My name is Maria Provencher, formally Maria Cormier. When I started asking questions and doing research I also found out that the Cormiers and Provenchers cross paths before my husband and I did. My Dad's only sister, Lil, was married to Edwin Hollbrook Sanders. Edwin's mother's maiden name was Albina Provencher. But that's a whole other project. So there you go, anyone have anything to add for me? As I have written all this, I think my laundry has grown an inch! But thanks for reading, even if you don't have anything to add, I hope you enjoyed it anyway. Maria Provencher ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yvon Cyr" <cajun@acadian.org> To: <CORMIER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 2:17 PM Subject: Re: Lack of activity > Hi Deb & other Listers: > > There are approximately 50 subscribers on each of the CORMIER and BOURGEOIS > Mailing Lists, but unfortunately (and sadly), most just sit back and don't > participate very much. Thus the reason I tried to get some activity going, > by suggesting they write about each FIRST names, on different weeks. > > YOU could help by posting inquiry messages to see if some of the > subscribers respond. > > Come on Listers... this is YOUR Mailing List and YOU will get out of it, > what you put into it. > > >