Hi all, >Suggest you put on a webpage I will do that. I have the pictures on the computer from my visit here. The pictures of I have from my own family will have to wait until I get back to France and my scanner. And when I do, I'll put up exactly where they fit in to the geneology; but roughly, it would go something like Etienne > Antoine > ...... > Fenelon (Leon) - married to Sophie Bolduc > Napoleon (whose brother is Stanislas, my great grandfather, maried to Celine Denis) I went to the settlement land of Etienne Fontaine on Ile d'Orleans just across from Quebec City, it was great! I only wish I could go in the summer, in winter the graves all covered in snow and most places are closed. But, everyone I met was very friendly and helpful. It seems that all the records are kept in Sainte Famille (I might be wrong about that, but the island is very small, so the towns are close by) and there is a geneologie store that I plan to visit. There is a book on the history of the Island and its settlers, it's 80 Canadian dollars, it's beautiful but I didn't see any mention of Etienne Fontaine in it, or any other Fontaines for that matter. My line in the family comes from Etienne's son Antoine and I think that his children left the island and moved to the south side of the river to Beauce. The English attacked and controlled the island around that time, so I wonder if they left because of that. One thing I don't quite understand is how Marie Conille ended up in Canada. I find it hard to believe that her mother left France with her when she was just a young girl, without her father. Does anyone have records on her birth in France? Cheers, Lise

Bonjour Madame Lise! I found something that may help you if you have not already found it. It is in "La Toile du Quebec" under "Fontaine" and belongs to Louise Smith, and is very interesting. It is quite long, but I send you the part about Marie CONILLE. She was the daughter of Pierre and Marie GITON. She was baptized on Sept 27, 1665 in St-Nicolas of LaRochelle in Aunis, France. She arrived in New-France (Canada) while she was very young with her mother because on August 14, 1669, her mother cancelled a marriage contract in front of public notary named Becquet. Marie CONILLE's father, Pierre CONILLE never came to Canada. Marie was 17 years old when she married Etienne Fontaine in Ile d'Orleans. They did not know Marie's date of death. This marriage produced twelve children and I have this list. Also I have the 9 generations (Etienne FONTAINE and Marie CONILLE being the first generation. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lise Fontaine <lfontaine@teaser.fr> To: <FONTAINE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 8:08 AM Subject: Re: [FONTAINE] Fenelon Fontaine and Ile d'Orleans > Hi all, > > >Suggest you put on a webpage > > I will do that. I have the pictures on the computer from my visit here. > The pictures of I have from my own family will have to wait until I get > back to France and my scanner. And when I do, I'll put up exactly where > they fit in to the geneology; but roughly, it would go something like > Etienne > Antoine > ...... > Fenelon (Leon) - married to Sophie Bolduc > > Napoleon (whose brother is Stanislas, my great grandfather, maried to > Celine Denis) > > I went to the settlement land of Etienne Fontaine on Ile d'Orleans just > across from Quebec City, it was great! I only wish I could go in the > summer, in winter the graves all covered in snow and most places are > closed. But, everyone I met was very friendly and helpful. It seems that > all the records are kept in Sainte Famille (I might be wrong about that, > but the island is very small, so the towns are close by) and there is a > geneologie store that I plan to visit. There is a book on the history of > the Island and its settlers, it's 80 Canadian dollars, it's beautiful but I > didn't see any mention of Etienne Fontaine in it, or any other Fontaines > for that matter. > > My line in the family comes from Etienne's son Antoine and I think that his > children left the island and moved to the south side of the river to > Beauce. The English attacked and controlled the island around that time, > so I wonder if they left because of that. > > One thing I don't quite understand is how Marie Conille ended up in Canada. > I find it hard to believe that her mother left France with her when she > was just a young girl, without her father. Does anyone have records on her > birth in France? > > Cheers, > > Lise > > > > > ==== FONTAINE Mailing List ==== > Genealogy is not fatal, but it is a grave disease. > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >