Hiya, Sandra! Just out of curiousity, did the bio mention him living in Kankakee, Illinois before he settled in L.A.? Is there any mention in the book or in the bio about an L. H. NADEAU?? The reason I was asking is that I thought the BROUSSEAU name sounded familiar, so I looked in the file I have on my gr-gr-gr-grandfather Moses Hébert who died in 1873 and a J. BROUSSEAU pops up more than once -- and L. H. NADEAU was the administrator of the estate -- and by the time the whole estate thing was settled, both J. BROUSSEAU and H. NADEAU were in Los Angeles. :o) Included in the file was even a photocopied handwritten letter by Mr. J. BROUSSEAU of the Howard, Brousseau, Howard firm. That was dated 8 Apr 1878. oh, and the letterhead originally read "Office of: J. BROUSSEAU, Attorney at Law, Kankakee, Ill." He handwrote the names "Howard" and the words: "Los Angeles, Cal." over the original heading. :o) In 1873, Monsieur BROUSSEAU was still in Kankakee. He apparently sued the Illinois Central RR Company for causing the death of my gr-gr-gr-grandpa. He won $1,000 and kept $500 for himself (if you ask me, that's an AWFULLY steep fee) and the other $500 was doled out to my gr-gr-gr-grandma and her 5 surviving children. Anyways, thought you might find this interesting. Brenda Hébert ----- Original Message ----- From: Sandra Harris <sandrah@ix.netcom.com> To: <NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, 22 July, 1999 11:28 PM Subject: Julius BROUSSEAU in History of Los Angeles County > I have copied the bio and will mail it shortly to you. > call number 979.493 L8 > > Julius BROUSSEAU was born in Malone Franklin County NY the eldest of five > children of Julius BROUSSEAU and Marienne (JARVIS) BROUSSEAU, both of Los > Angeles County, each being 76 years of age (at the time of the article). > > When Mr. BROUSSEAU was two years old his parents moved to Monroe County NY. > Leaving his native state he went to MI and was admitted to the bar of the > Supreme Court of MI in the fall of 1861. > > In January 1877 he started for CA with his family. > > In the fall of 1860 Mr. BROUSSEAU married Miss Carrie YAKELEY in Ypsilanti > MI. She was a native of Seneca County NY and of German parentage on his > mother's side and English on his father's side. > > Mr. and Mrs. BROUSSEAU have four children: > Miss Kate, > Miss Mabel and > Eddie and Roy, 15 and 13 respectively. > > I hope this information helps you in your research. Sandra > > >