Ryan's mother is Nicky (Nichole) Bieber Beaupre, his maternal grandfather Ozzie Bieber, his maternal great-grandmother Lenore Goyette Bieber, who was my aunt. Bev Goyette Mieure ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 6:44 PM Subject: Re: [ILSTANNE] Ryan Anthony Beaupre, USMC > In a message dated 4/1/03 5:37:25 PM Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << Does anyone have Ryan's BEAUPRE line? >> > > I only have a little info......Judy Beaupre, his mother was an Allain (my > line)....I could get you in touch with my new Allain cousin who attended Judy > and Ed Beaupre's wedding, so she may be able to help you. > > Mary > > > ==== ILSTANNE Mailing List ==== > Courtesy is the key to list relationships. Please send thanks ON the list to those who have helped you. Our listers are so smart and generous - it's nice to see them thanked publicly. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

In a message dated 4/1/2003 3:37:25 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Does anyone have Ryan's BEAUPRE line? > I have it, 'cause it is my line as well. I'll send it to you privately.

Just so you'll know............. Bob in Monterey has the entire Beaupre line. Much more than we do. The Bovies Sandy and Bob Lancaster, PA [email protected] [email protected]

In a message dated 4/1/03 5:37:25 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << Does anyone have Ryan's BEAUPRE line? >> I only have a little info......Judy Beaupre, his mother was an Allain (my line)....I could get you in touch with my new Allain cousin who attended Judy and Ed Beaupre's wedding, so she may be able to help you. Mary

Does anyone have Ryan's BEAUPRE line? I'm curious to see how this BEAUPRE line connects with mine.

My sister in Chicago sent this message (1 April) concerning Ryan Beaupre's funeral-- The wake will be Wed. in the local grade school and funeral on Thurs. (it will be a close group in the little church!) The Bishop of Joliet will celebrate the mass. Hope the news media keeps a respect throughout. Memorial donations made to the Ryan Beaupre Memorial Fund c/o Clancy-Gernon-Houk Funeral Home  214 W.Sheffield, St.Anne, 60964. The Holiday Inn in Kankakee is offering free rooms for those attending the services! 

Wow!!! What a powerful message on this website. Yes, it made an old sailor cry (me). Thanks Bob......all should sign the prayerbook and leave a message. It is the least we can do for a fallen hero. Les ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 10:21 AM Subject: [ILSTANNE] Ryan Beaupre, USMC > The following came from Pat Beaupre, wife of Ryan Beaupre's cousin Guy. I > had tried to forward a message about this web site to ILSTANNE, but, as you > have probably seen, it got garbled because Rootsweb doesn't like messages > other than clear text. Or something like that. Anyway, at the risk of > redundancy, here is Pat's message-- > _______________ > > A beautiful memorial to Ryan is growing on the internet. You may want to > check out "Ryans Page".Thousands of people from all over the country > have signed his prayerbook. Be prepared.....it may make you cry like it did > me. > The link is: > > http://ron.keller.name/Blessed/Ryan.html. > > So far no word on funeral arrangements. > Please keep Ryan's family in your prayers..... > Love, Pat > > > > ==== ILSTANNE Mailing List ==== > Courtesy is the key to list relationships. Please send thanks ON the list to those who have helped you. Our listers are so smart and generous - it's nice to see them thanked publicly. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

In a message dated 3/30/2003 8:54:48 AM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] wrote, quoting a Rootsweb message: << Lists2: 2003-03-26 We are experiencing system difficulties with lists2. We do not expect to lose any data, including mail. Est. downtime: 2 day(s) >>

The following came from Pat Beaupre, wife of Ryan Beaupre's cousin Guy. I had tried to forward a message about this web site to ILSTANNE, but, as you have probably seen, it got garbled because Rootsweb doesn't like messages other than clear text. Or something like that. Anyway, at the risk of redundancy, here is Pat's message-- _______________ A beautiful memorial to Ryan is growing on the internet. You may want to check out "Ryans Page".Thousands of people from all over the country have signed his prayerbook. Be prepared.....it may make you cry like it did me. The link is: http://ron.keller.name/Blessed/Ryan.html. So far no word on funeral arrangements. Please keep Ryan's family in your prayers..... Love,  Pat

A few weeks ago, there were several messages regarding the subject, but I don't remember if anyone referred to the article in National Geographic Magazine, February 2003 issue. It's a very good article that someone might like to read about Sacagawea, but it is not too flattering regarding Toussaint. It may be available to read online at: www.nationalgeographic.com I didn't try to read it online, because I read it in my doctor's office........you know, long waits. There also is a great article in the recent Smithsonian Magazine about the "Louisiana Purchase" from Napoleon, Emperor of France in 1803. Thomas Jefferson and his henchmen negotiated a bargain price of $15,000,000, but it cost the U.S. $27,000,000 over the term of the bonds floated to pay for the purchase. Napoleon needed the money to pay for his intended conflict with the British, his Waterloo. The French were our friends at that time. Interesting how events make for strange bedfellows. Les

In a message dated 3/24/2003 5:38:50 AM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << I'm enjoying getting to know St. Anne. I'm fascinated with the fact that for such a little place on the map, they've given more to the country than the country knows. >> Message to those listers who own copies of "The Saga of St. Anne" - there is a long article about the ALLAIN family, with a lot of detail. They were right there among our area founding fathers and mothers, carving homes out of the wilderness. Salut to all! Ginny Crawford administrator

Hi Listers I am trying to make contact with Paula who posted a Father: Michel ALLAIN b: April 18,1786 in Chambly,Quebec,Canada Mother: Felicite ALLAIRE b: Bwt. 1790-1793 on World Connect. I am a descendant of his. I sent this person an e-mail last week and it came back to me. I would really like to make contact. Thank you Mary Boudreau

Thank you Carol. I had already read through many of the ILSTANNE archives and have seen you have a similar problem as I do regarding the "e" in Anne. Some of the listers have been wonderful by already emailing me so I'd also like to thank them in the general forum and hopefully have responded to all who have emailed to date. If I've missed someone, my apologies and let me know! I'm enjoying getting to know St. Anne. I'm fascinated with the fact that for such a little place on the map, they've given more to the country than the country knows. I'm sure this is true of many small communities across the land! Deb > Hi Deb and welcome. > > That's where I got my middle name also. <big grin> My father and grandfather > were both born in St Anne. I know you will enjoy the very helpful people > that are on this list. > > Carol Anne Chiniquy >

In a message dated 3/23/03 12:13:30 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << I have not looked at the Kankakee Valley Genelogy Society web site for some time and while checking it out was very plesently surprised to see some birth records being listed. >> Hi Carol Anne Would the KVGS web site be interested in births and marriages of early St. Anne settlers? The births posted on the KVGS site will be of great help for descendants looking for their ancestors. Thank you for posting the site. Mary

Bonjour Everyone, I have not looked at the Kankakee Valley Genelogy Society web site for some time and while checking it out was very plesently surprised to see some birth records being listed. This will be a great help and is worth keeping an eye on it as it grows bigger and lists more names for more dates. Though I'd pass this on just in case others didn't know about it. Carol Anne <A HREF="http://www.kvgs.org/birthindex/index.html">KVGS County Records Birth Index</A>

In a message dated 3/22/03 10:34:37 AM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > (where I got my middle name). Hi Deb and welcome. That's where I got my middle name also. <big grin> My father and grandfather were both born in St Anne. I know you will enjoy the very helpful people that are on this list. Carol Anne Chiniquy

Hello everyone! My connection to St. Anne is through the ALLAIN family. My family line goes like this: (All ALLAINs) Michael (aka Michel), Ambrose Sr., Oliver, Harry S, Robin, and then me, Deborah Anne. As a child I went to St. Anne regularly to visit relatives there. My dad has passed on some of the oral history about the Allains, Father Chiniquy and St. Anne. He was born there. My interest is ALLAIN and all the others who's name I've found in my Uncle Cecil and Aunt Rosalie's family book. Thanks to a couple of others on this list, my family history is a lot more complete. What I'd like to do now is see if I can track down certain things my dad has told me about as well as learn more about St. Anne (where I got my middle name). Having been an Air Force brat, St. Anne has more roots for me than anywhere else. Deb

On-line Kankakee Daily Journal has piucture and articles about Ryan, too . http://www.daily-journal.com/

Hello, St. Anners. There is a wonderful picture of Ryan Beaupre that accompanies the NYTimes article - go to: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/22/international/worldspecial/22CASU.html?th Many thanks to Ardis and also to Bob Schwartz for sending the information about Ryan's death to the ILSTANNE list - and thanks, Bob, for sending the family's address - I'm sure they will appreciate any notes of sympathy we may send. If anyone reading this did not receive the NYTimes article about Ryan, please let me know and I will send another - not sure it got through to all. Ginny Crawford Administrator

This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by [email protected] >From the New York Times, today's issue. SO SAD. [email protected] 'Sick Feeling' for a Pilot's Family March 22, 2003 By JODI WILGOREN ST. ANNE, Ill., March 21 - Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre's relatives were watching the war on television on Thursday night when news flashed of the first American casualties, as a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter crashed in the desert near the Iraqi border. "You kind of get that sick feeling in your stomach," Captain Beaupre's older sister Alyse recalled today, "when you know that's what your loved one flies." That sick feeling stuck after three marines knocked on her parents' door in this small patriotic town 65 miles south of Chicago at 3:15 this morning with the worst kind of war news. Captain Beaupre (pronounced BOW-pray), 30, a high-school track star who quit his accounting job to join the Marines because he yearned to fly and do something more meaningful, had indeed been piloting the Sea Knight helicopter that fell in a fireball nine miles into Kuwait. Along with Captain Beaupre, three Americans and eight British soldiers died as the helicopter crashed on its return from a mission in Iraq, probably because of mechanical failure, though officials have not ruled out hostile fire. The other marines on board were Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, of Waterville, Me.; Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, of Houston; and Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Watersbey, 29, of Baltimore. Two more marines were killed in combat today, officials said. Their names were not released. "Of course, you think of him right away, because you know he's there, but you're like, out of all those guys, it couldn't be our Ryan," said Rhonda Turner, who owns the Clip & Curl here and cut Captain Beaupre's hair - short, military style - from the time he was in grade school. "You'd think big stuff like that would miss a little place like this." This is a farm town of 1,300 people, founded in 1850, where American flags fly from every light post along the tiny downtown strip, from pickup trucks rumbling down side streets, from the window of the red-brick Beaupre home. The Stars and Stripes are painted on the town's water tower. The marquee advertising ice for 25 cents at the liquor store is wrapped in red, white and blue bunting. Even the little Clip & Curl has a "Support Our Troops" bumper sticker in the window. This afternoon, neighbors tied ribbons around trees in memory of Captain Beaupre and dropped some of those flags to half-staff. "No one has anything against going into the Marine Corps or anything, but we were scared that something like this would happen," said Christopher Beaupre, 22, who was wearing a cap emblazoned with a red dragon, the sign of his brother's squadron. "We always thought of him as a hero, regardless of this war or whatever happened." The first fallen heroes of this young war were remembered today in their hometowns and at their military bases, as Americans began to absorb the reality of body bags. "He was doing the right thing," Tim Willet, 24, a cousin, said from the deck of the small ranch home in Winslow, Me., where Major Aubin's mother lives. Friends and neighbors of Sergeant Watersbey, who has a 10-year-old son, sobbed in the streets of his northeast Baltimore neighborhood, according to WBAL-TV. "I want President Bush to get a good look at this, really good look here," his father, Michael, said, holding up a picture of the dead marine. "This is the only son I had, only son." At Camp Pendleton, Calif., where three of the four marines were based - Major Aubin was stationed in Yuma, Ariz. - Maj. Curtis L. Hill, a base spokesman, said the troops were in mourning. "We've lost some of our family," he said, "and when someone loses a member of their family, it's not taken lightly." But Lance Ewing, who retired from the Marines 17 years ago and still lives near the base, on a boat in Oceanside Harbor, said he was surprised there had not been more casualties. "These boys know what they're getting into," he said. "Hell, we all do. It's our job as marines. Tell us what you want to do and then get the hell out of the way." Here in St. Anne, a memorial Mass for Captain Beaupre was held this morning at the Roman Catholic church, and 15 miles away at his alma mater, Bishop McNamara High School in Kankakee, a dozen students clasped hands and said the Lord's Prayer after lowering the flag halfway. Alyse Beaupre, 31, said her brother got a job at an insurance company after graduating from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1995, but soon quit to join the Marines because "he thought that he could do more as a person." He got his wings four years later, and shipped out to the Persian Gulf in February. "He just wanted to call and tell me that he would be leaving to go overseas, and I asked him all the typical questions, you know, `Are you scared?' " Ms. Beaupre recalled of their last conversation. "I wanted to know if he was O.K. with what he was going over there for. He was. He said that this was something that needed to be done." The family had received three letters since Captain Beaupre deployed, but no phone calls. "He told us that it was a long wait in line to use the phone for a short amount of time," Ms. Beaupre said today, "and that that right should be reserved for those with wives and children at home." A handsome redhead with a broad smile, Ryan Beaupre finished the Chicago marathon last fall. In high school, he captained the track and cross country teams, and ran the lead-off leg to win the 1991 state championship of the 1,600-meter relay. At Wesleyan on a partial track scholarship, he joined the Sigma Pi fraternity, where his adviser, Jack Fields, said "he was always the one who got the guys to pay their dues." "Ryan was the one you depend on to make sure things happen, to carry out a plan and see to it that all of the details are attended to," recalled Mr. Fields, the university registrar. "It's hard to say no to someone who is standing up and doing the right thing all the time." Sharon Jackson, director of development at Bishop McNamara, said today that she could "still see Ryan walking down the hall with his grin and red hair, high-fiving everyone. "I don't know that Ryan ever had a bad day," she added. His high school track coach, Ken Klipp, said Captain Beaupre had been an ideal role model, a kid-next-door type whose straight A's landed him in the National Honor Society. "First one into the action, which is sort of what he's like," Mr. Klipp said, speaking both of his relay position and his role in this war. This morning, as news of the crash reverberated through the school, Mr. Klipp noticed a change in his students. "The circumstances make it personal," he explained. " `Hey, he graduated here, it could be you, it could be me.' It's not a headline, it's not a story anymore. It makes it real." In the hallway this afternoon, a dozen students crowded around the bulletin board where, for weeks, they have posted articles and scrawled slogans debating the war: "Regime change begins at home." "Pray for the return of our soldiers." "War is also terrorism." And now, someone has added: "Ryan Beaupre gave his life for us, what's wrong with that?" http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/22/international/worldspecial/22CASU.html?ex=1049347726&ei=1&en=df15647dbda0d2f4 HOW TO ADVERTISE --------------------------------- For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact [email protected] or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo For general information about NYTimes.com, write to [email protected] Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company