Looking for information of families of Napoleon and Josephine (Paradis) Boudreau m. 4/20/1874 Kankakee, IL area.

Hi Bob & Sandra, Welcome to the St. Anne Group. I see you are researching Beauvais. I am trying to find information on a Julie or Julia Beauvais born in Bourbonnais,Illinois, married Antoine Laflamme on Oct. 19,1863 in Kankakee County,Illinois. Paula --- Sandy2B@aol.com wrote: > Hello to all you folks interested in St. Anne > and the surrounding areas. My > name is Bob Bovie and I've been monitoring this > site since it's inception. > Recently Ginny Crawford suggested I introduce > myself to the group. Since I > don't have a list of the original St. Anne > group, I'm not sure how many of > you I am personally acquainted with. > > A bit of personal history: I was born at the > Iroquois County Hospital in > 1937. My parents, Melvin and Iola (Kirts) > Bovie lived in Beaverville at the > time. Melvin was the assistant cashier at the > Beaverville State Bank. Iola > was a schoolteacher, teaching at the Frigon > School near Beaverville and the > Oak Bank School located between Beaverville and > St. Anne, closer to Papineau. > Iola was the teacher at Oak Bank when it > closed. > > My family moved to St. Anne in the mid-1940s. > Melvin, for many years, was > the chief accountant for the St. Anne Brick & > Tile Co., and related business > owned by Messrs. Cote, Corkins and Parish. > Iola continued teaching in the > Bradley School District after the Oak Bank > School closed. The first 4 years > of my schooling was at the Frigon School, with > mother as teacher. I then > attended the St. Anne Academy and St. Anne > Community High School. I attended > Univ. of Ill for 1 1/2 years, then sought > employment at Armstrong Cork > Company in Kankakee. During the 1960s and > 1970s I was involved with the St. > Anne Village Board, as Clerk, the local Knights > of Columbus Council and the > St. Anne Youth Activity Group. > > In 1958 Sandra Beaupre and I were married. > Sandra is the daughter of Russell > Beaupre (deceased) and Wauneta (Starkey) > Beaupre of Bourbonnias. Sandra was > born at Lying In Hospital in Chicago in 1937. > Her family later moved to > Kankakee and then St. Anne. Sandra's > grandparents were Wilfred and Nelda > Beaupre. Wilfred at one time operated the > Beaupre Dairy in St. Anne. > Sandra's mother was a long time employee of the > St. Anne Post Office. After > attending grade school and high school in St. > Anne, Sandra worked as a dental > assistant for Drs Kratz, Emerson and Van Drunen > in St. Anne. In the 1970s > Sandra was employed as a floral designer at > Village Flowers in St. Anne. > > Following our marriage, we lived in Harvey, IL > for about one year and then > returned St. Anne, living there until 1977. At > that time I accepted a > transfer with Armstrong to their main facility > in Lancaster, PA. I continued > employment with Armstrong, officially retiring > in 1997, but continued on for > over two years as a part time computer systems > consultant. > > Sandra and I have three adult offspring. Jill, > married to Carl Slagle, with > one child, Joey, living in Alexandra, VA. > Michael, married to Susan Metzger, > with one child, Evan, living here in Lancaster, > PA. And Darren, living in > Boston, MA, planning his June 10 wedding to > Patty Lenz. > > We are researching these family names: On > Bob's side of the family, Bovie > (Bauvais or Beauvais), Kerger, Kirts and Regan. > Sandra's ancestors are > Beaupre, Bourgeois, Starkey and Spurgeon. > We've new to this genealogy thing, > having just begun in the past few months. > > Cheers > > Bob And Sandra Bovie > Lancaster, PA > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with > millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com

In a message dated 4/24/00 2:12:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, birdys11@Yahoo.com writes: << Hi Bob & Sandra, Welcome to the St. Anne Group. I see you are researching Beauvais. I am trying to find information on a Julie or Julia Beauvais born in Bourbonnais,Illinois, married Antoine Laflamme on Oct. 19,1863 in Kankakee County,Illinois. Paula >> Paula: Sorry, we don't have any into of this person. We've not really gotten much of a start on my family, only my father, g father, g grandfather and very little information about any of them. The Bovies Lancaster, PA

Hi, I have forwarded the photo request and info to my Boisvert & Mear cousin, Debbie. She wrote, "I don't know if I will have time to do any scanning this week as I am getting ready to go out of town and have lots to do for the family reunion on Sat. Keep sending the info. Will get to it next week." -Debbie So please keep writing to us. Debbie knows that I am working on the Boisvert & Mear side of the family so she is concentrating on her Irish lines. Therefore, I would love to be "kept in the loop" because some of the photo surnames do fit in our family tree just not the ones we have so far. Thanks much, Robbin

In a message dated 4/22/00 6:25:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Rab71EIU@aol.com writes: << My "cousin" on-line and I met yesterday and she showed me the pictures in her grandmother's album. I just wrote down the titles under them. So, if anyone wants a copy she is learning to use her scanner and can try to send them to you. These are old black and whites from the 1800's. We would love to learn who these people were. >> I'd like copies but it might be easier for her to post them on a web page and give out the web page URL . >> If you find your way to the bottom of this note..............Here's a way to post pictures for everyone to view. I recently found <www.photopoint.com> A free site where you can post as many pictures as you have time to upload. We''ve done close to 100 pictures and then invited all the family to view. It's a great concept, particularly since it's free. If anyone would care to view a sample of our pics, go to the site, scroll about half way down the page. In the box "view members albums" enter our e-mail address "sandy2b@aol.com." The navigation is pretty easy once you get there. The Bovies Lancaster, PA

In a message dated 04/22/2000 3:19:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Wheat1199@aol.com writes: << My "cousin" on-line and I met yesterday and she showed me the pictures in her grandmother's album. I just wrote down the titles under them. So, if anyone wants a copy she is learning to use her scanner and can try to send them to you. These are old black and whites from the 1800's. We would love to learn who these people were. >> I'd like copies but it might be easier for her to post them on a web page and give out the web page URL . Rab

My "cousin" on-line and I met yesterday and she showed me the pictures in her grandmother's album. I just wrote down the titles under them. So, if anyone wants a copy she is learning to use her scanner and can try to send them to you. These are old black and whites from the 1800's. We would love to learn who these people were. If anyone know when I. W. Powell Studio 282 Dearborn Ave, Kankakee, IL was in business it would help us figure out these folks. Grandma Lambert Fa Le Vasseur by WD Fay of 416 Jefferson St. in Jolliet, IL Mr. & Mrs. Rabion (?) hard to read writing Mr. & Mrs. Wm Barron Will Bryton and wife Sarah Rabion (?) two women in picture Ella & Edward Parradee Grandma Parradee Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brouillette Lambert Couple Dionne (?) Hattie Palmer Joe Rabion (?) Aunt Josephine's Dau (Mear) Rhine - Fort Worth Rabions Sisters (nuns) Cordelia Ponton Smith Jos Laroche (couple) "St. Agapit" Uncle Ed's son W. Ed Jr. (?) scatched out in places

Sandy2B@aol.com wrote: > <<<In 1958 Sandra Beaupre and I were married. Sandra is the daughter of > Russell Beaupre (deceased) and Wauneta (Starkey) Beaupre of Bourbonnias. > Sandra was born at Lying In Hospital in Chicago in 1937. Her family later > moved to Kankakee and then St. Anne. Sandra's grandparents were Wilfred and > Nelda Beaupre.>>>> Hi Bob and Sandra Sandra... are you related to the following Beaupre family? I found the information in my Allain records which was supplied by Cecil and Rosalie Allain in the 1980's. (I am just curious.) Really... I'm writing to let you know how much I enjoyed reading your personal history. Thanks so much for sharing it with us! Kathye 1. Sylvester J. BEAUPRE was born on 21 Mar 1918. Sylvester married Mardell Lorna WOOLS, daughter of Grover Cleveland WOOLS and Aurelia ALLAIN, on 31 Aug 1935. (Mardell Lorna WOOLS was born on 13 Aug 1918 in St. Anne, Kankakee County, Illinois.) Mardell and Sylvester were living in Bradley, Illinois in 1966. They had the following children: + 2 M i. Jackie Ray BEAUPRE was born on 21 Jul 1936 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois. Jackie married Faith FRIEBERG on 8 Sep 1962 in Bradley, Kankakee County, Illinois. (Faith FRIEBERG was born on 16 Jul 1933 in Evergreen Park, Cook County, Illinois.) Jackie and Faith were living in Bradley, Illinois in 1969. Jackie and Faith had the following children: Susan Jean BEAUPRE was born on 25 Jun 1963 in Kankakee, Illinois. Nancy Mardell BEAUPRE was born on 14 Feb 1966 in Kankakee, Illinois. 3 F ii. Lana Kay BEAUPRE was born on 16 Jul 1956 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois. -- Kathye Snyder-Knight Carthage, Missouri kathyek@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~kathyek/index.html

Thanks to Dave Harlow for posting the great link to the article on Dandurand. I wrote the author Wm Urban a short note. Dave King has the Dandurand ancestors. This article and his Petite Canada site fit quite well together. I' m sure all of our early French-Canadian ancestors shared basically the same background. Sure wish Mr. Urban had added a little more on Bourbonnais and Kankakee Co. I have printed it out so I can read it again off-line. Audrey

Thanks Anita for mentioning this site: In addition to the Dionne familily, there is a bit of info on the early Dandurand families I didn't have. Go to the "Les Grandes Familles / The Great Families" link Also of interest to Dandurand Researchers: I found this write-up recently on another site belonging to: William L. Urban Dept of History, Monmouth College, Monmouth IL http://www.monm.edu/academic/History/urban/dendurent/dendurent_history.html It details the Dandurand family along with much of the history of the times. Dave H. Rab71EIU@aol.com wrote: > > I was checking search engines to see if I could pull up my web page and found > this site for Dionne that is really good. Elaine check to see if you have > seen this one. > > <A HREF="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~dionne/genealogie/index_e.html">Dionne > Genealogy</A> http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~dionne/genealogie/index_e.html > > It also has a link to <A HREF="http://www.microtec.net/lutrin/GenWeb/">Bas-du > -Fleuve, Québec</A> which is a Genweb site about Quebec with pictures. > A quote from the page" Ce site est dédié à la généalogie de la région du > Bas-du-Fleuve, Québec. Il fait partie du projet GenWeb Canada, section > Québec. Il couvre les anciens comtés de Bellechasse, Montmagny, L'Islet, Kamou > raska, Rivière-du-Loup, Témiscouata, Rimouski, Matane, Matapédia, Gaspé et > Bonaventure." > Don't worry if you don't read French-it has English translation on most > pages. > > There is a data base of surnames Oh, just check it out<g> > > Happy easter everyone > Rab (Anita) > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/

Sandy2B@aol.com wrote (in part): Sandra's grandparents were Wilfred and Nelda > Beaupre. Wilfred at one time operated the Beaupre Dairy in St. Anne. > Bob And Sandra Bovie > Lancaster, PA Bob and Sandra, Were the parents of your Wilfred BEAUPRE Stanislaus (Tennis) BEAUPRE and Philomene SPENARD ? And...did Wilfred have sibs named Jules, George, and Neilida ? If so, I have some back about three generations on the BEAUPRES. Jack Davidson Lakewood, CO

Hi Anita, Thanks for the 2 websites. I checked the Dionne site and found that I had given him information on the Illinois Dionnes. When I have time I will research them in more detail. Elaine

In a message dated 4/21/00 9:13:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jdavid@uswest.net writes: To Sandra & Bob Bovie << Were the parents of your Wilfred BEAUPRE Stanislaus (Tennis) BEAUPRE and Philomene SPENARD ? And...did Wilfred have sibs named Jules, George, and Neilida ? If so, I have some back about three generations on the BEAUPRES. >> Yes, Jack Davidson has the correct Beaupres. However, according to the records we've borrowed, Philomene was Tennis' 3rd wife and not the mother of Wilfred. We have Adeline Deneau as Wilfred's mother. She passed away when he was an infant. We have information borrowed from Sylvester Beaupre of Bourbonnais and Jim Davis of Texas giving us about nine generations back in the Beaupre line. Although we are new to this game, we've not hesitated to seek information from folks who are more in tune with genealogical research than we. The Bovies Lancaster, PA

I was checking search engines to see if I could pull up my web page and found this site for Dionne that is really good. Elaine check to see if you have seen this one. <A HREF="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~dionne/genealogie/index_e.html">Dionne Genealogy</A> http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~dionne/genealogie/index_e.html It also has a link to <A HREF="http://www.microtec.net/lutrin/GenWeb/">Bas-du -Fleuve, Québec</A> which is a Genweb site about Quebec with pictures. A quote from the page" Ce site est dédié à la généalogie de la région du Bas-du-Fleuve, Québec. Il fait partie du projet GenWeb Canada, section Québec. Il couvre les anciens comtés de Bellechasse, Montmagny, L'Islet, Kamou raska, Rivière-du-Loup, Témiscouata, Rimouski, Matane, Matapédia, Gaspé et Bonaventure." Don't worry if you don't read French-it has English translation on most pages. There is a data base of surnames Oh, just check it out<g> Happy easter everyone Rab (Anita)

In a message dated 4/21/00 9:23:15 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Sandy2B@aol.com writes: << We are researching these family names: On Bob's side of the family, Bovie (Bauvais or Beauvais), Kerger, Kirts and Regan. Sandra's ancestors are Beaupre, Bourgeois, Starkey and Spurgeon. We've new to this genealogy thing, having just begun in the past few months. >> Bonjour Bob, I have BOURGEOIS. My gr grandparents were Emile Chiniquy and Victorine Bourgeois who were murdered in St. Anne in 1898. I have tons of BOURGEOIS information. Let Sanda know and tell her I will sure help if I can. Bye for now, Carol Anne

Bob - that was a great bio! As you know, we have listers looking for several of your surnames, so good info should be coming your way soon. To Bob and other new listers: Don't be shy - do just ASK for help (for example, "looking for parents of XXX, born on XX and married XX - does anyone know?") - it's the Genie Way! Do you have a computer program such as Family Tree-Maker on which to store your information? It's essential! And they are easy to use once you get the hang of them. Regards, Ginny list admin - ILSTANNE

Hello to all you folks interested in St. Anne and the surrounding areas. My name is Bob Bovie and I've been monitoring this site since it's inception. Recently Ginny Crawford suggested I introduce myself to the group. Since I don't have a list of the original St. Anne group, I'm not sure how many of you I am personally acquainted with. A bit of personal history: I was born at the Iroquois County Hospital in 1937. My parents, Melvin and Iola (Kirts) Bovie lived in Beaverville at the time. Melvin was the assistant cashier at the Beaverville State Bank. Iola was a schoolteacher, teaching at the Frigon School near Beaverville and the Oak Bank School located between Beaverville and St. Anne, closer to Papineau. Iola was the teacher at Oak Bank when it closed. My family moved to St. Anne in the mid-1940s. Melvin, for many years, was the chief accountant for the St. Anne Brick & Tile Co., and related business owned by Messrs. Cote, Corkins and Parish. Iola continued teaching in the Bradley School District after the Oak Bank School closed. The first 4 years of my schooling was at the Frigon School, with mother as teacher. I then attended the St. Anne Academy and St. Anne Community High School. I attended Univ. of Ill for 1 1/2 years, then sought employment at Armstrong Cork Company in Kankakee. During the 1960s and 1970s I was involved with the St. Anne Village Board, as Clerk, the local Knights of Columbus Council and the St. Anne Youth Activity Group. In 1958 Sandra Beaupre and I were married. Sandra is the daughter of Russell Beaupre (deceased) and Wauneta (Starkey) Beaupre of Bourbonnias. Sandra was born at Lying In Hospital in Chicago in 1937. Her family later moved to Kankakee and then St. Anne. Sandra's grandparents were Wilfred and Nelda Beaupre. Wilfred at one time operated the Beaupre Dairy in St. Anne. Sandra's mother was a long time employee of the St. Anne Post Office. After attending grade school and high school in St. Anne, Sandra worked as a dental assistant for Drs Kratz, Emerson and Van Drunen in St. Anne. In the 1970s Sandra was employed as a floral designer at Village Flowers in St. Anne. Following our marriage, we lived in Harvey, IL for about one year and then returned St. Anne, living there until 1977. At that time I accepted a transfer with Armstrong to their main facility in Lancaster, PA. I continued employment with Armstrong, officially retiring in 1997, but continued on for over two years as a part time computer systems consultant. Sandra and I have three adult offspring. Jill, married to Carl Slagle, with one child, Joey, living in Alexandra, VA. Michael, married to Susan Metzger, with one child, Evan, living here in Lancaster, PA. And Darren, living in Boston, MA, planning his June 10 wedding to Patty Lenz. We are researching these family names: On Bob's side of the family, Bovie (Bauvais or Beauvais), Kerger, Kirts and Regan. Sandra's ancestors are Beaupre, Bourgeois, Starkey and Spurgeon. We've new to this genealogy thing, having just begun in the past few months. Cheers Bob And Sandra Bovie Lancaster, PA

Thought some of you might be interested in the non-St Anne article. It didn't say if they think he was also responsible for the 1st one. Audrey College Park, MD--The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has been informed that this morning the Federal Protective Service arrested a NARA employee, Marlon M. Mason, charging him with arson in connection with a fire on April 5 in the Washington National Records Center operated by NARA in Suitland, Maryland. The accused employee was turned over to the Fire Marshall of Prince George's County, Maryland. The fire was discovered by employees in a stack area at the records center, where NARA stores records that are no longer needed by federal agencies in their Washington area offices, but remain in the agencies' legal custody. NARA employees and contract guards extinguished the fire with hand-held fire extinguishers and were subsequently assisted by the Prince George's Fire Department. No one was injured by the fire, and damage was limited to a few boxes of records, which the NARA staff is attempting to salvage. This fire followed one that broke out in the same records center on February 29. That, too, caused some records damage, but was contained and extinguished without harm to anyone in the building. NARA employs the accused employee part time as an archives aid. He has worked for NARA since December 27, 1994. ==============================

Hi Robert, The only Lambert I have for sure is Eleanor (also listed as Leanor and Elinor) Lambert. I believe he married Joseph Gadbois April 12, 1858 in Kankakee Co. Joseph was from Trois Riveres, Quebec. The census taken at St. Anne in 1860 records Joseph as being aged 22 and his wife, Eleanor, as 20. Neither is shown as being able to read or write at that time but it is recorded that Eleanor was attending some form of school to correct that problem. --Rachelle RobertL832@aol.com wrote: > > Hi; I am a Lambert whose g-parents were from Ste. Anne. They may or may not > be related however. Do you have their names? > > Robert Lambert > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/

Hi Carol Anne, Yes, this looks like my Pierre and Joseph. But, funny thing, the information I received from my cousin, Lloyd Gadbois, has Joseph's death date as 3 Dec 1900 and Pierre's death date as 1 Dec 1889. I have the same dates as you do for Julie and Eleanor. Also, I believe you sent info regarding marriage dates for Pierre Gadbois. I wonder if we have the Gadbois families confused? I know there were a couple of Gadbois named Pierre and Joseph in the St. Anne area about the time my guys immigrated there. I was told they were run out of town and may have moved over to Cairo for awhile. (Family lore here, don't quote me!) They were apparently not related to my Gadbois family. I have a marriage datefor Pierre Edward Gadbois and Julie Mary Granger of June 29, 1856. Does that match up with your info at all? I also have a marriage date for Joseph Gadbois and Eleanor Lambert of April 12, 1858. Chiniquy@aol.com wrote: > > Bonsoir Rachelle, > > I think I found what you are looking for in the Death Records for MBVM. > > Pierre GADBOIS died 3 Dec 1891 at 63 years old > Julie died 3 Nov 1906 at 72 years old > > Joseph GADBOIS died 16 Mar 1896 at 84 years old > Eleanore died 6 May 1919 at 86 years old > > All are buried at the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cemetery in > Bourbonnais > > Hope this helps > Carol Anne > Chiniquy@aol.com > Klamath Falls, OR > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/