Could you post more information on Theikiki? I don't live in the Kankakee area but certainly would like to attend some time as some of my ancestors were Voyagers. Will plan for next year's celebration if I know ahead of time. Thanks bunches. Karen

You are right... As Father Chiniquy was responsible for getting most of my French Canadian ancestors to the St. Anne area, I have collected everything I can on him. I will also copy and paste this for my Chiniquy notebook. Thanks so much for sharing it with us. Blessings, Kathye VCrawf@aol.com wrote: > Hello, listers. I have received a clipping with a slightly new (to me) > slant on the Chiniquy lawsuit, from my cousin Margaret Guertin Bedard of > Kankakee - it has been cut from a newspaper of unknown date (although there > are some date-clues in the context) and photocopied - Margaret did not know > its source and has had it for many years among her papers. > > Since it was Father Charles Chiniquy who essentially settled the village of > St. Anne and gave it its name, the story of his life is an integral part of > the history we trace. He was revered by some and villified by others - > whatever the truth, he must have been an amazing person. His association > with Abraham Lincoln is one more interesting occurrence in a long and > remarkable life. Here's the clipping, verbatim: > > [HEADLINE] LINCOLN WAS ATTORNEY IN CHINIQUY SUIT > > [sub-head] ATTORNEY C. .M CLAY BUNTAIN FINDS INTERESTING BIT OF HISTORY IN > BOOK > > [more caps] ACTION FOR SLANDER [1855-1856] > > [another sub-head] Change Of Venue Is Taken To Champaign County On Account > Of Bitter Feeling Here > > [article begins] The celebrated slander suit of [Peter] Spink vs. Rev. > Charles Chiniquy, a priest of St. Anne, back in 1855, and the part played by > Abraham Lincoln were recalled yesterday when Attorney C. M. Clay Buntain ran > across the story in Jesse Weik's "Life of Lincoln" which he was reading. > > As soon as he came acrossthe story of the incident, Mr. Buntain went to the > office of Circuit Clerk Charles F. Skinner and there, among the oldest > records in the court house, he found the complete records of the suit. > > [sub-head] Lincoln Settles Case > > It developed that while the suit was originally filed here, yet on account of > the bitter feelings which followed, it was taken on a change of venue to > Champaign County. President Lincoln, then an attorney making a citcuit of > various courts in central Illinois, was one of the force of lawyers employed > by Father Chiniquy and his friends and took part in the trial after it > reached Champaign [actually, Urbana]. Following a disagreement of a jury > [i.e., a hung jury], the Great Emancipator brought about a settlement betwthe > parties and was the attorney who wrote the final degree [sic]. > > [sub-head] Bourbonais County Seat > > The entries in the case were made in Kankakee County during the term of > Phillip Worcester as circuit clerk and the handwriting is that of the late > Thomas Benfield, Sr., who was then deputy circuit clerk and afterwards one of > the ablest lawyers at the Kankakee bar. The court at that time was located > in Bourbonnais which was then the county seat. > > It is doubtful if there is now a living person in Kankakee County who > actually recalls the case. The following account of the litigation appears > in the book [?] now in the possession of Mr. Buntain [Weick, "Life of > Lincoln"?]. > > [The case with which] Mr. Lincoln was associated was that of Spink vs. > Chiniquy, begun in Kankakee County, Illinois, a case in which Charles > Chiniquy, a priest, was sued for having falsely charged that Peter Spink, one > of his parishioners, had been guilty of perjury. The parties and most of > the witnesses were French Catholics. Mr. Lincoln and Leonard Swett > represented Father Chiniquy. It was a well known and warmly-contested > case. "Father Chiniquy was plucky," related Henry O. Whitney, who was > present and remembered the trial, "and pled justification." Preparations > were made for a fight to the finish, not only between the two principals but > by the two respective neighborhoods in which they lived, for eventually > almost everybody became involved. A change of venue brought the case to > Champaign County, and when the term came on, the principals, their lawyers, > and an immense retinue of followers, came to Urbana. The hotels were > monopolized and a large number camped out. After a tedious and > long-drawn-out trial the jury disagreed [since the jury could not reach a > verdict, a re-trial was scheduled] . > > Next term the crowd, in no wise diminished, returned, camp outfits, > musicians, parrots, pet dogs, and all. The prospect was that all their > scandal would have to be aired again; but Mr. Lincoln, who abhored that class > of litigation, in which there was no utility, and dreading the outcome, set > to work and finally effected a compromise. > > The formal decree reciting the terms of the settlement of the case which > follows was prepared by Lincoln and is an excellent specimen of his concise > and orderly presentation of a legal proposition: "Peter Spink vs.Charles > Chiniquy. This day came the parties and the defendant [Chiniquy] denies > that he had ever charged or believed the plaintiff [Spink] to be guilty > ofPerjury; that whatever he has said from which such a charge could be > inferred, he said on the information of others, protecting his own disbelief > in the charge; and that he not disclaims any belief in the truth of said > charge against said plaintiff. It is therefore, by agreement of the > parties, ordered that the suit be dismissed, each party paying his own cost - > the defendant to pay his part of the cost heretofore ordered to be paid by > said plaintiff." > > [end of article and clipping] And where did Jesse Weick get his > information, one asks. It seems everyone had an ax to grind in this fact > situation! > > According to Charles Chiniquy in "Fifty Years in the Church of Rome" (pp. 620 > ff.), the lawsuit came about because Chiniquy believed that Spink had told > lies about him to the Roman Catholic Bishop of Chicago (O'Regan) and further > that Spink had been encouraged by the bishop to spread these lies in the St. > Anne area. > > Of course, there is more! The Illinois Historical Society Lincoln project > has recently retrieved and preserved the surviving documents generated by > this action. This list's Audrey NiteOwl received a copy of the case docket > and the text of the agreement signed by Abraham Lincoln from the project > directors from the project director - she kindly gave me a copy for my file - > thanks again, Audrey! I will review it for anything to add to this account > and will send a follow-up note. > > Cheers to all - I hope this has been of interest. > > Ginny > > Virginia Crawford > List Admin - ILSTANNE-L > VCrawf@aol.com > > > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ -- Kathye Snyder-Knight Carthage, Missouri kathyek@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~kathyek/index.html

just a reminder about the KVGS meeting today - 1 pm- Bourbonnais public library. The program will be given by George Ingalls and it will be about Theakiki. Theakiki is the event held each summer in Bourbonnais along the Kankakee river. It is a celebration of the days of the French Voyagers. Lee Ann

Thanks Ginny, I have copied & pasted this interesting article about Chiniquy and Abraham Lincoln into my "Chiniquy" Word.doc. file.

Hello, listers. I have received a clipping with a slightly new (to me) slant on the Chiniquy lawsuit, from my cousin Margaret Guertin Bedard of Kankakee - it has been cut from a newspaper of unknown date (although there are some date-clues in the context) and photocopied - Margaret did not know its source and has had it for many years among her papers. Since it was Father Charles Chiniquy who essentially settled the village of St. Anne and gave it its name, the story of his life is an integral part of the history we trace. He was revered by some and villified by others - whatever the truth, he must have been an amazing person. His association with Abraham Lincoln is one more interesting occurrence in a long and remarkable life. Here's the clipping, verbatim: [HEADLINE] LINCOLN WAS ATTORNEY IN CHINIQUY SUIT [sub-head] ATTORNEY C. .M CLAY BUNTAIN FINDS INTERESTING BIT OF HISTORY IN BOOK [more caps] ACTION FOR SLANDER [1855-1856] [another sub-head] Change Of Venue Is Taken To Champaign County On Account Of Bitter Feeling Here [article begins] The celebrated slander suit of [Peter] Spink vs. Rev. Charles Chiniquy, a priest of St. Anne, back in 1855, and the part played by Abraham Lincoln were recalled yesterday when Attorney C. M. Clay Buntain ran across the story in Jesse Weik's "Life of Lincoln" which he was reading. As soon as he came acrossthe story of the incident, Mr. Buntain went to the office of Circuit Clerk Charles F. Skinner and there, among the oldest records in the court house, he found the complete records of the suit. [sub-head] Lincoln Settles Case It developed that while the suit was originally filed here, yet on account of the bitter feelings which followed, it was taken on a change of venue to Champaign County. President Lincoln, then an attorney making a citcuit of various courts in central Illinois, was one of the force of lawyers employed by Father Chiniquy and his friends and took part in the trial after it reached Champaign [actually, Urbana]. Following a disagreement of a jury [i.e., a hung jury], the Great Emancipator brought about a settlement betwthe parties and was the attorney who wrote the final degree [sic]. [sub-head] Bourbonais County Seat The entries in the case were made in Kankakee County during the term of Phillip Worcester as circuit clerk and the handwriting is that of the late Thomas Benfield, Sr., who was then deputy circuit clerk and afterwards one of the ablest lawyers at the Kankakee bar. The court at that time was located in Bourbonnais which was then the county seat. It is doubtful if there is now a living person in Kankakee County who actually recalls the case. The following account of the litigation appears in the book [?] now in the possession of Mr. Buntain [Weick, "Life of Lincoln"?]. [The case with which] Mr. Lincoln was associated was that of Spink vs. Chiniquy, begun in Kankakee County, Illinois, a case in which Charles Chiniquy, a priest, was sued for having falsely charged that Peter Spink, one of his parishioners, had been guilty of perjury. The parties and most of the witnesses were French Catholics. Mr. Lincoln and Leonard Swett represented Father Chiniquy. It was a well known and warmly-contested case. "Father Chiniquy was plucky," related Henry O. Whitney, who was present and remembered the trial, "and pled justification." Preparations were made for a fight to the finish, not only between the two principals but by the two respective neighborhoods in which they lived, for eventually almost everybody became involved. A change of venue brought the case to Champaign County, and when the term came on, the principals, their lawyers, and an immense retinue of followers, came to Urbana. The hotels were monopolized and a large number camped out. After a tedious and long-drawn-out trial the jury disagreed [since the jury could not reach a verdict, a re-trial was scheduled] . Next term the crowd, in no wise diminished, returned, camp outfits, musicians, parrots, pet dogs, and all. The prospect was that all their scandal would have to be aired again; but Mr. Lincoln, who abhored that class of litigation, in which there was no utility, and dreading the outcome, set to work and finally effected a compromise. The formal decree reciting the terms of the settlement of the case which follows was prepared by Lincoln and is an excellent specimen of his concise and orderly presentation of a legal proposition: "Peter Spink vs.Charles Chiniquy. This day came the parties and the defendant [Chiniquy] denies that he had ever charged or believed the plaintiff [Spink] to be guilty ofPerjury; that whatever he has said from which such a charge could be inferred, he said on the information of others, protecting his own disbelief in the charge; and that he not disclaims any belief in the truth of said charge against said plaintiff. It is therefore, by agreement of the parties, ordered that the suit be dismissed, each party paying his own cost - the defendant to pay his part of the cost heretofore ordered to be paid by said plaintiff." [end of article and clipping] And where did Jesse Weick get his information, one asks. It seems everyone had an ax to grind in this fact situation! According to Charles Chiniquy in "Fifty Years in the Church of Rome" (pp. 620 ff.), the lawsuit came about because Chiniquy believed that Spink had told lies about him to the Roman Catholic Bishop of Chicago (O'Regan) and further that Spink had been encouraged by the bishop to spread these lies in the St. Anne area. Of course, there is more! The Illinois Historical Society Lincoln project has recently retrieved and preserved the surviving documents generated by this action. This list's Audrey NiteOwl received a copy of the case docket and the text of the agreement signed by Abraham Lincoln from the project directors from the project director - she kindly gave me a copy for my file - thanks again, Audrey! I will review it for anything to add to this account and will send a follow-up note. Cheers to all - I hope this has been of interest. Ginny Virginia Crawford List Admin - ILSTANNE-L VCrawf@aol.com

Bonjour Cousin Ginny, When I was in Quebec a couple of years ago, I brought back some terrific maps and I can find anything. <G> Chaleur Bay is along the northern end of New Brunswick along the coast of Campbellton and Bathurst. It seperates New Brunswick from the Gaspe Peninsule. Carol Anne In a message dated 3/3/00 9:33:34 AM Pacific Standard Time, VCrawf@aol.com writes: << P.S. Can someone locate Bay Chaleur for me? I am assuming New Brunswick, but the fine print on my map is TOO FINE (!). >>

Bonjour, St. Anners. For the original 77 in this group: I've had a note from Teresa Bisgard, whom we know as Bizzie2@aol.com. She was in a bad auto accident recently and is (I hope temporarily) going off the list. You may also remember that her family lost their home in one of the big tornados last year; she and her husband were both seriously injured. I know we all wish her well, and if you'd like to write her a note, I know she'd appreciate it. Teresa sent us a note about a possible St. Anne link, which I am forwarding in another post. Ginny Virginia Crawford List Admin, ILSTANNE-L

Bizzie2 wrote to me about a letter she received from the New Brunswick list about a CD in process that apparently includes many of the surnames we St. Anners are researching (thank you, Teresa!). She has no connection with the compiler of these names, but thought some of us might be interested. I am - for example, I see SAVOIE, which is one of the Acadian names behind the St. Anne CHINIQUY family. Please contact the compiler directly (off-list, in other words) if you would like to know more about this CD. P.S. Can someone locate Bay Chaleur for me? I am assuming New Brunswick, but the fine print on my map is TOO FINE (!). Here's the note: Subj: Re: Families of Bay Chaleur Date: 2/4/2000 10:19:59 PM Pacific Standard Time From: krispat@cgocable.net (krispat) To : NewBrunswick-L@rootsweb.com I am working on a cd - of the families of Bay Chaleur - thru my program family tree maker - so that it the info can be imported into any Genealogy program - the main area of concentration are the Catholic parishes -- in Quebec: Carleton, Bonaventure, Paspebiac, Novelle, Maria. In New Brunswick: Charlo, Caraquet, Restigouche County Sources: Census records, news clippings, church records -- Patrice Gallant's Les Registers de la Gaspesie 1752-1850 (phase 1) -- Bona Arsenault's series of books - Les Registers de ..... -- Les Families de Caraquet by Fidele Theriault -- Les Savoie - family of New Brunswick - Fidele Theriault -- Bonaventure 1760 - 1960 Main Families included: but there are many other families Acou, Allain, Allard, Anglehart, Arbour, Arsenault/Arseaneu, Aspirot, Aubut, Audet, Babin, Baker dit Blondin, Bariault, Beaudin, Beaudry, Beland dit Daraiche, Belanger, Belliveau, Bendwell, Bergeron, Bernard, Bernier, Berthelot, Berube, Blais, Bois, Bond, Boudreau, Bourdages, Bourgeois, Bourg, Brault, Bujold, Burns, Caron, Carrol, Cassey, Cassivi, Castilloux,Cavanagh, Chapados, Chiasson, Chicoine, Chouinard, Cloutier, Collin, Comeau, Cormier, Cote, Couillard, Couroit, Couture, Cyr, Daigle, David, Day, Debigarre, Delarosbille, Denis (Dunys), d'Entremont Doucet, Dube, Dugas, Duguay, Dunn, Dupuis, Durette, Element, Elsleager (Sleigher), Estiambre (Essiambre), Fallu, Ferlatte, foran, forest, Fougere, Fournier, Francour, Gagne, Gallant, Gauthier, Gauvreau, Gillis, Girard (Giraourd), Giroux, Goulette, Guillot (Diotte), Hache, Hebert,Henly, Henry, Huard, Jeanson (Johnson), Jolicoeur, Joncas, Kenleur (Laflamme), Kearney (Carney), Landry, Langlois, Laroque, Lavallee, laviolette, Lavoie, LeBlanc, Lebrasseur, Leclerc, Legouffe, Lepage, Levesque, Loiselle, Loubert, McBrearty, McGinnis, McGrath, McIntyre, Marcoux, Mercier, Methot, Michaud, Michel, Morin, Murphy, Murray, Nadeau, Normandeau, O'Connors, Paquet, Parent, Parise, Parker, Pelletier, Plourde, Poirier, Porlier, Querry, Quessy, Rafter, Rail (Rehel), Richard, Robichaud, Roussel, Roussy, Roy, St-Onge, St-Croix, Savoie, Smith, Stiber, Synnett, Soucy, Talbot, Tapp, Tardif, Therriault, Thibodeau, Thompson, Vautour, Wafer, Walsh/Welsh, Phase 1 - which is the B/D/M for Saint Francois Xavier 1853-1920, Charlo, NB and Patrice Gallant's Les Regesters de la Gaspeise will be available end of April 2000. for more info please contact me Kris McIntyre krispat@cgocable.net

Here is a link for the county maps past to present. It can be very helpful. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcumber/ilctybnd/ Later Debi ----- Original Message ----- From: Becky Hatton <Bhatton@hplsck.org> To: <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 3:51 PM Subject: [ILSTANNE] County Genealogy > > Hello ILSTANNE, > > In genealogy and family research, we need to know about state, county and > township boundries. > > Do you have access to the Handy Book for Genealogist, Everton Pub, any > edition will be ok? > > I use my County Genealogy for a cheat sheet: > > EXAMPLE > > ILLINOIS > > 1809 - TERRITORY > > 1818 - STATE > > KANKAKEE COUNTY - 1853 > > IROQUOIS COUNTY - 1833 > > WILL COUNTY - 1836 > > WILL COUNTY IROQUOIS COUNTY > 1836 1833 > > DUPAGE VERMILLION > 1839 1826 > COOK > 1831 > > Take Care. > > Becky > Rebecca Sue Hatton > Hutchinson KS > bhatton@hplsck.org > > > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >

Let me introduce myself - I am Becky (Rebecca Sue Hatton) - Hutchinson KS - bhatton@hplsck.org. I have worked in Public Libraries since 1965. In the mid-1970's I stared working on my Genealogy and Family History plus Social History. And in the mid-70's I conducted genealogy workshops at the Newton Public Library (Newton KS). And in the early 1980's I taught Genealogy/Family History plus Social History workshops for the Reno County Genealogical Society (Hutchinson KS), and for our South Central Kansas Library System Libraries. I do not have a computer at home, but I have a microfilm/reader. The following are the surnames I am researching with connections in Kankakee County ILL: BERNIER (BARNA/BERNE), BLAIR, BOILARD, BOUDREAU, BRUNTON, BUCH, BUCKLEY, BUTLER, CASTONGUAY, CHARBONNEAU, CHARTIER (SHARKEY), DEFOSSER, DELIERRE (DELIER), DOWSEY, DUCHARME, DUFRAIN (DUFRESENE), EMMEL, ENGLEKING, FEHSHER, GIRARD, GRAF, HATTON, HALL, HAUERT, HAYDEN, HEDGE, HERTZ, KILE, LACOSTE, LANDREY, LAFOND, LANOUE, LEBLANC (WHITE), LORD, MCCONNEHAY, MICHEL (MITCHELL), MORSE, MUELLER, NIELSEN, OWNBEY, PERREAULT (PAYRO), PETER, PONTO, RECORD, ROY, SHRONTZ, SMITH, STEVENS (BOULE), STINGLEY, SRICKLER, SWANK, THERRIEN (TAYLOR). Take Care. Becky Rebecca Sue Hatton Hutchinson KS bhatton@hplsck.org

Hello ILSTANNE, In genealogy and family research, we need to know about state, county and township boundries. Do you have access to the Handy Book for Genealogist, Everton Pub, any edition will be ok? I use my County Genealogy for a cheat sheet: EXAMPLE ILLINOIS 1809 - TERRITORY 1818 - STATE KANKAKEE COUNTY - 1853 IROQUOIS COUNTY - 1833 WILL COUNTY - 1836 WILL COUNTY IROQUOIS COUNTY 1836 1833 DUPAGE VERMILLION 1839 1826 COOK 1831 Take Care. Becky Rebecca Sue Hatton Hutchinson KS bhatton@hplsck.org

Becky... Here are a few of the names I'm researching from the Kankakee County area: ALLAIN/ALLEN, BENOIT, BOISVERT/GREENWOOD, DUFRESNE/DUFRAIN, & LANDRY. Most of my ancestors moved on to the Cloud County, Kansas area. What Dufrain and Landrey family are you researching? Check my web site to see if we have a connection. http://home.earthlink.net/~kathyek/index.html I also have information on another Dufrain line that is not my own (no connection yet). Thanks, Kathye Becky Hatton wrote: > Let me introduce myself - I am Becky (Rebecca Sue Hatton) - Hutchinson KS > - bhatton@hplsck.org. > > I have worked in Public Libraries since 1965. In the mid-1970's I stared > working on my Genealogy and Family History plus Social History. And in the > mid-70's I conducted genealogy workshops at the Newton Public Library > (Newton KS). And in the early 1980's I taught Genealogy/Family History > plus Social History workshops for the Reno County Genealogical Society > (Hutchinson KS), and for our South Central Kansas Library System Libraries. > > I do not have a computer at home, but I have a microfilm/reader. > > The following are the surnames I am researching with connections in > Kankakee County ILL: > > BERNIER (BARNA/BERNE), BLAIR, BOILARD, BOUDREAU, BRUNTON, BUCH, > BUCKLEY, BUTLER, CASTONGUAY, CHARBONNEAU, CHARTIER (SHARKEY), > DEFOSSER, DELIERRE (DELIER), DOWSEY, DUCHARME, DUFRAIN (DUFRESENE), > EMMEL, ENGLEKING, FEHSHER, GIRARD, GRAF, HATTON, HALL, HAUERT, > HAYDEN, HEDGE, HERTZ, KILE, LACOSTE, LANDREY, LAFOND, LANOUE, > LEBLANC (WHITE), LORD, MCCONNEHAY, MICHEL (MITCHELL), MORSE, MUELLER, > NIELSEN, OWNBEY, PERREAULT (PAYRO), PETER, PONTO, RECORD, ROY, > SHRONTZ, SMITH, STEVENS (BOULE), STINGLEY, SRICKLER, SWANK, THERRIEN > (TAYLOR). > > Take Care. > > Becky > Rebecca Sue Hatton > Hutchinson KS > bhatton@hplsck.org > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. -- Kathye Snyder-Knight Carthage, Missouri kathyek@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~kathyek/index.html

Me too Becky, a list-wide thank you! I've had no idea what my ancestors lived with enslaved in Boston, this is more than helpful and kind! Patricia VCrawf@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 2/28/2000 5:52:50 PM Pacific Standard Time, > Bhatton@hplsck.org writes: > > > Please send your surnames directly to - bhatton@hplsck.org and your mailing > > address and I will send you photcopies of the index pages. > > Becky, that is beyond generous - much appreciated ! I will be sending you > my Acadian surnames in a direct note, but want to send a list-wide thank > you. The St. Anners are a wonder - so much knowledge and expertise, and so > generous in sharing. > > Ginny > > Virginia Crawford > Admin - ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com > Carmel Valley CA > VCrawf@aol.com > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/

Hi, Don't know if any of this correlates, but my St. Anne ggrandmother was Ellen (Elena, Helen) Demarse, wife of Julius Giroux. Her second son, my grandfather Julius Jr. , married a Derinda LaPlante (sometimes LaPlant or Plante) in the late 1800's. May be just a coincidence: my ggmother was French Canadian, and many (most?) of the Demars (Demers, Demarse) in the mid 1800's were from Belgium. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Jerrian D. Barsness <jdbs@uslink.net> To: <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 1:23 AM Subject: [ILSTANNE] Hallelujah!!!! > Hi List, I'm back, up and running, after 2 months down time for parts and > repairs. I can handle this new address just great!!! Thank you!! > My Great-grandmother, Elise Reeves DeMars, wife of Dr. Gustave Jean-Baptiste > DeMars, had several siblings. Two of her sisters, it seems, married > LARAMEEs. Therese Reeves married Narcisse Laramee and Sophie Reeves married > Jack Laramee. Don't know how or if they were related. I have mention and a > picture of Auntie Priscille LaPlant, don't know how she fits in either. My > Great-grandmother Elise's mother, was Sophie Brunelle Reeves. One of her > brothers, Francoise, had a daughter, Francis, who married a J. Bert SIROIS > Sr. They had 2 children; Stella and J. Bert SIROIS Jr. Stella married > Alfred Morande. She was born in St. Anne 10 May 1881, and lived half of her > life in Kankakee. After her marriage to Alfred, they moved to Chicago. I > have quite a few pictures of people whose last names are Laramee and some > with Sirois, but cannot put these families together. Therese Reeves Laramee > was called "Old Auntie Therese". If anyone has any information that may > help figuring out these families (Laramee, LaPlant, or Sirois) I would be > ever grateful. Thank you for the easy address!! Jerrian > jdbs@uslink.net > "Old, is only a state of mind" > > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. >

Dear Mike, I have a Mary Demier in Martinton Twp who may be connected to your family, and her death certificate with some family info on it. Write me off-line if you would like a scanned copy. I don't have any of her children in my file. Audrey GOYETTE, JOHN - DEMIERE, MARY IROQUOIS 02/21/1895 8A/ 31 7086 Death Certificate: State of Illinois #13625 Mary Goyette (nee Demier) Female White Widowed Born: December 07, 1866 Martinton Twp IL Died: April 08, 1927 Martinton, Iroquois Co, IL Age: 60 yr 4mos 1 day Occupation: Housewife Spouse: John Goyette Father: Francis Demier b. Switzerland Mother: Julia Tatro b. Canada Informant: Paul J. Demier (brother?) Kankakee Cause of Death: Hemorage of the brain & Myocarditis Burial: Mt Olivet, L'Erable April 11, 1927 Undertaker: LC Woodington - St Anne Descendants of Jean-Baptiste Goyette 1 Jean-Baptiste Goyette b: December 21, 1839 St Hyacinthe PQ, Canada . +Sophronie St Pierre b: 1835 Canada m: October 09, 1854 in St Anne IL d: June 04, 1887 St Anne IL ... 2 Alice Goyette ....... +David Regnier m: 1879 in St Anne IL ... 2 John B. Goyette ....... +Elizabeth LeBlanc m: September 09, 1889 in St Anne IL d: June 18, 1891 St Anne IL ... *2nd Wife of John B. Goyette: ....... +Mary Demier b: December 07, 1866 Martinton Twp IL m: Aft. 1891 d: April 08, 1927 Martinton Twp IL ... 2 May Rosalie Goyette b: December 1864 ....... +Charles Lareau m: April 05, 1880 in St Anne IL ... 2 Maria Goyette b: April 04, 1856 IL ... 2 Delia Goyette b: 1859 IL ....... +Napoleon Legris m: July 05, 1875 in St Anne IL ... 2 Henrietta Goyette b: September 12, 1860 St Anne IL ... 2 Victorine Goyette b: December 29, 1862 St Anne IL ....... +Julien Regnier m: January 07, 1879 in St Anne IL ... 2 Infant Goyette b: 1866 d: 1866

Hi List, I'm back, up and running, after 2 months down time for parts and repairs. I can handle this new address just great!!! Thank you!! My Great-grandmother, Elise Reeves DeMars, wife of Dr. Gustave Jean-Baptiste DeMars, had several siblings. Two of her sisters, it seems, married LARAMEEs. Therese Reeves married Narcisse Laramee and Sophie Reeves married Jack Laramee. Don't know how or if they were related. I have mention and a picture of Auntie Priscille LaPlant, don't know how she fits in either. My Great-grandmother Elise's mother, was Sophie Brunelle Reeves. One of her brothers, Francoise, had a daughter, Francis, who married a J. Bert SIROIS Sr. They had 2 children; Stella and J. Bert SIROIS Jr. Stella married Alfred Morande. She was born in St. Anne 10 May 1881, and lived half of her life in Kankakee. After her marriage to Alfred, they moved to Chicago. I have quite a few pictures of people whose last names are Laramee and some with Sirois, but cannot put these families together. Therese Reeves Laramee was called "Old Auntie Therese". If anyone has any information that may help figuring out these families (Laramee, LaPlant, or Sirois) I would be ever grateful. Thank you for the easy address!! Jerrian jdbs@uslink.net "Old, is only a state of mind"

Hope no one minds if I repost for our Morins. Will also try ILFORD, so please excuse me if your on both lists and get this twice. I'm planning another trip to Kankakee in the near future and would appreciate any research suggestions. (or info on Jacob Morin, or Leander Morin, since there's a good chance their related) They lived very close to each other. I've received several messages from others researchers who are stuck on these families also. According to the Kankakee, 1860 census, Jacob was 38, wife Adalade, 36, children: Carnel 9(?), Mary 5, Eliza 2, Eliza 8, (possibly not theirs) Leander Morin listed as 51 on same census. I was told Leander had a daughter, Victoria. His (possibly) 2nd wife Mathilde Brousseau. My husband's grandmother: Elizabeth Morin, b. Bourbonnais, Il., 1858, d. 1932 b. Mt. Calvary, Kankakee, Il. (m. Jos. Forgue) Her Father: Jacob Morin, mother: Adalaide Proulx married in Bourbonnais, Il. (I have marriage record) I need to find where & when in Canada, Jacob Morin and Adalaide Proulx were born, and their parents. Thank you, Holly http://community.webtv.net/Forgue/ForgueMore

Mon eve, 2/28/00 The Hutchinson Public Library owns the following titles: Janet Jehn, Acadian Descendants, Vol I, c 1972 Janet Jehn, Acadian Descendants, Vol II, c 1975 Janet, Jehn, Acadian exiles in the Colonies, c 1977 Each title has a very good surname index and lots of French Canadian Surnames: A D Vol I p 140 - 174 A D Vo II p 427 - 503 A C p 325 - 366 Please send your surnames directly to - bhatton@hplsck.org and your mailing address and I will send you photcopies of the index pages. Take Care. Becky Rebecca Sue Hatton Hutchinson KS bhatton@hplsck.org

Hi Becky, My surnames are Frigon, Dionne and Saindon. Thanks for looking. Elaine Frigone PO Box 485 Allyn, WA 98524-0485

In a message dated 2/28/2000 5:52:50 PM Pacific Standard Time, Bhatton@hplsck.org writes: > Please send your surnames directly to - bhatton@hplsck.org and your mailing > address and I will send you photcopies of the index pages. Becky, that is beyond generous - much appreciated ! I will be sending you my Acadian surnames in a direct note, but want to send a list-wide thank you. The St. Anners are a wonder - so much knowledge and expertise, and so generous in sharing. Ginny Virginia Crawford Admin - ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com Carmel Valley CA VCrawf@aol.com