> I've transcribed the small book "Historical Sketch of the Parish of St. > Anne" by Z.P. Berand in a 40-page .doc document. If anyone wants this e-mailed > as an attachment, let me know in the next couple of days. > (If you indicated interest to me already, please remind me. Memory is the > 2nd thing to go, as you know.) please send me a copy as well! -- alyska. ----------- http://www.alyska.net

Thanks for all the info. Peter was a resident of Bourbonnais and came there via Choes, NY. He was born in Canada. He was married to an Austrian and had two daughters, on of whom died very young and is buried in MBVM Bourbonnais Cemetery. I seems that he was a very well known guy in the area. Although it appears he had a home from the census--sometime later he was described as a person who lived in the woods???? He was good friends with Edward J. Joubert, a great-uncle of my husband. It's said that the two of them hung together in early Bourbonnais and people were curious about what the two of them were always up to. Also, he was known as Indian Pete. I'm doing this from memory and have more information at home in my records. nancy

Hi Louise, I don't know where the Joubert's came from -- other than Quebec, Canada. I do know that they first stopped in Choes, NY and then on to Bourbonnais, Il. The father of the Bourbonnais family was Augustin Joubert, he was married to Theotis Mary Hebert. (spelling may not be correct on first name, this is from memory). There is also an elderly Joseph Joubert who died in Bourbonnais, 1850 ish. I'm at my son's house babysitting today and don't have family records here. Would like to know more about this family. My husband's paternal grandmother was Eleanor Joubert Arseneau. That family was amazing. Eleanor and George Arseneau were godparents to every passing soul in Bourbonnais, as well as, all the stories I've heard about the bakery they operated. There was always food for anyone who could stop by and eat. The Jouberts were very giving people and took in all sorts of people. That evidently rubbed off on their daughter Eleanor. They have a great heritage in Bourbonnais. nancy

Nancy, I do have other information on the Changnon family. My greatx3 grandfather, André Chagnon, came to St. Anne from the vallée du Richelieu in 1855. He married Sophie Barcelou in 1849 in Beloeil, Québec. They had 13 children, and the children changed the spelling of the last name to Changnon. Not a single Peter (or even Pierre) among them - but this could very well be someone who is a descendant of one of those listed below. Do you know the parents of your Peter Changnon from Bourbonnais? Descendants of André Chagnon 17 Nov 2005 ========================================================= 1. André Chagnon (b.1828 bu.1915) sp: Sophie Mathilda Barcelou (b.1832 m.1849 bu.1915) |-2. Arthur J. Changnon (b.1850 d.1927) | sp: Marie-Louise Eliza Peltier (b.1856 m.1874 d.1934) | |-3. Della Nina Changnon (b.1880 d.1944) | | sp: Franklin Clark Bussert (b.1872 m.1898) | | +-4. Helen L. Bussert (b.1902) | |-3. Dr. Aylmer George Changnon DDS (b.1875 d.1952) | | sp: Elia Velma Paquin (b.1874 m.1896 d.1963) | | |-4. Robert Donald Changnon (b.1899 d.1971) | | | sp: Lenore Parlee Sublett (b.1897 m.1920(div) d.1977) | | | |-5. Mary Phyllis Changnon (b.1921 d.1999) | | | | sp: Fred Drake (b.1918 d.1992) | | | |-5. Louise Ann Changnon (b.1930) | | | | sp: James Francis Farnen (b.1930 m.1952) | | +-4. Gordon Arthur Changnon (b.1907 d.1980) | | sp: Rhea B. McCune (unsure of spelling) (b.1907 d.1990) | | |-5. Barbara Jean Changnon | | | sp: Saul | | |-5. Marcella Changnon | | | sp: Stuck | | sp: Amanda M. Mathy | |-3. Laura B. Changnon (b.1883 d.1935) | | sp: Emory E. Wilkins (b.1880 d.1948) | | |-4. Harold O. Wilkins (b.1906) | | | sp: Opal B. (b.1905) | | +-4. Lyle Wilkins (b.1909 d.1993) | +-3. Helen Changnon (d.1893) |-2. Alphonse Changnon (b.1852 d.1859) |-2. Arzélie Changnon (b.1854 bu.1911) | sp: Emile Louis Gros (b.1849 m.1874) | |-3. Lydie Gros (b.1876) | | sp: Elymer F. Huitgren (m.1901) | |-3. Emma Gros (b.1878 d.1944) | | sp: Sidney L. Wilkins (b.1877 m.1897) | | |-4. James E. Wilkins (b.1899) | | | sp: Nina (b.1911 m.1930) | | |-4. Myron F. Wilkins (b.1902) | | | sp: Lillian Reuther (b.1905 m.1926) | | | |-5. Harriet L. Wilkins (b.1927) | | | +-5. Marilyn F. Wilkins (b.1928) | | |-4. Sidney Robert Wilkins (b.1908) | | +-4. Ruth Wilkins (b.1913) | |-3. Nellie Gros (b.1880) | |-3. Bertie Gros (b.1883) | |-3. Ella Sophia Gros (b.1884 d.1932) | |-3. Sydney Theophilis Gros (b.1896 d.1954) | | sp: Mabele C. (b.1898) | | |-4. Ardeana C. Gros (b.1916) | | +-4. Margaret D. Gros (b.1920) | +-3. Arthur Paul Gros (b.1889) |-2. François Ulger (Euger, Euchère) Changnon (b.1856 d.1880) |-2. Marie Sophie Changnon (b.1857 d.1911) | sp: Rev. Placide Boudreau (b.1841 m.1876 d.1921) | |-3. Annie Mary Boudreau (b.1880) | |-3. Pauline Ella Boudreau (b.1883) | +-3. Paul Budron (b.1879) |-2. Georgina Cordelia Changnon (b.1860 d.1938) | sp: Nelson (Narcisse) Pelletier (b.1861 m.1882) | |-3. Maude Ella Pelletier (b.1884) | |-3. Homer Howard Pelletier (b.1885) | | sp: Grace M. (b.1890 m.1907) | |-3. Euchère Pelletier (b.1886) | |-3. Paul Earl Pelletier (b.1890) | | sp: Nellie | | |-4. Vera Pelletier | | |-4. Paul Pelletier | | |-4. Marie Jean Pelletier | | |-4. Nelson Pelletier | | +-4. Frances Pelletier | |-3. Horace Clarence Pelletier (b.1893) | | sp: Barbara Josephina Nix (b.1894 m.1917) | | |-4. Elaine Ora Pelletier (b.1918) | | |-4. Dorothy Pelletier (b.1920) | | |-4. Esther Jean Pelletier (b.1921) | | |-4. Horace Clarence Pelletier Jr. (b.1923) | | |-4. Homer Nelson Pelletier (b.1924 d.1990) | | |-4. Georgana Pelletier (b.1926) | | |-4. Barbara Lou Pelletier (b.1927) | | +-4. Clifford Pelletier (b.1930) | +-3. Ora M. Pelletier (b.1901) |-2. Edmour Changnon (b.1861 d.1930) | sp: Ella Seawright (b.1863 m.1883) | |-3. Mathilda Edna Changnon (b.1884) | |-3. Charles Albert Changnon (b.1886 d.1970) | | sp: Florence M. (b.1882) | | |-4. Richard E. Changnon (b.1914 d.2000) | | | sp: Martha E. | | | |-5. Thelma Jean Changnon | | | | sp: Richard Craig | | | |-5. Richard Dale Changnon | | | | sp: Deborah | | | +-5. Charles W. Changnon | | | sp: Mary Ann | | |-4. Helen Changnon (b.1917) | | | sp: Wermer | | +-4. Robert Changnon (b.1919) | |-3. Alfred Changnon (b.1891 d.1952) | | sp: Beulah DuBois (b.1895) | | |-4. Myron D. Changnon (b.1918 d.1978) | | |-4. June Changnon (b.1923) | | | sp: Mossman | | +-4. Eunice Changnon (b.1926) | | sp: Frank | |-3. Dale André Changnon (b.1893 d.1975) | | sp: Katherine Harrison (b.1895 d.1918) | |-3. Bessie Changnon (b.1896) | +-3. Dorothy Ella Changnon (b.1898) |-2. Adelor George Changnon (b.1864 d.1953) | sp: Elizabeth Mary Lafforty (b.1864 m.1883 d.1944) | |-3. Elda Bertha Changnon (b.1884) | | sp: Louis R. Yager (b.1883 m.1906) | | |-4. Louis C. Yager (b.1907) | | |-4. Theodore Yager (b.1911) | | |-4. Donald Yager (b.1912) | | +-4. A. George Yager (b.1917) | |-3. Earl Lester Changnon (b.1885 d.1947) | | sp: Olive S. Lane (b.1888 m.1906 d.1959) | |-3. Harry E. Changnon (b.1889 d.1975) | | sp: Reno Edith Danielson (b.1886 m.1912 d.1981) | +-3. Paul A. Changnon (b.1895 d.1967) | sp: Virginia Etta Sanders (b.1899 m.1920 d.1997) | +-4. Robert Paul Changnon (b.1924 d.1993) | sp: Amelia M. |-2. Zelia Changnon (b.1864 d.1958) | sp: Nazaire Ponton (b.1863 m.1886 d.1905) | |-3. Mabel Ella Ponton (b.1890 d.1971) | | sp: Ora Franklin Brinson (b.1879) | | +-4. Maxine Ella Brinson (b.1915) | | sp: Clyde Raymond Moyer (b.1915 m.1937 d.1985) | |-3. George Ponton (b.1896) | +-3. Leonore Emma Ponton (b.1902 d.1996) | sp: John Alphonzo Willey (b.1871 d.1958) | |-4. Juanita Mae Willey (b.1919) | sp: Clifford William Ross |-2. Alcide Henry Changnon (b.1867 d.1950) | sp: Leonie Giroux (b.1871 m.1889) | |-3. Leo Eugene Changnon (b.1892 d.1966) | | sp: Verena Stassen (d.1985) | |-3. Mabel Irene Changnon (b.1893) | | sp: Percy Hair (m.1916) | |-3. Stanley Alcide Changnon (b.1895 d.1981) | | sp: Delphine (b.1905) | | +-4. S.A. Changnon (b.1929) | |-3. Emma Leonie Changnon (b.1897) | |-3. Pauline Alva Changnon (b.1899 d.1975) | |-3. Byron Merrel Changnon (b.1901 d.1968) | | sp: Helen (b.1907) | | |-4. Vivian L. Changnon (b.1927) | | +-4. Labelle Verne M. Changnon (b.1929) | |-3. Evaline Lydia Changnon (b.1903) | |-3. Eugene Elymer Changnon (b.1905 d.1987) | |-3. Elsie Ethel Changnon (b.1906) | |-3. Harry Elwood Changnon (b.1908 d.1994) | | sp: Mary (b.1927 d.1984) | |-3. James Russell Changnon (b.1910) | |-3. Lloyd Ellsworth Changnon (b.1912 d.1978) | +-3. James Changnon (b.1911) |-2. Hélène Nellie Changnon (b.1870) |-2. Harry Euchère Changnon (b.1873 d.1900) | sp: Hattie Bertrand (m.1895) | +-3. Lenore Lucille Changnon (b.1897) +-2. George Horace Changnon (b.1875 d.1966) sp: Ada L. Feller (b.1874 m.1899 d.1936) ---------------------------------------------------- Nancyasews@aol.com wrote: >Hello, do you have other information about Changnon family? I've run across >a Peter Changnon who lived in Bourbonnais, married to an Austrian woman, and >had two daughters, one of whom died a young child, and is buried MBVM cemetery. > He was friends with a relative of my husband Edward Joubert. nancy arseneau > > >==== ILSTANNE Mailing List ==== >Please tell your fellow St. Anne area researchers about this list. To join, an interested person should send an eMail to ILSTANNE-L-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line or message box. > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > >

Hi Nancy, were your Joubert originally from Yamachiche, QC ? Lou From: Nancyasews@aol.com Reply-To: ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com To: ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILSTANNE] Thanksgiving guests Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:53:21 EST Hello, do you have other information about Changnon family? I've run across a Peter Changnon who lived in Bourbonnais, married to an Austrian woman, and had two daughters, one of whom died a young child, and is buried MBVM cemetery. He was friends with a relative of my husband Edward Joubert. nancy arseneau ==== ILSTANNE Mailing List ==== Please tell your fellow St. Anne area researchers about this list. To join, an interested person should send an eMail to ILSTANNE-L-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line or message box. ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

Hi Carol Anne, I learned that one of my St. Pierre uncles, Edward Arthur, who was a farm laborer and 18 at the signing of the draft card, was missing the end of one finger. I don't know if that was the result of a farming accident or not, but it was an interesting tidbit. Like you, I've noticed some name variants. Thanks again for the tip! Jan Chiniquy@aol.com wrote: > Bonjour Jan, > > Good for you. I also found something interesting in those records. My > grandfathers brother was always known as Rudolph L. Chiniquy but his WWI > registration card shows his name as Adolph Philip Chiniquy. That would explain why his > son was named Germain Adolph Chiniquy. I love genealogy. There is always > something new to learn. > > Carol Anne > > In a message dated 11/16/05 10:17:24 AM Pacific Standard Time, > jzewari@mindspring.com writes: > > > Carol Anne, > > > > Thanks for passing along this information. I have been finding lots of > > family! > > > > Jan > > > > ==== ILSTANNE Mailing List ==== > Please tell your fellow St. Anne area researchers about this list. To join, an interested person should send an eMail to ILSTANNE-L-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line or message box. > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

Just a heads-up............ A 1950 ST. ANNE IL CENTENNIAL SOUVENIR PROGRAM book is currently listed on eBay by someone from Bourbonnais. The item number is 6579700028 and has an opening price of $9.95. This is a reasonable price for someone who is interested. I have a few of these and have sold some in the past on eBay for as much as $15.00 each, so $9.95 sounds good. Just in case someone might be interested.......................... Bob Bovie Lancaster, PA

Bonjour Jan, Good for you. I also found something interesting in those records. My grandfathers brother was always known as Rudolph L. Chiniquy but his WWI registration card shows his name as Adolph Philip Chiniquy. That would explain why his son was named Germain Adolph Chiniquy. I love genealogy. There is always something new to learn. Carol Anne In a message dated 11/16/05 10:17:24 AM Pacific Standard Time, jzewari@mindspring.com writes: > Carol Anne, > > Thanks for passing along this information. I have been finding lots of > family! > > Jan >

Looks like it will be a grand gettogether. I would like to invite my own Pipère and Memère, Edward and Eva Beaupre. Pipère owned a livery stable in old St. Anne. After it burned down he began the Beaupre Garage (Dodge and Hupmobile autos). Pipère died when I was a young'un, but we used to spend every Christmas in St. Anne with all the Beaupres at Memère's. I would also like to invite Pipère's grandparents, Julien and Marie Beaupré, who made the trek from the Montreal area to St. Anne in the 1850s. I would love to hear from them the details of the trip, especially the route and means of travel. If there is room, I certainly would like to invite my 8xgreat-grandfather Abraham Martin dit l'Escossais. As Tanguay says of him: "Martin had the honor of bequeathing his name to the battlefield where the armies of Wolfe and Montcalm met: the Plains of Abraham. It is worthy of remark that Mgr. Taché, Bishop of Rivière Rouse, counts among his ancestors in the direct line the three original property owners of Quebec, Louis Hébert, Guillaume Couillard, and Abraham Martin." But Abe is the mystery man--I need to know where he was from, who his parents were, who the parents of his wife, Marguerite Langlois, were, and what was the relationships of the various Anne Martins. And I would also like to ask the old rascal about an incident, as reported: "On 15 February 1649 the little Quebec colony had quite a shock when it was announced that 60 year old Abraham, friend of Samuel de Champlain and the father of a large family, was accused of having an affair with a 16 year old girl. He spent some time in prison as a result of his actions. These facts appear in court records that have been preserved." Alors, c'est la vie, hein? ---bob in monterey

Hello, do you have other information about Changnon family? I've run across a Peter Changnon who lived in Bourbonnais, married to an Austrian woman, and had two daughters, one of whom died a young child, and is buried MBVM cemetery. He was friends with a relative of my husband Edward Joubert. nancy arseneau

Judy's g.grandfather and mine is Oliver Allain. I was at their wedding as a child. Deb Allain BobinMonterey@aol.com wrote: > Speaking of Allains, a great old St. Anne family, do you have any connection > of Judy Lou Allain, b. 1940, daughter of Kenneth and of Darlene Dumontelle? > > Judy married my cousin Edward Paul Beaupre. They are now retired, still > living on their farm outside St. Anne. > > --bob s. > > ==== ILSTANNE Mailing List ==== > To scan a remarkable collection of lists and webpages related to genealogy, go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/internet.html > Once there, click on "mailing lists", then select the category you want, then the location or surname. Voila! > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

Carol Anne, Thanks for passing along this information. I have been finding lots of family! Jan Chiniquy@aol.com wrote: > > From another mail list comes this good news! > > > > Hello All, > > Ancestry has completed indexing and digitizing nearly 24 million World War > > One Draft Registration Cards (1917-1918). To celebrate they are offering > > free access to this database from November 12-25, 2005. > To take advantage of this offer you > must go to the webpage below and > > click on the > WWI Draft Cards link near the top... > > > > Online World War One Indexes &Records > > http://www.militaryindexes.com/worldwarone/ > > > > Have Fun, Carol Anne > > ==== ILSTANNE Mailing List ==== > You can search or browse the ARCHIVES of any RootsWeb list at: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

I would like to invite my mother-in-law Isabelle Vranek since she is the granddaughter of Paul Pouliot and Henriette St.Louis. Henriette was the daughter of Marie Henriette Cheffre and step daughter to Etienne Jourberne, and granddaughter of Joseph Cheffre and Hemriette Tessier dit Lavigne. Possibly they would be able to tell us of why they traveled from Quebec to New York and then on to St.Anne. Also, they might be able to tell us about where Henriette St.Louis was born and what happen to her father. She would have loved to have known her large Cheffre family. We know the Paul Pouliot and Henriette moved fo Chicago and lived on Throop St. the rest of their lives. Paul was a boat builder, a family trade from Ille de Orleans, Quebec. My mother-in-law was too young to remember her grandparents but she said her mother would tell her how they loved holidays and would invite everyone to their home for the celebration.

My guest would be my great-great grandfather, Arthur.J. Changnon, who was first introduced to me by a listmember, Paula Lezotte. Thank you, Paula, for helping me to reconnect with this part of my family! Arthur was born in Beloeil, Valléee du Richelieu, Québec, and came to St. Anne in 1855 at the age of 5 years with his father, André Chagnon, a carpenter, and mother Sophie Mathilde Chagnon née Barcelou, together with a younger brother Alphonse age 3, and younger sister Arzélie age 1. Another 10 children were added to this family over the course of the next 20 years! I was amazed to find the story of "Phil the Orphan Boy" posted by Cyndi Sweet in this mailing list, which gave a description of life growing up in the home of André and Sophie Chagnon. Among other things, the story mentions the simple fare that this large family partook of: "With Uncle Andrew he had a lot of fun for the boys and girls there were an active and jolly bunch. So many mouths to feed meant a lot of food. Uncle who was a carpenter kept very busy. We had pancakes and sorghum molasses, a barrel of which Uncle bought every fall, for breakfast; bean soup and a little pork for dinner; and mush and milk for supper. Old Brindle gave a big pail full of milk morning and night." I wonder what sort of Thanksgiving meal would have been eaten by our St. Anne forebears? Or would they even have celebrated Thanksgiving, since it wasn't until 1863 that President Lincoln declared a national day of Thanksgiving? Was the story of the pilgrims something that resonated favorably with our french speaking ancestors? Paula kindly sent me a biographical sketch of my great-great grandfather, Arthur, dated 1893, which describes him as follows: "Our subject is the eldest of a family of thirteen children, eight sons and five daughters, ten of whom are still living: Arzelie, now Mrs. E.L. Gros; Mary, wife of Rev. P. Boudreau; Edmour; Georgiana, the wife of Nelson Pelletier; Adelor, Alcide, Harry, George; and Zelea, wife of N. Ponton. When he had reached the age of twenty-three years, Arthur Changnon remained with his parents, assisting his father in the care of his farm and with his carpenter work. He received a good public-school education in the district and public schools of St. Anne and afterward attended college at Monmouth, Ill. Returning home, he entered the employ of P.G. Gilbert, in Kankakee, who there carried on a grocery and bakery. After remaining with him for a year, Mr. Changnon returned to St. Anne, where he entered the employ of N. Bastien as clerk in his drug and grocery store. At the expiration of two years he entered into partnership with George Soucie in a grocery in St. Mary's, Iroquois County. After a few months they removed their stock to St. Anne, and have added dry goods and gents' furnishing goods. They also operate a store at Rensselaer, Ind., where they carry dry goods, clothing, hats, caps, boots and shoes. They are doing a large and prosperous business, and are on the road to success. On New Year's Day of 1873 Mr. Changnon was united in marriage with Miss Eliza Pelletier, whose parents are Abraham and Ellen (Martin) Pelletier. Four children graced the union of our subject and his wife, a son and three daughters: Aylmer, Della, Laura, and Helen (now deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Changnon and son are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which the former is an Elder and also Church Treasurer. The cause of education is warmly championed by Mr. Changnon, and he is now serving as one of the School Directors of St. Anne. For many years he was a member of the Village Board, and has also been Town Clerk. He casts his ballot in favor of the nominees and principles of the Republican party, and is one of the public-spirited citizens of this community. He is a member of the Independent Order of Good Templars. In manner he is courteous and affable, and by his honorable dealings makes friends of all his customers. +++++++++++++++++++++++ I have a challenge for the listmembers that I hope all will respond to - now that you have suggested a favorite ancestor to come to the Thanksgiving table, is there a favorite recipe that has been passed down in your family, that you think our St. Anne forebears might have enjoyed at their Thanksgiving meal? My mother recalls her grandmother being an excellent cook - but she never relied on a recipe of course. She recalls a special cookie that her grandmother made of caraway seeds that was supposed to be an old recipe from Québec. Does anyone have some old St. Anne recipes to share for the Thanksgiving meal?

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Well, since Ardis is including the non French side of her family to the Thanksgiving dinner let me amend my guests. I would love to invite my great grandfather John Schulte and his wife(?) Mary Birch. I haven't been able to find anything on them yet. Supposedly Mary was of the Winnebago tribe and one of these days I will have time to write the Ho-chunks and see if this were true. My grandmother wrote that her mother was a daughter of the chief and that Mary ran away when her dad was injured. My grandma was then placed in an orphanage for year until her dad had remarried and brought her to live with him in chicago when she was a teen,. So I would like to meet them both and find out about them. Also Ardis I know you knew some of my Ahrens family and live near one of my Great Uncle Charley's grandsons. I know that Uncle Charley's wife Mary had been married to a Charley Jensen before my Uncle Charley,. Was he kin to you? Also Ardis I just recently got some articles from our family reunion notebooks that talk about the Ahrens/Christensen reunion. Our Ahrens reunion included great grandma Bertha Precht's sisters' families. My cousin Dorla has had the reunion notebooks copied and has contributed copies of it and the newspaper articles to the Chebanse(maybe Clifton) library if you want to see them. Bertha's sister Charlotte married Thomas Christensen and they are buried in Momence. Was he related to your Christensen side? In the reunion things I just got our Nebraska Ahrens family had written a biography of their dad John Ahrens(my dad's brother who had served in WW1) He related stories of growing up on the family farm. He said that not only did the family speak English in the home, they spoke German, Danish, and some French so they could talk to the neighbors. Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving Rab

I guess I wanted to "brag" a bit for a moment. This coming December 10th, my grandpa, Edward J. HEBERT who lives in Bradley will be 90 years old. :o) He was born 10 December 1915 in Kankakee to Alfred William HÉBERT & Marie-Belzémire Herméline BOUDREAU. Grandpa had an older sister, Eleanor, b. 05 Mar 1914 who m. Earl HUBERT and d. 01 Mar 1994, and Grandpa has a younger sister, Louise Theresa, b. 03 Mar 1919 who m. Delmar Jesse PRAIRIE. On 29 Nov 1934 in Ashkum, Grandpa married Lillian Gertrude MERKLE, daughter of Christian Albert MERKLE & Anna Genevieve WALLACE. Grandma was born 01 Jan 1915 in Danforth, and d. 23 Apr 1997 at home in Bradley. As a young man he ended up leaving school before he was 18 to go to work to help support his mother and sisters. Grandpa and Grandma were blessed with nine children: Chris Edward, Mark Lucien, Terence Dorain, Elaine Rose, Edward Richard (my dad), Joel Maurice, Michelle Marie, Allen Cletus & Alfred Charles. Grandpa worked for years, driving trucks for Rudolf Express Co. and as a school bus driver. Often he'd be called to deliver school buses to Indiana, or further. One of Grandpa & Grandma's favorite activities was to travel. Grandma once wrote about a trip that they made with the younger children to Sonoma, California in 1965 to visit Richie (my dad) and his bride Sharon. When Grandpa, Grandma & the kids conferred about where to visit on their drive home, they had to choose between going to Disneyland or going to the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon won out over Disneyland. On the way to the Grand Canyon they heard about the riots in Watts and were very thankful that they hadn't decided to visit Disneyland. After the kids moved out, Grandpa & Grandma still travelled around, but usually by motorcycle. In 1984 and in 1991 they came to the Seattle area to visit my brother, Blaine and I. They had a Honda Goldwing with a sidecar and a trailer. One of my favorite photos of Grandpa & Grandma was while they were dating, and they were sitting on a motorcycle. Grandpa never really talked about his childhood, but I understand that spoke Québécois as a young boy. Sadly he doesn't still speak it. With nine children, Grandpa currently has: 29 grandchildren (2 have died, so 31 total), 28 great-grandchildren (1 died, so 29 total), and 1 great-great grandchild. Anyways, I hope it's okay, I wanted to brag about my grandpa for a bit. :o) ~~Bren Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all. ~Helen Keller Only those who dare to fail greatly can achieve greatly. ~Robert F. Kennedy It is never too late to be what you might have been. ~George Eliot --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

For my side of the Thanksgiving Dinner table, I would like to invite several people, as I do not want to upset either side of this family, and add some spice to the conversation around the table.. First I would like to have David VadeBonCoeur 1821-1860, because he had such a short time living in this area, arrived late in the 1850's and died soon after. He needs to get a feel of our wonderful life now.(Spouse was Caroline Arseneau, but there will be too many Arseneau's already invited) (My husbands maternal side) Second invite goes to John Bte Lemoine arrived in 1850's with the infamous Chiniquy,( John was First St. Anne 's Postmaster.) His wife died of Small pox in 1860-In 1870 in his household was a Lucy Lusignon & dau. Corrine. (Surely just a live-in as none of us researchers have found a marriage record for this couple) (This is the French side of our marriage)My husbands paternal grandmothers side.) Third invite is the German branch-Johann Diel Boone(Bohn) 1711-1764----he arrived in Maryland around 1750's. Third invite is my side (Ardis) -Jens Madsen 1791-1860 from Home Kirke, Denmark my paternal side. Now for the shady side, fourth invitation goes to Marie Christiansen 1842-1871 her grandmother was an illegitimate birth of High Danish Royalty. Tried and find her papers but that is an impossibility. I can proudly say that (I am 100 % Danish, as all four of my grandparents were born in Denmark--Plus both grandfathers-maternal and paternal- was named John (Jens) Jensen as nearly every other male in Denmark at that time. This should be a great French Canadian, German, Danish conversation. Sorry, guess the rest of this group will loose out on the conversation. Ardis Jensen Boone

Bob, Judy is in our Allain book along with her parents, Kenneth and Darlene. We even have a wedding photo of Judy and her husband, Edward Beaupre. (It's a newspaper photo). Kathy my new cousin researched our Allain line and has written a book about the line, which is now in various libraries. Mary

Sounds good to me. Jan BobinMonterey@aol.com wrote: Going thru my piles of stuff, I have just come across about 50 musty pages photocopied many many years ago, entitled Historical Sketch of the Parish of St. Anne and Its Noted Shrine, by Rev. Z.P. Berand, Pastor, 1923. It covers mainly the post-Chiniquy period, and includes the Academy before and after the fire. The interesting text is legible, but the many pictures are not of good quality (the photocopying must be of pre-Xerox vintage). There are several pages of ads, including Beaupre's Garage (Dodge and Hupmobile) and not one but two hotels. I wonder if anyone else has a copy of this book. If not, I might type up the text and make it available in .doc format if anyone wants. Eventually. ---bob s. in monterey ==== ILSTANNE Mailing List ==== To scan a remarkable collection of lists and webpages related to genealogy, go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/internet.html Once there, click on "mailing lists", then select the category you want, then the location or surname. Voila! ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx