Thank you, Carol Anne! Our Thanksgiving dinner is shaping up, for true. The two who have accepted so far are first cousins, of course, so we can assume they had some acquaintance - but maybe not, since both moved hither and thither a good deal. Of course, when the dinner list is complete I am sure we will find numbers of guests who are entirely new to each other - I like that - it's always good for spirited conversation. So come on in, dear Listers, and rustle up some family characters to join the party. How they would marvel at our modern kitchens and our modern selves! Truly mind-boggling, and fun to visualize. ++++++++++++++++ This seems like a good moment to send special congratulations to Carol Anne, who dug out all those bits and pieces about Charles-Louis in just the last year or so - having begun to search after finding a couple of bare references to a Charles L. Chiniquy in Nebraska. What a woman! (Carol Anne, not Charles L.) Best to all, Ginny

Bonjour Everyone, I will follow my cousin Ginny's lead and invite my gr gr uncle, Charles Louis Chiniquy. It was only this last year that I finally, after many years of search, was able to piece together some of this uncles life story. Charles-Louis was born 17 May 1839 at St Roch des Aulnaies, Quebec and was the son of Louis-Philippe Chiniquy, the brother of Father Charles Chiniquy. My Chiniquy line is from Louis-Philippe to Emile-Gaspard to Oscar-Louis to Roland-Marsile to Carol Anne Chiniquy. Louis-Philippe moved from Quebec to St Anne, Illinois at the urging of his brother, Father Charles. Most of his family came with them but Charles-Louis went, instead, to Nebraska where he married Permelia (last name still unknown) The family then moved to South Dakota about the 1860's or 70's where where he and his wife and two daughters settled in Deadwood. Charles-Louis worked for the Pioneer Newspaper as a printer. He was in the Civil War and was a member of the Knights of Pythias. When his two daughters married, they and there husbands moved to California. Permelia died in 1897 and is buried at Mount Moriah Cemetery in Lawrence County, South Dakota. This is the same cemetery where Wild Bill Hickock and Clamity Jane are buried. Charles-Lewis moved to California after the death of his wife and and was last traced to an old solders home in California where he probably died. I still have a great deal of work to do on the life of Charles-Louis Chiniquy. Hopefully I will find more answers and fill in more of the blanks about him next year. Carol Anne

All right, listers - this year, let's gather round the Thanksgiving table with a few of our favorite relatives! That is - a few of our favorite relatives born between 1700 and 1900 and connected to our Illinois focus area in some way. I think I'll invite the brother of my great grand-mother - he was Charles A. Chiniquy, exceedingly well-traveled for the time and overall interesting guy for any time - or so it seems to me from what I have read about him. My great-grandmother was Virginie Chiniquy, daughter of Achille Chiniquy (brother of Fr. Ch) and Luce Fraser. Virginie married Joseph Guertin in St. Anne. As Virginie's brother, Charles A. would have been my grandfather's uncle - I think that makes him my great or great great uncle. Somebody - please correct me on this if I am wrong (probably)! Charles A. is one of my favorite family members, although I never saw him. It was he who was in MN with Rudolphe, the brother who accidentally killed himself. More on that later. Charles A. also was was a Lt. in Company K of the 147th regiment (his papa, Achille, was Captain). The regmient fought in some skirmishes on their way south, where they assisted in the evacuation of Andersonville, the notorious Confederate prison. Or, that was the story! Charles A. filled his house with beautiful and remarkable things that I saw as a little girl (his younger wife, Aunt Stella, lived forever and we made occasional visits). I remember that there was a length of python skin that utterly captured me - perhaps leading to my life-long fondness for reptiles. Patterned rugs in dark colors remain one of the passions I attribute to a childhood association with Aunt Stella, who (it must be said) lived a long, long time in her old frame house in Benton Harbour, Michigan. In i906, an article about Charles A. appeared in the HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS, and HISTORY OF KANKAKEE COUNTY on pages 868 & 869. It is true that such publications were full of puffery and outright fabrication, in the style of the times, but still they give glimpses of the featured persons. Here are a few paragraphs about our imaginary dinner partner: [quote] Charles A. Chiniquy was born in the Province of Quebec, Canada, on December 18, 1846, a son of Captain Achilles and Lucy Fraser-Chiniquy, natives also of Canada. Charles A. was the third oldest of nine children born to this pair. After completing his education in the public schools, Charles A. Chiniquy started a general store in St Anne in 1871. Four years later he sold out and removed to Chicago, where he was traveling salesman for the large mercantile firm. He then located in Crookston, Minnesota, and conducted a general merchandise business for ten years, and then a similar business in Seattle, Washington for six years. Returning to Chicago, he operated a general store until 1902, in which year he again settled in St Anne, and since has managed a very successful general store, having the largest and best equipped store of the kind in the town. On October 14, 1880, he was united in marriage to Estella M. Russell, a native of Chicago. Mr. Chiniquy has traveled extensively, having made four trips to California, and visited Alaska twice, on the first occasion remaining eight weeks in the frozen north, and on the second occasion five weeks. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. For many years he has been identified with the Masonic order, being a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Commandery, and Consistory, and of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Mr Chiniquy is held in high esteem by the citizens of St Anne, and his recent acquistion to the business life of the town is regarded as a distinct promise of substantial and well-merited success. [And so on - close quote] This article ends with a sentence that I suspect many of us would like to have as an epitah (I know I would): "He has turned his many experiences to good account, has remembered what he has seen, and is an interesting and enlightening conversationalist." Yes! Just the person for a dinner companion. What must Alaska have been like around 1900? California? Washington State? AND - what about the python??? Please do join the party and tell us about a favorite St. Anne area relative of yours. SALUT to all, Ginny Crawford

Hi :Don You have all those Boudreaus in your files, however, done are of my Alphonse and Celestine Boudreaus. They must have sprung up in some pumpkin patch somewhere. <lol> I can only trace them from St. Anne. Alphonse BOUDREAU married Ceclia ALLAIN (father Michael Allain) on July 19, 1851, Will County and Celestine BOUDREAU married Sophia DELORRIS (Sophie Deslauries dit Legault) on August 31, 1860 in Kankakee County. Alphonse and his family moved on to Dakota County, Nebraska and his brother lived in Iroquois County, My BOUDREAU line is my biggest brick wall: Where did come from and who were there parents. Mary Boudreau

Hi: I have almost 51,000 Boudreaus in my file. Is this who you are looking for? Pierre L'euyer B:? M1:16 JUL 1810 Rosalie Boudrot M2:24 JUL 1820 Theotiste Lanoue Pierre S/O Francois/Marie Anne Falcon Theotiste Lanoue D/O Pierre/Suzanne Breau Rosalie Boudrot B:12 FEB 1787 D:26 JAN 1820 D/O Etienne/Marie Marguerite Dupuis I have Etienne's ancestry back to Michel/Michelle Aucoin. Most of that information from Stephen White's History of Michel Boudrot and his 37 families book. Don Boudreaux Lafayette, La. dgranger02@aol.com wrote: > Bonjour Joanne, > I noticed that you are a "Boudreau." Any chance that you have a Marie Rose > Boudreau who married Pierre L'Ecuyer in your data base? Marie is one of my > many French Canadian Great, Great Grandmothers. Looking for her "Boudreau" > line. My family is from St. George, Illinois. > > Don Granger > of South Elgin, > Illinois > > > ==== ILSTANNE Mailing List ==== > You can search or browse the ARCHIVES of any RootsWeb list at: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > >

Hello, My "Granger" family are also "Acadian" who were forced out of their homeland during the 1755 Deportation. Your timing is a little way off. The French Canadians did not come to the Kankakee area, like Bourbonnais, St. George, St. Anne, Petite Canada, Papineau until about as early as 1840 or 1850. My family arrived in St. George by 1847. During the deportation my family was deported to Massachusettes and remained there until perhaps up to the American Revolution when we we were told we could leave and go back home. My ancestors decided to go back to Acadia now Nova Scotia only to find out that their farms are now owned by British subjects. My Ancestors then migrated inland to Quebec and remained there until 1847 when there was a large exodus of French Canadians who heard of the rich farms lands in Illinois. Don Granger of South Elgin, Illinois

Bonjour Joanne, I noticed that you are a "Boudreau." Any chance that you have a Marie Rose Boudreau who married Pierre L'Ecuyer in your data base? Marie is one of my many French Canadian Great, Great Grandmothers. Looking for her "Boudreau" line. My family is from St. George, Illinois. Don Granger of South Elgin, Illinois

No, sorry, Don. Our Boudreau line's first Illinois family is Julien Boudreau and Phoebe Cyr who settled in Bourbannis, Will County. They are later found in St. Anne, IL. Joanne ----- Original Message ----- From: <dgranger02@aol.com> To: <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [ILSTANNE] Family History Book from online collection > Bonjour Joanne, > I noticed that you are a "Boudreau." Any chance that you have a Marie > Rose > Boudreau who married Pierre L'Ecuyer in your data base? Marie is one of > my > many French Canadian Great, Great Grandmothers. Looking for her "Boudreau" > line. My family is from St. George, Illinois. > > Don Granger > of South > Elgin, > Illinois > > > ==== ILSTANNE Mailing List ==== > You can search or browse the ARCHIVES of any RootsWeb list at: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >

Hello, Jonne -- This link got me there. Thank you! Madeleine Sacramento, California

Madeleine, Try this link - http://www.lib.byu.edu/ Then on the home page, follow the links: Find Other Materials; Electronic; On Line Collections at BYU; Text Collections tab; Family History Archive from the list of collections that are displayed. The search box on the left seems to be the one to find your books and the search box on the right is for searching within the pages on screen. Once you find a book of interest you are able to read each page. Joanne

I received this from another list and thought it would be of interest to you. This is searchable and can be browsed. In this book there is an early census of Acadia with many names familiar to all of us. Joanne Boudreau http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cgi-bin/docitemview.exe?CISOROOT=/FamHist35&CISOPTR=1136

Bonjour Bob, Oh Bob, I always thought that they did this just to make genealogy more fun < G> and think how wonderful you feel when you get it all sorted out. Carol Anne In a message dated 11/5/05 10:23:05 AM Pacific Standard Time, BobinMonterey@aol.com writes: > Add to this--Marie-Josèphe (or whatever) often had one or more brothers > named Joseph-Marie. Not to mention inconsistent use of "dit" names. > > They did all this, of course, to confuse us later. >

Here are some entries that contain that surname in the records of St. Marie of Beaverville, Iroquois county, Illinois. Burial 11 10 Apr 1863 Antoine Legris Died 25 Mar, spouse of Marie Ponton dite St-Germain Present: Calixte Mailloux and David Arsenaud (Arseneau) Baptism 4 17 Jan 1874 Jean Baptiste St-Germain Piccot Born 3 Sep 1873, son of Johny Piccot and Mélie Piccot née Tremblé (Tremblay) Godparents: Marek Frigon and Alphonsine Delan Baptism 4 28 Jan 1877 Louis Honoré St-Germain Born 27 Jul, son of Charles St-Germain and Mathilde Morin of Crescent City Godparents: Rev. Charles Clément and Marie Morin Baptism 45 23 Nov 1885 Louise Gauthier dit St. Germain Born 20 Aug 1884, daughter of Charles Gauthier dit St. Germain & Domitille Nouri Godparents: François Besse & Exilda Morin. Fr. Besse signed the record Burial 2 10 Jan 1887 Marie Vadeboncoeur Died 8 Jan at the age of about 68 years, spouse of Joseph Germain Present: Pierre Vadeboncoeur & F. Xavier Vadeboncoeur, brothers of the deceased Marriage 6 30 Oct 1887 Joseph Germain, major widower of Marie Vadeboncoeur And Marcelline Thibault, major daughter of deceased Charles Thibault & Domitile Filion Witnesses: François Besse, Joseph Côté & Onézime Germain, son of the groom. F. Besse, Joseph Côté & O. Germain signed the record Baptism 20 3 Jun 1894 Hélène Dala St. Germain Born 20 Mar, daughter of Pierre St. Germain & Anatalie Pelletier Godparents: Louis Chénard (Chenore) & Agnès Pelletier Baptism 23 28 Jul 1889 Marie Emma Zanaide Fréchette Born 15 Jul, daughter of Joseph Fréchette & Zanaide Aléxandre Godparents: Alfred Aléxandre & Mary A. St. Germain. Fred Alexander, Mary A. St. Germain & Joseph F. Fréchette signed the record Here are some entries from Father Chiniquy’s Ledger. He was mainly in Kankakee county. 22 Apr 1856 Theophile St. Germain 8 days old Born to Antoine St. Germain & Henriette Ouimette Godparents ? Louis Mercier & Eleanore Lavoux Death Exupert St. Germaine died the day before 20 month old child of Francois X. St. Germaine & Matilde Agnier. Here are some marriages for St. Germain in Kankakee and Iroquois counties in Illinois to about 1900. They are on the online statewide Marriage index. STGERMAIN, ADOLPH CARON, MARY 03/29/1875 00B/0118 00003831 KANKAKEE STGERMAIN, DENNIS COUTURE, LEA 02/28/1876 00B/0125 00004049 KANKAKEE STGERMAIN, DENNIS LAFLEUR, MAGGIE 12/17/1881 00A/ 00000985 KANKAKEE STGERMAIN, ISRAEL MENARD, MALVINA 08/24/1871 00B/0091 00002845 KANKAKEE STGERMAIN, LOUIS ARCHER, MARY 04/23/1899 00C/ 00006862 KANKAKEE STGERMAIN, ROMAIN CAROW, LOUISE 12/05/1870 00B/0086 00002681 KANKAKEE STGERMAN, ANTOINE GONTHIER, ROSALIE 07/23/1864 00B/ 00001095 KANKAKEE STGERMAN, LOUIS BANGEY, ADELINE 07/27/1867 00B/ 00001806 KANKAKEE STGERMAIN, PETER PELTIER, NATALIE 04/21/1889 00B/0238 00005574 IROQUOIS FLORIANT, AUGUST ST GERMAIN, SOPHIA 02/09/1895 08A/0013 00007063 IROQUOIS ST PETER, SYLVESTER ST GERMAN, LEONIE 01/05/1899 08B/0002 00008158 IROQUOIS STPETER, NOAH STGERMAIN, AGGIE 03/08/1886 00B/0174 00004745 IROQUOIS PETER, HENRY W STGERMAIN, ROSA 05/26/1886 00B/0178 00004797 IROQUOIS

In a message dated 11/4/2005 8:20:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, jfarnen@acegroup.cc writes: But I am not so sure - seems like a lot of sources spell this consistently as Josephte rather than Josèphe. I have seen the same persons show up as Josèphe, Josèphte, and Josette in different sources, with or without Marie-. I don't think the ancient ones were really consistent in usage. Often illiterate themselves, non? Add to this--Marie-Josèphe (or whatever) often had one or more brothers named Joseph-Marie. Not to mention inconsistent use of "dit" names. They did all this, of course, to confuse us later. Laissez les bons temps rouler. b.s. in monterey

Hello Lisa and all, There is no "s" at Achille. We have 2 "tendons d'Achille" but Achille has no "s"... Lou From: "Lisa Lepore" <llepore@comcast.net> Reply-To: ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com To: ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILSTANNE] Gelineau - Achille Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 02:44:17 -0500 You would put it at the end - Achilles Then you would say Uh-kill'-eeze - like the tendon that goes up the back of your leg from your heel. At least that's the way it's pronounced by people around here - Massachusetts - so I'm guessing that was what Nancy had in mind? People here do not pronounce French names like a french speaking person would. I was standing in line behind a lady at a store the other day. When she gave her name, she said Duh-Ray'-gun. First, I'm thinking she said The Ray Gun, then it dawned on me - Deragon! First time I heard that. This is why we can't find half our relatives after they move to the US. LOL Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Boivin" <gboivin@telusplanet.net> To: <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 11:23 AM Subject: Re: [ILSTANNE] Gelineau - Achille > Okay... You got me.... > Where would you put an S in Achille ? > AWE-SHIY - I as in ship... Y as in buy > The CH in French is same as SH in English > > I have 53 Achille in my database but no S > I have 6 Archille in my database but no S > > Over half these guys were called Archie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <VCrawf@aol.com> > To: <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 9:39 AM > Subject: Re: [ILSTANNE] Gelineau - Achille > > > > In a message dated 11/2/2005 10:42:40 AM Pacific Standard Time, > > nancy@themallings.com writes: > > and I believe Achille (misspelled) age 12. but no parents > > > > _____________________________ > > Hi. Nancy - I believe that is correct for ACHILLE - no S. I have several > in > > my Chiniquy family and birth records, etc. also show no S. > > > > Regards; > > > > Ginny > > > > > > ==== ILSTANNE Mailing List ==== > You can search or browse through 8.6 million posts on combined Ancestry.com and RootsWeb MESSAGE BOARDS at: > http:boards.ancestry.com/ > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > ==== ILSTANNE Mailing List ==== You can search or browse through 8.6 million posts on combined Ancestry.com and RootsWeb MESSAGE BOARDS at: http:boards.ancestry.com/ ============================== 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

You would put it at the end - Achilles Then you would say Uh-kill'-eeze - like the tendon that goes up the back of your leg from your heel. At least that's the way it's pronounced by people around here - Massachusetts - so I'm guessing that was what Nancy had in mind? People here do not pronounce French names like a french speaking person would. I was standing in line behind a lady at a store the other day. When she gave her name, she said Duh-Ray'-gun. First, I'm thinking she said The Ray Gun, then it dawned on me - Deragon! First time I heard that. This is why we can't find half our relatives after they move to the US. LOL Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Boivin" <gboivin@telusplanet.net> To: <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 11:23 AM Subject: Re: [ILSTANNE] Gelineau - Achille > Okay... You got me.... > Where would you put an S in Achille ? > AWE-SHIY - I as in ship... Y as in buy > The CH in French is same as SH in English > > I have 53 Achille in my database but no S > I have 6 Archille in my database but no S > > Over half these guys were called Archie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <VCrawf@aol.com> > To: <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 9:39 AM > Subject: Re: [ILSTANNE] Gelineau - Achille > > > > In a message dated 11/2/2005 10:42:40 AM Pacific Standard Time, > > nancy@themallings.com writes: > > and I believe Achille (misspelled) age 12. but no parents > > > > _____________________________ > > Hi. Nancy - I believe that is correct for ACHILLE - no S. I have several > in > > my Chiniquy family and birth records, etc. also show no S. > > > > Regards; > > > > Ginny > > > > > > ==== ILSTANNE Mailing List ==== > You can search or browse through 8.6 million posts on combined Ancestry.com and RootsWeb MESSAGE BOARDS at: > http:boards.ancestry.com/ > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

Bonne nuit, et merci! J'ai trouvé ce graphique qui indique le nombre annuel de bébés français qui ont reçu le prénom "Josephte." Voir le website http://www.meilleursprenoms.com/stats/histogram.php3?recherche=josephte&image.x=0&image.y=0 <http://www.meilleursprenoms.com/stats/histogram.php3?recherche=josephte&image.x=0&image.y=0> Dès l'année 1950, ce prénom (Josephte) a mourit. Voici le graphique pour le prénom "Achille" et le graphique pour le prénom "Achilles" John P. Farnen R Ouimet wrote: >Bonsoir, > >During the 17 and 18th centuries, it was spelled Josephte, and later it >became Josèphe and finally it is now spelled Josette. So, you are right with >Josephte. > >Raymond Ouimet >Gatineau > > >----- Message d'origine ----- >De : "jfarnen" <jfarnen@acegroup.cc> >À : <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> >Envoyé : 4 novembre, 2005 23:19 >Objet : [ILSTANNE] Josephte > > > > >>The discussion of Achilles versus Achille reminds me of my own confusion >>about a name I have run across in the Québec ancestors of my St. Anne >>forebears. >> >>I have seen the woman's name - Josephte - usually in the combination >>Marie-Josephte, and usually an 18th century woman - and I had thought >>that this should really be (Marie-)Josèphe. >> >>But I am not so sure - seems like a lot of sources spell this >>consistently as Josephte rather than Josèphe. >> >>Does anyone know if the spelling "Josephte" is really correct? >> >> >>==== 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. > > >>============================== >>New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors >> >> >at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: >http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > >==== 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. > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > >

Bonsoir, During the 17 and 18th centuries, it was spelled Josephte, and later it became Josèphe and finally it is now spelled Josette. So, you are right with Josephte. Raymond Ouimet Gatineau ----- Message d'origine ----- De : "jfarnen" <jfarnen@acegroup.cc> À : <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> Envoyé : 4 novembre, 2005 23:19 Objet : [ILSTANNE] Josephte > The discussion of Achilles versus Achille reminds me of my own confusion > about a name I have run across in the Québec ancestors of my St. Anne > forebears. > > I have seen the woman's name - Josephte - usually in the combination > Marie-Josephte, and usually an 18th century woman - and I had thought > that this should really be (Marie-)Josèphe. > > But I am not so sure - seems like a lot of sources spell this > consistently as Josephte rather than Josèphe. > > Does anyone know if the spelling "Josephte" is really correct? > > > ==== 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. > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429

Greetings, I have just recently discovered the StAnne mailing list.This mailing list was suggested by a very kind person who answered a question that I had posted on a search board .Thank you Carol C. My knowledge of Illinois and STANNE is very limited as I'm from western Canada and my research is just starting to take me back to my family roots in the U.S.A I'm hoping that I might learn of some of the early history of the French Canadian families that came to your great state and area. I'm looking for a Emma Louise St.Germain b.aprx 1877 m 1893 at the age of 16 to William Charles Cooper.Thayer Kansas. Emma's father name was Dennis/Denis St Germain There is a stoty in the family that goes somthing like this : Emma's ancestors were of French Canadian stock coming from Acadia (Canada).When these Acadians were forced out of Canada by the British in 1755 Emma's forebears (probly grandparents) stopped to take up farming in the state of Illinios. Emma told a story of having a sister (louise) she said that her mother died when she was very young,her and Loiise were raised by a step mother ? I have been told by others in the family (who have passed on) that Emma's father remarried and had a second family with a tolal of 7 children Three boys and four girls.I believe that one sons name was Amos. Im lead to believe that there was two other 1/2 sisters by the name of Rose and Esther that still lived in the Kankakee area in the late 1970 I believe that this is the Family? 1880 census record in Limestone, Kankakee County Dennis St Germain age 24 b in Canada Leas age 23 b in Canada Amos age 2 b in Illinois Louisa age 1m b in Illinois this would suggest that Leas is actually Lois Couture So I guess what I'mlooking for is any infromation that may help create a profile for this family Names of father,mother ,imigration history church records ect Thanks so much for taking the time to read my message and thanks in advance for any and all infromation that you may be able to share. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/161 - Release Date: 11/3/05

The discussion of Achilles versus Achille reminds me of my own confusion about a name I have run across in the Québec ancestors of my St. Anne forebears. I have seen the woman's name - Josephte - usually in the combination Marie-Josephte, and usually an 18th century woman - and I had thought that this should really be (Marie-)Josèphe. But I am not so sure - seems like a lot of sources spell this consistently as Josephte rather than Josèphe. Does anyone know if the spelling "Josephte" is really correct?