While browsing through ILSt-Anne list, I found the following information from Brenda Hébert. In the 1860 census in Bourbonnais Twp. there is a Pierre Boudreau and Marguerite Lareau with daughter Belzémire. In my Regnier tree I have Lucien Boudreau s/o Godfrey and Sophie Regnier who is married to Agnes Doxtoder and they have a daughter named Belzémire. I do not have Pierre and Marguerite in my database. Are they related to Lucien? Thank you Lou

Bonjour Lou, I too have a connection to this family to share and I hope will help out. My Great, Great Aunt Marie Louise Granger & Damase Alexis Frenchette. Damase was born 3/21/1850, St. George, Quebec. died 11/1/1932, Fowler, Indiana. Parents: Alexis Frenchette & Onesime Masse Donnie

Bonjour Lou, Very happy to receive your queries. It looks like we are cousins due to your surnames matches with mine. I have about 3 connections that most likely lead to your family. Hope they will be useful to you. 1st connection: Donald Granger Jr. Donald Granger Sr., & Nina Park Ameddie Granger & Lucille Provancher Edward Granger & Philomene Lecuyer Narcisse Lecuyer & Marguerite Leclaire Pierre Leclaire & Louise Falardeau 2nd connection: My Great Aunt Nelda Granger & William Lebeau Fremond Lebeau & Lida Caron Rose Lebeau & Russell Regnier Joseph Regnier & Lydia Benoit 3rd connection: My Great Aunt Delia Granger & George Lebeau Leone Lebeau & Gertrude Courville Oscar Courville & Cordelia Boucher Arthur Boucher & Mathilda Regnier. I realize that is not exactly what you were looking for, but hopefully what I have in my tree will help you with some clues. If you have anything on the "Leclaire" family as far as a direct line going back, I sure could use it. Do not hesitate getting back to me on anything else that I can help you with. Donald William Granger Jr. South Elgin, Illinois PS My cousins call me Donnie

I still need your help. This couple was married in 1961 in Beaverville. It was a second marriage for Bernice who was widow of Aime Denault married in 1923. They had 9 children. Bernice died in Kansas in 1981. Who were the parents of George BOUCHER? Regards, Lou

I have in my Regnier database JULIE Bellegarde (daughter of Susan) born in L`Acadie in 1846, died in Manteno Jan. 5, 1911, married to Joseph Leriger July 23, 1865 in Bourbonnais. Would this JULIE be the sister of MARIE (Bellegarde) as mentionned on the board by Richard and Carole January 17th.? Regards, Lou

Thank you Lisa for all that information. What you found in the Illinois death database for Mathilda and Nelda is correct. Regards, Lou From: "Lisa Lepore" <llepore@comcast.net> Reply-To: ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com To: ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ILSTANNE] Re: [ILSTANNE] Regnier-Fréchette Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 11:22:34 -0400 Hi Lou - I have her parents as Alexis and Onesime Masse, but I don't have any documentation. In October of 2003, I was looking for information on Virginie Frechette who married Louis Gaboriault. I got this message from Norm Cazavan on the QR list from this book - "Dictionnaire Genealogique des Frechette": Virginie FRECHETTE (........), m. 1882.00.00 USA, Louis GABORIAULT (Gabriel & Flavie RENIER) Mathilde FRECHETTE (Alexis & Onesime MASSE), m. 14 Sept. 1856, Bourbonnais, Illinois, August REGNIER (.....) I also found another person researching this family on the Masse family forum at www.genealogy.com 1 Alexis Frechette . +Onesime Masse-Mace m: February 12, 1844 in Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury, Iberville Father: Jean-Baptiste Masse-Mace Mother: Francoise Brosseau ........ 2 Mathilde Frechette ............ +Augustin Regnier m: September 14, 1856 in Bourbonnais, Illnois >From the Illinois Statewide death database I found this, but it might not be the correct person REGNIER MATHILDA F/W UNK 6009530 1920-02-27 COOK CHICAGO 20-02-29 I have a death date for Mathilde as 1 March 1920 in my records from Fr. Hopkins, with no other confirmation. There was a listing for a Nelda Regnier in the Ill deaths also - REGNIER NELDA F/W Y-85 6012492 1949-04-22 COOK 49-04-22 Found one Nels [Narcisse - Nels] in there too - REGNIER NELS M/W UNK 0160375 1930-01-29 COOK BREMEN TWP 30-02-01 I don't have any information on the marriages of the other children Hope this helps some, Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louise Regnier" <laregnier@hotmail.com> To: <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 7:11 AM Subject: [ILSTANNE] Regnier-Fréchette > Augustin Régnier married Mathilde Fréchette September 7 1856 in Kankakee. > Who were the parents of Mathilde? There seems also to be a question > regarding Augustin parents? I have them died in L`Acadie, Qué. They must not > have been present to his marriage. > > Their son Augustin Alexandre married Nelda Boucher Nov. 22, 1885- I have no > dates and parents for Nelda > Their daughter Marie Mathilde Regnier married Jan. 21, 1877 Alfred Boucher. > Who were the parents of Alfred? > > Did their other sons JB Théodore born Oct 1858, Alfred August 8 1861 and > Narcisse Dec. 26, 1862 ever married ? > > Thank you for your constant support > Lou > ==== 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. ============================== 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

Hi Lou - I have her parents as Alexis and Onesime Masse, but I don't have any documentation. In October of 2003, I was looking for information on Virginie Frechette who married Louis Gaboriault. I got this message from Norm Cazavan on the QR list from this book - "Dictionnaire Genealogique des Frechette": Virginie FRECHETTE (........), m. 1882.00.00 USA, Louis GABORIAULT (Gabriel & Flavie RENIER) Mathilde FRECHETTE (Alexis & Onesime MASSE), m. 14 Sept. 1856, Bourbonnais, Illinois, August REGNIER (.....) I also found another person researching this family on the Masse family forum at www.genealogy.com 1 Alexis Frechette . +Onesime Masse-Mace m: February 12, 1844 in Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury, Iberville Father: Jean-Baptiste Masse-Mace Mother: Francoise Brosseau ........ 2 Mathilde Frechette ............ +Augustin Regnier m: September 14, 1856 in Bourbonnais, Illnois From the Illinois Statewide death database I found this, but it might not be the correct person REGNIER MATHILDA F/W UNK 6009530 1920-02-27 COOK CHICAGO 20-02-29 I have a death date for Mathilde as 1 March 1920 in my records from Fr. Hopkins, with no other confirmation. There was a listing for a Nelda Regnier in the Ill deaths also - REGNIER NELDA F/W Y-85 6012492 1949-04-22 COOK 49-04-22 Found one Nels [Narcisse - Nels] in there too - REGNIER NELS M/W UNK 0160375 1930-01-29 COOK BREMEN TWP 30-02-01 I don't have any information on the marriages of the other children Hope this helps some, Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louise Regnier" <laregnier@hotmail.com> To: <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 7:11 AM Subject: [ILSTANNE] Regnier-Fréchette > Augustin Régnier married Mathilde Fréchette September 7 1856 in Kankakee. > Who were the parents of Mathilde? There seems also to be a question > regarding Augustin parents? I have them died in L`Acadie, Qué. They must not > have been present to his marriage. > > Their son Augustin Alexandre married Nelda Boucher Nov. 22, 1885- I have no > dates and parents for Nelda > Their daughter Marie Mathilde Regnier married Jan. 21, 1877 Alfred Boucher. > Who were the parents of Alfred? > > Did their other sons JB Théodore born Oct 1858, Alfred August 8 1861 and > Narcisse Dec. 26, 1862 ever married ? > > Thank you for your constant support > Lou >

Augustin Régnier married Mathilde Fréchette September 7 1856 in Kankakee. Who were the parents of Mathilde? There seems also to be a question regarding Augustin parents? I have them died in L`Acadie, Qué. They must not have been present to his marriage. Their son Augustin Alexandre married Nelda Boucher Nov. 22, 1885- I have no dates and parents for Nelda Their daughter Marie Mathilde Regnier married Jan. 21, 1877 Alfred Boucher. Who were the parents of Alfred? Did their other sons JB Théodore born Oct 1858, Alfred August 8 1861 and Narcisse Dec. 26, 1862 ever married ? Thank you for your constant support Lou

Thank you Jack for the info. I will pass it on to the person who wrote up my papers. Unless he was going with the Pelletier being native cause they married into the Langlois. I will do a little more research....I will get the sources from where it says that he was Algonquin and send them to you, Maybe you can help me clarify this whole mess. Thanks Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack" <j12l@charter.net> To: <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 8:55 PM Subject: [ILSTANNE] Re: Langlois > Bonjour Kim > Noel Langlois and Grenier were not native.They were French and from Normandie,France. Noel set sail from Dieppe,France and arrived in Quebec on the 4th of June 1635. > The ship was the St-Jean and the Captaine was Nelse. > > My sources say the Micmac in the late 1600's lived in Acadia,(now Nova Scotia) as my Great ++grandparents the Morins were exiled in Acadia and then lived with the micmac.The Morin's were exiled becaused there son got the ( Lords ) daughter pregnant. At the priests request, the son was sent back to France and the other 27 people in the family lost there land. > a Bientot > Jack Langlois > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kim Chaput > To: j12l@charter.net > Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 9:21 PM > Subject: Langlois > > > Hi Jack, > I e-mailed the list a few weeks ago about Noel Langlois and Grenier. I have my indian status card which is Algonquin. Now this Noel Langlois is accepted in Quebec, but not Ontario. Now would you know for sure if he would have been Algonquin or could he have been Micmac? Does Algonquienne mean the same thing as Algonquin? I have it on one of my papers and was told that that was part of the reason I cannot get my card issued from Ontario. Something about Acadien-Metis... > Anyways hope you can help. > > > ==== 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. > > ============================== > 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 >

Hi , I am looking for the parents of Marcelline Leclair who married Alfred Régnier November 17, 1782, in Kankakee Ill. Alfred`s parents were Joseph and Mathilde Brosseau. Also would you have a marriage for Alfred and Marcelline daughter, Louise, who married ? Denault. Louise would have been born around 1880. Thank you Lou

Hi: According to Rene Jette (page 645) Noel Langlois married first 25 July 1634 inQuebec Francoise Grenier and second 27 July 1666 at Chateau Richer Marie Crevet, widow Robert Caron. He had to arrive before July 1634, perhaps June 1634?. Don Boudreaux Lafayette, La. Jack wrote: >Bonjour Kim >Noel Langlois and Grenier were not native.They were French and from Normandie,France. Noel set sail from Dieppe,France and arrived in Quebec on the 4th of June 1635. >The ship was the St-Jean and the Captaine was Nelse. > >My sources say the Micmac in the late 1600's lived in Acadia,(now Nova Scotia) as my Great ++grandparents the Morins were exiled in Acadia and then lived with the micmac.The Morin's were exiled becaused there son got the ( Lords ) daughter pregnant. At the priests request, the son was sent back to France and the other 27 people in the family lost there land. >a Bientot >Jack Langlois > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kim Chaput > To: j12l@charter.net > Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 9:21 PM > Subject: Langlois > > > Hi Jack, > I e-mailed the list a few weeks ago about Noel Langlois and Grenier. I have my indian status card which is Algonquin. Now this Noel Langlois is accepted in Quebec, but not Ontario. Now would you know for sure if he would have been Algonquin or could he have been Micmac? Does Algonquienne mean the same thing as Algonquin? I have it on one of my papers and was told that that was part of the reason I cannot get my card issued from Ontario. Something about Acadien-Metis... > Anyways hope you can help. > > >==== 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. > >============================== >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 > > > >

Bonjour Kim Noel Langlois and Grenier were not native.They were French and from Normandie,France. Noel set sail from Dieppe,France and arrived in Quebec on the 4th of June 1635. The ship was the St-Jean and the Captaine was Nelse. My sources say the Micmac in the late 1600's lived in Acadia,(now Nova Scotia) as my Great ++grandparents the Morins were exiled in Acadia and then lived with the micmac.The Morin's were exiled becaused there son got the ( Lords ) daughter pregnant. At the priests request, the son was sent back to France and the other 27 people in the family lost there land. a Bientot Jack Langlois ----- Original Message ----- From: Kim Chaput To: j12l@charter.net Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 9:21 PM Subject: Langlois Hi Jack, I e-mailed the list a few weeks ago about Noel Langlois and Grenier. I have my indian status card which is Algonquin. Now this Noel Langlois is accepted in Quebec, but not Ontario. Now would you know for sure if he would have been Algonquin or could he have been Micmac? Does Algonquienne mean the same thing as Algonquin? I have it on one of my papers and was told that that was part of the reason I cannot get my card issued from Ontario. Something about Acadien-Metis... Anyways hope you can help.

In the Maternity BVM Catholic Church Records of Bourbonnais by Norma Meier I found seven children born to Leandre Lambert & Sophie Carpentier from 1857 to 1867 Also many entries of these children. So they did not leave Illinois until after 1867 Also the Marriage of Vitaline to Anthime Courville You need this book. Ardis

I've been trying to trace my grandfather's family. My grandfather is Leo Lambert, son of Henry Lambert, son of Ambrose Lambert, son of Leandre Lambert. I know that Leandre (b abt 1819/1820) and his wife Sophie (Carpentier) (abt 1826) moved from Quebec, Canada, to Bourbonnais about 1860. They had three children who were born in Canada: Valentine (also seen as Vittertin), Ambrose, and Josephine. While in Bourbonnais they had Anastina and Eli. I'm not at my computer with my genealogy records, so I can't give any dates besides the ones that I can remember. Around 1880 Leandre and his family were shown in the Aurora, KS census (I believe). I know that Valentine was married in Bourbonnais to I believe a John Courville (not sure on this name). I haven't been able to trace back Leandre or Sophie's families back any farther. I know that Leandre, Sophie, Ambrose, and Ambrose's wife, Emma Dorais, all died in Aurora, KS. I have been given a file that shows that Leandre Lambert is Leandre Lambert-Robillard in Canada. I haven't been able to prove this information, though, and I'm not sure how to go about proving it. Leandre Lambert-Robillard married a Sophie Carpentier in Canada and had a daughter named Valentine (I showed the daughter as Vittertin on the 1860 census in Bourbonnais). All of the information seems to match up, but I don't want to enter all of this information (going back to early 1600s in France) and none of it be right. I would greatly appreciate any help that someone can give me. Jenny Wallis

Bonjour Ardis, Meci for your reply. Dave has already contacted me and he has no route available and has directed me to ask another person. Don Granger

Bon Soir, Donald! Thanks for your note, which I have forwarded to the ILSTANNE list. I have also added your name and address to the list, so you will soon be receiving a copy of every message addressed to ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com and everything you send to that address will reach every other member of the list. Thus do we make inquiries and exchange information! Glad you have joined us - welcome. Best regards, Ginny Crawford (GUERTIN and CHINIQUY St. Anne ties) Administrator ILSTANNE- L and D

Bonjour, I am a descendant of Granger, Lebeau, LeCuyer and LeClair families who settled in St. George and Bourbonnais with my Great, Great Grandparents, Charles & Francoise Mathieu Granger settling in St. George about 1847. His Biography states, before arriving to St. George, that they first stopped in Aurora, Illinois. I found out later that other French Canadian families who eventually became relatives of mine did the same. Aurora which is about 50 miles west of Chicago was known to be a Stage Coach and Wagon Train resting stop. I believe my family stayed in Aurora just for a few months for rest, including their horses before moving onward to Bourbonnais and St. George. What I am looking for if it is available, is a map showing their migration route by land. Up to now, I think that the poor dirt farmers went by wagon train coming down through Wisconsin. Stopped in Aurora for rest and then proceeded to Bourbonnais. The French Canadian's that were well to do, went by the water ways, from barge to Steam Ship and landed on the shores of Chicago. But I am really interested on the group that went to the Aurora rest stop first. If you can help me find this map, I would really appreciate it. PS a Carol Anne Chiniquy recommended that I contact you folks. I am also interrested in the possibility of becoming a member of your group. Please send me information telling me what your organization do as far as local historical research. I myself am a Kankakee area history buff. Donald Granger of South Elgin, Illinois

This Don Granger needs to contact Dave King DJKboysrus@aol.com He is the expert, and so willing to help, on the early route to Little Canada, and Bourbonnais. Ardis

Good morning, I am looking for the parents of Elsie who married - in 1908 - Albert Regnier born 1890 s/o Ovila and Alice Beaupré living in Beaverville. Their daughter, Ethel born in 1911, married Louis Hartman. I think that Elsie`s parents were from Germany. Thank you Lou

Thank you very much for the information. Raymond ----- Message d'origine ----- De : <Chiniquy@aol.com> À : <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> Envoyé : 30 mars, 2005 19:24 Objet : Re: [ILSTANNE] Re: Father Chiniquy Ledger > In a message dated 3/30/05 3:07:31 PM Pacific Standard Time, > raymond.ouimet@sympatico.ca writes: > > > Thank you for the informations. Any Babin in the ledger ? > > > > Raymond Ouimet > > > > > No information of the BABIN surname in the Father Charles Chiniquy Ledger > > Carol Anne > > > > ==== 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