Alan You wrote: snip > My question: does anyone have information on who > Pierre's parents were? I believe his father was also > Pierre but not sure which one of the many he could be. > > Also, the 1845 Piere's mother is reported to be > Osilde Stother. I am right against up the brick wall > on this as well. Could Stother be a permutation of : > Strodeur or Studer?? There are Strothers but > nothing of interest for my line. I believe a strong (STRONG) possibility that the parents of Pierre Boudreau,born 1845 are Joseph Boudreau et Judith Josette Doxtroder,married 3 Aug 1841 at Blairfindie Church, L"Acadie. St-Jean ,QC. I suspect that Judith Doxtroder baptised 30 Aug 1823 is Oslide Stother.They moved to Ill. sometime between 1853 et 1858 . There is a listing in the 1847-1985 death records of Maternity Blessed Virgin Mary Church ,Bourbonnail,IL. Josephe Struder age 80,died 14 Aug 1894,buried at MBVM, Spouse of Joseph Boudreau.9 Josephte is also listed on pg.20 as Josephte Boudreau spouse of Joseph Boudreau / maiden name Studer*. * means there is more information available in the church records. The 1862 marriage information for Pierre Boudreau et Ezilda Bonneville is available at MBVM Church and would list the parents. Suggest you look there to verify. I also have a Boudreau line in Bourbonnais area and in researching this line I came across the Boudreau - Studer which is a cousin to my line. Hope this helps. a Bientot Jack Langlois