Karen - In response to your messages which included the following: ... Anyway, I don't know if we're related through Pierre and Dorothy. Pierre had Cyprien who married Pelagie Boudreau, their child was Napoleon who married Rosemary Turner (which could have been Latourneau). I have Luc as a brother to Cyprien and he was married toAurelie Landry. Cyprien and Pelagie had a son named Caliste who married Malvina Bourelle. They had a son named William who married Olivine Deno. It goes like this: Pierre and Dorothy Tremblay Cyprien and Pelagie Boudreau Caliste and Malvina Bourelle William and Olivine Deno I guess we would connect through Pierre and Dorothy. We split at the brothers Cyprien and Luc. Did Cyprien and Luc both have sons named Napoleon? These people kept naming their children after their brothers, parents, etc. and it sure is hard to sort out who belongs to whom, isn't it? What is the date of your Napoleon's birth? Mine was born 8-25-1858, in Kankakee, IL and died about 7-28-1941 and is buried in Goodland, IN. Is this the same guy do you think? More likely than not there will be names in that kind of thing that applies to more than the Boudreau researchers since all of those old French Canadien names are connected. It would be great if you would e-mail the FTM info to me and we'll figure out where we're related. I think it's at the Pierre and Dorothy level then we split with the brothers, Cyprien and Luc. Don't you? Karen ********************* Karen - Thanks for your information. Here is the information regarding the "Napoleon Connection" - it seems that they are 'first cousins' (?) - their father's were Luc/Luke and Cyprien. I have no further information on Napoleon who married Josephine Paradis - just the following birthdate and marriage date. Please advise - corrections, omissions, whatever applies. Pierre, Luc/Luke, Napoleon and Rose Boudreau (m. Heller), Virginia Heller (m. McLaughlin) and me, Kathleen. My best to you, Kathleen ********************8 Generation No. 4 4. ETIENNE4 BOUDREAU (ANSELME3, MICHEL2, MICHEL1 BOUDROT) was born 1747 in CANADA, and died Unknown. He married (1) MARIE BOUDROT June 10, 1771. She died Unknown. He married (2) MARGUERITE DUPUIS February 02, 1778. She died Unknown. Children of ETIENNE BOUDREAU and MARIE BOUDROT are: i. JEAN-BAPTISTE5 BOUDREAU, b. 1772; d. Unknown; m. MARIE GRANGER, February 11, 1793; d. Unknown. ii. ETIENNE BOUDREAU, b. 1774; d. Unknown; m. (1) CLOTHILDE BECHARD, January 12, 1795; d. Unknown; m. (2) MARIE LOUISE BOURASSA, July 02, 1804; d. Unknown. Children of ETIENNE BOUDREAU and MARGUERITE DUPUIS are: 5. iii. PIERRE5 BOUDREAU, d. Unknown. iv. ISABELLE BOUDREAU, b. December 20, 1778; d. Unknown; m. ALEX BREAU, October 06, 1800; d. Unknown. v. FIRMIN BOUDREAU, b. May 22, 1780; d. Unknown; m. MARIE URSULE HEBERT, November 19, 1804; d. Unknown. vi. JOSEPH BOUDREAU, b. August 17, 1781; d. Unknown; m. GENEVIEVE DUPUIS, November 25, 1822; d. Unknown. vii. MARIE MADELEINE BOUDREAU, b. September 13, 1785; d. Unknown; m. JEAN BAPTISTE MOISAN JR., February 21, 1814; d. Unknown. viii. JACQUES BOUDREAU, b. 1786; d. Unknown; m. (1) EMILIE LAFAILLE; d. Unknown; m. (2) SUZANNE AUDET, September 29, 1806; d. Unknown; m. (3) MAGDELEINE BOUDREAU, January 07, 1822; d. Unknown. ix. ROSE BOUDREAU, b. February 12, 1787; d. Unknown; m. PIERRE LECUYER, July 16, 1810; d. Unknown. x. MARGUERITE BOUDREAU, b. April 16, 1792; d. Unknown; m. PIERRE ZACHARIE LAREAU, April 1820; d. Unknown. xi. JEAN MARIE BOUDREAU, b. October 31, 1793; d. Unknown; m. MARIE JOSETTE LANOUE, February 12, 1816; d. Unknown. Generation No. 5 5. PIERRE5 BOUDREAU (ETIENNE4, ANSELME3, MICHEL2, MICHEL1 BOUDROT) died Unknown. He married DOROTHEE DOROTHY TREMBLAY September 18, 1815. She died Unknown. Children of PIERRE BOUDREAU and DOROTHEE TREMBLAY are: i. PIERRE6 BOUDREAU, b. July 04, 1816; d. Unknown; m. MARGUERITE LAREAU, June 05, 1838; d. Unknown. ii. HENRIETTE BOUDREAU, b. February 10, 1821; d. Unknown. iii. CYPRIEN BOUDREAU, b. 1823; d. Unknown; m. PELAGIE BOUDREAU, November 23, 1847; d. Unknown. 6. iv. LUKE LUC BOUDREAU, b. April 10, 1828, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; d. April 28, 1905, Kankakee IL. v. CYRILLE BOUDREAU, b. 1830; d. Unknown; m. ROSE LA TOUR, October 11, 1852; d. Unknown. vi. MATHILDE BOUDREAU, b. 1832; d. Unknown; m. AUGUSTIN FOUGERE, September 27, 1852; d. Unknown. Generation No. 6 6. LUKE LUC6 BOUDREAU (PIERRE5, ETIENNE4, ANSELME3, MICHEL2, MICHEL1 BOUDROT) was born April 10, 1828 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and died April 28, 1905 in Kankakee IL. He married AURELIE LANDRY February 11, 1850 in St. Valentin, Quebec, CAN, daughter of JEAN-BAPTISTE LANDRY and ELIZABETH LETOURNEAU. She was born March 21, 1830 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and died October 08, 1917 in Kankakee IL. Children of LUKE BOUDREAU and AURELIE LANDRY are: i. ELIZA BOUDREAU, b. 1852, Canada; d. Unknown. ii. ARELIA BOUDREAU, b. 1854, Canada; d. Unknown. 7. iii. NAPOLEON BOUDREAU, b. March 01, 1855, Bourbonnis, Kankakee Co., IL; d. Unknown. iv. BELSIMERE BOUDREAU, b. 1860, Illinois; d. Unknown. v. JOSEPHINE BOUDREAU, b. 1863, Illinois; d. Unknown. vi. ADELINE BOUDREAU, b. July 20, 1864, Bourbonnis, St. George, Kankakee, IL; d. Unknown. vii. AGNES BOUDREAU, b. 1869, Illinois; d. Unknown. viii. OLIVER BOUDREAU, b. 1872, Illinois; d. Unknown. ix. PHILLIP BOUDREAU, b. 1874, Indiana; d. Unknown. x. IDA BOUDREAU, b. 1877, Indiana; d. Unknown. Generation No. 7 7. NAPOLEON7 BOUDREAU (LUKE LUC6, PIERRE5, ETIENNE4, ANSELME3, MICHEL2, MICHEL1 BOUDROT) was born March 01, 1855 in Bourbonnis, Kankakee Co., IL, and died Unknown. He married JOSEPHINE PARADIS April 20, 1874 in Kankakee IL. She was born Abt. 1854 in maybe Canada or IL, and died 1925 in Stockton CA. More About NAPOLEON BOUDREAU: Alias: Mrrg. lisc says Napolion Boudrrot More About JOSEPHINE PARADIS: Children of NAPOLEON BOUDREAU and JOSEPHINE PARADIS are: 8. i. DELLA8 BOUDREAU, b. Abt. 1875, Kankakee IL; d. Unknown. ii. HENRY BOUDREAU, b. Abt. 1876, Kankakee IL; d. 1977, Oaklanda CA. iii. JOSEPH BOUDREAU, b. Abt. 1877, Kankakee IL; d. Unknown, Fruitvale CA. iv. VALIDA BOUDREAU, b. Abt. 1878, Kankakee IL; d. Unknown, Kankakee IL. 9. v. ROSE DELIMA BOUDREAU, b. January 11, 1882, Kankakee Illinois; d. March 14, 1975, Stockton CA. 10. vi. AGNES BOUDREAU, b. Abt. 1884, Kankakee IL; d. Unknown, Oakland CA. vii. ADELOR BOUDREAU, b. Abt. 1890, Kankakee IL; d. Unknown; m. ALICE; d. Unknown. It is Luc/Luke's marriage to Aurelie Landry where we might have some sort of double connection ... with Cyprien's son, Napoleon who married Rosemary Turner/Latourneau ... which might be Letourneau which is the surname of Aurelie's mother, Elizabeth Letourneau m. Jean-Baptiste Landry. ******************8 Accepting that it is confusing ...