Here is a message received by me from RootsWeb-request - it had been sent by dforgue@cmh.edu. I am not sure why the message was diverted. Now it has a section to download , which may mean that it was originally too long for RootsWeb to handle in the usual way or that it came with a download and RootsWeb had to modify it for that reason. Here it is, without the download: > I hope I can help to some in regard to Matilde. Matilde(Matilda) was my > great grandmother and was married to Augustin FORGUES. She was the = > daughter > of Pierre Boudreau and Dorthee Tremblay. I am attaching her birth and > wedding records in both English and French. Note that Pierre had died = > prior > to the 1852 marriage although we have him dying in 1888 in Bourbonnais. = > Note > also the attendees at the wedding ceremony which should tell us that = > family > members we are concerned about are present. I also have the marriage of > Etienne and Marguerite Dupuis as 2 Feb 1778 with her birth as 1755. > Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Kwirsching@aol.com [mailto:Kwirsching@aol.com] > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 9:07 PM > To: ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ILSTANNE] Napoleon (at least two of them) Boudreau of > Kankakee, IL > Kathleen: Thanks for the info. The only question I have is the = > marriage of > Etienne and Marguerite Dupuis. She was born in 1775 and the children = > who > you=20 > have listed under Etienne and Marguerite were born when she was only 3 = > years > old. The Etienne=E2=80=99s get very confusing because there were so = > many of them. > What do you have as a birthdate for Marguerite? > Here=E2=80=99s some add-ons to your info: > Etienne (the first) was born in Beaubassin, Acadie (Nove Scotia), his = > wife=20 > Marie, was born in 1751 at Grand Pre, Acadie, she died about 1777. She = > was=2