Ginny, Carol Anne and Listers.....I would like to join you all around the Thanksgiving table. I had few ancestors who lived in St. Anne. My gr.gr.gr.gr grandfather Michael Allain was there right at the beginning. Michel Allain was born on 18 Apr 1786 in Chambly, Quebec, Canada About 1825, Michel left Montreal, Canada, migrating to the United States by way of wagon and team. He and his family made there way to St. Anne before it was. What interesting conversation it would be to learn first hand what the wilds of this part of Illinois was like. A long with Michael Allain and his family sitting around the table, would be my gr.gr.gr. grandfather Alphonse BOUDREAU (b. 1825) and his wife Cecelia ALLAIN (b. 1827) and my gr.gr.gr. grandfather Pierre GIGUERE and his wife Marie PROVENCHER, whose children were baptized by Father and Reverend Charles Chiniquy. In 1868, the Boudreau and Giguere families left St. Anne, with a group of French-Canadians and travel by cover wagon to Dakota County, Nebraska. I can hardly wait for Thanksgiving and hear all the tales. Mary Boudreau
As my recently discovered cousin already invited part of my family to the table, I too will not go back so far. I think I will invite the previous generation of my Dad-Bob Allain, his identical twin, Dick Allain, and the two older brothers who have passed away- Byron and Paul, so that once again we can all sit around Grandpa and Grandma Allain's table and hear all the stories of what it was like for them growing up. I'd also like to have my cousin Ginny as well as my other recently discovered cousin, Kathye there to hear the stories too. Bon Appetit! Deb Allain Slooogin@aol.com wrote: > Ginny, Carol Anne and Listers.....I would like to join you all around the > Thanksgiving table. I had few ancestors who lived in St. Anne. > My gr.gr.gr.gr grandfather Michael Allain was there right at the beginning. > > Michel Allain was born on 18 Apr 1786 in Chambly, Quebec, Canada > About 1825, Michel left Montreal, Canada, migrating to the United States by > way of wagon and team. He and his family made there way to St. Anne before it > was. What interesting conversation it would be to learn first hand what the > wilds of this part of Illinois was like. > > A long with Michael Allain and his family sitting around the table, would be > my gr.gr.gr. grandfather Alphonse BOUDREAU (b. 1825) and his wife Cecelia > ALLAIN (b. 1827) and my gr.gr.gr. grandfather Pierre GIGUERE and his wife Marie > PROVENCHER, whose children were baptized by Father and Reverend Charles > Chiniquy. In 1868, the Boudreau and Giguere families left St. Anne, with a group of > French-Canadians and travel by cover wagon to Dakota County, Nebraska. > > I can hardly wait for Thanksgiving and hear all the tales. > > Mary Boudreau > > ==== 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. > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx