Thank you to everyone for their help! I did check in the SSDI and found a lot of PURKEYs listed, so am starting to wonder if it might NOT be F-C. Of course, can't really discount ANY alternatives until they've all be fully explored. Thanks again! ~~Bren Richard Graveline <[email protected]> wrote:Hello: Gary's note of Paquette looks to be a good solution for Brenda to explore as there was another Prairie-Paquette marriage in Bourbonnais (per the Maternity BVM Death Records book). The couple was Jean Baptiste Prairie and Aurelle Paquette. richard graveline Georgia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Boivin" To: Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 2:09 PM Subject: Re: [ILSTANNE] re: Purkey? > You forgot one on the list which also comes from that book. > PERKIE = PAQUETTE > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Brenda H�bert" > > To: > > Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 12:20 AM > > Subject: [ILSTANNE] PURKEY? > > > > > Salut! Hi! I have a question -- in doing research on the PRAIRIE line, I > > came across the surname PURKEY from Momence. I have been wracking my brain > > all day trying to figure out WHAT French-Canadian name that could have been > > originally. Alphonsine PURKEY married Jesse PRAIRIE. She was the daughter of > > a Joseph PURKEY. All help is appreciated! ~~Bren ==== ILSTANNE Mailing List ==== You can search or browse the ARCHIVES of any RootsWeb list at: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.

Brenda et all This should be considered in light that LeBlanc = White, Boule = Stevens , Michel = Mitchell and so on. There is no logic to it that I have found. a Bientot Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brenda Hébert" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 9:01 PM Subject: [ILSTANNE] PURKEY thanks! > Thank you to everyone for their help! I did check in the SSDI and found a lot of PURKEYs listed, so am starting to wonder if it might NOT be F-C. Of course, can't really discount ANY alternatives until they've all be fully explored. Thanks again! ~~Bren > >