Bren - Take a look at the surname variation page at www.afgs.org I looked through it a little, and didn't see PURKEY, but there is PERKIE (1) Perkie Larivière (1) Perkie LaVallée The (1) referes to names listed in the book "French-Canadian Names: Vermont Variants - by Véronique Gassette" published by the "Vermont Historical Society" Montpelier, VT. Lisa [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brenda Hébert" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> 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 > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

You forgot one on the list which also comes from that book. PERKIE = PAQUETTE Funny thing is that PERKINS = PAQUET yet Paquet & Paquette are both pronounced the same way today. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 10:16 AM Subject: [ILSTANNE] re: Purkey? > Bren - > > Take a look at the surname variation page at > www.afgs.org I looked through it a little, and > didn't see PURKEY, but there is PERKIE > > > (1) Perkie Larivière > (1) Perkie LaVallée > > The (1) referes to names listed in the book > "French-Canadian Names: Vermont Variants - > by Véronique Gassette" published by the > "Vermont Historical Society" Montpelier, VT. > > Lisa > [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brenda Hébert" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > 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 > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! > > > ==== ILSTANNE Mailing List ==== > To scan a remarkable collection of lists and webpages related to genealogy, go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/internet.html > Once there, click on "mailing lists", then select the category you want, then the location or surname. Voila! > > ============================== > 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 >

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" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> 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 Hébert" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > 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