In a message dated 4/21/2003 9:37:42 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Is anyone working on the BLAIN surname. I'm trying to find the parents of > Jacob Blain. I also need the name of his wife >> Carol Anne - Josephine Chiniquy, born in 1847 and the sister of Charles A. and Virginie, married a CELESTIN BLAIN. Another tidbit: when Joseph Guertin rode into town to capture the heart of Virginie Chiniquy - he was accompanied by a John Blain who was his steadfast friend for years. It struck me recently that "John" may have been an Americanism for "Celestin". Cheers! Ginny