Hello Deborah, I would like to think I can welcome you to Bourbonnais, Illinois, founded mostly by French Canadians, some of whom were mixed breeds. At least, from your description of a small town where no one spoke english, that is what I'm guessing, but it could be true of the whole area, many French Canadiens in this area of Illinois. My mother's family, both paternal and maternal sides, are mixed, mom was from 1/4 to 1/2 in 8ths, 16ths, 32nds, etc. I've found my first intermarriage as early as the late 1600's in Acadia. Bourbonnais is in Kankakee County, not far from KKK the city. I am the first generation of my mother's family to speak english as a first language... For more info on the area, go to the KKK Historical Society site (first link), Dave's Petit Canada website (2nd link) is fascinating and Martin is there. Unfortunately, I don't have Martin's in my tree, and my Landry dates to Acadia. Hope this helps. http://www.kvgs.org/k3gensoc.html http://hometown.aol.com/DJKboysrus/index.html patricia DW wrote: > Thank you so much for the warm welcome. > > I recently joined a list for Cloud County, Kansas where I was told I might > find my great grandparents wedding information... this information came from > a very old address book of my grandmothers where she had listed bits of > information that she knew about her family. > > A woman on the list told me that the genealogy society there has these > records for Aurora, St. Joseph, Clyde, Clifton, Linn and Palmer and that > they were translated by a man named Bob Gieber from the original Latin and > French. She apparently has the data base on her computer. > > The information on my Great Grandparents marriage is as follows > > St Peter's Catholic Church Records, Aurora, Kansas. > > Maurice Tremblay, son of Timothe Tremblay & Florence Crepault (?) from > Washington State, > married > Anna Martin, daughter of Joseph Martin & Julie Landry. > They were married 17 Feb 1890 > Witnesses Louis Hamel & Emma Guennette, > Service performed by Father Pierre Fortier. > > With this information I have just made a connection with the Tremblay > Association in Quebec and found that they have my line from Maurice's > parents back... and it can be followed back to the late 1600's. > > The little book that I mentioned before (my grandmothers) also had the name > Kankakee listed as the birth place of her mother Anna Marie Martin. My > great grandmother had told my mother that where she grew up there were no > people that spoke English... and that it was a small town. I am beginning > to think that my great great grandfather Joseph Martin may be the Joseph > Martin listed as a land owner in the Illinois registries as owning land in > Kankakee, which was purchased in 1868 and 1869. > > Maurice Tremblay met my great grandmother while she was working for one of > his relatives in Chicago, Illinois as a maid. Anna Martin was only 14 when > she married my Great Grandfather Maurice, he was 14 years her senior. > > Anna Marie Martin was 1/4 native American Indian, so if anyone on the list > has a family that would fit this please let me know... Either Joseph Martin > or Julie Landry were half native. > > As for me.... my name is Deborah and I live in British Columbia, Canada. > > Thank you again for the warm welcome and for the wonderful information that > your list has already supplied me with. > > Sincerely, > Deborah > > SEARCHING > TROMBLEY or TREMBLAY, Quebec; British Columbia; Saskatchewan; Alberta; North > West Territories, CANADA; Washington, Illinois, Kansas, Montana, California, > USA; also possible connections in Mexico. > MARTIN, Quebec, Kankakee, Petit Canada?, Illinois, Kansas, Washington, > British Columbia, Alberta Canada > CREPEAU, Quebec, Canada; > LANDRY, Quebec, Canada; Illinois; Kansas > > New page under construction... > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/