Hi Tony, The family name started as Giroux, and some braches ended up spelling it Gereaux. The best general source for the family is Tom Giroux's site at http://home.nycap.rr.com/giroux/ Dave King has some good info on one Kankakee branch on his site http://hometown.aol.com/DJKBoysrus/index.html I know of two major migrations to the Kankakee/St. Anne area from Quebec in the mid 1850's. The first apparently was Timothy Giroux (see Dave King's site) in 1847; I suspect that your ancestor was one his his relatives. The second family seems to have been Julien Giroux in 1851/2; he seems to have died or disappeared sometime between 1855 and 1859. Julien's wife remarried John Tart (sometimes LeTarte) in 1859, and the children either scattered or were raised by Tart. Napoleon was a common name in this branch, as was Julius (Julien) and Mary (Marie). I can't find a 2-year old Francois Xavier in the 1870 Kankakee census, but he may have been with his family in Iriquois County. Quite a few Giroux were in the Beaverville (used to be called St. Mary's) area in the early 1870's. Many of my ancestors went to Iowa, particularly Story County, and I've seen occasional references to Sioux City, Council Bluffs and parts of Nebraska and South Dakota. I'll keep digging, but it would be quite helpful if we had another data point or two. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: <Chiniquy@aol.com> To: <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 2:05 PM Subject: [ILSTANNE] GEREAUX > Bonjour Everyone, > > I'm not sure if this went through right the first time I sent it so I'm > sending it again. > > I know that some of you are researching the GEREAUX surname. Can anyone help > Tony? There is a marriage for a Frank GEREAUX who married Agnes DANDURAND in > Iroquois in 1886. That is probably his gr grandfather. > > Many thanks, > Carol Anne > > Subj: Fw: Gereaux family > Date: 2/11/01 4:39:54 PM Pacific Standard Time > From: tonyg5003@photo-tech.net (Tony Gilbert) > To: chiniquy@aol.com > > > Carol Anne: > > I am shocked that someone actually has any info! > > I am looking for the Gereau/Gereaux family that was in Kankakee County from > about 1860 till ? > > My great grandfather was Francis (Frank) Xavier Gereau(x). He left home at > the age of 12 to work on local farms. He was born in 1868 in Kankakee, and > died in 1948 in Sioux City, IA. Unfortunately, he is the only member of his > family that I know for sure. I know he had several brothers and sisters, but > because he left home so early, he rarely talked about them. His youngest and > only living daughter/child is 86. I talked to her last week, and she told me > that his brothers had unusual names. She recalls Moses, but no more at the > time of our conversation. There might also be a Napoleon Gereaux, and a Mary > Gereaux. > > I am most sure that the Gereauxs that were in the Kankakee area from 1890 > till present day must be related somehow. I just need to make that link. > > I am not sure of this, but his parents names might have been Anthony Gereaux > and Rose. > > Anything you have will be of help I'm sure. I have had absolutely no luck > researching this branch of my family. > > Thanks in advance. > > Tony Gilbert > Midland, Texas > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >