Cynthia -- Would you mind sending me your SNAIL MAIL address? I will have copies made and send them to you that way if you don't mind. I did find references to the name of RYNO in one of the family histories for a Laurence & Alice (Glackin) LeClair. (no Renaud or Reno though)it was common to have different spellings of last names for these French families though! * Laurence LeClair - born in 1912 grew up near Rosholt, SD. (another state to look in for information!) When he reached his 20's he relocated to rural EVERLY, Iowa where he would become a farm hand for his uncles, CHARLES and JERRY RYNO. Everly, Iowa is to the north and west of Royal, Iowa. I do know that they are in the same county -- CLAY COUNTY -- and the county seat is SPENCER, IOWA. That is where you may want to write to get information from the courthouse for land records, death records, etc. It is possible that the RYNO brothers had a large farming operation as it stated in the family history for Laurence LeClair that he (Laurence) and his wife farmed 333 acres, ...and for a short time, farmed the RYNO land. There is also a family history for the PHILIP and VICTORIA (LeCLAIR) MAYOU family and then three pages of histories for the different LeCLAIR families. Victoria LeClair was the daughter of Pierre (Peter) LeClair. Philip Mayou was the son of Melina Reginer. I was always told that my ancestor's name of FRANCOEUR --WAY BACK; was first; LeClair dit Francoeur, THEN just Francoeur, then, when my great grandfather and his brother came to Iowa the spelling was changed to FRANKER. They were the only FRANKER'S in this part of the state (the whole state as far as I know.) There was no reference to the name of CHAUVIN in the Centennial book. Anything else (other names, etc.) I can look up for you in the Centennial book, just let me know. Vickie F. Buettner P & C Stanford wrote: > > Hi Vickie, > > I would very much like it if you looked up some names for me. My > french-Canandians definitely went to that part of IA from IL. My > great-grandfather was Thomas RENAUD/RENO. One of his sons was named Andrew, > which may be the one you mentioned. Thomas' mother was a MAILLOUX/MAYHEW. > I would appreciate any information you or anyone else has on either of these > surnames and the related name of CHAUVIN. I will have to look it up, but I > think the LECLAIR family also ties in. have more information about them in > Kankakee and Iroquois Cos. I'll be happy to pay copying and mailing costs. > Thanks ever so much. > > Regards, > Cynthia Stanford > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vickie Buettner <buetvsia@netins.net> > To: ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Saturday, June 10, 2000 10:52 PM > Subject: [ILSTANNE] French-Canadian family histories from Iowa > > >Wanted to let everyone know that Royal, Iowa is having their Centennial > >June 30, July 1, July 2, 2000. Bought the Centennial book and it > >states: (quote) To the west of Royal there was a settlement of French > >Canadian people who migrated here from Illinois. Some of those settlers > >were ANTOINE GOYETTE, FRANCIS LeCLAIR, ALEXANDER MORROW, ELI & RAMIE > >FRANKER (FRANCOEUR) RAMIE MAYHEW, and JOSEPH GROSS. (unquote) > > > >Later in the book (History of St. Louis Catholic Church) it states: > > > > 'The history of Catholicism in the Royal area dates back to the latter > >part of the 19th century when priests from Sutherland (a near by town) > >came up to celebrate Mass in an area southwest of Royal known as the > >"French Settlement." The majority of people in this area were American > >of French Canadian descent. They had left Canada accompanied by a > >priest, settled in Illinois, and then migrated to the recently settled > >area of western Clay County. Mass was celebrated first in homes, > >including that of Joe Gross. > > Some of the early French Canadian parishioners were: > >RAMIE MAILLOUX (MAYOU/MAYHEW) > >ELI, AMADEE, and ADELARD FRANCOEUR > >PERLYN and EDGAR MOREAU (MORROW) > >ART GILINEAU (GELINO) > >TADDEE RICHARD > >SAM DEMERS > >HENRY LeCLAIR > >ANDREW RENAUD > >ANTIONE GOYETTE and sons ANTONE, LOU, FRED, AND HARVEY > >JOE GROSS > >FRANK HUSS > >AUGUST GRENDLER > >JOHN AUCHTER > >PETER ASMUSSEN > >VALENTINE HAMMES > >NICHOLAS HAMMES > >JOHN DUMKREIGER > >JAMES PHILLIPS > >JOHN, JAMES, and TONY GILLESPIE > >JAMES 0'BRIEN > >********************************* > > > >If any of these names mean anything to anyone I will gladly look in the > >Centennial book to see if there are any 'family histories' about these > >families. Maybe one of these people is a 'long lost' family member no > >one knew where they ended up at. > > > >In the ALEXANDER MORROW family history it talks about Alex being the son > >of M. and Abigail (YEW) MORROW. It said that he was born in Greenland, > >Canada. When Alex was nine years old he and his family came to the U.S. > >- part way by ship. Some of the relatives were told that on the way > >Alex's parents and all of his relatives died of diphtheria. Others say > >that they died of typhoid and some say that the father survived. Alex > >was taken in by a family and lived in Kankakee, IL. In 1866 he married > >Odella Buckrow/Dealia Ducrow who was born in Saint Anne, IL in 1851. > >Dealia choked on a piece of boiling meat and died in 1880. Alex then > >married ROSALIE (TREMBLEY) SANTAGE in 1882 in Saint Anne, IL. She was > >born in 1856 to Jacob and Marie (Bissonet) Trembley. Rosalie had two > >sons from a previous marriage; Zeb and Arthur Santage. > >********************************************** > > > >It seems that some on this list had the last name of TREMBLEY they were > >interested in, but I don't' remember for sure. I know there was someone > >looking for the GOYETTE family on the list. One of the Goyette girls > >married one of the Morrow boys and has a family history with a wedding > >picture. > > > >...Funny how I have been wondering how to spell the last name of GELINO > >and you have all been so helpful and up the road a couple of hours were > >old church records with the french spelling -- GILINEAU -- Right under > >my own nose!! > > > >Now it is my turn to help if I can. > > > >Vickie Buettner > > > >Looking for family names of: FRANCOEUR, MARION, DELIBAC, GELINO, > >PARADIS, BRODEAU (BODRIC?) > > > > > >============================== > >Free Web space. ANY amount. 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