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?)