This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lancour Bourassa Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HGB.2ACI/435.1 Message Board Post: I just found a distant relative by the name Bourassa. The names are George who married Agatha Lancour. Their son, one of them was Louis who married Lillie Nontay. If you look up keepers of the south fox island lighthouse in nortport Michigan you can find a photograph of Louis and Lillie. I do not know yet were George's ancestors were from but Agatha was from Mackinac and St. Ignace area of Michigan. She was Chippewa form Mackinac that I know of.... there are Bourassa's on the Saginaw Chip lists and on the Durant Rolls in Michigan. Don't know if it is a connection or not. let me know. Deanna

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HGB.2ACI/441 Message Board Post: A week ago while driving on US-2 about 5 miles east of Naubinway I stopped and took pictures near the Black River of piers that survive from an old lumber mill dock. Is there anyone who can supply me with a town name or a company that existed here.

I dont know if this helps or not, but I have a Thais Solomon born at Penetanguishene age 6 months, baptised December 1, 1835 daughter of Samuel Solomon and Therese Livingston. No Latour info at Penetanguishene. Do those dates work for you?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LATOUR JOLICOEUR SOLOMON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HGB.2ACI/440 Message Board Post: Pierre “Peter” Latour died May12,1916, Sault Ste-Marie, Ontario, (reportedly102 years old). Husband by second (or third) marriage of Helene Jolicoeur, with whom he fathered ten children. Eight of these children were baptized Ile du Grand Calumet, Quebec. Does anyone have a record of his marriage to Helene Jolicoeur? We have conflicting reports on his first marriage, and we have been unable to find his parents. He was (reportedly) born in Quebec. If anyone has ANY INFORMATIOM about this man’s life, family or history it would be APPRECIATED. Also, does anyone have the date and or place of the marriage of a Peter Latour to a Thaise Solomon, birth and or death dates for Thaise Solomon or any children born to them? Email jharris12@sympatico.ca

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There may be a connection between Bourassa (bu rah' sa), Borasaw (bur a saw'), and Buraseau (bur a sow') and other similarly pronounced surnames. Different clerks heard similar sounds with unique ears. Illiterates couldn't correct misspellings. ----- Original Message ----- From: <gpapa2134@hotmail.com> To: <MIMACKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 1:16 PM Subject: [MIMac] Re: Trying to Find out the orgin of Bourasa > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Bourassa > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HGB.2ACI/362.1.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Bourassa is a French name. The Mackinac Bourassas are decendants of Francois Bourassa, b. Abt. 1633 of St-Hilaire, De Loulay, Lucon or Poitou, France >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bourassa Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HGB.2ACI/362.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Bourassa is a French name. The Mackinac Bourassas are decendants of Francois Bourassa, b. Abt. 1633 of St-Hilaire, De Loulay, Lucon or Poitou, France

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nettleton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HGB.2ACI/439 Message Board Post: My grandfather, Amasa Nettleton, was born July 6, 1895 to Edward C. and Mary (Nehmer) Nettleton in Naubinway. Edward C. worked for the saw mill/lumbering. I would LOVE any info/documentation (and how to get that) about my family. I am traveling to area soon. Thanks so much. Sue Paris paris@yosemite.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Eldred, Eldridge, Casey, Walker, St John Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HGB.2ACI/438 Message Board Post: I'm looking for imformation between 1907 and 1912 for school records in Moran. My grandfather, LeRoy Eldred, attended school there for at least one year. Any suggestions?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HGB.2ACI/437.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Thomas, Thanks for the info. on Ft. Mackinac--I will contact them. Thank you very much. Carol Harrison

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HGB.2ACI/437.1 Message Board Post: Give the fort a call or send e-mail. E-mail: mackinacparks@state.mi.us 231-436-4100

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HARRISON, BRIGHTON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HGB.2ACI/437 Message Board Post: Hi everyone, Does anyone know if there are birth records of children born to US Army soldiers stationed at Ft. Mackinac and how one might get a copy? My great, great grandfather, Samuel HARRISON, was stationed there when my great grandfather, John James HARRISON, was born on 31 Dec., 1846. His mother was Susan BRIGHTON HARRISON. Will be very grateful for any information you can provide. Carol Harrison California

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HGB.2ACI/121.224.1 Message Board Post: Hi, Gary. . .just to let you know that I am also doing our family research--your grandfather, Joe, was my grandfather, Matt's, brother. Sherry

here is a Jessie Hadley living inCedarville, MI. I wonder if she is related in any way. Thanks, Kent ----- Original Message ----- From: <ameron@up.net> To: <MIMACKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 9:18 AM Subject: [MIMac] Re: Letter to Judge Brown > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HGB.2ACI/436.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Edwin Hadley, was born in Indian , August 28, 18 39. graduated at the State University in 1861. > I have his history. contact me direct ameron@up.net >

Very likely this was Prentiss M. Brown Sr Father. Contact St. Ignace Library for more informatio,. Good Luck, Kent ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bullabock@aol.com> To: <MIMACKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 4:36 PM Subject: [MIMac] Letter to Judge Brown > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Brown, Hadley > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HGB.2ACI/436 > > Message Board Post: > > Was there a Judge Brown in St. Ignace in 1883? Would his papers be in a local archive or historical society? > My gr grandfather Edwin Hadley, a lawyer in St. Ignace, wrote from Chicago to a Judge Brown on 1/1/1883 and then disappeared. > Thanks for any search suggestions. >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HGB.2ACI/436.1 Message Board Post: Edwin Hadley, was born in Indian , August 28, 18 39. graduated at the State University in 1861. I have his history. contact me direct ameron@up.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brown, Hadley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HGB.2ACI/436 Message Board Post: Was there a Judge Brown in St. Ignace in 1883? Would his papers be in a local archive or historical society? My gr grandfather Edwin Hadley, a lawyer in St. Ignace, wrote from Chicago to a Judge Brown on 1/1/1883 and then disappeared. Thanks for any search suggestions.

i have an 1996 news , from the Rochester Sentinal and the Compass. a number of citizen potawatomi nation members trace their ancestry to three brothers who went from indiana to kansas in the 1830s. the name is spelled Bourassa but pronounced Bursaw by the family today. their parents were fur traders. part french and part potawatomi. joseph napoleon bourassa went west in 1837 with chief kee-wau-nay for whom the village of kewanna is named] and nas-waw-kay in the group led by george proffit. his parents and family including his little brother daniel went west on the trail of death in 1838,his brother jude went west in 1840. in 1826 joseph napoleon and jude accompanied rev. issac mccoy from niles mich. to hamilton,new york. where they attended the baptist theological instiutin [now colgate university]. in 1831-32 they attended choctaw academy at white sulphur springs,kentucky. there they took part in the debating society and the lycurgus court.and learned to handie conflict accorting to white mans law. this served them well as leaders of the potawatomi when they lived in kansas. joseph napoleon led a group of potawatomi who proved the white trader joseph clymer jr .and the indian agent, anthony l davis.were cheating and got them fired by the government. this ws an unusual accomplishment ,because most whites who cheated the indians were never reprimanded. joseph n bourassa served as tribal interpreter for many years and was prominent in tribal affairs. jude was an inn kepper, became wealthy and had the first piano in kansas territory. according to letters of william h hutter,first governor of kansas territory in 1854. hutter was impressed with judes comfortable house, fine furniture,and delicious food. judes daughters payed the piano to entertain guests at the inn.joseph n bourassa was sketiched by george winter. both as an individual portrait and in the treaty scene at lake kee-wau-nay in fulton county. he was interviewed by dr lyman draper. whose collection of 5.000 notebooks are in the university of wis. helen depel,oklahoma city. has done extensive research on her ancestors. she gave the fulton county museum two notebooks full of material she copied from old records. she traced their ancestry to francois bourassa 1. born in poltour france. in the early 1600s,his son francois bourassa 11, immlgrated from france to montreal in the late 1600s. he was a fur trader and married marie leber.the dau of the weaithiest merchant of montreal, he died in 1708 age 50. his son rene bourassa and 1 embarked in the ''western trade at michilimackinaw''. his wife and children were one of 10 families living year around at the fort. the site is marked today if you visit the fort mackinaw island. renes son rene bourassa 11 continued in the fathers trade with the indians. living at fort mackinaw, through 1758. he also lived a while at fort st joseph near niles. his son daniel bourassa 1 lived 1752 to about 1830. he marriedmarguerite bertrand,who was one quarter indian.they lived at bertrand michigan..daniel bourassa 11was born at mackinaw in 1780 and bte at mackinaw in 1786.he married theotis pisangarnwaske in 1808, she was chippewa and ottawa and spoke only the indian language. they lived and traded in chicago. they had 14 children in 1837 they were living on the yellow river in marshall county, and in 1838 they went west on the trail of death. daniel bourassa is the first name on the trail of death roll.with the no 9 beside his name. indicating there wre 9 in his family. they and five sons. four grandchildren and a daughter in law died at suger creek mission,kansas. during the 10 years the potawatomi lived there right after the trail of death. joseph n bourassa was the oldest son of daniel 11. he die in 1877 and is buried at willard, jude bourassa [1814-1857] was the third son of daniel 11 and theotis. he went to court to remain in indiana in 1837 but was unsuccessful. he married catherine charet[3\8 indian in the indian village near bertrand mich.they were in the removal of aug 17 1840. going to suger creek. kansas/ he operated an farm along the oregon trail and one of his guest was the explorer freemont. jude cought small pox from a family of immigrants and died. one of his descendants attending the tril of courage living history festival is ron bourassa. colorado springs col. daniel 111 was the ninth son of daniel 11 and theotis. he was born june 22 1827 in chicago and went to kansas as a child. on the trail of death in 1838. he married elizabeth pisita at suger creek in 1844 and died there in 1848.. john rocky barrett tribe chirman of the citizen potawatomi nation. is descended from daniel 111. dehilah bourassa [1850 1900] was judes daughter. born near topeka kansas. she was married three times,to leon bergeron,,,george w gregson,,,,,and thomas grutin. and had children and descentants by all. she and her brother peter would settle their arguments the indian way, they would walk out into the fields and woods,and bury a hatchet. a neighbor said she often saw dehlah coming down the road with a hatchet in her hand. they must have had several arguments. .... Joan [ [ [ [ iam also searching other surnames ] ] ] ] Acker=Boyea=Cicotte=Curran=Hunt=Jourdain=Lynch=Ouaouagoukoue=Reaume=Stafford=Suliere=Tardiff=Walker.

I would appreciate any info you might have about a Chief's daughter fron Mackinaw City married a CORP. Thanks, Kent ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathy Rider <katrider@citlink.net> To: <MIMACKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 4:04 AM Subject: Re: [MIMac] Bourassa > I have found extensive information on Bourassa which I have acquired from the following sites: > > http://genforum.genealogy.com/bourassa/messages/17.html > They had 15 children > > Citizen Potawatomi Nation with lots of Bourassa information....E_mail the Museum director Esther Lowden ELowden@potawatomi.org or for roll information write Mary Farrell > > http://genforum.genealogy.com/bourassa/messages/279.html - sagnosh@aol.com > Part of this information is from the 1863 Tribal Roll for Pottawatomie Indians. There are several Bourassa, w/different spellings, and several Bertrands listed. > In some of my notes I show Marguerite Bertrand's brother as Joseph Bertrand married to Madelaine. > The Potawatomi, Chippewa and Ottawa were all one Tribe. Then broke off into three bands. I have lots of information on all of these lines. > > MEMOIRES pub. by the Societe Genealogique Canadienne-Francaise, vol. 22, #3 (Jul-Aug-Sept, 1971), p. 131-153 and continued in #4, p.196-223 has a history of the family "La famille Bourassa de Laprarie" by Philippe Constant. > > http://pedigree.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/pedview.dll?file=23423&ti=0&name=bouras sa > > > > Crash9678@aol.com wrote: > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Surnames: Bourassa > > Classification: Query > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HGB.2ACI/435 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > i am in the begining phase of this research but if anyone has any info on a William Joesph Bourassa born in 1915 in Boston(or close) He married Mary Elizabeth Barron I believe somwhere in the early 40's. They had 5 children Corrine, Mary Margret, Deanna, Cathrine, William Joesph Jr. Anything would be a big help. And other suggestions are welcome too. > >

I have found extensive information on Bourassa which I have acquired from the following sites: http://genforum.genealogy.com/bourassa/messages/17.html They had 15 children Citizen Potawatomi Nation with lots of Bourassa information....E_mail the Museum director Esther Lowden ELowden@potawatomi.org or for roll information write Mary Farrell http://genforum.genealogy.com/bourassa/messages/279.html - sagnosh@aol.com Part of this information is from the 1863 Tribal Roll for Pottawatomie Indians. There are several Bourassa, w/different spellings, and several Bertrands listed. In some of my notes I show Marguerite Bertrand's brother as Joseph Bertrand married to Madelaine. The Potawatomi, Chippewa and Ottawa were all one Tribe. Then broke off into three bands. I have lots of information on all of these lines. MEMOIRES pub. by the Societe Genealogique Canadienne-Francaise, vol. 22, #3 (Jul-Aug-Sept, 1971), p. 131-153 and continued in #4, p.196-223 has a history of the family "La famille Bourassa de Laprarie" by Philippe Constant. http://pedigree.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/pedview.dll?file=23423&ti=0&name=bourassa Crash9678@aol.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Bourassa > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HGB.2ACI/435 > > Message Board Post: > > i am in the begining phase of this research but if anyone has any info on a William Joesph Bourassa born in 1915 in Boston(or close) He married Mary Elizabeth Barron I believe somwhere in the early 40's. They had 5 children Corrine, Mary Margret, Deanna, Cathrine, William Joesph Jr. Anything would be a big help. And other suggestions are welcome too.