Thanks for the information. For awhile I had relatives around Bloomsdale but I really did not know the people of that area. I was told that a lot of the early French settlers of Washington County settled in the Old Mines area. I think the "simple Missouri version" is just fine. I like it. ----- Original Message ----- From: Vandergriff To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Death of Theodule Boyer (1915) Hi, Theodule Boyer was my Great Great Granfather. My family always pronounced it Boo yer, your simple Missouri version. Patty ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Turner Harris" <chinahilltop@charter.net> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 8:34 PM Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Death of Theodule Boyer (1915) > I wonder if anybody from that line could say the pronunciation of the family name. > Was it the common Washington Co., Mo. version "Boo-yer," or I have heard that > in Jefferson Co., Mo. it is called "Boy-yer," and I have heard that the original > French was either "Boy-yea" or "Boo-yea." Just curious. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Melanie Rickmar > To: mostfran@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 8:22 PM > Subject: [MOSTFRAN] Death of Theodule Boyer (1915) > > FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, > December 10, 1915 > > Theodule Boyer, aged 78 years 6 months and 12 days, died at the home of his > son, Solomon Boyer in Bloomsdale on Tuesday, November 23, 1915, after a > lingering illness. The deceased was born at Old Mines in Washington county, > and when a child moved with his parents to French Village. He was married > to Miss Louise Felicite Carron, who died about 13 years ago. To this union > were born 14 children, 8 living, Clotilda, Mrs. Ambrose Carron, Eli, Solomon > and George of Bloomsdale, Philomena, Mrs. Clovis L. Charleville, and > Felician, Mrs. I. P. Carron of Brickey's, Mary, Mrs. Elliott Carron and > David of Festus; one sister, Mrs. Dazela Pretzner, and one brother, Louis > Boyer of Festus; 33 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Mr. Boyer > served 6 months in the Civil War. -- Ste. Genevieve Fair Play. >

Our State itself is called by two different versions that I know of, could be more. Missouri's correct pronounciation should be Mis-ser-ee but the area that I live in and many others say Mis-ser-ah, go figure. My family and I were on a public bus in San Diego several years ago and someone ask where we were from and our answer was Mis-ser-ah. The person told us she always thought it was pronounced Mis-ser-ee. Ruth ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Turner Harris" <chinahilltop@charter.net> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 4:33 PM Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Death of Theodule Boyer (1915) > Thanks for the information. For awhile I had relatives around Bloomsdale > but I really did not know the people of that area. I was told that a lot > of the early French settlers of Washington County settled in the Old Mines > area. I think the "simple Missouri version" is just fine. I like it. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Vandergriff > To: mostfran@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 1:58 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Death of Theodule Boyer (1915) > > > Hi, > Theodule Boyer was my Great Great Granfather. My family always pronounced > it Boo yer, your simple Missouri version. > Patty > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Turner Harris" <chinahilltop@charter.net> > To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 8:34 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Death of Theodule Boyer (1915) > >> I wonder if anybody from that line could say the pronunciation of the >> family name. >> Was it the common Washington Co., Mo. version "Boo-yer," or I have heard >> that > in Jefferson Co., Mo. it is called "Boy-yer," and I have heard >> that the original >> French was either "Boy-yea" or "Boo-yea." Just curious. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Melanie Rickmar >> To: mostfran@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 8:22 PM >> Subject: [MOSTFRAN] Death of Theodule Boyer (1915) >> >> FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, >> December 10, 1915 >> >> Theodule Boyer, aged 78 years 6 months and 12 days, died at the home of >> his >> son, Solomon Boyer in Bloomsdale on Tuesday, November 23, 1915, after a >> lingering illness. The deceased was born at Old Mines in Washington >> county, >> and when a child moved with his parents to French Village. He was >> married >> to Miss Louise Felicite Carron, who died about 13 years ago. To this >> union >> were born 14 children, 8 living, Clotilda, Mrs. Ambrose Carron, Eli, >> Solomon >> and George of Bloomsdale, Philomena, Mrs. Clovis L. Charleville, and >> Felician, Mrs. I. P. Carron of Brickey's, Mary, Mrs. Elliott Carron and >> David of Festus; one sister, Mrs. Dazela Pretzner, and one brother, Louis >> Boyer of Festus; 33 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Mr. Boyer >> served 6 months in the Civil War. -- Ste. Genevieve Fair Play. >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message