I think we need a list on the St. Francois County web site of pronunciations for surnames and place names. I've never been sure how to pronounce Joachim as in St. Joachim Catholic Church. And I spent years pronoucing DeLassus as Delasses as in Molasses, lol. And I've lived in St. Francois County since I was 12 years old. I had just never heard the name said - just saw it spelled on road signs. Finally I learned to pronounce it: Della Sue. And I have had people ask me in emails how St. Francois is pronounced -- Francis or Fran 'swah". (It is Francis). Does anyone have any requests? > Message: 9 > Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:34:43 -0500 > From: "James Turner Harris" <chinahilltop@charter.net> > Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Death of Theodule Boyer (1915) > To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <034001c92c0a$b40bff30$85ebb218@HighlandAngels> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > 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.