Hi... Once again, you've nailed it! These are my folks, and these are the records I found that are so confusing -- that name two different sets of parents. "Bartolomeo" (Barthelemy) Jolibois is my g-g-g-grandfather. If you find anything about the Jolibois family outside of Louisiana, let me know. :-) cheers, Gordon The Hero Family wrote: >More tidbits for you. >Sacramental records VOl 7 >Joly Bois >Jose(son of Phelipe, native of Montreal in Canada, and Maria Luisa >Charpantier, native of this city, both residents of this city), bapt. Mar. >21, 1802, born June 13, 1801, paternal grand parents Francisco Joly Bois and >Ursula Legrand, maternal grandparents: Pedro Charpantier and Juana Mutard. > >Sacramental records Vol 6 >Jolibois >Bartolomeo (son of Felipo, native of Montreal in Canada, and Maria Luisa >Charpentier, native of LaFource) bapt Jul 28, 1799, at age 3 months. >Paternal grandparents: Francisco Jolibois and Ursula Legrand, maternal >grandparents: Pedro Charpentier and Juana Moutard. >the above were during Spanish rule of New Orleans, hence the change of >spelling of first names. >Vol 12 >Jolie Bois (@Jolisbois) >Philippe, edge-tool maker, interred April 10, 1816, deied April 9, 1816. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Gordon Bonnet" <jaggy227@fltg.net> >To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 8:18 PM >Subject: [NISHNAWBE] a quick question > > > > >>Hi, >> >>I'm trying to figure out if two of my French Canadian lines had Native >>American connections in the upper Midwest, as my mother always claimed. >>I have two family names which show up in southern Louisiana, one >>(Morvant or Morvan) around 1750, and the other (Jolibois) around 1790. >>Both originated in Montreal. I have documentation that my ancestor Jean >>Morvan left Montreal in 1719, and was contracted ("engage ouest") to go >>to "les pays d'en haut." He was engaged by a fur trapper, and basically >>vanished from Quebec. His son, Bernard Morvant, first shows up in >>Louisiana about 1750. I have no idea who Jean Morvan married, and >>suspect he may have married a Native woman. No records have surfaced, >>and I was wondering whether anyone might know of any Morvan or Morvant >>records among Native families in the upper Midwest. >> >>The other is even stranger. My last proven ancestor, Philippe Jolibois, >>was married in 1793 in St. James Parish, Louisiana, and states that he >>is a native of Montreal. Who his parents are is uncertain; he gave one >>set of parents (Philippe Courtois dit Jolibois and Marie Rosa) on one >>document, and another (Francois Jolibois and Ursule Legrand) on >>another! Neither pair shows up anywhere that I've looked in Quebecois >>records, and I have some suspicion that he may have come down the >>Mississippi as well. Has anyone found any Jolibois records that might >>fit the bill? >> >>Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> >>cheers, >> >>Gordon Bonnet >>Trumansburg NY >> >> >>============================== >>Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >>Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >> >> >> > > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >