Hi Pam, This Bernard is indeed the one in question. He married Anne Marie Dorvain (spelled various ways, as I'm sure you noticed). Bernard was the son of Jean of Quebec and an unknown woman....! Thanks for writing & let me know if you come across anything else. cheers, Gordon The Hero Family wrote: >A quik check of baptismal recaords in New Orleans shows as follows: >Please note-spelling varies with each record >Vol 3 covers 1772-1783 >Morven, Jeanne(dau of Bernard and Anne Marie D'Ervin) b. Sept 25, 1774, born >Sep 12, 1774, sponsores Antoine Delattre (Delate) and Marie Louis Morven >Vol 4 covers 1784-1790 >Morven, Maria Luisa(dau of Bernardo and Marie Dervine) married Noel Panvel, >Oct 23, 1790. >Morvan, Janete (dau of Bernard and Maria Derven) married *semts Sexneidre, >October 18, 1791. >Usually these records give the names of Grandparents and the parish where >the parents originated, but these do not. >However, New Orleans has great birth records that you can order that might >provide more info. Maybe the above Barnard is the son of your Bernard. >I'll check on the one from St. James Parish when I get home from work. >Pam Hero >----- 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 > > >