Hi Ginacapek To answer your request, you may give us details as to the approximate date of those marriages- and I strongly suspect your ''Benware'' is a deformation for ''Benoit'' can you confirm. As for Three Rivers, pls keep in mind that it never has been the official name of the city founded in 1634 as ''Trois-Rivières'' by sieur de Laviolette. Des. in Trois-Rivières ,Qc. ginacapek@adelphia.net a écrit : > Hi all!, > I am new to this list and I am hoping someone out there can help me. I am trying to find information on my Great Grandmother's family her name was Ellen Bouffard and she married Clarence Benware. Ellen's mother'e name was Amerilda Langlois and married a Bouffard.

Repertoire des mariages de St-Denis de la Bouteilleri, par le Pere Alexandre Paradis Louis Paradis s/o Etienne & Josephte Caillouet mar. Flore Dumais d/o Joseph & Louise Dupont October 6, 1852 at St-Denis de Kamouraska According to the rep of St-Louis de Kamouraska "Caillouet/Cayoutte" is Josephe last name but in St Denis she is called "Laforest" good luck Renée Subject: [QUEBEC] PARADIS and DUMAIS abt 1850 in PQ Looking for marriage and parents of: Louis PARADIS and Flavie DUMAIS abt 1850 in PQ TIA, Bob Wespiser in Naples, Maine

Looking for marriage and parents of: Louis FRECHETTE and Zoe SEVIGNY abt 1850 in PQ TIA, Bob Wespiser in Naples, Maine

Looking for marriage and parents of: Louis PARADIS and Flavie DUMAIS abt 1850 in PQ TIA, Bob Wespiser in Naples, Maine

Hi all!, I am new to this list and I am hoping someone out there can help me. I am trying to find information on my Great Grandmother's family her name was Ellen Bouffard and she married Clarence Benware. Ellen's mother'e name was Amerilda Langlois and married a Bouffard.

F.Y.I. Found posted on another list. *************************** http://www.metisduquebec.ca/index2.htm A PUBLIC MESSAGE OF INTEREST TO THE MÉTIS Identify yourself as Métis and register with a Métis Community before the signing of treaties with Indian bands The Corporation métisse du Québec et de l'Est du Canada (The Métis Corporation of Québec and Eastern Canada) is strongly counseling all Métis to register, as quickly as possible, with a Métis Community which will reclaim in their name the respect of their rights before the governments and courts because if they (the Métis) do not carry this out, they will never be able to exercise them (rights). In 1982, Canada recognized the ancestral and territorial rights of Indian, Métis and Inuit people in Article 35 of the Canadian Charter on Rights and Liberties. The federal and provincial governments then refused to recognize the rights of the Métis in Ontario, in Québec and in the Atlantic Provinces, under the pretext that there were Métis only in western Canada. This is false, stated the Supreme Court of Canada. The Métis exist in the East of the country. In the Powley judgment of 2003, the Supreme Court of Canada recognized the rights of yearly hunting for subsistence of the 900 members of a Métis community at Sault Sainte-Marie, in Ontario. The Court specified that the Métis must satisfy three conditions in order to be recognized one day as titulars (owners) of Métis rights: La Cour a précisé que les Métis doivent satisfaire à trois conditions pour être un jour reconnus titulaires de droits métis : 1. They must self-identify as Métis. 2. They must demonstrate ancestral links with Natives and Non-natives. 3. They must be members of a Métis Community. The court has also underlied that they must identify self as Métis and register with a Métis Community before the recognition of their rights and not afterwards, in order not to be identified as opportunists and not fulfill the first condition. Consequently, the Métis of Ontario, Québec and the Atlantic Provinces must register, as quickly as possible, with a Métis Community which will reclaim in their name the recognition of their rights before the governments and the courts. On the other hand, in a second historical judgment, the Delgamuukw lawsuit, rendered in 1997 in British Columbia, the Supreme Court informed the Indian bands and the Métis communities to reclaim their territorial rights before the signing of treaties, because these rights have an exclusive character. This indicates that the Métis who will not join a Métis community reclaiming their territorial rights in their name on the Côte Nord (North Coast), Saguenay, and Lac Saint-Jean (St-John Lake) will not be able to reclaim them (their rights) once the treaty is signed between the governments and the Indian Innus bands. Conequently, the Corporation is strongly counselling all Métis of Eastern Canada to register as quickly as possible with a Métis community which will reclaim in their name the respect of the their rights before the governments and the courts. The Métis Corporation of Québec and Eastern Canada and the Métis Community of Eastern Canada convened in 2003 to form a coalition in order to defend the rights of their members before the governments and the courts. They are actually assisting one of their members to defend his territorial right in the suit of the Town of Pohénégamook vs. Robert Oakes, in the Québec Court, in the Palace of Justice of Rivière-du-Loup. If Mr. Oakes wins the suit, Québec and the municipaties will no longer be able to tax the property of the members of the Community on their ancestral territory. Beyond the right of not paying taxes without consultation at the beginning, it is the right of the Métis for liberty and that of not be held without right that the coaliton is defending. The Corporation and the Community are inviting all Métis communities existing in Eastern Canada to join the coalition. They invite also all the Métis who do not belong to a community and who have personal knowlege of their origin to register with the Community by declaring on honor to be Métis. The cost is 10$ per year. The Community issues a membership card in order to attend meetings. (refer to: What the Rights conferred by the Community ID Card?) The Community and the Corporation will help them as a result to demonstrate their ancestral links. In every case, they must register with the Corporation in order to participate in the Métis defense fund before the courts. Cost: 100$ for three years. The Corporation will also file in court in the name of its members lawsuits of thousands of dollars for the illegal expropriation of Métis territory in 1850. JOIN THE COALITION BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE

Searching for the marriage details and the parents of Alleluias BOIVIN m. Adjutor HARVEY NOTE: I've received info that Alleluia's parents were Joseph Benoit BOIVIN s/o Ovide BOIVIN & Emerence Marie PELLETIER m. Jan 11 1904 Alma, Lac St-Jean, Quebec Rose Anna HUDON-BEAULIEU d/o Fabien HUDON-BEAULIEU & Melanie PELLETIER But I haven't proved this I have one daughter for Alleluias BOIVIN & Adjutor HARVEY... Pierrette HARVEY m. (date & location UNKNOWN) Remi NERON s/o Leo NERON & Elianne VILLENEUVE Remi's grandparents Jean "Johnny" NERON m. Jul 01 1918 St-Nazaire Marie FORTIN d/o Charles FORTIN & Delzina SIMARD

Looking for marriage and parents of: Joseph PARADIS and Caroline FRECHETTE abt 1879 maybe St=Ferdinand de Halifax, PQ. TIA, Bob Wespiser in Naples, Maine

I am looking for anyone who has access to the records of Ste Geneviève de Pierrefonds, Que. ( I assume this is in the Montreal area??) Joseph St. Michel and his wife Elizabeth Merlot were married there 23 Feb 1778 and their daughter, Geneviève m. Jean Baptiste Mulotte ( or Milot) in Les Cedres Quebec in 1812. I am looking for the baptisms of the children of Geneviève St. Michel’s children: Marguerite Adelaide Milot( Mulotte) b@1814 who later married Michel Mousseau Peter ( Pierre) b@1815 who later married Angelique Cartier Justin b@1824 later married Emilie St. Denis Angeline (Mary Ann) Other children ( Jean Baptiste and1818 and Joseph 1820) were baptised in Les Cedres, Quebec. Paul and Zoe were baptised in St. Andrew’s near Cornwall, Ontario

Please R.S.V.P. by 8-20-2004 517-294-1394 Wendy rambodog@chartermi.net 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Coffee and Pastries served Free registration opens Name badges for door prize Set up for Genealogical displays Kempt Rd. Church Museum "Open all day" 50 year Anniversary with commemorative pins and souvenirs "Restigouche Genealogical Society Table" 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Cemetery information packages Historical Sites and local attractions Play items available for small children 12:00 p.m. Registration for an all new family Newsletter. "The Gathering of Our Past" T-shirts and caps available for purchase. Bring your own picnic lunch Canoe rides start 1:00 p.m. Historical talk given by-Professor Jim MacIntyre & Irene Doyle 2:00 p.m. Walk to Kempt Rd. Cemetery Blessing for our ancestors there and in surrounding area given by- Rev. Genevieve Trudel Followed by a salute of bagpipe music 3:00 p.m. Bagpiper and Scottish Dancers Canoe rides continue 4:00 p.m. Sack races Lot maps of the area passed out Door Prize drawing Prize for the person who traveled the furthest 5:00 p.m. Dinner gathering at restaurant Please R.S.V.P so we can hold reservations 7:30 p.m. Back to the Hall for dessert and tea 8:30 p.m. Volunteer clean-up Reunion held at F.P. Adams Hall Kempt Rd., Broadlands, Quebec

Forwarded by List Administrator. From John Merz ****************************** A report by Johannes Helmut Merz commemorating the 220th anniversary of the arrival.. In the year 1783 at the conclusion of the American Revolution, King George III of England was forced to recognize the Independence of the United States of America. After many years of hard fighting, the British had lost their most prized possession, but due to the loyalty of his troops in Canada, and the desire of the population of Canada to remain under the protection of the British crown, as a small consolation, Britains northerly colonies, Quebec and New Scotland (Nova Scotia) remained true to the the King. Thanks to the strong defense by Hessian, Brunswicker, and British troops, supported by Loyalists, an original attempt by the American invaders in 1775 became by early 1776 a terrible defeat for the rebels, and as a result they never attempted to attack again. After the end of hostilities in 1783 the majority of British troops and all the German troops were shipped home, either from New York harbour, or from Halifax and Quebec. August 1783 saw all the Brunswicker, Kasseler and Hessen-Hanau troops leave for home. However, not all German soldiers did leave with their Regiments, over 2400 Brunswicker and Hanauer soldiers asked for their discharge papers, and most of them were granted. But quite a number did not receive their honourable discharge, because their enlistment time was not over yet, their German princes needed them for other actions in some other part of the world, and these poor souls had no other choice as to resort to desertion, and flew the coop just before the ships left for good. Many of them had already very good contacts with the local population, some even were married already to French-Canadian women. At that time the present Province of Ontario did not exist at all, it still was a part of the "Old Province of Quebec", which extented right down to Detroit and beyond. With the exception of a few small French forts along the Waterways, there were no settlements between Montreal and Detroit. Only at the Canadian side of the Detroit River was an older settlement of French-Canadians, and this side of the Niagara River were settlements started by members of the Butler's Rangers, who had defended these posts during the war. The Governor of Canada at the time, Frederick Haldimand, was very unhappy about the situation of undefended borders, and ordered his land surveyors to immediately survey the whole area between Montreal and Detroit along the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes. His plan was to settle the tens of thousands of discharged British, German and Loyalist soldiers, unit by unit, still under the leadership of their officers, along these waterways, to create a first line of defence in case of an attack by invaders. Governor Haldimand did not believe that the truce between the U.S.A. and Britain would hold, and he prepared for such a possibilitiy. The first plan of settlement was the creation of townships along the St. Lawrence river from the Ottawa river to Kingston, which was at that time still named Cataraqui. There were eight townships starting at the mouth of the Ottawa river along the St.Lawence river, which would be settled by the different Loyalist Corps, and then five townships at the end of Lake Ontario at Kingston and the Bay of Quinte. The last one of these, the Fifth Township, Marysburgh, was the very last one of the long line from Montreal, and is the real subject of our attention. During spring of 1784 a group of Brunswick and Hesse-Hanau soldiers assembled at Lachine near Montreal under the leadership of the former Lieutenant Baron Gottlieb Christian von Reitzenstein, of the Brunswick Regiment Prinz Friedrich, and waited for transportation to their designated Fifth Township at the Bay of Quinte. Finally in June the Flatboats arrived, specially designed boats, called Batteau, to tackle the long trip upwards the St. Lawrence river through the rapids and fast flowing waters. With all their belongings, 29 men, 7 women, and 8 children, they boarded those Batteaus, and it took them ten days to reach Cataraqui, where they had to wait because the land was not surveyed completely, and finally on 4 Oct. 1784 according to an existing Muster Roll, they were recorded as having finally arrived in the Fifth Township. That late in Fall this group finally could start building some huts to shelter them from the harshness of the next winter, and it seemed that promised supplies were very slow in coming. Fact was, they were at the very last tail end of the supply routes, and the documentation in the National Archives attests to the enormous difficulties, these first Hessian and Brunswick soldiers had to overcome. Their leader Baron von Reitzenstein constantly pressured local and other officials up to the Governor for help and action. It is truly surprising that these men and women did stick it out and with time became solid settlers and respected citizens of a new land. One of their first undertakings was to build a little Lutheran church from beams and lumber floated over from the government saw mills at Cataraqui. In later years the beams from that first church were used by the Hessian soldier Henry Rose to build his house in the Fifth Township, and this house still exists today, known as the Rose House Museum, and in front of the house a historical plaque by the Archaelogical and Historical Sites Board of Ontario honours the presence of this small group of disbanded German mercenaries under Baron von Reitzenstein. "This was one of the earliest German- speaking groups to settle in Ontario." Descendants of these early German settlers will celebrate the 220th anniverasry of this event with a HESSIAN DAY" on Saturday, 21 August 2004 at the Rose House Museum. Music, German food, displays, art exhibit, and a presentation of a bronze "Hessian Soldier" plaque will highlight the day. How do you find the Rose House Museum ? From Toronto go east on 401 in direction Belleville - Kingston, on exit 522 use the Loyalist Parkway (highway 33) to Bloomfield and Picton. In Picton through the town you turn right to the Marysburgh Township and Waupoos Island. The Rose Museum is located on County Road 8. All together it is a two-hour drive to get there from Toronto. The activities start at 11 a.m, and will go all afternoon with excursion to the local winery and apple cider tasting. There is plenty of free parking. And meet the descendants of those first German soldier settlers in Ontario. I will be there too. With my best regards Johannes (John) Helmut Merz, researcher of Hessian soldiers of the American Revolution. hessian@sympatico.ca

<grin> I knew I was forgetting something... I have one son for the couple Pierre GAMACHE m Jun 17 1879 St-Valentin, Iberville, Quebec Emilie BECHARD d/o Pierre BECHARD & Luce Adele LEDUC (not Sourced) Also... Pierre GAMACHE (m. Salome BOIVIN) Had a brother Francois GAMACHE m Sep 26 1837 St-Cyprien, Quebec Osythe MARTIN d/o Nicolas MARTIN & Marie GIROUX Source: Best Bill ( B.D.) Also... Salome's parents Marcel BOIVIN b Jul 19 1795 Bpt Jul 20 s/o Louis Theodore Thierry-Gaspard BOIVIN and Rose Eve BOUCHARD (Rosalie) m Nov 24 1817 Ste-Marguerite, St-Jean, Acadie, Quebec Theotiste LEMELIN d/o Francois LEMELIN & Therese JOUBERT-ROBERT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Hammons" <hammons@cr6.net> To: "Gary Boivin" <gboivin@telusplanet.net> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [QUEBEC] Salome BOIVIN & Pierre GAMACHE > do you have an approx date? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Boivin" <gboivin@telusplanet.net> > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 11:13 AM > Subject: [QUEBEC] Salome BOIVIN & Pierre GAMACHE > > > > Looking for the marriage details for the following couple > > > > Salome BOIVIN > > d/o Marcel BOIVIN & Theotiste LEMELIN > > married > > Pierre GAMACHE > > s/o Francois GAMACHE & Marguerite LEBLANC > > ------- Snipped to save our database --------

Looking for the marriage details for the following couple Salome BOIVIN d/o Marcel BOIVIN & Theotiste LEMELIN married Pierre GAMACHE s/o Francois GAMACHE & Marguerite LEBLANC

Looking for parents of: Ronald A. VACHON and Mary Louise PAUL who married 1 Aug, 1959 in Portland, ME TIA, Bob Wespiser in Naples, Maine

Looking for marriage and parents of: Joseph Alfred PAUL and Emma Louise NAAYKENS married 1936 Portland, Maine TIA, Bob Wespiser in Naples, Maine

In a message dated 7/26/2004 4:20:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, gboivin@telusplanet.net writes: In the last email I forgot to mention that Moise GOYETTE's father was Jacques GOYETTE Born: Oct 25 1807, Quebec Died Jun 30 1889 St-Alexandre, Iberville, Quebec Wife of Jacques (mother of Moise) UNKNOWN 8.7.6 GOGUET/GOYET, Jacques b & bp 27 & 27 Oct 1807, St. Mathias, Rouville, Quebec; d & bur 30 Jun & 2 Jul 1889, St-Alexandre, Iberville, Quebec. He married (1) Sophie LAPLANTE (Pierre LAPLANTE & Catherine BESSETTE) b. 1811?; d & bur 6 &8 Oct 1866, St-Alexandre. 8.7 MONTY, Madeleine, b & bp 23 & 25 Jun 1777, Chambly, Quebec; d & bur 31 Jul & 2 Aug 1848 Iberville, Quebec. She married 1 Aug 1796, St. Mathias, Rouville, Quebec, Joseph GOGUET/GOYET (Jacques GOYET & Marie-Louise Laporte dit Labonté) b & bp 17 & 18 Jun 1775, Chambly; d & bur 4 & 6 Jul 1861, Iberville. Source: The Descendants of Jean Monty 1693 (?) - 1755, by Jeanne R. Monty pp. 71-72, 150 I have both the MONTY and GOGUET/GOYET ancestries; if you are interested, let me know by e-mail. Monty

In the last email I forgot to mention that Moise GOYETTE's father was Jacques GOYETTE Born: Oct 25 1807, Quebec Died Jun 30 1889 St-Alexandre, Iberville, Quebec Wife of Jacques (mother of Moise) UNKNOWN

Searching for the marriage details and the parents for Moise GOYETTE (b Feb 15 1837 Iberville, Quebec) married Elmire BOIVIN I have only one son for this couple Alphonse GOYETTE (Last known residence was in Dunham, Missisquoi, Quebec)

Searching for the parents and the marriage details for... Eulalie BOIVIN & Frederic LECLERC-LECLAIR I have one daughter for this couple Alexina LECLERC-LECLAIR m. Oct 04 1897 Cyrville, Ontario Edouard NAULT s/o Basile NAULT & Celine JOLY

Seeking the marriage details and the parents for... Alfred Joseph LEBEAU married Marie DANIEL I think it was in Outremont, Quebec I have one son for this couple... Armand LEBEAU m Jul 07 1927 Notre-Dame, Granby, Shefford, Quebec Laurette BOIVIN d/o Pierre "Ernest" BOIVIN & Alina "Alma" COMTOIS Source: Granby, Quebec -- Repertoires Des Mariages des Paroises