Fran & Betty Bourg-Louis is now part of Saint-Raymond, Co Portneuf, QC Sainte-Foy and Bourg-Louis are about one hour drive apart. The past actor Glenn Ford was born there (Bourg-Louis) Alain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frances LaChance" <frances.lachance@sympatico.ca> To: <quebec@rootsweb.com> Cc: <QUEBEC-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 9:32 AM Subject: Re: [QUEBEC] St. Foye and the people and the battle (KERR) > Betty; > > I have no idea is this is near St-Foye. > > Abraham Roberts, grocer & widower and Mary Kerr of the James Place, were > united in holy matrimony by virtue of a special license from the > Attorney General on the tenth day of November, in the year of our Lord, > one thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Eight, etc > > Bourg-Louis (Methodist, Wesleyan Church) <javascript:;> > 1838 > <javascript:;> > Image 26 > > Fran > > > Betty wrote: >> Hello, >> >> A researcher on the KERR Board is looking for information about a Miss >> KERR >> and Mr. ROBERTS who married in St. Foye in 1838. Out of >> curiousity, >> I searched "St. Foye" and found out there was a "Battle of St. Foye" in >> 1760. >> >> Then I found it mentioned in 2 on-line books about the history of >> Quebec: >> >> http://books.google.com/books?id=16sOAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA179&lpg=RA1-PA179&dq=%22St.+Foye%22&source=bl&ots=vDvo6obntY&sig=kwxpTcCcoqyanvTe_efelaP_hIg&hl=en&ei=q1FlS8isDJXwlAeuw6GUCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CA0Q6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=%22St.%20Foye%22&f=false >> >> >> http://books.google.com/books?id=OA4TAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA88&lpg=PA88&dq=%22St.+Foye%22&source=bl&ots=OjXLQ-vI0v&sig=jo2ffQq1ZwEKODn0xLQey4yamzs&hl=en&ei=PVNlS9__C5WUlAeo-o2UCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CBgQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22St.%20Foye%22&f=false >> >> >> I'm not finding a history of St. Foye, yet; it's probably part of the >> history of Quebec City. But, there are references on-line to people >> being >> born there during the late 1600's and marrying there in the early 1700's. >> >> I see on this site that what is now Quebec City had major changes during >> the >> 1760's. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_City >> >> Any comments? >> >> >> Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) >> >> >> P.S. My KERR ancestors were part of a family-group which arrived in >> the >> Prov. of Quebec in 1820's, but they settled in Argenteuil County. >> From >> my 7 years of research on-line, I found out that KERR's arriving from >> 1800 >> to 1850 settled in 3 different areas of the Province - Argenteuil County >> and in the Eastern Townships (Richmond and New Port, etc.). I don't >> remember reading about KERR's in the City of Quebec. >> >> >> >> . >> . >> Search the Archives: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=QUEBEC >> . >> Browse the Archives: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/QUEBEC/ >> . >> A link to a favorite site: >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclefred/main.htm >> . >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> QUEBEC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > . > . > Search the Archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=QUEBEC > . > Browse the Archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/QUEBEC/ > . > A link to a favorite site: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclefred/main.htm > . > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > QUEBEC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message