This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Avery, Vigue, Vehue, Veilleux Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3EC.2ACE/672.1.1 Message Board Post: In reply to Ginny's message, the family in which I think Edward Avery grew up was French-Canadian. They moved from Canada to Farmington, Maine, in about 1862. This family, and related families, used the names Vigue and Vehue. From various websites, I have learned that Vigue and Vehue were considered Anglicized versions of the French name Veilleux. Many French-Canadian families gradually started using Anglicized names after moving to the U.S. These were called "dit-names." If Edward Avery was originally Edward Vigue or Vehue and moved to Montello in about 1880, perhaps one of his brothers or cousins or other relatives also moved from Maine to Wisconsin at some point and is an ancestor of the Pat Vigue you are researching. Maybe you'll be able to connect your Vigue line to Vigue/Vehue families that lived in Farmington or Waterville, Maine, in the last half of the 19th century. I recommend that you stay flexible on the exact name and look for Vigue, Vehue, or Veilleux.