I am sure that is *exactly* what happened -- I have been doing a little geneology and the north shore way out east is where the ships landed. I forget the name of the town where my people landed but its some tiny blip on the map I had never heard of before or since. Mind you, my family moved to around Joliet, then Assomption, no hillbillies we....
Dana Larry C. Lyons writes: > Exactly. very much like my neighbours when I was living in south west > Virginia, if your family did not move into this valley before 1820, > you were a newcomer and your opinion didn't count nohow. I suspected > in both cases a lot of inbreeding over the years - both with these > habitants and the hillbillies. > > larry > > ><g> Their ancestors landed there in the 17th century and nobody ever moved > >:) > > > >Dana > > > >Larry C. Lyons writes: > > > >> They were from places like Shawinnigan and similar very small places > >> on the north shore. Not the brightest of the lot believe me. > >> > >> larry > >> > >> >not real literate in french either from the sound of it :) > >> > > >> >Larry C. Lyons writes: > >> > > >> >> >see, listening to Poison *can* be harmful!!! > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Years ago when I was taking a Canadian Armed Forces ground survival > >> >> course, about half the people in the class were francophone (French > >> >> Canadian). several of them had really terrible English language > >> >> skills. In our ration packs there were some solid fuel tables for > >> >> heating food and water. The were plainly labeled in English Poison. > >> >> These tables did not have any French on them. I had to stop a couple > >> >> of francophone guys from eating these tablets - "But Larry its > >> >> poisson - fish" > >> >> > >> >> go figure. > >> >> > >> >> larry > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> > >> >> Larry C. Lyons > >> >> > >> >> ======================================================== > >> >> Life is Complex. It has both real and imaginary parts. > >> >> ======================================================== > >> >> Chaos, Panic and Disorder. My work here is done. > >> >> > >> > > >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
