no, that wasn't it. St something, Augustin? . I'd have to look it up. But in both versions of family history the immigrant ancestor came very very early. 1630? (There are two versions and since both were done by non-French speaking relatives I don't know which to believe. And I haven't had time yet to get nitty-gritty about looking into it myself)
Dana Larry C. Lyons writes: > Last weekend we visited the Jeanie Johnson, a replica of an 1847 > packet ship that carried immigrants from Ireland to the US and > Canada. A real interesting time.One of the interesting diplays on > the ship were records about passengers and where they ended up - > Canada/Quebec or Baltimore, MD. Anyhow chances are your ancestors, > if going to Canada, probably went to Mirmache or Grosse Isle first - > these served the same purpose as Ellis Island did in the US. > > larry > > >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
