St Augustin it was. Logical landing place if you look at a map. http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?addtohistory=&country=CA&address=&city=st+augustin&state=&zipcode=&submit.x=50&submit.y=16
Dana Dana Tierney writes: > 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
