French-Canadian Descendants

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Comment by Janet Lachman on March 18, 2012 at 8:02pm

Checked with Brenda Merriman -- she says there is no sign of my Frederick E in Canadian records she can access.  Guess I'll push my way out another branch until something pops up...

Comment by Cecelia Redmond on March 18, 2012 at 1:33pm

Hello to y'all from Mobile, AL sister city to Quebec because all those early Qubeca settlers.

The First French Settlements, 1699–1713

Following the War of the League of Augsburg (1688–1697), Louis XIV of France moved aggressively to expand French territories, and the French minister of the marine Louis de Phélypeaux, Comte de Pontchartrain, secretly made plans to establish French posts in Louisiana. In doing so, Pontchartrain intended to undermine the colonial interests of the English, Dutch, and Spanish along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville et d’Ardillières led the first French expedition to the vicinity of present-day Biloxi in 1699, followed by a year of exploring the Mississippi and Red River Valleys and making contact with the Natchez and other petites nations. In 1702 Iberville moved the colony’s base of operations to Mobile, where roughly 140 French speakers hoped to develop closer trade and military ties with the Choctaw and Chickasaw in order to check British expansion. Before permanently leaving Louisiana, Iberville vested considerable authority in his brother Jean-Baptise Le Moyne, sieur de Bienville, and his cousin Pierre Charles Le Sueur.  Bienville moved the colonial capital from Mobile to New Orleans in 1718.

My family:

Alexandre

Baudin

DuFrene

Juchereau

Paillet/Pollet

Comment by James P. LaLone on March 18, 2012 at 8:08am

Janet (and Jayne),

1) "English Canada" refers to Ontario, so you do have a province.

Generally the following which may be found on census records applies with small variations on the borders depending on the time period.

Fr(ench) Can = LC (Lower Canada) = Can(ada) East = Quebec.

Eng(lish) Can = UC (Upper Canada = Caan(ada) West = Ontario

2. Did you contact Brenda Merriman?

3. As far as I am concerned MERRIMAN is not French-Canadian, but you have one marring to a LeVALLEE, which is French-Canadian. If the were not Catholic then it becomes harder to trace the family. If you could find them in the census you could see if the Protestant church records had been filmed.

If they were Catholic then it becomes much easier, then you read some "how to" F-C research books, this will point you in the direction to research, the main source is the Loiselle marriage index and the Rivest marriage indexes (females). If you subscribe to Ancestry then you know it has many of the church records available (Family Search also has them and generally better quality), however neither has a comprehensive index, that is where the above two indexes come in handy (they can be ordered in through your local FHC)  The indexes do cover about 70% of Quebec including some adjacent areas in Ontario, Maine & Nova Scotia. So I would look in those indexes first to get leads to which parish to look in.  If you look in the Discussion forum you will see that I have posted a bibliography of books and articles to help you research F-C ancestry.  You may also want to look at the listing of surnames I am working on (again the discussion section) to find websites and books dealing with the surnames you are researching. Good luck.

Comment by Janet Lachman on March 17, 2012 at 7:39pm

Still looking for ancestors of Frederick Merriman, my mother's mother's father.  My cousin Michelle Thomlinson has identified his father as "Fred Merriiman" from Quebec, and his mother as Ann LeVallee.  Any assistance this triggers will be most welcome!

Comment by Jayne Ireland on March 17, 2012 at 3:56am

Re Frederick Merriman: I found the census in Ancestry, and it seemed to correspond to your ancestor (name, birthdate). Unfortunately, the census does not tell us which province he came from, just "English Canada". The names of his family members are also hints to follow. Good luck with your research!

Comment by Janet Lachman on March 16, 2012 at 7:47pm

Re Frederick Merriman:  I don't know what province he came from, and have no info other than his date of birth and the fact that by 1920 he was in the U.S.  Jayne, you have found him in the 1920 census, and that is definitely him.  

Comment by Derek DeVerney on March 13, 2012 at 4:25pm

Ah okay, this is the first time I have actually posted anything on this site. But I will check that out

Comment by James P. LaLone on March 13, 2012 at 3:06pm

Derek, I have posted this before - please read some "how to" F-C research books, this will point you in the direction to research, the main source is the Loiselle marriage index and the Rivest marriage indexes. If you subscribe to Ancestry then you know it has many of the church records available (Family Search also has them and generally better quality), however neither has a comprehensive index, that is where the above two indexes come in handy (they can be ordered in through your local FHC)  The indexes do cover about 70% of Quebec including some adjacent areas in Ontario, Maine & Nova Scotia. So I would look in those indexes first to get leads to which parish to look in.  If you look in the Discussion forum you will see that I have posted a bibliography of books and articles to help you research F-C ancestry.  You may also want to look at the listing of surnames I am working on (again the discussion section) to find websites and books dealing with the surnames you are researching. From Tanguay the MACABEE name is also listed as MACCABEE and a "dit" name of MANABE.  Good luck.

Comment by Derek DeVerney on March 13, 2012 at 1:35pm

Never mind my last question I actually found the information I was looking for. However, I could use some help in tracking down Moses's Parents, I know where he was supposedly born, it was a place called St. Jean Chrysostome, Chateauquay, Quebec, Canada. He was born on 02/21/1860.

Comment by Derek DeVerney on March 13, 2012 at 1:05pm

I am looking for the Surname of Macabee, according to my late father's research one of our ancestors Moses Macabee came from Canada. He was also supposed to be Native as well, anyone know where I should start my search to verify all of this?

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