French-Canadian Descendants

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Comment by James P. LaLone on February 19, 2011 at 12:32pm

Another interesting site:

http://www.quebecheritageweb.com/

 

Comment by Richard Norwood on February 16, 2011 at 11:14am

I wasn't sure if my introduction was posted, so I'm sending it again here.  I have just joined the group.  My only known French Canadian name is SINNETT.  My Sinnett ancestors were in Queens, Charlotte and York Counties, New Brunswick during the 19th century.  I don't know if they were Acadian or from Quebec, but they always identified themselves as French in the census returns in contrast with other families of the name that identified themselves as Irish.  I am very eager to find out the origins of my Sinnetts.  Their name has been spelt in different ways, including Sinnet, Sinnot, Zenette, Zennette.  My earliest known ancestor was named Francis and is buried in Millville, York, NB.

Comment by Tj Thomas on February 16, 2011 at 8:19am

Thank you!

Comment by James P. LaLone on February 16, 2011 at 8:05am

Tj,

Noticed you are from GR. The FHC in East Lansing has both the Loiselle & Rivest indexes on film (don't need to order them). The Library of Michigan has the Loiselle index on fiche and the "blue" Drouin, parts in book form & fiche. Might be worth a visit.

Comment by James P. LaLone on February 15, 2011 at 9:21am

Interesting site:

http://habitantsandvoyageurs.blogspot.com/2010/06/meanwhile-back-in...

 

Comment by James P. LaLone on February 14, 2011 at 5:14pm

Tj,

Denissen, v.2, p.1170 indicates Jacob married in Quebec to Josette ROBERTJEANNE [dit JEAN(NE)(S)] and the children are from this marriage (as does the book MARRIAGE RECORDS STE. ANNE CHURCH DETROIT 1701-1850. It is possible that Jacob 2m. to a DONAIS. However, Denissen only mentions a few DONAIS and they  m. into the BELANGER family. There is also the possibility that DONAIS was a dit name for ROBERTJEANNE, but no indication of that in Tanguay's listing of dit names.

 

One thing to do is look at the land records for Macomb Co., however, church records indicate the wife's surname is ROBERTJEANNE and that you can probably find the marriage in either the Loiselle or Rivest marriage indexes. Good luck & keep us informed.

PS. Josette, Josephe, Josephte & Josephine are all basically interchangeable.

Comment by Tj Thomas on February 14, 2011 at 4:30pm

I am researching the Thomas family as mentioned in the book, "Past and Present of Macomb County, Michigan," by Robert F. Eldredge: 

 

"We now come to claim 174, and here find the first exception to purely French occupation we have struck in coming up the lake shore. Among the first, if not the first English speaking man to permanently locate in this part of the country was Jacob Thomas...  He married into a French family, Donai by name and located on the lake shore, where his family and descendants have in part remained, and owned lands ... They have intermarried almost invariably with the French, until the fact that they were not purely French blood has been almost lost sight of."

 

Jacob Thomas died Jun 1799 in Detroit.  I have not found the Donai name associated with him.  I have found him married to Marie Josephe "Josette" Jeanne (many public trees list her as Josette Robertjeanne).  Thank you for any help! 

Comment by James P. LaLone on February 14, 2011 at 1:13pm

French words to help translate vital recordsL

 

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~luxwgw/frword.htm


http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&a...

 

Don't forget Google and Bablefish also have translation programs.

Comment by James P. LaLone on February 14, 2011 at 1:10pm

William C., look in the Discussions section at the F-C short bibliography, you need to know the basics first. Get the death certificates of Dominique Henry & William Clovis, see if it gives parents, check for obits to see if other siblings are mentioned & get their obits, look for census records, perhaps the parents also came to Oregon. Once you find the parents names in Quebec, look in the Rivest or Loiselle marriage indexes for a marriage, that will give you a starting place. If you belong to Ancestry they have the church records (not indexed) so you can look for baptisms, marriages & burials. FamilySearch also has the church records (some/few indexed), same thing you will have to go through the records. The films can also be ordered in through your local Family History Center if you prefer that to looking on the monitor screen. Also once you get a couple back to Quebec, I may be able to help you (don't have a lot on the TREMBLAY family in the US), I have a database of about 38,000 TREMBLAYs which prints out (the male lines) of over 1,100 pages. Good luck. Jim.

Comment by William Charles Tremblay on February 14, 2011 at 9:41am

I have recently started genealogy research as a hobby.  I have searched ancestry.com considerably and have been stumped looking for genealogy information in Canada about Dominique Henry Tremblay, b Aug 1857 in Canada, d 9 Feb 1904 in Oregon, likely had a brother William Clovis Tremblay (a priest).  Dominique Henry immigrated to the US in about 1875 and married in about 1886 to Catherine Rupp, b Jun 1864 in Canada, d 10 Nov 1936 in Oregon. He lived in Washburn, Wisconsin from about 1888 to about 1895 and worked for Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway, before moving to Oregon.  Any tips on finding information about Dominique Henry Tremblay and his ancestors would be greatly appreciated.

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