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Jehan Theriault’s Poitou Homeland – A Photo Gallery by Jean Paul Laurendeau

Some time ago – through the marvels of modern DNA matching and online databases – I met a Jean Paul Laurendeau who lives in France. Our match is through my Theriault father’s YDNA but Jean Paul is not a Theriault. We probably connect because we both have ancestors in Poitou, France – although he has many more than I do. Jean Paul actually has many surnames in his family tree that Acadians and French Canadians would recognize including  Thibaudeau, Moreau, Arsenault and Archambeau. For those of you who are unaware Jehan Theriault (var. Jean Tario, Terio, Therriau etc.) was from Vienne, Poitou-Charentes (France). Jehan and Perrine Rau are the founding couple of all Theriaults in North America.  I rediscovered Jean Paul when I came across his beautiful photos of the Poitou region of France and he’s been generous enough to share these with A Canadian Family readers. So if your ancestors are from Poitou please sit back and take a “virtual” tour of this ancestral homeland of so many French Canadians.

Eglise Martaize (Church) France

Jean Paul's daughter Laëtitia points out a detail

Martaize - a Round Tower

Martaize (Church) Internal View with Laëtitia

Eglise La Chaussee (Church) France

June 2, 2009 Posted by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault | . | Acadians, Aulnay, France, French Canadian, Martaize, Poitou, Theriault, Theriot | 8 Comments