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The Best Hearts Are Crunchy ~ Postcard Friendship Friday

For me, the  past few months have been a blur of activity  –

so I’m a little late mentioning that

Beth Niquette of

The Best Hearts Are Crunchy

is now hosting

 

Best of luck, Beth!

March 31, 2010 Posted by | . | 2 Comments

Evelyn In Montreal: Patry, Napoleon m. Maheu, Oliva | Masson, Papineau, Quebec

Query from Claudette: I am looking for the marriage of Olive Maheu to Napoleon Patry approx, 1915 may be in Timmins On.

Napoleon Patry’s parents were Charles Patry and Celanie Philion (Ange Gardien parish). He married Oliva Maheu, daughter of Camille Maheu and Philomene Charron on September 26th, Read more »

March 26, 2010 Posted by | . | , , , | 1 Comment

Gervais McComber of Kahnawake, Quebec | Place Of Burial

A few days ago in my post  Old Catholic Cemetery,  I had mentioned that Don Diminie was looking for confirmation of exactly where the Gervais McComber who died in 1866 in Kahnawake, was buried. As so often happens, a helpful reader came forward with the information. Thank you Charleen!

Information from Charleen

“I’m responding to the inquiry about Gervais McComber. According to my elderly relatives, he is buried under the floor of St. Francis Xavier Church. This was common practice for those regarded highly in the Catholic community. I wonder if Don is related? I have been researching a mysterious branch of my family which partially includes the McCombers.”

 

Related Posts:

The Iroquois of Kahnawake

March 24, 2010 Posted by | . | , | Leave a Comment

High Definition Genealogy | Thomas MacEntee | Geneabloggers

“I’ve come to the realization that although the field of genealogy has been around for centuries, since the advent of personal computers and the Internet in the late 20th century, the search for one’s ancestors has entered a new phase.” 

These are the words – and vision – of  Thomas MacEntee – the man behind Geneabloggers and the creator of countless technical resources for family history bloggers.  Now Thomas has decided to go-pro so he’s started a new website – High-Definition Genealogy – where he is going to showcase his “services to the genealogy and family history community including market research, consulting, education, and more”.  I wish Thomas the greatest success in his new endeavours.

 

 

March 23, 2010 Posted by | . | 1 Comment

Tombstone – Malvina Theriault (m. George Dugas)

Malvina Theriault -  1902 – 1951

George Dugas and Malvina Theriault were married in New Bandon on July 23rd, 1930. (New Brunswick Vital Records: RS141B7, Number 4252, Reference: B4/1930, Microfilm: F19754). Read more »

March 21, 2010 Posted by | . | , , | 1 Comment

Noces de A. Laflamme | Alphonse Laflamme & Julia Monfet(te) /Moffet/Moffette/Moffat ~ Sepia Saturday

I’ve had this image (RPPC)  of  the Wedding of  A. Laflamme for a little while now and I had a very difficult time identifying the couple in the picture. It should have been easy since a notation on the front gives the date of  October 14th, 1913 – but it was not to be!

I first searched through the Centre Genealogique indexes for all the 1913 Laflamme marriages and found quite a few including several for October, but none for the 14th. They were close, but no cigar! Finally I took a look through original church registers and found this one in the St-Flavien registers:

Alphonse Laflamme, son of Joseph Laflamme and Emilie Lemieux

married

Julia Monfette, daughter of Ernest Monfette and Eleonore Hamel

St-Flavien, Lotbiniere County, Quebec

Oct.14th, 1913

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This marriage was listed in the BMS indexes (where I had originally looked), but with the incorrect date of Oct. 4th, 1913.

Of course, I have no proof that the couple in the picture are Alphonse Laflamme & Julia Monfette – it is just the only Quebec Laflamme marriage that I found from that date.

Note Julia’s signature - Moffet!

I have found a family of Moffettes living in St-Flavien at the time of the 1911 census. They are Eleonore Moffette (head of family, but not a widow), and offpspring Alphonse, Marie Anne, Julia, Emile, Wilfrid, Joseph, Rose Anne, Alma. They were born in Quebec and were farmers. Interestingly, I noticed while looking through the Moffets etc., that there were some double listings – Monfet/Moffet – which brings us back to the original BMS spelling.

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March 21, 2010 Posted by | . | , | 19 Comments

Old Catholic Cemetery | Kahnawake Today | A Canadian Family

Ontario reader Don Diminie is looking for confirmation of exactly where the Gervais McComber who died in 1866 in Kahnawake, is buried. To avoid any confusion please note that this would be the Gervais who married three times (wives = Arakwente, Giasson, Vincent) – not his son Gervais.

I wasn’t able to confirm anything for Don, but thought it was a good moment to share this recent photograph of the Old Catholic Cemetery which is located just steps away from St-Francois-Xavier Church.

View of Cemetery

Close-up of Sign

Transcript:

TSI SHAKOTIIA’TATA’ AHSTHANKWE NE TEHATIIAHSONTHA, TSI NA’TETIATERE NE SHA’TE:KON IAWEN’RE TEWEN’NIAWE EKHON SHIIOHSERO’TEN’S TSI NIIO:RE NE TIOHTON IAWEN:RE TEWEN NIA WE’EKHON SHIIOSHSERO:TEN’S

OLD CATHOLIC CEMETARY GROUNDS USED FOR MOHAWK BURIALS FROM THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TO THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY.

View of St-Francois-Xavier from The Old Catholic Cemetery (March 2010) Read more »

March 21, 2010 Posted by | . | , , , | 5 Comments

The Janice Brown Puckerbrush Blog Award for Excellence 3. Thomas MacEntee | Destination: Austin Family

Sometimes, someone becomes so well known for one thing, that we forget that a person can actually wear several hats!  That is the case for the man that I’m honouring today – Mr. Thomas MacEntee. If you’re a blogger – and you haven’t been hiding under a rock – then you know that Thomas is “Mr. Geneablogger” – the whirlwind behind GeneaBloggers and Bootcamp which provide encouragement to genealogy and family history bloggers and logistical support to the organizers of various blogger activities.

But that’s not what I want to talk about today! Today, I want to recognize Thomas MacEntee  for his work on his personal blogs, especially   Destination: Austin Family.  Rather than prattle on for several more paragraphs, I thought I’d just let his work stand for itself. I’m linking to a few posts that will show you why I think Thomas MacEntee deserves the Janice Puckerbrush Award For Excellence in writing.

Humourous Pieces

Failed Genealogy Television Shows

8 Ways Genealogy Could Help You Survive a Zombie Outbreak

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An Opinion Piece

Faces of America Viewership – Influenced By Opinions About Dr. Gates? Read more »

March 20, 2010 Posted by | . | 1 Comment

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