A Canadian Family

Genealogy, Family History & Vintage Postcards

Early French Canadian Pioneers: The Beauvais of Quebec

Beauvais St-Gemme, Jacques | Soldé, Jeanne

January 7th, 1654

Beauvais Bouvet St-Joseph, Joseph-Xavier, Jacques | Desnoyers, Marie-Josephe

February 21st, 1757

Beauvais Variations or associated surnames

Atientonko – Bauvais – Berlinguette – Bigones(s)e – Bigunese

Coderre – Crenet – de Beauvais – Delisle – Emery Read more »

February 3, 2012 Posted by | . | , , , , | Leave a Comment

One Man’s Genealogical Hunt: Sose Akwiranoron of Caughnawaga

Caughnawaga Performer, Native American, Hiawatha showsDouglas left a message recently requesting information about the parentage of  Sose Akwiranoron Beauvais, and I was curious as to the source of his “genealogical itch” . I’m sharing his story with you as I think it’s a great example of what I like to call “artefact-driven family research”. Perhaps his search will inspire you – who knows what stories might be lying around in your attic?

Evelyn,

This is the photograph my ancestors’ descendants had in their possession down in CT and NJ. Woodbine Township to be exact. The Woodward’s from Newark, Vermont -  they moved down to the Putnam/ Daysville, CT area sometime around the 1930′s I think (probably because of a lack of work here and the job market down there).

Anyway, I got a duplicate print and negative from the relative down that way, who stated that this was her ancestor Parker Preston Woodward who died around Read more »

December 28, 2011 Posted by | . | , , , | Leave a Comment

Reader Query: Sose Akwiranoron Beauvais

This request for information was left by Douglas and I’m looking forward to working with him however I thought  I would also share his request with readers in case someone can help. If you prefer to contact him directly, please send me your contact information and I’ll forward it to him!

Kindly I am seeking the parentage of Sose Akwiranoron Beauvais (1870/1872-1913) to “push the lineage back  but no, I am not related to anyone (that I know of) within the Kahnawa:ke Community. This is mostly to satisfy my own genealogical itch.

I see his death record, and his marriage record, but MY eyes are either failing me miserably or else the ancestry.com viewer of documents is not-as-great as they say it is. Or else they scanned the records poorly. He was allegedly born April 20, 1870 or 1872 and married Nov 04 1890 per the  Ste. Francois Xavier du Sault St. Louis, Caughnawaga (Kahnawa:ke) Mohawk Community, Quebec, Canada Church to Marie Ioriwiioston Kelly. He was a “Hiawatha” Indian actor. Sose died on March 4-5-6 (?), 1913. Read more »

December 20, 2011 Posted by | . | , , , , | Leave a Comment