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I've just posted a transcription of a document I found in the archives in La Pocatière: a census of Ste Luce parish undertaken by Father Henri Dionne in 1858. It is a head of household census, and I've included a name index.

Check it out: 1858 census of Ste Luce Parish

Thanks to Dennis Prue who located the marriage record of Amable Ouellet and Esther Gardner! They were married at Chalmer's Presbyterian Church in Quebec city on 24 Jun 1835. Unfortuntetly, as is the case with most Protestant marriage records, the parents' names were not included. But at least this i...

I've just put online a transcription of the 1872 census of St.Bruno parish . This census has lots of great info, including names of parents, places of birth, occupations, etc. I've included an online index of names and page numbers. I've also added a database search function. You can search either u...

On the 1820 US Census of Madawaska page I explain why the census of Madawaska is missing from the microfilm copy, how and where I found a copy of the original, and my search for the missing original returns in the US Archives in Washington DC. I just returned from Boston, where I visited the US Arch...

I've gone through the Ste.Luce parish register and abstracted all the burials in the period from 1843 through January 1860, and they're now online. The Ste.Luce burials page gives information and links to a simple or advanced search engine, where you can search by name, place, date, and other things...

The brother of my great-great grandfather was Thomas Gagnon , son of Prospère Gagnon. He was born in Kamouraska 25 Jun 1823. He married Marcelline Morin at Ste Luce on 11 Sep 1849 . Between 1850 and 1854 they had three children: Marie Marcelline, Michel, and Sophie. But they disappear from the recor...

Checking the 1861 census of NB, I see a Joseph Thompson and family living in St. François parish in New Brunswick: Joseph, 45, Anglican religion, b. in NB Jane, wife, 23, b. in Quebec, Anglican Joseph, son, 4, b. in NB Marey, daughter 2, b. in NB Next door is this family: William Thompson, 48, b. in...

Christina, If you go to this link you'll see all of the baptisms involving the Thompson family at Ste Luce from 1843 to 1860. Thompson baptisms at Ste Luce . As you'll see there is a William and a Pierre, as well as some others. Clicking on the links for each record brings you to more details. I can...

I've recently discovered that Prospère and his family were living in Trois Pistoles, in Rimouski Co., at the time of the 1825 census. It is thus probable that they were living there at the time of their move to Frenchville in 1831. Still unknown: why they moved, why they ended up where they did.

Jim, I don't think that your Modeste/Maude is the daughter of Germain and Nathalie Cyr. Here's the page Germain, Nathalie, and their children (or at least some of them) on this website: http://www.upperstjohn.com/dionne/d8986.htm As you can see if you follow the links, Germain Levesque was the nephe...

Here's the marriage record of this couple: OUELLETTE, SYLVAIN fils de Germain et Sophie Poirier - DUBE, MARGUERITE fille de Joseph et Marguerite Cyr - 1825 maries a Van Buren, ME - 1858-06-28 Here is Margaret Dubé in the 1851 census with her father and stepmother (her mom had died). You can see she'...

Welcome, glad you've found the website. And you're right, we're all related somehow!!

Lori,

If you haven't already, be sure to check out the website "The French Connection", which has lots of information on the French people of Waterville, Maine.

You'll have to poke around a bit, but you'll see the links to information and documents on that community.

Good luck!

Lori,

If you haven't already, be sure to check out the website "The French Connection", which has lots of information on the French people of Waterville, Maine.

Good luck!

Thanks to my cousin John Holmes, who sent me a copy of a photo of our great-great grandmother Helen or Ellen Russell, wife of Joseph Jalbert (m.1871). His mom and aunt found it in Connors. I've put it online, you can check out the photo, taken when she was probably about 20; and compare it to a phot...