Friday in Salt Lake City

Posted on April 18, 2008 by Steve

Today was quite a day in Salt Lake City. I woke to beautiful clear skies and temperatures that were downright balmy! It’s hard to believe that snow fell in Salt Lake City earlier this week.

Several genealogical societies are meeting in Salt Lake City this week. I’m attending the United Polish Genealogical Societies (UPGS) conference, but the California Genealogical Society (CGS) is also in Salt Lake this week . I’ll sneak out of the UPGS meetings tomorrow evening to have dinner with the CGS at Lamb’s.

In the meantime, I spent a good part of the day at the Family History Library. Today was my French Canadian genealogy day at the library where I tried to hammer away at some brick walls. Unfortunately, I didn’t have as much luck as I had hoped, but I found three relevant compiled genealogies in:

White, Stephen A., Hector-J. Hébert, and Patrice Gallant. 1999. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes. Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d’études acadiennes, Université de Moncton.

Research at the Family History Library was interrupted twice today by evacuations. I’m not sure the reason for the evacuations, but I was told that they may have been due to bomb threats in response to the recent news reports about the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (no connection with the Mormon Church or the Family History Library).

After the second evacuation, I just went to supper and then to the opening session of the UPGS conference.

It looks like this year’s UPGS conference will be the largest on record and the first to have two separate tracks of lectures. So far, everything seems to be going smoothly. Conference chair Ceil Jensen and the host Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan really have their act together – even the conference syllabus is impressive.

The evening program was a viewing of the 2007 documentary entitled Our Polish Story, a film that describes the experiences of Polish immigrants and their descendants in Detroit. Copies of the DVD can be ordered from:

Our Story Of LLC
28345 Beck Road
Suite 404
Wixom, MI 48393

The cost is $19.59 plus 6% tax and $5.00 shipping.

Tomorrow’s program begins with a Skype video conference with a Polish genealogy conference being held concurrently in Poland. Can’t wait!

Copyright © 2008 by Stephen J. Danko

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Two Years and 730 Articles Later…

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Steve

Today is the second anniversary of Steve’s Genealogy blog!

Two years ago, I wrote my first tentative post and then proceeded to fly to Salt Lake City for the United Polish Genealogical Societies (UPGS) Conference . Several of my first posts were written in the Family History Library itself.

As it turns out, the UPGS 2008 Conference starts on Friday evening, so I’ll be blogging directly from the Family History Library again this weekend.

As of today, I’ve written 730 articles, which works out to almost exactly one post per day for two years. Not bad.

From the start, one of the primary goals of this blog was to publish my family history and link the events in the family history to images of the original documents. I want people to see how I came to the conclusions I did. I want people to point out errors. I want people to provide suggestions. I want the world to see that the genealogies I’ve compiled are worthy of their confidence and trust.

And, I want to share my work with others.

Anyone who reads this blog can take the facts I’ve compiled and use them in their own family history research without any need to ask permission. However, the narratives I’ve written and the photographs I’ve taken are copyrighted. If anyone wishes to reproduce any content to which I own the copyright, I simply request that you ask my permission and credit me as the author.

In the course of posting these records, I’ve connected with cousins in Poland, England, and the United States who found information about our common ancestors on my blog. I’ve also connected with a few people who may be related, but we still need to find some original sources with primary information in order to confirm our relationship.

I’ve received queries from a number of people asking me for genealogical guidance and advice. I try to help people out when I can. Likewise, I’ve received messages from a number of people providing me with advice, information, and corrections to what I have posted. Thanks to everyone who has helped me in my genealogical research. I really would not be as far along in my research without their help!

Three other genealogy bloggers also started a blog in April 2006: Randy Seaver, Megan Smolenyak, and Joe Beine. Here’s to two years of blogging and a virtual toast for many more!

Copyright © 2008 by Stephen J. Danko

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Off to the UPGS 2008 Conference

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Steve

I’m packing my bags and getting my presentations ready for the UPGS 2008 – the United Polish Genealogy Conference in Salt Lake City.

For the past several months, I’ve maintained the UPGS 2008 blog at http://upgs.wordpress.com. Special thanks to Jasia of Creative Gene for designing the banner on the UPGS blog!

I don’t yet know the total number of participants for the conference, but the last I heard there were 107 registrants, so the conference room at the Salt Lake Plaza hotel should be quite full.

I know that one of my local genealogical societies, the California Genealogical Society, is already in Salt Lake City. Their trip overlaps with the UPGS, and so I’ll see some of my friends from CGS there, too!

I’m looking forward to this trip, which counts as one of my semi-annual trips to the Family History Library.

Copyright © 2008 by Stephen J. Danko

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Wisteria in Bloom

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Steve

Today, I stopped by Filoli in Woodside, California to take some pictures of the Wisteria in bloom.

Wisteria on the Main House at Filoli

Wisteria on the Main House at Filoli

SOURCE: Wisteria on the Main House at Filoli (Woodside, San Mateo County, California). Photographed by Stephen J. Danko 15 Apr 2008.

White Wisteria at Filoli

Wisteria brachybotrys ‘Shira Kapitan’ Silky Wisteria

SOURCE: Wisteria brachybotrys ‘Shira Kapitan’ Silky Wisteria (Woodside, San Mateo County, California). Photographed by Stephen J. Danko 15 Apr 2008.

Wisteria by the Walk at Filoli

Wisteria brachybotrys ‘Murasaki Kapitan’ Silky Wisteria (Yama Fuji)

SOURCE: Wisteria brachybotrys ‘Murasaki Kapitan’ Silky Wisteria (Yama Fuji) (Woodside, San Mateo County, California). Photographed by Stephen J. Danko 15 Apr 2008.

Wisteria at the Filoli Office

Wisteria at the Filoli Office

SOURCE: Wisteria at the Filoli Office (Woodside, San Mateo County, California). Photographed by Stephen J. Danko 15 Apr 2008.

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The Marriage of Pierre Gautrot and Agní¨s LeBlanc – 1731

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Steve

On 15 Oct 1731, Pierre Gautrot married Agní¨s LeBlanc in the parish of St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie.

The Marriage Record of Pierre Gautrot and Agnes LeBlanc - 1731

The Marriage Record of Pierre Gautrot and Agní¨s LeBlanc – 1731

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, New France, 1731. Marriage Record of Marie Pierre Gautrot and Agní¨s LeBlanc, front of folio 115 and front of folio 116.

Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Marriage Record of Pierre Gautrot and Agní¨s LeBlanc. Translated from the French the record reads:

Pierre Gautrot & Agní¨s LeBlanc

In the year 1731 and the 15th of October, after having made
three publications at the parish masses
the promise of Marriage between Pierre
Gautrot, age 22 years, son of Franí§ois
Gautrot and Louise Aucoin de Cobesunt,
and Agní¨s LeBlanc, age about 20
years, daughter of Pierre LeBlanc and Franí§oise
Landry, and not finding any
impediments to this marriage, I the undersigned
missionary of the parish of St. Charles
of the Mines, and [?] vicar of the Monsignor of
Sasmos, coadjutant of the diocese of
Québec, having received mutual consent
of the parties present and have
given the nuptial benediction according
to the ceremonies of the Church, in the presence
of the parents and the signed witnesses: Franí§ois
Gautrot, father, René Aucoin, Jean LeBlanc,
Pierre Landry. Many have signed; the
others have made their ordinary mark
with the groom who has declared that he does
not know how to sign.

Groom:
Mark of + Pierre Gautrot
Mark of + Agní¨s Leblanc
Pierre Landry, Jean Leblanc,
Mark + of Franí§ois Gautrot
Mark + of René Aucoin
C. delafondalie g.v.

This record can be found as images 117/166 and 118/166 in the Acadia French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946 on Ancestry.com in the records for St-Charles-les-Mines Mariages 1709-1748. The record appears on the front of folio 115 and the front of folio 116.

Since I’m not familiar with the offices of the Catholic Church in New France, I don’t quite understand the title of the priest, which I translated as “missionary of the parish of St. Charles of the Mines, and [?] vicar of the Monsignor of Sasmos, coadjutant of the diocese of Québec”.

Copyright © 2008 by Stephen J. Danko

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The Man with the Mad Scientist Eyebrows

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Steve

When showing people photos of my sisters, a common response is “I can tell you’re related”.

Quite frankly, my sisters and I see only the vaguest resemblance to each other, but perhaps we’re looking too closely.

Among our relatives, I’ve noticed instances where family members share physical attributes very closely. My cousin Jim looks very much like his father. My own father and his brother Joe look so much alike that there can be no doubt they are brothers.

In my family, my younger sister and I look more like each other than either of us look like our older sister. We both have blond hair that has darkened with age and a nose that we surely inherited from our paternal grandmother. We also share what my sister refers to as “Spock eyebrows” and I lovingly call “mad scientist eyebrows” that we must have inherited from our Niedzialkowski ancestors. Sure enough, a photograph of me with my three Niedzialkowski uncles shows that the four of us have the same eyebrows.

My older sister inherited her hair color, eye color, and nose from our mother. More than that, she inherited our mother’s predisposition for organization and orderliness.

While growing up, our family’s house was always clean and neat, with the possible exception of my bedroom which, after a certain point in time, my mother declared a disaster zone. My older sister’s house is likewise neat and clean, except after the grandkids have been to visit. We won’t even discuss the office in my home.

My older sister is calm, flexible, and friendly. She will go out of her way to help others and, for many years, was the primary caregiver for our Aunt Helen. She probably inherited those traits from my father who knows half the people in town and, at the drop of a hat, will strike up a conversation with complete strangers. My younger sister and I are a bit more tightly wound, but we’ve mellowed with age.

The one behavioral tendency that I’ve seen in many family members is an attention to detail. Certainly, my parents, my sisters and I all share an attention to detail, a trait that proves useful in researching family history. Even beyond my immediate family, many of my uncles, aunts, and cousins also share this trait. I don’t know if this attention to detail is inherited or if it’s a learned behavior, but it’s the one trait I’ve clearly noticed is common among my relatives.

Written for the Carnival of Genealogy.

Copyright © 2008 Stephen J. Danko

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Workshop in Eastern European Genealogy

Posted on April 12, 2008 by Steve

Today, Saturday, April 12, Jeremy Frankel and I presented a workshop in Eastern European Genealogy at the California Genealogical Society.

This was the first in a series of workshops to be hosted by the California Genealogical Society at their library in Oakland.

The workshops are designed to be small gatherings of not more than ten participants so that each person attending the workshop will be able to obtain some one-on-one assistance from the presenters.

Today, Jeremy and I each spoke for about 45 minutes, providing an overview of Eastern European Genealogy. Jeremy’s expertise is in Jewish Genealogy; my own expertise is in Roman Catholic Genealogy in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

After the presentations, participants were able to ask questions of Jeremy, while I helped people find information about their surnames and villages of origin.

One internet resource that participants found interesting is the website at http://www.moikrewni.pl/ which is an online facility to build your family tree. The site is in Polish and is designed for Polish genealogists. There is, however, one part of the site that was especially useful to participants namely, the Surname Maps at http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/ .

In the “Mapa Nazwisk” box, type a Polish surname (including diacritical characters) and click on “Szukaj” to generate a map of the locations of that surname in present-day Poland. If the surname is not found, go down to the bottom of the page and click on the first letter of the surname to browse the surnames in the database. After clicking on a letter, a new page will appear including ranges of names.

For example, clicking on the letter D will bring up a page showing ranges of names such as:

D`amico do Dajborek
Dajbóg do Dammeyer
Dammfeld do Daoud
Daoud-Michalik do Daunderer
Daunheimer do De Dijn

Click on the name range in which your surname falls. Clicking on the range “Dammfeld do Daoud”, will bring up another page with choices of surnames from Dammfeld to Daoud. Remember that, in Polish, letters with diacritical marks such as ą, ć, ę, ł, ń, ó, ś, ż, and ź are arranged alphabetically after the same letters without the diacritical marks.

Here’s the map for the Dańko surname in Poland:

Danko Surname Map

My ancestors were from the red area in the lower right part of the map.

Future workshops at the California Genealogical Society include a Scandinavian Research Workshop to be held on June 14 and a workshop on “Hints on Publishing Your Family History” to be held on August 9. Workshops are free for members and cost $10 for nonmembers.

Copyright © 2007-2008 Stephen J. Danko

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Descendants of Antoine LeBlanc

Posted on April 11, 2008 by Steve

Generation 1

1 . ANTOINE LEBLANC married MARIE MARGUERITE BOURGEOIS before 31 Dec 1682 in Acadia, New France.

2 . i . PIERRE LEBLANC was born before 1686 in Grand Pré, Acadia, New France. He and Marie Franí§oise Landry were married 16 Feb 1711 in St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, New France. He died 22 Oct 1769 in Hôpital Général de Montréal, New France and was buried 23 Oct 1769 in the Cemetery of Hôpital Général de Montréal, New France.

Generation 2

2. PIERRE LEBLANC was born before 1686 in Grand Pré, Acadia, New France. He and Marie Franí§oise Landry, daughter of Antoine Landry and the deceased Marie Thibodeau were married 16 Feb 1711 in St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, New France. She died 13 Oct 1767 in Lavaltrie, New France and was buried 14 Oct 1767 in the Cemetery of St. Antoine de Lavaltrie, Lavaltrie, New France. He died 22 Oct 1769 in Hôpital Général de Montréal, New France and was buried 23 Oct 1769 in the Cemetery of Hôpital Général de Montréal, New France.

i . AGNES LEBLANC was born 15 Mar 1712 in Grand Pré, Acadia, New France and was baptized 15 Mar 1712 in St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, New France. She married Pierre Gautrot on 15 Oct 1731 in St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, New France.
ii . ANNE LEBLANC was baptized 16 Mar 1718 in Grand Pré, Acadia, New France. The date of her birth was not provided in the records. She married Charles Dugas on 07 Jan 1739 in St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, New France.
iii . THí‰ODORE LEBLANC was born 23 Dec 1719 in Grand Pré, Acadia, New France and was baptized 23 Dec 1719 in St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, New France.
iv . ANGÈLIQUE LEBLANC was born 27 May 1722 in Grand Pré, Acadia, New France and was baptized 27 May 1722 in St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, New France.
v . MARIE MAGDELEINE LEBLANC was born 10 Sep 1723 in Grand Pré, Acadia, New France and was baptized 10 Sep 1723 in St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, New France.
vi . AUGUSTIN LEBLANC was born 25 Nov 1724 in Grand Pré, Acadia, New France. and was baptized 25 Nov 1724 in St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, New France.
vii . JOSEPH LEBLANC was born 11 Feb 1726 in Grand Pré, Acadia, New France and baptized 18 Feb 1726 in St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, New France. He and Anne Bourg, daughter of Alexandre Bourg and Marguerite Melansson, were married 13 Feb 1719 in St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, New France.
viii . FRANí‡OISE LEBLANC was born 27 Jul 1727 in Grand Pré, Acadia, New France and was baptized 09 Sep 1727 in St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, New France.
ix . MARIE LEBLANC was born 07 Apr 1729 in Grand Pré, Acadia, New France and baptized 17 Apr 1729 in St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, New France.
x . PIERRE RAYMOND LEBLANC was born 07 Jan 1731 in Grand Pré, Acadia, New France and baptized 10 Jan 1731 in St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, New France. He was buried 13 Jan 1731 in the cemetery of St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, New France. The date of his death was not provided in the records.
xi . MARIE ROSE LEBLANC was born 25 Mar 1732 in Grand Pré, Acadia, New France and baptized 05 Apr 1732 in St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, New France. She died on 21 May 1771 in Bécancour.
3 . xii . PIERRE HILAIRE LEBLANC was born 12 Jan 1736 in Grand Pré, Acadia, New France and baptized 12 Jan 1736 in St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, New France. He married Marie í‰lisabeth Isabelle Hebert on 13 Oct 1762 in Guilford, Connecticut, New England.

Generation 3

3 . PIERRE HILAIRE LEBLANC (Pierre LeBlanc, Antoine LeBlanc) was born 12 Jan 1736 in Grand Pré, Acadia, New France and baptized 12 Jan 1736 in St. Charles de la Grand Pré de Mines de L’Acadie, Acadia, New France. He married MARIE í‰LISABETH ISABELLE HEBERT on 13 Oct 1762 in Guilford, Connecticut, New England.

4 . i . PIERRE DROSSIN LEBLANC.

Generation 4

PIERRE DROSSIN LEBLANC (Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc, Pierre LeBlanc, Antoine LeBlanc) married MARIE MARGUERITE TRAHANT. She was born on 01 Apr 1768 in LaPrairie, New France.

5 . i . MARIE MARGUERITE LEBLANC (Pierre Drossin LeBlanc, Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc, Pierre LeBlanc, Antoine LeBlanc) was born 14 Sep 1789 in L’Acadie, St. Jean Co., Lower Canada and was baptized 14 Sep 1789 in Ste. Marguerite de Blairfindie, L’Acadie, Province of Québec. She married ABRAHAM FRANí‡OIS GAMACHE on 15 Jun 1812 in Ste. Marguerite de Blairfindie, L’Acadie, Province of Lower Canada.

Generation 5

5 . MARIE MARGUERITE LEBLANC (Pierre Drossin LeBlanc, Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc, Pierre LeBlanc, Antoine LeBlanc) was born 14 Sep 1789 in L’Acadie, Province of Québec and was baptized 14 Sep 1789 in Ste. Marguerite de Blairfindie, L’Acadie, Province of Québec. She married ABRAHAM FRANí‡OIS GAMACHE, son of Aubin Gamache and Marie Thérí¨se Sylvestre, on 15 Jun 1812 in Ste. Marguerite de Blairfindie, L’Acadie, Province of Lower Canada. He was born 31 Oct 1788 in Cap St. Ignace, Province of Québec and was baptized 01 Nov 1788 in St. Ignace du Cap St. Ignace, Cap St. Ignace, Province of Québec.

Children of MARIE MARGUERITE LEBLANC and ABRAHAM FRANí‡OIS GAMACHE are:

i . MARIE MARGUERITE GAMACHE was born 16 Apr 1813 in L’Acadie, Province of Québec and was baptized 17 Apr 1813 in Ste. Marguerite de Blairfindie, L’Acadie, Province of Québec. She married Crispin Gue on 04 Feb 1834 in St. Cyprien de Lery, Napierville, Lower Canada.
6. ii . FRANí‡OIS GAMACHE was born 21 Nov 1814 in L’Acadie, Province of Lower Canada and was baptized 21 Nov 1814 in Ste. Marguerite de Blairfindie, L’Acadie, Province of Lower Canada. He married Osithe Martin on 26 Sep 1837 in St. Cyprien de Lery, Napierville, Lower Canada.
iii . AUBIN GAMACHE was born 20 Mar 1816 in L’Acadie, Province of Lower Canada and was baptized 20 Mar 1816 in Ste. Marguerite de Blairfindie, L’Acadie, Province of Lower Canada.
iv . PIERRE GAMACHE was born 04 Mar 1818 in L’Acadie, Province of Lower Canada and was baptized 04 Mar 1818 in Ste. Marguerite de Blairfindie, L’Acadie, Province of Lower Canada.
7. v . MARIE GAMACHE was born 08 Sep 1820 in L’Acadie, Province of Lower Canada and was baptized 08 Sep 1820 in Ste. Marguerite de Blairfindie, L’Acadie, Province of Lower Canada. She died in 1898 and was buried in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Watervliet, Albany Co., New York.

Generation No. 6

6 .  FRANí‡OIS GAMACHE (Marie Marguerite LeBlanc, Pierre Drossin LeBlanc, Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc, Pierre LeBlanc, Antoine LeBlanc) was born 21 Nov 1814 in L’Acadie, Province of Lower Canada and was baptized 21 Nov 1814 in Ste. Marguerite de Blairfindie, L’Acadie, Province of Lower Canada. .  He and OSITHE MARTIN, daughter of NICOLAS MARTIN and MARIE GIROUX, were married 26 Sep 1837 in St. Cyprien de Lery, Napierville, Province of Lower Canada .  She was born 30 Sep 1818 in L’Acadie, St. Jean Co., Province of Lower Canada, and was baptized 01 Oct 1818 in the parish of Ste. Marguerite de Blairfindie, St. Jean Co., Province of Lower Canada .  She died between 1847 – 1852 .  He and MARGUERITE DUTEAU, daughter of JEAN DUTEAU and ANASTASIA MAILLOUX, were married 07 Sep 1852 in St. Cyprien /Napierville, Canada East.

Children of FRANí‡OIS GAMACHE and OSITHE MARTIN are:

7 . i . OSITHE GAMACHE, born 22 May 1838, L’Acadie, St. Jean Co., Province of Lower Canada; baptized 23 May 1838, the parish of Ste. Marguerite de Blairfindie, L’Acadie, St. Jean Co., Province of Lower Canada; d. 19 May 1889, Cohoes, Albany Co., New York.
 ii . MARIE GAMACHE, born 25 Dec 1839, Napierville, Napierville Co., Province of Lower Canada; baptized 26 Dec 1839, the parish of St. Cyprien, Napierville, Napierville Co., Province of Lower Canada; died 22 May 1843, Napierville, Napierville Co., Canada East; buried 24 May 1843, the parish of St. Cyprien, Napierville, Napierville Co., Canada East.
 iii . MARIE Cí‰LINE GAMACHE, born 15 Aug 1841, Napierville, Napierville Co., Canada East; baptized 15 Aug 1841, the parish of St. Cyprien, Napierville, Napierville Co., Canada East.
 iv . FRANí‡OIS GAMACHE, born 24 May 1843, Napierville, Napierville Co., Canada East; baptized 24 May 1843, the parish of St. Cyprien, Napierville, Napierville Co., Canada East.
 v . DAVID GAMACHE, born 29 Mar 1845, Napierville, Napierville Co., Canada East; baptized 30 Mar 1845, the parish of St. Cyprien, Napierville, Napierville Co., Canada East.
 vi . MARIE DOMITILLE GAMACHE, born 07 Jun 1846, Napierville, Napierville Co., Canada East; baptized 07 Jun 1846, the parish of St. Cyprien, Napierville, Napierville Co., Canada East; died 09 Jun 1846, Napierville, Canada East; buried 10 Jun 1846, the parish of St. Cyprien, Napierville, Napierville Co., Canada East.
 vii . ADELINE GAMACHE, born 21 May 1847, Napierville, Napierville Co., Canada East; baptized 22 May 1847, the parish of St. Cyprien, Napierville, Napierville Co., Canada East.

Children of FRANí‡OIS GAMACHE and MARGUERITE DUTEAU are:

 viii . FRANí‡OIS Cí‰ADE GAMACHE, born 12 May 1854, Napierville, Napierville Co., Canada East; baptized 13 May 1854, the parish of St. Cyprien, Napierville, Napierville Co., Canada East.
 ix . JOSEPH GAMACHE, born 14 Sep 1855, Napierville, Napierville Co., Canada East; baptized 16 Sep 1855, the parish of St. Cyprien, Napierville, Napierville Co., Canada East.

Generation No. 7

7 .  OSITHE GAMACHE (Franí§ois Gamache, Marie Marguerite LeBlanc, Pierre Drossin LeBlanc, Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc, Pierre LeBlanc, Antoine LeBlanc) was born 22 May 1838 in L’Acadie, St. Jean Co., Province of Lower Canada, was baptized 23 May 1838 in the parish of Ste. Marguerite de Blairfindie, L’Acadie, St. Jean Co., Province of Lower Canada, died 19 May 1889 in Cohoes, Albany Co., New York .  She married CHARLES Gí‰Dí‰ON PATENAUDE 24 Oct 1862 in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Les Jardins-de-Napierville, Canada East, United Province of Canada, son of FRANí‡OIS PATENAUDE and MARGUERITE COGNAC-DIT-LEVEILLE .  He was born 10 Jun 1840 in St. Valentin, Province of Lower Canada, and died 30 Mar 1940 in Cohoes, Albany Co., New York.

Children of OSITHE GAMACHE and CHARLES PATENAUDE are:

8 . i . MARIE Fí‰BRONIE PATENAUDE, born 27 Mar 1863, St. Valentin, Canada East, United Province of Canada; baptized 27 Mar 1863, St. Valentin, Canada East, United Procvince of Canada.
 ii . HORMISDAS PATENAUDE, born 14 May 1864, St. Valentin, Canada East, United Province of Canada, United Province of Canada; baptized 14 May 1864, St. Valentin, Canada East, United Province of Canada; died 18 Dec 1881, Coaticook, Québec, Canada; buried 20 Dec 1881, Coaticook, Québec, Canada.
9 . iii . MARIE LEA PATENAUDE, born 31 Dec 1865, St. Valentin, Canada East, United Province of Canada, United Province of Canada; baptized 01 Jan 1866, St. Valentin, Canada East, United Province of Canada; d. 11 Jul 1926, Cohoes, Albany Co., New York.
 iv . MARIE EDWIDGE PATENAUDE, born 17 Oct 1867, Barford, Québec, Canada; baptized 27 Oct 1867, Mission de Saint Thomas d’Aquin de Compton, Québec, Canada; m. GEORGE PHANEUF-CHABOT, 11 Dec 1887, St. Joseph Church /Cohoes, Albany Co., New York.
10 . v . MARIE Zí‰NAIDE ZITE PATENAUDE, born 12 Jun 1870, Coaticook, Québec, Canada; baptized 09 Jul 1870, Coaticook, Québec, Canada; d. 21 May 1959, Central Ave. Convalesent Home /Albany, Albany Co., New York.
11 . vi . JOSEPH CHARLES Gí‰Dí‰ON PATENAUDE, born 02 Mar 1872, Coaticook, Québec, Canada; baptized 10 Mar 1872, Coaticook, Québec, Canada.
 vii . HENRIETTE PATENAUDE, born 11 Mar 1874, Coaticook, Québec, Canada; baptized 25 Mar 1874, Coaticook, Québec, Canada; m. HENRY ROBITAILLE.
 viii . PIERRE FRANí‡OIS PATENAUDE, born 02 Feb 1876, Coaticook, Québec, Canada; baptized 04 Feb 1876, Coaticook, Québec, Canada.
 ix . JOSEPH FRANí‡OIS ADELARD PATENAUDE, born 03 Jun 1879, Coaticook, Québec, Canada; baptized 07 Jun 1879, Coaticook, Québec, Canada; died about 09 Apr 1880, Coaticook, Québec, Canada; buried 09 Apr 1880, Coaticook, Québec, Canada.
 x . ANONYME PATENAUDE, born 09 Mar 1881, Coaticook, Québec, Canada; baptized about 09 Mar 1881, Coaticook, Québec, Canada; died about 10 Mar 1881, Coaticook, Québec, Canada; buried 09 Mar 1881, Coaticook, Québec, Canada.

Generation No. 8

8 .  MARIE Fí‰BRONIE PATENAUDE (Osithe Gamache, Franí§ois Gamache, Marie Marguerite LeBlanc, Pierre Drossin LeBlanc, Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc, Pierre LeBlanc, Antoine LeBlanc) was born 19 Mar 1863 in St. Valentin, Canada East, United Province of Canada and was baptized 27 Mar 1863 in St. Valentin, Canada East, United Province of Canada .  She and JOSEPH HORMISDAS NORMANDIN were married 09 Oct 1882 in Saint-Valentin, Le Haut-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada, son of JOSEPH NORMANDIN and URSULE BANLIER .  He was born Abt. 1860 in New York.

Children of MARIE Fí‰BRONIE PATENAUDE and JOSEPH NORMANDIN are:

 i. JOSEPH HENRI NORMANDIN, born 14 Jun 1883, St. Valentin, Québec, Canada.
 ii . EDWIDGE NORMANDIN, b. 1884, Lower Canada.
 iii . LEA NORMANDIN, b. 07 Oct 1885, New York.
 iv . GUILLIAME NORMANDIN, b. 06 Mar 1887, New York.
 v . RAOUL NORMANDIN, b. 17 Jun 1890, Cohoes, Albany Co., New York.
 vi . RUDOLPH NORMANDIN, b. Abt. 1892.
 vii . EARL NORMANDIN, b. 28 Mar 1894.
 viii . BERTHA NORMANDIN, b. 1896.
 ix . LEOPOLD NORMANDIN, b. 1899.
 x . OMER NORMANDIN, b. 13 Sep 1901.
 xi . CHESTER J. NORMANDIN, b. 1904; d. Aft. 1930.
 xii . ARMAND J. NORMANDIN, b. 26 Jul 1905, Cohoes, Albany Co., New York.

9 .  MARIE LEA PATENAUDE (Osithe Gamache, Franí§ois Gamache, Marie Marguerite LeBlanc, Pierre Drossin LeBlanc, Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc, Pierre LeBlanc, Antoine LeBlanc) was born 31 Dec 1865 in St. Valentin, Canada East, United Province of Canada, United Province of Canada and was baptized 01 Jan 1866 in St. Valentin, Canada East, United Province of Canada .  She died 11 Jul 1926 in Cohoes, Albany Co., New York .  She married (1) THOMAS ARSHAMBAULT .  He was born 04 Jul 1859 in Churchill, Canada, and died 25 Jun 1960 .  She married (2) HENRI F. ARCHAMBAULT 05 Apr 1893 in Cohoes, Albany Co., New York, son of JOSEPH ARCHAMBAULT .  He was born Feb 1865 in New York.

Children of MARIE LEA PATENAUDE and THOMAS ARSHAMBAULT are:

 i . THOMAS ARSHAMBAULT.
 ii . CHRISTOPH ARSHAMBAULT.
 iii . LAKK ARSHAMBAULT.
 iv . WILLBERT ARSHAMBAULT.
12 . v . ALLISON ARSHAMBAULT was born 14 Apr 1912 in Troy, Rensselaer Co., New York. He died 25 Dec 1949 in Cohoes, Albany Co., New York.

Children of MARIE LEA PATENAUDE and HENRI ARCHAMBAULT are:

13 . vi . LEO ARCHAMBAULT was born Jun 1894 in New York.
 vii . VALMORE F. ARCHAMBAULT was born 04 Mar 1897, Cohoes, Albany Co., New York. He and FLORENCE UNKNOWN were married about 1927. She was born about 1898, New York. He died 19 Jul 1984 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., Maine.
 viii . LUCILLA ARCHAMBAULT was born about 1900 in New York.
14 . ix . JEANNETTE I. ARCHAMBAULT was born 12 Mar 1903 in Cohoes, Albany Co., New York. She died 26 Dec 1938 in Cohoes, Albany Co., New York.

10 .  MARIE Zí‰NAíDE ZITE PATENAUDE (Osithe Gamache, Franí§ois Gamache, Marie Marguerite LeBlanc, Pierre Drossin LeBlanc, Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc, Pierre LeBlanc, Antoine LeBlanc) was born 12 Jun 1870 in Coaticook, Québec, Canada and was baptized 09 Jul 1870 in Coaticook, Québec, Canada .  She died 21 May 1959 in Central Ave. Convalesent Home /Albany, Albany Co., New York .  She married PAUL EDWARD CHARRON, SR. 24 Oct 1900 in St. Joseph’s Church /Cohoes, Albany Co., New York, son of JOSEPH CHARRON and ADELINE GALIFEAU .  He was born 26 Sep 1874 in Cohoes, Albany Co., New York, and died 26 Jan 1943 in Cohoes, Albany Co., New York.

Children of MARIE Zí‰NAíDE PATENAUDE and PAUL CHARRON are:

15 . i . ARTHUR ANTHONY CHARRON, b. 25 Sep 1901, 125 Columbia Street /Cohoes, Albany Co., New York; d. 23 Jan 1978, Hudson, Columbia Co., New York.
16 . ii . CECELIA ANTONETTE CHARRON, b. 11 Nov 1902, Cohoes, Albany Co., New York; d. 07 Sep 1946, Cohoes, Albany Co., New York.
17 . iii . ALICE HARRIET EUGENIA CHARRON, b. 01 Oct 1904, Cohoes, Albany Co., New York; d. 25 Sep 1992, St. Peter’s Hospice /Albany, Albany Co., New York.
18 . iv . PAUL EDWARD CHARRON, JR., b. 04 Dec 1908, Cohoes, Albany Co., New York; d. 31 Dec 1991, Troy, Rensselaer Co., New York.
19 . v . GEORGE VALMORE CHARRON, b. 16 Apr 1911, Cohoes, Albany Co., New York; d. 11 Jan 1971, Burlington, Franklin Co., Vermont.

11 .  JOSEPH CHARLES Gí‰Dí‰ON PATENAUDE (Osithe Gamache, Franí§ois Gamache, Marie Marguerite LeBlanc, Pierre Drossin LeBlanc, Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc, Pierre LeBlanc, Antoine LeBlanc) was born 02 Mar 1872, Coaticook, Québec, Canada and was baptized 10 Mar 1872, Coaticook, Québec, Canada .  He married DIANA MARIE PENELOPE CARPENTER, daughter of JOSEPH CARPENTER and ODILE UNKNOWN .  She was born Jan 1875 in Blackstone, Massachusetts.

Child of JOSEPH PATENAUDE and DIANA CARPENTER is:

20. i . FRANCIS X. PATENAUDE I was born 15 Dec 1909 and died Aug 1985.

Generation No. 9

12 .  ALLISON ARSHAMBAULT (Marie Lea Patenaude, Osithe Gamache, Franí§ois Gamache, Marie Marguerite LeBlanc, Pierre Drossin LeBlanc, Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc, Pierre LeBlanc, Antoine LeBlanc) was born 14 Apr 1912 in Troy, Rensselaer Co., New York, and died 25 Dec 1949 in Cohoes, Albany Co., New York .  She married TENNA DEAY 30 Dec 1935 in Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York .  He was born 26 Dec 1911 in Paris, France, and died 25 Dec 1949 in Cohoes, Albany Co., New York.

Child of ALLISON ARSHAMBAULT and TENNA DEAY is:

 i . THOMAS DEAY, b. 31 Dec 1940, Troy, Rensselaer Co., New York; d. 30 Dec 1997, Troy, Rensselaer Co., New York.

13 .  LEO ARCHAMBAULT (Marie Lea Patenaude, Osithe Gamache, Franí§ois Gamache, Marie Marguerite LeBlanc, Pierre Drossin LeBlanc, Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc, Pierre LeBlanc, Antoine LeBlanc) was born Jun 1894 in New York .  He married JEANETTE UNKNOWN Abt. 1913 .  She was born Abt. 1895 in Quebec, Canada.

Children of LEO ARCHAMBAULT and JEANETTE UNKNOWN are:

 i . PAUL ARCHAMBAULT, b. 23 Dec 1913, Quebec, Canada; d. Mar 1953, New York.

14 .  JEANNETTE I. ARCHAMBAULT (Marie Lea Patenaude, Osithe Gamache, Franí§ois Gamache, Marie Marguerite LeBlanc, Pierre Drossin LeBlanc, Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc, Pierre LeBlanc, Antoine LeBlanc) was born 12 Mar 1903 in Cohoes, Albany Co., New York, and died 26 Dec 1938 in Cohoes, Albany Co., New York.

15 .  ARTHUR ANTHONY CHARRON (Marie Zénaí¯de Zite Patenaude, Osithe Gamache, Franí§ois Gamache, Marie Marguerite LeBlanc, Pierre Drossin LeBlanc, Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc, Pierre LeBlanc, Antoine LeBlanc) was born 25 Sep 1901 in 125 Columbia Street /Cohoes, Albany Co., New York, and died 23 Jan 1978 in Hudson, Columbia Co., New York .  He married GOLDIE DUNTZ 25 Sep 1940 in Churchtown, Columbia Co., New York, daughter of BERTHA DUNTZ .  She was born 18 Feb 1905 in Hudson, Columbia Co., New York, and died 04 Mar 2003 in New York.

Child of ARTHUR CHARRON and GOLDIE DUNTZ is:

 i . ARTHUR PAUL CHARRON, b. 18 Aug 1941, Hudson, Columbia Co., New York; d. 25 Jan 2004, New York.

16 .  CECELIA ANTONETTE CHARRON (Marie Zénaí¯de Zite Patenaude, Osithe Gamache, Franí§ois Gamache, Marie Marguerite LeBlanc, Pierre Drossin LeBlanc, Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc, Pierre LeBlanc, Antoine LeBlanc) was born 11 Nov 1902 in Cohoes, Albany Co., New York, and died 07 Sep 1946 in Cohoes, Albany Co., New York .  She married WILLIAM THOMAS NORMILE 18 May 1934 in Cohoes, Albany Co., New York, son of THOMAS WILLIAM NORMILE .  He was born 1898 in Cohoes, Albany Co., New York, and died 23 Jun 1955 in Waterford, Saratoga Co., New York.

Child of CECELIA CHARRON and WILLIAM NORMILE is:

i . THOMAS NORMILE, b. 28 Feb 1935, Cohoes, Albany Co., New York; d. 25 Sep 1998, Watervliet, Albany Co., New York.

17 .  ALICE HARRIET EUGENIA CHARRON (Marie Zénaí¯de Zite Patenaude, Osithe Gamache, Franí§ois Gamache, Marie Marguerite LeBlanc, Pierre Drossin LeBlanc, Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc, Pierre LeBlanc, Antoine LeBlanc) was born 01 Oct 1904 in Cohoes, Albany Co., New York, and died 25 Sep 1992 in St. Peter’s Hospice /Albany, Albany Co., New York .  She married JOHN JOSEPH DANKO 27 Jun 1935 in Ste. Marie’s Church /Cohoes, Albany Co., New York, son of MICHAEL DANKO and MARIANNA DZIURZYNSKA .  He was born 02 May 1905 in Nienadowa, Powiat Przemyski, Galicia, Austria-Poland, and died 30 Dec 1962 in Albany, Albany Co., New York.

18 .  PAUL EDWARD CHARRON, JR. (Marie Zénaí¯de Zite Patenaude, Osithe Gamache, Franí§ois Gamache, Marie Marguerite LeBlanc, Pierre Drossin LeBlanc, Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc, Pierre LeBlanc, Antoine LeBlanc) was born 04 Dec 1908 in Cohoes, Albany Co., New York, and died 31 Dec 1991 in Troy, Rensselaer Co., New York .  He married ANNETTE GIRARD 24 Sep 1938 in Cohoes, Albany Co., New York, daughter of PETER GIRARD and MALVINA SHEPARD .  She was born 19 Apr 1912 in Cohoes, Albany Co., New York, and died 28 Apr 1984 in Cohoes Memorial Hospital /Latham, Albany Co., New York.

19 .  GEORGE VALMORE CHARRON (Marie Zénaí¯de Zite Patenaude, Osithe Gamache, Franí§ois Gamache, Marie Marguerite LeBlanc, Pierre Drossin LeBlanc, Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc, Pierre LeBlanc, Antoine LeBlanc) was born 16 Apr 1911 in Cohoes, Albany Co., New York, and died 11 Jan 1971 in Burlington, Franklin Co., Vermont .  He married ALICE KAY FINNIE in Jonesville, Saratoga Co., New York .  She was born 01 Feb 1909 in Rennselaer Co., New York, and died 01 Apr 1997 in Decatur, Dekalb Co., Georgia.
 
Child of GEORGE CHARRON and ALICE FINNIE is:

 ii . LINDA LEE CHARRON, b. 14 Jan 1946, Province of New Brunswick, Canada; d. 20 Aug 1954, Decatur, Dekalb Co., Georgia; Adopted child.

Child of GEORGE CHARRON and his second wife is:

 iii . SUSAN MARY CHARRON, b. 23 Nov 1950; d. 07 May 2002, Reynoldsburg, Franklin Co., Ohio.

20 .  FRANCIS X. PATENAUDE I (Joseph Charles Gédéon Patenaude, Osithe Gamache, Franí§ois Gamache, Marie Marguerite LeBlanc, Pierre Drossin LeBlanc, Pierre Hilaire LeBlanc, Pierre LeBlanc, Antoine LeBlanc) was born 15 Dec 1909, and died Aug 1985 .  He married VERONICA ANGUS 1935, daughter of JOHN ANGUS and ROZALIA UNKNOWN .  She was born 1910.

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The Death and Burial of Marie Franí§oise Landry – 1767

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Steve

On 13 Oct 1767, Marie Franí§oise Landry, wife of Pierre LeBlanc, died in Lavaltrie. She was buried on 14 Oct 1767 in the cemetery of the parish of St. Antoine de Lavaltrie.

The Death and Burial Record of Marie Francoise Landry - 1767

The Death and Burial Record of Marie Franí§oise Landry – 1767

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Lavaltrie, 1769. Death and Burial Record of Marie Franí§oise Landry, reverse of folio 76.

Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Death and Burial Record of Marie Franí§oise Landry. Translated from the French the record reads:

Burial Marie Franí§oise Landry

In seventeen hundred sixty seven on the fourteenth day of October, by me the undersigned priest, the body of Marie Franí§oise Landry who died yesterday armed with all the sacraments, age sixty years, wife of Pierre LeBlanc, was buried in the cemetery of this parish, in the presence of Mister Ducondu and Jean Baptiste Guigiolet who has declared that he is unable to sign as required.
         F Ducondue           Raizenne, missionary priest

This record can be found as image 80/136 in the Quebec Vital Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for Lavaltrie 1753-1783. The record appears on the reverse of folio 76.

The dates of Marie Franí§oise Landry’s death and burial are somewhat ambiguous. The record seems to state that the date of burial was “le quortreme jours d octobre”, but the word “quortreme” could be a misspelling of either quatrií¨me (fourth) or quatorzií¨me (fourteenth). The record immediately preceding this one clearly states that it was recorded on the twelfth and the record immediately following this one clear states it was recorded on the twenty-fifth. I assume that this record must have been recorded between these two dates. Therefore, I conclude that the correct date is the fourteenth of October, 1767.

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The Death and Burial of Pierre LeBlanc – 1769

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Steve

On 22 Oct 1769, Pierre LeBlanc, husband of Marie Franí§oise Landry, died in the Montréal Hôpital Général des Soeurs Grises (Montréal General Hospital of the Grey Sisters). He was buried on 23 Oct 1769 in the cemetery of the hospital.

The Death and Burial Record of Pierre LeBlanc - 1769

The Death and Burial Record of Pierre LeBlanc – 1769

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Montréal Hôpital Général des Soeurs Grises, 1769. Death and Burial Record of Pierre LeBlanc, obverse of folio 126.

Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Death and Burial Record of Pierre LeBlanc. Translated from the French the record reads:

B[urial] [Pier]re [Le]Blanc

             #
On the seig October one thousand seven hundred sixty nine, by me, the undersigned priest, was buried in the cemetery of this hospital the body of Pierre LeBlanc who died the day before yesterday, age about eighty five. Present were Jean Baptiste Maillot and Louis Malgaret dit St Germain, who have declared that they do not know how to sign as required . Â Â Â  #twenty third pc     Poncin priest

This record can be found as image 130/372 in the Quebec Vital Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for Montréal Hôpital Général des Soeurs Grises 1738-1785. The record appears on the obverse of folio 126.

By itself, this record does not identify who Pierre LeBlanc is, exactly. However, at the time Pierre died, there was only one 85-year-old man in New France with this name, leading to the conclusion that this Pierre LeBlanc had been the spouse of Marie Franí§oise Landry.

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