My family surnames from Holland, Derby, Brome Quebec are HALL, DAVIS and recently discovered, MAGOON.

My MAGOON ancestor is Dorothy who was born in VT in 1798 and married Enoch DAVIS, father of Solomon DAVIS and Eleazor DAVIS. I believe the DAVIS family goes back to Dudley DAVIS and I have found information on this branch. But I don't know who Dorothy's parents are and I would like to find that out.

I have her buried in the East Bolton Cemetery, along with her husband Enoch and son Eleazer. Solomon DAVIS, another son, is my ancestor and he is buried in Sudbury Massachusetts. He was born in Quebec in 1825 and died in Framingham, MA in 1901. His daughter, Henrietta, married Albert HALL and lived in Holland, VT.

If you can shed any light on this family, I would appreciate it. I currently have a public tree on Ancestry.com and have a photo of Solomon's grave, should anyone you know want to see it.

Suzanne Hall Eaton SUBITO@aol.com

I'm looking for relatives or ancestors in Canada

Norbert Bolduc Sept 29 1903
Mother Alice Parr Bolduc
Father Liborie Annie Bolduc

The only towns I have are Marie PQ Canada, Sacre Coeurde

They entered Maine in the 1900s my mother was born 1928 I have tried and tried with no luck. Both sides of my family have the same names, Bolduc and Prevost. If you could point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated. I have been told I'm Cree Indian and French Canadian

Diane Wilson at jdean4ever1@yahoo.com

Diane,

Please have a look at

http://www.genealogie.org/famille/prevost/provost/home-eng.html

>From the LDS Family Search site: Norbert BOLDUC Birth Date: 29 Sep 1903 Death Date: Jun 1986 Social Security Number: 007-03-3324 State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Maine Death Residence Localities ZIP Code: 04210 Localities: Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine

I recently discovered your Log Cabin Chronicles and wonder if you can give me some advise.

In January 1840 Jean-Baptiste DAMOUR dit de COURBERON was released from prison in Quebec City (incarnated for burglary) on the condition he transport himself out of Canada and we resume he went to the US, possibly with the support of his brother, Jean-François COURBERON. It is known that Jean-François and his family went to Redford, New York (just west of Plattsburg), but it is not known where Jean-B'te resettled.

We know that his oldest surviving daughter, Délina D'AMOURS dit de COURBERON married Joseph LABONTÉ on 21 August 1848 at Stanstead. He was the son of Franois LABONTƒ and Josephte ANTAYA. They had one child, Joseph, born 11 October 1848, in Sherbrooke, but he lived only one year.

My desire is to locate more information regarding Jean-Baptiste (born 1785 in Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatire) after his release from prison. It is possible that he lived near Stanstead, either Vermont or Quebec, with his wife, Josephte PELLETIER and their three other children, Franois (born 1831 in Ste-Anne, MŽdine (born 1834, Ste-Anne) and SŽrephine (born 1836, Ste-Anne). Marshall Colburn marshcolburn@aol.com

Marshall,

The information you mention is in the local records.

The Parish of Sacre Coeur becomes a parish in 1848, the previous 10 years it was a mission. Most of the D'Amours were members of the Coaticook churches after they opened. The only record I can find in the marriage index that mentions Courberon is that of Alphonse D'Amour Courberon Feb 23, 1925, St. Marc, Coaticook.

Figuring out if and where some one lived in Stanstead County using Sacre Coeur Parish records is not always a reliable method. It is the second oldest parish in our region of the lower Eastern Townships. Sherbrooke is a year or so older. So the whole County came to Stanstead until their own parishes were formed or one that was closer to where they lived was. Most of Orealns County, VT also came here for RC services or the priests went there as a missionary and preformed services. Those living in Stanstead County were considered members of this parish unless it is indicated to the contary in the records. That included Coaticook and up to the borders of the area covered by Sherbrooke.

With cousins we have traced back to 1600, but the elusive time is between 1848 to 1865 My Great Grandfather Celestine (Lester) PRATT (b) 9 Apr 1848 in St.Hyacinthe,Quebec Christened 9 Apr 1848 in St. Dominque, Bagot. I have his father as Charles Dupras (PRATT) not at the Christening, and his mother Marie GUERTIN remarried around 1850. I would like to know where to find when he came across the border. I have his Civil War records. I know his mother stayed in Canada and he visited from time to time, as he lived in Vermont until 1895 then moved to Rhode Island where he is buried with my Great Grandmother Angeline CORROW ( CARON) Gene Caouette ,Vermont

gene@vfwonline.net

Gene,

There does not seem to have been any restrictions on immigration from Canada to the United States until 1895. If they went by ship there could be a passenger list. If Mr Pratt became an American citizen or was naturalized there should be a record in the office closest to where he applied. I am surprised his military service record did not supply more information. If nothing else the time between 1861 and 1865 should be available.

Where abouts are you in Vermont? Close to the Manchester, NH end? The American Canadian Genealogical Society there has great records from Quebec and the Drouin records. It is sort of like one stop shopping for folks with roots in Quebec.

My family surnames are from Holland, Derby, Brome Quebec are HALL, DAVIS and recently discovered, MAGOON. My MAGOON ancestor is Dorothy who was born in VT in 1798 and married Enoch DAVIS, father of Solomon DAVIS and Eleazor DAVIS. I believe the DAVIS family goes back to Dudley DAVIS and I have found information on this branch. But I don't know who Dorothy's parents are and I would like to find that out.

I have her buried in the East Bolton Cemetery, along with her husband Enoch and son Eleazer. Solomon DAVIS, another son, is my ancestor and he is buried in Sudbury, Massachusetts. He was born in Quebec in 1825 and died in Framingham, MA in 1901. His daughter, Henrietta, married Albert HALL and lived in Holland, VT.

Bea Nelson of the Holland Historical Society recommended you to me. I have 3 sides of my family that came from Canada. The 2 families I need help with are BEAN & HAMILTON.

Although Bea told me today that Hamilton may have only been the English name of my gg-grandmother Ellen HAMILTON who married Charles BEAN on 4-8-1884 in Holland, VT. If this is the case then I don't know what her real last name would be.

Ellen definitely was Indian. Also my uncle Bernie is still alive at 75 & he remembers Ellen & he says she was very Indian. In fact he said he remembers her telling him a few of her Indian names & one of them was Delilah.

I have a picture of Ellen holding my mother as an infant & the Indian features in Ellen's face are so clear & precise that it's unreal! It's a 4-generation picture so my g-grandmother, Ellen's daughter, is in the picture also & her name was Mary Winona BEAN but her married name was Largy. The Indian features on Mary's face are very clear &distinct as well just like her mother Ellen. My grandmother, Mary's daughter, also in the picture, has no trace of the Indian features except maybe for the chin. The chin sticks out or juts out & it's sort of pointy but not too pointy. Some of us that are living have this chin, we all call it "lthe Bean chin"l. But I think it actually comes from Ellen's Indian side which all along has been Hamilton but now I have my doubts about her real last name. The info I have is Ellen was born on 8-1858 some where in Quebec & she immigrated to the US in 1882. Her husband was Charles BEAN, middle initial may be H, b. 6-1860 in Barnston, Quebec. Their daughter, my g-grandmother, Mary Winona BEAN was born on 7-3-1885 in Holland, VT.

Now, Ellen's father is supposed to have been George Hamilton b. 1823 in Ontario. He was married twice, Nellie??, no last name, no dates or places. A second wife was Elizabeth McKay b. 7-1-1844 in Ontario. I don't know which wife came first & I don't know which one would have been Ellen's mother. I'm not sure at all on the accuracy of any of this info. I also have as George's father a Francis HAMILTON married to Janet??, no last name on her either. Again, on these 2 I have no dates, places, etc. & i'm not sure of this info either.

Now for the BEAN side. As i've said above, Charles BEAN was married to Ellen HAMILTON. I have an Edwin BEAN listed as Charles' father. Edwin was born in Ontario, no dates at all. Edwin was "lsupposedly"l married to a Mary SHERWOOD b. 1-11-1828 in England. She immigrated to Perth, Ontario in 1832. I have no date or place of their marriage. I also have her father listed as Christopher Sherwood from Yorkshire, England. I also have her mother listed as Ann Stapp?? also from Yorkshire, England. But on Charles & Ellen's marriage certificate it lists Charles' mother as being Mary (MARSH) exactly like that with MARSH in parenthesis. So i'm not sure about the accuracy of any of this either.

Would you please be able to help me with all of this? I have been every where on the internet & I keep getting all sorts of different things. On the Bean surname there are so many of them I don't know which ones are my line?! At one point I was told that my Bean's might be cousins to the John BEAN's from Exeter, NH but I don't know how accurate this is either. I don't know where else or who else to turn to & I need & want a lot of accuracy on names, dates, places, etc. In particular I want to know very much about my gg-grandmother Ellen HAMILTON & her Indian line, the correct tribe she belonged to & everything. Any help that you can give me will be greatly appreciated. If you cannot help me can you direct to someone else who can? Also, feel free to forward this email to someone else that can help me. Christine Bellrose, Nashua, NH chrisbellrose@gmail.com

Christine, At that date her last name could easily be just Hamilton. With the name Hamilton she might be Metis which is a person of mixed European and Aboriginal descent. There is a marriage record for Charles H. Bean of Barnston to Ella Towle in 1878. The name Marsh could be Marais or Desmarais which is marsh in French.

I do not have much information for Ontario which is hundreds of miles away. I do not feel I can be much help there.

Bea is right but is cutting our Native Canadian population a little short. There are many more Native Canadian groups in Quebec. But it is necessary to do genealogical research in the regular way unless the family you are researching lives on a reserve. Native Canadians who married non-natives and lived in towns and farms had the same rules about registration of b. m. and d. as everyone else.

A quick search for George Hamilton with a Birth/Christening date of 1823, in all Countries from all sources on the Family Search site (LDS) returned 51 items. Some of these George Hamilton entries are for the same person but come from different submitters or at least different sources.

There were two George Hamiltons in Ontario with the same birth year 1823, found on the 1881 Canadian Census. This first family has a George married to a Mary who comes from Scotland. This George could be a descendant of one of those hundreds of Scots that came to Canada to work in the fur trade. Many of these men married/lived with Native Canadian women while in the bush and fathered many children. I saw the Francis and Janet Hamilton one but as you said no last name for Janet.

I can tell you that the Beans in our part of Quebec were a very large group in the early 1800s. The original Beans in Hatley and Barnston did come from NH.

An Edwin Bean from Hatley did marry a Josephine Bean daughter of Simon Bean on Sept. 19, 1860. Simon was the son of Moses Bean who was born in Sutton, NH July 21, 1774 and who moved to Hatley Twp., Stanstead Co. in 1798. Hatley borders on Barnston Twp. which is also part of Stanstead Co.

I do prefer to work with genealogical charts with a group as large as the Beans. Too many with the same names and dates to keep them straight in my head. I believe there is still an active group of Bean researchers.

For the Ontario connection please try this site: http://www.ogs.on.ca/

I do not see any of the names you are asking about in the Abenaki lists of names. There are so many more Native Bands in Canada that may be her group. Here are the bands in Quebec

1. Abenakis of Becancour Band 2. Bersimis Band 3. Caughnawaga 4. Dominion Abitibi Band 5. Fort Chimo Band 6. Fort George Band 7. Great Whale River Band 8. Hurons of Lorette Band 9. Kipawa Band 10. Lac Simon Band 11. Long Point Band 12. Manowan Band 13. Marie Band 14. Mingan Band 15. Mistassini Band Innu Nation Cree band, 16. Montagnais du Lac St. Jean Band 17. Natashquan Band 18. Obedjiwan Band 19. Odanak Band 20. Old Factory Band 21. Restigouche Band Listuguj First Nation, Actually this is the Restigouche Mik'maq Band, Restigouche, Quebec. Indian Brook and other Mik'maq sites, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Cape Bretonne.

22. River Desert Band 23. Rupert House Band 24. Seven Islands Band 25. Timiskaming Band 26. Waswanipi Band 27. Weymontachie Band

Here are the original tribal groups by name The Abenaki tribe The Algonquin tribe The Attikamek tribe The Eastern Cree The Huron tribe The Inuit The Maliseet The Micmac tribe The Mohawk tribe The Montagnais The Naskapi The Ojibway

Recommended books about Quebec Native Americans: Native Peoples of Quebec: Introduction to the Native American tribes of Quebec. Indians of Quebec and the Maritime Provinces: Overview of East Coast First Nations history and culture.

Other resources about American Indian history, culture and society in Quebec province: Waban-Aki Nation: Coalition of the Abenaki First Nations of Quebec. Algonquin Nation Tribal Council: Representing the Algonquin bands of Barriere Lake, Timiskaming, and Wolf Lake. Algonquin Anishinabeg Tribal Council: Representing the Pikogan, Kipawa, Kitcisakik, Kitigan Zibi, Lac Simon, and Winneway bands. First Nations of QuŽbec: Articles and information on Quebec's aboriginal peoples. Quebec First Nations: Maps and cultural information about Quebec Native Americans. Indians of Canada and Quebec: Historical information on Quebec's First Nations. Aboriginal Place Names of Quebec: Map of Quebec labeled with placenames in Quebec Native languages.

I am looking for information on Susan BRACY and her family. She was thought to have been born about 1839 in Potton Township. She was married in about 1855, possibly in North Troy Vermont, to Hollis MANUEL, who was born in North Troy, Vermont in about 1832. She died July 2, 1914 in North Troy, Vermont and is buried in the North Troy Cemetery, with her husband Hollis. She had a daughter Alice Maryetta, born Nov.23, 1873 in Jay or North Troy, Vermont, date of death unknown. Alice married my great grandfather, Howard A. MOONEY, July 15, 1891 at St. Andrew Anglican Church in Bolton. Any information other sources you could supply would be greatly appreciated. Brian Mooney bmoony@sympatico.ca

Recently a discovery was made wherein a KENDAL BARTLETT (11), and ROSE BARTLETT (10), along with Horace Bartlett (5; Edson's oldest son), and three of his wife Sylvia's brother's children: George, Charles & Betsy Shurtleff, all were supposedly shown as being in a school together in 1829. The record said: "Head of Bury West School" (or Bary, or Barre). Do you have any access to Records for this particular school? Could you check other records for the Kendall and/or Rose Bartletts? It is our thought that the two Bartlett's listed are cousins of Horace. Thus, information on their parents would be a great find. Nathan Bartlett dinabart5@msn.com

Nathan,

Sadly I do not. The Eastern Townships Research Center at Bishop's University http://www.etrc.ca/ and the Compton County Historical Society may be able to help, http://mus.eatoncorner.com/page2.html . If indeed the school is that at Bury, Quebec and not Barre, Vermont, Bury is in Compton County. I have checked the b, m, and d indexes for their lifetimes without success. The closest item found is a marriage for a Roe Bartlette to Petter Radieker in 1844, in Stanstead. A quick look through the part of the Descendants of Wm. Shurtleff that i have shows members of that family in both Bury, QC and Barre, VT. More work is necessary. David

I have been recently gifted an antique set of dishes and have been told they are from my Great-Great Grandmother. The information I have been given is that her name is Elmira DUROCHER STONE. She had a son named Freeman. I know very little about this side of the family, and am very excited to find out more. I do know that she lived in Coaticook, Quebec. According to a family diary, the date of death is July 17, 1967, and she was 75 years old at the time, so the date of birth should be 1892. This is on my father's side (Peter LUCE) and Freeman's daughter Hazel married Kenneth LUCE. They lived in Moe's River, Compton for many years, and there are still many Luces there (in fact we were just there last week!) I have heard that much of the family comes from the States. I would really appreciate if you could point me in the right direction to find out more! I came across your site while searching. Crystal (Luce) Smith Paris, Ontario tcsmith@sympatico.ca

Hello,

Stone is the translation of Durocher or at least as close as possible. So these folks appear under both names in Quebec records. Henri Durocher married Mina Lesperance Nov. 11, 1895 in St. Edmond parish Coaticook. Henri's parents were Henri and Julie Desindes. Mina's were Pierre Lesperance and Marie Lyonnais. According to the 1911 Canadian Census she was born Aug. 30, 1880. On the 1901 census she was born in Aug. 1879 but is still 5 years younger than Henry. He too was a year younger in 1911. Re: the picture in the June 10 and June 17 issues of the Journal, the one of a nun and a group of schoolchildren in front of the Journal building, I recognized the nun standing in the back row. My parents also think she is Sister Prudentienne Chevalier. At the time the picture was taken, she was known as Sister Alice. She taught at Our Lady of Mercy. Diane Seguin Bacon

What a great treat it has been for me and my twin sister Ginny to try to piece together our family history in the last year and a half. I have had many great people help me along the way and have recently returned from Quebec City where I did research at the Gabrielle Roy Library on my ancestors. They were English speaking Irish settlers in Quebec city who were commercial merchants and timber trade workers in the early 1830's. They were Hugh MACADAMS(MCADAMS) and Anne (nee ROBINSON. ) and lived in the Gowen's Buildings on Saint Peter Street in the lower town. He and his large family are recorded on the Drouin Records and we have managed to locate his grave, his wife, my great,great grandfather Alexander Macadams, and two spinster sisters. Many of the younger deaths in the 1840's are recorded in the Drouin records but we can't find their graves. A visit to the old St.Mathew's cemetery and library records of the tombstones did not find them either.In anycase Alexander MACADAMS moved on after marrying a Sarah Emma MURPHY in Quebec to have a family of his own. We have traced them to Essa Township on the 1861 census in Simcoe County Ontario( kind of near Barrie ont.) with the first of their children. The third eldest was a daughter who lived and died in between the census of 1861 and 1871 and her recorded death was reported in an Ottawa newspaper. The first son also died young on a visiting trip to Ste Foy in 1866 and is buried there. My direct relative was Alexander Humphrey MACADAMS born in Quebec City on June 8, 1859. His sister was born in 1864 in Ontario, perhaps in Essa Township or maybe in London City(London, Ontario) as that was their next home on the 1871 census. Her name was Stella Maris MACADAMS and she is the person I wish to ask you about.

Stella Maris MACADAMS was married twice, once to a Mr. BELFORD and listed as a wealthy socialite from Quebec. I know this because her second husband was rather famous, or should I say infamous! He was an artist who met her in London, England in 1901 and married her in Paris the same year.She was a young wealthy widow from Quebec who travelled over to England with her uncle Albert Alexander Humphrey who was there to sell a gold mine. ( St. George, Beauce region...st.Onge gold mine) of which he worked as the mine superintendent. She was said to be married to a Belford. I wonder if you know of any Belford's who married a Stella Maris MACADAMS and died before 1899? Her life with her new husband, Charles CONDER is outlined in detail in an online book called Charles CONDER: The Last Bohemian. written by Ann Galbally, of the University of Melbourne, Austr.in 2003. Stella Maris is mentioned in the book, Annie younger sister is also there, Alexander MACADAMS is mentioned as her father. I am pretty sure this is my family in print! Even though the MACADAMS, Murphy's and Humphrey's are all related I have not been able to locate much information on the Humphrey line or on the Belford line. Several ship manifests have listed Stella as a wife going to Ireland in the early 1890's but I don't know if that means he lived in Ireland? Any help you could give me would be great. I have heard of some Belford's in the Eastern Township area and don't know if you have too? The publishing Belford in the USA don't seem to have married any Stella's as far as I can see. I think it would have to be a fairly wealthy Belford, as she was a wealthy widow. My interests in the Macadams family started when my grandmother died at 101 yrs old and her birth cert. had another father's name on it than we all thought it would be. OPPS!!! SO the search continues for Alexander H. Macadams who was my grandmothers birthfather who abandoned her at 18 months or thereabouts. I thought if you knew any leads for the Belford connection I could get started on that vein of the family as well. Thank you in advance for any help you can give me.

Patsy Joosse pjoosse@rogers.com

Patsy Here is a note received from Tim Belford, long time CBC Radio personality, in answer to your request.

Hi, Thanks for the note. Unfortunately I can't help. Although my family did live in Quebec (Richmond) about a hundred years ago none married a Macadams. As far as I know, there are two different branches of the Belford family that arrived in the early 19th century and settled in Ontario. Whether or not they were related I'm not sure, although they both originated in the same area of Ireland. At present, I believe there are only two Belfords in Quebec - myself and my son.

Tim Belford

Also, There is a Mrs. Hugh Macadams living at 26 1/2 St. Genevieve St., St. John (Quebec City listing). There is also a William Macadams living in the same residence but held a law office, 20 St. Peter St., Lower Town. This from the Dominion Directory 1871. No Belford found in Quebec City listings in that year.

According to the 1901 Census there are 86 Belfords in Canada with 60 of those people in Quebec. There were more in 1911.

My name is Thomas LEES. I was born in Sherbrooke in 1944 and was raised in Beebe/Rock Island until 1963. My parents were Thomas LEES and Violet MELVIN. I have managed to find (or knew) of much of my immediate family's background. What I do not have are the following:

1 - Copy of marriage certificate of parents (Thomas and Violet Melvin) married 22 Aug 1931 in Beebe.

I am at a wall in my Family tree and stumbled across your webpage. I Would like to know where else I might look for info on my 3x Grandfather Jean Dosithe LAVALLEE He was Baptized in St. Cesaire, Quebec. in September 1830. His Parents Joseph LAVALLEE and Jossette PELLETIER moved to Colchester, Vt. area around 1838. Jean (John LOVELY on census reports) Married Marie DUBE around 1848-1849 I am looking for there marriage record. I have found his brothers Francis and Charles marriage records in the old town of Winooski records. I have looked in the 2 church record books numerous times. St Joseph and St Mary (Immaculate Conception). I Have been doing this for ten years now and don't know where else to look? I heard about the book "Quebec Parish & Missionary Records of Northern New York & Vermont: Baptisms, Marriages, Burials & Abjurations" But I donāt have any access to this, nor can I travel to far with my Desert Storm Disability. Any ideas where else I might try? Scott Lovely, Portland, CT scottlovely@comcast.net

Scott, The Drouin Marriage records are probably the best place to look if they were married in a Catholic church and specially if they married before leaving Quebec. The two best sources in the USA for these records are listed below.

http://WWW.ACGS.ORG/

http://www.afgs.org/index.html

http://www.afgs.org/genepges.html

The first is in the bottom of New Hampshire and the second in RI. I guess they are about the same distance from Portland. The third is a list of links to other French Canadian sites. If you have been to these folks without any luck let me know.

I came across your site while looking up info on Beebe Plain I'm hoping you can help me. I just found my great-grandfather's brother in the 1860 federal census living in Beebe Plain. His name was Michael KNEELAND, his wife was Margaret, and they had 3 daughters - Bridget, Margaret and Sara. They were Irish immigrants, but I believe they were Protestant, possibly Presbyterian. Nothing is known by us about this branch of the Kneeland family.My father always said that they changed the spelling of the name to NEYLON at some point - apparently they lost touch over the years. Do you know anything about this family? I sure could use some help with this! Joanne Kneeland joanne.k@rcn.com

Joanne, I have not found any Kneelands in local records. Usually the Beebe, VT folks used the Beebe, Quebec churches and cemeteries. In the1860s, if they were Catholics they would have been using the Stanstead church as there wasn't another for miles on either side of the border. The first names you mentioned certainly could be for Catholics. On the Canadian side of the border the largest group of Kneelands is in Stukley, Quebec. Do you know where they went after Beebe, VT? I need a few more details to know if I find the right ones. When were they born, married etc.

I was given your name by a woman at the Stanstead Registry Office when I called there to inquire as to how to request birth/marr/death certificates from Stanstead for a genealogical search I am doing. My great-grandmother, Mary BEAUCHAMP, was born in Stanstead and came to the US at a very young age with her sister and never went home.

It was always a mystery as to the circumstances of her leaving and what happened that she never saw her family again. Several years ago my father went to Stanstead and was able to find a baptismal record at Stanstead Plain and Beebe Plain Church of England: Mary BEAUCHAMP daughter of Louis Elijah BEAUCHAMP laborer and Ellen KNOWLES his wife of Stanstead Plain, born 2nd of March 1887 and baptized 15th of May 1877.

We could not locate the family in the census records until recently when we learned more about searching for spelling variations. We then found them listed under BOSHAW, BOOSHAW, BASHAW, BEAUCHAMP, and even BOUCHARD. We learned that Louis Elijah was the son of a Francis and Betsy BEAUCHAMP and likely had brothers William and Isaac. Louis and Ellen had another daughter Maud who was a year younger than Mary. We found Louis, Ellen, and Maud living in the poorhouse in Stanstead in 1891 (perhaps Mary had already come to the US). I guess my questions for you would include:

Another name to consider; Beauchamp would probably translate to Goodfield.

1. is there no 1851 Stanstead census?

2. do you know of other Beauchamp researchers in Stanstead?

3. what agency in Quebec do I contact to look for birth/marriage/death certificates that might help me learn more about this family?

Here is the website for the ones after 1900 http://www.formulaire.gouv.qc.ca/cgi/affiche_doc.cgi?dossier=10819&sujet=89 Sadly you need to know most of what you wish to know as they will not search but can provide certificates).

I spent a very frustrating afternoon on the phone trying to speak with someone who could point me in the right direction. (I called the historical societybut the man could not speak English and i cannot speak French). I appreciate any pointers for research! Ronda Randall, Brunswick, Maine ronda at rondae@yahoo.com

Ronda, I find a few Catholic Beauchamps in local records.

birth of Rose Amanda dau. of Israel Beauchamp Rosalie Beloin 8/3/1875

death of Andrew, Elizabeth and Felix

one marriage in Stanstead and 2 in Magog.

Elie Beauchamp of Waybridge, Vermont marries Mary Maguire in Stanstead 1/11/1868. These folks show up for various other events under the names Beauchesne, Beauchene and Beauchamp. Many of these people could not read or write and the many spellings is a result of that. The Magog ones are in the1960s. No way to connect them at present. The Stanstead Journal reported the death of Ellen, wife of Elijah Beauchamp in Stanstead Dec. 10, 1892 aged 51 years.

The Journal also has a birth announcement for a son born to Mr & Mrs Beauchamp in Hatley Nov 30, 1898. Sadly their first names are not mentioned.

There is a death for Betsey Beauchamp aged 86, in Rock Island Oct. 11, 1881. Rock Island is now part of Stanstead.

There is a death for Lizzie Beauchemp who d. Mar. 12, 1913 in her 87th year a resident of Rock Island and Derby Line for 42 years.

They seem to disappear after that date.

Our county records do not show a cemetery record for them. These records were compiled for the most part from information on visible monuments. No monument, no record sort of thing.

The names for the photo of Sept. 2, 2009.

Back row left to right: Doug Bronson, Herb Mallalieu, Lee Brown, Arthur Slade, Gordon Bunk Laberee, Doug Putney, Earl Bushnell, Al Little, Jack Heald, Valmore Lepitre Middle row: Don Willing, _?_, Greg Bronson, Ron Langevin, Nil Belleville, _?_, Arthur Laberee Front row: Raymond Yates, Mike Wing, Keith Slade, David Lepitre, Alcide Yates, Gerald Lepitre, Danny Wallace, Mike Bronson. If you have any corrections or can fill in the two blanks pease let us know.

Looking for information on members of the Martin MULLINS family who emigrated about 1843 from County Cork, Ireland to Quebec. It is not known how long they were in that area, as some of the family later moved to the US. The children were James, Martin and Mary, (probably born in Ireland), Elizabeth M., Laurence, Edward, Robert, John, and William. All belonged to the Catholic church. I have found that the three daughters are buried in Mont Ste. Marie Cemetery in Stanstead. Two sons married BISSONNETTE sisters, presumably in Stanstead. The daughter Elizabeth, married Prosper BISSONNETTE according to the cemetery record.

I would welcome anything, but especially need information on the father Martin- his place of residence, whether he died and is buried in the Stanstead area and anything about his wife (name unknown). I have not found any listings for them in the burials in Sacre-Coeur de Jesus or Mont Ste Marie cemeteries.

I appreciate the opportunity to have this query published in the area where the family once lived. The Mullins records I have are vague, and I was happy to see your . website. I am including my mailing address in case someone wishes to contact me and doesn't have email.

Barbara Lamb, 12 Cornwall Road, Geneva, NY 14456 blamb@capital.net

Barbara, I did not find a Martin Mullins in this area. The earliest Mullen/Mullens, Mullin/Mullins family here was that of John Mullen and Ann McCoy (McCone also). The first entry in local records I find for them is the birth of daughter Sara Anne in Georgeville March 3, 1848. She died in Georgeville Feb. 26, 1849 at ten months and is buried in Sacre Coeur Cemetery. There is the birth of a daughter Elizabeth on April 25, 1850. Elizabeth was 54 and the wife P.A. Bissonnette when she died May 4, 1905. Mary E. Mullins, daughter of John, dies May, 20, 1917 in Stanstead aged 76 and the Bissonnets were the witnesses. Robert Emmit was born Aug. 19, 1852 in Stanstead. He marries Cordelia Bissonnette Jan. 20, 1879, Stanstead. John Mullens dies Dec. 28, 1865 in Stanstead. He was 56. John's wife Ann McCone dies at the age of 77 on Oct. 22, 1889 in Stanstead. The witnesses were her sons Thomas and John.

There is a lot of activity for a James Mullins, son of James and Ann Jacklie. He and his two wives have a large family that marries in Stanstead but mostly in Coaticook. At this time I cannot connect him to the John Mullins family but depending when their first son James was born it is possible he is a grandson.

If John and Martin are one and the same this may be your family. Certainly the other bits of information seems to fit.

I'm writing to you today to ask your advise as to how I can locate land records from abt. 1881. In the 1881 census, I found my great great great grandparents living in Hatley, QuŽbec area and I would like to find exactly where they lived. My ggggrandfather was listed in the census as Freeman CURTIS. He was born,baptised at St. Hyacinthe on Dec.11, 1825. His birth name is Firmin CASSISTA. When he was a child, his father, also Firmin CASSISTA moved the family to Swanton,Vermont area. When he returned to QuŽbec by abt. 1877, he and his wife, Amelia nŽe Emilie GIRARD and their children settled in or near Hatley. It was about this time when his name changed from CASSISTA to CURTIS. He was a farmer and the census information shows district 56, sub-district E, Division 1,page 38, Household number 206.

His wife, Amelia died on December 23,1881. Her name is listed as Minnie GIRARD in the Hatley Methodist Church record. She was buried in the Bean Burying Ground,which is now the Lakeview Cemetary on route 143. I went to the cemetery, however there is no grave marker.

A couple of years later, Freeman moved to Massachusetts to live near his oldest daughter, Philomene, who was my great great grandmother. A few of his other children remained in QuŽbec. One son, David CURTIS married Leila LIBBY in 1881 and they were living in Compton. David died in 1902, also a farmer. When his wife Leila died in 1913, the Church of England, Hatley record says she was the widow of David CURTIS, farmer of Waterville.

I would also like to find where in Waterville they lived. Since I live near Sherbrooke, I would be able to see for myself where they lived, that's if the land records can be located. Any advise or information that you may have would be greatly appreciated. Sandra Putnam Roy, Westbury, QC sanro07@sympatico.ca

Sandra, You need to know the lot and range number inorder to start a search. Currently the Registry offices are known as Registre Foncier du Quebec . The website where you can find the information once you have the lot number is http://www.registrefoncier.gouv.qc.ca 7 h to 23 h Monday to Friday and 7 h to 17 h Saturdays and Sundays.

Perhaps Russell Nichol of Compton may know about this family. He is a local historian.

At the time of their marriage (Nov. 10, 1881) David Curtis was living in North Hatley and Lelie S. Libby was in Ascot. That is according to the marriage notice in The Stanstead Journal.

When Mary died Dec. 28, 1881 she was listed as the wife of Freeman Cassitta, she was 51. Her residence was given as Stearnsville, Stanstead.

According to the Journal, when David Curtis died Dec. 19, 1902, (there may be more than one) he was a resident of Eustis (which is next to North Hatley). He died in Waterville and had lived at Abbot's Corner. All these places are within a few miles on a map. The Sherbrooke Record adds the detail that he died of typhoid fever and was about 45 years old.

I will try to locate Stearnsville, Stanstead. That's a new one for me. The tricky part of your request is that there is both a village of Hatley and a township of Hatley. The same for Compton and Stanstead. Waterville is/was in Compton Twp.

I've been researching my family and have been stuck at one point for many weeks. I found an article in the NY Times July 5, 1897 about Moses PIERCE (my fourth great grandfather) dies at age 104 Uncle to the President Franklin Pierce. I have found very little about this man. He died in Derby Line July 5th, 1897 and was born per my calculations from his death certificate on May 26, 1793. The death certificate states possibly born in Corinth VT but it is hard to read. Moses had a daughter Anne Elizabeth PIERCE (PIPER) born in 1828 who died in Randolf, MA. June 17, 1909. Her death certificate states that her father was born in Stanstead, P.Q. She may have been born there also.

Moses's father was Samuel PIERCE and mother was mary SARGENT. Moses's wife was Abigail COLBY. The article said that he live for many years in Canada. Would it be at all possible for someone to look up his and Anne's possible births in Stanstead? Would it be possible to find the death notice that woud give his parents? I'm also trying to find out if his son Tillotson who is listed in the 1850 census might actually be Henry Tillotson PIERCE who would be my great great great grandfather.

I read a lot of your history but didn't find anything that rang a bell. Just for the heck of it I went to the Mormon Latter Day Saints. I'm not sure how good it is but it did have Moses and eleven children born in Grafton NH. I'll try looking there for his birth. I know he lived in Canada for many years and also Derby Line VT. I now believe that his daughter Anne Elizabeth PIERCE was born in Stanstead P.Q. One family tree has her born in Stanstead PEI but that is spelled Stansted. Elizabeth's death certificate says that her father was born in Stanstead PQ but I'm now thinking it was her. Frank Bartlett fcbsr@snet.net

Frank,

Found a marriage for Miss Ann E. Pierce to Robert Piper both of Derby, Vermont, June 17, 1852. Parents were not given. Is that the right Ann E. Pierce?

No birth record found for her.

Moses Pierce d. July 5, 1897 in his 105th year. His wife Abigail B. Colby died Mar. 23, 1868 aged 77 yrs. There is an obituray for her which would be available at the Stanstead Historical Society Archives.

The Pierces in our region make up a very large group. It seems they may not all be related.

I have been working through the: Pierce Genealogy, being the record of the Thomas Pierce . . . There are many enteries for both Samuel and Moses and for Stanstead. No connection yet. There are other concentration of folks with that surname not far from the border. Stanbridge in the Missiquoi Co. and in Shipton there is even a Samuel born in 1783. I will keep looking,

I am looking for the marriage record of John Nelson HAINES to Mary-Anne SHITLOVET in B.C.Canada circa 1875. The couple resided in the Empire Valley (Chilcotin region of B.C.) and later Deer Creek (Chilcotin region of B.C.) when they met. Their daughter Lillian BAMBRICK (nee Haines) was born in 1879 and raised in the Empire Valley (Chilcotin region of B.C.).

Is it possible to get this info? Mary-Anne SHITLOVET would be my great-great grandmother and proves native background in our family (she was a Lil'Wat native from Big Bar).

Advise, Deanna Hendricks luella31@telus.net

Deanna,

BC is a great distance from my area of expertise. I suggest contacting the British Columbia Genealogical Society to see if they can help. http://www.bcgs.ca/

I did try the LDS (Mormon) site and found the following two interesting families:

On the 1881 Canadian Census you will find the Household of John C. HAYNES of Irish origins, 48 years old, his wife Emily J. HAYNES 29. Their children Fairfax HAYNES 9, Valentino HAYNES 5, Hester Emily HAYNES 3, William Howe HAYNES 1 Irene Margaret HAYNES 5 months. Of the most interest are the next two children who are older but not listed first. I suspect they may have had a different mother. all chidren are born in BC. Mary HAYNES 14, John HAYNES 12 who was born 1869. The Census Place was Osoyoos, Yale, British Columbia The second family of interest is that of John HAINS who was born in 1829 in the USA. The Census Place for him is Clinton & Lillooet, Cariboo, British Columbia. John HAINS is 52 his son Nelson HAINS is13 born in the USA too. Daughters Minnie HAINS is 11, Lilly HAINS 6, Maria HAINS 6 months. The son Nelson could be John Nelson and was called by his middle name to avoid confusion around the house.

Looking for KNOWLTON family cousins out there ! Looking for anyone descended from Francis FRASER Jr. who married Zeruiah KNOWLTON, trying find the line in order to connect each-other ! FRASER Family website http://www3.sympatico.ca/rick.macneil/frarpt1gen123.htm

Great Great Great Parents Francis Fraser's are Francis Fraser Jr. married Zeruiah Knowlton had children are: 1.Francis Fraser 1811 Eliza Pritchard 2.John William 1813-1894 married Amelia spicer 3.Daniel 1820- content Green 4.Rachael Married William Grant.

April Hebert knowltonfamily@live.ca Some of the Bartlett's that descend from Edson Lyman Bartlett have written you before, in an attempt to find further details on this man. See earlier request for information, below: I have been searching for information on Edson Lyman BARTLETT an recently obtained a copy of his wife's burial record which reads that she was buried in Fitch Bay on 10 July 1892 and mentions the Adventist Church with D. W. Somburger, Minister ( spelling may not be accurate). Do you know of such a church being located in Fitch Bay or what cemetery the family might be buried in? There seems to be several cemeteries located in the Fitch Bay area but I have found no record on them. I presume that Edson, Sylvia, Jonathon, Ira Orrin, Julie Ann and Benjamin Franklin (AKA) Franklin BARTLETT are all buried in the same cemetery in Fitch Bay. The burial record had Mrs. Sylvia Shurtleff, the widow of the late Edson Bartlett died in Coventry, VT.July 08,1892, aged 87 of general debility. Another record I found states that Franklin BARTLETT died in a mine blast at Magoon's Point 08 Sep 1867 as recorded in the "Vital Statistics from The Stanstead Journal 1861-1875 " which I purchased from the Stanstead Historical Society. Any help that you may provide on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Clifford Johnson Johnsoncliff@comcast.net

Clifford,

Rev. D.W. Sornberger was the first clergyman when the Adventist church was formed in Fitch Bay in 1862.

D.W. Sornberger dies in 1903. He had been married for 60 years in 1898.

There are two cemeteries in Fitch Bay and Edson does not appear in the index to either.

When the Bartlett, Shurtleff, Browns and Coles came to Stanstead they settled mostly around Fitch Bay and Brown's Hill and the surrounding area. The Bartletts of Barnston appear to be a different family. Page 197 in The History of Stanstead Co., B.F. Hubbard (1874) which you can see at http://www.ourroots.ca/f/toc.asp?id=880 The other family is on page 297.

Although several of the Bartlett women are buried in Fitch Bay I do not see where their husbands are buried. Any chance some of them were Quakers and not Adventists?

Perhaps Bill SHURTLEFF, P.O. Box 234 Lafayette, CA 94549-0234 could be a help. He posted Edson's birth on the LDS Family History site and suggests he died Jan. 1875 in Stanstead Co., Quebec.

And the same site has tseven listings for Edson Lyman Bartlett all to do with Birth: 12 JUN 1798 Clarendon, Rutland, Vermont, and it has the following Edson Lyman Bartlett Birth: 12 JUN 1798 Clarendon, Rutland, Vermont Marriage: 08 JUN 1824 Derby, Orleans, Vermont Death: JAN 1875, Stanstead, Quebec Burial: Wife Sylvia Ann Shurtleff Birth: 08 OCT 1803 Marshfield, Washington, Vermont Marriage: 08 JUN 1824 Derby, Orleans, Vermont Death: 08 JUL 1892 Irasburg, Rutland, Vermont Burial: Children July Ann Bartlett Benjamin Franklin Bartlett

Recently a discovery was made wherein a KENDAL BARTLETT (11), and ROSE BARTLETT (10), along with Horace Bartlett (5; Edson's oldest son), and three of his wife Sylvia's brother's children: George, Charles & Betsy Shurtleff, all were supposedly shown as being in a school together in 1829. The record said: "Head of Bury West School" (or Bary, or Barre). Do you have any access to Records for this particular school? Could you check other records for the Kendall and/or Rose Bartletts? It is our thought that the two Bartlett's listed are cousins of Horace. Thus, information on their parents would be a great find. Nathan Bartlett dinabart5@msn.com

Nathan, Sadly I do not. The Eastern Townships Research Center at Bishop's University http://www.etrc.ca/ and the Compton County Historical Society may be able to help, http://mus.eatoncorner.com/page2.html . If indeed the school is that at Bury, Quebec and not Barre, Vermont, Bury is in Compton County. I have checked the b, m, and d indexes for their lifetimes without success. The closest item found is a marriage for a Roe Bartlette to Petter Radieker in 1844, in Stanstead. A quick look through the part of the Descendants of Wm. Shurtleff that i have shows members of that family in both Bury, QC and Barre, VT. More work is necessary. David

I have been recently gifted an antique set of dishes and have been told they are from my Great-Great Grandmother. The information I have been given is that her name is Elmira DUROCHER STONE. She had a son named Freeman. I know very little about this side of the family, and am very excited to find out more. I do know that she lived in Coaticook, Quebec. According to a family diary, the date of death is July 17, 1967, and she was 75 years old at the time, so the date of birth should be 1892. This is on my father's side (Peter LUCE) and Freeman's daughter Hazel married Kenneth LUCE. They lived in Moe's River, Compton for many years, and there are still many Luces there (in fact we were just there last week!) I have heard that much of the family comes from the States. I would really appreciate if you could point me in the right direction to find out more! I came across your site while searching. Crystal (Luce) Smith Paris, Ontario tcsmith@sympatico.ca

Hello,

Stone is the translation of Durocher or at least as close as possible. So these folks appear under both names in Quebec records. Henri Durocher married Mina Lesperance Nov. 11, 1895 in St. Edmond parish Coaticook. Henri's parents were Henri and Julie Desindes. Mina's were Pierre Lesperance and Marie Lyonnais. According to the 1911 Canadian Census she was born Aug. 30, 1880. On the 1901 census she was born in Aug. 1879 but is still 5 years younger than Henry. He too was a year younger in 1911. Re: the picture in the June 10 and June 17 issues of the Journal, the one of a nun and a group of schoolchildren in front of the Journal building, I recognized the nun standing in the back row. My parents also think she is Sister Prudentienne Chevalier. At the time the picture was taken, she was known as Sister Alice. She taught at Our Lady of Mercy. Diane Seguin Bacon

What a great treat it has been for me and my twin sister Ginny to try to piece together our family history in the last year and a half. I have had many great people help me along the way and have recently returned from Quebec City where I did research at the Gabrielle Roy Library on my ancestors. They were English speaking Irish settlers in Quebec city who were commercial merchants and timber trade workers in the early 1830's. They were Hugh MACADAMS(MCADAMS) and Anne (nee ROBINSON. ) and lived in the Gowen's Buildings on Saint Peter Street in the lower town. He and his large family are recorded on the Drouin Records and we have managed to locate his grave, his wife, my great,great grandfather Alexander Macadams, and two spinster sisters. Many of the younger deaths in the 1840's are recorded in the Drouin records but we can't find their graves. A visit to the old St.Mathew's cemetery and library records of the tombstones did not find them either.In anycase Alexander MACADAMS moved on after marrying a Sarah Emma MURPHY in Quebec to have a family of his own. We have traced them to Essa Township on the 1861 census in Simcoe County Ontario( kind of near Barrie ont.) with the first of their children. The third eldest was a daughter who lived and died in between the census of 1861 and 1871 and her recorded death was reported in an Ottawa newspaper. The first son also died young on a visiting trip to Ste Foy in 1866 and is buried there. My direct relative was Alexander Humphrey MACADAMS born in Quebec City on June 8, 1859. His sister was born in 1864 in Ontario, perhaps in Essa Township or maybe in London City(London, Ontario) as that was their next home on the 1871 census. Her name was Stella Maris MACADAMS and she is the person I wish to ask you about. Stella Maris MACADAMS was married twice, once to a Mr. BELFORD and listed as a wealthy socialite from Quebec. I know this because her second husband was rather famous, or should I say infamous! He was an artist who met her in London, England in 1901 and married her in Paris the same year.She was a young wealthy widow from Quebec who travelled over to England with her uncle Albert Alexander Humphrey who was there to sell a gold mine. ( St. George, Beauce region...st.Onge gold mine) of which he worked as the mine superintendent. She was said to be married to a Belford. I wonder if you know of any Belford's who married a Stella Maris MACADAMS and died before 1899? Her life with her new husband, Charles CONDER is outlined in detail in an online book called Charles CONDER: The Last Bohemian. written by Ann Galbally, of the University of Melbourne, Austr.in 2003. Stella Maris is mentioned in the book, Annie younger sister is also there, Alexander MACADAMS is mentioned as her father. I am pretty sure this is my family in print! Even though the MACADAMS, Murphy's and Humphrey's are all related I have not been able to locate much information on the Humphrey line or on the Belford line. Several ship manifests have listed Stella as a wife going to Ireland in the early 1890's but I don't know if that means he lived in Ireland? Any help you could give me would be great. I have heard of some Belford's in the Eastern Township area and don't know if you have too? The publishing Belford in the USA don't seem to have married any Stella's as far as I can see. I think it would have to be a fairly wealthy Belford, as she was a wealthy widow. My interests in the Macadams family started when my grandmother died at 101 yrs old and her birth cert. had another father's name on it than we all thought it would be. OPPS!!! SO the search continues for Alexander H. Macadams who was my grandmothers birthfather who abandoned her at 18 months or thereabouts. I thought if you knew any leads for the Belford connection I could get started on that vein of the family as well. Thank you in advance for any help you can give me. Patsy Joosse pjoosse@rogers.com

Patsy Here is a note received from Tim Belford, long time CBC Radio personality, in answer to your request.

Hi, Thanks for the note. Unfortunately I can't help. Although my family did live in Quebec (Richmond) about a hundred years ago none married a Macadams. As far as I know, there are two different branches of the Belford family that arrived in the early 19th century and settled in Ontario. Whether or not they were related I'm not sure, although they both originated in the same area of Ireland. At present, I believe there are only two Belfords in Quebec - myself and my son. Tim Belford Also There is a Mrs. Hugh Macadams living at 26 1/2 St. Genevieve St., St. John (Quebec City listing). There is also a William Macadams living in the same residence but held a law office, 20 St. Peter St., Lower Town. This from the Dominion Directory 1871. No Belford found in Quebec City listings in that year.

According to the 1901 Census there are 86 Belfords in Canada with 60 of those people in Quebec. There were more in 1911.

My name is Thomas LEES. I was born in Sherbrooke in 1944 and was raised in Beebe/Rock Island until 1963. My parents were Thomas LEES and Violet MELVIN. I have managed to find (or knew) of much of my immediate family's background. What I do not have are the following:

1 - Copy of marriage certificate of parents (Thomas and Violet Melvin) married 22 Aug 1931 in Beebe.

I am at a wall in my Family tree and stumbled across your webpage. I Would like to know where else I might look for info on my 3x Grandfather Jean Dosithe LAVALLEE He was Baptized in St. Cesaire, Quebec. in September 1830. His Parents Joseph LAVALLEE and Jossette PELLETIER moved to Colchester, Vt. area around 1838. Jean (John LOVELY on census reports) Married Marie DUBE around 1848-1849 I am looking for there marriage record. I have found his brothers Francis and Charles marriage records in the old town of Winooski records. I have looked in the 2 church record books numerous times. St Joseph and St Mary (Immaculate Conception). I Have been doing this for ten years now and don't know where else to look? I heard about the book "Quebec Parish & Missionary Records of Northern New York & Vermont: Baptisms, Marriages, Burials & Abjurations" But I donāt have any access to this, nor can I travel to far with my Desert Storm Disability. Any ideas where else I might try? Scott Lovely, Portland, CT scottlovely@comcast.net

Scott, The Drouin Marriage records are probably the best place to look if they were married in a Catholic church and specially if they married before leaving Quebec. The two best sources in the USA for these records are listed below.

http://WWW.ACGS.ORG/

http://www.afgs.org/index.html

http://www.afgs.org/genepges.html

The first is in the bottom of New Hampshire and the second in RI. I guess they are about the same distance from Portland. The third is a list of links to other French Canadian sites. If you have been to these folks without any luck let me know.

I came across your site while looking up info on Beebe Plain I'm hoping you can help me. I just found my great-grandfather's brother in the 1860 federal census living in Beebe Plain. His name was Michael KNEELAND, his wife was Margaret, and they had 3 daughters - Bridget, Margaret and Sara. They were Irish immigrants, but I believe they were Protestant, possibly Presbyterian. Nothing is known by us about this branch of the Kneeland family.My father always said that they changed the spelling of the name to NEYLON at some point - apparently they lost touch over the years. Do you know anything about this family? I sure could use some help with this! Joanne Kneeland joanne.k@rcn.com

Joanne, I have not found any Kneelands in local records. Usually the Beebe, VT folks used the Beebe, Quebec churches and cemeteries. In the1860s, if they were Catholics they would have been using the Stanstead church as there wasn't another for miles on either side of the border. The first names you mentioned certainly could be for Catholics. On the Canadian side of the border the largest group of Kneelands is in Stukley, Quebec. Do you know where they went after Beebe, VT? I need a few more details to know if I find the right ones. When were they born, married etc.

I was given your name by a woman at the Stanstead Registry Office when I called there to inquire as to how to request birth/marr/death certificates from Stanstead for a genealogical search I am doing. My great-grandmother, Mary BEAUCHAMP, was born in Stanstead and came to the US at a very young age with her sister and never went home.

It was always a mystery as to the circumstances of her leaving and what happened that she never saw her family again. Several years ago my father went to Stanstead and was able to find a baptismal record at Stanstead Plain and Beebe Plain Church of England: Mary BEAUCHAMP daughter of Louis Elijah BEAUCHAMP laborer and Ellen KNOWLES his wife of Stanstead Plain, born 2nd of March 1887 and baptized 15th of May 1877.

We could not locate the family in the census records until recently when we learned more about searching for spelling variations. We then found them listed under BOSHAW, BOOSHAW, BASHAW, BEAUCHAMP, and even BOUCHARD. We learned that Louis Elijah was the son of a Francis and Betsy BEAUCHAMP and likely had brothers William and Isaac. Louis and Ellen had another daughter Maud who was a year younger than Mary. We found Louis, Ellen, and Maud living in the poorhouse in Stanstead in 1891 (perhaps Mary had already come to the US). I guess my questions for you would include:

Another name to consider; Beauchamp would probably translate to Goodfield.

1. is there no 1851 Stanstead census?

2. do you know of other Beauchamp researchers in Stanstead?

3. what agency in Quebec do I contact to look for birth/marriage/death certificates that might help me learn more about this family?

Here is the website for the ones after 1900 http://www.formulaire.gouv.qc.ca/cgi/affiche_doc.cgi?dossier=10819&sujet=89 Sadly you need to know most of what you wish to know as they will not search but can provide certificates).

I spent a very frustrating afternoon on the phone trying to speak with someone who could point me in the right direction. (I called the historical societybut the man could not speak English and i cannot speak French). I appreciate any pointers for research! Ronda Randall, Brunswick, Maine ronda at rondae@yahoo.com

Ronda, I find a few Catholic Beauchamps in local records.

birth of Rose Amanda dau. of Israel Beauchamp Rosalie Beloin 8/3/1875

death of Andrew, Elizabeth and Felix

one marriage in Stanstead and 2 in Magog.

Elie Beauchamp of Waybridge, Vermont marries Mary Maguire in Stanstead 1/11/1868. These folks show up for various other events under the names Beauchesne, Beauchene and Beauchamp. Many of these people could not read or write and the many spellings is a result of that. The Magog ones are in the1960s. No way to connect them at present. The Stanstead Journal reported the death of Ellen, wife of Elijah Beauchamp in Stanstead Dec. 10, 1892 aged 51 years.

The Journal also has a birth announcement for a son born to Mr & Mrs Beauchamp in Hatley Nov 30, 1898. Sadly their first names are not mentioned.

There is a death for Betsey Beauchamp aged 86, in Rock Island Oct. 11, 1881. Rock Island is now part of Stanstead.

There is a death for Lizzie Beauchemp who d. Mar. 12, 1913 in her 87th year a resident of Rock Island and Derby Line for 42 years.

They seem to disappear after that date.

Our county records do not show a cemetery record for them. These records were compiled for the most part from information on visible monuments. No monument, no record sort of thing.

The names for the photo of Sept. 2, 2009.

Back row left to right: Doug Bronson, Herb Mallalieu, Lee Brown, Arthur Slade, Gordon Bunk Laberee, Doug Putney, Earl Bushnell, Al Little, Jack Heald, Valmore Lepitre Middle row: Don Willing, _?_, Greg Bronson, Ron Langevin, Nil Belleville, _?_, Arthur Laberee Front row: Raymond Yates, Mike Wing, Keith Slade, David Lepitre, Alcide Yates, Gerald Lepitre, Danny Wallace, Mike Bronson. If you have any corrections or can fill in the two blanks pease let us know.

Looking for information on members of the Martin MULLINS family who emigrated about 1843 from County Cork, Ireland to Quebec. It is not known how long they were in that area, as some of the family later moved to the US. The children were James, Martin and Mary, (probably born in Ireland), Elizabeth M., Laurence, Edward, Robert, John, and William. All belonged to the Catholic church. I have found that the three daughters are buried in Mont Ste. Marie Cemetery in Stanstead. Two sons married BISSONNETTE sisters, presumably in Stanstead. The daughter Elizabeth, married Prosper BISSONNETTE according to the cemetery record.

I would welcome anything, but especially need information on the father Martin- his place of residence, whether he died and is buried in the Stanstead area and anything about his wife (name unknown). I have not found any listings for them in the burials in Sacre-Coeur de Jesus or Mont Ste Marie cemeteries.

I appreciate the opportunity to have this query published in the area where the family once lived. The Mullins records I have are vague, and I was happy to see your . website. I am including my mailing address in case someone wishes to contact me and doesn't have email.

Barbara Lamb, 12 Cornwall Road, Geneva, NY 14456 blamb@capital.net

Barbara, I did not find a Martin Mullins in this area. The earliest Mullen/Mullens, Mullin/Mullins family here was that of John Mullen and Ann McCoy (McCone also). The first entry in local records I find for them is the birth of daughter Sara Anne in Georgeville March 3, 1848. She died in Georgeville Feb. 26, 1849 at ten months and is buried in Sacre Coeur Cemetery. There is the birth of a daughter Elizabeth on April 25, 1850. Elizabeth was 54 and the wife P.A. Bissonnette when she died May 4, 1905. Mary E. Mullins, daughter of John, dies May, 20, 1917 in Stanstead aged 76 and the Bissonnets were the witnesses. Robert Emmit was born Aug. 19, 1852 in Stanstead. He marries Cordelia Bissonnette Jan. 20, 1879, Stanstead. John Mullens dies Dec. 28, 1865 in Stanstead. He was 56. John's wife Ann McCone dies at the age of 77 on Oct. 22, 1889 in Stanstead. The witnesses were her sons Thomas and John.

There is a lot of activity for a James Mullins, son of James and Ann Jacklie. He and his two wives have a large family that marries in Stanstead but mostly in Coaticook. At this time I cannot connect him to the John Mullins family but depending when their first son James was born it is possible he is a grandson.

If John and Martin are one and the same this may be your family. Certainly the other bits of information seems to fit.

I'm writing to you today to ask your advise as to how I can locate land records from abt. 1881. In the 1881 census, I found my great great great grandparents living in Hatley, QuŽbec area and I would like to find exactly where they lived. My ggggrandfather was listed in the census as Freeman CURTIS. He was born,baptised at St. Hyacinthe on Dec.11, 1825. His birth name is Firmin CASSISTA. When he was a child, his father, also Firmin CASSISTA moved the family to Swanton,Vermont area. When he returned to QuŽbec by abt. 1877, he and his wife, Amelia nŽe Emilie GIRARD and their children settled in or near Hatley. It was about this time when his name changed from CASSISTA to CURTIS. He was a farmer and the census information shows district 56, sub-district E, Division 1,page 38, Household number 206.

His wife, Amelia died on December 23,1881. Her name is listed as Minnie GIRARD in the Hatley Methodist Church record. She was buried in the Bean Burying Ground,which is now the Lakeview Cemetary on route 143. I went to the cemetery, however there is no grave marker.

A couple of years later, Freeman moved to Massachusetts to live near his oldest daughter, Philomene, who was my great great grandmother. A few of his other children remained in QuŽbec. One son, David CURTIS married Leila LIBBY in 1881 and they were living in Compton. David died in 1902, also a farmer. When his wife Leila died in 1913, the Church of England, Hatley record says she was the widow of David CURTIS, farmer of Waterville.

I would also like to find where in Waterville they lived. Since I live near Sherbrooke, I would be able to see for myself where they lived, that's if the land records can be located. Any advise or information that you may have would be greatly appreciated. Sandra Putnam Roy, Westbury, QC sanro07@sympatico.ca

Sandra, You need to know the lot and range number inorder to start a search. Currently the Registry offices are known as Registre Foncier du Quebec . The website where you can find the information once you have the lot number is http://www.registrefoncier.gouv.qc.ca 7 h to 23 h Monday to Friday and 7 h to 17 h Saturdays and Sundays.

Perhaps Russell Nichol of Compton may know about this family. He is a local historian.

At the time of their marriage (Nov. 10, 1881) David Curtis was living in North Hatley and Lelie S. Libby was in Ascot. That is according to the marriage notice in The Stanstead Journal.

When Mary died Dec. 28, 1881 she was listed as the wife of Freeman Cassitta, she was 51. Her residence was given as Stearnsville, Stanstead.

According to the Journal, when David Curtis died Dec. 19, 1902, (there may be more than one) he was a resident of Eustis (which is next to North Hatley). He died in Waterville and had lived at Abbot's Corner. All these places are within a few miles on a map. The Sherbrooke Record adds the detail that he died of typhoid fever and was about 45 years old.

I will try to locate Stearnsville, Stanstead. That's a new one for me. The tricky part of your request is that there is both a village of Hatley and a township of Hatley. The same for Compton and Stanstead. Waterville is/was in Compton Twp.

I've been researching my family and have been stuck at one point for many weeks. I found an article in the NY Times July 5, 1897 about Moses PIERCE (my fourth great grandfather) dies at age 104 Uncle to the President Franklin Pierce. I have found very little about this man. He died in Derby Line July 5th, 1897 and was born per my calculations from his death certificate on May 26, 1793. The death certificate states possibly born in Corinth VT but it is hard to read. Moses had a daughter Anne Elizabeth PIERCE (PIPER) born in 1828 who died in Randolf, MA. June 17, 1909. Her death certificate states that her father was born in Stanstead, P.Q. She may have been born there also.

Moses's father was Samuel PIERCE and mother was mary SARGENT. Moses's wife was Abigail COLBY. The article said that he live for many years in Canada. Would it be at all possible for someone to look up his and Anne's possible births in Stanstead? Would it be possible to find the death notice that woud give his parents? I'm also trying to find out if his son Tillotson who is listed in the 1850 census might actually be Henry Tillotson PIERCE who would be my great great great grandfather.

I read a lot of your history but didn't find anything that rang a bell. Just for the heck of it I went to the Mormon Latter Day Saints. I'm not sure how good it is but it did have Moses and eleven children born in Grafton NH. I'll try looking there for his birth. I know he lived in Canada for many years and also Derby Line VT. I now believe that his daughter Anne Elizabeth PIERCE was born in Stanstead P.Q. One family tree has her born in Stanstead PEI but that is spelled Stansted. Elizabeth's death certificate says that her father was born in Stanstead PQ but I'm now thinking it was her. Frank Bartlett fcbsr@snet.net

Frank,

Found a marriage for Miss Ann E. Pierce to Robert Piper both of Derby, Vermont, June 17, 1852. Parents were not given. Is that the right Ann E. Pierce?

No birth record found for her.

Moses Pierce d. July 5, 1897 in his 105th year. His wife Abigail B. Colby died Mar. 23, 1868 aged 77 yrs. There is an obituray for her which would be available at the Stanstead Historical Society Archives.

The Pierces in our region make up a very large group. It seems they may not all be related.

I have been working through the: Pierce Genealogy, being the record of the Thomas Pierce . . . There are many enteries for both Samuel and Moses and for Stanstead. No connection yet. There are other concentration of folks with that surname not far from the border. Stanbridge in the Missiquoi Co. and in Shipton there is even a Samuel born in 1783. I will keep looking,

I am looking for the marriage record of John Nelson HAINES to Mary-Anne SHITLOVET in B.C.Canada circa 1875. The couple resided in the Empire Valley (Chilcotin region of B.C.) and later Deer Creek (Chilcotin region of B.C.) when they met. Their daughter Lillian BAMBRICK (nee Haines) was born in 1879 and raised in the Empire Valley (Chilcotin region of B.C.).

Is it possible to get this info? Mary-Anne SHITLOVET would be my great-great grandmother and proves native background in our family (she was a Lil'Wat native from Big Bar).

Advise, Deanna Hendricks luella31@telus.net

Deanna,

BC is a great distance from my area of expertise. I suggest contacting the British Columbia Genealogical Society to see if they can help. http://www.bcgs.ca/

I did try the LDS (Mormon) site and found the following two interesting families:

On the 1881 Canadian Census you will find the Household of John C. HAYNES of Irish origins, 48 years old, his wife Emily J. HAYNES 29. Their children Fairfax HAYNES 9, Valentino HAYNES 5, Hester Emily HAYNES 3, William Howe HAYNES 1 Irene Margaret HAYNES 5 months. Of the most interest are the next two children who are older but not listed first. I suspect they may have had a different mother. all chidren are born in BC. Mary HAYNES 14, John HAYNES 12 who was born 1869. The Census Place was Osoyoos, Yale, British Columbia The second family of interest is that of John HAINS who was born in 1829 in the USA. The Census Place for him is Clinton & Lillooet, Cariboo, British Columbia. John HAINS is 52 his son Nelson HAINS is13 born in the USA too. Daughters Minnie HAINS is 11, Lilly HAINS 6, Maria HAINS 6 months. The son Nelson could be John Nelson and was called by his middle name to avoid confusion around the house.

Looking for KNOWLTON family cousins out there ! Looking for anyone descended from Francis FRASER Jr. who married Zeruiah KNOWLTON, trying find the line in order to connect each-other ! FRASER Family website http://www3.sympatico.ca/rick.macneil/frarpt1gen123.htm

Great Great Great Parents Francis Fraser's are Francis Fraser Jr. married Zeruiah Knowlton had children are: 1.Francis Fraser 1811 Eliza Pritchard 2.John William 1813-1894 married Amelia spicer 3.Daniel 1820- content Green 4.Rachael Married William Grant.

April Hebert knowltonfamily@live.ca Some of the Bartlett's that descend from Edson Lyman Bartlett have written you before, in an attempt to find further details on this man. See earlier request for information, below:

I have been searching for information on Edson Lyman BARTLETT an recently obtained a copy of his wife's burial record which reads that she was buried in Fitch Bay on 10 July 1892 and mentions the Adventist Church with D. W. Somburger, Minister ( spelling may not be accurate). Do you know of such a church being located in Fitch Bay or what cemetery the family might be buried in? There seems to be several cemeteries located in the Fitch Bay area but I have found no record on them. I presume that Edson, Sylvia, Jonathon, Ira Orrin, Julie Ann and Benjamin Franklin (AKA) Franklin BARTLETT are all buried in the same cemetery in Fitch Bay. The burial record had Mrs. Sylvia Shurtleff, the widow of the late Edson Bartlett died in Coventry, VT.July 08,1892, aged 87 of general debility. Another record I found states that Franklin BARTLETT died in a mine blast at Magoon's Point 08 Sep 1867 as recorded in the "Vital Statistics from The Stanstead Journal 1861-1875 " which I purchased from the Stanstead Historical Society. Any help that you may provide on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Clifford Johnson Johnsoncliff@comcast.net

Clifford,

Rev. D.W. Sornberger was the first clergyman when the Adventist church was formed in Fitch Bay in 1862.

D.W. Sornberger dies in 1903. He had been married for 60 years in 1898.

There are two cemeteries in Fitch Bay and Edson does not appear in the index to either.

When the Bartlett, Shurtleff, Browns and Coles came to Stanstead they settled mostly around Fitch Bay and Brown's Hill and the surrounding area. The Bartletts of Barnston appear to be a different family. Page 197 in The History of Stanstead Co., B.F. Hubbard (1874) which you can see at http://www.ourroots.ca/f/toc.asp?id=880 The other family is on page 297.

Although several of the Bartlett women are buried in Fitch Bay I do not see where their husbands are buried. Any chance some of them were Quakers and not Adventists?

Perhaps Bill SHURTLEFF, P.O. Box 234 Lafayette, CA 94549-0234 could be a help. He posted Edson's birth on the LDS Family History site and suggests he died Jan. 1875 in Stanstead Co., Quebec.

And the same site has tseven listings for Edson Lyman Bartlett all to do with Birth: 12 JUN 1798 Clarendon, Rutland, Vermont, and it has the following Edson Lyman Bartlett Birth: 12 JUN 1798 Clarendon, Rutland, Vermont Marriage: 08 JUN 1824 Derby, Orleans, Vermont Death: JAN 1875, Stanstead, Quebec Burial: Wife Sylvia Ann Shurtleff Birth: 08 OCT 1803 Marshfield, Washington, Vermont Marriage: 08 JUN 1824 Derby, Orleans, Vermont Death: 08 JUL 1892 Irasburg, Rutland, Vermont Burial: Children July Ann Bartlett Benjamin Franklin Bartlett

Recently a discovery was made wherein a KENDAL BARTLETT (11), and ROSE BARTLETT (10), along with Horace Bartlett (5; Edson's oldest son), and three of his wife Sylvia's brother's children: George, Charles & Betsy Shurtleff, all were supposedly shown as being in a school together in 1829. The record said: "Head of Bury West School" (or Bary, or Barre). Do you have any access to Records for this particular school? Could you check other records for the Kendall and/or Rose Bartletts? It is our thought that the two Bartlett's listed are cousins of Horace. Thus, information on their parents would be a great find. Nathan Bartlett dinabart5@msn.com

Nathan,

Sadly I do not. The Eastern Townships Research Center at Bishop's University http://www.etrc.ca/ and the Compton County Historical Society may be able to help, http://mus.eatoncorner.com/page2.html . If indeed the school is that at Bury, Quebec and not Barre, Vermont, Bury is in Compton County. I have checked the b, m, and d indexes for their lifetimes without success. The closest item found is a marriage for a Roe Bartlette to Petter Radieker in 1844, in Stanstead. A quick look through the part of the Descendants of Wm. Shurtleff that i have shows members of that family in both Bury, QC and Barre, VT. More work is necessary. David

I have been recently gifted an antique set of dishes and have been told they are from my Great-Great Grandmother. The information I have been given is that her name is Elmira DUROCHER STONE. She had a son named Freeman. I know very little about this side of the family, and am very excited to find out more. I do know that she lived in Coaticook, Quebec. According to a family diary, the date of death is July 17, 1967, and she was 75 years old at the time, so the date of birth should be 1892. This is on my father's side (Peter LUCE) and Freeman's daughter Hazel married Kenneth LUCE. They lived in Moe's River, Compton for many years, and there are still many Luces there (in fact we were just there last week!) I have heard that much of the family comes from the States. I would really appreciate if you could point me in the right direction to find out more! I came across your site while searching. Crystal (Luce) Smith Paris, Ontario tcsmith@sympatico.ca

Hello,

Stone is the translation of Durocher or at least as close as possible. So these folks appear under both names in Quebec records. Henri Durocher married Mina Lesperance Nov. 11, 1895 in St. Edmond parish Coaticook. Henri's parents were Henri and Julie Desindes. Mina's were Pierre Lesperance and Marie Lyonnais. According to the 1911 Canadian Census she was born Aug. 30, 1880. On the 1901 census she was born in Aug. 1879 but is still 5 years younger than Henry. He too was a year younger in 1911. Re: the picture in the June 10 and June 17 issues of the Journal, the one of a nun and a group of schoolchildren in front of the Journal building, I recognized the nun standing in the back row. My parents also think she is Sister Prudentienne Chevalier. At the time the picture was taken, she was known as Sister Alice. She taught at Our Lady of Mercy. Diane Seguin Bacon

What a great treat it has been for me and my twin sister Ginny to try to piece together our family history in the last year and a half. I have had many great people help me along the way and have recently returned from Quebec City where I did research at the Gabrielle Roy Library on my ancestors. They were English speaking Irish settlers in Quebec city who were commercial merchants and timber trade workers in the early 1830's. They were Hugh MACADAMS(MCADAMS) and Anne (nee ROBINSON. ) and lived in the Gowen's Buildings on Saint Peter Street in the lower town. He and his large family are recorded on the Drouin Records and we have managed to locate his grave, his wife, my great,great grandfather Alexander Macadams, and two spinster sisters. Many of the younger deaths in the 1840's are recorded in the Drouin records but we can't find their graves. A visit to the old St.Mathew's cemetery and library records of the tombstones did not find them either.In anycase Alexander MACADAMS moved on after marrying a Sarah Emma MURPHY in Quebec to have a family of his own. We have traced them to Essa Township on the 1861 census in Simcoe County Ontario( kind of near Barrie ont.) with the first of their children. The third eldest was a daughter who lived and died in between the census of 1861 and 1871 and her recorded death was reported in an Ottawa newspaper. The first son also died young on a visiting trip to Ste Foy in 1866 and is buried there. My direct relative was Alexander Humphrey MACADAMS born in Quebec City on June 8, 1859. His sister was born in 1864 in Ontario, perhaps in Essa Township or maybe in London City(London, Ontario) as that was their next home on the 1871 census. Her name was Stella Maris MACADAMS and she is the person I wish to ask you about. Stella Maris MACADAMS was married twice, once to a Mr. BELFORD and listed as a wealthy socialite from Quebec. I know this because her second husband was rather famous, or should I say infamous! He was an artist who met her in London, England in 1901 and married her in Paris the same year.She was a young wealthy widow from Quebec who travelled over to England with her uncle Albert Alexander Humphrey who was there to sell a gold mine. ( St. George, Beauce region...st.Onge gold mine) of which he worked as the mine superintendent. She was said to be married to a Belford. I wonder if you know of any Belford's who married a Stella Maris MACADAMS and died before 1899? Her life with her new husband, Charles CONDER is outlined in detail in an online book called Charles CONDER: The Last Bohemian. written by Ann Galbally, of the University of Melbourne, Austr.in 2003. Stella Maris is mentioned in the book, Annie younger sister is also there, Alexander MACADAMS is mentioned as her father. I am pretty sure this is my family in print! Even though the MACADAMS, Murphy's and Humphrey's are all related I have not been able to locate much information on the Humphrey line or on the Belford line. Several ship manifests have listed Stella as a wife going to Ireland in the early 1890's but I don't know if that means he lived in Ireland? Any help you could give me would be great. I have heard of some Belford's in the Eastern Township area and don't know if you have too? The publishing Belford in the USA don't seem to have married any Stella's as far as I can see. I think it would have to be a fairly wealthy Belford, as she was a wealthy widow. My interests in the Macadams family started when my grandmother died at 101 yrs old and her birth cert. had another father's name on it than we all thought it would be. OPPS!!! SO the search continues for Alexander H. Macadams who was my grandmothers birthfather who abandoned her at 18 months or thereabouts. I thought if you knew any leads for the Belford connection I could get started on that vein of the family as well. Thank you in advance for any help you can give me. Patsy Joosse pjoosse@rogers.com

Patsy Here is a note received from Tim Belford, long time CBC Radio personality, in answer to your request.

Hi, Thanks for the note. Unfortunately I can't help. Although my family did live in Quebec (Richmond) about a hundred years ago none married a Macadams. As far as I know, there are two different branches of the Belford family that arrived in the early 19th century and settled in Ontario. Whether or not they were related I'm not sure, although they both originated in the same area of Ireland. At present, I believe there are only two Belfords in Quebec - myself and my son. Tim Belford Also There is a Mrs. Hugh Macadams living at 26 1/2 St. Genevieve St., St. John (Quebec City listing). There is also a William Macadams living in the same residence but held a law office, 20 St. Peter St., Lower Town. This from the Dominion Directory 1871. No Belford found in Quebec City listings in that year.

According to the 1901 Census there are 86 Belfords in Canada with 60 of those people in Quebec. There were more in 1911.

My name is Thomas LEES. I was born in Sherbrooke in 1944 and was raised in Beebe/Rock Island until 1963. My parents were Thomas LEES and Violet MELVIN. I have managed to find (or knew) of much of my immediate family's background. What I do not have are the following:

1 - Copy of marriage certificate of parents (Thomas and Violet Melvin) married 22 Aug 1931 in Beebe.

I am at a wall in my Family tree and stumbled across your webpage. I Would like to know where else I might look for info on my 3x Grandfather Jean Dosithe LAVALLEE He was Baptized in St. Cesaire, Quebec. in September 1830. His Parents Joseph LAVALLEE and Jossette PELLETIER moved to Colchester, Vt. area around 1838. Jean (John LOVELY on census reports) Married Marie DUBE around 1848-1849 I am looking for there marriage record. I have found his brothers Francis and Charles marriage records in the old town of Winooski records. I have looked in the 2 church record books numerous times. St Joseph and St Mary (Immaculate Conception). I Have been doing this for ten years now and don't know where else to look? I heard about the book "Quebec Parish & Missionary Records of Northern New York & Vermont: Baptisms, Marriages, Burials & Abjurations" But I donāt have any access to this, nor can I travel to far with my Desert Storm Disability. Any ideas where else I might try? Scott Lovely, Portland, CT scottlovely@comcast.net

Scott, The Drouin Marriage records are probably the best place to look if they were married in a Catholic church and specially if they married before leaving Quebec. The two best sources in the USA for these records are listed below.

http://WWW.ACGS.ORG/

http://www.afgs.org/index.html

http://www.afgs.org/genepges.html

The first is in the bottom of New Hampshire and the second in RI. I guess they are about the same distance from Portland. The third is a list of links to other French Canadian sites. If you have been to these folks without any luck let me know.

I came across your site while looking up info on Beebe Plain I'm hoping you can help me. I just found my great-grandfather's brother in the 1860 federal census living in Beebe Plain. His name was Michael KNEELAND, his wife was Margaret, and they had 3 daughters - Bridget, Margaret and Sara. They were Irish immigrants, but I believe they were Protestant, possibly Presbyterian. Nothing is known by us about this branch of the Kneeland family.My father always said that they changed the spelling of the name to NEYLON at some point - apparently they lost touch over the years. Do you know anything about this family? I sure could use some help with this! Joanne Kneeland joanne.k@rcn.com

Joanne, I have not found any Kneelands in local records. Usually the Beebe, VT folks used the Beebe, Quebec churches and cemeteries. In the1860s, if they were Catholics they would have been using the Stanstead church as there wasn't another for miles on either side of the border. The first names you mentioned certainly could be for Catholics. On the Canadian side of the border the largest group of Kneelands is in Stukley, Quebec. Do you know where they went after Beebe, VT? I need a few more details to know if I find the right ones. When were they born, married etc.

I was given your name by a woman at the Stanstead Registry Office when I called there to inquire as to how to request birth/marr/death certificates from Stanstead for a genealogical search I am doing. My great-grandmother, Mary BEAUCHAMP, was born in Stanstead and came to the US at a very young age with her sister and never went home.

It was always a mystery as to the circumstances of her leaving and what happened that she never saw her family again. Several years ago my father went to Stanstead and was able to find a baptismal record at Stanstead Plain and Beebe Plain Church of England: Mary BEAUCHAMP daughter of Louis Elijah BEAUCHAMP laborer and Ellen KNOWLES his wife of Stanstead Plain, born 2nd of March 1887 and baptized 15th of May 1877.

We could not locate the family in the census records until recently when we learned more about searching for spelling variations. We then found them listed under BOSHAW, BOOSHAW, BASHAW, BEAUCHAMP, and even BOUCHARD. We learned that Louis Elijah was the son of a Francis and Betsy BEAUCHAMP and likely had brothers William and Isaac. Louis and Ellen had another daughter Maud who was a year younger than Mary. We found Louis, Ellen, and Maud living in the poorhouse in Stanstead in 1891 (perhaps Mary had already come to the US). I guess my questions for you would include:

Another name to consider; Beauchamp would probably translate to Goodfield.

1. is there no 1851 Stanstead census?

2. do you know of other Beauchamp researchers in Stanstead?

3. what agency in Quebec do I contact to look for birth/marriage/death certificates that might help me learn more about this family?

Here is the website for the ones after 1900 http://www.formulaire.gouv.qc.ca/cgi/affiche_doc.cgi?dossier=10819&sujet=89 Sadly you need to know most of what you wish to know as they will not search but can provide certificates).

I spent a very frustrating afternoon on the phone trying to speak with someone who could point me in the right direction. (I called the historical societybut the man could not speak English and i cannot speak French). I appreciate any pointers for research! Ronda Randall, Brunswick, Maine ronda at rondae@yahoo.com

Ronda, I find a few Catholic Beauchamps in local records.

birth of Rose Amanda dau. of Israel Beauchamp Rosalie Beloin 8/3/1875

death of Andrew, Elizabeth and Felix

one marriage in Stanstead and 2 in Magog.

Elie Beauchamp of Waybridge, Vermont marries Mary Maguire in Stanstead 1/11/1868. These folks show up for various other events under the names Beauchesne, Beauchene and Beauchamp. Many of these people could not read or write and the many spellings is a result of that. The Magog ones are in the1960s. No way to connect them at present. The Stanstead Journal reported the death of Ellen, wife of Elijah Beauchamp in Stanstead Dec. 10, 1892 aged 51 years.

The Journal also has a birth announcement for a son born to Mr & Mrs Beauchamp in Hatley Nov 30, 1898. Sadly their first names are not mentioned.

There is a death for Betsey Beauchamp aged 86, in Rock Island Oct. 11, 1881. Rock Island is now part of Stanstead.

There is a death for Lizzie Beauchemp who d. Mar. 12, 1913 in her 87th year a resident of Rock Island and Derby Line for 42 years.

They seem to disappear after that date.

Our county records do not show a cemetery record for them. These records were compiled for the most part from information on visible monuments. No monument, no record sort of thing.

The names for the photo of Sept. 2, 2009.

Back row left to right: Doug Bronson, Herb Mallalieu, Lee Brown, Arthur Slade, Gordon Bunk Laberee, Doug Putney, Earl Bushnell, Al Little, Jack Heald, Valmore Lepitre Middle row: Don Willing, _?_, Greg Bronson, Ron Langevin, Nil Belleville, _?_, Arthur Laberee Front row: Raymond Yates, Mike Wing, Keith Slade, David Lepitre, Alcide Yates, Gerald Lepitre, Danny Wallace, Mike Bronson. If you have any corrections or can fill in the two blanks pease let us know.

Looking for information on members of the Martin MULLINS family who emigrated about 1843 from County Cork, Ireland to Quebec. It is not known how long they were in that area, as some of the family later moved to the US. The children were James, Martin and Mary, (probably born in Ireland), Elizabeth M., Laurence, Edward, Robert, John, and William. All belonged to the Catholic church. I have found that the three daughters are buried in Mont Ste. Marie Cemetery in Stanstead. Two sons married BISSONNETTE sisters, presumably in Stanstead. The daughter Elizabeth, married Prosper BISSONNETTE according to the cemetery record.

I would welcome anything, but especially need information on the father Martin- his place of residence, whether he died and is buried in the Stanstead area and anything about his wife (name unknown). I have not found any listings for them in the burials in Sacre-Coeur de Jesus or Mont Ste Marie cemeteries.

I appreciate the opportunity to have this query published in the area where the family once lived. The Mullins records I have are vague, and I was happy to see your . website. I am including my mailing address in case someone wishes to contact me and doesn't have email.

Barbara Lamb, 12 Cornwall Road, Geneva, NY 14456 blamb@capital.net

Barbara, I did not find a Martin Mullins in this area. The earliest Mullen/Mullens, Mullin/Mullins family here was that of John Mullen and Ann McCoy (McCone also). The first entry in local records I find for them is the birth of daughter Sara Anne in Georgeville March 3, 1848. She died in Georgeville Feb. 26, 1849 at ten months and is buried in Sacre Coeur Cemetery. There is the birth of a daughter Elizabeth on April 25, 1850. Elizabeth was 54 and the wife P.A. Bissonnette when she died May 4, 1905. Mary E. Mullins, daughter of John, dies May, 20, 1917 in Stanstead aged 76 and the Bissonnets were the witnesses. Robert Emmit was born Aug. 19, 1852 in Stanstead. He marries Cordelia Bissonnette Jan. 20, 1879, Stanstead. John Mullens dies Dec. 28, 1865 in Stanstead. He was 56. John's wife Ann McCone dies at the age of 77 on Oct. 22, 1889 in Stanstead. The witnesses were her sons Thomas and John.

There is a lot of activity for a James Mullins, son of James and Ann Jacklie. He and his two wives have a large family that marries in Stanstead but mostly in Coaticook. At this time I cannot connect him to the John Mullins family but depending when their first son James was born it is possible he is a grandson.

If John and Martin are one and the same this may be your family. Certainly the other bits of information seems to fit.

I'm writing to you today to ask your advise as to how I can locate land records from abt. 1881. In the 1881 census, I found my great great great grandparents living in Hatley, QuŽbec area and I would like to find exactly where they lived. My ggggrandfather was listed in the census as Freeman CURTIS. He was born,baptised at St. Hyacinthe on Dec.11, 1825. His birth name is Firmin CASSISTA. When he was a child, his father, also Firmin CASSISTA moved the family to Swanton,Vermont area. When he returned to QuŽbec by abt. 1877, he and his wife, Amelia nŽe Emilie GIRARD and their children settled in or near Hatley. It was about this time when his name changed from CASSISTA to CURTIS. He was a farmer and the census information shows district 56, sub-district E, Division 1,page 38, Household number 206.

His wife, Amelia died on December 23,1881. Her name is listed as Minnie GIRARD in the Hatley Methodist Church record. She was buried in the Bean Burying Ground,which is now the Lakeview Cemetary on route 143. I went to the cemetery, however there is no grave marker.

A couple of years later, Freeman moved to Massachusetts to live near his oldest daughter, Philomene, who was my great great grandmother. A few of his other children remained in QuŽbec. One son, David CURTIS married Leila LIBBY in 1881 and they were living in Compton. David died in 1902, also a farmer. When his wife Leila died in 1913, the Church of England, Hatley record says she was the widow of David CURTIS, farmer of Waterville.

I would also like to find where in Waterville they lived. Since I live near Sherbrooke, I would be able to see for myself where they lived, that's if the land records can be located. Any advise or information that you may have would be greatly appreciated. Sandra Putnam Roy, Westbury, QC sanro07@sympatico.ca

Sandra, You need to know the lot and range number inorder to start a search. Currently the Registry offices are known as Registre Foncier du Quebec . The website where you can find the information once you have the lot number is http://www.registrefoncier.gouv.qc.ca 7 h to 23 h Monday to Friday and 7 h to 17 h Saturdays and Sundays.

Perhaps Russell Nichol of Compton may know about this family. He is a local historian.

At the time of their marriage (Nov. 10, 1881) David Curtis was living in North Hatley and Lelie S. Libby was in Ascot. That is according to the marriage notice in The Stanstead Journal.

When Mary died Dec. 28, 1881 she was listed as the wife of Freeman Cassitta, she was 51. Her residence was given as Stearnsville, Stanstead.

According to the Journal, when David Curtis died Dec. 19, 1902, (there may be more than one) he was a resident of Eustis (which is next to North Hatley). He died in Waterville and had lived at Abbot's Corner. All these places are within a few miles on a map. The Sherbrooke Record adds the detail that he died of typhoid fever and was about 45 years old.

I will try to locate Stearnsville, Stanstead. That's a new one for me. The tricky part of your request is that there is both a village of Hatley and a township of Hatley. The same for Compton and Stanstead. Waterville is/was in Compton Twp.

I've been researching my family and have been stuck at one point for many weeks. I found an article in the NY Times July 5, 1897 about Moses PIERCE (my fourth great grandfather) dies at age 104 Uncle to the President Franklin Pierce. I have found very little about this man. He died in Derby Line July 5th, 1897 and was born per my calculations from his death certificate on May 26, 1793. The death certificate states possibly born in Corinth VT but it is hard to read. Moses had a daughter Anne Elizabeth PIERCE (PIPER) born in 1828 who died in Randolf, MA. June 17, 1909. Her death certificate states that her father was born in Stanstead, P.Q. She may have been born there also.

Moses's father was Samuel PIERCE and mother was mary SARGENT. Moses's wife was Abigail COLBY. The article said that he live for many years in Canada. Would it be at all possible for someone to look up his and Anne's possible births in Stanstead? Would it be possible to find the death notice that woud give his parents? I'm also trying to find out if his son Tillotson who is listed in the 1850 census might actually be Henry Tillotson PIERCE who would be my great great great grandfather.

I read a lot of your history but didn't find anything that rang a bell. Just for the heck of it I went to the Mormon Latter Day Saints. I'm not sure how good it is but it did have Moses and eleven children born in Grafton NH. I'll try looking there for his birth. I know he lived in Canada for many years and also Derby Line VT. I now believe that his daughter Anne Elizabeth PIERCE was born in Stanstead P.Q. One family tree has her born in Stanstead PEI but that is spelled Stansted. Elizabeth's death certificate says that her father was born in Stanstead PQ but I'm now thinking it was her. Frank Bartlett fcbsr@snet.net

Frank,

Found a marriage for Miss Ann E. Pierce to Robert Piper both of Derby, Vermont, June 17, 1852. Parents were not given. Is that the right Ann E. Pierce?

No birth record found for her.

Moses Pierce d. July 5, 1897 in his 105th year. His wife Abigail B. Colby died Mar. 23, 1868 aged 77 yrs. There is an obituray for her which would be available at the Stanstead Historical Society Archives.

The Pierces in our region make up a very large group. It seems they may not all be related.

I have been working through the: Pierce Genealogy, being the record of the Thomas Pierce . . . There are many enteries for both Samuel and Moses and for Stanstead. No connection yet. There are other concentration of folks with that surname not far from the border. Stanbridge in the Missiquoi Co. and in Shipton there is even a Samuel born in 1783. I will keep looking,

I am looking for the marriage record of John Nelson HAINES to Mary-Anne SHITLOVET in B.C.Canada circa 1875. The couple resided in the Empire Valley (Chilcotin region of B.C.) and later Deer Creek (Chilcotin region of B.C.) when they met. Their daughter Lillian BAMBRICK (nee Haines) was born in 1879 and raised in the Empire Valley (Chilcotin region of B.C.).

Is it possible to get this info? Mary-Anne SHITLOVET would be my great-great grandmother and proves native background in our family (she was a Lil'Wat native from Big Bar).

Advise, Deanna Hendricks luella31@telus.net

Deanna,

BC is a great distance from my area of expertise. I suggest contacting the British Columbia Genealogical Society to see if they can help. http://www.bcgs.ca/

I did try the LDS (Mormon) site and found the following two interesting families:

On the 1881 Canadian Census you will find the Household of John C. HAYNES of Irish origins, 48 years old, his wife Emily J. HAYNES 29. Their children Fairfax HAYNES 9, Valentino HAYNES 5, Hester Emily HAYNES 3, William Howe HAYNES 1 Irene Margaret HAYNES 5 months. Of the most interest are the next two children who are older but not listed first. I suspect they may have had a different mother. all chidren are born in BC. Mary HAYNES 14, John HAYNES 12 who was born 1869. The Census Place was Osoyoos, Yale, British Columbia The second family of interest is that of John HAINS who was born in 1829 in the USA. The Census Place for him is Clinton & Lillooet, Cariboo, British Columbia. John HAINS is 52 his son Nelson HAINS is13 born in the USA too. Daughters Minnie HAINS is 11, Lilly HAINS 6, Maria HAINS 6 months. The son Nelson could be John Nelson and was called by his middle name to avoid confusion around the house.

Looking for KNOWLTON family cousins out there ! Looking for anyone descended from Francis FRASER Jr. who married Zeruiah KNOWLTON, trying find the line in order to connect each-other ! FRASER Family website http://www3.sympatico.ca/rick.macneil/frarpt1gen123.htm

Great Great Great Parents Francis Fraser's are Francis Fraser Jr. married Zeruiah Knowlton had children are: 1.Francis Fraser 1811 Eliza Pritchard 2.John William 1813-1894 married Amelia spicer 3.Daniel 1820- content Green 4.Rachael Married William Grant.

April Hebert knowltonfamily@live.ca Some of the Bartlett's that descend from Edson Lyman Bartlett have written you before, in an attempt to find further details on this man. See earlier request for information, below: I have been searching for information on Edson Lyman BARTLETT an recently obtained a copy of his wife's burial record which reads that she was buried in Fitch Bay on 10 July 1892 and mentions the Adventist Church with D. W. Somburger, Minister ( spelling may not be accurate). Do you know of such a church being located in Fitch Bay or what cemetery the family might be buried in? There seems to be several cemeteries located in the Fitch Bay area but I have found no record on them. I presume that Edson, Sylvia, Jonathon, Ira Orrin, Julie Ann and Benjamin Franklin (AKA) Franklin BARTLETT are all buried in the same cemetery in Fitch Bay. The burial record had Mrs. Sylvia Shurtleff, the widow of the late Edson Bartlett died in Coventry, VT.July 08,1892, aged 87 of general debility. Another record I found states that Franklin BARTLETT died in a mine blast at Magoon's Point 08 Sep 1867 as recorded in the "Vital Statistics from The Stanstead Journal 1861-1875 " which I purchased from the Stanstead Historical Society. Any help that you may provide on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Clifford Johnson Johnsoncliff@comcast.net

Clifford,

Rev. D.W. Sornberger was the first clergyman when the Adventist church was formed in Fitch Bay in 1862.

D.W. Sornberger dies in 1903. He had been married for 60 years in 1898.

There are two cemeteries in Fitch Bay and Edson does not appear in the index to either.

When the Bartlett, Shurtleff, Browns and Coles came to Stanstead they settled mostly around Fitch Bay and Brown's Hill and the surrounding area. The Bartletts of Barnston appear to be a different family. Page 197 in The History of Stanstead Co., B.F. Hubbard (1874) which you can see at http://www.ourroots.ca/f/toc.asp?id=880 The other family is on page 297.

Although several of the Bartlett women are buried in Fitch Bay I do not see where their husbands are buried. Any chance some of them were Quakers and not Adventists?

Perhaps Bill SHURTLEFF, P.O. Box 234 Lafayette, CA 94549-0234 could be a help. He posted Edson's birth on the LDS Family History site and suggests he died Jan. 1875 in Stanstead Co., Quebec.

And the same site has tseven listings for Edson Lyman Bartlett all to do with Birth: 12 JUN 1798 Clarendon, Rutland, Vermont, and it has the following Edson Lyman Bartlett Birth: 12 JUN 1798 Clarendon, Rutland, Vermont Marriage: 08 JUN 1824 Derby, Orleans, Vermont Death: JAN 1875, Stanstead, Quebec Burial: Wife Sylvia Ann Shurtleff Birth: 08 OCT 1803 Marshfield, Washington, Vermont Marriage: 08 JUN 1824 Derby, Orleans, Vermont Death: 08 JUL 1892 Irasburg, Rutland, Vermont Burial: Children July Ann Bartlett Benjamin Franklin Bartlett

Recently a discovery was made wherein a KENDAL BARTLETT (11), and ROSE BARTLETT (10), along with Horace Bartlett (5; Edson's oldest son), and three of his wife Sylvia's brother's children: George, Charles & Betsy Shurtleff, all were supposedly shown as being in a school together in 1829. The record said: "Head of Bury West School" (or Bary, or Barre). Do you have any access to Records for this particular school? Could you check other records for the Kendall and/or Rose Bartletts? It is our thought that the two Bartlett's listed are cousins of Horace. Thus, information on their parents would be a great find. Nathan Bartlett dinabart5@msn.com

Nathan, Sadly I do not. The Eastern Townships Research Center at Bishop's University http://www.etrc.ca/ and the Compton County Historical Society may be able to help, http://mus.eatoncorner.com/page2.html . If indeed the school is that at Bury, Quebec and not Barre, Vermont, Bury is in Compton County. I have checked the b, m, and d indexes for their lifetimes without success. The closest item found is a marriage for a Roe Bartlette to Petter Radieker in 1844, in Stanstead. A quick look through the part of the Descendants of Wm. Shurtleff that i have shows members of that family in both Bury, QC and Barre, VT. More work is necessary. David

I have been recently gifted an antique set of dishes and have been told they are from my Great-Great Grandmother. The information I have been given is that her name is Elmira DUROCHER STONE. She had a son named Freeman. I know very little about this side of the family, and am very excited to find out more. I do know that she lived in Coaticook, Quebec. According to a family diary, the date of death is July 17, 1967, and she was 75 years old at the time, so the date of birth should be 1892. This is on my father's side (Peter LUCE) and Freeman's daughter Hazel married Kenneth LUCE. They lived in Moe's River, Compton for many years, and there are still many Luces there (in fact we were just there last week!) I have heard that much of the family comes from the States. I would really appreciate if you could point me in the right direction to find out more! I came across your site while searching. Crystal (Luce) Smith Paris, Ontario tcsmith@sympatico.ca

Hello,

Stone is the translation of Durocher or at least as close as possible. So these folks appear under both names in Quebec records. Henri Durocher married Mina Lesperance Nov. 11, 1895 in St. Edmond parish Coaticook. Henri's parents were Henri and Julie Desindes. Mina's were Pierre Lesperance and Marie Lyonnais. According to the 1911 Canadian Census she was born Aug. 30, 1880. On the 1901 census she was born in Aug. 1879 but is still 5 years younger than Henry. He too was a year younger in 1911. Re: the picture in the June 10 and June 17 issues of the Journal, the one of a nun and a group of schoolchildren in front of the Journal building, I recognized the nun standing in the back row. My parents also think she is Sister Prudentienne Chevalier. At the time the picture was taken, she was known as Sister Alice. She taught at Our Lady of Mercy. Diane Seguin Bacon

What a great treat it has been for me and my twin sister Ginny to try to piece together our family history in the last year and a half. I have had many great people help me along the way and have recently returned from Quebec City where I did research at the Gabrielle Roy Library on my ancestors. They were English speaking Irish settlers in Quebec city who were commercial merchants and timber trade workers in the early 1830's. They were Hugh MACADAMS(MCADAMS) and Anne (nee ROBINSON. ) and lived in the Gowen's Buildings on Saint Peter Street in the lower town. He and his large family are recorded on the Drouin Records and we have managed to locate his grave, his wife, my great,great grandfather Alexander Macadams, and two spinster sisters. Many of the younger deaths in the 1840's are recorded in the Drouin records but we can't find their graves. A visit to the old St.Mathew's cemetery and library records of the tombstones did not find them either.In anycase Alexander MACADAMS moved on after marrying a Sarah Emma MURPHY in Quebec to have a family of his own. We have traced them to Essa Township on the 1861 census in Simcoe County Ontario( kind of near Barrie ont.) with the first of their children. The third eldest was a daughter who lived and died in between the census of 1861 and 1871 and her recorded death was reported in an Ottawa newspaper. The first son also died young on a visiting trip to Ste Foy in 1866 and is buried there. My direct relative was Alexander Humphrey MACADAMS born in Quebec City on June 8, 1859. His sister was born in 1864 in Ontario, perhaps in Essa Township or maybe in London City(London, Ontario) as that was their next home on the 1871 census. Her name was Stella Maris MACADAMS and she is the person I wish to ask you about. Stella Maris MACADAMS was married twice, once to a Mr. BELFORD and listed as a wealthy socialite from Quebec. I know this because her second husband was rather famous, or should I say infamous! He was an artist who met her in London, England in 1901 and married her in Paris the same year.She was a young wealthy widow from Quebec who travelled over to England with her uncle Albert Alexander Humphrey who was there to sell a gold mine. ( St. George, Beauce region...st.Onge gold mine) of which he worked as the mine superintendent. She was said to be married to a Belford. I wonder if you know of any Belford's who married a Stella Maris MACADAMS and died before 1899? Her life with her new husband, Charles CONDER is outlined in detail in an online book called Charles CONDER: The Last Bohemian. written by Ann Galbally, of the University of Melbourne, Austr.in 2003. Stella Maris is mentioned in the book, Annie younger sister is also there, Alexander MACADAMS is mentioned as her father. I am pretty sure this is my family in print! Even though the MACADAMS, Murphy's and Humphrey's are all related I have not been able to locate much information on the Humphrey line or on the Belford line. Several ship manifests have listed Stella as a wife going to Ireland in the early 1890's but I don't know if that means he lived in Ireland? Any help you could give me would be great. I have heard of some Belford's in the Eastern Township area and don't know if you have too? The publishing Belford in the USA don't seem to have married any Stella's as far as I can see. I think it would have to be a fairly wealthy Belford, as she was a wealthy widow. My interests in the Macadams family started when my grandmother died at 101 yrs old and her birth cert. had another father's name on it than we all thought it would be. OPPS!!! SO the search continues for Alexander H. Macadams who was my grandmothers birthfather who abandoned her at 18 months or thereabouts. I thought if you knew any leads for the Belford connection I could get started on that vein of the family as well. Thank you in advance for any help you can give me. Patsy Joosse pjoosse@rogers.com

Patsy Here is a note received from Tim Belford, long time CBC Radio personality, in answer to your request.

Hi, Thanks for the note. Unfortunately I can't help. Although my family did live in Quebec (Richmond) about a hundred years ago none married a Macadams. As far as I know, there are two different branches of the Belford family that arrived in the early 19th century and settled in Ontario. Whether or not they were related I'm not sure, although they both originated in the same area of Ireland. At present, I believe there are only two Belfords in Quebec - myself and my son. Tim Belford Also There is a Mrs. Hugh Macadams living at 26 1/2 St. Genevieve St., St. John (Quebec City listing). There is also a William Macadams living in the same residence but held a law office, 20 St. Peter St., Lower Town. This from the Dominion Directory 1871. No Belford found in Quebec City listings in that year.

According to the 1901 Census there are 86 Belfords in Canada with 60 of those people in Quebec. There were more in 1911.

My name is Thomas LEES. I was born in Sherbrooke in 1944 and was raised in Beebe/Rock Island until 1963. My parents were Thomas LEES and Violet MELVIN. I have managed to find (or knew) of much of my immediate family's background. What I do not have are the following:

1 - Copy of marriage certificate of parents (Thomas and Violet Melvin) married 22 Aug 1931 in Beebe.

I am at a wall in my Family tree and stumbled across your webpage. I Would like to know where else I might look for info on my 3x Grandfather Jean Dosithe LAVALLEE He was Baptized in St. Cesaire, Quebec. in September 1830. His Parents Joseph LAVALLEE and Jossette PELLETIER moved to Colchester, Vt. area around 1838. Jean (John LOVELY on census reports) Married Marie DUBE around 1848-1849 I am looking for there marriage record. I have found his brothers Francis and Charles marriage records in the old town of Winooski records. I have looked in the 2 church record books numerous times. St Joseph and St Mary (Immaculate Conception). I Have been doing this for ten years now and don't know where else to look? I heard about the book "Quebec Parish & Missionary Records of Northern New York & Vermont: Baptisms, Marriages, Burials & Abjurations" But I donāt have any access to this, nor can I travel to far with my Desert Storm Disability. Any ideas where else I might try? Scott Lovely, Portland, CT scottlovely@comcast.net

Scott, The Drouin Marriage records are probably the best place to look if they were married in a Catholic church and specially if they married before leaving Quebec. The two best sources in the USA for these records are listed below.

http://WWW.ACGS.ORG/

http://www.afgs.org/index.html

http://www.afgs.org/genepges.html

The first is in the bottom of New Hampshire and the second in RI. I guess they are about the same distance from Portland. The third is a list of links to other French Canadian sites. If you have been to these folks without any luck let me know.

I came across your site while looking up info on Beebe Plain I'm hoping you can help me. I just found my great-grandfather's brother in the 1860 federal census living in Beebe Plain. His name was Michael KNEELAND, his wife was Margaret, and they had 3 daughters - Bridget, Margaret and Sara. They were Irish immigrants, but I believe they were Protestant, possibly Presbyterian. Nothing is known by us about this branch of the Kneeland family.My father always said that they changed the spelling of the name to NEYLON at some point - apparently they lost touch over the years. Do you know anything about this family? I sure could use some help with this! Joanne Kneeland joanne.k@rcn.com

Joanne, I have not found any Kneelands in local records. Usually the Beebe, VT folks used the Beebe, Quebec churches and cemeteries. In the1860s, if they were Catholics they would have been using the Stanstead church as there wasn't another for miles on either side of the border. The first names you mentioned certainly could be for Catholics. On the Canadian side of the border the largest group of Kneelands is in Stukley, Quebec. Do you know where they went after Beebe, VT? I need a few more details to know if I find the right ones. When were they born, married etc.

I was given your name by a woman at the Stanstead Registry Office when I called there to inquire as to how to request birth/marr/death certificates from Stanstead for a genealogical search I am doing. My great-grandmother, Mary BEAUCHAMP, was born in Stanstead and came to the US at a very young age with her sister and never went home.

It was always a mystery as to the circumstances of her leaving and what happened that she never saw her family again. Several years ago my father went to Stanstead and was able to find a baptismal record at Stanstead Plain and Beebe Plain Church of England: Mary BEAUCHAMP daughter of Louis Elijah BEAUCHAMP laborer and Ellen KNOWLES his wife of Stanstead Plain, born 2nd of March 1887 and baptized 15th of May 1877.

We could not locate the family in the census records until recently when we learned more about searching for spelling variations. We then found them listed under BOSHAW, BOOSHAW, BASHAW, BEAUCHAMP, and even BOUCHARD. We learned that Louis Elijah was the son of a Francis and Betsy BEAUCHAMP and likely had brothers William and Isaac. Louis and Ellen had another daughter Maud who was a year younger than Mary. We found Louis, Ellen, and Maud living in the poorhouse in Stanstead in 1891 (perhaps Mary had already come to the US). I guess my questions for you would include:

Another name to consider; Beauchamp would probably translate to Goodfield.

1. is there no 1851 Stanstead census?

2. do you know of other Beauchamp researchers in Stanstead?

3. what agency in Quebec do I contact to look for birth/marriage/death certificates that might help me learn more about this family?

Here is the website for the ones after 1900 http://www.formulaire.gouv.qc.ca/cgi/affiche_doc.cgi?dossier=10819&sujet=89 Sadly you need to know most of what you wish to know as they will not search but can provide certificates).

I spent a very frustrating afternoon on the phone trying to speak with someone who could point me in the right direction. (I called the historical societybut the man could not speak English and i cannot speak French). I appreciate any pointers for research! Ronda Randall, Brunswick, Maine ronda at rondae@yahoo.com

Ronda, I find a few Catholic Beauchamps in local records.

birth of Rose Amanda dau. of Israel Beauchamp Rosalie Beloin 8/3/1875

death of Andrew, Elizabeth and Felix

one marriage in Stanstead and 2 in Magog.

Elie Beauchamp of Waybridge, Vermont marries Mary Maguire in Stanstead 1/11/1868. These folks show up for various other events under the names Beauchesne, Beauchene and Beauchamp. Many of these people could not read or write and the many spellings is a result of that. The Magog ones are in the1960s. No way to connect them at present. The Stanstead Journal reported the death of Ellen, wife of Elijah Beauchamp in Stanstead Dec. 10, 1892 aged 51 years.

The Journal also has a birth announcement for a son born to Mr & Mrs Beauchamp in Hatley Nov 30, 1898. Sadly their first names are not mentioned.

There is a death for Betsey Beauchamp aged 86, in Rock Island Oct. 11, 1881. Rock Island is now part of Stanstead.

There is a death for Lizzie Beauchemp who d. Mar. 12, 1913 in her 87th year a resident of Rock Island and Derby Line for 42 years.

They seem to disappear after that date.

Our county records do not show a cemetery record for them. These records were compiled for the most part from information on visible monuments. No monument, no record sort of thing.

The names for the photo of Sept. 2, 2009.

Back row left to right: Doug Bronson, Herb Mallalieu, Lee Brown, Arthur Slade, Gordon Bunk Laberee, Doug Putney, Earl Bushnell, Al Little, Jack Heald, Valmore Lepitre Middle row: Don Willing, _?_, Greg Bronson, Ron Langevin, Nil Belleville, _?_, Arthur Laberee Front row: Raymond Yates, Mike Wing, Keith Slade, David Lepitre, Alcide Yates, Gerald Lepitre, Danny Wallace, Mike Bronson. If you have any corrections or can fill in the two blanks pease let us know.

Looking for information on members of the Martin MULLINS family who emigrated about 1843 from County Cork, Ireland to Quebec. It is not known how long they were in that area, as some of the family later moved to the US. The children were James, Martin and Mary, (probably born in Ireland), Elizabeth M., Laurence, Edward, Robert, John, and William. All belonged to the Catholic church. I have found that the three daughters are buried in Mont Ste. Marie Cemetery in Stanstead. Two sons married BISSONNETTE sisters, presumably in Stanstead. The daughter Elizabeth, married Prosper BISSONNETTE according to the cemetery record.

I would welcome anything, but especially need information on the father Martin- his place of residence, whether he died and is buried in the Stanstead area and anything about his wife (name unknown). I have not found any listings for them in the burials in Sacre-Coeur de Jesus or Mont Ste Marie cemeteries.

I appreciate the opportunity to have this query published in the area where the family once lived. The Mullins records I have are vague, and I was happy to see your . website. I am including my mailing address in case someone wishes to contact me and doesn't have email.

Barbara Lamb, 12 Cornwall Road, Geneva, NY 14456 blamb@capital.net

Barbara, I did not find a Martin Mullins in this area. The earliest Mullen/Mullens, Mullin/Mullins family here was that of John Mullen and Ann McCoy (McCone also). The first entry in local records I find for them is the birth of daughter Sara Anne in Georgeville March 3, 1848. She died in Georgeville Feb. 26, 1849 at ten months and is buried in Sacre Coeur Cemetery. There is the birth of a daughter Elizabeth on April 25, 1850. Elizabeth was 54 and the wife P.A. Bissonnette when she died May 4, 1905. Mary E. Mullins, daughter of John, dies May, 20, 1917 in Stanstead aged 76 and the Bissonnets were the witnesses. Robert Emmit was born Aug. 19, 1852 in Stanstead. He marries Cordelia Bissonnette Jan. 20, 1879, Stanstead. John Mullens dies Dec. 28, 1865 in Stanstead. He was 56. John's wife Ann McCone dies at the age of 77 on Oct. 22, 1889 in Stanstead. The witnesses were her sons Thomas and John.

There is a lot of activity for a James Mullins, son of James and Ann Jacklie. He and his two wives have a large family that marries in Stanstead but mostly in Coaticook. At this time I cannot connect him to the John Mullins family but depending when their first son James was born it is possible he is a grandson.

If John and Martin are one and the same this may be your family. Certainly the other bits of information seems to fit.

I'm writing to you today to ask your advise as to how I can locate land records from abt. 1881. In the 1881 census, I found my great great great grandparents living in Hatley, QuŽbec area and I would like to find exactly where they lived. My ggggrandfather was listed in the census as Freeman CURTIS. He was born,baptised at St. Hyacinthe on Dec.11, 1825. His birth name is Firmin CASSISTA. When he was a child, his father, also Firmin CASSISTA moved the family to Swanton,Vermont area. When he returned to QuŽbec by abt. 1877, he and his wife, Amelia nŽe Emilie GIRARD and their children settled in or near Hatley. It was about this time when his name changed from CASSISTA to CURTIS. He was a farmer and the census information shows district 56, sub-district E, Division 1,page 38, Household number 206.

His wife, Amelia died on December 23,1881. Her name is listed as Minnie GIRARD in the Hatley Methodist Church record. She was buried in the Bean Burying Ground,which is now the Lakeview Cemetary on route 143. I went to the cemetery, however there is no grave marker.

A couple of years later, Freeman moved to Massachusetts to live near his oldest daughter, Philomene, who was my great great grandmother. A few of his other children remained in QuŽbec. One son, David CURTIS married Leila LIBBY in 1881 and they were living in Compton. David died in 1902, also a farmer. When his wife Leila died in 1913, the Church of England, Hatley record says she was the widow of David CURTIS, farmer of Waterville.

I would also like to find where in Waterville they lived. Since I live near Sherbrooke, I would be able to see for myself where they lived, that's if the land records can be located. Any advise or information that you may have would be greatly appreciated. Sandra Putnam Roy, Westbury, QC sanro07@sympatico.ca

Sandra, You need to know the lot and range number inorder to start a search. Currently the Registry offices are known as Registre Foncier du Quebec . The website where you can find the information once you have the lot number is http://www.registrefoncier.gouv.qc.ca 7 h to 23 h Monday to Friday and 7 h to 17 h Saturdays and Sundays.

Perhaps Russell Nichol of Compton may know about this family. He is a local historian.

At the time of their marriage (Nov. 10, 1881) David Curtis was living in North Hatley and Lelie S. Libby was in Ascot. That is according to the marriage notice in The Stanstead Journal.

When Mary died Dec. 28, 1881 she was listed as the wife of Freeman Cassitta, she was 51. Her residence was given as Stearnsville, Stanstead.

According to the Journal, when David Curtis died Dec. 19, 1902, (there may be more than one) he was a resident of Eustis (which is next to North Hatley). He died in Waterville and had lived at Abbot's Corner. All these places are within a few miles on a map. The Sherbrooke Record adds the detail that he died of typhoid fever and was about 45 years old.

I will try to locate Stearnsville, Stanstead. That's a new one for me. The tricky part of your request is that there is both a village of Hatley and a township of Hatley. The same for Compton and Stanstead. Waterville is/was in Compton Twp.

I've been researching my family and have been stuck at one point for many weeks. I found an article in the NY Times July 5, 1897 about Moses PIERCE (my fourth great grandfather) dies at age 104 Uncle to the President Franklin Pierce. I have found very little about this man. He died in Derby Line July 5th, 1897 and was born per my calculations from his death certificate on May 26, 1793. The death certificate states possibly born in Corinth VT but it is hard to read. Moses had a daughter Anne Elizabeth PIERCE (PIPER) born in 1828 who died in Randolf, MA. June 17, 1909. Her death certificate states that her father was born in Stanstead, P.Q. She may have been born there also.

Moses's father was Samuel PIERCE and mother was mary SARGENT. Moses's wife was Abigail COLBY. The article said that he live for many years in Canada. Would it be at all possible for someone to look up his and Anne's possible births in Stanstead? Would it be possible to find the death notice that woud give his parents? I'm also trying to find out if his son Tillotson who is listed in the 1850 census might actually be Henry Tillotson PIERCE who would be my great great great grandfather.

I read a lot of your history but didn't find anything that rang a bell. Just for the heck of it I went to the Mormon Latter Day Saints. I'm not sure how good it is but it did have Moses and eleven children born in Grafton NH. I'll try looking there for his birth. I know he lived in Canada for many years and also Derby Line VT. I now believe that his daughter Anne Elizabeth PIERCE was born in Stanstead P.Q. One family tree has her born in Stanstead PEI but that is spelled Stansted. Elizabeth's death certificate says that her father was born in Stanstead PQ but I'm now thinking it was her. Frank Bartlett fcbsr@snet.net

Frank,

Found a marriage for Miss Ann E. Pierce to Robert Piper both of Derby, Vermont, June 17, 1852. Parents were not given. Is that the right Ann E. Pierce?

No birth record found for her.

Moses Pierce d. July 5, 1897 in his 105th year. His wife Abigail B. Colby died Mar. 23, 1868 aged 77 yrs. There is an obituray for her which would be available at the Stanstead Historical Society Archives.

The Pierces in our region make up a very large group. It seems they may not all be related.

I have been working through the: Pierce Genealogy, being the record of the Thomas Pierce . . . There are many enteries for both Samuel and Moses and for Stanstead. No connection yet. There are other concentration of folks with that surname not far from the border. Stanbridge in the Missiquoi Co. and in Shipton there is even a Samuel born in 1783. I will keep looking,

I am looking for the marriage record of John Nelson HAINES to Mary-Anne SHITLOVET in B.C.Canada circa 1875. The couple resided in the Empire Valley (Chilcotin region of B.C.) and later Deer Creek (Chilcotin region of B.C.) when they met. Their daughter Lillian BAMBRICK (nee Haines) was born in 1879 and raised in the Empire Valley (Chilcotin region of B.C.).

Is it possible to get this info? Mary-Anne SHITLOVET would be my great-great grandmother and proves native background in our family (she was a Lil'Wat native from Big Bar).

Advise, Deanna Hendricks luella31@telus.net

Deanna,

BC is a great distance from my area of expertise. I suggest contacting the British Columbia Genealogical Society to see if they can help. http://www.bcgs.ca/

I did try the LDS (Mormon) site and found the following two interesting families:

On the 1881 Canadian Census you will find the Household of John C. HAYNES of Irish origins, 48 years old, his wife Emily J. HAYNES 29. Their children Fairfax HAYNES 9, Valentino HAYNES 5, Hester Emily HAYNES 3, William Howe HAYNES 1 Irene Margaret HAYNES 5 months. Of the most interest are the next two children who are older but not listed first. I suspect they may have had a different mother. all chidren are born in BC. Mary HAYNES 14, John HAYNES 12 who was born 1869. The Census Place was Osoyoos, Yale, British Columbia The second family of interest is that of John HAINS who was born in 1829 in the USA. The Census Place for him is Clinton & Lillooet, Cariboo, British Columbia. John HAINS is 52 his son Nelson HAINS is13 born in the USA too. Daughters Minnie HAINS is 11, Lilly HAINS 6, Maria HAINS 6 months. The son Nelson could be John Nelson and was called by his middle name to avoid confusion around the house.

Looking for KNOWLTON family cousins out there ! Looking for anyone descended from Francis FRASER Jr. who married Zeruiah KNOWLTON, trying find the line in order to connect each-other ! FRASER Family website http://www3.sympatico.ca/rick.macneil/frarpt1gen123.htm

Great Great Great Parents Francis Fraser's are Francis Fraser Jr. married Zeruiah Knowlton had children are: 1.Francis Fraser 1811 Eliza Pritchard 2.John William 1813-1894 married Amelia spicer 3.Daniel 1820- content Green 4.Rachael Married William Grant.

I am looking for a David DOYEN who was living in Stanstead, Quebec. I find him and his wife Closina with a step-son Luman MOSES in the 1901 census. David was listed as being 73 at the time, being this age I would assume he died there and perhaps even buried there. Do any of the churches in Stanstead have there records online? David DOYEN 's sister also lived in Stanstead her name was Julia BLACKWOOD and she is buried in Fitch Bay Cemetery with second husband Thomas BLACKWOOD . After Thomas BLACKWOOD's death Julia lived with her son and daug.-in-law Fred and Hattie BARBER. Information on any of the above would be much appreciated.

Glenys King, Durham, Maine
msglenys@peoplepc.com

Glenys,

David Doyen died March 4th 1903. He was at his home in Apple Grove.

He was married to Closina Rever. His daughter Hattie Julia Doyen married William Alfred Davis Sept. 18, 1895.

His daughter Elizabeth Belle Doyen was born May 7, 1871. She married Herbert Cooper Mar. 12, 1890, she died Jan. 8, 1945.

When Mrs. Blackwood died, Jan. 13, 1913, she was in North Vermillion, Alberta, with the Barbers.

A couple of years ago I wrote to the Haskell Library in Derby Line asking for information about my 2nd great grandfather Joseph BATHROW was born in or around 1796. (His decendants spell it BIATHROW). You sent me a wonderful letter telling me about the area and history of Derby Line during that time period. I was most interested as was my mother, she is now 98 years old. My mother seems to think he might have been born around Sherbrooke, Quebec . Can you give me any information about the history surounding the area between Sherbrooke Quebec and Derby Line VT around the turn of the century (late 1700s early 1800s)?

To refresh your memory Joseph's was the son of a half-breed her parents - a Native American woman and a French Canadian father, as far as I can determine. His mother became pregnant at a very young age by a Catholic priest. I don't know if she had any siblings or not. Were there any indian tribes around Sherbrooke or anywhere between there and Derby Line? Were there any Catholic missons around this area in Canada in the late 1700s?

I called Kenneth Biathrow, a name you gave me, and his ancestry doesn't go as far back as my Biathrow line. Thank you for that lead. It was unfortunate that we couldn't our two lines.

Marilyn Potter, 8546 Navarre Parkway,
Navarre, FL 32566
map7746@aol.com

Marilyn, Do you have charts from yourself back to this gentleman? I doubt there is any record of the priest story. If you have her name that would be a start. I have not found anything at that early a date. No official records exist from the first few years of settlement in the very late 1700s. Your information on the LDS site does not mention the Canadian connection you are asking about. The Abenaki travelled through here as they hunted and fished but only temporarily camping as they went. The first Catholic priest to visit Sherbrooke was in May 1816 for one Mass. The next one was in 1823. The first chapel was opened in 1834 and was served many years by Irish Catholic priests. The second Catholic parish was here in Stanstead officialy opened in 1838 but having been served by missionaries from around 1829.

Calling all BRASSARDs

annhawks at annhawks@sbcglobal.net

Ann,

The dates should be questioned.

My search for Isaac YOUNG has brought me to you. What I know of Isaac is that he was born in 1794, but I don't know where. He had a daughter named Sabrie which means "of the border" or "born on the border". US census records show her marrying Abiel ALFORD of Stanstead and emmigrating to the US. In these records she lists her birth in Canada, but I know that this area came under some dispute during this time. Deductive reasoning has lead me to believe that Isaac traveled to Stanstead Plain as part of the land rush of the early 19th century and Sabrie was born in either Stanstead or Vermont . However, there is no record of Isaac or Sabrie in any USA documents that I can find. It is possible that Isaac was a worker for the ALFORD family and therfore not mentioned amongst the early Stanstead families. I have found confirmation of Abiel ALFORD and the ALFORD family in the early history of Stanstead. I have also found a document from the 1820's in which an Isaac YOUNG verifies the moral integrity of a man seeking veteran benefits as a soldier in the US Revolutionary War. Willing to share any information I have. My research has lead to a fascination with the Stanstead area and I plan to visit soon. Chris Young, Grand Junction, Colorado

cherylyoung@bresnan.net

I am researching my grandfatherā€™s side of the family; his name is Leon Deward STRATTON. His fatherÕs name is Deward Belmont STRATTON married to Clara PROULX. My Grandmother used to joke that my Grandfather was born on the border between Canada and the USA¦.and that there was always confusion. I believe that he was born in Beebe Plain, Stanstead, Quebec. Would you have any information regarding any of the names above and how I would go about conducting research online for Canada records. I live in California and find it extremely difficult to research my relatives in the Northeast. Jo-Ann (Lemon Stratton) Miller

JoLemonMiller@aim.com

POSTED 01.09.08

My name is Terry SHELTRA and currently living in . I'm currently doing our family genealogy and was wondering if maybe you could answer a question for me.

I was born in Irasburg, Vt and my parents and grandparents lived in Irasburg and Lowell. I've run into a snag and thought maybe you might be able to resolve the issue.

After reading your article entitled "Genealogy on the Quebec/Vermont border" in the Log Cabin Chronicles, I noticed that you mentioned our family name "SHELTRA " in your column when talking about the History of Irasburg. By any chance, do you know if the name SHELTRA was indeed changed from Chartre. I've found several references alluding to this but can't for sure make the connection to the two names. Any help with this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Terry Sheltra, Texas terryshel1313@gmail.com

Terry,

Sheltra = Chartrand please see http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~afgs/S6dit-etc.html

I am looking for information about a family that lived in Derby Vermont. Martha NOURSE was born 17 May 1882 in Coventry Vt. Her parents were Walter NOURSE and Lucy COLE. I went to Middlesex and found several vital records for this family. These records confirmed the family legend that has been passed to me. Martha NOURSE was my grandmother's mother. The story is that the Nourses came from England, down the St Lawerence seaway to northern Vermont. Walter NOURSE's death certficate says he died 27 Jan. 1892, age 36y 11m 8d. He was born in "Barry" PQ. His father was Charles NOURSE , born in England; mother was Betsey CHICKERING. In 1882 Walter was a painter of signs, carriages and houses in Derby. Charles was a retired farmer. There is no mention of Betsey CHICKERING. Lucy COLE was born 5 May 1858 in Salem, Vt. She married Walter 6 Jan 1878 in Derby. After Walter died Lucy married Arthur SAWYER on 8 Jan 1893. My grandmother called Lucy, "Grammie SAWYER ". They had a son named Chester SAWYER , born 22 Dec 1894. My questions are:
1) Where is "Barry PQ"?
2) Where are the Nourses buried?
3) Who is Betsey Chickering? Is she Canadian?
4) What is known of Chester Sawyer's life and burial?
Geoff Burrows gaburrows@gmail.com

Geoff,

Although pronounced Barry, Bury, Quebec was once called Robinson, it is in Compton County. It is in round numbers, about 60 miles north of the Can/USA border. Compton County borders on the far eastern corner of Vermont and western New Hampshire. There may have been more Nourses in Wolfe Co. to the North of Compton.

The Seaway is not opened until the 20th century and secondary rivers or travel overland would be required to get to Vermont.

Try this site
http://www.interment.net/can/qc/stanstead.htm to find the Protestant burials in Quebec. Use the links to search Quebec. That will give you known places of Nourse burials. Search for Nurse as well.

I know that Edwin T. HANSON is my husband's great grandfather. Who are his parents?

Here's what I know about him:
Born 11 March 1867, Barnston (source: 1901 Canadian Census)
Married Lillian E NOYES June 25, 1890 (Stanstead Journal Vital Statistics, online abstract). If it helps to figure out which church might have records, the marriage was performed by Rev. WM. Smith
Died 25 September, 1905. (Stanstead Journal Vital Statistics, online abstract)
He is buried in Barnston's Pleasant View Cemetery (Interment.net)
He and Lillian had three children: Howard Newton, Reginald Douglas (my husband's grandfather), and Bernard (source: 1901 Canadian Census)
After Edwin died suddenly in 1905, Lillian moved with the 3 children to Derby Line, Vermont. She died in 1947 and is also buried in Barnston's Pleasant View Cemetery.
Lucia Renshaw lrenshaw@cyberitas.com

I just read your article "Genealogy on the Quebec/Vermont border" and I am having so many of the issues you mentioned with so many different branches of my family tree! I'm hoping you can offer me some insight on one branch.

I am searching for information on the DHU family. My great-grandmother Doris Hart ARMSTRONG was born in Hardwick, VT in July 1901 to Nathaniel HART and Electa Jane (DHU) HART. Electa died in Hardwick just a few days later and as far as I know is buried there. She is reported to have been born in Stanbridge, PQ, on or about 9/16/1879. I can find her in census records in the US in 1900,in Hardwick, which makes sense. I cannot find a record of her prior to that in the US or Canada. She had a brother Burton DHU, born 1-23-1876. I can find a record of Burton DHU as an adult in Brome Canada (census), plus a border crossing. Again, prior to his marriage I can find no information on his family. I do know his mother's name is Elizabeth and some say her maiden name is HOLLANDBACK. The only place I have seen that name is in Burton's obituary. Burton/Electa's father's name is Edward, according to Burton's obituary, and Ed E. according to Electa's death record. I cannot find any record of any other Dhu's who could be the parents of Burton and Electa. I am totally stumped. I did find a DOE family, in Brome, with a mother named Elizabeth and a father named Edmund, with a different middle initial. On a border crossing document Burton indicated he is of Scottish descent, but on census records his parents' birthplace is supposed to be Canada. It's almost like these two children appeared out of nowhere!
Paula Price paula.price@mshp.dps.mo.gov

Paula,

I have had a look at some of the Townships databases and indexes to records.

Marlene Simmons has the best database for that part of the province and has 3 Dhu entries that I see in her index. There is a charge for the information from her but well worth the price if it is something you do not as yet have. I think she could tell you what she has or perhaps you could explain what you have and she would not send if it was the same.
http://simmons.b2b2c.ca/

Search results for :
Surname = Dhu
Hits found: 3
Surname Given Name Type of Record
Dhu Burton Census
Dhu Edith Census
Dhu Infant Newspaper

The LDS Family Search site had only one person that might fit in the area of your search, Annie Du found on the 1881 Canadian census

She was a servant in the household Archibald L.J. Mcmillan, a 47 year old doctor in Potton, Brome Co. Annie DU, female, English, 14 years old.

Prof. Jack Little wrote the following article, "The Bard in a Community in Transition and Decline: Oscar Dhu and the Hebridean Scots of the Upper St. Francis District, Quebec," Canadian Papers in Rural History, 10 (1996): 45-80. by J.I. Little. I do not have it sorry. Professor Little works at Simon Fraser University in BC.

There was a Dew family in St. Armand. Francis Dew marries Julia Lebare 20 May 1839 Anglican records St. Armand East. I guess Dew and Dhu would sound the same to a record taker.

I am researching the FOUCHER side of my family. I have a Pierre FAUCHER dit ST. MAURICE (Jean Baptiste, Marie Francoise JUNEAU) b. 26 April 1726 at Neuville, Portneuf, Quebec. m. Abt. 1753, Reine PROVOST at Stanstead, Quebec. Pierre d. 21 Jan 1765, place unknown.

I have not any children for this couple, nor a definitive marriage date. I am wondering if they stayed in Stanstead? I would greatly appreciate any information you may wish to share.

Michelle Robillard michelle.robillard@gmail.com

Michelle,
Stanstead was not settled until 1796. RC Parish of Sacre Coeur not founded until 1848 and was serviced by a missionary priest from 1838. I can look after that date but if you are sure of your dates for Pierre I do not believe there will be anything here.

David

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