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TO ALL GRAVELIN RESEARCHERS:
My name is JOHN GRAVLIN JR. and I have spent the last six years trying to find the location or birthplace/origin in CANADA of my great grandparents FRANCOIS GRAVELINE and CATHERINE GAMEL(sp?)
Please see sixteen pages of info that I have collected over the years of my search. Can anyone please help me with this??
If anyone can do so, please forward the info to NORMAND ALLARD and he will transfer it to me.
at Normand.Allard2@Videotron.ca
Thanking you in advance, JOHN GRAVLIN Jr.
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A cross(+) preceding a number indicates more information at that base number.
FIRST GENERATION
1. FRANCOIS " FRANCIS"--Graveline was born February 7, 1814 in CANADA. He died Sept.22,1898 in Montpelier,Vt. He is buried in Montpelier,Vt.
He was married to CATHERINE "KATE" GAMEL on Dec.2, 1838 in Montpelier,VT. CATHERINE was born March 1820 in Canada.She died on Jan. 13, 1902 in Montpelier,Vt. She is buried in Montpelier,Vt.
FRANCOIS "FRANCIS" and CATHERINE had the following children:
+2 i. FRANCIS JR. (ARTHUR) "FRANK" was born about 1840.
+3 ii. CATHERINE was born about 1842
+4 iii. SARAH was born about 1845
+5 iv. JOSEPH was born about 1847
+6 v. JOHN was born about 1848
+7 vi. MARY JANE was born about 1852
+8 vii. ROSE "ROSA" was born about 1855
+9 viii. CLEMENTINE "CLEMMIE" was born about 1857
+10 ix. JOSEPHINE ALMA was born after 1858
+11 x. CHARLES HENRY was born June 1862 in Montpelier,Vt.
SECOND GENERATION
2. FRANCIS JR. (ARTHUR) "FRANK" GRAVELINE (FRANCOIS"**-1) was born about 1840 in (Montpelier) Highgate Center..Vt. He died on Feb. 12, 1906 in Montpelier,Vt. He is buried in Montpelier,Vt.
He was married to ROSA ROSALIE "ROSILLA" CREPEAU--The daughter of PETER CREPEAU and MARGUERITE PERRON on February 24, 1867 in Montpelier, Franklin Co., Vt.
ROSILLA CREPEAU was born on 1850 in St. Albans,Vt. She died on June 29, 1912 in Waterbury,Vt. She is buried in Montpelier, Vt.
FRANCIS GRAVELIN and ROSILLA CREPEAU had the following children:
+12. i. FRANK A. was born October 15, 1868
+13. ii. ROSE B. was born December 16, 1872
+14. iii. ARTHUR LEWIS was born December 10, 1873
+15 iv. JOHN ANDREW was born May 15, 1875
+16 v. JOSEPHINE was born December 20, 1877
vi. ELIZABETH was born May 5, 1880 in Montpelier,Vt. She died October 1, 1880 in Montpelier,Vt.
+17 vii. KATHERINE-KATIE was born March 13, 1882
viii. ALBERT was born June 15, 1884 in Montpelier,Vt. He died June 18, 1884 in Montpelier,VT.
ix. MARY was born June 15, 1884 in Montpelier,Vt.
She died August 23, 1884 in Montpelier,Vt.
+18 x. JENNIE was born March 1885
+19 xi. EMMA
xii. Unknown--He/she was born July 2, 1892 in Montpelier Vt. He/she died July 2, 1892 in Montpelier, Vt.
3. CATHERINE was born about 1842
4. SARAH was born about 1845
5. JOSEPH (FRANCOIS "FRANCIS"-1) was born about 1847. He died January 23, 1884 in Montpelier,Washington Co.,Vt. He married ALMIRA LABERSHIRE on October 28, 1879 in Montpelier, Vt.
ALMIRA later married JOSEPH BELL in Montpelier,Vt.
6. JOHN was born about 1848. He died February 15, 1891 in Brattleboro,Vt. He was a laborer and a sailor.
7. MARY JANE GRAVELIN (FRANCOIS" FRANCIS"--1) was born about 1852. She died in 1942.
She was married to AUGHTNEY SHAMBO (ARCHAMBAULT) on July 5,1875 in Berlin, Washington Co., Vt.
MARY JANE and AUGHTNEY had the following children:
i. RHODA was born about 1876
ii. RACHEL was born about 1878
iii. HENRY was born about 1882 in Montpelier, Vt.
iv. GERTRUDE was born 1880 in Montpelier, Vt. She died 1951 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is buried in the Roman Catholic Cem. in Montpelier,Vt.
8. ROSE "ROSA" GRAVELIN (FRANCOIS "FRANCIS"-1) was born about 1855 in Montpelier,Washington Co.,Vt. She married ARTHUR GREENWOOD on Feb. 25, 1873 in Montpelier,Washington Co.,Vt.
9. CLEMENTINE "CLEMMIE" GRAVELIN (FRANCOIS"FRANCIS"-1) was born about 1857. She married EDWARD O. JOHNSON on June 21, 1878 in Berlin,Vt.
10. JOSEPHINE ALMA GRAVELIN (FRANCOIS "FRANCIS"-1) was after 1858.
She was married to JOHN MAJESTER on August 15, 1881 in Montpelier, Washington Co,.Vt.
JOSEPHINE and JOHN had the following children:
i. JOHN H. was born about 1883 in
ii. CLEMENTINE was born about 1887
11. CHARLES HENRY GRAVELIN (FRANCOIS"FRANCIS"-1) He was born June 20, 1862 in Montpelier,Vt. He died Jan.25, 1943 in Springfield,Ma. He was buried in Ashburnham,Ma.
He married CAROLINE LOUISE ALLARD. She was born Apr.3, 1884. She died Aug.20, 1955 in Springfield,Ma.
CHARLES HENRY and CAROLINE had the following children:
i. MARY KATHERINE GRAVELIN was born Nov.21, 1900 in Montpelier,Washington Co.,Vt. She was married to NORMAN ERLANSON. She died in West Springfield, Ma. in 1976.
ii. AGNES PAULINE GRAVELINE was born in Ashburnham, Ma. She died on April 17, 2007 in Granby,Ct. She was buried in Ashburnham, Ma. She was married to CARLTON W. DANA. He was born August 6, 1907 in Chickapee Falls, Ma. He died March 20, 1980.
AGNES and CARLTON W. DANA had the following children:
i. CHARLES F. was born Sept. 1930. He married MARY COONEY
ii. NANCY LYNN was born Jan.12, 1945 She married JOSEPH P. BOLIS
iii. KATHERINE ROSE was born August 1932. She married LEO BIENVENU.
THIRD GENERATION
12. FRANK A. GRAVELIN (FRANCIS JR. (ARTHUR) FRANK-2) FRANCOIS--FRANCIS-1) was born on Oct. 15, 1868 in Highgate Center, Franklin Co.,Vt.
He was married to LENA SENNA COFFIN on July3, 1893 in Raymond, Rockingham Co., NH. LENA S. COFFIN was born Jan. 1869 in NH. She died Mar.11, 1959 in Ashburnham, Ma. She is buried in Athol,Ma. (Silver Lake Cemetary)
FRANK A. GRAVELIN and LENA S. COFFIN had the following children:
+20. i. ARNOLD FRANK GRAVELIN was born in April 1894.
He was born in Gardner, Ma. He died Feb.2, 1959, in Worcester,Ma. He is buried in Athol, Ma.
ARNOLD F. married LYDIA BLANCHETTE
LYDIA BLANCHETTE was born on May 28, 1896 in Ma. She died in July 1973 in Athol, Ma.
ARNOLD FRANK also married CARRIE MacLEAN.
ARNOLD and LYDIA had the following children:
i. FRANK A. was born May 17, 1923. He died January 8,1997 in
Delray, Fl. He is buried in Worcester,Ma. He married ROSE DeSANTIS.
FRANK and ROSE had the following children:
i. GLEN F.
ii. LINDA R.
iii. GAYLE F.
iv. JANE C.
v. PAULINE was born-----She married FRANK VILLA of San Diego, Ca.
13. ROSE B. GRAVELIN (FRANCIS JR. "FRANK"-2 FRANCOIS "FRANCIS"-1 was born on December 16, 1872 in Montpelier,Washington Co., Vt.. She died on December 21, 1921 in Farmington,Franklin Co, Me. She was buried in Farmington, Me. She married OTIS GOULD on May 1. 1893 in Barre, Washington Co.,Vt. OTIS GOULD was born on July 17, 1867 in Farmington, Me. He died on November 24, 1930 in Farmington, Me. He was buried in Farmington, Me.
ROSE and OTIS had the following children:
i. ISABEL was born April 16, 1896 in Barre, Vt. She died on May 9, 1918 in Farmington, Me. She married ARTHUR H. CORBETT on 1917.
ii. MILDRED JOSEPHINE was born December 3, 1897 in St. Albans, Vt. She died January 29, 1952 in Portland, Me. She is buried in Farmington, Me.
iii. DANIEL B. was born April 13, 1899 in Industry, Me. He died May 13, 1918 in France (WWI). He is buried in St. Mihiel American Cemetary in France.
iv. ADELAIDE HANNAH was born February 18, 1901 in Industry, Me. She died February 22, 1969 in Portland, Me. She married CHARLES A. GAUTHIER on 1927. She is buried in Farmington, Me.
v. HELEN JANE was born on June 16, 1913 in New Vineyard, Me.
14. ARTHUR LEWIS GRAVELIN (FRANCIS JR. "FRANK"-2 FRANCOIS "FRANCIS"-1) was born on December 10, 1873 in Montpelier, Washington Co.,Vt.
He was married to IDA LAVINA GOMO (GOMEAULT?) (daughter of JOHN GOMO and KARINA X---GOMO) on October 8, 1895 in Williston,Chittenden Co., Vt. Ida was born about 1874 in Vt. She died about 1950
ARTHUR LEWIS and IDA LAVINA had the following children:
i. JOHN DONALD was born on November 20, 1899 in Barre, Washington Co., Vt. He died April 12, 1900 in Barre, Vt.
ii. LAWRENCE HOWARD was born on August 10, 1902 in Barre,Washington Co, Vt. He died on April 16, 1903 of pneumonia in Barre, Vt.
+21. iii. FLORENCE LORETTA was born on April 15, 1904. She married Mr. SAPARITA
+22 iv. GLADYS was born She married Mr. BOYEA
15. JOHN ANDREW (FRANCIS JR "FRANK"-2 FRANCOIS"FRANCIS"-1 was born on May 15, 1875 in Montpelier,Washington Co., VT. He died on April 4, 1958 in Farmington, Franklin Co., Me. He is buried in Strong, Franklin Co.,Me.
He was married to MABEL ALICE FREEMAN on February 2, 1897 in Barre, Washington Co,.Vt. He was divorced from MABEL ALICE on March 20, 1907. MABEL ALICE FREEMAN was born November 22, 1881 in Rolfe, Pocahontas Co., Iowa. She died on October 29, 1949 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa.
JOHN ANDREW and MABEL ALICE had the following children:
i. HAZEL MADINE was born on November 1, 1898 in Woodbury, Washington Co., Vt. She died on December 24, 1904 in Barre, Washington Co., Vt. She was buried in Hope Cemetary.-Barre, Vt.
+23. ii. RUTH FISK was born on May 27, 1900 in Barre,Vt. She died on May 21, 1967
John was also married to IDA EMMA WITHEY (the daughter of ALPHA WITHEY and MILLY HARRIS) On April 3, 1909 in New Vineyard, Franklin Co., Me.
IDA EMMA WITHEY was born on December 5, 1891 in Lang Plantation, Me. She died on October 29, 1975 in Phillips, Franklin Co., Me.
JOHN ANDREW and IDA EMMA had the following children:
+24. i. LUCILLE MARGUERITE was born on August 15, 1909 in New Vineyard, Me. She died 1985 in Embden,Somerset Co. Me. She is buried in the GAY CEMETARY in Farmington Me., on the South Strong Rd.
+25. ii. RALPH JOHN was born on March 30, 1911 in Stratton, Me.
+26. iii. MODENA HAZEL was born on March 31, 1912 in New New Vineyard, Me. She died on February 27, 2002 in Farmington, Franklin Co., Me.
iv. ZELWOOD ALPHA was born August 28, 1921 in New Vineyard, Franklin Co., Me. He died on Sunday August 1, 1943 in Ploestie, Roumania. (WWII) M.I.A.
JOHN ANDREW was also married to ALBERTA BEAN DAVIS PROBERT. (The daughter of ALBERT BYRON DAVIS and MABEL MARIA BEAN.)
ALBERTA BEAN DAVIS was born on July 17, 1895 in Deering, Portland, Me. She died on December 5, 1971 in Farmington, Me.
She was buried in Strong, Franklin Co., Me.
JOHN ANDREW and ALBERTA had the following children:
+27. i. JOHN JR. was born on November 18, 1935 in New Vineyard, Franklin Co., Me.
16. JOSEPHINE "JOSIE" (FRANCIS JR. "FRANK"-2 FRANCOIS "FRANCIS"-1 was born on December 20, 1877 in Montpelier, Vt.
She was married to WILLIAM H. HOLDEN on December 8,1896 in Barre, Washington Co., Vt.
JOSEPHINE and WILLIAM had the following children:
i. MAX A.
MAX A. married ANN----
MAX and ANN had the following children:
i. DOLORES
DOLORES married PAUL C. HOOVER OF Alexandria, Va.
DOLORES and PAUL had the following children:
i. WILLIAM HOLDEN HOOVER
ii.TALBOT MERRILL HOOVER
17. KATHERINE "KATIE" GRAVELINE (FRANCIS JR."FRANK"-2 FRANCIOS"FRANCIS"-1) was born March 13, 1882 in Montpelier, Washington Co.,Vt.
She was married to WALLACE JOSEPH GOULD on February 22, 1906 in Bethel, Windsor Co.,Vt. ( OTIS GOULDS` brother").
18. JENNIE GRAVELINE (FRANCIS JR. "FRANK"-2 FRANCOIS "FRANCIS"-1) was born March 1885 in Montpelier,Washington Co.,Vt.
She was married to GEORGE D.S. TROUPE on September 6, 1904 in Barre, Washington Co.,Vt.
She was also married to Mr. CARROLL
19. EMMA GRAVELINE (FRANCIS JR. "FRANK"-2 FRANCOIS "FRANCIS"-1)
She was married to JOSEPH BELL in Montpelier, Washington Co.,Vt.
She was also married to Mr. LABERSHIRE.
FOURTH GENERATION
20. ARNOLD F. (FRANK A.-3 FRANCIS JR."FRANK"-2- FRANCOIS "FRANCIS"-1 was born April 1894 in Ma. He died after 1920. He was married to LYDIA BLANCHETTE.
LYDIA was born on May 28, 1896 in Ma. She died July, 1973 in Athol, Worcester Co., Ma.
ARNOLD F. GRAVELIN and LYDIA had the following children:
+28. i. FRANK A. was born May 17, 1923.
ii. PAULINE
21. FLORENCE LORRETTA GRAVLIN ("ARTHUR LEWIS-3 FRANCIS JR "FRANK"-2 FRANCOIS"FRANCIS"-1) was born on April 15, 1904 in Barre,Washington Co.,Vt.
She was married to Mr. SAPARITE
22. GLADYS GRAVLIN (ARTHUR LEWIS-3 FRANCIS JR. "FRANK"-2 FRANCOIS "FRANCIS"-1)
She married Mr. BOYEA.
23. RUTH FISK GRAVLIN (JOHN ANDREW-3 FRANCIS JR. "FRANK"-2 FRANCOIS"FRANCIS"-1) was born on May 27, 1900 in Barre, Washington Co.,Vt.
She died on May 21, 1967 in Council Bluffs,Ia.
She was married to WILLIAM E. ANDERSON on Sept 29, 1920.
WiILLIAM E. ANDERSON died on May 15, 1959 in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska.
RUTH and WILLIAM had the following children:
i. BETTY CLAIR was born on December 20, 1924 in Underwood, Pottawattamie Co, Ia.. She married WILLIAM HUNEKE.
24. LUCILLE MARGUERITE GRAVLIN (JOHN ANDREW-3 FRANCIS JR. "FRANK"-2 FRANCOIS"FRANCIS"-1 ) was born on August 15, 1909 in New Vinyard, Franklin Co,.Me. She died on April 14, 1985 in Embden, Somerset Co.,Me. She was buried in Farmington, Me.
She was married to WILLIAM JOSEPH CUMMINGS. He as born June 19, 1913.
LUCILLE and WILLIAM "BILL" had the following children:
i. JOHN PETER
She was married to HOLLIS A. PARKER on June 13, 1936. HOLLIS
A. PARKER was born in 1905. He died in 1980.
LUCILLE M. and HOLLIS had the following children:
i. JUDITH ARLENE was born on July 26, 1941 in Farmington, Me.
She was married to KENNETH CLARK on April 16, 1965. KENNETH was born in 1913. He died in 1994.
25. RALPH JOHN (JOHN ANDREW-3 FRANCIS JR."FRANK"-2 FRANCOIS"FRANCIS"-1) was born on March 30, 1911 in Stratton,Franklin Co., Me. He died on February 27, 1991 in Bristol, Hartford Co., Ct..
He was married to KATHERINE CONWAY. She was born on January 3, 1918 in Fryeburg, Oxford Co., Me.
RALPH JOHN and KATHERINE CONWAY had the following children :
+30. i. ELIZABETH MARY was born on October 16, 1938.
+31. ii. ROBERT STEPHEN was born on January 19, 1940.
+32. iii. LOIS JEAN was born on September 23, 1942..
+33. iv MARY LOU was born on September 18, 1944.
+34. v. JOAN SYLVIA was born on November 23, 1945.
+35. vi. RICHARD BRUCE was born on April 1, 1947.
+36. vii. CATHLEEN SUE was born on May 19, 1951.
+37. viii. DONNA MARIE was born on October 27, 1952.
+37.. ix. THOMAS FRANCIS was born on October 27, 1952.
+38. x. CYNTHIA ANN was born on August 8, 1954.
+39. xi. PETER was born on August 28, 1955.
+40. xii. SUSAN was born on December 1, 1956.
26. MODENA HAZEL GRAVLIN (JOHN ANDREW-3 FRANCIS JR. "FRANK"-2 FRANCOIS"FRANCIS"-1) was born on March 31, 1912 in New Vinyard,Franklin Co., Me. She died on February 21, 2002 at the Sandy River Care Ctr. at Farmington,Franklin Co., Me.
She was married to PHILMORE HARNDEN.
She was married to CECIL "ZEKE" WORCESTER. He was born in 1913. He died in 1998.
27. JOHN GRAVLIN JR. (JOHN ANDREW-3 FRANCIS JR. "FRANK"-2 FRANCOIS"FRANCIS"-1) was born on November 18, 1935 in New Vineyard , Franklin Co., Me.
He was married to ADELINE BUSH (daughter of JESSE HERBERT BUSH and LILLIAN LOUISE BRACKET) in August 1957 in Hodgenville, Larue Co., Ky.
He was also married to NITA FRANCES BROOKS (daughter of ALLEN BROOKS and EMMA SALMON) on February 24, 1968 in University Christian Church, Normal, McLean Co., Il.
JOHN JR. and NITA had the following children:
+41 i. BRIAN A.B. was born on April 19, 1966 in Bloomington, Il.
+42 ii. DEE DEE LYNN was born on February 13, 1968 in Clinton, Il.
JOHN JR was also married to CAROL JEAN SCHMIDT (daughter of DONALD SCHMIDT and SELMA JEAN----SCHMIDT) on NOVEMBER 23, 1974 in Fleming, Cayuga Co., NY.
CAROL JEAN SCHMIDT was born on August 14, 1945 in Seattle, King Co., Wa. She died on Sept 8, 1998 in Pownal, Cumberland Co., Me.
She was buried in Strong, Franklin Co., Me.
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Here is the tale about the new Orleans funeral.
The link at bottom takes a minute to load, but should give you the NPR piece. Freeman
Dear Friends, old and new, and family,
In the hope this will be of interest, I thought you would enjoy a small summary about the Commemorative Funeral my Creole kinfolks gave to my gruesomely executed ancestor Jean Baptiste Baudrau II. I have just returned from this "jazz funeral" march through the French Quarter. National Public Radio covered the event. The audio link below takes afew moments to load, so be patient...
Attached is a profile believed to depict Jean Baptiste Baudrau II [1717-1757], my Gulf Coast, half-Native American, ancestor. He holds a ceremonial feather.
His father, JB Baudrau dit Graveline, was the most successful member of the Founding Party of the Louisiana Colony. He made his first fortune trading pelts with the Choctaw and Muscogee (Creek) peoples of today’s Mississippi and Alabama. He made his 2d fortune trading in cattle with the Spanish of Havana and Vera Cruz.
His wife was “the daughter of a great Chief of the Indian nation,” and they produced one son, our executed ancestor.
Jean Baptiste Baudrau II was an agent of his father, and a famous up-country frontiersman for the French around Mobile, which was one of the early colonial capitols. He was fluent in several native tongues, and highly regarded, especially among the Alabamon Creeks. Historical accounts say Jean Baptiste served as go-between on numerous occasions in the rescue of French captives, sometimes pledging his own pelts to redeem captives’ lives. He was a well-regarded citizen of the colony.
He was also something of a wildcat. The French Gov. Vaudreuil charged him with rum smuggling to the Spanish at Pensacola. When he ran away with his mistress to Havana, trumped up kidnap charges saw him thrown in prison in New Orleans in the early 1740’s. He broke out after four months, and fled to the protection of his Indian people. The villages were located south of present day Montgomery. The Indians refused to trade with the French for five years until he was pardoned, and Vaudreuil finally petitioned the king of France to revoke the kidnap charges.
Vaudreuil wrote that “the respect of the Indians for Baudrau is to be feared. He is known to be brave, enterprising and well liked by all of the tribes. I favor pardon since his intentions were not bad… (This single man) is said to possess more knowledge of this continent than (all the other) French and the Indians.”
In the mid 1750’s, Jean Baptiste was convicted of illegal salvaging of Spanish wrecks, and imprisoned on Cat Island, off Biloxi. Coincidentally, its garrison mutined against a martinet commander, and forced Baudrau to escort them across hostile territory to English Georgia and freedom. The new Louisiana governor, Kerlerec, had only been in office 2 years, and must have seen the rap sheet on Baudrau. In response, he insidiously sent Baudrau’s own 2 sons to Mobile carrying a sealed arrest order for their father, then subjected our ancestor to a brief summary trial.
Documentation available today suggests Baudrau was indeed not guilty of participating in the mutiny. The odious nature of his death [breaking on the wheel, decapitation, quartering the body, display of the parts on the public refuse heap in New Orleans, and disposal into the Mississippi], created a deep sense of shame, humiliation and outrage on the part of his wife, mistress, half-sister, and 6 children.
The sorrow and opprobrium connected with this intergenerational transmission of trauma has been passed across the centuries. Our funeral upon the 250th anniversary of his execution was designed to bring long-delayed honor to a forgotten American hero, a skilled frontiersman who resembled later Daniel Boone or Jim Bowie, and to set his unburied soul to rest. The lines created by his Fayard, Farve, Seymore, Bosarge, Fontaine, Moran, Tannette, Dedeaux, Ladnier, Baptiste, Bang, Ryan, Lord, Lewis and other descendants runs to thousands of Americans alive today.
Nearly 100 of them joined together for a 2-hour jazz funeral procession through the Vieux Carre on June 10, 2007. Afterwards, to the ringing of bells and beating of Indian drums, they consigned a rememberance wreathe of rosemary, and the written prayers of many for Jean Baptiste, into the Mississippi River across from Jackson Square, the site of his horrible death.
Thanks for your interest in this unusual tale from old Louisiana history.
With greetings and good wishes...
Freeman "Hobs" Allan – Crozet VA 434-242-4718
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Dear Baudrau de Graveline Cousin,
April 9, 2007
June 7, 2007 is the 250th Anniversary of the execution of our ancestor Jean Baptiste Baudrau de Graveline II (1717-1757). As descendants through his two wives, M. C. Vinconneau and Henriette Huet, we are organizing a Celebration and Commemoration of our Grandfather's life and tragic death.
It will take place in New Orleans the weekend of June 9 and 10, and this is your invitation to join us. Attached or enclosed is information about Jean Baptiste and a general outline of our upcoming June event.
Can you join us? We hope that you can give us your confirmation promptly - ideally, within the month - so that our planning can move forward smoothly. We will reserve up to 20 rooms at a hotel in the French Quarter, which will be available on a "first come, first served" basis. Later registrants will have to locate their own hostelry.
To register: 1) Registration fee is $50 per couple or individual. Please mail your check ASAP, payable to: Richard H. Allan, 1394 Blair park Rd., Crozet VA 22932-2828; be sure to include a stamped self-addressed envelope: 2) Plan to arrive in NOLA June 8. Our first gathering will be that afternoon, location TBA; 3) Our event will conclude by mid-afternoon on June 10.
We will use the registration fee to cover costs of our Jazz Funeral Band, our Procession Permit, and misc. costs. Any remainder will be given as a gift from the Descendants of "Suzanne" and JB Baudrau II to the Hasinay/Caddo Tribal Foundation, in honor of these Native ancestors.
Why is descendancy from Jean Baptiste important to you?
For Randall, it hinges on our ancestor's historical significance.
For Hobs it's a spiritual connection, distinctly familial/emotional. Whatever your own feeling, we invite you - if you wish - to write a brief letter, prayer or Dedication to Jean Baptiste.
Bring it with you. We will include it in the "casket" that we carry in procession. If you are unable to come, please mail your Dedication to Hobs at the above address. (If you wish to add a small check to go into our event-kitty, we will be grateful.)
Tell your children about JB2. Ask for a copy of our Press Release, and see that it is printed in your local newspaper. Bring Jean Baptiste to mind June 7-10, and join us either in spirit or in your good Baudrau-descended body, to honor him and give him the commemorative funeral he was not vouchsafed in life. Pass this email to other Cousins you know.
See you in New Orleans!
Hobs Allan Randall Ladnier
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This is the book which gives quite favorable and objective descriptions of Jean Baptiste Baudrau II: Jean Bernard Bossu,
Travels in the Interior of North America, 1751-1762, trans, by Seymour Feiler (Norman, Okla., 1962),
I do not have a copy, but remember reading the account several years ago. If anyone knows where a copy could be ordered, please let me know. Thanks! |
Sylvia Westfaul Meeks
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Just read Randall Ladnier's letter about having a historical marker placed in New Orleans for Jean Baptiste Baudrau II.
What a great idea! I wish him the best of luck in accomplishing this project! It is time to recognize J.B.B.II as more than just a "bad seed" who came to a criminal's end.
Bossu's "Travels" gives an objective view of our ancestor, and counters Kelerec's biased description in his letter to de Moras.
Way to go, Randall! |
Sylvia Westfaul Meeks
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Dear Eloise, (and Norman)
Thanks for a thorough update. Now it is up to our next generation to carry on, and keep the fires kindled.
M. Randall Ladnier sent me the email below to the VIEUX CARRE COMMISSION in New Orleans:
My half-Indian ancestor was executed in front of St. Louis Cathedral on June 07, 1757. At the time, he owned a small log home on the corner of Rampart and Ursulines in the Vieux Carre. This summer will mark the 250th anniversary of his death.
He was executed (together with a French soldier) by "death on the wheel", having been convicted three hours earlier at a "Council of War" on a charge of aiding a mutiny which had occurred on Cat Island earlier that year. This event has been described in gruesome detail by Governor Kelerec in his letter to the King's Minister, Peirine de Moras, October 02, 1757.
My ancestor's death provoked public outrage in France, in the Colony of Louisiana, and among the Indian Nations of Mississippi and Alabama who considered him a great hero. This outrage may have contributed to France's adoption of the guillotine in 1792 as a more "humane" form of execution. Clearly my ancestor is the only native-born American to have died on the on the infamous French "wheel".
In addition to his being the direct ancestor of such famous persons as Pete Fountain and Jimmy Buffett, he is the great, great, ... uncle of Brett Favre, Hale Boggs, and Cokie Roberts.
He was the illegitimate son of Jean Baptiste Baudrau dit Graveline, a Canadian who had served with d'Iberville when they defeated the English at Hudson's Bay and accompanied him to Louisiana in 1700. Before the 1717 Hurricane decimated his cattle herds at Dauphin Island and Pascagoula, M. Graveline was considered the wealthiest man in the Colony.
Jean Baptiste Baudrau certainly rebelled against the French administrators of Louisiana. He was reprimanded for smuggling homemade rum to the Spanish at Pensacola. He had the gall to collect some of the cargo from a sunken Spanish ship when it washed up on Cat Island. But in 1757 he was something of a hero to the poor settlers of Louisiana who were just trying to survive despite French abuse and neglect.
He is certainly a hero to the many thousands of descendants who live in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama today. His ancestors would like to place an historical marker in or near Jackson Square to commemorate the 250th anniversary of his death.
Please contact me in this regard. I can provide you with many more historical facts that support our belief that he was an important figure in the history of Louisiana.
Randall Ladnier
Sarasota, Florida
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| 2007-03-10 |
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My brother and I are excited to be going to Gravelines, France in May, We would welcome information on anything specific we should do or see.
Best Regards, Karen Graveline Grant |
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| 2007-02-21 |
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YO - A GO FOR THE HO, GRAVELINE AIMS TO BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO FORMER ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX
A retired teacher is joining efforts to revitalize Gateway Drive and North Grand Forks.
Bill Graveline, who taught locally for 38 years and who's also dabbled in a variety of small business ventures, has been working for the past few months to renovate the building that once housed the Fabulous Westward Ho Entertainment Complex.
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I was recently diagnosed with a rare genetic blood disorder recently, and strongly suspect that it comes from my father's side of the family. This potentially life threatening disorder (hereditary coproporphyria) manifests itself rarely (est. at 2 in 1 million), with most carriers never showing any symptoms (90%). In me, it shows itself as attacks of EXTREME abdominal pain, with minor skin discoloration and sores, and some autonomic nerve damage.
What I am asking of you is to spread the word, to see if others have been diagnosed with this. I am a direct descendant of Urbain (8 generations), and I am willing to correspond with anyone who is interested in connecting with me on this.
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| 2006-07-04 |
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Don`t asked yourself what the Association can do for you, asked yourself what you can do for the Association.
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| 2006-05-16 |
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Meeting the Gravolin from Australia
I had the chance to met Mark & Gabrielle Gravolin who came to visit Montreal and Ottawa City, they are living in Brisbane, Australia. Their daughter Veronica is working for Le Cirque du Soleil. The QUIDAM show is playing in Ottawa City from May 18 to June 25. at : www.cirquedusoleil.com
We visited the Park Urbain Baudreau dit Graveline on Sherbrooke Street and we also went to Old Montreal.
We had lunch together at the Restaurant L`Epicier located on St-Paul St near the Bonsecours Market Place.
We spent 4 hours together and it was really interesting and fun. They are such a nice couple.
I hope I will have the chance to meet them again in the future.
Outside the whimsical Cirque du Soleil tents at Lansdowne Park, friendly tulips hug the canal and invite joggers and cyclists to take a break from daily stresses and lie in the sun to relax. But if you were to step inside the tents and into the troupe's abstract world of Quidam, you'd experience a pause in time and an emotional journey examining loneliness and mystery with the marriage of acrobatics, music and costume.
"Quidam means the unknown passerby, someone part of the world you are in but you don't know personally," says Mathieu Lavoie, who has been working with the inventive and astonishing group as a singer and a creative team member on and off since 1996.
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| 2006-04-13 |
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Lucas Clarence Graveline
Darryl Graveline & Jocelyn Baird had their first child, Lucas Clarence, on March 14, 2006 in Pembroke, Ontario.
Our Congratulations. |
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| 2006-04-12 |
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To all our wonderful friends & family, Mike was on his way to work on Tuesday the 6th , we had a severe and nasty Snow Storm , a white out . He left early, instead of taking the safer route 27 he went over the mountain on 145. on the down side, not sanded or ploughed, he hydroplaned off the road, the truck flipped, rolled over and hit a tree down in a ditch! I get a call via the cell I hear breathing and moaning , and "I am sorry Baby" then silence . I hung up called 911 , told them he was on rt 27near Kingsfield.
Well the car was white , they couldn't find him for a while. .Because he had taken the short cut on rt. 145.It took 20 minutes to cut the tree down and cut the car open
> The bags did not deploy, His seat belt held.. He was trapped inside.
Because the weather was so bad ,30 degrees and snowing so hard and fast, it took two hours to get him into Farmington.He was injured , a broken left rib, head , ,neck , ear lacerations. Trauma to chest , neck and back. He is home and doing well. God held fast to that seat belt ,We had an Angel on the visor , given to us by a sweet friend . He said he remembers just staring up at that . as you can see the front window shattered, drivers side window blew out , back window . roof crunched in.As most of you know He was trying to tell the Medics how to do their jobs. He is very lucky , I told him .
"Our God isn,t ready for you just yet, so fly right buster"!. I was ok a female sherrif came to the house and brought my wheelchair, she stayed with me , and we could hear them working on Mike the whole time. When he got to the hospital he had numerous x-rays and 3 ct scans. He is standing next to the distroyed truck crying, two days later . !!! when you Celebrate Easter this blessed Sunday be sure to give thanks for all you have . I still have the one I love . We are rich in that .
Love always Dee & Mike..... ps the medics called him LUCKY! Ya think! |
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| 2006-04-05 |
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Hi, Mr. Allard
I finally received the book. I love it and am so incredibly impressed and appreciative of your efforts. I can't imagine the work that went into creating it and maintaining it. Thank you! |
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| 2006-03-15 |
Water, sewer project starts for Ocean Beach
JACKSON COUNTY - Jackson County supervisors broke ground Tuesday on a long-awaited project to provide water and sewer services to Ocean Beach Estates.
The area has faced sewage problems for years.
"I am so excited," said Linda Fudge, a resident since 1998. "When they complete it, I won't have to go the Laundromat every time it rains."
County Supervisor John McKay, who has worked on the project for six years, emphasized that the $660,000 Coastal Impact Assistance grant project is just the start of more work to come. The money will provide services to about 45 homes.
"We have about 500 homes out here," McKay said. "Ocean Beach is such a beautiful area. It's going to grow."
The project started Tuesday is a six-month contract by Seymour Engineering to connect the homes to existing public water and sewer lines.
Septic tanks work for only a few homes in the area, off Belle Fontaine Road, between Graveline Bay and the Sound. "The soil conditions just don't perk with septic tanks and sewage ends up in the streets or in people's yards," said McKay. "This environmental problem has made this a high priority."
McKay said the county is working on three other state/federal grants. The big one involves $600 million that the federal government has granted to the state for new infrastructure. "The Department of Environmental Quality has told me that this will be a high priority when this money becomes available," said McKay.
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| 2006-01-23 |
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DEAR NORMAN,
WILL YOU PLEASE HELP US EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UBGGA AND OTHERS WHO CAME TO OUR AID IN SOUTH ALABAMA AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA?
THE ALABAMA FRENCH COAST TOWNS OF CODEN AND BAYOU LA BATRE WERE DEVASTATED BY HURRICANE KATRINA. APPROXIMATELY EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE RESIDENTS OF AREA HAD HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED (OR SIMPLY NOT THERE ANYMORE) AS A RESULT OF THIS MEGA-STORM.
PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENTS HERETO. RECOVERY HAS STARTED AND ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT TASKS IS NOW TO SAY "THANK YOU."
THE RESIDENTS OF THE ALABAMA'S FRENCH COAST WERE DEVASTATED BY THE IMPACT OF HURRICANE KATRINA. AS IN MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA, OUR TOWNS OF CODEN AND BAYOU LA BATRE, ALABAMA SUFFERED UNTHINKABLE DAMAGES. UNDER MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS, MANY OF US RETURNED TO FIND HOMES THAT LITERALLY THAT WERE "NOT THERE". THE BABIES HAD NO FOOD AND THE OLD WERE TIRED WITH NO PLACE TO LAY THEIR HEADS. WE WERE IN SHOCK AND WITH NO MEANS TO PROVIDE.
CODEN AND BAYOU LA BATRE ARE SMALL FISHING VILLAGES ON THE EDGE OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. CITIZENS HAVE LITTLE IN THE WAY OF MATERIAL GOODS TO SPARE. OUR REAL WEALTH HAS BEEN IN OUR SPIRITS. WE ARE INDIVIDUALS OF FERVOR FOR LIFE WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY RELIED ON FOR SURVIVAL OUR LOVE OF LIFE, FAMILY AND THE SEA. WE ARE A SELF SUFFICIENT PEOPLE WHO PREFER TO GIVE AND ARE UNCOMFORTABLE TAKING FROM OTHERS.
THE CULTURE OF THE LAND IS BASED UPON OLD FRENCH TRADITIONS BEST PORTRAYED IN THE NOVEL "PASSION OF THE PRINCES" BY ELOISE GENEST. ARDENT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PROUD AND SELF SUFFICIENT. OUR LOVE AND DEPENDENCE UPON THE SEA WAS CAPTURED BY WINSTON GROOM THROUGH THE IMAGINARY CHARACTER KNOWN AS "FORREST GUMP". WE ARE A HAPPY AND SHARING PEOPLE. RATHER THAN BE FOUND MUDDY AND HOMELESS, WE SOONER SEE YOU WHEN WE CAN OFFER YOU A GUMBO SUPPER AND SHARE A LAUGH WITH YOU.
HURRICANE KATRINA RENDERED OUR BE LOVED SEA OUR FOE AND IN HER AFTERMATH, OUR RESOURCES WERE NOT SUFFICIENT TO SUSTAIN US. THE TOWNS WERE FLOODED AND DARK. RESIDENTS WERE WITHOUT FOOD AND WATER. OUR SEA - THE SOURCE OF OUR PRIDE AND OUR FOOD WAS CONTAMINATED. MOST DISTURBING WERE THE BROKEN AND SHATTERED SPIRITS OF THE PEOPLE.
SO MANY CAME TO OUR AID WHEN NEWS OF OUR DEVASTATION WAS PUBLISHED. MEMBERS OF THE UBGGA QUICKLY RESPONDED . SENDING FOOD, WATER, CLEANING SUPPLIES, MONETARY GIFTS AND HELPING HANDS. OUR SURVIVAL WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THESE UNSELFISH ACTS OF LOVE. THEIR GIFTS ENSURED OUR SURVIVAL BUT IT WAS THE MESSAGE OF CARING BEHIND THE MATERIAL GOODS WHICH HAS GIVEN US CAUSE TO CONTINUE.
NOW, WE NEED TO EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION AND TO LET ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THEIR AID HAS BEEN TO US. IT SEEMS AS IF WE HAVE BEEN UNCOMMONLY QUITE. IN "AVA’S MAN", RICK BRAGG NOTED THAT CERTAIN EVENTS ARE SO TRAUMATIC THAT SOME ARE NEVER ABLE TO SPEAK OF THE SAME AGAIN. WE WANT ALL TO KNOW OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR THEIR SUPPORT. SUPPORT UPON WHICH OUR VERY EXISTENCE HAS HINGED. BUT TO EVEN EXPRESS APPRECIATION REQUIRES THAT ONE RECALL THE EVENT AND TO DO THE BRINGS WITH IT SUCH HORRIBLE MEMORIES.
HENRY BARNES, A YOUNG MAN OF THE OLD BLOODLINES OF THE COMMUNITY, HAS TAKEN ON THE TASK OF SPOKESMAN IN A TIME IN WHICH MANY CANNOT FIND APPROPRIATE WORDS.
FOR THOSE OF INTEREST, HENRY IS A MEMBER OF THE BAYOU LA BATRE CITY COUNCIL. HENRY'S MOTHER WAS AN HEBERT (PRONOUNCED "ABER") AND HIS LINAGE IS ALSO OF THE CAINS, RABBYS AND BAPTISTE. AFTER THE STORM, HENRY WORKED 24/7 FOR THE COMMUNITY. HENRY DID SO WITHOUT PAY DESPITE THAT HIS OWN HOME WAS BADLY FLOODED AND THAT HE HAD NO INCOME. HENRY'S FRENCH ANCESTORS WOULD BE VERY PROUD OF HIM.
ON NEW YEAR’S EVE, HENRY PULLED BACK HIS OWN CLOAK OF TRAUMA AND ELOQUENTLY PUT INTO WORDS THE FEELINGS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THE SAME IS ADDRESSED DUALLY TO THE CITIZENS OF OUR REGION AND TO GIVE THANKS TO ALL THAT CAME TO OUR AID DURING A TIME OF DESPERATION.
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH HENRY AND HE GIVES HIS PERMISSION TO REPRINT THE SAME AND AS A MEANS OF HIS EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE. THE FOLLOWING ALSO HAS APPEARED AS AN EDITORIAL IN THE MOBILE PRESS REGISTER NEWSPAPER AND USA TODAY.
HURRICANE KATRINA - REFLECTIONS ON LIFE, THE HELP OF STRANGERS AND GRATITUDE - BY HENRY D. BARNES.
As this year winds down, one cannot help but look back and reflect on the past year and events that have occurred.
All the good and the bad, and especially the good that came out of the bad, are what most should look at and really think long and hard about: how this thing Katrina has changed so many lives and the way we look at other people and situations now that we have all been through such a catastrophic event.
The outpouring of kindness and love that has been going on is something many people like me have never witnessed in our lifetimes. A lot of everyday folks before Katrina would have never in a million years thought that "this could happen to me." I have witnessed changes in people that I never thought I would see.
This event has brought the best and the worst out in a lot of people whom I have known for years.
I just hope that as everyone is looking forward to the new year, we do not forget the things that have happened and the people involved. We should never forget the good things that have come out of very terrible things.
So when you are celebrating the new year, take some time to sit down and reflect on what has really occurred and be thankful that you are still around to do this. And remember all those who have given so much of their time, money and, especially, their hearts to help perfect strangers.
May God bless all.
HENRY D. BARNES .
Bayou La Batre
PLEASE KNOW THAT WITH OUR EVERY BREATHE, WE REMEMBER THE UBGGA AND ALL WHO HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH TO US. WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU DAILY IN OUR PRAYERS AND HEARTS. WE ARE MOST THANKFUL TO YOU FOR COMING TO OUR AID AND RESCUE. NO DOUBT THAT HURRICANE KATRINA BROUGHT US TO OUR KNEES AND LEFT US LAYING IN THE MUCK OF THE SEAS - BUT IT WAS YOU WHO CAME WITH HELP, STOOD WITH US AND RIGHTED US BACK UP. IT WAS YOU GAVE US STRENGTH.
YOU ENSURED THAT WE HAD FOOD AND WATER. SHELTER AND WARMTH WAS PROVIDED. CLEANING SUPPLIES WERE BROUGHT SO THAT WE COULD DECONTAMINATE STRUCTURES WHICH REMAINED AND SO THAT WE COULD WASH OURSELVES. CLOTHES WERE PUT ON OUR BACKS. SHOES WERE HAD TO PROTECT OUR FEET. THE FORMER SITES OF OUR HOMES WERE SEARCHED FOR ANY LITTLE THING THAT MIGHT BE FOUND TO COMFORT US. YOU GAVE NURTURE TO OUR BABIES AND PROVIDED FOR OUR OLD. AND UTMOST, YOU WERE THERE - BOTH PHYSICALLY AND
IN THOUGHT.
WE FELT GREAT LOVE FROM YOU. TO YOU WE ARE MORE THAN GRATEFUL. YOU CAME TO OUR AID WHEN YOU HAD ABSOLUTELY NO DUTY TO DO SO, BUT DID WITHOUT HESITATING. I AM SURE THAT ALL OF YOU HAD ENOUGH BURDENS OF YOUR OWN. THIS WAS TRUE CARING AND LOVE.
TO SAY "THANK YOU" IS NOT ENOUGH - BUT AS A START WE DO SAY "THANK YOU."
SINCERELY,
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This plate is dedicated to the Ancestor Urbain Baudreau dit Graveline.
The Urbain Baudreau dit Graveline Park is located on Sherbrooke Street in Montreal, P.Québec since 1992.
Picture taken by my wife Jocelyne on Jan 4, 2006.
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Thank you very much for the email and please know that if you need any help at all with anything do not hesitate to call or email me.
I was sad to hear that we couldn't find a replacement for Robert on this, but hopefully the web page with continue to move this exciting life project forward.
I have always admired your involvement and respected your research. You certainly are a very talented individual that has helped to make the UBGA great.
I look forward to the next time we meet.
Regards. |
Paul Graveline, (Grand Forks, ND)
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Thanks for the email letting me know about the web site.
I did spend a few minutes looking it over, and you did a wonderful job.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family.
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Bob Graveline, Bismark, ND
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Great, great idea!
So happy to see this!:) Merry Christmas and a wonderful 2006 to all. |
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| 2005-12-20 |
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The website looks wonderful!
Thank you very much for passing the information on. I also want to tell you that I gave my Dad a copy of the new book for his recent birthday and he is fascinated by all of the information.
You did an incredible job!!
May you and your family have a wonderful holiday and new year!
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| 2005-12-19 |
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What a beautiful website, so tastefully done! I'm so pleased to be able to remain associated with the UBGGA after discovering you in 1996 and receiving so much help in finding out more about my Gravolin (Graveline) ancestors who came to Australia in the 1850`s from new Zealand.
I'm also sorry to hear of the demise of The Descendants, but you certainly had a good idea regarding the website. It is good to stay in touch, so have a wonderful Christmas and may 2006 be an excellent year for you and your family,
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I read the background on the website about Urbain Baudreau. Does anyone know where in France he lived before he came to Canada?
I would like to someday plan a trip there and would like to visit any towns or cities where my ancestors may have lived. I heard there is a village or town in France named "Graveline".
Do you know if it has anything to do with us or is it just a coincidence? Thanks again.
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Normand, the book was a great success at our family reunion. everyone was very impressed with your work !!
Merry Christmas and a very Happy 2006,
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Wonderful news to hear that you have established a web site for the family to bond around the world. We have gained immensely from the new 25th Anniversary book and it has help us find more links throughout Australia. We hope to send you more data as the word spreads “Down Under” |
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Dear Normand,
We just wanted to make a few remarks about the demise of ‘‘ The Descendants ’’. We enjoyed it so much. What an excellent publication, thanks to Bob, Eloise, you and whatever helpers assisted you. We have the same problem with the publication of our local genealogy library. I am glad to see that you have found a way to keep the Association going. A website seems like the perfect answer so you don`t lose touch with everyone – also hope you can get some people to help. I have sent in my membership and ordered the 3rd book after receiving a letter with the good news from Tom. We also received a letter from Bob about his retirement. A well-deserved retirement. He told me once that his wish was to have a listing of all the descendants.
Mission accomplished by you !
Best wishes to you, Eloise and now Tom with the website.
We are doing OK. Love to all. |
Ellie & Eugene Gravlin, Peoria, AZ.
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