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Marie Louise ROBERT

Posted on Sunday, December 14, 2014 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Marie Louise ROBERT is my sixth great grandmother. She was born 15 December 1698 in Lachine, Quebec, New France. She died 2 April 1776 in Detroit, in what is now Wayne County, Michigan, USA. Mary Louise was the daughter of…

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Marie Therese AUBRY

Posted on Saturday, November 29, 2014 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Marie Thérèse AUBRY was my fifth great grandmother. She was born 30 November 1712 in Ile de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, New France, as Canada was once known. She died 14 March 1747 in St. Laurent, Quebec, New France, (or maybe…

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François Aubry

Posted on Sunday, October 26, 2014 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

In doing family history research, there are a variety of ways to go about it. they all start the same way. You ask yourself some questions. I’m going to demonstrate that with my sixth great grandfather, François Aubry. The first…

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Pierre Robert, My 7th Great Grandfather

Posted on Sunday, September 21, 2014 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Pierre ROBERT was my 7th great grandfather. He was born 21 September 1671 in Ste Famille, Boucherville, Chambly, Quebec, Canada. He was the son of Louis ROBERT and Marie BOURGERY. He married Angelique PTOLEMEE on 27 January 1697/98 in Lachine,…

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Research Journals

Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2014 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

If you are working on a long-term project and need to do research on it, it’s a good idea to have a research journal. That’s a journal where you record where you searched, what you looked for, and what you…

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Profile of Susana Hubert dit Lacroix

Posted on Sunday, August 10, 2014 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Susana HUBERT dit LACROIX was my sixth great grandmother. She was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 9 August 1709. She was the daughter of Louis HUBERT dit LACROIX and Magdelene TR0TIER. She married Pierre REAUME on 20 January 1737…

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Carl Mauritz HENDRICKSON

Posted on Sunday, July 27, 2014 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

My great grandfather, Carl Mauritz HENDRICKSON was born 28 July 1865 in Gravarne, Sweden. He was christened two days later in Kungshamn, Goteborg Och Bohus, Sweden. His father was Henric Pehrsson and his mother was Brita Eliasdotter. He had at…

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Marie Joseph BUTEAU

Posted on Sunday, June 22, 2014 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

My fifth great grandmother was born on 24 June 1744. Her name was Marie Joseph BUTEAU. I am stunned to realize how little I know about her. I know her birth date, but I have no idea where she was…

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Profile of Jeanne Peirrin

Posted on Sunday, May 25, 2014 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

This month’s profile is on my 8th great grandmother, Jeanne PEIRIN. She was a pioneer in Canada in the middle of the seventeenth century. She was the daughter of David PERRIN and Jeanne Daniel DANEAU dit DAVID. She was born…

Profile of Joseph DENEAU

Posted on Sunday, April 13, 2014 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Joseph Deneau was my fourth great grandfather. He lived in eighteenth century Canada. He was born 13 April 1733 in La Prairie, Quebec, New France, as Canada was known at the time. He was the son of François Xavier DENEAUand…