Seniors

Populations back then were small so everyone's related. A Quebec genealogist was writing a book on the subject, don't know if it ever got published. She might be the one who emailed me about 2001 - the Duquet's related by marriage to Dr. Pierre D'Ailleboust, 1527. How many French Canadian genealogists can be active in the genre?

So, thanks, cousin, nice to meet you also! That's funny because I've done my family tree, I am about 6% French. My Dukett ancestor came to the US prior to 1860. He was a farmer/boatman on Lake Champlain, as was his future brother-in-law. These are little details teased from the census with neighbors, households. Later he served in the Civil War, 1st VT Cavalry, wounded and captured at Buckland's Mills. That unit was part of the Army of the Potomac and served under a guy named George Armstrong Custer. I have a picture of him from about 1920.

Thanks for filling in the details on the research that's been done. I knew LDS and Ancestry were active. The statues are related to me? Great! I did visit Quebec as a kid, but my parents knew little, just that a grandparent was French from Canada. I do remember the Plains of Abraham.