I’ve written posts about all my 4 paternal great-grandparents and 8 paternal great-great-grandparents, so it must be time to introduce you to my 16 paternal 3rd great-grandparents. I’ve grouped them using my great-grandparents as a reference.
(These are William (Perry) Vadnais’ grandparents)
Francois Vadnais, born January 7, 1798, Saint-Cuthbert, D’Autray, Quebec, Canada
Marguerite Petrin Houle, born January 30, 1802, Yamaska, Pierre-De Saurel, Quebec, Canada
George Hus-Lemoine, born February 17, 1805, Sorel, Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
Marie Felicite Gautron dite larochelle, born May 6, 1805, Yamaska, Pierre-De Saurel, Quebec, Canada
(These are Jennie (Baillargeon) Vadnais’ grandparents)
Pierre Baillargeon, born August 6, 1788, Saint-Cuthbert, D’Autray, Quebec, Canada
Marie Theotise Delisle, born June 25, 1800, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
Joseph Giguere, born November 28, 1795, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, L’Islet, Quebec, Canada
Victoire Laferriere, born May 18, 1806, Saint-Cuthbert, D’Autray, Quebec, Canada
(These are Albert Peltier’s grandparents)
Charles Pelletier, born February 9, 1799, Saint-Sulpice, L’Assomption, Quebec, Canada
Marie Rose Perrault, born March 10, 1802, Saint-Sulpice, L’Assomption, Quebec, Canada
Jean Garceau, born October 19, 1800, Yamachiche, Maskinonge, Quebec, Canada
Marie Ann Gingras, born March 5, 1810, Yamaska, Pierre-De Saurel, Quebec, Canada
(These are Celestine (Derosier) Peltier’s grandparents)
Jean Baptiste Desrosiers, born June 27, 1817, Yamaska, Pierre-De Saurel, Quebec, Canada
Marie Luce Cournoyer, born November 25, 1821, Yamaska, Pierre-De Saurel, Quebec, Canada
Paul Peltier, born October 29, 1820, Yamaska, Pierre-De Saurel, Quebec, Canada
Rosalie Deguire dite Derosiers, born May 8, 1825, Yamaska, Pierre-De Saurel, Quebec, Canada
There is only one of these 3rd great-grandparents that I have a picture of: Paul Peltier.
Using Sorel as the starting point, it is 195 miles to Saint-Roch des Aulnaies, 27 miles to Yamachiche, 12 miles to Saint-Cuthbert, 11 miles to Yamaska, 30 miles to Saint-Sulpice, 30 miles to L’Assomption and 20 miles to Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu.
Although Joseph Giguere was baptized in Saint-Roch des Aulnaies, his family had moved to Saint-Cuthbert by about 1804, so all 16 of these 3rd great-grandparents lived in the 7 areas shown on the map below Trois-Rivieres.
There were 3 of these 3rd great-grandparents that immigrated to the United States: Jean Garceau, Marie Ann Gingras and Paul Peltier. The others all lived out their lives in Quebec. Of these 3 only Paul Peltier lived long enough for his great-granddaughter (my grandmother) Ellen Lucy Peltier to have possibly known him. Paul died when Ellen was 10 years old.
A few of these 3rd great-grandparents have been mentioned in previous posts, but I will write more about all of them at a later date.
Thanks for visiting, come back soon,
Cindy
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