Guindon/Yandeau GUINDON JOURNAL 2015 Reunion

CANADA Number 47 Fall 2014

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FRANCE is to serve as a communicator for researching and tracing the Guindon  PARIS Family history. Our primary focus will  LOIRE VALLEY be the ancestors and descendants of

 LOUDUN François Guesdon & Marie Molay’s son, Pierre Guesdon, born 24 Sep 1662, St. Pierre du Martray, Ville du Loudun, township Chaelleraut, diocese Inside this issue: Poitiers, Poitou, France.

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GUINDON/YANDEAU REUNION 2015

Come join us for our Guindon/Yandeau Reunion in Laval/St Eustache, Quebec Canada September 11 to September 13, 2015

 REUNION REGISTRATION

Sept 15 arrive in Paris, France to make your way to Angers, France Sept 17 begin our escorted tour through the Loire Valley to Loudun, France the ancestral home of the Guesdon/Guindon family.

 FRANCE REUNION — Fees & Itinerary

Please correct contact information including e-mail addresses to: Laverne

GUINDON/YANDEAU REUNION WEBSITES:

 Guindon/Yandeau Reunion Facebook  Guindon/Yandeau Blog

 Guindon/Yandeau Sept 11-13 2015 Reunion Agenda

 Guindon Reunion Maps of Montreal, Quebec and Loudun, France  Guindon Parishes and Cemeteries Ile Jesus, Quebec

 Family Reunion interests to include

 FREE hay ride through the woods. Not maple season so no pails on trees :(

 Please check the links below for possible places of interest Province of Quebec Tours Montreal Tours

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GUINDON CONNECTIONS

By Laverne Aitchison-editor

Our ancestor Francois Guesdon, was the son of Jean Guesdon, and Francoise Collet. Francois married Marie Molle about 1652. Francois entered into the butcher guild and may have been influenced by his mother’s relatives because several Catholic butchers in Loudun carried the last name of Collet. In a marriage act dated 1680 we find the attendants of Francoise Guesdon, butcher and his wife Marie Molay. Francois lived on the “rue de la tour volue”, located near the gate of Mirebeau. This quarter was not known for its wealthy inhabitants. Most of those who lived there filled the ranks of the town’s artisan population. The document below bears the signature of a Pierre Guesdon who must have been an educated man.

SIGNATURE of Pierre Guesdon

Source: http://www.archives-vienne.cg86.fr/639-les-registres-paroissiaux.htm

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GUINDON CONNECTIONS Jerry Houle May 23, 2014 Email: [email protected] 406 Easy Wind Ln, Garner, NC 27529

Hi Laverne With respect to the journal (46) commentary on Adolph Guindon and Marguerite Limoges, these two were my great grandparents. Their son, Joseph, married my grandmother Marguerite Couture of Belle River, Ontario sometime in the 1870s. I know a lot about them and I have researched their lines all the way to the Filles du Roi level, but I’ve never been able to find a record of their marriage , at least not in Bay County, Michigan records. I did find baptismal records for both. Joseph was brought to Bay City from Terrebonne, Quebec as a child by Adolph and Marguerite. There is a (Bay City) city directory of about 1878 showing them living at a local address, where both Marguerite’s mother Zoe Brisebois, and younger brother, Louis Couture are living at the same address. Also, there is one infant girl indicated that I have never found any other record of. My mother always told me that her brother Phil was her oldest sibling. There is a Joseph Guindon family plot in St. Patrick’s Cemetery in nearby Essexville, and many of the family (and other Houle relatives of mine) are buried there, with markers. There is also an Obey (Aube) family plot right next to the Guindon plot. My grandfather and Isaac Obey partnered in the wholesale liquor business, and I found a great many real estate transaction records in the Bay County Registrar of Deeds office, that showed where these two were chronic investors and sellers of real estate in Bay City. Additionally, Joseph owned and operated a saloon at the corner of Garfield and Lafayette streets. There are newer houses in the same neighborhood today that have recycled lumber from the saloon and residence next door, used in their construction. This was confirmed to me by one of the (late) residents some years back. My son Joe lives on the same block (Fremont) with him until his death last year and knew him well. Anyway, somewhere around my research records and notes I should have a print copy of a family portrait showing the entire posed Adolph Guindon group, a sort of sepia box camera image of the day, probably done by a commercial photographer. It is possible I left this image with my Bay City son, but I’m going to look for it, scan it and send it along to you when I can. (Did not receive it)

Meantime, if you can think of anyone who could suggest where I might look for the marriage record of my grandparents Joseph Guindon and Marguerite Couture, please provide a way for me to contact them. Thanks, Jerry Houle

QUERY: Lise Bastien [email protected] April 13, 2014 Marie Olivina Guindon b 1893 Avelin, Quebec d 1944 m 1909 Aldege Bastien. They are my paternal grandpar- ents. Do you know where she was buried? Cyrille Guindon b 1851 m 1874 to Zoe Regimbald-d Carleton Place, Ontario. Hyacinthe Guindon b 1823 m to Marie Louise Brazeau 1846 Vaudreul, Quebec

GUINDON COLLECTION FAMILY RECIPE BOOK The 1992 Guindon Collection Family Recipe Book will be available at the upcoming Guindon Reunion for a special price of $10.00

If you have a special family recipe you would like to share. Please contact Rita Skinner who is collecting family recipes. Her contact address is [email protected]

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Voyageur Heritage

Jeannine Dussault Sills

President of La Société des filles du Roi et soldats du Carignan (SFRSC)

It is with great sorrow we acknowledge the unexpected passing of Jeannine Sills, President of La Société des filles du Roi et soldats du Carignan (SFRSC) and native of The Soo, Ontario. (Sault Ste Marie)

The following excerpt of Jeannine Sills is from the Voyageur Heritage Website:

JEANNINE SILLS for THE STORYKEEPERS PROJECT #11 “SAULT STE. MARIE, ONTARIO”

Jeannine grew up in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, a town with a very French name; she was surrounded by other French-Canadian families. She went to the only French school in town next door to the only French church, both bearing the name of St. Ignace, founder of the French Jesuit missionaries who came through in the 1600s. They were a minority in town as were many Italian and Polish neighbors.

She grew up in the bilingual community of the Soo, taught by French nuns. At school, she learned all about the coureurs de bois, missionaries, filles du roi, Cartier, and Champlain. She watched her parents dancing in the church hall to the traditional fiddle tunes of their earlier lives. Yearly trips “across the river” to Michigan with her sister and her family visiting from Quebec would take them to St. Ignace and Marquette with all of their history, which was also theirs.

Unlike many of her classmates, when she had a friend over she was not allowed to speak English in the house although movies, radio, and television were all in English. Her mother had not mastered the language and she insisted that she use French in her presence. This would prove very important later in life when she was able to make a career out of her mother-tongue.

Her 6th great-grandfather had arrived in that area in 1636 and some of his descendants would take the “dit” name while others would take his original name.

The evolution of the Dussault family name includes: Dusceau dit Lafluer, Dusceau dit Lablanc, Dusceau, Dusaul, Dusault, Dusseault, and Dussault.

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Voyageur Heritage~~ The French Canadian Cultural Alliance of the Great Lakes

Christmas and the New Year Christmas in French Canada means the ancient tradition of ‘réveillon’ – a midnight meal the center of which is the tourtière. It traditionally has been held at midnight following Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. According to Bill Loomis in his book ’s Delectable Past it was part of Detroit’s French culture as well. However, it might also be held in the evening of Christmas Eve and be meant to last into the night. It is a festive occasion, fitting the season, and a tradition that might fittingly be held today as well. It is still celebrated in Quebec, Louisiana, and French Ontario and among families of French Canadian heritage throughout New England and the Great Lakes. In some places, there is also a New Year’s réveillon. In addition, there are other traditions for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. According to Detroit folklorist Marie Hamlin, the medieval tradition of La Guignolée was practiced in French Detroit, which she knew as ‘la d’Ignolee.’ The tradition was for young men to go from house to house singing songs and asking for donations for the poor, which would then be properly dispensed. This tradition continues in some communities around the country, including in recent years in the towns of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois and Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. On New Year’s Day, social calls were made throughout the community, with due respect given to elders. Elder members of the family are known to bless the children as well as raise a toast to the New Year.

Music

French Canadian culture is steeped in traditional forms of music. Although many pursuits, such as hunting and trapping, playing fiddle, and passing on oral traditions may seem outdated and increasingly unpopular, they provide an important understanding of the development of French Canadian culture in Michigan, the Great Lakes region, and throughout what historically was .

Fiddle and folk music, for example, remains a very popular pursuit among musicians from Louisiana to Quebec and New England. There are many styles of traditional fiddle and as many wonderful songs to go with it, rooted in the French cultures of North America. New generations of musicians from these areas are not just revitalizing fiddle music; they are carrying on a tradition of music that stretches back hundreds of years. Examples from outside the Michigan area are Feufollet from Louisiana, Dennis Stroughmatt playing Missouri Creole Fiddle, Daniel Boucher of Connecticut, master fiddler Donna Hébert of Massachusetts, metis fiddler Sierra Noble of Manitoba, and Le Vent du Nord of Quebec.

Come join the fun at our 2015 Guindon Reunion at the Saint-Eustache, Quebec Renaud Sugar Shack. Maple Syrup and Taffy tasting will be available for purchase

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Muskrat

Again, stretching back in time to early colonial life, the , , and early settlers used the resources at hand and learned from the native peoples what could be eaten. Muskrat has been part of the Great Lakes regional food culture for centuries. The local French dialect is more commonly known as Muskrat French. And the people themselves are also known as Muskrat French. It is a regional folk culture, a cuisine, and a language. Muskrat dinners are held throughout the area and are interesting and popular. It is said that a dispensation from Father Gabriel Richard allowed the local French population to eat the “marsh rabbit” during Lent, circumventing the rule on not eating meat. It is a water-dwelling animal and therefore considered, for these purposes, a fish! Hunting, fishing, trapping and wild harvesting: no one culture has an exclusive claim to loving and appreciating the great outdoors. These activities have kept all cultures alive for millennia. It is really only relatively recently that people have come to rely solely on domesticated animals and crops for their sustenance. Keeping this in mind, it bears exploring the connection between French Canadian culture and The Great Outdoors. For many whose families established themselves in rural areas, the pursuit of these activities has continued unabated for centuries. Trapping, hunting, fishing, and wild harvesting among French Canadians is a practice that can be traced back to the voyageurs and coureurs de bois, and for many, their Native ancestors as well (just as all of these groups at some point also relied on domesticated foods and trade goods.) Voyageur Heritage~~ The French Canadian Cultural Alliance of the Great Lakes

Source: [http://voyageurheritage.wordpress.com/]; [12/9/2014]

Joyeux Noël -- Merry Christmas

Bonne Année -- Happy New Year

GUINDON ONE NAME STUDY by Denise Besserer Denis Besserer is making a dictionary of anyone with the Guindon surname. If you are interested in contributing to this collection please contact: Denise Besserer at: [email protected]

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LAVAL AND SAINT-EUSTACHE, QUEBEC

SOURCE: BRITANNICA.COM

Laval, city, seat of Laval region, southern Quebec province, Canada. It occupies the whole of Île Jésus (Jesus Island), just north of Île de Montréal from which it is separated to the south by the Rivière des Prairies and from the mainland to the north by the Rivière des Mille Îles; both rivers are extensions of the Ottawa, which flows into the St. Lawrence below Montreal city. Île Jésus, 20 miles (32 km) long by 8 miles (13 km) wide, with an area of 95 square miles (246 square km), was first settled in 1681. In 1699 it was granted to the Society of Jesus, and named for François de Montmorency Laval, the first Roman Catholic bishop of Canada. By 1702 a parish known as Saint-François de Sales was established.

Development of Montreal suburban communities on the island was relatively slow until the post-World War II years. In 1959, because of industrialization and urban growth, the Interurban Corporation of Île Jésus was formed. In 1965 the city of Laval was created by merging the island’s cities of Chomedey, Duvernay, Laval- des-Rapides, Laval Ouest, Pont-Viau, Sainte-Rose, and the towns of Auteuil, Fabreville, Îles-Laval, Laval- sur-le-Lac, Sainte-Dorothée, Saint-François, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, and Vimont. Since the opening of industrial parks in the 1960s, planned industrial development has been rapid. Manufactures include television and radio sets, lithographic printed materials, paper, aluminum, iron and steel products, pharmaceuticals, and dairy foods. Inc. city, 1965. Pop. (2006) 368,709; (2011) 401,553.

Population: 417,304 http://www.citypopulation.de/ March 2014

Map of Laval, source: Statistics Canada In 2011, Laval (Ville) had a population of 401,553, representing a percentage change of 8.9% from 2006. This compares to the national average growth of 5.9%. Land area is 247.09 square kilometres with a population density of 1,625.1 persons per square kilometre. This compares to the provincial land area of 1,356,547.02 square kilometres with a population density of 5.8 persons per square kilometre. Laval (Ville) is part of the census metropolitan area of Montréal.

Saint-Eustache, town, Laurentides region, southern Quebec province, Canada, lying on the Mille-Îles River opposite Laval (Île Jésus). Settled in the 18th century, it was the site of the final battle of the 1837 uprisings, in which the militia, under General John Colborne, defeated the insurgent patriotes and killed their leader, Jean-Olivier Chénier. The town church, built in 1783 and heavily damaged during the battle, serves as a war memorial. Saint-Eustache is now a popular resort, 15 miles (24 km) west of Montreal city, in an agricultural area. Industries include dairying and vegetable canning. Pop. (2006) 42,062; (2011) 44,154. Population: 45,019 according to Official Gazette of January 2014

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GUINDON REUNION SEPTEMBER 11-13, 2015 Laval, Saint Eustache, Quebec

Our September 2015 Reunion Plans: September 11 meet and greet Hilton Hotel, Laval, QC September 12 Saturday we have booked the Jean Renaud Sugar Shack for the day and banquet. CHOICES not included in registration fee September 13 Sunday pancake breakfast $15.00 Renaud Sugar Shack

Maple Taffy $4.00 /person-Renaud Sugar Shack FREE HAYRIDE,

Saint Eustache tour of Legare Mill, Saint Eustache walking tour $10/person

September 15 FRANCE Arrive Paris. Meet rest of group to start our escorted tour September 17 from Angers to Loudun, France where the Guindon/Guesdon family originated.in the 1600’s. Reunion fees Reunion itinerary

Our reunion goal is to create a pleasant and informative weekend, where we can meet many Guindon cousins, sort out relationships, appreciate our roots, and above all renew acquaintances at a minimal but realistic cost. SAINT EUSTACHE TOURS $10 per person MOULIN LÉGARÉ Faithful to tradition, this mill has been a fixture in the village of Saint-Eustache for centuries. In operation since 1762, the authentic mill grinds flour using only the power of water and continues to run today to the delight of visitors. Throughout the year, the miller produces wheat and buckwheat flour on site using time-honored methods THE OLD SAINT-EUSTACHE TOURS Take place in the company of a guide-interpreter and highlight the different historical attractions of the area.

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The Guindon Journal is designed to serve as a communicator for researching and tracing the Guindon Family history. Our primary focus will be the ancestors and descendants of François Guesdon & Marie Molay’s son, Pierre Guesdon, born 24 Sep 1662, St. Pierre du Martray, Ville du Loudun, township Chaelleraut, diocese Poitiers, Poitou, France.

To subscribe to the Guindon Journal see page 12

Fill out the form below to order the book “WHERE HAVE ALL THE YANDEAU’S GONE? WHERE HAVE ALL THE YANDEAUS GONE? This book has a soft cover with perfect binding, fully indexed and is app. 350 pages, has numerous pictures, including Leonard Yandeau and his wife Maryann Hoover and their son and six daughters, and Thomas Yondau’s wife Martha Elcome and their six daughters and one son, (inserted picture of Thomas Yondau aka Thomas Adams) Each book will be numbered. When your order with the full amount is received you will be assigned the next con- secutive number.

This book has research on the Thomas (Tom) Yondau descendants and the Leonard Yandeau descendants. As you can see Thomas spelled his name dif- ferently than his brother Leonard Yandeau. And to make things more confusing Leonard named his son Leonard Thomas (Tom). Thomas Yondau farmed in the Combermere, Ontario area around 1854 and his brother Leonard purchased land in the same area in 1877. Their children and succeeding generations have also been researched. In the 1891 census there is an Andrew Yandeau family farming beside Leonard.

The original French spelling of this name is Guindon. There are many variable spellings - Yandeau, Yondau, Yedon, Yandon, Yandaw, Yando, etc. In the 1851, 1861, 1871 census of Vankleek Hill, W. Hawkesbury Twp, County of Prescott I found the following family: Jerome Yedon and his wife Veture Aubin with their children Francis, Xavier (Thomas?), Meril, Matilda, Sophia, Leon, Margret and Edmond. Leonard Yandeau’s death certificate confirms that he was born in Vankleek Hill, Ontario.

Through my research and with the help of Ruth Blackburn’s information that her grandfather Thomas had a brother Frank, Leonard and Andrew, and sisters, Sophia and Margret, I believe this to be the family we are looking for. But, you say, how can Xavier be Thomas? It seems this family has many name variations. (After 35 years of research on this family we have learned Thomas changed his surname to “Adams” when he lived in Michigan.) nd This is the 2 and last printing of this edition - Includes Shipping & handling

Please send ______copies of “WHERE HAVE ALL THE YANDEAUS GONE?” For each copy I enclose $35.00 /book Total amount enclosed including s//h $______NAME______ADDRESS ______CITY______PROV/STATE______PC/ZIP______

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WEBSITES:

GUINDON WEBSITES http://lplonline.org/services/learning-research-help/genealogy/ http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/genealogielistfirstname.aspx?Family=Guindon_577&lng=en http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~unclefred/DitNames.html

Loudun, France website http://www.archives-vienne.cg86.fr/639-les-registres-paroissiaux.htm Parish and civil registers of the Vienna online origins to 1912 Institution / Paroisse : liste des paroisses ou institutions ayant produit des actes, ex. : Notre-Dame, hôpital général, grand séminaire, culte protestant. Pour consulter l’état civil (actes postérieurs à 1792) choisissez «Commune»

BMS2000 Group http://www.bms2000.org/ is a cooperative pooling project genealogical data 24 genealogical societies of Quebec and the immediate surroundings. Une base commune de données de fiches de baptêmes, de mariages et de sépultures de 12,2 millions de fiches concrétise cette mise en commun. A common basis of baptisms of data sheets, weddings and 12.2 million records of burials embodies this sharing.

QUEBEC GENEALOGY— Drouin Collection Must subscribe to Ancestry.ca or Ancestry.com Until the late 1900s, church registers in Quebec served as civil and vital records in that province. Throughout the years a second copy of church records, from all denominations, was sent annually to the appropriate courthouse. During the 1940s the vital record collections in courthouses throughout Quebec were filmed by the Institut Généalogique Drouin.* The filming of vital records continued for some areas up through the 1960s. Consequently, this filmed set of records became known as the Drouin Collection. The majority of the records in this database cover the time period 1621-1947, as most of the filming was done in the 1940s. The records that were filmed up through the 1960s are also included in this database, although they are very few in number. These records that were filmed later cover the years 1948-1967. Names from all years have now been indexed Areas and Churches Included: While the entire Drouin Collection also includes records from French Catholic parishes in Ontario, Acadia, and the U.S., this database only contains church records from Quebec

QUEBEC GENEALOGY & FAMILY HISTORY http://genealogy.about.com/od/quebec/ - Search for your Quebec ancestors in these genealogy and family history records and resources focused on Quebec genealogy. Includes Quebec archives, online records and databases, research guides, lookups, queries, genealogical and historical societies, and Quebec surnames.

FRENCH TRANSLATION HTTP://WWW.FREETRANSLATION.COM/EN/TRANSLATE-ENGLISH-FRENCH Google Translate

FRENCH GENEALOGY OF NORTH AMERICA http://www.francogene.com/quebec/index.php - Your gateway to Franco-American and French-Canadian Genealogy on the Internet

AMERICAN-CANADIAN GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY http://acgs.org/about/index.html

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Membership dues are paid on an annual basis due April 15 of each year. Benefits of membership include: Keeping informed of family connections and family reunions. Guindon.Yandeau.Reunion http://treesearcher.ca/ Newsletter published twice a year – spring and fall.

Past Reunion Years: (1985) Galahad, AB (1992) Plumas, MB (1995) Barry’s Bay, ON (2000) Hammond, ON (2005) Edmonton, AB (2012) Westlock, AB (Sept 2015 Reunion—Laval/St Eustache, Quebec, Loudun, France)

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