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From: Marsha <>
Subject: Re: ACADIAN-CAJUN-D Digest V00 #355
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 06:46:11 -0600


Hi & Thank you Bud,

Yep, the problem was on my end! I clicked when I shouldn't have again.
By the way, this is a great source for Acadian Information. Am enjoying
it to the fullest.

Marsha

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> ACADIAN-CAJUN-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 355
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> Today's Topics:
> #1 Re: ACADIAN-CAJUN-D Digest V00 #35 [Bud Dorr <>]
> #2 Re: Sainte-Famille! []
> #3 Re: Opening Ceremony of St. Famill []
> #4 Elodie Celeste Foret []
> #5 Re: Elodie Celeste Foret ["R. L. & Stacy King" <]
> #6 Re: Elodie Celeste Foret []
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> Subject: Re: ACADIAN-CAJUN-D Digest V00 #354
> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 07:19:51 -0400
> From: Bud Dorr <>
> To:
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> > Subject: Re: ACADIAN-CAJUN-D Digest V00 #349
> > Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 11:53:51 -0600
> Hi Marsha:
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> In Netscape, you need to make sure the "view attachments" choice is checked. I'm
> sure it's similar with other browsers.
>
> Bud Dorr
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> > From: Marsha <>
> > To:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is this the format you've been sending mail in?
> >
> > Or have I done something on this end?
> >
> >
> > HELP!
> >
> > Thanks, Marsha Ladner
> >
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Part 1.1Type: message/rfc822
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> > > Part 1.2Type: message/rfc822
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> > > Part 1.3Type: message/rfc822
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> Subject: Re: Sainte-Famille!
> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 08:44:49 EDT
> From:
> To:
>
> Hi List Members!
> Here is a note that Lucille Amirault, of the St. Famille Preservation
> Society, sent and I am passing it on to the list.
> Thanks to all of you that donated to such a worthy cause. We were there in
> spirit!
> Sincerely,
> Linda Louviere (d'Amours)
>
> In a message dated 8/18/00 5:59:08 AM Central Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
> <<
> Hello all!
> The weekend was a huge success! (Aug.11 to Aug.15)
> The Acadians who wished to be here in Spirit to honor their ancestors
> added a nice touch.
> Cathy, our hired Summer student, made a huge poster with all the names
> and the varied states and provinces, we set it on an easel ,and we
> carried it to all the events.Everywhere we went ,people gathered around
> it, some saw names they recognized. The priest prayed for everyone at
> both masses.The idea also brought in over $500.00.
> Videos, digital pictures, regular pictures etc. were taken and should be
> available on the Net soon. We had good media coverage!
> The events were well attended and hopefully it brought the awareness
> that we were looking for! We are still a long way from completion and
> will need lots more support.
> There were two very meaningful parts to the Sunday afternoon ceremony;
> 1."Honoring Our Ancestors in Spirit" poster.
> 2.As people came in to the Cemetery Site each was given a paper with a
> family name of an Acadian who had lived in the Pisiquid area. Before we
> buried the bones in the small coffin, people were invited to drop the
> names in the grave as the names were read ,slowly and loudly by Barbara
> LeBlanc and Donna
> Doucet......LeMire,LeBlanc,Comeau,Forest,Babin,Trahan,Theriault,
>
> Viger,Thibodeau,Vincent,Gaudet,Breau,Doiron,LeJeune,Boudreau,Brasseau,Landry,R
> obichaud,....
>
> Over 40 names were read, and for all those who ask the question of 'who
> is buried there' we can only surmise. There are no records to be found
> yet! Of course we all know that many of those records were destroyed.
> Some individuals have records that state that their ancestors were
> buried in The Sainte-Famille Cemetery. Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc at the
> Université de Moncton, N.B.is gathering all information. If you have
> information that he may not have, you can forward it to:
>
>
> Merci to all those who participated in person and in spirit! Lucille
> Amirault
>
> >>
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> Subject: Re: Opening Ceremony of St. Famille Cemetery Aug.13.2000
> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 10:56:43 EDT
> From:
> To:
>
> This from Lucille Amiraault :
>
>
> Opening Ceremony - Sainte Famille Cemetery
> August 13, 2000
> Historical Summary
>
> (Salutation)
>
> From this special time and place at the beginning of the 21st century,
> please join me in a journey from the beginning of this story in the 17th
> century.
> For centuries the Pisiquid river has been the highway for native people
> coming and going from their village where the salt water meets the fresh
> water at high tide. But this time the incoming tide carries different
> people. They are descendants of the settlers at Port Royal, and they
> are scouting for farm land. Along the way, perhaps at the Mi'kmaq
> village at the mouth of Halfway River, perhaps at the meeting place near
> the junction of the Pisiquid and Saint Croix Rivers, they meet with the
> natives to ask permission to enter their territory. The Acadians and
> Mi'kmaq are long time allies and friends.
> As they move up this beautiful river valley on the rising tide, they
> see virgin forest covered hills rising gently from the river. They see
> small streams flowing down from the high ground, along which are
> bountiful meadows. They also see vast stretches of salt marsh. This is
> what the Acadians are looking for - they have the technology to harness
> the salt marshes and turn them into rich farmland. The streams will
> provide power for their grist and saw mills. The forests and waters
> will provide game and fish for their table. Protected from the cold
> winds and waters of the Bay of Fundy and from marauding pirates and
> raiders, they decide to settle the valley that the Mi'kmaq call
> Pisiquid.
> All but forgotten and ignored by governments, the settlements prosper
> and grow in number. Wars, treaties and political intrigues blow over
> like the north winds across the mountain tops, but rarely touched them.
> Settlements are most often located above the flood plane near where
> streams join the river, or beside meadowland along larger streams. The
> settlements often carry the surname of a family leader such as; Forest,
> Landry, Babin, Breaux, Thibedeau,Vincent, Trahan. During the first
> years they are visited on occasion by troops of soldiers in blue jackets
> speaking their language, then by troops in red jackets speaking a
> foreign language, but other than seeking shelter and buying provisions,
> neither cause them trouble or pay them much heed. The settlers are
> nearly self sufficient, trading their excess products indiscriminately
> to New Englander traders and the French fortification at Louisbourg.
> The population of Pisiquid district grows to 3,000.
> The settlers did not forget their religion, the parish of Assumption is
> established in 1698 on the east side of the Pisiquid near Windsor and in
> 1722 the parish of Saint -Famille is established on the west bank of the
> Pisiquid. The parish church is built in the village of Babin, on a hill
> overlooking the lower river ford on the trail to Grande Pre. A cemetery
> is located nearby, on the very spot we stand today. Life is good.
> Then, suddenly all is swept away. The struggle between France and
> England for control of North America came to this peaceful valley. There
> follows 10 years of bloody guerrilla warfare during which the Acadians
> are deported, their villages burned or abandoned and their Mi'kmaq
> allies decimated.
> Over the next 250 years all surface traces of Sainte-Famille cemetery
> are erased under generations of the farmer's plow. But the first
> European settlers of this valley are not forgotten.
> Acadian historians and genealogists keep a candle burning. The saga of
> the Acadians is kept alive in the folklore of those settlers who
> replaced them in this valley. Passionate local historians like Roland
> Meuse collect anecdotes and artifacts of the period. Then, in his
> township books, our dear departed friend and inspiration, John Victor
> Duncanson, includes a history of Acadian settlements in Pisiquid
> district, including the location of Sainte-Famille cemetery.
> The recent accidental disturbance of the site brought it to the
> attention of Provincial authorities, which lead to its purchase by the
> Committee for the Preservation of Sainte-Famille Cemetery. With this
> purchase the site is preserved in perpetuity. The people of Falmouth
> now have a historic site of national and international significance
> dedicated to the first European settlers in this valley.
> For their hard work and persistence in bringing this project to
> fruition, members of the Committee for the Preservation of
> Sainte-Famille Cemetery and the West Hants historical Society,
> particularly Lucille Amirault, Donna Doucet and Cheryl Adams, deserve
> our deepest thanks and gratitude.
> I would also like to recognize Cathy Greeno who has worked diligently
> throughout the summer in the planning and organization of this event.
> To all of those who have assisted and to you ladies and gentlemen, for
> your support and encouragement - Thank You.
> ---------- >>
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> Subject: Elodie Celeste Foret
> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 11:18:06 EDT
> From:
> To:
>
> Elodie Celeste Foret, born 21 August 1831, in Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish,
> daughter of Michel Foret and Celeste Choueste married 21 July 1864. I have
> two names for her husband: Louis Jacques Soudelier and Edmun Guidry. Which
> is correct?
>
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> Subject: Re: Elodie Celeste Foret
> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 10:32:19 -0500
> From: "R. L. & Stacy King" <>
> To:
>
> According to the 1840 Census of Terrebonne Parish and The First Landowners
> and Annotated Census, Lafourche Interior Parish, Louisiana, Audrey b.
> Westerman, Celeste Adelaise FOREST married Edmond GUIDRY (I don't have that
> date) at the Lafourche Parish courthouse in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
>
> According to Montegut Church Records, Montegut, Terrebonne Parish,
> Louisiana, their children were:
> Vali Robert Guidry b. 1865
> Edmond Lovenci Guidry b. 1866 - m. Bertha Chiasson
> Josephine Eva Guidry b. 1868
>
> Stacy Guidry King
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 10:18 AM
> Subject: Elodie Celeste Foret
>
> > Elodie Celeste Foret, born 21 August 1831, in Thibodaux, Lafourche
> Parish,
> > daughter of Michel Foret and Celeste Choueste married 21 July 1864. I
> have
> > two names for her husband: Louis Jacques Soudelier and Edmun Guidry.
> Which
> > is correct?
> >
> >
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> Subject: Re: Elodie Celeste Foret
> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 14:54:38 EDT
> From:
> To:
>
> It looks like the name of the husband is Edmund Guidry and the date of
> marriage 21 July 1854 jibes with the dates of birth of the children. Thank
> you for your help

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