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From: Virginia Curulla <>
Subject: Re: [LATTA] Sarah Latta
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 19:34:02 -0800
In-Reply-To: <MFMBM002ZDgC81TbdkS000002d8@mfmbm002.myfamilycorp.local>


Hi George, Glad to see you're still working on this. French Canada in
those days was what we know today as Quebec. Sometimes it was also called
"Lower Canada" in the census.

Around the time of the American Revolution and after, many loyalists left
the US and emigrated to Canada because of their British loyalties. Often
they settled in what are called the "Eastern" townships. You will find many
English sounding names in the southern part of Quebec, which might be a good
place to look.

Times were hard in Canada during the second half of the 1800s. Many French
Canadians -- and perhaps others -- left their farms and emigrated to the US.
Michigan was a popular place to settle in the 1860s and 1870s, at least for
the French Canadians whom I have studied. Perhaps some other Canadians
emigrated there at that time as well. Might they then have gone to Alabama
where they had relatives? Who knows?

There are many Quebec websites on the internet. Cyndi's list is a good
place to begin.

Keep us posted. Good luck!

Virginia Latta Curulla
Seattle WA
Branch 22


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> Date: 22 Nov 2002 15:17:17 -0700
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> Subject: [LATTA] Sarah Latta
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> Message Board Post:
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> Most of you may have seen this post several months back in the Newsletter, but
> I believe this new data may help to locate some new information. My great
> grandmother, Sarah Latta married William Marshall Wilkerson sometime around
> 1886. They came to Nashville about 1898 and lived here until 1910 before
> moving back to Jackson Co., Alabama. During their stay here they lived for
> over a year with a William M. Latta and his wife Rhoda J. Sweeney. I believe
> that both Sarah and William are twins, or maybe cousins since both were born
> in Michigan in 1871. I recently located the 1930 census for William and his
> wife, Rhoda and found something I haven't seen before. William stated on the
> census that his mother was born in Michigan and his father was born in Canada,
> French. My question, Can someone tell me if there was a certain part of Canada
> that was considered French according to the census. This may help me locate
> some new material as to the connection in the Latta family.
>
> Thanks
> George Wilkerson
> Branchless
>

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