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Subject: Re: [GM-L] "British Convicts" to "America" - 50,000 in 1700's
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 12:55:28 EDT

In a message dated 9/4/2004 12:29:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:


> My Mom's uncle and aunt, who were childless, selected a boy of about
> 8 or 9 by the name of Jim Foley. My mom could not recall the circumstances
> which led him to be orphaned, but did recall how lonely he was. The trauma
> was further magnified as this was a French speaking community, a language
> poor Jim had never heard. On one occasion, my grandfather (Mom's Dad) came
> upon Jim by the side of a brook, intently listening to ducks quacking.
> Grandpa, who could speak English, asked Jim what he was doing and his
> response was that he was hoping, by listening to the ducks, he could learn
> how to speak French! He eventually learned the language and stayed with the
> family until grown and in spite of his early childhood experiences, went on
> to become a well adjusted adult with a family of his own.....
>
> Bernadette
>

so do youknow if jim kept foley and what his records showed was he adopted
or just kept

Jim Denning
using dna to connect
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