~~~Québec Chat News~~~

Submitted by Host GFS Suzanne

 

Here is a reminder of our bi-weekly meetings on Tuesday, 10:00 PM EDT and Friday 9:00 PM EDT Hope to see all of you there!

Québec Chat, Québec Chat Room.

Your Host, Host GFS Suzanne

Each month, I would like to publish a short article coming from one of YOU! It will be up to you to chose the subject, as long as it remains "genealogically correct".

From Bahai999, with his permission:

Fellow CHARETTES/descendants of various spellings:

The reunion was a complete success. Don't know the final tally but at least 350 people were there. Comments heard - "Wonderful event", "Waiting for this type of event for years", "When's the next one", etc, etc. Friends met friends, Friends met new friends, Strangers became friends. What more can be said!

Friday night talent show. Charettes are talented people; from violinists to singers to mimics.

Saturday morning - cemetery visit rained out although I heard some braved the rain.

Saturday afternoon - stories about Charettes, history, folklore, vignettes

Saturday evening - supper followed by a dance.

Sunday morning - Mass at St Louis Church in Fort Kent.

Sunday noon and afternoon - Picnic in Riverside park, Fort Kent and then the Charette parade. After the parade the cemetery visit.

The optional tours did take place starting Tuesday. I believe they were to go to Ile d'Orleans and on the way back stop at various Charette ancestor towns for sightseeing.

Denis Charest (St Damien Pq) and I (CT) had our computers available for anyone who wished to check on their lines and also to input data.

There was a two volume set of books published (one historical, one genealogical).

The genealogical book (almost exclusively compiled by Pat Dionne) contains 647 pages of data in descending format. Several sources were used to compile this, mainly from Ancestor sheets submitted by the participants. Also Drouin, Tanguay, Jette, and other reference books were used.

The historical book (compiled by Claude Charette) has 429 pages of information, well worth reading: origins, immigration, Aroostook County ME, Civil War veteran, etc.

I am sure that some items are still for sale. check out the following site.

http://members.tripod.com/CHARETTE/charette.html (Gil Charette)

Everyone had a wonderful time.

There are plans in the making for the establishment of a Charette Family Association. If any of you are interested, let me know. The first letter has not gone out yet.

Feel free to relay this to anyone you wish.

Ray Thomas
(And I am not a Charette, however married to one)

ALBERT, ARCHAMBAULT, ARSENAULT, AUBERT, AUCLAIR dit LECLERC, AVARD, BARTLETT, BASTIEN, BEAUCHAMP, BEAUPRÉ, BÉLANGER, BERGERON, BERNIER, BERTRAND, BÉRUBÉ, BLANCHARD, BOUCHER, BOUDROT, CARRIER, CARON, CHAGNON, CHAPDELAINE, CHARTIER, CHOUINARD, COURTIN, CÔTÉ, CREVIER dit DUVERNAY, CUSSON, CYR, DAMOURS, DEMERS, DEROCHER, DESLANDES dit CHAMPIGNY, DESAUTELS, DESJARLAIS, DESROSIERS (Laniel dit Desrosiers), DION, DIONNE, DODIER, DOMINÉ dit ST-SAUVEUR, DOUCET, DRAPEAU, DROGUE, DUFRESNE, DUMAIS, DUMONT, DUPUIS, DUQUET, DUTILLY, GAUTHIER, GODIN, GOSSELIN, GUÉRET dit DUMONT, GAGNON, GAUVIN, GRANDMAISON, GRONDIN, GUYON or DION, HACHÉ dit GALLANT, HERVIEUX, HÉTU, HUDON dit BEAULIEU, JACOB dit LANGLAIS, LABONNE, LADUE, LANGLAIS, LAMOUREUX, LAVALLÉE, LEBEL, LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE, LEDUC, LÉGER, LEMAÎTRE dit AUGER, LEMIEUX, LEVASSEUR, LÉVESQUE, LUSSIER, MAGUET dit MAILLÉ, MARIER, MARQUIS, MARTEL, MARION, MARTIN-BEAULIEU, MELANÇON, MERCIER, MICHAUD, MICHON, MIGNAULT dit LABRIE, MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES, MONET, MONTREUIL, MOREAU, OUELLET, PARÉ, PELLETIER, PERRAULT, PETIT, PIUZE, RACINE, ROBICHAUD, POIRIER, RAYMOND, RAYNAUD dit BLANCHARD, RIVARD, ROBERT, ROBIDOUX, ROULEAU, ROY dit DESJARDINS et LAUZIER, SAUCIER, SAVOIE, ST-GERMAIN, ST-LAURENT, TALBOT, TÉTRAULT, THÉRIAULT, THIBAULT, VAILLANCOURT, VANASSE dit BASTIEN, VEL dit SANSOUCY, VIGNEUX

This is YOUR news letter! if you want to add surnames, if you find interesting web sites, just send them to me and I will publish them.

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HOST GFS Suzanne :-))

 

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