Please sign our guestbook and tell us your connection to the Hainaut-Louisina Colonists. Thank you.

Lorraine Hoss - 11/09/00 19:19:13
My Email:lorraine@sierraheart.com

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am interested in knowing more about the manufacture of lead bars in the Missouri Lead Mines. Phillippe Francois Renault was mentioned as being in a mining party and began smelting lead on the Fourche au Renault River (in Washington County, Missouri)

Barbara Cole - 10/24/00 14:52:18
My Email:bcoletx99@aol.com
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Marianne Daublin
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Jean Baptiste Trichel

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Jean Baptiste Trichel was the 2nd husband of Marianne Daublin.

Blake DeCoux - 10/03/00 15:32:36
My Email:Brew2nite@aol.com
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: DeCuir
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: DeCoux

Comments:
Gret to see this page up and running, it's good to have a link to all of my realatives.I hope to learn more as i look into this site. Thank's and keep up the good work

H. Jean VANAISE - 09/26/00 18:27:27
My Email:cayenne.com@videotron.ca
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Vanaise

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I am so proud to be from Hainaut, I was born in ATH and my familly is from the city since the first books of ATH. All the VANAISE seems to come from Hainaut and the majority of them are stilI there. I have no idea were the name come from. I wave the flag and fight around me to establish the respect of a County that is so respectable and so rich in history. BE PROUD TO BE FROM HAINAUT. there is a beautifull book in Belgium calle Hainaut 1000 ans pour l'avenir ! at éditions Mercator.

Susanne Asmussen - 09/16/00 22:03:02
My Email:susanne.as@mail.dk
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Armand

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Interesting reading! A comment to descendants of Jean Baptiste Pourceau: Have you considered Wasmes ( pronounced wam ) close to Mons in Belgium, a little south-west of it, as the birthplace of your ancestor? Some of my own huguenot ancestors escaped from this small place around 1685. They went east, instead of west, and settled first in the Berlin area, later in Uckermark a region north of Berlin. In 1720 they moved further north, i.e. to Denmark, together with a number of other huguenot families, most of them from Hainaut.They had been invited by the Danish king to settle in a half-empty provincial town named Fredericia. NB.The village of Wasmes, quite possibly now a suburb of Mons, can be seen on Belgian road maps. Regards, Susanne Asmussen ( born Hermann, which name was original

John G. Phelan - 08/29/00 21:02:39
My Email:phelanjg@hotmail.com
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Etienne Reine (Rene)
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Etienne Jules Reine

Comments:
I am very interested in locating information on my ancestors who came to Louisiana aboard the ship, La Loire, in 1720. If anyone can assist me in this please contact me at:822 Oak Lane, New Braunfels, Texas 78130 phone:(830) 625-7479. Your help will be greatly appreciated! JGP

mulquin christophe - 08/22/00 08:25:24
My Email:christophemulquin@hotmail.com
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: mulquin jean
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: mulquin jean

Comments:
Bonjour, C'est avec beaucoup de plaisir que j'ai trouvé un de mes ancestre parti à la decouverte du nouveau monde, apprendre que je descend d'une famille ancienne certe modeste me fais très plaisir et je vous en remercie. avez vous pensé à faire une version frança se de votre site ? merci, au revoir.

Bert H de la Houssaye - 08/03/00 18:50:35
My Email:bdelahouss@aol.com
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Simon deCuire

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My line from Simon deCuire is: Simon deCuire, Simone deCuire, Albert deCuire, Anne Catherine Decuir, Genevieve Decoux, Catherine Bossier, Marcel Patin, Ludivince Uranie Patin, Edmond Arthur Francois Bulliard, Alphonse Adelmar Bulliard, Edmond Joseph Alpho se Bulliard, Mathilde Delia Bulliard, Barbara Margot Harris, and ME Bert Harris de la Houssaye.

Louis Pourciau - 06/03/00 21:46:41
My Email:llpo@home.com
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Jean Batiste Pourciau

Comments:
I very much appreciate all of the work that has gone into this site. I was aware of most of the Pourciau family geneology, but had none of the details furnished here. One very big question remains: How were these poor people talked into migrating to the mosquito, etc. laden swamps of Louisiana? Why should they leave their more or less civilized part of the world for Louisiana without air-conditioning?

Mitchell A.Templet Jr - 04/23/00 19:25:46
My Email:mtemp155555461@challenger.net
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Pierre Philippe Lambremont
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Beatrise Lambremont

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Pierre Phillipe Lambremont was my 6th maternal gggrandfather.My ggrandfather was Octave Lambremont.His daughter,Beatrise Lambremont,is my maternal grandmother.

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Haussy André - 03/31/00 18:44:03
My Email:haussya@club-internet.fr

Comments:
It's very interesting. Hello to Randy and family from a french friend.

GC(Bill) Kernion - 03/26/00 06:30:04
My Email:specialk@opusnet.com
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Kernion, George

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Stacie Kirkman - 03/20/00 05:42:28
My Email:gertrude_harvey@yahoo.com
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Soileau

Comments:
Just looking for family history. Thanks great site!

STEPHEN SAUX - 03/18/00 05:43:59
My URL:http://WWW.STEPHENSAUX.COM
My Email:STEPHENSAUX@EARTHLINK.NET
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: SAUX

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marie dubose williams - 03/02/00 23:12:42
My Email:mwill6611@aol.com
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: daisy ducote

Comments:
Very interesting information...thanks

jami - 03/02/00 03:13:41
My Email:biloxikitty@aol.com
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Phillipe Renault
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Don't know

Comments:
Great information, My mother and me have been searching for information on our Renault genealogy from that time period

De Vrieze Stefaan - 02/25/00 07:37:53
My URL:http://www.peruwelz.be
My Email:info@peruwelz.be

Comments:
Looking about information about Péruwelz in Belgium? This is the officiel site: http://www.peruwelz.be Come pay us a visit.

JOHN W NAVARRE - 01/23/00 01:30:23
My Email:JNAVARRE@USUNWIRED
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Navarre

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Darrin Pruitt - 01/09/00 01:48:19
My Email:dtpruitt@hotmail.com
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Gilles Joseph Bartholomee

Comments:
Gilles was baptized ion Jan 16, 1711 in Chevas,Hainut. Established himself in Montronin, near St. Domingo. was married to Magdelaine Brodin. His son was a plantation owner but moved to Baltimore in 1792 during the revolt in St. Domingo. Any help appreciated, Thanks, Darrin

Clinton DeCoux - 12/31/99 19:40:17
My Email:Longbal22@aol.com
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: DeCoux, DeCuir

Comments:
Great Site!! Just starting to get my feet wet with the whole ancestry and background of my family. Things look great here! Keep up the good work!!

Katherine Pecot - 11/21/99 17:47:18
My URL:http://revomusic.com
My Email:verykat@aol.com
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Andre/Pecot

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Gaston Rasemont - 11/16/99 04:19:28
My URL:http://members.xoom/com/G_Rasemont/
My Email:gd30385@glo.be
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Rasmont, Rassemont, Rasmon, Razemon
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Rasmon, Rasmont, Rassemont, Razemon

Comments:
Very nice site. I haven't found anything yet, but will follow it up.

Sylvia Hart - 11/03/99 05:25:07
My Email:shhart2@bellsouth.net
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Haussy
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Hawsey

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I am working on the Hawsey family. The earliest ancester I have found was in Mobile, around 1820. He was born 1785. Before that no Hawsey's are found anywhere. Just wondering if the Haussy of Hainaut, could be the same family?

TanyaCamille Bennett - 10/29/99 03:27:17
My Email:TCbebob@aol.com
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Barbier
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Barbier

Comments:
My maiden name is Barbier and i am just trying to find some info on our family history.

Leatrice Badeaux Sanders - 10/05/99 12:02:57
My Email:leatrice@eatel.net
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Guillaume Badot
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Guillaume Badeau(Badot)

Comments:
I am searching for Guillaume Badot's wife & names of his children.

Carol Lee - 09/18/99 19:45:05
My Email:moca.lee@home.com
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Antoine Hamelain

Comments:
Antoine Hamelain was believe to have arrived on a different ship, La Gironde, that sailed August 3, 1720. I am search for information about that ship. He was a candlemaker that was part of the concession known as the Chaumont Concession. It apparently located on the Pascagoula River. Thank you for an

Andrew L. LeBlanc, Jr. - 08/26/99 18:34:59
My URL:http://www.intersurf.com/~aleblanc/
My Email:aleblanc@intersurf.com
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Pierre Philippe Lambremont
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: François Pierre Lambremont

Comments:
Pierre Philippe was killed during the 1729 Indian Massacre in Natchez. His only surviving son, François Pierre, married Marie Therese Françoise Elois in New Orleans, and their son, Michel Pierre, married Marguerite Pelagie Breaux in St. Gabriel, LA. Their daughter, Marie Eugenie, married (2)John Terrell. Their daughter, Marie Caroline, married René LeBlanc. René and Marie had a son, Alphonso Etienne, who was my father's father. Andrew L. LeBlanc

Michelle Clay - 08/21/99 16:57:26
My Email:Seablu03@aol.com

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I am very interested in finding some information on Isabella of Hainaut 1170-1190. I have very little information and am very interested in finding more. Do you have any idea where I can find some? e-mail Seablu03@aol.com. Thank you so much

Carol Hustus - 08/12/99 04:53:08
My Email:maranath@strato.net
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Frederick Sulpice

Comments:
Trying to find out when and why my great grandfather camve from Alsace, Lorraine, France to Louisiana. (around 1860's I think). He made surveyors' instruments in New Orleans and had 4 children.Was wondering if Sulpice was a "dit" name. Any and all help si cerely appreciated.

Richard A. de Kernion - 07/31/99 09:17:56
My Email:jtkirk@latinmail.com
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Huchet de la Bedoyere de Kernion

Comments:
Mi familia proviene de Bretaña y yo vivo en España. Es una pagina muy interesante

Blanche Green - 06/16/99 16:42:25
My Email:wargreen@ix.netcom.com
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Jean Baptiste Pourceau
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Jean Baptiste Pourciau

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Cynthia DeCoux Stone - 06/02/99 22:31:04
My Email:sindistone@aol.com
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Jacques DeCoux & Anne DeCuir
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: same

Comments:
Great site. Have been so pleased to meet new cousins and find out so much about my heritage. Also have been happy to fill in some empty spaces on family charts for others! Keep up the great work!

rrice - 06/01/99 02:26:31
My Email:k56teacher@aol.com
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: davion

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looking for davions and crowells

robin rice - 06/01/99 02:25:24
My Email:k56teacher@aol.com

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Robert Eno - 05/30/99 00:53:28
My Email:robeno@mediaone.net

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I am interested in the history of Hainault county being that is the origin of my anglicized name Eno. We come to the US through Quebec by way of Rouen. We are pretty sure there is a link from Rouen to Mons in Hainault. We are looking for it.

Leroy Delatte - 05/24/99 03:04:36
My Email:UncleSamD@aol.com
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Antoine Joseph Delatte

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My ancestor Antoine J.Delatte came to New Orleans aboard the same ship, Le Loire on August 11, 1720. He also worked on the St. Reine Plantation project. He immigrated for Douay, France which is near the Belgium border in Northern France. His parents in Fr nce were Pierre Delatte and Catherine De la Garde. I don't know if he was a Hainaut but it is possible.

Phillip D.Wilson - 05/16/99 04:41:04
My Email:cajun 324 @abst.net
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: DeCuir
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: DeCuir

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Bart van Moorsel - 05/15/99 22:15:24
My Email:vmoorsel@daxis.nl
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Penasse

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I am interesting in a family de Penasse which came from Givet(F)around 1732. Perhaps there is any relationship between this family and the Penasse's which went to Louisiana. Thanks for your information.

connie - 05/05/99 20:18:44
My Email:conniered@hotmail.com

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I have a relative by the name of Decou that was once spelled Descou and the first Descou was from Coux France. The Decou name since then has been spelled Decou, Decow, Decew and lived in New Jersey and Canada.

Barbier, Nicholas P. - 04/30/99 20:46:55
My Email:npb@leading.net
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Barbier, Jean-Thomas
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Barbier, Thomas, Laborer

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I live in Jacksonville, Florida but am originaly from New Orleans, Louisiana. My father's name is Thomas K. Barbier. I have have two sisters, one name Sandra Barbier Dufrene and the other Christine Barbier Hennessey. I also have two brothers, Thomas K. Ba bier II and Jeffrey A. Barbier. I have two children, William Earl Barbier and Natalie Eileen Barbier. Most of my family live in and around New Orleans but my father's family is from Mogan City, La. My grandmother's name opn my father's side is Lara-Mae Ba bier. I would appreaciate any information you might have on my geneology.

Ross Griffiths - 04/30/99 03:18:19
My Email:rossc@wave.co.nz

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I am from New Zealand and living there. I am not sure how i got here.

Melvin Eisner - 04/25/99 18:39:19
My Email:sse@in4web.com
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Brother killed in Belgium WWII

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I am not sure as to the exact location my brother Seymour Eisner was killed in Belgium, but he was shot in the back on either Sept 1st or Sept 2nd after running into a mine field to carry his Buddy Frank Rogan to saftey. Frank Rogan, was later sent to a hospital in England. I myself have been trying to locate Frank Rogan or his family. These men were company scouts and part of 1st infantry army, 26th infantry division, company B. He was supposedly buried in St. Lowe. Maybe Frank Rogan or his family, or a william Wright of Ohio can shed some light on yours or my cause. We recieved the telegram on Sept 3rd 1944. Any info. that you might have would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Melvin Eisner

Ron Walker, Canberra, Australia - 03/24/99 03:06:47
My Email:praw@interact.net.au
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Info about Chimay, Hainaut, Belgium

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Chimay is my mother's home town(although she was born in Aalst inFlanders) Here is some local history as tought to me in the local ecole communale (public school) in 1945. Chimay's coat of arms is a siver sword on a gueules (i.e.red)background. It represents Julius Ceasar's sword that was taken off him by theChimaciens (people of Chimay) during his conquest of Gaul (c70BC). I don't know ofany historical backing for the story, but Ceasar does record that hesuffered a reverse in this region and was so exposed that he asked a soldier togive him his sword (the point of this story is that as supreme commander hedid not expect to get any where near the front llne and danger ; he wouldhave worn a purely decorative sword that would be useless for actualfighting. When his troops had to retreat in disarray before the Gauls, he ran therisk of having to defend himself). Ceasar also writes (as every Belgian schoolchild knows) "of all the Gauls, the Belgians are the bravest". Chimay's next big event was when it was beseiged by the Saracens (! sohelp me: I had previously thought they were stopped by Charles Martel at Poitiers, about 400 miles to the South East ). A small stream called"l'eau blanche" ("white water") runs through the town: in those days ( roundabout 800AD?) it used to run in under the town walls and then was used forwashing clothes before it ran out again. One day several Saracen soldiers swanin through the gap under the wall, intending to take the defenders frombehind. But the good washerwomen of Chimay just bashed their heads in with the wooden mallets they were using to beat their washing and " the waterthey call white, ran red with the blood of the Saracens" says the localhistory. Probably this too is legend but you can still see the place on thebanks of the White water where the washer women worked and beating the washingwith wooden mallets was still common practice when I was there as a kid in1945. The squire of Chimay is a Prince and he lives in a castle ("le chateaude Chimay") in the middle of town, on a bluff overlooking the Whitewater. Toward the end of the nineteenth century (c1890) the Prince de Chimayof the day was broke and saved the family's position by marrying an American heiress: Clara Ward (her father was a sausage skin king). She soontired of her prince and a dull life in this dull little town. Her only fun was throwing god coins from the battlements, and watching the villagersfight for them. Even this palled after a while and she ran off with an Italien music hall dancer. They fell on hard times and she posed with him forsexy post cards (very shocking by the standards of those days). This story too may be embellished, but I have seen a couple of the postcards. Apart from that there is nearby the brewery mentioned by John Brandel.It is in the monastry of the trapist monks, some distance out of town. Thebeer is magnificent and exported to many places. You can visit the monastry Also nearby is "l'etang de Virelles", the biggest lake in Belgium (but"etang" means pond; this is not a big lake by American standards).

Harold Decuir - 03/14/99 02:21:39
My Email:hjd825@juno.com
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Decuir
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Decuir

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First time I have had the opportunity to visit this Webpage. Looks like I could spend hours going to the many different sites. Well done! Harold

Dawn Rambin - 03/11/99 07:05:49
My URL:http://www.angelfire.com/or/rambin
My Email:rambin@ibm.net
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Louis Juchereau de St. Denis , Rambin, Prudhomme,Laffitte/LaFitte, Clermont,Buard,LeComte, LeBlanc, DeBlanc, Poissot, LeClerc, LeGrand,

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I am very impressed with the amount of information on your site. Thank you for providing this wonderful service. I host the web site: Colonial Louisiana Pioneers. http://www.angelfire.com/or/rambin

Richmond A. Padot - 02/23/99 12:09:31
My Email:rpadot@klondyke.net
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Jean Padot

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Jean Padot Arrived in La. in 1718/1724 from Darin France according to F.T.M. Immigrants to the New World 1600/1800. Any info. would help. I have a birth registration for a Jacobus Badot 6,July,1791 in Ruddervoorde Belgium. The names may be the same family.

De Pues - 02/16/99 16:03:05
My Email:Walbrula@aol.com
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: De Pues

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J'ai de la famille à Callenelle (Péruwelz) mais je suis le premier immigrant en Louisiane

Nettie DeCoux Cardenas - 02/03/99 01:00:54
My Email:vlaw48a@prodigy.com
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Jacques DeCoux

Comments:
I had no idea this website existed until today. Can't wait to explore and find out more about my roots! I have been in contact with several distant family members that are "news" to me. How exciting!

byron decuire - 01/26/99 17:17:44
My Email:masaada@email.msn.com
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: decuir
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: decuire

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I'm not quite sure if my name is a surname given to my ancestors or if the decuire family owned slaves and mixed with the slaves. There are many generations of African American Decuire's out there. I don't see any information about owning slaves and givin them the decuire last name. Is there any information that you know of? I am a descendant of slaves and can only go back to Louisiana probably on one of the boats the decuire's came on. Fascinating stuff. Everyone should look and see about their family hi tory.

Peter T. Porche Sr. - 01/24/99 17:18:25
My Email:pporche@aol.com
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Porche

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I'm not sure that there is a Hainaut connection, I am just beginning to trace my ancestry. I know for sure that a Porche came from France as a surveyor, and he was in the French army.If anyone has any information I would really appreciate any help.

mike leConey - 01/05/99 21:16:54
My Email:leconey@raydirks.com
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Huchet deKernion

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my mothers' ancestor came over on the La Loire. He was born in Quimper. He was a Nobleman and brought over with him his "Proofs of Nobility" I have a complete family history, although my Grandfather published some of it in a book "first Families of Louisiana". The surname today is normally deKernion or Kernion. He must show up as being on the ship.-Yes?

Mitchell A. Templet Jr. - 12/23/98 00:26:46
My Email:mtemp.15461@challenger.net
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Pierre Philippe Lambremont
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Pierre Philippe Lambremont

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My grandmother was a Lambremont.Her name was Beatrice Octavia Lambremont.Her fathers name was George Octave Lambremont.I am trying to find his date of death,and where he is buried.Mitch Templet

Marian Jackson White - 12/13/98 23:02:26
My Email:bigeasydreamer@prodigy.net
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Pierre Phillipe Lambremont
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Dorris Cecelia Lambremont

Comments:
A great website! Fascinating research about the Hainaut-Louisianians. My mother is Dorris Cecelia Lambremont Jackson; she is a descendant of Pierre Phillipe Lambremont who arrived on the Loire in 1720.

Bill DeCoux - 12/03/98 00:38:34
My Email:decoux@nfx.net
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Jacques DeCoux
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: same and others

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Yet another DeCoux to visit your website! Other family below (Lorena, Micheal, and George) have left a message and I agree your site(s)have great information. I was also very fortunate to travel with both my brother (George Jr) and father (George Sr) i Belgium and France while working in Europe and enjoyed visiting many of the areas you mention in this website. I was also fortunate enough to meet Andre Haussy and Father Lyabaert while there. I look forward to reading more about my ancestors and hope o get my father to publish our family history...keep up the good work!!

Alain Muregancuro - 12/01/98 18:18:02
My Email:Almuregan@aol.com

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I was born in Mons and have been living in Louisiana for 4 years now. I represent the French-speaking Community of Belgium in Louisiana. My job is to supervise and assist the Belgian French teachers that we send here to work with the CODOFIL and the Louis ana State Departement of Education. As a matter of fact, that's precisely where my office is, at the State Departement of Education in Baton Rouge. I don't have any ancestors from Mons but it is my home-town that I love and miss very much. Therefore, it w s a pleasure to find someone so far away who would share the same interest. Thank you very much! Alain Muregancuro.

11/30/98 06:58:06
Name: Bad Bunny My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me

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Just surfing and came accross your page Thanks


Lorena A. DeCoux - 11/27/98 15:43:04
My Email:Noblesse@Lebmofo.com
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Jaque Decoux

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Have been through a lot of this with my brother George deCoux and was sent the information by other brother michael.. Was happy to open this and will be visiting pretty often as is a ton of information to get to. THANKS!

Lorena A. DeCoux - 11/27/98 15:35:23
My Email:Noblesse@Lebmofo.com
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Jaque Decoux

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Have been through a lot of this with my brother George deCoux and was sent the information by other brother michael.. Was happy to open this and will be visiting pretty often as is a ton of information to get to. THANKS!

Michael J. DeCoux - 11/26/98 05:12:30
My Email:coujam@worldnet.att.net
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Jacque DeCoux
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Same

Comments:
Just found you site. Good work Randy. I am the youngest brother of George DeCoux and live in Texas. Also saw my nephew George3 had signed you guestbook. Sent link to all other DeCoux's I know who are on line. Again thanks, this is really a great site, and all the information shows how much work you have done.

barbiot - 11/15/98 10:57:37
My Email:lbarbiot@hotmail.com
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Barbiot

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Hello, nice to travel discovering ancestors so far from Hainaut. My father comes from Thieusies near Mons/ Le Roeulx, Hainaut - Belgium. I would be pleased to contact another Barbiot in Louisiana... Thanks ! Laurent Barbiot MD.

bart van moorsel - 11/14/98 13:13:40
My Email:vmoorsel@daxis.nl
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Penasse

Comments:
I am interesting in information of the family Penasse or "de Penasse" which comes from Givet on the border of France and Belgium

- 11/13/98 22:32:43
My Email:llhumble@home.com

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My maiden name was Bouillet. My grandfather came from France in 1913. I still have relatives there. I don't know if there is a Louisiana or Hainaut connection but Bouillet is not a common name so it is possible. Any tips on finding more info on Jean B ptiste Bouillet, his ancestors or his decendants would be appreciated.

- 11/13/98 22:30:01
My Email:llhumble@home.com

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My maiden name was Bouillet. My grandfather came from France in 1913. I still have relatives there. I don't know if there is a Louisiana or Hainaut connection but Bouillet is not a common name so it is possible. Any tips on finding more info on Jean B ptiste Bouillet, his ancestors or his decendants would be appreciated.

Geetanjali K. singh - 10/28/98 18:09:37
My Email:geetanjali.k.singh@monsanto.com
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Matilda King

Comments:
My great great-grandmother was Matilda King. She was married to a Mexican with the surname of Toler. My great grandmother Rosa Toler, Natchez, Miss (born Sept 3, 1880) was there children. I have no idea why I am continually being pointed back to Louisi na. I am just looking for information about Matilda's parents, place of birth and the name of her husband. Geetanjali K. Singh (847) 869-1622 817 Washington Avenue Evanston, IL 60202

- 10/24/98 16:30:13
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Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Henipen from Hainaut, explorer with LaSalle

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Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. Volume 9 THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF HENNEPIN. --------------------------------- It is proper in this connection to look for a moment at the history and character of the discoverer. He was the first European to see and name the Falls of St. Anthony; the first to explore the Mississippi above the mouth of the Wisconsin; and the first t publish an account of his journeys and discoveries in Europe. The facts concerning the early life of Hennepin are meager. He was born in Hainaut , a province of Belgium, in the town of Ath. During his early years he wished to visit foreign countries in search of adventure. In order to gain the object of his ambition he became a priest, as this was the surest road, in that ag , to distinction. He became a member of the Recollect order of the Franciscans. He seems to have been chaplain, in an early part of his career, at a hospital in Flanders, and was subsequently present at the battle of Seneffe in 1674. Two years later he re eived an order from his superior to embark for Canada. With this he gladly complied, as he hoped to be able in the new world to carry out his long cherished plan of discovery and exploration. He spent two years in the neighborhood of Quebec and Kingston i various undertakings and adventures, on one of which he penetrated as far among the Iroquois of New York as Albany. In the year 1678 he was sent to join the expedition of La Salle, then about to embark on a voyage of discovery to the great lakes of the N rthwest. His subsequent career has already been traced. Considerable discussion and speculation has arisen as to the authenticity and veracity of the accounts he gave of his discoveries and explorations. In 1683, three years after his discovery of the Falls, he published in Paris his "Description of Louisiana. Subsequently many editions of this original work appeared. The many changes and variations in these subsequent accounts have given rise to grave doubts as to Hennepin's veracity. His first book was published during the lifetime of La Salle, his superior officer on the expedition about which he was writing. Let us examine the evidence in the statements of his contemporaries, and of those who lived at the time of the publication of the various editions. La Salle, in a letter written August 22, 1682, probably to the Abbé Bernou, about the time of Hennepin's re urn to France, says: I have deemed it seasonable to give you a narrative of the adventures of this canoe, because I have no doubt it will be spoken of, and if you desire to confer with Father Louis Hennepin, Recollect, who has gone back to France, it is necessary to know him omewhat, for he will not fail to exaggerate everything; it is his character; and to myself, he has written me, as though he had been all ready to be burned, although he was not even in danger; but he believes that it is honorable for him to act in this wa , and he speaks more in keeping with what he wishes than what he knows. The researches of John Gilmary Shea inform us that Father Le Clercq, in 1691, referred to Hennepin and his first work in terms of praise; but that De Michel, the editor of Joutel in 1713, said: Father Hennepin, a Fleming, of the same order of Recollects, who seems to know the country well, and who took part in great discoveries; although the truth of his Relations is very much contested. He is the one who went northward towards the source of the Missicipi, which he called Mechasipi, and who printed at Paris a Relation of the countries around that river under the name of Louisiana. He should have stopped there and not gone on, as he did in Holland, to issue another edition much enlarged, and perha s not so true, which he dedicated to William III, Prince of Orange, then King of Great Britain, a design as odd as it was ridiculous in a religious, not to say worse. For after great long eulogies which he makes in his dedication of this Protestant prince he begs and conjures him to think of these vast unknown countries, to conquer them, send colonies there, and obtain for the Indians the knowledge of the true God and of his worship, and to cause the gospel to be preached. This good religious whom many, o account of his extravagance, falsely believed to have become an apostate, had no thought of such a thing. So he scandalized the Catholics and set the Huguenots laughing. For would these enemies of the Roman church pay Recollects to go to Canada to preach Popery as they called it? Or would they carry any religion but their own? And Father Hennepin, can he in that case offer any excuse? As a result of Hennepin's dedication and declarations in this edition published in Utrecht in 1697, the British were induced to send some vessels to enter and explore the Mississippi. The governor of Canada, Callieres, writing to the minister Pontchartrai , May 12th, 1699, said: "I have learned that they are preparing vessels in England and Holland, to take possession of Louisiana, upon the Relation of Père Louis Hennepin, a Recollect, who has made a book of it, dedicated to King William."* * Smith's History of Wisconsin, vol. I, p. 318. That this action of Hennepin's actually took place seems to be incontrovertible, from the fact that when the good friar wished to return to America, Louis XIV sent the following despatch to Callieres, then governor of Canada: His majesty has been informed that Father Hennepin, a Dutch Franciscan, who has formerly been in Canada, is desirous of returning thither. As his majesty is not satisfied with the conduct of the friar, it is his pleasure, if he return thither, that they a rest him and send him to the Intendant of Rochefort. Still later Father Charlevoix said of Hennepin's writings: All these works are written in a declamatory style, which offends by its turgidity and shocks by the liberties which the author takes and his unbecoming invectives. As for the substance of matters Father Hennepin thought he might take a traveler's license hence he is much decried in Canada, those who had accompanied him having often protested that he was anything but veritable in his histories. In recent years there have been apologists of the Franciscan priest who claim that his statements are both truthful and accurate. Notable among these are John Gilmary Shea and Archbishop Ireland. In 1880 Mr. Shea published a translation into English of He nepin's "Discovery of Louisiana," from which several of the citations in this paper are copied. In his preface to that work he says: Doubts thrown upon Hennepin by the evident falsity of a later work bearing his name, have led to a general charge of falsehood against him. In justice to him, it must be admitted that there are grounds for believing that his notes were adapted by an unscr pulous editor, and the second book altered even after it was printed. The claim is made that Hennepin's narrative is truthful, and that the inconsistencies and differences between the first and subsequent editions of his work are caused by unauthorized interpolations by the editor. Shea, after dwelling at length on the various phases of this question, says: To sum up all, the case stands thus: "The Description of Louisiana," by Father Hennepin, is clearly no plagiarism from La Salle's account, and on the contrary the so called La Salle Relation is an anonymous undated plagiarism from Hennepin's book, and mor over the Description of Louisiana is sustained by contemporary evidence and by the topography of the country, and our knowledge of the language and manners of the Sioux. It shows vanity in its author, but no falsification. So far as it goes, it presents H nnepin as truthful and accurate. A later work shows a suppression after printing, introduction of new and untrue matter, and the evident hand of an ignorant editor. For this book as finally published, Hennepin cannot be held responsible, nor can he justly be stigmatized as mendacious by eason of its false assertions. The third book is evidently by the same editor as the second, and the defence which it puts forward in Hennepin's name cannot alter the facts, or make the original author responsible. In view of all this, it seems that now at least the case of Hennepin should be heard with more impartiality; and we call for a rehearing in the view of documents now accessible, under the conviction that our earlier judgments were too hasty. Shea, in his "Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi," published in 1852, was a severe critic of Hennepin. His explanation of the new view taken in 1880 does not seem to me sufficient. Archbishop Ireland follows the same line of reasoning as Shea, and contends for the general truthfulness of Hennepin's books. In an address before this society at the "Hennepin Bi-Centennary," in 1880, he said: Hennepin's book had made much noise in France. Utrecht was a great literary center. It is very easy to suppose, then, basing our verdict upon the facts which I have put before you, that the second volume, the one published at Utrecht, was made up, and pub ished, not by Hennepin, but by some stranger, some man who had adopted the principal part of the Paris edition, adding on certain notations, which he got from Le Clercq's "Establishment of Christianity" in the new world, to bring it up, so to speak, to da e.* * Minnesota Historical Society Collections, vol. VI, p. 70. With reference to the interpolations about the discovery and exploration of the lower Mississippi, the same author said further in this address: The very matter of these ten pages shows that they were interpolated. The pages tell us that Hennepin was at the mouth of the Arkansas on the 24th of April, and yet, in the following pages, he is said to have been captured, near the Wisconsin, on the 24th day of April, the date according to the Paris edition. Besides, in these ten pages it is stated that Easter Sunday occurred on the 23rd of March. Now, Hennepin could never have made such an error. In 1680, Easter Sunday occurred on the first of April, and it is so stated in Hennepin's first volume. These are very significant facts, which cannot be overlooked, and when we take them all into consideration, together with the general appearance of this second volume, when we remember him as the scholar and clo e observer which the Paris volume shows him to have been, when we remember the habits of literary piracy that were then common in Europe, have we not solid foundations for saying that it cannot be proven that Father Louis Hennepin wrote and published, him elf, the second volume? This Utrecht volume is the one upon which all the accusations against him have been based, and once take away from it Hennepin's name, there is no ground whatever to impeach. Let us examine, on the other hand, some of the critical estimates of Francis Parkman, an American historian, who has, more carefully than any other man, examined all the evidence on this vexed question. He says: Hennepin's first book was published soon after his return from his travels, and while La Salle was still alive. In it, he relates the accomplishment of the instructions given him, without the smallest intimation that he did more. Fourteen years after, whe La Salle was dead, he published another edition of his travels, in which he advanced a new and surprising pretension. Reasons connected with his personal safety, he declares, before compelled him to remain silent; but a time at length has come when the t uth must be revealed. And he proceeds to affirm that, before ascending the Mississippi, he, with his two men, explored its whole course from the Illinois to the sea, thus anticipating the discovery which forms the crowning laurel of La Salle. "I am resolved," he says, "to make known here to the whole world the mystery of this discovery, which I have hitherto concealed, that I might not offend the Sieur de la Salle, who wished to keep all the glory and all the knowledge of it to himself. It is or this that he sacrificed many persons whose lives he exposed, to prevent them from making known what they had seen, and thereby crossing his secret plans. ..." He then proceeds to recount, at length, the particulars of his alleged exploration. The story was distrusted from the first.* Why had he * See the preface of the Spanish translation by Don Sebastian Fernandez de Medrano, 1699, and also the letter of Gravi r, dated 1701, in Shea's Early Voyages on the Mississippi. Barcia, Charlevoix, Kalm, and other early writers, put a low value on Hennepin's veracity. not told it before? An excess of modesty, a lack of self-assertion, or a too sensitive reluctance to wound the susceptibilities of others, had never been found among his foibles. Yet some, perhaps, might have believed him, had he not, in the first edition of his book, gratuitously and distinctly declared that he did not make the voyage in question. "We had some designs," he says, "of going down the river Colbert [Mississippi] as far as its mouth; but the tribes that took us prisoners gave us no time to nav gate this river both up and down." ... Six years before Hennepin published his pretended discovery, his brother friar, Father Chrétien Le Clercq, published an account of the Recollect missions among the Indians, under the title of "Etablissement de la Foi." This book was suppressed by the rench government; but a few copies fortunately survived. One of these is now before me. It contains the Journal of Father Zenobe Membré, on his descent of the Mississippi in 1681, in company with La Salle. The slightest comparison of his narrative with th t of Hennepin is sufficient to show that the latter framed his own story out of incidents and descriptions furnished by his brother missionary, often using his very words, and sometimes copying entire pages, with no other alterations than such as were nec ssary to make himself, instead of La Salle and his companions, the hero of the exploit. The records of literary piracy may be searched in vain for an act of depredation more recklessly impudent. Justin Winsor says that some time after Hennepin published his first book, according to his own story, he incurred the displeasure of the Provincial of his Order, and that he was so pursued by his superior that in the end he threw himself on the favor of illiam III, of England, whom he had met at the Hague. This was doubtless the reason of his dedicating his later book to the English king. The same author goes on to say that on both of the maps published with this edition (1697) the Mississippi river is m rked as continuing to the Gulf. This change was made to explain an interpolation in the text taken from Membré's journal of La Salle's descent of the Mississippi. The explanation made by the apologists of Hennepin that the literary piracy was committed, not by Hennepin, but by "some stranger" or ignorant editor, is weak and unsatisfactory. At no time subsequent to the publication of the supposed spurious editions d d Hennepin ever disavow the authorship of the book, or that part of it containing his pretended discovery of the lower Mississippi. He could not but have known of these fabrications, because these books were widely published and distributed in Europe long prior to his death. He has left on record no word of denial as to their authenticity and correctness. While he may not have been able to stop the publication of pirated and false editions of his works, the l ast he could be expected to do was to leave on record his formal protest against the unwarranted use of his name in publishing to the world pretended discoveries which he never made. On the other hand, when these later and interpolated editions appeared, and when doubts had arisen at that time as to the genuineness and veracity of the narrative, Hennepin, addressing the reader, says: "I here protest to you, before God, that my narrati e is faithful and sincere, and that you may believe everything related in it." This testimony from his own pen is certainly convincing. When you couple this with the fact that the French authorities had received orders for his arrest as soon as he should eappear in Canada, which orders were based on the dedication of one of his subsequent interpolated books to the king of England, and the facts growing out of an English alliance, we are forced to the conclusion that in all the editions subsequent to the f rst, Hennepin was, as Parkman calls him, "the most impudent of liars;" and that these adapted narratives are, to use again the same historian's words, "a rare monument of brazen mendacity."* While I believe that the account contained in the first book pub ished by Hennepin in 1683 is, in the main, truthful and accurate, barring his boasting and vainglorious statements, I am at the same time forced to concur in the conclusion of Edward D. Neill, a former secretary of this society, that "nothing has been dis overed to change the verdict of two centuries; that Louis Hennepin, Recollect Franciscan, was deficient in Christian manhood." * La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West, p. 128. ------------------------

Marcel FOURNIER - 10/11/98 13:27:46
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Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: MAUFROID
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: MAUFROID

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Very interesting, perhaps I have a Louisiana ancestor I don't Kow ..

Lillian Harman Ragland - 10/10/98 15:58:40
My Email:LilRagland@aol.com

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I descend from Leopold Antoine, born in Belgium 2/18/1877 in Liege. I would like to hear from others who may have a connection with the Antoine name. His mother's name was Marie Catherine Victorine Rosenfeld and his father was Noel Leopold Antoine.

Hanepen - 09/23/98 20:23:02
My Email:christiaen@wxs.nl
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: hannepain
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: hennepin

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this hennepin is pere louis who did go to Louisiana as Franciscaner monnik as companion of cavalier de La salle. There is a book about him in French,I have seen that book in the archives of Den Haag(CBG). with regards Chris hanepen

Wesley R. Risdon, Jr. - 09/01/98 02:58:14
My Email:pntnoir94@earthlink.net
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Jean Baptiste Pourciau

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I have been researching my father's side and only recently started on my mother's side. She is a direct descendant of Jean Baptiste Pourciau. It is extremely interesting to find the amount of info on her family.

- 07/23/98 23:41:02
My Email:inhim26@aol.com
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Jean Baptiste Leonard

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Jean Baptiste Leonard and wife Anne Coudray came from La Orient to Louisiana on the Venus 1721. They were some of the first La. settlers. Could this be another name of the ship?

DECUIR Alain - 07/04/98 21:54:19
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Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: I don't know

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DEAN BROUSSARD - 06/20/98 19:02:04
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Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Jean Francois Decuir

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A great site!!! I couldn't find anything on the Decuir's until I found you. My gggrandmother was Marie Clemence Decuir daug. of Francois Decuir who married Marie Manon Labbe. Any one with more info would be a big help.

The Counts of Hainaut and some family members - 06/19/98 03:48:28

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, Margarete of Hainault 0 , Marguérite of Hainault, Countess of Hainault 0 , Richilda of Hainault & Namur, Countess of Hainault&Namr 0 , Renier of Mons, Count of Mons in Hainault 0 , Herman of Hainault, Count of Hainault 0 , Isabella of Hainault 0 , Joan of Hainault 0 , Philippa of Hainault 1071 , Baldwin II of Hainault, Count of Hainault 1098 , Baldwin III of Hainault, Count of Hainault 1120 , Baldwin IV of Mons, Count of Hainault 1191 , Baldwin V of Hainault, Count of Hainault 1280 , John II of Hainaut, Count of Hainault&Holland 1304 , William III the Good of Hainault, Count of Hainault&Holland 1337 , William IV of Hainaut, Count of Hainault&Holland 1389 Wittelsbach, Albert of Holland, Count of Hainault&Holland 1417 Wittelsbach, Jacqueline of Holland, Countess of Hainault&Holl

Joe DeCuir - 05/05/98 17:40:59
My Email:jdecuir@infocom.net
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Albert DeCuir
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Albert E. DeCuir

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My father was born in Point Coupe and moved to Texas. His fafther was J. V. CeCuir and his mother was Ovilia Lieux

Rob Taylor - 04/10/98 09:11:12
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Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: nil
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: nil

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I found your website to be interesting and well put together.

Brian LeDoux - 03/16/98 22:14:30
My Email:ledoux_tabasco@yahoo.com
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: n/a
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Joseph Pierre LeDoux

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We don't know where Joseph Pierre LeDoux came from or disappeared to in the late 1800's He appeared at Vincent Settlement Louisiana and started a family. I am just searching for some Joseph Pierre LeDoux's to try and make a connection. My homeschooled daughter did a brief study of Belgium, wish we knew about this site at that time. Thanks Brian LeDoux DeRidder, Louisiana

Texann - 03/12/98 19:53:30
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Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Mary L unknown
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Daniel Duke

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Family story is that Daniel Duke bn. in Ga. 1825 and wife Laurana,bn. in Ga. 1817 took in and raised an orphan girl, called Mary L, whose family were Belguim immgrants came to American to escape civil war in Belgium, her parents and siblings were killed i the civil war, only she and a brother, escape.Mary died in childbirth of twin boys in 1896 and all of her history was lost. I feel this story is false but I'm attempting to verify. My Grandmother, who was two yr. old when her mother, Mary, died told to m once that her mother was bn. in New Orleans, la. Also, that there was native american blood in her family. Can you help me on this matter?

Daniel ABRASSART - 02/19/98 19:44:29
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Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Nicolas DECUIR
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: none

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I am born at Saint-Remy near Macon, i am living in Belgium and one of my ancestors are Nicolas Decuir (28.09.1646) and Clarisse Deschamps, probably a son of Simon Decuir and Jeanne Leroy

Paul Newfield - 01/21/98 06:01:14
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Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Pierre Piquery
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Pierre Piquery

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Pierre Piquery was a royal baker in the early days of French Louisiana. Paul Newfield

Dwayne Badeaux - 11/21/97 03:06:16
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Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Badeaux

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Guillaume Badot who was off the the ship LA LOIRE that was a nail maker is my ancesstory he signed up in 10-10-1719 in Maubeuge for 120 Livres upon engagement,150 Francs per year and food,and 15 Sols per day until sailing.It appears he wrote his own signature.I spoke to a C.J.Roboque who lives in Colrado and is one of my relitaves who knows a J.J.Pastorique, and a A. Haussey of France who was writing a book on The LA Loire and the survivors C.J.Robique told me that Pierre Badot could have been the father of Guillaume Badot at that time in 1995 this was the last time we had spoke to eachother. If you have anymore questions please E- Mail me,and I will send you information as per request. Thanks Randy! Dwayne Badeaux

Dwayne Badeaux - 11/13/97 22:57:15
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Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: G.Badot
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: Badeaux

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Kristen Mazy Fullmer - 10/27/97 15:51:03
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Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: MAZY

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I am searching for information on the ship "La Dauphine" arrived in 1719 in Louisiana from France...My ancestor Mazy was on this ship!

Jerry Rachal - 09/28/97 06:07:34
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nice site

George A. DeCoux III - 09/05/97 01:51:40
My Email:gdecoux3@worldnet.att.nett
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Jacques DeCoux
Your Ancestor's name in Louisiana:: The same plus a whole lot more

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It was a great pleasure to see a picture of my father, Andre, and yourself on your web site. Dad has picked up some new revelations from our relatives in Belgium recently. He has been searching for Jacques' father and finally has some definite leads. hanks.

Andre Deschamps - 09/01/97 22:18:35
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Nicolas DECUIR, ° 28/09/1646 Macon x 12/11/1699 Macon avec Clarisse DESCHAMPS? + 22/02/1684 Macon.

Mauberge family page - 08/12/97 02:18:48
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Hubert BARNICH - 08/09/97 17:14:22
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Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Jean MAUBEUGE

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B. Van Poucke, vice-president, Cercle de Généalogie et d'Héraldique de l'Union Européenne E.U Society for Genealogy and Heraldry - 07/29/97 15:45:29
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My Email:Bernard.VAN-POUCKE@BXL.DG13.cec.be

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Thank you very much for your site, it is very interesting. I will spread this information to our members and add it for the next upload of or homepage. Best regards, Cercle de Généalogie et d'Héraldique de l'Union Européenne E.U Society for Genealogy and Heraldry

Graham Mulquin - 07/29/97 09:36:52
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Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: Mulquin???

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Whilst searching the web for the name Mulquin - your site came up - "Jean Mulquin". This is interesting as we have been told by other genealogy researchers that their were Mulquin's in Belgium. Our Mulquin name is from Limmerick, Ireland, but this is in the 1800's, we haven't got back as far as the colonists list. If you are aware of how/why they may have found their way from Belgium to Ireland, we would appreciate your input. Thanks from Downunder.

Eric Rasson - 07/28/97 21:32:58
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My Email:erasson@club-internet.fr
Your Ancestor's name from Hainaut:: RASSON

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thanks for your web site. you can find a rasson's tree at http://www.mygale.org/10/erasson this tree is from 1590 to 1870. Everybody is coming from Tournai (Tournay) in Hainaut.

- 07/11/97 18:36:18

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