Leclair Family History

I think it's a good sign that we have enough stuff on this page to make it hard to find your way around. Anyone who can supply historical information is asked to send it in. We're always looking for trivia stuff as well. To make it a little more convenient, here's a menu so you can jump right to the section you're looking for:

Name those kids  -NEW	the answers
Historical Tidbits	(info on these or other topics welcome!)
The Leclair Legacy	(family tree)
Paulette's trivia questions Feb 9/99	the answers
Doug's trivia questions Feb 27/99	the answers
Nat & Yves's shower jumble #1	Answer
Nat & Yves's shower jumble #2	Answer

Historical Tidbits

-family tree information - roots in Normandy, France?
-a connection to Trois Rivieres?
-a list of the mon oncles, and ma tantes
-the story of the marriage that got it all started
-Holtyre- between the Hollinger and McIntyre mines
-when was the house in Holtyre built?
-what was the first car Valere owned?
-school days
-the bowling alley
-Mme Finan = mother Bell
-the blueberry picking stories
-the documentary film recently made about Holtyre
-the potatoe crop that was near the railroad crossing on the way to Raymore
-there must be some good bear and moose stories
-excursions to Maud Lake (info from Carole)
Maud Lake is situated near the blueberry picking field (which was the airport strip in Ramore). This is the lake where I learned to swim and where Jack preferred spending his school days with Fred Ross.
   Let's not forget that after picking blueberries, we were all treated to Polar Bears (vanilla ice cream coated with chocolate, on a stick - well you know what I mean).
-who moved where, when

Trivial Pursuit

Alright gang, let’s see who can come up with a few answers here. (If you need help, or think you know the answers, contact Paulette at pdm7@hotmail.com )

1. Who was the member of the family who ran up the hill after spotting a bear in the blueberry patch?
2. Who was the baby who made their first airplane ride to Timmins when only a few days old?
3. Who was the chicken man and where did he get that name?
4. Who used to listen to the hockey game on the radio at night after all the lights were turned off in the house?
5. Who, while up in Timmins was determined to go blueberry picking but came back with raspberries?
6. Who was known to have a “tudda-duck face”?
7. How much was a basket of blueberries worth back in the ‘50s?
8. Name the two males who, following a hockey game one night had to pop into the Emergency room at the hospital?
9. Who fell head first into the barrel of water outside the shed, and nearly drowned?
10. Who broke a leg while running around the house one year?
11. Who is the tallest in the family - boy & girl?
12. Who convinced another family member to eat a cat-tail plant by saying  it was used to make spaghetti?
13. Who can come up with another trivia twelve-pack like this one?. (Thanks to Paulette for this first list, contributed on Feb 9, 1999)

- Once you have tried all the questions, you can check them against the answers to see how you did.

Doug's Trivia Questions - Feb 27, 1999

1. What event *outside* Mme Finan's house used to cause the operator to lose track of all phone connections in Holtyre?
2. Gold was discovered at the Dome mine one year, the Hollinger mine the next year, the McIntyre mine the following year, and the year after that, the municipality of Timmins was founded. What year did all this start?
3. Whose oven quit part way through cooking a turkey for a family gathering in Southern Ontario?
4. How many holes are there on the wooden board used to play marbles?
5. Where did Londoners John and Catherine start their tradition of having the year's first barbeque on New Year's day?
6. What was the pay scale in the 1960's for setting pins in the Holtyre bowling alley?
7. How deep is the deepest mine in Canada?
8. What event occurred during a snowstorm in front of the nativity scene in London's Victoria Park on Thursday, December 21, 1978?
9. Which family member has been in the same automobile as an international tennis star?
10: Which family member's first and last initials form a French word, as well as the initials of their spouse, children and pets?

- If you're stumped, you can have a peek at the answers to Doug's trivia questions

To see the jumble puzzles, click on the links in the table at the top of this page

Name Those Kids

Which one is...
A) Neil
B) Nicole
C) Natalie
D) Melanie
E) Jennifer
F) Samantha
G) Suzanne
H) Paul
I)  Kristy
J) Catherine
K) Richard
L) Lindsey
M) Eric
N) Patrick
O) Mike
P) Catherine Anne

If you can't match the names with the faces, here's the answers

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There are probably thousands of historical tidbits and trivia questions I've never thought of. If you can contribute some, just click here and start typing!

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