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From: "Diane Lebrun" <>
Subject: Re: [Q-R] Re: Tanguay's book, Souche
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 09:07:19 -0700
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Congratulations for describing souche so well.

Diane Lebrun
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Subject: [Q-R] Re: Tanguay's book, Souche


> The phrase "'n'ayant pas souche en Canada" means not having roots in
> Canada:
> a souche is the part of the tree underground when a tree is cut,
> therefore,
> these women were not born in Canada.
>
> Marguerite Anthiaume, wife of André Jarret de Beauregard, is listed, and
> she
> is definitely from the parish of St. Nicolas des Champs in Paris, her
> birth
> place, as she declared on her marriage contract and church record. She was
> not
> born in Canada; her "source" or "roots" were not in Canada. She did have
> descendants who survive to this day, including me.
>
> Tanguay also lists known prisoners taken in raids on the English colonies
> who
> later married in New France and became French citizens, including Marie
> Francoise Stevens, taken from New England by the Abenaquis, who cared for
> her for a
> time before she married Jacques Paquet. Her "roots" were not in Canada,
> but
> she has descendants, again including me.
>
> But when Tanguay also lists Marie Mité8ameg8K8é as not being born in
> Canada,
> along with some other female Indians, I have to wonder about his
> definition of
> Canada. Marie's birthplace is unknown, but she was an Algonquinne, and
> probably from an area which is the origin of Charles Pachirini, an
> Algonquin witness
> at her marriage. That area is most likely Allumette Island in the Ottawa
> River. The Algonquins there were called the Kichesipirini, according to
> the DCB.
>
> Tanguay seems to be limiting his definition of "Canada" to the French
> Laurentian colony and working from baptism records he had access to in
> order to
> determine a woman's place of origin. He didn't know that Marie
> Mité8ameg8K8é was
> baptized in Montreal, although she was, admittedly, a married woman at the
> time.
>
> Suzanne
>
> In a message dated 4/21/2005 8:20:44 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> writes:
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> Good Afternoon :)
>
> I was translating the summary for then end of Tanguay's book...and
> it
> translates as:
>
> pp. 603 to 688 [ Alphabetical table of the names of women not having
> stock
> in Canada; Names of the White married with the indigenous women ]
> What does "not having stock in Canada;" mean?
>
> I might be having a blonde moment but really, I don't know.
>
> Thank you :)
>
> Christine
> Roussell, Masson
>
>
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