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MICHAEL the Canadian:
Welcome THOM, I am Michael I have started to answer alot of my info with the name Michael the Canadian. i am living just 20 minutes south of the city of Montreal in the province of Quebec. We are 30 minutes north of the New York state border sitting on the Richelieu river. the city is called St-Jean-sur-Richelieu. English it would probably be St-johns on the Richelieu(river). I also is a fairly NEWBIE, I can agree with Mary :-) there is alot of reading,researching,etc and often get priorities on other problems subjects,etc. So the Forum suffers now or then I believe. But anyway HI and welcome, personal info I am a retired employ of the DEPT of defense here in Canada. Joined the group to try and find some time to find some more time to connect with the great people of the CLAN THOMPSON and now and then it actually happens, I believe that we all may have more time once the winter gets here and we are less busy with outdoor activities. take care Michael the Canadian.
Thom:
Hello Michael the Canadian! As you hail from the Montreal area of our northern neighbor, I shall, with your leave, tell a tale of our association through our Clan. I am, according to my research, the 9th great grandson of my maternal great grandfather, Jean Baudreau dit Graveline. Jean was from the Graveline area of what was then Flanders but subsequently became part of France. His son, Urbain Baudreau dit Graveline, was among 153 young men recruited to settle and serve the French colony at what became known as Montreal. He arrived sometime around 1653 and became a very wealthy man. Jean Baptiste Baudreau dit Graveline, Urbain's son and my 7th great grandfather, was an explorer. He arrived with Iberville on the Gulf Coast in 1700 and helped establish a settlement in the Biloxi, Mississippi area. Jean Baptiste would later travel with Iberville's brother, Bienville, and establish a settlement at Mobile, Alabama. Jean Baptiste, who had finally settled on the west bank of the Pascagoula River in lower Mississippi, would later marry Susanne, a Native American and the mother of his son Jean Baptiste Baudreau dit Graveline II. Graveline II, my 6th great grandfather, became active in the affairs of the colony but would later be executed on the breaking wheel. There is some disagreement as to where Graveline II's execution took place. Most say the affair was carried out before St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. One historian says the execution was carried out in Mobile. Graveline II's granddaughter, Francois Baudreau, would marry Jean Baptiste Ladner, grandson of Dr. Nicholas Ladner. Their son, Charles Carlos Ladner, would marry and his daughter, Mary Louis Ladner, would marry William Havens, my 2nd great grandfather. William's and Mary's granddaughter, Mary Havens, married Thomas Andrew Burge. Mary and Thomas Andrew were my maternal grandfather and grandmother. Therein lies my connection to Montreal and through our Clan, to you. And one day, I hope to visit the city of my ancestors. Have a great weekend.
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