My Brick Walls

(keep checking back for more information)

Honoré ANDRONY and Joseph LANDRONY - were they father and son?

The link is probably somewhere in the records of the town of Riez in Provence. I recently visited this lovely little town in the heart of lavender/honey/truffle/olive oil country. Click on the red button or here to see my photo album.

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Dominique COSSÉ dit Chevalier (also called "Chevalier Paratonnerre" by his father-in-law, J-B-M BACAS)...

why did you come to New Orleans, why were you such a scoundrel, and where did you disappear to???

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Jean Baptiste Manuel BACAS.... "né à Gênes (Genova) en Italie" in 1738...

what brought you to New Orleans during the time of the Spanish???
See photos of the family tomb, located in historic St. Louis No. 1 Cemetery in N.O.

 

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Jean Louis Urbain (or URBAIN-) BERTHELOT...

was your father a coureur des bois from Canada or a man of the city??? ...where in France are your roots?

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Mary Ann SMITH... (photo)

my only drop of Irish blood, my little orphan girl... did your father die building the Canal?? ...did the Zieglers really take you in??

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BETTENCOURT / CHIBANTE (or BONFANTE)

My Azorean ancestor - Custodio Joze de Athaide de Bettencourt -- what did you do during your stay in Boston, where was your son born -- Charleston or Charlestown, and was your wife's name really Luisa CHIBANTE or was it BONFANTE?

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