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Comment on Francis Archambault (Janeaux) by Andre Archambault

Andre Archambault — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:54:00 +0000

Jean Baptiste (1800-1874) did have a third marriage in 1862 to Emilie Amiot (1805- ), a widow. He was 62. She was 57. I did not find children from this marriage.

He married his first wife, Victoire Debussat St-Germain (1801-1829) September 18, 1820,in L’Assomption. She gave him 7 children : Jean Baptiste (1821-1822); Victoire (1822- ); Jean Baptiste (1823-1886); Joseph (1824- ); Oliver (1825- ); Adeline (1827-1828); Elisabeth (1828-1828). Four known marriages : Victoire, Jean Baptiste, Joseph, Olivier.

He married his second wife, Angelique Durand (1807-1860) May 25, 1830. She gave him 16 children : Eugene (1831- ); Angelique (1832- ); Jean Baptiste (1833-1834); Louis (1834- );
Alice (1835-1845); Camille (1837- ); Francois (1839- ); Odilon (1840- ); Pierre Hormisdas (1842- ); Elzear (1845- ); Alice (1846- ); Marie Louise (1848- ); Azilda (1849- ); Zotique (1851- ); Ulric (1853-1853). Five know mariages : Louis, Odilon, Alice, Azilda, Zotique.

I’ve looked at some historical material and a few questions comes to my mind. If you would like to communicate by e-mail, here’s my address : (removed by admin)

Andre
Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

Comment on Francis Archambault (Janeaux) by Donna

Donna — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:55:29 +0000

Thank you for your response. I was not aware that Odilon’s home was still standing. I’ve only seen “Avila” listed in census reports and of course Francis Avila Janeaux in Montana documents. Where you aware that Jean Baptiste was married a third time? There are supposed to be children from that marriage.

Comment on Francis Archambault (Janeaux) by Andre Archambault

Andre Archambault — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:46:15 +0000

If you would like to see the complete family (16 children) of Jean Baptiste Archambault m. Angelique Durand, and also the children of his first marriage, I would be glad to invite you to the Jacques Archambault (1604-1688) descending family tree on Ancestry.com (free). Jean Baptiste was a farmer and fur trading was a tradition in French Canada and alwasys in the back of the mind of all young adventurous men who could not find land to pursue farming.
Only one year separates Francis (Francois) and Odilon, who later raised a family in Ottawa and was a messenger for the new Parliamentarians at the birth of the Canadian Confederation in 1867. Odilon’s house downtown Ottawa is still standing and has patrimonial value even if quite modest (there’s a plaque at the entrance with Odilon’s name on it, saying that he was a messenger).

I’ve had a look at Francis birth record. Avila is not on it. BTW your researching skills are remarkable. I don’t think I could have made de connection between Janneaux and Archambault. I would have gone in another direction altogether (Janot). Jambeau is a logical corruption of Archambault.

Great family story

André Archambault
Genealogist and searcher (Archambault d’Amerique Family Association)

Comment on December 2010 Post by Bastlynn

Bastlynn — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:54:17 +0000

I suppose the reasoning inherent in the traditional view on Facebook or Twitter (oh how horrible, a total loss of communication!) is this: This view relies on the idea that conversations must be synchronous in order to be valid. That in order to communicate or interact, both parties must be present at exactly the same time. Or if not present at the same time – then large efforts must be made to make *sure* that the amount of data in a communication is large enough to simulate holding a ‘one sided’ conversation as if they *were* there – since you only get one opportunity to open your mouth.

Whereas Facebook and Twitter are closer to asynchronous conversation – where a sentence and reply may be separated by hours, but large amounts of data aren’t required because the reply will be coming ‘soon’ just not immediately.

If anything it’s a more patient form of casual day-to-day conversation, better suited to being interwoven with the rest of life’s obligations. A phone call while at work is bound to earn you the ire of your boss, so your calls must wait to an allocated time, where they may or may not ear the ire of your spouse, or the loss of time to other obligations. Whereas, 30 seconds spent on a reply on Facebook… is barely noticeable in the flow of the workday. Cigarette breaks last longer.

The trick is in order to see this patten of communication in action… you have to engage the other in conversation to even get it started. So you have to close your eyes and jump, and trust that you’ll find ground underneath your feet.