Absolutely mind boggling session about familly history and such!!!
I suggest we may create a sub-thread about "genealogical exercises" such as Laura has done.I just dont know where to put it? And having read the session about how many people are descendants of certain historical figures, I am left scratching my head!
Otherwise, in my case, since reading the previous session I have done some research which has left me a little shaken. Nothing near what has transpired with Laura's research, yet some pretty amazing stuff has come up. And I would very much like to read other forum member's expereiences, AND HOPEFULLY WE COULD FIND HOW THIS CAN HELP US NAVIGATE the near future somehow better with this knowledge of who we are hence whom we came from?!
My familly's first ancestor in Québec LOUIS GUIMONT (D) came from France, and his descendants include` Madonna, Céline Dion, Jack Kerouack', and many others, which made me sceptical.
Louis Guimond (1ère moitié XVIIe Champs - 1661 Canada) ancêtre de Madonna, Céline Dion et Diane Tell
(English translation google)
Born in the first half of the seventeenth century, Louis Guimond comes from Saint-Evroult de Champs parish (Orne, France) However parish registers of this period having disappeared in this parish, his place of birth is not certain .
He is engaged on February 18, 1647 by Nicolas Juchereau, sieur of Saint-Denis for Jean Juchereau, sieur de More as maneuver for a period of 6 years with 40 pounds tournaments per year. The round trip will be paid. He receives a pair of shoes and a woolen dress.
Louis Guimond could have arrived in Quebec City on August 6, 1647 aboard the ship "La Marguerite" left La Rochelle two months earlier ".
"Né dans la première moitié du XVIIe siècle, Louis Guimond est originaire de la paroisse Saint-Evroult de Champs (Orne, France). Toutefois les registres paroissiaux de cette période ayant disparu dans cette paroisse , son lieu de naissance n'est pas certain.
Il est engagé le 18 février 1647 par Nicolas Juchereau, sieur de Saint-Denis pour Jean Juchereau, sieur de More comme manœuvre pour une durée de 6 ans moyennant 40 livres tournois par an. Les traversées aller et retour seront payées. Il reçoit une paire de souliers et un habit de serge de laine.
Louis Guimond pourrait être arrivé à Québec le 6 août 1647 à bord du vaisseau « La Marguerite » parti de La Rochelle deux mois plus tôt".
Then this newer information just showed up on ERUDIT(E) blabla: Louis Guimond(t) was the first miraculously saved in a particularly famous basilica in Québec (this was years before the kidnapping at the hands of the Iroquois) through his faith.
https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/cd/2000-n62-cd1043519/8508ac.pdf
I AM BASICALLY WONDERING HOW MANY OF US FORUM MEMBERS HAVE HAD SUCH STRANGE ancestors, and strange happenings to their ancestors??? And are there crossroads between us all, somehow???
THEN upon readin the transcript again when the C's say window falllers: ARE WE THE WINDOWS as individuals (sorry if this sounds silly?!)