[NI00383]
HENRY MILLER
9/20/95 From Buffalo Newspaper as reported by Board of Health (No obituary
placed by family).
"Henry Miller- March 19, 1924 - 66 (age) - Columbus Hospital -
burial March 18, 1924."
According to the family, Henry dropped dead in the downtown area of
Buffalo while he was working as a street sweeper for the Sanitation
Dept., City of Buffalo.
He apparently was rushed to the nearest Hospital where he was
pronounced dead.
9/27/95According to the census of 1920, Henry lived with his wife Minnie
and his children Joseph, John, Katherine, Florence, Mildred, Edna
and Emma at 46 Doat Street in Buffalo, N.Y.
According to Edna they lived at 103 Edison Street prior to the Doat
Street address.
9/28/95According to Edna they lived at 52 Doat Street and that they
belonged to the Ascension Lutheran Church located at Bailey and
Doris when her father died.
She also mentioned that her Father was born on Adams Street.
[NI00384]
ROEDENBERGER WILHELMINA
9/20/95Obituary in 10/26/38 Buffalo Newspaper:
"Miller Minnie - October 25, 1938 .........Funeral from
residence.....45 Sweeny Street at 2:00PM October 28,
1938....."
9/28/95According to Edna LaJoie, her mother came to the United States in
1893 when she was 17 years old. She migrated with a Jewish family
by the name of Kaufman.
8/21/96According to information supplied by Janet Laverich, (cousin) Wilhelmina arrived in the U.S.A. from Germany October 16, 1894 with a destination of Bremen, N.Y.
[NI00389] Minnie was killed riding her bicycle.
[NI00393]
According to the publication "GERMANS TO AMERICA - LISTS OF PASSENGERS ARRIVING AT U.S. PORTS, VOL. 2 5/1851 TO 6/1852" THE FOLLOWING LISTING APPEARED:
Ship: Middleton
From: Liverpool
To: New York
Arrived on 04 May 1852
NameAgeSexOccupation Prov.VillageDes
Miller, Conrad42MFarmerGermany000USA
Math.26MFarmerGermany000USA
Elena33FunknownGermany000USA
[NI00450]
Obituary as it appeared in Buffalo Newspaper 4/7/1931:
"LaJoie - in this city April 6, 1931 Ella LaJoie wife of Henry, mother of Leo, Leon, Elmer and the late Harvey. Funeral from family residence 47 Colfax Ave., April 9 at 2:00PM. Friends are invited to attend."
[NI00451] According to the 1927 Buffalo City Directory, the family lived at 474 Rhode Island Street. Henry wa listed as a confectioner, Leo a sign painter, Elmer an auto mechanic and no occupation listed for Noe.
[NI00455] A question exists regarding date of Birth. Nora used Apr 5; but birth records in England show Apr 25. Also her official birth certificate in England spells her name "Norah".
[NI00477] Lorraine died in Florida and based on her wishes, was creamated and her ashes strewn over the Gulf of Mexico.
[NI00502] After Leah was born, Matilda either was divorced or separated from Noe. According to family members, she took her daughter Leah and left Henry with her former husband Noe. Little is known of Matilda and Leah after the separation. Last record of family being together was the Census of 1900, Holyoke, Massachusetts.
[NI00503]
Leah's parents were separated or divorced when she was a child. Her brother Henry was kept by her father and she left with her Mother. Little is known of Leah and her Mother after this incident. At an early age Leah left home and became a bareback rider in a circus.
[NI00504]
According to "The Lajoie Family" Source: Mrs. Alexandre Perrault; Data Compiled by Edith E. Apri; Book contained in the Nashua Public Library; the family arrived in Nashua from Canada in 1862.
Obituary:
"Joseph Lajoie, one of the oldest and most respectable citizens of Nashua, died about 10 o'clock Monday morning at his home on Hollis Street, at the age of 74 years. His death was caused by cancer of the throat. He is survived by two sons, Alphonse and Narcisse Lajoie, both of this city (Nashua). Mr Lajoie was one of the charter members of the St. Jean Baptiste society of this city. For a number of years he has been secretary of the Church of St. Louis de Gonzague and the superintendent of the cemetery on West Hollis Rd.
The funeral will be held tomorrow at 8:00 o'clock. Relatives and friends are invited."
[NI00506] Andre was the last generation to use the surname G�rin-dit-Lajoie. The next generation dropped the true name of G�rin and kept the "nickname" Lajoie
[NI00520]
12/28/1943 Nashua newspaper obituary:
"Narcisse D. Lajoie, one of the city's best known painting contractors for 50 years, died Saturday night at his home, 19 Perham St., after a long ilness. He was 86 years old and was born in St. Helene de Bagot, PQ, Nov.1.1857.
Engaged in the painting business for half a century, Mr. Lajoie enjoyed music as a hobby, and was a member of the old Lafayette band founded by the late Msgr. J.B.H.V. Millette and was also for 20 yrs. with the second Regimental Band which later was called the Nashua Military band.
He leaves three sons, David Lajoie, of Charlotte,,NC; George of this city; and Raymond stationed with the U. S. Army in England; and five daughters, Mrs. Alice Perrault, of this city; Mrs. Louis Beaudoin and Mrs. Lillian Handron, of Washington, D.C.; Miss Beatrice Lajoie and Mrs. Wilfred Bolduc, of this city; one brother, Alphonse Lajoie, of this city; 24 grandchildren, nine great grandchildren.
Relative and friends may call at the J.B. Phaneuf Funeral Home to pay their respects."
[NI00522] In his later yeara Alphonse was widely know as a musician.
[NI00538] Became a physician practicing in Haverhill, Massachusetts
[NI00546] Joseph was a farmer who lived in a log home. He raised his family in Caistor Center, Ontario, Canada. Joseph died of measles. The Canada census indicates Joseph lived in west Canada for a while. By 1851, he returned to Ontario.
[NI00551] David's first wife, Emma Patrick, died in childbirth at age 28, in 1895. Emma and the newborn child were buried in the same casket. In April 1901 David married Emma Gerstein. They had one son, George. About 1904, Emma left her son and husband and never returned.
[NI00552] Loren first came to Michigan in 1881 to work in the lumber business. He and his wife moved to Michigan in 1892 where they started farming near Vassar and later on a famr near Watrousville. In 1921 they bought a farm 5 miles west of Caro. By the time of their 60th wedding anniversary they had sold their farm and were living in Caro, Michigan.
[NI00788] Barbara & John Miller, according to the birth years indicated in the census of 1855 and 1860, were too old to be the offspring of Conrad and Mary. The assumption is that Conrad was widowed from a previous marriage, returned to Bavaria and returned to the USA in 1852.
[NI00789] Barbara & John Miller, according to the birth years indicated in the census of 1855 and 1860, were too old to be the offspring of Conrad and Mary. The assumption is that Conrad was widowed from a previous marriage, returned to Bavaria and returned to the USA in 1852.
[NI00845] Joseph established in L'Anorie. He is the ancestor of all the Gerin-Lajoie of St. Hyacinthe, Ste. Rosalie and St. Simon.
[NI00849] Marie Magdeleine Grenier's records in the Family History Center also identify her sur-name as Grigner and Gagne
[NI00850]
It is recorded that Jean left St. Dominque for Louisiana and Canada about 1745.
Jean was a Sargent in General Montcalm's Troops at the Plains of Abraham. He was such a cheerful and friendly person, that he was nicknamed "Lajoie" (the happy one) by his comrades of his regiment.
In 1760 he was married and established himself in Yamachiche, Quebec. The paternal farm was situated in the "Petite Terres", southern part of Yamachiche. The farm was transferred to Jean and his wife by his father-in-law, Jean Francoise Grenier. This land stayed in the family of Gerin-Lajoie until recent years. Presently there are no Gerin-Lajoie left in Yamachiche. Jean Gerin-Lajoie is the original ancestor of this family (Jarin, Gerin-Lajoie, Jaret and Jared) according to the registry of Yamachiche.
[NI00859]
In Tanguay's Fr/Can Genealogical Dictionary, Louis was listed as being from "Paroisse des Echelles, Diocese de Grenoble, Dauphine".
Louis-August G�rin of M�ni�res was listed as being: "Captain of Infantry, Governor of Saint-Domingue, Colony of France in 1717 (present day Dominican Republic/Haiti)"
6th child of Jean-Jacques deG�rin, issue of his second marriage with Claire deGarnier, (archives of the clerk of the Civil Court of Toulon, register 26, folio 96, and of the Parish Registers of the cathedral of Toulon). Born at Toulon the 16th of June 1676, and died the 1st of May 1725 at Saint-Dominque. (General alphabetical list of Officers, etc. of 1627 to 1780, conserved at the archives of the Ministry of the Cononies.)
In the stop of the high halls of the Council of States of 1723, in which the legal claimant served a
few years on the sea in the rank of the guard of the marine and then on land in that of lieutenant in
the regiment of Miromesnil for the war of Italy. In the summer he made captain of the regiment of
Picardie and where he was obvious at many battles and sieges of places where he was
distinguished. d� Hozier added: �He was married in a foreign country , his prosperity is ignored. It
is by this prosperity of which we�re about to redraw the filiation, after the authentic documents
furnished by his descendants and confirmed by two city judicial decisions, after much to long.
We noted before that the de G�rin that fell in distaff in Provence with Th�r�se who was the wife of
Jean-Lazare de Ricard, whose descendants picked up the name deG�rin Ricard, so therefore,
Louis-Auguste continues the male descendants of de G�rin.
Louis-Auguste went to Saint-Domigue, in 1717, was captain of the infantry, aide-major of the
house of the marquis de Chateaumorau, governor general of Saint-Domingue. At the beginning of
1718, he was married to Marie Fortin, of a family from Normandy, ancient Lord of the Hoguette,
that went to Saint-Domingue and whose armes were:
D�azur, a gold chevron, accompanied by three identical spurs, and one silver crescent, placed in
the forefront.
[NI00860]
In the "Armorial G�n�ral de France" Marie-Madeleine Courtin is referred to as Marie Fortin.
" At the beginning of 1718, Louis August deG�rin was married to Marie Fortin, of a family from Normandy, ancient Lord of the Hoguette, that went to Saint-Domingue and whose armes were:
D�azur, a gold chevron, accompanied by three identical spurs, and one silver crescent, placed in
the forefront."
[NI00931] Francois was a farmer in St. Hughes, Quebec.
[NI00962] According to the publication "Howe Island 19th Century Families" by Russ Waller, U.E., the family changed its surname from Marcil to Marshall with this and all succeeding generations.
[NI01066]
Notation on communication from Jeannine Lajoie Laforest reads:
"Relijieuse July 2, 1862, de l'Hotel-Dieu de St.Hyacinthe"
She joined a religious order in 1862.
[NI01069]
On his request to the Superior Court of Saint-Hyacinthe, province of Quebec (Canada) that
returned the 21st of April 1904, a certified judgement of the origins of deG�rin, and established the
ascendance of Andr� of the preceding article and of Thomas, the same for Louis Auguste and his
father Jean-Jacques de G�rin (7th Degree).
A second judgement, returned the 25th of April 1904, by the Probate Court, at Nashua, N.H.
(United States), confirmed the previous judgement.
These two judicial decisions, reconstructed the family name of de G�rin, in showing that they
descend from the Gerini`s of Florence and of de G�rin`s of Provence, how they established the
combined prepared genealogy and legalized the 11th, 12th and 13th of February 1904 at Marseille,
bearing notably that the de G�rin`s and de G�rin-Ricard are the same relationship by Th�r�se de
G�rin who married Jean-Lazare de Ricard (9th degree). This genealogy was part of the judgement.
[NI01077] Was known as Lady Claire de Garnier
[NI01078] Became a Jesuite Priest
[NI01079]
He succeeded to his father in the responsibility of lieutenant general civil and criminal of the admiralty at the siege of Toulon, in accordance with the provisions dated the 26 May 1696, and the 19 December 1713, that he was appointed lieutenant of the Admiralty of the seas of Levant, at the siege of Marseille.
On the 5th of June 1723, he obtained from the Council of State, a stop by which His Majesty
recognized and confirmed as needed, his nobility in a manner that would leave nothing
unquestioned.
In addition to the listed offspring, there were reported five other daughters who became Nuns.
[NI01080]
Gabriel-Bernard de G�rin de Requiston, born in 1678, Captain in the regiment of Navarre,
and was killed in 1709, at the battle of Malplaquet (This is a town in Flanders, current day Belgium.) The battle occurred during the wars of the Spanish Succession. He was distinguished on many occasions
and, particularly in this latest battle, where he fell without much relief, after repulsing the
enemy twice to their entrenchments, and having taken two of their flags.
[NI01081] Joined a Religious Order and became a Nun
[NI01083]
Captain of grenadiers in the royal regiment of Vaisseaux.
Captain of the grenadiers in the Royal Regiment of Vaisseaux
[NI01085] Joseph became religious cordelier at the convent of Hi�res.
[NI01086] Francois became prieur of the priory of Corpus Domini, in the church of Toulon.
[NI01089]
Jean de G�rin, married an Italian wife, N. Ricardi, with the obligation to change and carry
the name and the armes of his wife.
[NI01090]
Born in 1578, married by agreement the 16th day of November, 1620 (by past contract before M. Etienne de Morteriis, notary public in the place of Ollioules) with the young lady Isabeau, daughter of Noble Louis Chautard and the lady Anee Aicard. The contract has him as lieutenant in the regiment of Picardie, service he since left.
[NI01093]
Joined a religious order and became a Priest. He was the first rector of the chapel of Saint Fran�ois, founded by his father.
[NI01094]
Joined a religious order and became a Priest, Doctor of Theology. He succeeded his brother as rector of the chapel of Saint Fran�ois.
[NI01098]
In his marriage contract, he is qualified
[NI01104]
information indicates Jacques was a "gentilhomme ordinaire du Roi de France" - translates to "Plain Gentlemen of the King of France" He was named with this quality (Noble), in the will of 1552 by Michel G�rini, his father, which institutes him as his heir, and states positively that he is of his marriage with the late Jeannette Carbonel, his wife.
[NI01108]
Information indicates Michael was a "�cuyer" which translates to mean "Noble Rider".
[NI01109]
. According to Italian genealogy, Jeannette Carbonel left this world in in 1520 in Marseille, France.
[NI01111]
Laurent born in the Levant, settled in Province, and by a contract in which he is expressly qualified Noble Laurent G�ini, damoiseau, son of the late magnificent and powerful man, Jean G�rini chevalier originally of Florence and of Lady Marie Rose, he was born in the Levant and married Claire Boniface at Marseilles, who is also qualified Noble daughter of Georges Boniface and the honorable Lady Beatrix his wife, of the city of Marseilles.
[NI01115]
Jean is listed as "noble chevalier" which indicates he was a noble knight.
[NI01116]
Although born in the Levant, Marie Rose was of Greek ancestry.
[NI01117]
The following appears in the transcripts about Octavien.
[NI01164]
M�d�ric-Thomas de G�rin.
[NI01172]
Francois de G�rin at the time of his father�s will, was a slave to barbarism in Barbary. He was found at the siege of Candie where he lost an arm and died not long after, by this act he made his proof for the order of Malta.
[NI01174]
Became a Nun.
[NI01236]
Bell evolved from Lebel
[NI01245]
In a Volume entitled "The Emergence of a Nation---II:1849-67; page 293 appears an article regarding Antoine G�rin-Lajoie.
[NI01295]
Ephraim died in a sleeping walking accident while serving with the army at Fort Adams in Newport, RI.
[NI01380]
was an accomplished musican and teacher of music. He was associated with many musical organizations in the city of Nashua. He was also a veteran machinist, and was employed at the International Paper Box Machine Co. for 23 years.
[NI01382]
The datesof birth and death were retrieved from thew Social Security Death index and may not be for this person.
[NI01879]
Martin Family
[NI01887]
Sailed July 23, 1632 from LaRochelle, France aboard the "Esperance en Dieu". Landed at LaHeve, Acadie on September 8, 1632.
[NI01889]
First child born in Acadie to French parents. King Louis XIV honored him March 28, 1689 with the title "Seingeurie des Mines des Terres de Cobequid et de Leur dependences" (now Truro). He was called Sieur Mathieu Claude de Saint Martin. His titles equate to "Lord of the Manor of Cobequid".
[NI01891]
Anne was an Amerindienne.
[NI01894]
Pierre came to Acadie from Martaize, France.
[NI02109]
He was Commander of the Royal Order of Saint-Lazare of Jerusalem and of Our Lady of Mount-Carmel.
[NI02111]
first provided by canon law, renounced the orders of duty as the captain in the regiment of
[NI02118]
He was Lieutenant general of the admiralty in succession of his great father and of whose descendants
[NI02132]
Jean d`Entrechauxwas listed as a chevalier (knight) by the orders of the King.
[NI04379]
Jean-Jacques de G�rin. This is the first to have placed "de" in front of his last name.
[NI04383]
Louis was a farmer and a business man in the village of Actomvale. He was a salesman, selling wind mills and agriculatural machinery. To this day windmills are still standing bearing the name ;of Lajoie. He donated all the land that the Parish of St. Andre, Acton Vale, was built on, including the cemetery, with the dondition that all who have the name of Lajoie could be buried at no cost. Louis dropper the name of Gerin.
[NI08734]
Perished at sea in 1485
[NI08735]
Gonfalonier in 1492 and 1496
[NI08741]
One of 12 Buonuomini in 1406
[NI08745]
Podesta in 1427 and 1428
[NI08753]
Gonfolanier in 1500
[NI08756]
Gonfalonier in 1517 and 1528
[NI08761]
Marquis de Mont-Sainte Marie
[NI09014]
Died on wife's grave.
[NI09157]
Clara Belle kept house for her uncle David Enos after his wife, Emma Gerstein left home. After David Enos died in 1913, she returned to Fonthill, Ontario and married Albert Mansfield.
[NI09169]
"Liz" was orphaned when a baby and brought to Canada by a family who paid her relatives to have "Liz" work in their home and care for their children. She claims that she was treated like a slave. She was placed in an orphanage in Canada for 10 years. Dowie was her stepfathers name, she never know her family name.
[NI09224]
Clerk of the Chamber and Secret Camerier of Pope Innocent X
[NI09225]
Raised the house to a degree of glory under the Monarchial Government. The King of Spain, Philippe IV made him a Marquis in 1646.
[NI09226]
Senator in 1677
[NI09229]
Marquis and Gentleman of the Chamber in 1767 of Grand Duke Cosimo III.
[NI09233]
Duke d'Amalfi, Prince of the Empire, Chevalier of Toifon d'or
[NI09235]
Lady of Honor of the Grand Duchess Marguerite-Louise of Orleans, wife of Cosimo III,
[NI09236]
Became a Chevalier in the Order of Saint Etienne
[NI09240]
Marquis
[NI09241]
Marquis
[NI09248]
Senator
[NI10323]
Birth/Baptism name Paul-Victor-Edmond-G�rin at birth. He used the name Victor as documented in USA military records, USA naturalization/citizenship papers, NYS marriage records and his California death record.
[NI10327]
After being bitten by a rabid dog, Abbie was one of the first to be sent to the Pasteur Institute in New York City for treatment of Rabies.
[NI10328]
Birth name of Katherine Victoria G�rin, named after her mother and father. She was also known as Kataryn G�rin-Lajoie Loughlin at the time she started on the genealogy book of the family. In addition, her head stone in the Stockbridge Cemetery reads "Kataryn G�rin-Lajoie Loughlin." Kataryn G�rin Loughlin wrote a book in 1952 "Miss Abby Fitch-Martin", published by Coward-McCann, Inc. New York, Library of Congress Catalog Card #52-8028. According to her niece, Judith (Wittman) Evenson, this book contains several genealogical errors and facts.
[NI10330]
Esther and Ruth are twins.
[NI10345]
Was appointed official of the county of Saint-Maurice in Quebec 1871 to 1875. He also founded several newspapers and published several writings in these newspapers.
[NI23583]
Julia died after giving birth to twins. Joseph remarried.
[NI23714]
Mary and baby James both died during childbirth.
[NI29388]
Albert had three sons by his first wife, Maggie Terreberry. Milton of Ridgeville, Ontario, Harland of Parry Sound, Ontario and George of Port Colborne, Ontario.
[NI29397]
After her divorce from Mr. Arch, Pearl moved to Gilford, Michigan to keep house and care for the children of her first cousin Jack Enos. In 1939 Pearl and Jack went to Kentucky to be married. It was a state that cousins could legally be married. Jack died in 1937 and Pearl married Archie Montgomery of Gilford, Michigan in 1939. Archie died in 1946. Pearl owned and operated the Gilford Store until her retirement in 1968.
[NI29399]
Jack lived on a farm one mile west of Gilford in Tuscola County, Michigan. His first wife Retta Finley, had a son named Guy from a previous marriage. Retta and Jack had two sons and Retta died while the boys were young. Jacks first cousin, Pearl Waters, came to care for the boys and keep house. Jack and Pearl were later marries in Kentucky as marriage of cousins was not allowed in Michigan.
[NI29401]
Gordon was killed while working to build the Welland Canal at Niagara Falls, Canada. He and the horses he was driving went over a bank into the Niagara River.
[NI29407]
Lee and Ruby met at Vassar Corkpine Fairgrounds where Lee had just won a race with his bay horse, Little Harry. When he offered a ride to the girls waving and shouting congratulations to him, Ruby took him up on his offer and a budding romance started.
[NI29408]
After his fathers death in 1913, George went to live with the Fraziers, friends of his half sister Maud Enos Tyrrell. He traveled by hopping trains. He lived in Florida for many years and died there of unknown causes.
[NI29409]
Wava died from burns while raking and burning leaves during the fall of the year.
[NI29411]
David married in his 60s
[NI29417]
Edwin was field manager for the Gleaners when he met Maud Enos. Later he became executive secretery of the Detroit Real Estate Board. He resiged that position to become manager of the Detroit and Northern Michigan Building and Loan Assn. In 1916, he was one of the organizers of the Society for Savings and served as its Secretery.
[NI29428]
"Junior" quit school and left home in his late teens. There was little family contact. He worked in one of the automible manufacturing plants, married and settled in Flint, Michigan.
[NI29430]
Ruby was in her senior year at Vassar High School when she quit to marry Lee Enos.
[NI29542]
Sandra and her entire family perished in a house fire at Fife Lake on Feb. 20. 1972.
[NI29650]
Was stillborn.
[NI29830]
Alma was a twin of Emma Marie but died in infancy.
[NI29831]
Died in infancy
[NI29904]
Twin
[NF171]
According to notation in the information supplied by Jeannine Lajoie Laforest
On the 31st of December, 1649, by a successful act by M. Deidier, notary public of Toulon, he
founded a perpetual chapel under the title of Saint-Francois, endowed with 150 livres (French currency of the day) of his pension; under the reserve of this patron and in addition to,
His will is dated 3 July 1658.
He was married at Toulon, by past contract, on the 15th of September, 1519 before Antoine Salvatoris, notary public (whose collated copy dated 15 January 1732 by Hugues, possessor of the minutes of the Royal Notary Public at Toulon), with Noble Jeanette Carbonel, daughter of Noble Jacques Carbonel. He wrote his will twice, the 19th March, 1552, at Rivigo in the states of Venice, and a second time at Marseilles; in this last will, he revoked the will of Rovigo
According to the memoir prepared in 1730, he had of Jeannette Carbonel, his first wife, a son,
Jacques. Of his second marriage, he had two children, neither of them reached the point of prosperity (nobility or maturity?)
He died at Rovigo in 1564.
An imperfect abstract of this act, the fact which is otherwise sufficiently supported by a will of the 16th of October, 1547, done by Laurent G�rini in which he is newly qualified Nobel Laurent G�rini, captain of 50 men of arms by order of the King, son of the late noble Jean G�rini of the Republic of Florence. He stated, in addition that he wanted to be buried in the ancient main church of the City of Marseilles, as recalled by
Two other acts of 18 June, 1542 and 10 March, 1552, where it is clearly written, giving him the quality of Captain of 50 men of arms by order of the King> employment which he obtained by the funding of Queen Catherine of M�dici, wife of Henri II, of which he had the honor of being allied (or related) to by the marriage of Orland M�dici, son of Jean Francois M�dici, daughter of Antoine and his first cousin.
He fought with courage at the storming of Landrecies in 1543 and at the Castle of Emery in 1544. The Duke of Guise, Francois of Lorraine, to make much ado about him, called him "the courageous and wise policeman".
Finally, at his death that occurred in 1547, he was buried in the Cathedral of Marseilles with this
Latin inscription:
"Hic Jacet
(Here Lies)
In spen beatoe immortalitatis
(In the hope of blessed immortality)
Illustris aac Nobilis
(The Illustrious and Noble)
Laurentius Gerini
(Laurent G�r�ni)
Natus in oriente, Florentia oriundus
(Born in the East, originating in Florence)
Animo Gallus, Gallicoe Militae adscriptus
(French by his spirit, entered the French Army) L. Equitum gravis armaturoe Proefectus
(joined the heavily armed knights)
Hoc Perenne doloris monumentum
(This monument of perennial pain)
Parenti optim
(was erected to the best of parents)
Mepotes moerentes posuere.
(by the mourning descendants.)
Obit anno CIC.IC.XLVII oetatis LXXII"
(He died in the year 1547 aged 72)
He is listed as dying in the Levant, in Montana neare Brugi�, in the Levant. This is the name formerly applied to the areas along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, including present day Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Egypt; a more restricted delinition includes only the non-European coastlands. The name "Levant" is still sometimes used to refer to the former French mandates of Lebanon and Syria. This information implies that Jean G�rini was probably a Knight who fought the infidels in the Holy Land.
In addition to his son Laurent, Jean had one daughter who was born posthumously.
"Information according to the handwritten manuscript, prepared in the 18th century by the Rev. Father R�vest. The original of this manuscript was presented at that time to the hands of the Contessa Joannis of Verclos born of G�rin.
The first recorded ancestor would be Saint G�rin, mayor of the Palace and Count of Paris martyred in year 676.
B�none G�r�ni lived in the XIV century in Florence in Italy."
According to a historical notice on the family, Octavien was married twice, his first wife was Checca Tani who had four children, the second offspring, Jean born 1445, who was the stem of the branch that settled in Provence by which this affiliation (lineage) begins.
Guidon in 1435
Consul of the Class of Grocers in 1442
Captain of Marradi in 1449
Gonfalonier in 1443 and 1453
Buonuomini in 1437, 1444 and 1453
Prior in 1436, 1440 and 1453
Head of Defense in 1452
One of the ten of Freedom in 1455
Employed in 1437 by Rene the Good, King of Naples and Sicily, Duke of Anjou, Lorraine and Bar, Count of Provence, in all likelyhood in the confederation with Genoa, Venice and Florence for maintaining possession of the Kingdom of Naples that was being disputed with the King of Aragon, Alphonse V.
Doctor in medicine, master in surgery (special diploma) of the French Faculty at Montreal
(Canada) 1889 and at Paris 1900, Chevalier of the L�gion of Honor, officer of a school district,
Commander with the badge of the order of Bolivar of Venezuela, Red Cross of Spain, Silver Medal
of Honor, Grand Module of the French Alliance, born the 3d of September 1867 at Nashua, New
Hampshire (United States).He retook his quality of France, by decree of the 14th of August 1902.
He is therefore currently in France, chief of name and armes of the male branch of the family of the
Marquis de G�rin.
The article recites:
"Antoine was another of the early French-Canadian writers who helped to establish the tradition from which Quebec authors have not deviated until recent years. The eldest of sixteen children of a habitant family of Yamachiche, young G�rin made his mark at the Coll�ge de Nicolet, where at eighteen he wrote a three act tragedy, "Le Jeune Latour". This play......was based upon the legend of the early days of Acadia........................While still a student, G�rin-Lajoie wrote on of the most popular French-Canadian songs, "Un Canadien errant", which admirably expressed the yearning homesickness of the political exiles of 1837-38. Upon his graduation from Nicolet in 1844, G�rin-Lajoie journeyed to New York to learn English, but failing to find employment as a teacher of French - the English-speaking prejudice, fostered by Frenchmen, against French Canadians in this capacity had already developed - he was forced to return ingloriously homeward after seventeen days, instead of the two years on which he had planned.
.......................... G�rins health was unable to withstand the burden of his largely unrenumerated patriotic labors, and in 1847 he resumed the study of law...................... his initiation into political life as a parliamentary correspondent soon led him back into politics as the secretary of Augustin-Norbert Morin the founder of "La Minerve" and speaker of the assembly from 1848 to 1851. ........... Failing to win success at the bar, to which he was admitted in 1848, he gladly accepted a post as copiyist and paymaster in the Department of Public Works when the French-Canadians first received a share of patronage. Withthe exception of a few months,the rest of his life was passed as a civil servant in varing caqpacitie.
......................G�rin-Lajoie wrote a popular "Cat�chisme politique" published in 1851, and in 1852 spent some months at Boston in order to improve his English and to prepare a study of the political, social, religious, and industrial development of the United States. ....................while G�rin-Lajoie earned his living first as translator for the House of Commons and after 1856 as assistant parliamentary librarian. ................................... During the stay of the government at Toronto, G�rin-Lajoie became an intimate of Etienne Parent, then deputy provincial secretary of Lower Canada, and married his eldest daughter in 1858. ...................................of the old settlements along the St. Lawrence, from which a significant number of young men were already in the 1860's beginning to drift away to the mill towns of New England, there to be absorbed into the American melting pot and lost to French Canada. .........................."
Telegraph-Journal, Friday, August 5, 1994; p. A7
"The Martins in Acadia descend from two distinct families. Pierre Martin, who came from Indre-et-Loire, France, came to Acadia with his wife, Catherine Vigneau, and a son, in 1636 aboard the St. Jehan. Brought first apple trees to Acadia from France.
His second son, Mathieu, is considered to have been the first child born in Acadia. To mark this occasion, Louis XIV granted the seigniory of Cobequid, now Truro to the pioneer family in 1684. The
Mathieu-Martin high school in Dieppe commemorates the memory of this early Acadian-born seigneur.
Another Martin family is found in Acadia during the 1671 census, that of Barnab� Martin, born in 1636 and married to Jean Pelletret. The 1678 census of Port-Royal shows that he had six children and that he lived along the banks of the L'Equille river.
This community eventually became known as Village Barnab�.
There has been much speculation as to Barnab� Martin's birthplace, but, to this very day, the mystery has not been resolved".
A member of the Academy of the beautiful letters of Marseille, lieutenant general of the Admiralty
of the seas of Levant, from 1724, and at the siege of Marseille.
Born at Toulon in 1702, he contracted a first marriage the 5th of January 1723 with Madeleine Roux. She was the only daughter of Jean-Baptiste-Ignace Roux, Lord of Valdone in Province and councelor to the Admiralty of the Levant Sea and of Th�r�se Vitte: of which he had:
Built the Castle of Vaudieu in Provence.
The direct male descendance of this branch is therefore finished by the death of Jean-Joseph de
G�rin, who died at Paris.
Richelieu, chevalier of Saint-Louis, governor of Sisteron.
preserved the name of armes of the family de G�rin which fell to the female side of the family.
Born in 1622 he sided with the party of the robe and received, the 23d of December,1647, the
responsibility of lieutenant particular, criminal magistrates assistant, and premier councelor to the
seat of the senate of Toulon. He obtained after the 6th of December, 1673, the rank of lieutenant
general civil and criminal of the admiralty of France. At the siege of the same city, he died in the
month of August, 1695 while executing the duties of his office. He was also general Lieutenant of the Navy.
A marriage contract dated Jan.20 1887 #27456 between Louis Gerin dit Lajoie and Rose de Lima Proulx was filed by Emery Lafontaine, notary public on August 21, 1887 at 10:30 P.M.
Gonfolanier in 1476
One of 12 Buonoumini in 1497
Prior and Lord in 1499 and 1502
Commissaire of an army sent by the Republic of Florence against the City State of Pisa, which whom they were at war.
One of 15 Gonfaloniers in 1408
Prior and Lord in Excellence in 1410
Prior and Lord 1510
Bishop of Volterre in 1650
Bishop of Pistoia and Prato in 1653
Named a Senator in 1663.
Chaberlain of Honor of the Grand Duke Ferdinand II in 1666.
Gentleman of Honor for the Grand Duje Cosimo III in 1670.
He was named Master of the Chamber of Prince Ferdinand, eldest son of Cosimo III
Envoy of Cosimo to Emporer Leopold
Lieutenant in the Academy of Sculpture and Design.
Marguerite-Louise was of the Royal French Bourbon Family.
Chevalier of the Order of Saint Etienne
Grand Constable of the council of Saint Etienne
Named Senator and Member of the Secret Council August 27, 1734
Received the title of Lieutenant by Grand Duke Jean Gaston, to receive in the name of this prince, the homages that all the cities, grounds, castles and feudataries of the state must return that day to the sovereign of Tuscany.
Thomas and his wife returned to St. Hyacinthe after their marriage.
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