The people best fitted for this country are those who can work with their own hands.
Pierre Boucher
The people best fitted for this country are those who can work with their own hands.
Pierre Boucher
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Thank you for this interesting information about the Boucher’s.
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You are welcome…I am glad that you enjoyed it.
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Thanks for posting cousin, loved the story. Jacques Boucher my 11th ggf.
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I am glad you enjoyed the story.
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Missed seeing your posts! Welcome back! It looks like you’ve been busy. That’s a lot of French connections and history and a lot of research! Good job!
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Thanks..went away for spring break..busy at work…and the research for this couple was time consuming, but I am a nerd at heart…love to research!
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Well, glad to see you back…
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Well done great job researching. I have to admit that researching is what I like to do, it is the writing that I find so hard.
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I love doing both…lol…a true nerd at <3!
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Thank you, very interesting. My family Boucher is in Barachois.
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I am so glad you enjoyed reading about the Boucher family.
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Wonderful post! Would you mind sharing the source for the info on Gaspard and Nicole’s death in a house fire? PRDH doesn’t show a d.o.d. for them.
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Thank you for your kind words. Here is one source that suggested that they died in a fire. Also one of the records…can’t remember which one, one of the daughters gave testimony that her father died in a fire.
Lebel Gérard, et al. Our French-Canadian Ancestors. Vol. 6, LISI Press, 1983.
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