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Le FORUMVOLUME 38, #3 ÉTÉ/SUMMER 2016

Websites: Le Forum: http://umaine.edu/francoamerican/le-forum/

Oral History: Francoamericanarchives.orgLibrary: francolib.francoamerican.org

Occasional Papers: http://umaine.edu/francoamerican/occasional-papers/Maine’s French Communities:

http://www.francomaine.org/English/Pres/Pres_intro.html francoamericanarchives.orgother pertinent websites to check out -

Les Français d’Amérique / French In AmericaCalendar Photos and Texts from 1985 to 2002

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Once outside, we found no more safety than inside: because, by the movement of the earth that shook beneath our feet like waves broken up beneath a row boat, we under-stood at last that it was an earthquake. Sev-eral people hugged trees that, their branches bending and mixing one into another, caused no less horror than the houses that had been abandoned; others grabbed on to roots that, by their movement, struck them rudely on the chest. The Indians [Sauvages], extremely frightened, said the trees were beating them. Some among them said it was demons sent by God to chastise them because they had drunk the brandy that the bad Frenchmen had given them. Other Indians, who were less instructed [in the Faith?], who had come to hunt in this area, said it was the souls of their ancestors returning to their ancient home. To get rid of them, they took their guns and shot into the air toward a band of passing spirits, or so they said. But, at last, our "habitants" [inhabitants] as well DV�RXU�VDXYDJHV��ÀQGLQJ�QR�DV\OXP�RXWVLGH��nor in their houses, for the most part fell into weakness and fainting, and, accepting wiser advice, entered the churches to have the consolation of perishing after having confessed [ . . .]

A month passed in that manner in the fear and uncertainty of what would happen next; but at last, when the quakes diminished, occurring less often and less violently, except two or three times when they were very strong, we began to discover the ordinary consequences of such earth-quakes when they are so violent; we learned about a number of crevasses in the earth, new streams, new springs, new hills where WKHUH�ZHUH�QRQH�EHIRUH��VRPH�ODQG�ZDV�ÁDW�where before it had been mountainous; new abysses had opened up in some places, from which arose sulphurous vapors, and, in other SODFHV��WKDW�RQFH�ZHUH�ÀOOHG�ZLWK�WUHHV��QRWK-ing but vast plains; rocks were overturned, plots of land were moved, forests destroyed: some trees were turned upside down and oth-

ers driven into the earth to the level of their branches. We saw two rivers disappear; we found two new springs, one as white as milk, and the other as red as blood. But nothing was more astonishing than to see the big river, the Saint-Laurent, which, because of its extreme depth never changes, not from melting snow that ordinarily changes most ULYHUV��QRW�E\�WKH�FRQÁXHQFH�RI�����ULYHUV�that empty into it, without mentioning the 600 springs, large ones for the most part; to see, I say, this river change its course and take on the color of sulfur and stay that way for eight days (...)" (Footnote 5)

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Ending the Damaging Myth of “Bad French” in New England

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Ambassador Claudel (second from left, with glasses), accompanied by local dignitaries. Lewiston Evening Journal, October 20, 1930.

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[1] Paroisse Canadienne-Française de Lewiston, Maine: Album Historique (Lewiston, Maine, Dominican Fathers, 1899), p51.

[2] L’Equipe, Paris, March 13, 1951.

About James Myall

While I currently work for an Augus-WD�EDVHG�QRQ�SURÀW�� ,� VSHQW� IRXU� \HDUV� DV�the Coordinator of the Franco-American Collection at the University of Southern Maine. In 2015, I co-authored "The Fran-co-Americans of Lewiston-Auburn," a gen-eral history of that population from 1850 to the present. I was also a consultant for the State Legislative Task Force on Fran-co-Americans in 2012. I live in Topsham with my wife and two young daughters.

Visit James’ Blog at: https://myall.bangordailynews.com

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About the author: James LaForest – is a French Canadian writer originally from Michigan, USA. A librarian by training with a background in publishing, religious stud-ies, languages, and genealogy, he researches and writes on a variety of topics that you FDQ�ÀQG�RQ�KLV�EORJ�DW��https://theredcedar.wordpress.com

James is editor of the community journal Voyageur Heritage at https://voya-geurheritage.wordpress.com/ and writer/editor of the Tumblr blog Rendezvous & Tourtière: A French Canadian & Métis Compendium at http://frenchcanadianatoz.tumblr.com/.

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The following are descendants of the above who married in Maine:

13A Louis 09 Feb 1847 Adèle Ouellette Frenchville 13B13B Jean 07 Jan 1884 Clarisse Bossé Frenchville 13C13C Octave 23 Oct 1928 Joséphine Pelletier Brunswick(SJB) 22A Eugénie 05 Jul 1879 Frédéric Bolduc Waterville(SFS) M.-Marthesie 14 Jun 1880 David Veilleux Waterville(SFS) "Letitia" Athénaïse 25 Nov 1889 Eugène Pomerleau Waterville(SFS) "Thérèse" Jules 09 Jan 1890 Léda "Ida" Breton Waterville(SFS) 22B Napoléon* 21 Apr 1890 Rose Pomerleau Waterville(SFS) * dit LAMBERT Léa 25 Aug 1890 Alfred Rodrigue Waterville(SFS) Wilberge 28 Jan 1895 Vilbon Pomerleau Waterville(SFS) Joséphine 05 Aug 1895 Pierre Roy Waterville(SFS) Léonce 1m. 12 May 1907 Clara Busque Fairfield(IHM) " 2m. 05 Jun 1911 Martha-M. Dubé Waterville(SFS) 22C22B Lionel-M. 30 May 1925 Anna-M. Albert Waterville(ND) 22D22C Annette 14 Sep 1940 Alfred Morin Waterville(SH) Albert-Laurent 30 Apr 1955 Rita Nardi Waterville(SH) 22E Eugène 25 Aug 1956 Shirley Carey(Busque) Waterville(SH) 22D Bernard 05 Jan 1952 Lorraine Thériault Waterville(ND) Ida-Mae 1m. 24 Apr 1954 Laurent Gauthier Waterville(ND) " 2m. 19__ Grover Hews Waterville ! 22E Kevin-Lawr. 26 May 1978 Sarah-Anne Michaud Waterville(SH) 24A Emma 15 Jul 1883 Jean-Bte. Bernier Westbrook(St.Hy.) Siméon 26 Apr 1886 M.-Rose Dubé Berlin, NH(St.Anne) 25A Joseph 12 Nov 1906 Marie Bélanger Lewiston(SPP) 27A Emérilda 03 Jun 1883 Louis "Peter" Emond Brunswick(SJB) Alvine 23 Jan 1887 Léonce Fortin Brunswick(SJB) Napoléon 05 May 1890 Rosanna Lemay Brunswick(SJB) 27B

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Pomela 16 Sep 1890 Alfred-J. Cloutier Brunswick(SJB) " 21 Nov 1893 " " Brunswick(civ. rec.) Alphonse 30 Mar 1891 Marguerite Aubé Westbrook(St.Hy.) Eugénie 1m. 10 Aug 1896 Burton-R. Brackley Brunswick(SJB) " 2m. 29 May 1912 Joseph Ouellette Lewiston(SPP) Joseph-E. 11 Jan 1904 Alice Roberge Lewiston(SPP) 27C27B Edward 14 May 1917 Alice-C. Tremblay Brunswick(SJB) 27D Auguste 25 Jun 1917 Yvonne/Éva Poitras Brunswick(SJB) 27E Napoléon 27 Jun 1921 Rose-Alda Painchaud Brunswick(SJB) 27F Albert-J. 04 May 1925 Émilia Levasseur Brunswick(SJB) Fernand 14 Jan 1946 Palma Francoeur Lewiston(SPP) 27C Joseph-Antonio 22 Oct 1923 Germaine-G. Lavigne Lewiston(SPP) 27G27D Violette 30 Mar 1940 Albert Martin Brunswick(SJB) Roger-E. 17 Oct 1942 Sophia Simonovich Lewiston(St.Pat.) Romain 07 Jun 1947 Barbara-M. Ritchie Brunswick(SCB) Nancy-J. 23 Jun 1951 Dominic Dalessio Brunswick(SJB) Bernadette-P. 27 Jun 1953 James-J. Nolan Brunswick(SJB) Edward-Richard 09 Jun 1956 Pauline-Lucille Gaudreau Brunswick(SJB) Jacqueline-M. 11 Apr 1959 Louis-Adélard Bisson Brunswick(SJB) Ronald-Louis 27 Nov 1965 Phyllis-M. Brooke Brunswick(SJB) 27E Rosanna-Claire 04 Feb 1939 Roger-Adrien Francoeur Brunswick(SJB) Robert-Lucien 24 Apr 1944 Lucienne-A. Thiboutot Brunswick(SJB) 27H Rosaire 30 May 1966 Rolande Allen Lewiston(SPP) 27F Jean-Paul-G. 15 Oct 1955 Rachel-Alma Gaudreau Brunswick(SJB) 27G Jeanne 20 May 1946 Ralph Starkey Lewiston(SPP) Blanche-G. 20 Jan 1951 Bowdoin-M. Hatch Lewiston(St.Jos.) 27H Robert-Maurice 12 Aug 1967 Kathleen-Ann Silvius Brunswick(SJB) 34A Fernand 07 Jan 1929 Cécile Poitras Brunswick(SJB)

N0 J.-Octave Catherine Langlois Islet N1 ?N1 Edmond-Octave 1886 Célanire Théberge Brunswick(SJB) N2 (b.1-10-1885 Islet – d.11-9-1931 Brunswick)N2 M.-Louise 16 Jun 1913 Onésime Michaud Brunswick(SJB) Joseph 10 Nov 1913 Alice Paradis Brunswick(SJB) N3 Exilia 03 Jul 1916 William Paradis Brunswick(SJB) N3 Roger 05 Jul 1941 Virginia Sawyer Brunswick(SJB) Raymond-A. 1m. 19 Jan 1946 Lorette-P. Beaulieu Brunswick(SJB) N4 " 2m. 30 Nov 1974 Rachel-Rita Cameron Brunswick(SJB) N4 Evelyn 10 May 1969 Gérard Breton Brunswick(SJB) Phyllis 13 Feb 1971 William Thiboutot Brunswick(SJB) George-Raym. 28 Aug 1971 Victoria-Norma Day Brunswick(SJB)

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(See Fall Issue of Le Forum for more on the Lamarre Family)

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For more information about the weekend program, contact Lisa Michaud, [email protected] (also managing editor of Le Forum) or Susan Pinette, [email protected] at the University of Maine in Orono.

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(See page 43 for more photos and our invited artist during the Franco-Amer-ican Writers Gathering)

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