Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, USA: Our Family History

Birth

Matches 1 to 5 of 5

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Birth	Person ID
1	Lagesse, Michael	24 Nov 1948	I292034154069
2	MacDonald, Dorothea Marie	12 Mar 1950	I292034153762
3	Pray, Ione	15 Oct 1930	I292034153467
4	Saindon, Eli	30 Nov 1854	I292113914514
5	Saindon, Eusèbe Charles	10 Sep 1856	I292433742146

Death

Matches 1 to 4 of 4

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Death	Person ID
1	Durette, Marie Louise	14 Jul 1918	I290247193065
2	Fortin, Appoline	22 Dec 1956	I292034153156
3	MacDonald, Charles	12 Jul 2002	I292034153566
4	Manny, Melissa	27 Sep 1960	I292104551680

Residence

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Residence	Person ID
1	Dionne, David Arthur	1930	I290183156321

Marriage

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

	Family	Marriage	Family ID
1	MacDonald / Pray	26 Feb 1949	F8585

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My earliest European ancestors in North America were probably Nicolas Marsolet and Louis Hébert. However, one of my 8th great-grandmothers, the wife of Philippe Mius d'Entremont, was a Native North American of the Mi'kmaq tribe. Unfortunately, there is uncertainty about her name. She may have been called Kjipuktuk. In modern times, the name Marie Coyote Blanc has been assigned to her, but there is no evidence that this was actually her name. Her ancestors would obviously been in North America long before Europeans arrived.

The French-Canadian lines of my family tree can be confirmed by literaly thousands of DNA links that support the family tree as mapped out. And, due to a couple of lucky DNA links to 3rd cousins in Sweden, with well-documented family trees of their own, I can extend my Swedish roots back several centuries. The German links have proved much more difficult, and in most cases, I have been unable to trace my German ancestors much further back in time than their arrival in North America.