It  is with surprise and consternation that I take note of the Proclamation of Acadian day signed by J.C.Villard and published in the last bulletin of Association.

This word "Grand Dérangement" when it stands for the "Deportation of Acadians" is absolutely absurd and wrong. The term seems to regard the deportation of Acadians as the same as a change in rent or a change of residence when reality is drastically different.

The deportation is in the same order of cruelties as the deportation of the Jews by Hitler or the deportation of Albanians by Slobodan Milosevic currently being judged before the International Court of Justice for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The deportation of Acadians is in fact a war crime and a crime against humanity because it comprises as many cruelties as the preceding ones that is to say theft, plunder, murder, rape, burning houses and villages, agressions, repressions, separations of families etc… etc… To call the "Deportation of Acadians",  "Grand Dérangement " comes from an atrophied brain and a morbid genetic ascendance. The terminalogy is quite simply a hypocrisy. 

Jacques Thériault

But what words would properly convey the signifcance of the loss and death of so many family members at sea under conditions used only for cattle transport? What words would properly convey the cruelty, the violence and the crimes brought upon those families who lost their properties that had taken generations to develop? ...what words for the separation of so many families and the decades spent by those families wandering over the North American continent in desperate attempts to rejoin their lost family members? ...what words for the mass gathering of thousands of Acadian men and boys in churches only to lock them away from their families? ... what words for the religious persecutions and the dispersal over all parts of the world to break up the Acadian identity?  One word: criminal. JRTT

Chere famille Terriau.

Votre site web est fantastique!

Je suis etudiant en maitrise d'architecture a McGill a Montreal, Norvegien d'Origine, qui reside maintenant a Montreal et New York.

Je m'interesse beacoup a la maison acadienne comme unite qui a permit votre nation de rester fidele a un certain style de vie.  Au moins, c'est mon hypothese que voile mieux explique (je l'espere) dans le document ci-joint.

Dans quelques jours, je vais presenter ce paper lors d'une conference d'architecture "vernaculaire" a St Pierre Miquelon.  C'est la VAF -- vernacular architecture forum -- qui organize.

J'ai une question et une requette.

1. Est-ce que je peux emprunter quelques photos de votre site web (et indiquer la provenance) lors de ma presentation?

2. Mon papier serait meilleur (et je suis en train de faire quelques ameliorations) si je pouvait faire reference a la vie des acadiens-devenus-pecheurs dans le contexte de leur foyer.
Mais, malheureusement, j'ai trouve tres peu de photos et de sources graphiquew qui pourraient m'aider a communiquer mieux avec mon audience... L'unique importance de cette salle, tant d'un point de vue economique et social comme moyen de resistance et adaptation aux noueaux challenges d'antan a nos jours...  Auriez-vous le temps et puis la gentillesse de lire mon text?  Et peutetre indiquer des aides visuelles?

Amicalement,
Rune Kongshaug
M. Arch, McGill University

Bonjour les Cousins!

je suis un Français (né en 1958 à LILLE) originaire du Nord de la FRANCE,mais habitant depuis 1979 la NORMANDIE.
IFS-PLAINE près de la ville de CAEN.
J'ai éffectué des recherches sur la famille LAURENT GRANGER.
En effet,cela remonte en 1659,à PORT-ROYAL.(Il était matelot,natif de PLYMOUTH en1637,il parti de son pays natal à bord du THOMAS TEMPLE'S).
Il se maria avec Marie-Henriette LANDRY en 1667.
Ils eurent 8 enfants,dont parmis eux,un certain René GRANGER qui se maria avec Marguerite TERRIOT (1678-1740)
à PORT-ROYAL.
Plusieurs générations,et,aprés 1755 LE GRAND DERANGEMENT,c'est l'exode!
C'est en  1763 de FALMOUTH,que ces familles partirent à bord de la flute du roy "LA FAUVETTE",
vers BELLE-ILE-EN-MER. etc........

Avez-vous un lien avec Marguerite TERRIOT?

Je suis heureux d'appartenir à cette grande histoire ACADIENNE,et,d'avoir des souches ancestrales!

Dans l'attente de votre réponse, et félicitation pour votre site!
veuillez recevoir nos salutations distinguées.

Mr Franz LAHAYE-GRANGER.

Hi Joe!

Another beauty for you! These old tunes just amaze me. This one has all the class of a Strauss waltz! The sentimental lyrics will no doubt touch the hearts of a few people.

http://members.home.net/bntaylor/canmidi/rappelle.htm

Greetings from the Canada's eastern coast!  ..thought the attached travel program
may be of interest to your organization and its members - the ultimate French
Acadian experience!

The next Congres Mondial will be hosted in Atlantic Canada in 2004. Not
only does that mean all the fresh seafood and Acadian French you can stand,
but it also means delightful ocean breezes (July temps 75-85F), inexpensive
travel, Acadian theatre, music, and learning - a way to connect your
members to their historical and cultural roots.

I would be happy to begin work on a Congres Mondial travel program
especially designed with your family and friends' goals and interests in mind.

Please let me know if there is an opportunity to discuss interest in this
type of experience for your members.

Warm regards!
Lisa

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Hello:
    Well, it's all very interesting -- would you like to add other names to
your listing:
    My name if Jeannette (Theriault) Cloutier, I live in Maine (USA) my
grandfather was Joseph Theriault -- married my grandmother Palymre Ouellette
ion Jan. 20, 1901 in Chatham, NB Canada.  I'm sure of 2 children born in
Canada, by the name of Clement & Louise -- then they moved to Maine where
several other children were born.  (Joseph date of birth was in 1875) I
believe.
    If any one has any information regarding this family I'd like to follow
through with it.  Also my Great Grandfather name was George Theriault & Great
Grandmother was Philomene Parent.
    This information was written in my Family tree book that my parents had
done for me when I was born -- most of my family members are now decided and
as I'm getting along in years also I would like to put this information that
I have together for my children & grandchildren for future generations.
    Anyway information that I could obtain would be deeply appreciated.
Maybe were cousin's from long distance, I'd like to think so!
    Always look forward receiving e-mail or newsletters.  Thanks again

Sincerely,  Jeannette

Just surfed in to your wonderful site.  Many personal friends and churchgoers in my small town with name "Theriot".  Am putting a link to my index of Acadian/Cajun Families, and would appreciate your doing the same with:  www.cafa.org   Please read our statement of purpose and our ongoing efforts to promote the Acadian Culture here in Louisiana.

Loubert Trahan, CAFA

Your recipes are great.
Donald Menard
Erath, LA 

Hi,

I have managed to track my father's family back to Jean Baptiste
Grandmaison dit Theriault, born in the early 1700's, supposedly the son of
Guy Germain Theriault/Theriot dit Grandmaison and Marie Anne Poulin.  Jean
Baptiste married Marguerite Josephte Thibodeau on June 17, 1752 at St.
Louis de Beausejour, Acadia.

I have found Guy Germain listed as Germain Guy and as J. B. Guy Terriot,
and he was supposedly born about 1690 in France; married February 3, 1713
Ste. Famille, Ile D'Orleans, Quebec, Canada, to Marie Anne Poulin.
His parents were supposedly (Guy?) Germain Terriault/Theriault/Terriot and
Anne Guillot.

Do you have any information on the above people?  Any assistance would be
greatly appreciated.

Peace & Much Thanks,
Lucille

Blessed Be!
Lucille A. Hoag
<lahoag@athenet.net>

Hi!
I am so glad I found your wonderful web site!
My maternal grandmother is a Theriot from Houma, Louisiana. I have just
begun to research my roots.

Also, my ex-husband is a Theriot, also from Houma, La. We have always been
assured that we are not closely related, but I want to trace the ancestry
for our son.

In reading your immediate lineage, I see many familiar given names.

Just wanted to say hello!
Joan Olivia Daigle

Have a wonderful day!
!

My mother was from Blanchard Settlement, near Caraquet, her name was Delia Paulin, but if you are from that region, you would probably have heardmore of my grandmother, Agnes Paulin (widow of Remi) and married second husband Napoleon Breton.  When I heard "Partons la mer est belle"  I immediately got very homesick.  I miss my Acadian home, and perhaps someday, I will  be able to go visit again. Thank you.

Also do you by any chance have the words to the song" Un canadien errant"?
Many thanks for the bit of "home"

Grace Fenn

Hello!  I just sent a message a few minutes ago, but later noticed that I should put Family Bulletin Board in the subject area, if I want my message to be posted for all to read.  Let's try again....

I would love to find this information for my mother-in-law.  She knows very little about her father, and although it was fun looking at the Theriault web-site, there's a gap between where the information stops and where her knowledge begins.  Here's what she knows about her father.

            Joseph Leon Theriault
            born 1905
            in New Brunswick

I guess she also knows when he died, several decades ago, but I failed to get that information from her.

She's nervous about trying to find this information, but I think it would be great if we could learn anything about Joseph Leon Theriault, his sibling(s), parents, grandparents, etc.

If you know anything about the above, please e-mail us.  Thanks for your help.

God bless you!

                Paula

Hello, my name is Joanne Vaughan and I'm trying to find my maternal
family genealogy.  I am attaching an excel file which shows the lineage
by the information I received from my cousin Claude Therriault.  I was
wondering if you could give me any more information on both the Dube and
Therriault genealogy.  I have been delving into your web site and seem
to lose the trail after Pierre Terriot (367).  I have tried at the
Surrey Library and have contacted Linda Dube regarding the Dube family,
but I seem to reach dead ends.  The only people I could find listed at
the Library were my Great-grandparents Georges and Elmire Theriault, not
my grandparents, Alcide and Ernestine Therriault.  (My grandfather
Alcide added an r to his name to differentiate from his twin brother
Leopold.)

I would greatly appreciate any help in this endeavor.  Please contact me
at jvaughan@selnetwork.com

Sincerely yours,
Joanne.

Joanne Vaughan
Sports, Entertainment & Learning Network
3033 Beta Avenue
Burnaby, BC  V5G 4M9
Tel: 604.293.7770
Fax: 604.293.7785
Web Site: www.selnetwork.com

Dear Mr. Theriault:
    Greetings from Fort Kent. In response to your query concerning research into Acadian traditional foods, the best published work I know of has been by ethnographer Marielle Cormier Boudreau:

      La cuisine traditionnelle en Acadie : historique des traditions et coutumes culinaires chez
    les Acadiens du Nouveau-Brunswick, de la Nouvelle-Écosse, de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard
   et des Îles-de-la-Madeleine.  Moncton : Éditions d'Acadie, 1978, 1987. This work is available in English translation as:  A Taste of Acadie. Fredericton, N.B.: Goose Lane, 1991.

     I am doing some research on the provenance of the "plogue/ploye." I have enlisted the help of linguists at Laval Univeristy's "Trésor de la langue française" research division, and have also asked for help from the Archives de la Côte-du-Sud in Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatière. The term "plug" is identified in the Glossaire du parler français au Canada as a "galette à  la farine de sarrazin" (buckwheat pancake); I rather suspect that the term itself was brought to the St. John Valley from Quebec, but am reserving judgement pending news from Laval University.

The French love their crepes and pancakes, and it is probable that buckwheat cakes were eaten both in pre-Deportation Acadie and Quebec. However, the strain of buckwheat that is commonly used in this region is quite different from that commonly cultivated for domestic consumption in Quebec. I've put in a call to our Cooperative Extension Service to see what I can find out on that score.

Voila pour le moment. I'll send you more information as soon as I receive it.

--
Lisa Ornstein, Director
Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes
University of Maine at Fort Kent
25 Pleasant St.
Fort Kent, ME
USA 04743
Tel.: (207) 834-7536
Fax: (207) 834-7518

Good afternoon:

I visited your web site today looking for potential ties to a maternal
ancestor I'm trying to get more information about. My 4ggf Barnabe Masson
(b. 1705) in Neuville, Quebec, married Anne Landry (b. Abt 1750) in 1773 in
Louiseville, Quebec. She was the daughter of Joseph Landry and Anne (Comeau)
Raymond, son of  > Jean > Claude > Rene Landry, the elder of Port Royal.
Claude married Marguerite Therriau (Theriot) (Terriot) b. 1666 m. Abt 1683
and daughter of Claude Theriot and Marie Francoise Louise Gautrot. I noticed
you have a Claude 1637 listed on your web site and wonder if you can
determine whether or not Marguerite is related to him or perhaps another in
your line.

You certainly have an enjoyable web site to ponder through. I'm amazed at
the amount of work people like yourself put into some of these web sites.
Trouble I have is that when I get started looking through French-Canadian
and Acadian history, I loose track of time and find I'm not at places I
should be.

I see your from Maine. My ancestors crossed the border into Vermont Abt 1845
and the Masson changed to Mason. We have five direct line generations from
the Canadian side and  five generations now from this side of the border,
with me being the black sheep having been born in New Hampshire. I spend
quite a bit of time in Maine. My brother and I own land in Palmyra,
Pittsfield, St. Albans, Ripley and Cambridge. We've hunted Maine for 20 +/-
years and we have a nice lot on Great Moose Lake in Hartland/St. Albans and
plan to build a log home there when I can retire and spent more time there.

Again nice web site and look forward to any information you may be able to
provide.

Thank you.

Ken Mason
Lyndon, Vermont

Hi Mom Meaux,

I just got through reading the website.  It's really terrific and very well written.  I think it's great that you have written about that.  It will be a treasure for lifetimes.  You are a really terrific writer. I hope you are doing well. We are all healthy and happy and no complaints.  Kathryn is growing so fast, she will be 19 months old on May 20.  She will turn two on October 20. Mom tells me everyday how much she looks like I did when I was her age. I'm thinking about driving down there Memorial Weekend with Kathryn to visit everone, but it's not definite yet. I'm working on it. I don't know if mom will go or not, just Kathryn and I, but I'll let you know for sure when I know.

I just wanted to say hi and tell you I missed you and tell you how great I think your stories are.  Take care.

With Love Always,

Marcie

Hi Joe;

I have visited your site as a result of seeing your posting on
Quebec Research list. You site is awesome and I am at a loss for
word.

I am descended from Jehan and Perrine four different ways (early
on),

Claude, Germain, Marie (Paul Melencon)
Bonaventure, Marguerite (Rene Granger)
Jeanne; Marie & Anne Thidodeau
Catherine, Jeanne Guillebaut

I am interested in all things Acadian so will visit your site
many, many times in the future, as I also am descended through
many other Acadian lines. The one which runs the longest is
Dupuis, which is on both my father's paternal and maternal lines.
Bourgeois, Leblance, Landry, Trahan, Leprince, Thibodeau, Boudrot,
etc, etc, etc.

I am attempting to compile a complete descendancy (male and
female) of my paternal 7th g-grandparents, Toussaint Hunault dit
Deschamps and Marie Lorguiel and have not nearly completed my
task.

If there is anything on my lines that you would like, please let
me know. I am more than willing to share.

Happy hunting,

Fran (Deschamps) LaChance
Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

WHAT A FANTASTIC PIECE OF WORK, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK "TAUNT",

LATER,

BUDDY (TEXAS CONNECTION)

I really enjoyed reading your articles.  They brought me back to times long
ago when I lived in Kaplan.  My grandmother lived at 208 North Hebert
Avenue.  I remember seeing Dr. Abshire when I was sick.  My mother was a
nurse and worked at the hospital in Kaplan.  My mother's maiden name was
Elise Theriot.  She married Chesley Marion Johnson who was from Oklahoma.
He worked for Dudley J. LeBlanc and drove a truck delivering Hadacol.  We
ended up leaving Louisiana because my father could not speak or understand
french.  He felt left out.  At that time, most everyone only spoke french.

I do not remember MizMo, but my grandfather is Joseph Theclet Theriot.  Are
we related??  Have I ever met you?  My birthname is Carolyn Faye Johnson,
and I attended school in Kaplan.  My email address is
zpmaute@trident.tech.sc.us.

'Tis a bit muggy this morning, but I know it's going to be a great day.  I will get my "wheels" outside and try to take a little stroll this morning.  I must do my best to be fit for that trip to Nova Scotia later this year.  Don't want to have to be shoved around in a wheel chair, you know.  LOL LOL

Tomorrow is Good Friday.  Except for the families of David and Danny, I expect my bunch to spend the day at my house.  We will have an Easter egg hunt for the wee ones.  Everyone is bringing covered dishes.(MawMaw doesn't cook big meals any more.)  So far, I understand there will be seafood sauce piquante, rice, Mexican cole slaw and some dream pies.  Will have to wait until tomorrow and see what further develops.

Some time ago my 17" Pixie monitor gave up the ghost.  I think it was probably after a thunderstorm that I noticed the picture was all distorted, but I did have the computer turned off, so I don't know for sure.  Anyway, yesterday I found my receipt (with "security policy"), contacted the manufacturer, and have instructions for shipping it back for either repair or replacement.  I'm happy about that.  I bought it in October of '99, it had a 3 year warranty on it.  I have the box it came in, but now I have to find someone to pack it for me and take it to our local UPS pick up station.
Just talking - waiting for my coffee to perk, and for the grandchildren to come in to wait for the school bus.
Wishing Happy Easter to all of the people I care about.

Aline

Bonjour les Thériault,

I opened your e-mail this morning. I have been visiting your site ever since, for the past hour. Usually on Sunday morning I read newspapers on the web. Not this morning.

I think your web site is just great.

Cyrille LeBlanc
Wedgeport NS

Hi Joe,

Thanks for the quick reply!

The term 'Tern Schooner' is correct but I am not familiar with that type of boat either.  A schooner is a sailing vessel that has 2 masts usually with the foremast shorter than the aft mast.  A barque has 3 masts.  The vessel would not be a barge but a full sailing vessel that would have carried her cargo below decks.  Unfortunately I do not have a photo to send you as I am hoping that when I track down further info, I will be lucky enough to get a photo.

Thanks again for the reply and I look forward to hearing back from you. You have a great site; did you do the site yourself?

Cheers,
Larry
Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia

Hi,
I am wondering if you have any knowledge of the Barque "Louis Theriault".  I believe she was constructed in Nova Scotia as a 'tern schooner'.  The rigging was later altered to a barquentine and later a barque.  She was used as a log carrier from Fiji to Australia from about 1910.  The boat eventually ended it's days in Australia (registry ended in 1926).  In the early 1930s, she was tied up in Sydney, Australia, possibly because she no longer conformed to regulations.

I would be interested in any info you could provide, particularly how and why she came to Australia.  I am helping a friend whose family owned her when she was a log carrier out of Brisbane who is researching her family.

Thanks!
Cheers,
Larry Anderson
Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia

Hello,

     My name is Jason Theriault son of Nelson and Lucille Theriault of Frenchville, Maine.  My Father is the son of Felix and Gabrielle Theriault also of Upper Frenchville, Maine.  I know it's such a small town that you must know my father.  My wife Teresa was surfing the internet when she stumbled upon your web site. Very nice job!  The last time I saw any Theriault family history was during the Acadian Festival a few years back when the Theriault family was honored.  We find it very interesting to learn the history behind our name.
     As for our history, I left Northern Maine in 1991 after graduating from Wisdom High School to serve our country in the US Navy.  I served 8 years and am now working for Sikorsky Aircraft of San Diego, CA.  I met my beautiful wife Teresa Theriault (Rainer) of Longmont, CO in 1997.  She was also serving in the US Navy.  We married on September 1999 in Laughlin, Nevada.  Soon we will be adding another member to the Theriault name when we have our first born.  We are also planning a trip to Northern Maine in September to visit the family.
     We are very excited to explore your web site further.  If you are interested we can also send photos you can add to your database.

Great Job!!

Jason and Teresa Theriault

NOTE:  Jason is a 10th great-grandson of Jehan and Perrine Terriot. A member of the Joseph and Théogénie Thériaut Great-Branch, he is a 2nd great-grandson of Joseph, and most important, the son of one of my dearest first cousins,Nelson Theriault. Welcome home, Jason.

Hello, I am a Theriault from New-Brunswick. Daughter of Damase and grand-daughter of Joseph and great-grand daughter of Honoré (Pierre, Michel).

Many of may uncles moved to the States during or after the war.

Personnally, I am French and proud Acadian, I have 5 brothers and 3 sisters.

I am sure that somewhere in the line we must be parents.

Nice to go on your site.  Saw the picture of you and your wife and you really look like a Theriault.

Clara Theriault

Hi, Joe
I heard of you from my brother, Roland, who was heavily involved in the 1999 reunion activities down here.
I do have a lot of the lineage information on the two pages I mentioned.  I'd be happy to enter them on a spreadsheet for you, or mail copies of the pages I have.  I noticed in the archives that my direct line only goes to Thomas, b.1743, the last one born in Acadia.
The Website is terrific.  Let me know how I can add info.
Regards, Eldridge

Greetings from Vermont. I thank you for the work you have done. I have
been attempting to carry all branches of my family back to Europe,and
the Terriotline was hanging. I descend from Elisabeth(1009) through her
son Charles Trahan. Thus Jean(17),Claude(6) and Jehan(1).  I was very
happy to be able to close that gap.  Again,thank you!

Mike Coutu
Newport, Vermont

You have a beautiful website!  I just found it today, but I have been very interested in my family heritage since I was a teenager.  I spent hours at the Boston Public Library and New York Central Library's geneology department to research the Theriault name. My father, who passed away in 1997, was born in Van Buren, Maine in 1917, right across the river from Canada.  His name is Patrick Wilfred Theriault.  I am Patrick Wilfred Theriault, Jr.  We both grew up as musicians and entertainers playing the banjo. My dad had an great musical career, and we ended up playing on shows in the New England and New York area, as featured performers at Radio City Music Hall in New York, at Disneyland in California and at Walt Disney World in Florida together for over 10 years as their banjo duo.

I didn't see anything on the website about "Theriaults" in Van Buren, Maine.  But, I sure would like to know what our connection is.  I may visit Acadia this year and would like to make the best of what would be a short time to experience my family's heritage.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Patrick Theriault, Jr.

Bonjour,

Je veux vous féliciter pour votre magnifique site. Avec mon époux, nous avons visité l'Acadie l'été dernier, c'est avec beaucoup d'émotions que nous avons fait ce pélerinage.
Çà me fait plaisir de vous envoyer une recette de cretons que je tiens de ma mère, espérant que vous aurez autant de plaisir à la déguster que j'en ai moi même.

Hey, lil' Yankee cousin!  I just sent you a recipe by US mail - did you get
it yet?  Got a lot more you might like.  Will send if you wish, and you can
just pick the ones you like.  Hope it is okay to add notes as I go along.
That's my style.  Ha!

That was a Meaux reunion, cher.  I was the only Theriot in the bunch.
Turned out beautifully.  My daughter Anna and I got the book together, making
a copy for each of the seven branches.  We added a section of MEAUX MEMORIES,
and several family members offered stories about things they remembered from
their childhood.  Some were hilarious! Another daughter (Laurie) put up a
beautiful display called IN MEMORIUM, featuring pictures and short life
stories about deceased family members.  All of this can be added to over the
years, to keep things up to snuff.

Our branch furnished the meats for a huge barbecue, others brought covered
dishes.  One brother in law made a German chocolate cake and decorated it
with a "family tree" - just as pretty as it tasted.
One daughter (my oldest, Cissi) found the recipe that her grandpa Meaux used
in his meat market, and made a big batch, packaged it and gave it as door
prizes!  One daughter, Louise, crocheted a beautiful afghan for another door
prize.  Everyone contributed something, mostly hand crafted or home made.

We had about 175 guests.  Next year, it will be the turn of the family of my
oldest sister-in-law.  They have already asked if we will "help" - and of course, we will.

When asked why they had worked so hard and so long on this project, all my
children had to say was "We did it for our Dad!"  I was so very proud of them.

I'm feeling pretty much okay, but things will be better when the weather
warms up.  My old joints don't like this wet, cold stuff we have been having.
 Today was nice, but heavy rain is predicted for Friday - and I can already
feel it!!

More on the life story when I get started on it.

P. S.  I have learned how to send attachments!  Miracle of miracles!

Mizmo

I've just been looking at your very impressive Theriault Web
Site.  What a beautiful job you've done, and what a very
interesting history.

I'm researching four Sullivan/O'Sullivan sisters who
lived in Houghton County, MI and around 1880-1890 3
marred men who I believe were French Canadian.
These girls were Nora Theriault, Tillie LaPage, Kate Dube,
and Nora Smith.

Can you keep my information on file?  I would very much
like to contact descendants of these lines, if you ever
hear from any of them.

Kathleen Emerson  kathleenemerson@compuplus.net 

Mr. Theriault:

I noticed that Ms. Aline Theriot Meaux is listed as a contributor---delegate, researcher.
I met Ms. Meaux (Mizmo, as she is affectionately known) at our Theriot/Crochet reunion in 1999.  She is quite a lady.

How can I be listed as a contributor to your website.  I would be happy to contribute what genealogy I have of my family.  I hope to make it to Canada in 2004 for the next Congres.

Looking forward from hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Roland Theriot

DEAR SIR,

I HAVE LOOKED THROUGH YOUR WEB PAGE, BUT TO NO AVAIL.  I HAVE DONE MY GENEALOGY ON MY THERIOT FAMILY, UP TO MYSELF.  I THOUGHT THAT MY LINE WOULD APPEAR ON YOUR WEB, BUT IT DOES NOT.  I AM FROM CYPRIEN, SON OF GERMAIN.  CYPRIEN'S SON CAME TO LOUISIANA IN 1785 AND ARRIVED WITH ONLY A SON AFTER LOOSING ALL HIS FAMILY DURING THE EXPULSION.  HE CAME ON THE ST. REMI FROM FRANCE TO LOUISIANA.

IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW OTHER DISTANCE COUSINS FROM CYPRIEN'S LINE.  I KNOW THERE MUST BE SOME DISTANT COUSINS HERE IN LOUISIANA FROM PIERRE, BUT AGAIN, I HAVE NOT SEEM TO LOCATE ANY.  EVERY ONE I HAVE COME INTO CONTACT WITH COMES FROM ANOTHER LINE, USUALLY FROM MICHAEL ELOI THERIOT.

I AM PRESENTLY PRESIDENT OF LES FAMILLES DE THERIOT ET CROCHET IN LOUISIANA.  WE HELD OUR REUNION IN 1999 DURING THE CONGRESS.  I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE CONNECTED TO THIS LINE.

A FELLOW THERIOT COUSIN,

NADINE THERIOT BOUDREAUX

Hello Mr. Theriault,
I hope you had the good fortune of purchasing the "Theriault Genealogy Books" that I and my committee had put together.  At least it was a good base for the Theriault families to start their reseach in their respective families.  I have also published the "Dube" with its various spellings.  It was a two volume set but volume II has sold out.  Available is volume I which has the first to the 8th generations and is made similarly like the Theriaults.  I tremendously enjoy all your Theriault sites.  What a marvelous place to visit.

If you are ever in the St. John Valley, I'd love to meet your aquaintance.  I need to learn about creating a website.  Any info you can supply is greatly appreciated.  Thanks and talk to you later,

Linda Dube

Bonjour Joseph,

Happy New Year!

It’s been awhile. Things were kind of busy during December with the holidays and everything else. Now it’s another brand new year and time to get back to work. The Association des Thériault still looking for members, and still digging up email addresses to send information to people. Memberships are selling slowly.

We’ve had a couple of meetings with our Municipality and another is scheduled for January 31. Different families are getting together to talk about 2004. Alot of people still think it is early but time goes by fast and before we know it, the World Acadian Congress will be here. I remember when people were nervous and scared because the year 2000 was right around the corner. Disasters were supposed to happen. Well, the year 2000 has come and gone and we are still here.

Today I had a chance to visit the Theriault Acadian Family website. Family.Theriault.com, WOW! It is really changed, interesting and very impressive.  CONGRATULATIONS! You have done a super job. I started going through the letters, notes and e-mail. I still have other sections to read but definitely will be reading them before the week-end.

Well Mother Nature found us on Christmas day and has not left yet. We are use to having a few centimeters of snow and then within a day or so it is gone and the next snow fall can be weeks away, well this year it started Christmas morning and I think we have had snow fall just about every day since. As a matter of fact it is snowing right now. I think it is pretty but the roads are not always clear.

I will be sending you my lineage soon, I have to go over it and update it. It is also written in french.

Well I wanted to touch base, didn’t want you to think that we had disappeared.

To you and your family have a wonderful year!

Until next time, keep in touch.
 

Charline (Thériault) Saulnier

Interesting that you mention plogues.  It brings back memories...isn't that like
a pancake?  I grew up in Petit Rocher, NB (sur la Baie de Chaleurs) and I
remember plogues.  I'll check your site again in the future for recipes.  Thank
you!

Hi - I've enjoyed the updates and wanted to thank you again for your devotion to the family.  I noted that my line (sent to you via e-mail some months ago) stops with my great-great grandfather (474) Michel Eloi Theriot and doesn't include his son (Alphonse Augustave), grandson (Ernest Robert) or great-grandaughter (Ada Lolita - my mother) all of whom are deceased.

I got a good laugh from the new recipe section and concluded that you plan to start an intra-family war over whose gumbo is the best in South Louisana.  Since you won't be able to tell from reading a recipe why don't you and your wife take a trip down here and judge for yourselves and maybe referee what you have started.  I'll even take you "down the bayou" to Theriot, Louisiana and lower Bayou Dularge.

Best regards,

Leon

Wonderful web site!!  I especially liked the Acadian songs, all songs I
learned as a child growing up in Acadie (I now live in Denver, CO).  My
family name is Cormier, also originating from La Rochelle.
Congratulations!

Aux nombreux cousins Thériault /To the many Thériault cousins,

Que l'année 2001 vous apporte le bonheur, la paix et la
santé. Je suis très fière de faire partie de notre grande
famille Thériault. Religieuse de la Congrégation de
Notre-Dame, je prie pour vous tous. /May the year 2001 bring you joy,
peace and good health. I am very proud to be part of our
great Thériault family. As a Sister of the Congregation of Notre-Dame,
I will pray for all of you.

Merci aux artisans de ce magnifique site. / Many thanks to the authors of this
magnificient site..

 Yolande Thériault, C.N.D.
NOTE:  Soeur Yolande, our Delegate from the Province of Québec for the Joseph/Gaudélie Thériault Great-Branch, is a member of the 11th generation of Theriault's, a grand-daughter of Joseph and Gaudélie and an 8th great-grand-daughter of Jehan Terriot...

Joyeux Noel / Merry X-mas

Charles, Cindy, Mathieu, Émilie & Vincent Émond  (Réjeanne, Denis, Joachim, Joseph)
NOTE:  Charles is the son of Réjeanne Theriault Levesque who is a great-grand daughter of Joseph and Théogénie, and a 9th great-grand daughter of Jehan Terriot.

Hello,

Mon nom est Adrien Thériault et je me suis join à la grand famille des
Thériault cette été. Je suis l'arrière petit-fils de Charles Thériault et de
Méthaide Devost. Je demeure présentement à Bathurst qui est situé dans la
belle région de la Baie des Chaleurs dans le nord-est du Nouveau-Brunswick.
/My name is Adrien Thériault and I joined the great branches of the
Theriault family this summer. I am the great-grandson of Charles and Méthaide
and living in Bathurst NB which is in the beautiful Bay of Chaleur, part
of north-east New-Brunswick.

J'aimerais prendre l'occasion de vous souhaiter un joyeux Noël est une
joyeuse année 2001. Peut-être que j'aurais la chance de vous voir au
prochain congrès mondiale Acadien de 2004 en Nouvelle-Ecosse.
/I want to take this opportunity to wish all of you a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year and hoping to see you all at the next WORLD ACADIAN
CONGRESS/CONGRÈS MONDIALE ACADIEN 2004...

God bless you,
Amicalement
Adrien
NOTE:  Adrien, our Delegate from New Brunswick for the Charles/Méthaïde Thériault Great-Branch, is a member of the 13th generation of Theriault's, a great-grand-son of Charles and Méthaïde and a 10th great-grand-son of Jehan Terriot...

Happy Holidays to All!

What a great year it has been.  One of the highlights was of course finding the
Theriault family website produced by Joe. I really enjoy reading notes on the
website from distant relations.  The notes from people in Caraquet are
especially fun as they revitalize my memories of my Grandfather George, who was
born there abouts.
Like Denise Bohlen, I'm in California, but north of San Francisco.  We have had
some rain, some frost, and cooler temperatures but snow in this area is a
rarity. Christmas begins officially for me after my birthday on the 16th, but
this year has been a little strange with College finals thrown in. The holidays
are always a busy time of getting together with family and friends.  We
gathered to celebrate with my husband's family last weekend, December 17, in
Groveland located in the mountains outside of Yosemite. This weekend is another
gathering with my brother Randy's wife and her many relatives. Christmas day is
fast approaching and I still haven't sent out my holiday cards but most of the
shopping is done.
2001 is just around the corner and it already is beginning to fill-up with
memorable occasions.  I (at 47) am finally going to finish that BA in art that
has been put on hold for many years. I'm transferring from our local Community
College and start classes at UC Davis January 4th.   Melissa (my youngest, 21)
will graduate from UC Santa Cruz in March (hopefully), June (for sure).
 Jennifer (my oldest, 24) is finishing up her Masters degree in
Civil/Environmental Engineering. She plans on being done with her Thesis by
June. She is also engaged to be married July 28, 2001. My husband, Mike and I
celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary (and they said it wouldn't last) in
June.
As the year draws to an end, we are counting our blessings, for family,
friends, and health. I feel very fortunate that both of my parents are still
living, Mom, Lamora Maxine (Theriault) Collins, a.k.a. Mickey, celebrated her
75th birthday on November 25th.

Wishing all of you a joyous holiday and a wonderful New Year.

Marsha
Marsha Collins-Vaughn
marshacv@jps.net
NOTE: Marsha is our Delegate from California for the George and Florance Theriault Great-Branch. She is a daughter of Lamora Maxine Theriault who is a 7th great-grand-daughter of Jehan Terriot.

Thanks, Joe!

And I, too, am grateful for all the new friends I've found thanks to your
website.

I hope to re-energize in the new year to produce some more Acadian tunes for
you. They seem to be well received and generate more positive feedback than
any other tunes on my Canadian tunebook website.

In the meantime I can think of no better way to express my best wishes in
this very special season than with music, so here's a little aural and
visual imagery to capture your imagination...
http://members.home.net/bntaylor/active-ruralsnow.html

Dear Joseph: My name is Melvyn Joseph Theriault and I live in Palmdale,
California.  My son, Robert Theriault lives in Thailand, and his
daughter,  Nichole Theriault, also from Thailand, is a the number one
singer in that country.  Your web site is fabulous.  I was introduced to
it by a Raymond Theriault who is a graphic artist in Moncton, New
Brunswick.  My father, Rosaire Theriault, originated from Batturst, New
Brunswick and married my mother, Yvonne Leger, also from that area,
before going to Montreal, Canada. In 1923-1926 they went to
Schenectaday, New York, where I was born.  I went overseas with the
Royal 22nd Regiment and when I returned in 1946, I claimed my U.S.
citizenship.  Eventually, I chose California because of the warm
weather.  Please excuse my english. After so many years in an English
environment I have lost the casual use of my native language. Thanks for
the great work.  Sincerely,    Mel Theriault

I like to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and a Joyous New Year!  Wish
everyone good health and a great year in 2001.

NOTE:  Cecelia Jean is our Delegate from Michigan for the Marie Theriault and Joseph Jean Great-Branch. She is a 2nd great-grand-daughter of Marie Theriault, who is a 5th great-grand-daughter of Jehan Terriot.

Hi Joe, Thanks for the quick reply! Actualy, I don't know which parts of the book I need. My mother is the genealogist in the family, and I am interested in purchasing the book to give it to her. She is researching my father's family (Maillet/Mallett) and also her family (Arseneault). Thanks for the offer of copying pages anyway. Hopefully, we will hear from your friend Leo.  Thanks again, and stay out of the snow this morning!    June

would like to purchase Fidele Theriault's book. Do you know of a way to get in touch with him? Any help is much appreciated. thanks!   June Mallett  Boston, Ma.

Hi Joseph,
I found your Theriault Family website today and I just wanted to say thanks
for organising such an interesting and informative site. Cyndi's List
notified me recently about your website.

My maiden name is Cyr, and I have a Benjamin Theriault in my genealogy. He
isn't a direct ancestor, but he married Marie Rose Cyr, daughter of Francois
Cyr and Anne Marie Guillebeault. I'm descended from one Marie Rose's
brothers, Joseph Edouard.

I would like to receive notifications of updates to your site please, which
I've also bookmarked.

Thanks once again and Happy Holidays,
Janice Cyr Strand

Happy Holidays to All:

Just wanted to wish everyone the very Happiest of Holidays from sunny
California.  We are all doing well, we have settled right in to the
California life style, and after our first year here, we can actually say
that we truly love it. To our amazement, the weather remains beautiful even
at the end of December - 60ish to be exact.  Honest, none of us are really
missing the snow, although I must admit it will be weird to not have a White
Christmas.  We will miss many of you over this Christmas Season, and wanted
to let you all know that we will be thinking of you and your families.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year and God Bless ~

As Always
Denise, Al, Mollie and Chandler Bohlen
NOTE:  Denise is the daughter of Betty Theriault Ouellette who is a great-grand daughter of Joseph and Théogénie, and a 9th great-grand daughter of Jehan Terriot.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Joyeux Noël et bonne année!

to all the Thériaults out there from the Association des Thériault Association de la Baie Sainte-Marie, Digby County, Nova Scotia CANADA. Come visit us in 2004!

Charline (Thériault) Saulnier
NOTE: While Charline is obviously a member of the Thériault family in Nova Scotia, she is busy at the moment preparing for the World Acadian Congress/Congrès Mondiale Acadien 2004 as Secretary to the Thériault Association of St-Mary's Bay. We look forward to the day when we can add her Great-Branch to the family Archive.

Greetings and Happy Holidays to all from the Milwaukee based, Wisconsin Theriaults who descend from Great Branch George. Our vast and worldwide Theriault family has close to 300 variations of the spelling of the surname, with half of those represented by people in the main blood line descending from Jehan and Perrine. Those spellings, along with online or others examples of their usage, can be seen at: http://www8.50megs.com/benzden/t/ter3070.htm In addition to the fact that we have one of the largest known family trees in the world, there are many interesting tidbits of information regarding them.

A cumulative listing of those items of interest is abuilding and can be seen at: http://www8.50megs.com/benzden/t/tnotable.htm Anyone having more items, and even pictures, to add to that page can email me with them at: benzden@jamrent.com or benzdin@juno.com I'm in the process of building the complete family tree on my computer. It presently has 15 generations from Jehan and Perrine to my great nieces and nephews. The firstborn of the 16 generation will probably arrive before 2010.

My aim is to have the computer and family tree at the 2004 reunion in Canada and be able to furnish anyone with their personal lineage within a minute. I'm very proud to be a member of this great extended family and look forward to meeting all my 3rd through even 11th cousins at the reunion.

Ruben James (Theriault) Ciriacks, aka Ben and BenzDen Webmaster of www.jamrent.com
NOTE:  Ben is the son of Edna Theriault who is a 9th great-granddaughter of Jehan Terriot. Ben is our Delegate from Wisconsin for the George and Angele Theriault Great-Branch.

Hi folks,

Joseph is writing about his first winter days. I just wanted to tell you
that, up here in Montreal, we past few days with 25 degrees below 0 and
hopping 25 inches of snow for to day !

But this is the way we like it! Just wonderful.

Anyway! I just want to wish you happy Christmas and happy New Year to you
and your family.

Jean-Christian Thériault
Montréal
NOTE:  Jean-Christian, our Delegate from the Province of Québec for the Michel and Marie Theriault Great-Branch, is a member of the 13th generation of Theriault's, a 2nd great-grand-son of Michel and Marie and a 10th great-grand-son of Jehan Terriot...

Hi Folks,

Just a short note to wish you all a very Merry Christmas.

Mother Nature sprinkled a one or two inch cover of sparkling snow... the first of the season. It is also a little crisp, we awoke this morning to a 'nip' in the air... it was 12 degrees. But the skies were blue and clear, the sun was bright and white smoke was coming out of everyone's chimneys. As we walked out this Sunday morning onto that new snow, our footsteps produced that delightful "crunch - crunch" sound...

Rosemary and I took out our Christmas decorations from the attic once again and have begun getting our home ready for the holidays. We're ready for Christmas.

We wish each of you and your families a joyous, peaceful Christmas and great blessings into the New Year.

Joe and Rosemary Theriault
for the Joseph and Theogenie Theriault Great-Branch...
NOTE:  Joe, our Delegate from Massachusetts for the Joseph and Théogénie Great-Branch, is a member of the 12th generation of Theriault's and a 9th great-grand-son of Jehan Terriot...

Please notify when any changes or additions occur.
Just logged on and I think I may have found a "gold mine"

Thanks!

Hi...

The cross croslet is the original form of the cross adopted by the
Prieur'e of Sion (which included the Knights of the Temple of Solomon) in
about 1117  - 1118. This was a white cross with black background. In 1188 at
the "cutting of the Elm" the Knights Templer and the Preiur'e split. The
Preiur'e remained and administrative arm of the Knights  Templar while the
Knights Templar became the backbone of the Crusades. At that point a red 8
pointed cross ( similar to the matese Cross) was adopted by the Knights
templar, while the original white cross was kept by the Preiur'e.  I will try
and scan a pic of both crosses for you  if they scan well enough.

The book  Holy Blood, Holy Grail  by Micheal Baiget, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln.
Also, the book The Sword and the
Grail  by Andrew Sinclair has the pics  of the two crosses.
Therefore appear that the white cross crosslet dates from the earliest
period of the Preiur'e / Knights Templar ( 1117 - 1188)
I have some of my line in Family Origins. As soon as I am done putting
it all in, I will send u a copy.
I would love to know  which two Theriot's had their crests registered,
but, I know we may never know that.
Let me know if u need any more info...

Thanks for ur help...

Laurie Theriot

My name is Nadine Thériault Lagacé and my mother just told me that you were born on febuary 17 and you have three sisters and one brother.   She even told me that you have two daughters, Nicola Ann and Jill Andrea.....  Not too bad....
Even from northern New Brunswick there are people who care and cherish the Thériault's.
We love you, Thériault's from USA
Nadine et Mother Thériault
:-)
shamu@nb.sympatico.ca

Dear Joseph,

I am writing to let you know how much I have enjoyed navigating, exploring and learning from your website. I am a Theriault also and would love to supply you with enough information so that I too, could one day find myself in your archive.  My genealogy, like yours, begins with Jehan and Perrine.

As I followed the generations through your archive I found that, sadly, the link for my ancestor Hilairion Charles (your nos. 241, [2630], does not continue. Possibly you already have more information on this man and have just not had the time to enter it. If not, I can give you some information about him, beginning with his marriage to Marie Madeleine Belliveau in abt. 1763 and their subsequent 11 children. I can then follow through the years and generations, eventually leading you to myself, my children and grandchildren. Please let me know if you are interested in continuing this line of the Theriault family.

In any case I have to say WOW, what a huge undertaking and what a beautiful piece of work. I am inspired to work harder at my efforts at information gathering and recording for my family.

Thank-you

Marie Shaw (nee Theriault)

aka Marie a' Nelson, a' Auguste, a' P'tit Bob, a' Anselme, a' Jos Charles, a' Hilairion