Re: Any French People here?

Posted by CathySD on January 20, 2006 at 05:35:22 from (66.115.200.90):

In Reply to: Any French People here? posted by New-Gen on January 20, 2006 at 04:38:56:

I come from a community that had a strong French background, and never noticed that.

On my dad's side, his great grandfather was French, from Canada (Quebec area). I have info on his line back to the 1600's, but don't know if they were in North America all that time or not (have family genology book). Family name started out as Casse ou Lacasse, and in the mid 1700's dropped the first part and it became LaCasse. (We pronounce it LaCoss)

My Dad's Grandfather ran away from a arranged marriage (this is documented, not speculation)just hours before the wedding. Moved to southern USA, ended up fighting for the South in the Civil War for a while, then ended up North and fought for the north for a while too.

Then he moved to MN, married a woman who also had a strong French Canadian background and raised a large family.

On my mom's side, her Dad's parents imigrated from France, and her mother's parents imigrated from Poland. I have no Polish family reciepies or anything, as that side of the family decided they'd left Poland behind, and didn't want to bring any of it with them into the new country.

Cathy

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