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Canada / Re: French Canadian godparents
« on: Saturday 26 February 22 21:54 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: cosmac on Saturday 26 February 22 20:54 GMT (UK)
Family trees on ancestry regarding Francois Eloi Gagnon show that Gagnon is a "dit" name.  They can also be known as Belzile and its many spelling variations.  If you google "dit" names you can find many explanations of it - better than I can explain.  But in other words Joseph's ancestors could either be under Belzile or Gagnon.  Plus Eloi Gagnon might actually be blood related to Joseph in some capacity other than the adopted father he is shown as on Joseph's marriage record.

Yes I do think that because Joseph is listed as Belzile and later as dit Gagnon that there is a family connection somewhere. I just havent found it yet.

Viiven

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Canada / Re: French Canadian godparents
« on: Saturday 26 February 22 21:52 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Eileen for your thoughts on this. Every once in a while I like to bang my head on this brick wall in my family tree.
Regards
Vivien

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Canada / Re: French Canadian godparents
« on: Saturday 26 February 22 01:27 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Eileen

Just wondering how likely you think this baptism record is for the same Joseph in the 1851 census?

Regards
Vivien

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Canada / Re: French Canadian godparents
« on: Friday 25 February 22 00:36 GMT (UK)  »
I hope this works.  So here's the baptism record that could be my 4xggrandfather.  The information I have from the 1851 census is that Joseph Belzile was 13 years and was born in Cacouna.  He was living with his adopted parents Eloi Gagnon and Auzille Levesque.  The attached record is a baptism record for an illegitimate Joseph in 1839 in Cacouna.  The godparents are Jean Dubois and Angelique Lizotte(?)  I found a Jean Remi Dubois living in Cacouna but no trace of an Angelique Lizotte but still looking.

Regards
Vivien


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Canada / Re: French Canadian godparents
« on: Thursday 24 February 22 19:42 GMT (UK)  »
No unfortunately no mention of the mother and I am not even sure that this is the right record.  So far I am no closer to finding out who my 4xggrandfather is. Thanks for the reply.  Really looking for a needle in the haystack at this point.
Regards
Vivien

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Canada / French Canadian godparents
« on: Wednesday 23 February 22 22:18 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

Just wondering if anyone had more information than I do on the role of godparents in Quebec during the 1800s.  The child is illegitimate so there is no mention of the parents but there are godparents mentioned in the baptism record.  I am hoping that the godparents could be related to the child.

Thanks for any light you can shed on this.
Vivien


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Glamorganshire / Re: help with 1939 register
« on: Wednesday 17 October 18 00:40 BST (UK)  »
Found them.  Thanks everyone for all your help.  I've corrected the Registry on Ancestry.

Regards
Vivien

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Glamorganshire / Re: help with 1939 register
« on: Wednesday 17 October 18 00:08 BST (UK)  »
Hi Shaun

If that address makes more sense than yes I think I do mean that.  I live on the west coast of Canada so am not familiar with the Rhonda valley.  I found Handel and Lily Phillips on Findmypast last year . and that's the information I wrote down at the time but I just can't find them on Ancestry using their name.  Thanks for your reply.
Vivien

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Glamorganshire / help with 1939 register
« on: Tuesday 16 October 18 23:44 BST (UK)  »
Hi

I was wondering if anyone could help me with the enumeration districts in the 1939 England and Wales Register.  I have the address where my relatives lived but they don't show up when I search by their names.  I want to search the registry itself but was hoping someone could help me narrow the search.  When you search on ancestry the enumeration districts have numerical symbols rather than a name for the district. The address I am looking for is 57 Penrhys Ystrad. Pentre Rhonda Glamorgan.
Do you know what district Pentre would be in?  Thanks for any help you can give me.
Regards
Vivien

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