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During the American Revolution, hundreds of French Canadians joined the Patriot cause under regiments commanded by James Livingston and Moses Hazen. After fighting through the entire war and subsequently spending nearly a decade in New York refugee camps, these dispossessed families were given bounty lands in the wilderness of northern Lake Champlain, settling as refugees and pioneers founding early communities in northern New York, and Vermont. These families were the bedrock of later large French Canadian Lake Champlain communities. This class will explore the transformation of these refugees into founders and community builders.Their names persist today: Allaire, Allin, Asselin, Aubé, Audet/Lapointe, Ayotte, Blais, Boivin, Chandonnet, Chartier, Clément, Dionne, Dubé, Dubois, Gauthier, Gosselin, Hebert, Laframboise, Laliberté, Leblanc, Lizotte, Loiseau, Marney, Menard, Mercier, Monty, Nadeau, Olivier, Papineau, Parent, Paulin, Picard, Robichaud, Rousseau, Roy, Tremblay, and more. Are you a descendant?
This is the fourth presentation in a series on French Canadians in the Lake Champlain Basin. The earlier classes are available on demand or free for members in the Members Hub.
Suzanne Blanchard is a former editor and attorney, community planner, and longtime board member and volunteer at the Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society and Vermont Genealogy Library. Her research is currently focused on recovering the Lake Champlain Basin’s lost family histories.
Class starts at 10:30 a.m. (ET) in-person at the Library.
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57 River Road, Essex Junction, VT, United States, Vermont 05452, 57 River Rd, Essex Junction, VT 05452-3842, United States, Essex
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