Hello, my first post to this family list. My family name was Anglicanized from Chabot to
Shepard when the family moved to Lowell, Ma from Iberville, Quebec, in the late
1800's.
I believe I have found Jean Chabot's parents were Jean Baptist Chabot and Rosalie
Morin m.1850 in St. Athanase, Iberville, Quebec.
I would like to be able to locate a copy of Jean Baptiste Chabot and Rosalie Morin's
marriage certificate in 1850 OR a birth certificate for their son Jean Chabot, b 1853 in
Iberville.
My cousin refuses to go further back with the family until I can prove a marriage/birth of
these people. I do own a subscription to the PRDH, but since it starts with 1799 and goes
back, I must make that connection between 1799 to 1850. Any help?
I did look in the archives and found the WAY BACK names of Mathurin Chabot and Marie
Mesange, who I believe are my ancestors, but like I said, my stickler for sources cousin,
won't believe me until I have the copy IN HAND!!! I told him to drive from
Pennsylvania to Quebec to get it. I myself am in Massachusetts, and don't read or
write a bit of French, so I'm at the mercy of this list.
Please help me make my cousin happy!
Merci, (Well I guess I do speak a word or two of French) ;-)
Barbara Shepard, Middleobor, MA