52 Ancestors: First

I've decided to try to participate in Amy Johnson Crow's "52 Ancestors" challenge. Each week she provides suggestions to focus on an ancestor. The goal is to write something and get those discoveries out of your genealogy software and into a format that others can see and enjoy.

There were some great starter questions for "first" and it was difficult not to attempt to answer them all.

I settled on "Who was the first ancestor to arrive in the country?"

I believe it was my 12th great-grandmother, Marie Madeleine Boucher. She was born January 22nd, 1629 in Mortagne, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France and immigrated sometime before January 30, 1645 when she married Etienne Lafond at age 16! She died on November 29, 1706 in Batiscan, Les Chenaux, Quebec, Canada.

Her daughter Genevieve Lafond marries Jean Baptiste Trottier.
Their daughter Marie Trottier marries Pierre Vielle Desnoy.
Their daughter Marie Vielle Desnoy marries Pierre Charles Leduc.
Their daughter Elisabeth Leduc marries Pierre Desmarais Maret.
Their daughter Marie Desmarets marries Charles Truteau.
Their son Fancois Trudeau marries Charlotte Petit Beauchemin.
Their daughter Julie Trudeau marries Jean Baptiste Langevin.
Their daughter Victorine Langevin marries Anthime Aube.

Their daughter Corinne Aube marries Elzear M.
The lady is Corinne and the older boy is her son Joseph:



Their son Joseph M. marries Jennie M.
One of these ladies is Jennie:



Their son Marlen E. M. marries Ruby E. R. W.

Their son Marlen S. M. marries Ruby E. N.



Their son marries my mom, and here I am!

I have removed the actual last names for the closer generations as I'm wary of people finding out and using my maiden name as a password challenge response.


The other question I attempted was "First husband out of a string of many?"

Not exactly a string of many husbands for any of them.

My 2nd great-grandmother, Emily G., first married my 2nd great-grandfather William C. in 1880. He passed away in 1897 and she married her second husband Arthur P. in 1900.

Another 2nd great-grandmother, Mary B., married her first husband Amos L. in 1876. He passed away in 1881 and she married her second husband, my 2nd great-grandfather John N, in 1883. Between them they brought 16 kids to the marriage!

Yet another 2nd great-grandmother, Harriet S., married her first husband Joseph W., my 2nd great-grandfather, in 1880. He passed away in 1899, leaving her with 9 children. I can imagine there may have been some necessity in marrying her second husband, Timothy B. in 1900.

Harriet is in this photo: