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Hi, welcome back to Have Roots, We'll Travel.

My name is Lisa Elvin Staltari and I'm a genealogist and a passionate traveler.

With the last several years I've been focusing my attention on Néphie Jo'a, the King's

daughters, and Méphie Amalie.

These are the founding grandmothers and mothers of Quebec, ultimately of Canada, and even

more of North America.

Truly their influence is still felt today.

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With that being said, let's get started and find out about Latia Matthew of this episode.

Let us talk a little bit about Latia Matthew.

These girls, about 262 of them, come before Nishi Johai.

I always like to make sure that you are aware of this.

Most of you who have followed my program and my episodes know this, but I just want

to make sure.

So between 1634 to 1662, about 28 years, we have about 262 girls that would come to New

France and help populate the country.

It averages out to about 10 a year.

Obviously that's not enough to create a country.

And that is why Jean-Thano and the King eventually took it over in 1663 and said,

we got to speed things up a bit.

And so, but however, Latia and Nishi are to be truly treasured because of the fact that

they came when there really wasn't a country.

They came without any kind of dowry or gifts from the King or anything.

Yes, their passages were usually paid.

Today's episode is number 90 in Latia.

Now, we are going to get to know Anne Antoinette Nelierco.

And she comes to us for a few requests.

I can't wait to get to know Anne Antoinette a little bit better.

So Anne was born in 1632 in Beauvette, France.

And her parents were Finite Nelierco and Jean-Pate.

Now she comes to us from the region of France known as Uldefrence, which literally

means the top of France.

And inside of that, we have the county or de Pecte de Ma of Waz.

Now it is about 47 miles from Paris, so that has that influence.

You're about 128,000 people that live there.

So it's those small, you know, little commune.

Beauvette was known to the Romans by the Gallo-Roman name of Cesar Hamagas, which is basically known.

Hamagas is common for feel.

So it's almost like it was known as the Field of Caesar.

It became a county in the ninth century.

At the coronation of kings, the bishop of Beauvette wore the royal mantle and went with the bishop of L'Algre

to raise the king from his throne to present him to the people.

So this is a rich and resplendent history she comes from, very, very regal.

You can see, you can feel it in the history of this town.

Based upon her marriage date, we believe she came to New France in 1650.

That is all we know.

We don't know the circumstances.

So let's have a look at the husband that she selected.

The groom that she selected was Bles-Rieux, the avenue born in 1611 in Avenue, France.

His parents were Jean-Rieux and Gabrielle Berberin.

Now he is from a very interesting place called Pravants Alpe-Cote d'Azur,

and he comes from the de Pertama of Vocalire.

There are about 90,000 people that live in Avignon.

What is Avignon famous for?

That famous Avignon for a churre-ponten, the vignon.

Between 1309 and 1377, during the Avignon papapé-cive, seven successive popes resided in Avignon,

and in 1348, Pope Clement VI bought the town from Joanna of Naples.

Papal control persisted until the French Revolution in 1791,

when it became officially part of France.

The city is now the capital of the Vocalos de Berberin,

and one of the few French cities to have preserved in city walls.

This is also why Avignon is known as Les City des Berps, the city state of popes.

The Church of St. Agrico, which presumably Bles was baptized in,

dates from the 13th century. Extraordinary, extraordinary place to come from.

Now Bles was truly an innovator. He enlisted to go to Canada in 1644,

and he was to be paid 75 pounds for three years per every year for his contract of three years.

So he had time to get ready for his eventual bride.

They were married February 2nd, 1651 at Welledivia.

Now remember I said we were able to ascertain when she would have come to new France,

based on her marriage date. Obviously she could not come during the winter because of the ice,

so that is why most of the time she would have come or any bride that was married in January

February would have come the preceding year. It's always wonderful to be able to access

this incredible marriage contract and see it all, you know, listed, and it's a very old document,

so I was very happy that it exists.

Now they would settle at Montreal. Let's talk a little bit about this wonderful city

that would become Montreal, but started off as Villmeri by the founder, Balda Chame des

Sérnes-Mézino, and was essentially a missionary center that was founded in May of 1642.

The colony would not thrive, and it was on the verge of extinction when Chame des

decided to return to France to recruit 100 settlers that would be known as Le Grégre.

From this small group would evolve the Notre Dame Cogonacio from Sister Macquarie at Boulswa.

When Montreal was founded, the new colonists were rapidly confronted by a fearsome enemy,

the Iroquois. Unfortunately, there was no regular army on Montreal's soil until 1665 when the famous

Cécagnia-Sondia regiments arrived, but in the meantime, local militias capable of resisting Iroquois

attacks were set up. And on January 27, 1663, Chame des Mieseuxes have created the militia of the

Saint Fermi to protect Villmeri and its inhabitants. It was made up of 139 voluntary colonists divided

into 20 squads. They really had to fight so hard to make sure. Remember that Montreal is this island,

and the people at Quebec City and D'Wangidin really thought of it as just a fool's gold

folly and just absolutely what were they doing on this island. It was almost impossible to protect.

The Indians could come at any place. They were completely vulnerable, but the ultimate, you know,

obviously we now know that the fact that it is an island and the fact that it has all of that water

meant that you could get to it so easily. So that is what made it. The thing that almost

destroyed it ultimately became its greatest asset. And so you can see how beautiful Montreal being

from this region. I'm not from Montreal, I'm from a small little town just outside Montreal,

D'Wangidil Quebec. And every time I would go into Montreal, which I did frequently, and I lived

there at some points in my life, so it really is just a remarkable, remarkable city. And that is

the viewer Montreal. There's an old Montreal that you can go and visit that is basically the same

as when it was in the 1600s, a very old town, not quite as old as Quebec City, but you know,

definitely has its moments. It's been around since 1640s and so many of the buildings, many of the

landmarks are truly a testament to not only Montreal, but also of Quebec.

They would go on to have four children. Macre would marry a Chobé, Moudou, and would have eight

children, seven of whom made it to adulthood. Mary would marry Pierre Liqueur, and would have

eight children, all of whom made it. Charles would marry Catherine Saint-Arles, and would have eight

children, all of whom made it to adulthood. Nui married Catherine Selle and had four children,

all of whom made it to adulthood. Catherine's mother was Bal Poisson, a fiancé of Fémardie,

who we have not yet profiled. As was a compatriot of the very famous

and unfortunately, while escaping the Iroquois in 1660 on a mission, he was drowned at Bay

Saint Paul, and he was buried the next day at Montreal. And obviously, this was part in the

spring of 1660, Lénon-Expedition of the Ottawa River to wage war on the Iroquois, and he was

accompanied by 17 Frenchmen, and he arrived at the foot of Lauson, where it's near the present day

Cairignon, on May 1st, and settled his troops at an abandoned Algonquin fort. He was then joined by

40, Euron, and four Algonquin allies, vastly outnumbered by the Iroquois, Dallard, and his

companions died at the Battle of Lauson, somewhere between May 9th and May 12th. The exact nature,

purpose of Dallard's 1660 expedition is uncertain. However, most historians agree that Dallard

set out to conduct a small war and put that against the Iroquois in order to delay or prevent all

together their imminent attack on Véramédine. For these reasons, Dallard is regarded as one of

the saviors of Montreal and of New France, and obviously, Blas did not participate in the Battle

of Lauson, but he was part of that expedition, if you will. He just died earlier.

As you can imagine, Anna Antoinette would have to find a husband fairly quickly,

based upon the fact she had four children and was now a widow, and the new groom that would come

into her life. His name is Bicapika de La Fortune, and he is born in 1627 in Saint

Collema, Jupon James. His parents were kept again, Bicar and Michel Claville. He comes to us from

the La Luard region, and he is also from La Vandy de Paterma. Now, this particular place is

obviously a very, very historic place, and it actually has Irish kind of roots. In 543, it was

settled, and it was just, I went down a rabbit hole and tried to find out all about this,

but obviously I had to stop. We need to discover Quebec, not all of these little places, but like

I said, if this is your guy, you absolutely would need to, there's a lot to discover about Saint

Collema, and it definitely is a place to explore, shall we say.

Remember I talked when I was describing Montreal, and how Pierre de Chumontin had to go and recruit

100 people to come and try to save? Well, guess who's on that boat? Ficar de La Fortune was absolutely

there, and he is on the monument for all of those absolute founders, if you will. I mean, they are

actually the the saviors of Montreal, so he was on that boat. It's just amazing.

So what makes this story so interesting, at least for me, is the fact that

yes, ooze did come. He was part of La Garro, but he actually at the end of his contract went back

to France, and history would have been different for this family if he had not returned, but he

returned in 1659 to work with the subbiscians, the missionaries, and the priests, if you will,

and he had a lot of skills. He was a plowman, a long lawyer, and a carpenter, so he had those

skills, so he would come back in 1659 just in time to be there. He wasn't married, and he was there

when Anne Antoinette was so left a widow. So they were married June 30, 1660, about a month and a

half after Blaz was drowned. Now, let's have a look at these the blended family, okay? So we have

ooze and Anne 48, and it actually says in there, and then we have Menes' Rie, Charles Rie,

Louise Rie, Mises Rie, and then we have Anne Pica, so they have begun a new family. In 1667, we have

ooze and Anne Antoinette, and by then, but she's still missing us, and now we do not know. We do

not know whose family it is. It's truly blended, so we have Meni, we have Shao, we have Louis,

we have Michel thinking about it, and then we have, but they spelled it like a feminine, but

really it's Michel, and then Anne, who was in that 1666 census, and then we've got Magadins,

15 months. They actually have a domestic servant, Jean, who's 25 years old. They have nine

beasts or cattle, and they own 30, which is about 26 acres of land. Truly remarkable.

Remember I talked about that militia that they formed? Well, guess who was there? Ooze was there

to defend his city. He was part of the 12th squadron of the island, Saint Fermi militia,

just a remarkable gentleman. They would go on to have five children. We have Michel, who married

Mecier Jardé, and would have 10 children, all of whom survived, nine of whom left descendants.

We have Marianne, who married Shao Teo, and would have eight children, all of whom survived.

Magadins married Jardé, and would have 10 children, all of whom survived.

Jacques Abrienne married Mary-Ned-Lennarape, and would have 10 children, all of whom survived.

Jacques married Mary-Ned-Lennarape, nine of whom left, and would have 11 children, all of them survived.

In the 1681 census we have Ooze Pica, Antoinez, and then we have Magadins, Jean,

Nui Jire, domestic. So his son, his stepson, is not acting as a servant. So that's kind of

interesting. 22 years of age, they have one gun, they have nine vedekom, which are nine goats,

or horned animals, and then they still have 30 afalvalas, so it's about 26th of the land.

Just remarkable, remarkable couple, just amazing.

Anna Antoinette would pass away in September of 1709 at the age of 75.

She and Ooze were married 47 years at her passing. Now hold on to your hats,

she would leave us between the two marriages, 408 descendants.

So the odds are that most of you probably have a connection to this remarkable woman.

And in fact, Ooze would die a few short months later in December of 1709, just telling us how

connected these two were. You absolutely need to, if you want to explore Montreal and understand

17th century, not only Montreal, but the future of what experience, because whether it was Montreal

Quebec or Three Rivers, it was all part of their, what they were confronted with. And this amazing

book by Susan McNelly, you need to read it, and really study it. It's one of my favorites. I

actually turned to it quite often, and kind of study it and kind of get in that groove, you know.

So please have a look at that if you want to.

Well, this is one of those episodes where afterwards I'm tired by listening to this woman,

and everything she went through, I am so inspired by this life. And this is one of those

episodes where I truly went, wow. So any of you who claim a heritage to this lady in particular

should really stand up and be noticed, because this was a woman of substance. And to give us

458 descendants as of 1729, Lord, really amazing, her tenacity, her ability to keep going on,

the kind of husbands that she picked as well. I mean, these are amazing men, and these were

amazing children and amazing descendants. So thank you Anna on 20th. We really, really are so grateful

that you came to our shores. You made such a difference in the history of Quebec, and also

of Montreal. So thank you for your gift, for your sacrifice, for most of all, gracing us with

your presence on our shores. You have made really a great impact on so many of us. Thank you again

for your inspiration. I also want to say thank you to my patrons and supporters,

all and subscribers. All of you are amazing, and thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom

of my heart. Every time I receive either an email or a message or support or a patreon or anything,

I'm just, I'm tick-o-pink. So thank you so very, very much to all of you, and I will see you on

episode 91 of this series. Until then, Au revoir.