Meinz Graves

I wasn't able to find some of the Meinz graves on find a grave, but I realized I had some pictures saved.

Family Pictures

Some of these pictures may be backwards. I scanned many of them from slides. I was able to colorize a few recently.

Questions

Items for me to research and questions I have:

Peter F Meinz and Josephene becker's wedding date
-October 1 1901. the Catholic Church St Cloud. I think it was either St John Cantius or St Mary's

-Joseph Seymour rum running, did he serve time? Was it even the same Joseph Seymour?

-Why didn't Henry Seymour serve in WW2?
Bad eyesight

-Cause of death for Maurice Seymour and Maurice Taylor
Maurice Seymour d July 8, 1930.
Past ? Illness, Strangulation, Umbilical Hernia

Maurice Taylor d.Nov 28, 1941.
Adrenal Insufficiency. Thymico Lymphatic Death (Addison's disease?)

-Belongings list for Joachim Simard (the will)

-Decipher and translate inscription on Jacob Becker's gravestone
http://seymourtree.blogspot.com/2015/01/meinz-graves.html

-Trudel information
  -Find Trudel family story

-Bouchard information

-Gagnon information

-When did Blanche and Fred Perra marry?
shown married in the 1940 census
April 16, 1939
16 Apr 1939 St Joseph Catholic Church Escanaba, MI

-Find info about William Veath (husband of Velma Kate Rodefer)

-Find Roy, Hubert and Edward Seymour's military unit info
  -Edward Seymour
  Personnel Sec 40th engineers C
  The 40th Engineers C Regiment served with the 45th Thunderbird Division.
  N. Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, Germany and Austria
  -Hubert Seymour
  133 Engineers Co E
  -Roy Seymour
  HQ 17th Port --> I think this was just a mailing address
  -Alfred Meinz
  728th Railroad Operation Battalion

  Need to read Transportation Corps: Operations Overseas  and the Green Books by the Army. Longshore Soldiers may also be useful.

Charles Albert Harris' Albany area property in Dougherty County, GA

What happened to Venna Becker (Sister of Josephine Becker)
Perhaps the census record that lists Venna instead of Josephine is a mistake.

Where were Virginia Rodefer Harris and John Harris buried?

Who was Bob Sullivan's (aka Eli Goodreau) father?

Information on Eli Goodreau's Naval fuel test? 1911 or 1912
From what I have found, the Navy was testing using fuel oil (diesel) in their ships instead of coal. It seems that Eli was on a ship that conducted one of these tests, but I haven't found any specific information.

Joseph Goodreau was in the national guard. Did he serve in the Spanish American War?

Are there any living descendants of Emilie Gautreau?

Is there any church record of Douglas Gautreau? (sibling of Emilie that died at about 2)

More info on Harley Upton Harris and Della Mohler.

Robert Family

Charlotte Roberts married Charles Simard/Seymour in upper Michigan in 1874.  Her ancestors were some of the original settlers in New France.

Knowing Your History

The following is the story of a family member. I will keep them anonymous.

The beginning of this story goes back to the late 1700's when Honore Timothee Louis Simard and his wife Genevieve Gauthier started their family. The first six children were boys and the last four were girls.

The Young Family

This is the Welsh side of my family.

Goodreau Family

Updated: August 6, 2015
The continuation of the Goodreau/Gautreau/Gotreau story.

Sister Celina Meinz

Catherine Meinz, daughter of Peter Meinz and Theresa Pohl, was a Catholic Nun.  The following is a transcript of an interview with her.  I don't know who the interviewer was.

The Meinz Family

The following is copied from "History of Stearns County, Minnesota, Volume 2" by William Bell Mitchell.

Simard/Seymour Tree

The Complete Simard/Seymour Tree from the previous post.
https://seymourtree.blogspot.com/2019/10/simard-history.html

The original Simards came from France.  Remember that Pierre (1616) and Noel (1637) were the first Simards to sail over.

I am working to source all my information.

The Name of Canada

I was wondering where the name for Canada came from.  Everything I have seen so far calls the area "New France"

The Gautreau Brothers

Updated: July 28, 2015
Gilles and Jean Gautreau were the first Goodreau immigrants in my line to come from France.

Joseph Seymour

Update April 28, 2017:
I found two articles about Joseph Seymour's death. and included information about Blanche Seymour remarrying.
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Joseph, my great grandfather, was the sixth child and the fourth son of Charles and Charlotte Seymour. He was born in September 6, 1891.

Charles Seymour

Charles was married in the United States to Charlotte Robert in the Marquette, Michigan area in 1874.  I haven't found any indication that he lived or worked in that area.

Charles Simard

Charles Seymour, my great great grandfather, was the first Seymour in my family to come to the US.  He was also my first brick wall.

The Plains of Abraham

Noel Simard's Bride in New France was Mary-Madeline Racine.  Women were rare in New France, and Madeline was from an old and respected family.  Her mother was the daughter of Abraham Martin, an early explorer of New France.

Thoughts on the First Simards

Here's the tree for the earliest Simards that I have found:

The Simard Family

The Simard family came to Canada from France in the 1600's, but there is a little more to the story than that.