December 2005 -- Vol 12, No. 5

In this month's COUSINS:

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This issue marked the beginning of the 6th year of the COUSINS newsletter.

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I don’t know yet what 2006 is going to bring – hopefully a little more time for Lisa to work on family history (a 36 hour day would be just about right).  Sanity would be good, too, but mine’s been gone so long I don’t know that I’d recognize it nor would I know what to do with it if I found it again.  It’s probably having a grand time on the beach in Chi Chi Castenenga, sipping margueritas, and watching the . . . scenery.

THIS MONTH'S FEATURE: 

This month we’re looking a couple of family lines.

The first is that of Rosemary Jameson, who descends from Antoine PEPIN and Marie TESTE, among others.

Dear Lisa,

I so much appreciate your newsletter. I don't think I am a descendant of Robert Pepin, but I just love to hear how you write and think. You are

talented and fun to read. You helped me find my lost cousin and I will

never forget that blessing from your newsletter. You do a fine job and I really appreciate all you have to say.

Thank you!

Rosemary Jameson

My lineage is as follows....does this fit into your people anywhere??????

Pepin Dit LaChance

1. Andre Pepin b. cir 1600 of LeHavre, Normandie, France m. Jeanne Chevalier of Notre Dame, Rouen, Normandy, France b. abt 1630

2. Antoine Pepin b. 1636 married Marie Teste b. 1632 (Both born in France & both died in Quebec, CA. He was the migrant.)

3. Jean Pepin of Quebec b. 1664 Married M. Madeleine Fontaine b. 1688 Both born & died at Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada

4. Jean M. Pepin b. 1716 married M. Louise Marchand b. 1709/10 Both still of Ile d'Orleans area, Quebec, Canada

5. Francois Pepin b abt 1748 married Veronique Trudel b. abt 1748 Married at L'Ange-Gardien, Quebec, Canada

6. Guillaume Pepin b abt. 1796 m. at I.O. Quebec Catherine Gendron b. abt. 1796 A blacksmith from Maskinonge, Montreal, Quebec, CA. Married at St. Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, CA. Both born and probably died in CA.

7. Pierre Pepin dit LaChance b. abt. 1820 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada married at OR. L. Suzanne Goodrich b. abt. 1830

8. Narcisse Dave LaChance b. 1873 at St. Paul, OR. married Fileneze Menard/Norwest b. 1883 She died at Raymond, WA, He at OR

9. Mary R. LaChance b. 1903 at Grand Ronde, OR married Albert James Spohn of MI.b. 1891 Both died in MI.

10. Delores Spohn Good b. 1921 married Harold R. Good b. 1913 Both Born in MI.

11. Rosemary Good b. 1945 married Robert L. Jameson b. 1946 Both born & live in MI.

12. Chantell & Damon Jameson b 1971 & 1973 born in MI., live in Chicago, IL and Seattle, WA.

The second is that of one Fred Pepin of Aldergrove, British Columbia, and is as I received it from him, about 3 years ago. I wrote asking what he knew about my great great grandfather, Etienne PEPIN, and because I wasn’t the first, he was able to tell me with confidence that prior to his family’s arrival in BC, Etienne was It. I finally met Fred face to face this last summer on Canada Day: I was at Fort Langley doing Living History and Fred was with the Antique Car display in front of the Langley Centennial Museum & National Exhibition Centre and the Farm Museum on King Street, south of Mavis Avenue, and the Fort Langley National Historic Site of Canada.

Fred is quite curious about which Pepin line he belongs to but his heavy involvement in antique cars and farm machine leave him little time to research. I figured that as he helped me through a most stubborn brick wall, I could certainly ask around for him. What Fred knows about his family is listed below, with some info I discovered while writing this newsletter. Because Fred doesn’t have a computer, I shall be mailing him a hard copy of this newsletter, as well as hard copy of any replies that might come from this newsletter over the next month.

PEPIN: THOMAS (1878-1964) AND LUCY ANN (ANNAD 1877-1960) By A.E. (Fred) and Maureen Pepin

The Pepins of Aldergrove have been pioneers in several areas of the community since the original families arrived in the Fraser Valley in the nineteenth century.

THOMAS AND LUCY PEPIN

Thomas PEPIN was born in 1878 in Arnprior, Ontario, and Lucy Ann PEPIN

(ANNAND) was born in Nova Scotia in 1877.

Thomas’ parents, Joseph PEPIN and Melinda, and their children arrived from Ontario, 2 weeks after the Vancouver fire in 1886, via the American railway system, as the CPR had not yet reached B.C. They lived first in recently-built shack at Hastings and Abbott. A portion of Hastings Street "was nothing more than skunk cabbage swamp," according to Thomas PEPIN who also remembered, as a young boy of 8, arriving on a sidewheeler steamer called the "Avangeline" from Seattle. In 1888, the family purchased 142 acres at Burton Prairie (now Dewdney), but, unfortunately, in 1894, they lost their farm and all their belongings in a disastrous flood. After many moves around the Fraser valley, Thomas PEPIN moved to Langley where he and his wife Lucy purchased land in the Campbell Valley in 1917.

THE ANNANDS

A. J. ANNAND, his wife, and his daughter Lucy Ann had arrived in Port Moody in 1883. After a few years in the hotel business, Mr. ANNAND homesteaded in Campbell Valley and built the farmhouse and barns, now restored as a heritage site in Campbell Valley park and known as the Annand-Rowlatt Farm.

Mr. ANNAND was the first president of the Langley Agricultural Fair and served in World War I. The Annands were buried in a New Westminster graveyard.

Thomas PEPIN and Lucy Ann had one son, Alexander Joseph PEPIN (1905-1978) who, like his father and grandfather and son, worked in construction, logging, and farming for many years in the Langley area. After moving from Campbell Valley, Thomas PEPIN ran the Pepindale dairy farm at 202 272nd Avenue in Aldergrove from 1929 until he turned it over to his son and grandson. The creek which runs through the farm is now called Pepin Brook.

ALEXANDER PEPIN AND FAMILY

Alexander PEPIN was married first to Edna WILSON, a member of another pioneering family from the Campbell Valley. They had two children, Marie BROWNING (husband John BROWNING, 3 children—Bill, David, and Cindy); Alfred E. (Fred) PEPIN (first wife Jeanine WHITE; children Ernest, and Esther).

After Edna’s death in 1946, Alexander married Lily PEACEY (1904-1989), a member of another Campbell Valley family. In 1976, the 80 acre Aldergrove farm was sold to the GVRD as part of Aldergrove Lake Park, and Alex and Lily purchased a home in Aldergrove which they owned until their deaths. Alex was an active member of the Aldergrove Elks and various agricultural associations, and was known for his devotion to the Canadian flag, many of which he painted on wood and gave to people to nail on their homes and barns. Alex, Edna, Lily, Thomas, and Lucy Ann are all buried in the old Murrayville cemetery in Langley.

FAMILY TREES: PEPIN, WILSON, and ANNAND.

Buried in Fraser Cemetery, New Westminster, unless otherwise noted.

Joseph S. PEPIN, born 1844; married Malinda CHARBONNEAU (1856-1916); died 1916.

1. Thomas Alfred PEPIN (1878-1964); married Lucy ANNAND (1877-1960)* 2. Millie PEPIN; married Carl OLSON; two children Alford and Bernard.

3. Olive PEPIN; married Tom Adair

4. Nellie PEPIN; married Jack Larson; one child Dora.

5. Harriet PEPIN; married Jack Farrell; children Howard and Albert 6. Mae PEPIN; married Henry; married Jerry; married Fred Richter; one child (with Henry) Gurnald

* Thomas Alfred PEPIN born 1878; married Lucy Annand (1877-1960); died 1964; buried Murrayville Cemetery

1. Alexander Joseph PEPIN, born 1904/1905; married Edna WILSON; married Lilian Peacey; died 1978; buried Murrayville Cemetery

Alexander’s children with Edna

1. Alfred Eric PEPIN, born 1937; married 1961, Jeanine WHITE; married Maureen PUHLS (Sankey), 1977 2. Marie PEPIN, born 1940; married John Browning

The FAMILY OF EDNA WILSON

Edward WILSON married Jane Elizabeth FLETCHER, 1906.

1. Edna WILSON, 1908; married Alex Pepin; two children, Alfred & Marie 2. Clarence WILSON, 1909; married Florence GILLIS; five children, James, Jean, George, Philip, Barbara 3. Norman WILSON, 1910; married Marguerite VAUGHN; three children Eileen, Helen, Iris 4. Ruth WILSON, 1912; married Clarence WELLS 5. Eric WILSON, 1913; married Pearl POTTS; three children, Doreen, Lynda, Lloyd 6. Lewis WILSON, 1915

7. Frank WILSON, 1918; married Harriet BOULE

ANNAND

Buried in Mountain View Cemetery unless otherwise noted.

Alexander ANNAND married Sara Ann FRASER (b 1854, Shubanachtie, Nova Scotia, daughter of Samuel Fraser and Sara Ann ROBERTSON

1. Lucy ANNAND, married Thomas PEPIN; one child Alexander 2. Frank ANNAND, died 1931; buried Fraser Cemetery 3. Roy ANNAND 4. Alice ANNAND, married Ole Tromble; two children, Frederick, Lucille 5. Joseph ANNAND

RECORDS FOUND AT BC ONLINE ARCHIVES THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE FOR INDIVIDUALS LISTED ABOVE.

Joseph Solomon PEPIN, died 6 Feb 1915, New Westminster; Reg. Number 1915-09-091680, on microfilm # B13108

Alexander Joseph PEPIN, died 18 July 1978, location unknown; Reg. Number 1978-09-011722 on microfilm # B13587

Alexander Joseph ANNAND, died 20 Aug 1942, Coquitlam, BC; Reg. Number 1942-09-610417 on microfilm B13176

Sara Ann ANNAD, died 14 April 1918, Vancouver, BC; Reg. Number 1918-09-151246 on microfilm # B13103

Edward WILSON and Jennie E. FLETCHER, married 5 May 1907, Vancouver, BC; Reg. Number 1907-09-054585 on microfilm # B11373

Edna Wilhelmina PEPIN, died 9 Nov 1946, Aldergrove, BC; Reg. Number 1946-09-012580 on microfilm # B13192

Olive PEPIN and Thomas ADAIR, married 28 Aug 1913, Vancouver, BC; Reg. Number 1913-09-071411 # B11377

Olive ADAIR, died 29 March 1934, Vancouver, BC; Reg. Number 1934-09-490441 on microfilm # B13150

Nellie Josephine PEPIN, born 16 Jan 1890, Dewdney, BC; Reg. Number 1890-09-971250 on microfilm # B13804

Nellie Josephine PEPIN and John Emir LARSON married 14 Oct 1905, Vancouver, BC; Reg. Number 1905-09-051085 on microfilm # B11373

Harriet Angel PEPIN, born 23 Sept 1891, Dewdney, BC; Reg. Number 1891-09-980847 on microfilm # B13804

Harriet PIPPINI and John Peter FARRELL, married 27 Dec 1907, New Westminster, BC; Reg. Number 1907-09-119215 on microfilm # B11382 (And those who have been doing PEPIN genealogy for a while will know, from experience, that PIPPINI may very well be PEPIN.)

Harriet Angel FARRELL, died 23 March 1981, Burnaby, BC; Reg. Number 1981-09-006344 on microfilm # B13611

Mae PEPIN, born 1 Sept 1894, Dewdney, BC; Reg. number 1894-09-639586 on microfilm # B13804

May PEPIN and Henry CARROLL married 17 May 1911, New Westminster, BC; Reg. Number 1911-09-121956 on microfilm # B11382

Frank Conrad ANNAND married Maggie CONNACK 23 March 1904, New Westminster, BC; Reg. Number 1904-09-118795 on microfilm # B11382

Frank Conrad ANNAND, died 15 July 1931, New Westminster, BC; Reg. Number 1931-09-460068 on microfilm # B13143

SOME NOTES ABOUT the ARNPRIOR, ONTARIO AREA

From www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ (Note to self: always note which pages info is found on large websites)

Arnprior, as near as I can figure, is in the Bathhurst District of Renfrew county in the province of Ontario, Canada.

Before December 26, 1791 present day Ontario was known as the Western part of the Montreal District of the Colony of Quebec. In 1791 the colony of Quebec was divided into the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. Upper Canada (now Ontario) was all that land lying west of the Ottawa River, while Lower Canada (now Quebec) was all the land lying east.

In November of 1822 the Bathurst District was proclaimed and marriage returns for Lanark, Renfrew and Carleton Counties had to be returned to the Clerk of the Peace in the District Town of Perth. Any marriages showing a residence of the parties as Unsurveyed Lands would eventually become the townships of Admaston, Bagot, Bromley, Blythfield and Stafford. In 1838 Carleton County was removed from the Bathurst District and given the name of the Dalhousie District. However, the clerk of the Dalhousie District did not begin a separate register until 1842. Consequently, marriages returns for Carleton County from 1842 are not included in the Bathurst District Marriage Register.

In 1842, Bathhurst District had a population of 21,672, and contained Lanark County and Renfrew County. Lanark county included the townships of Bathhurst, Beckwith, Dalhousie, Darling, Drummond, North Elmsley, North Burgess, Levant, Lanark, Montague, Ramsay, North Sherbrooke, and South Sherbrooke; Renfrew county contained the townships of Admaston, Blithefield, Bagot, Bromley, Horton, Macnab, Pakenham, Pembroke, Ross, Stafford, and Westmeath.

To date the Dalhousie District marriage register has not been found and is believed to have perished in the Court House fire of 1870. For marriages in the Bathurst District before 1821 refer to the Johnstown District marriage register 1799-1851. The Bathurst District was abolished in May of 1849 but the Clerk continued to record marriages in the register until 1852 Townships included in the Bathurst District: Admaston, Bagot, Bathurst, Beckwith, Blithefield, Bromley, Dalhousie, Darling, Drummond, Fitzroy, Goulbourn, Horton, Huntley, Lanark, Lavant, MacNab, March, Nepean, Pakenham, Pembroke, Ramsay, Ross, Sherbrooke North, Sherbrooke South, Stafford, Torbolton and Westmeath. Bathurst Dist. marriages can be found on Ontario Archives microfilm MS 248, reel 1, vol 1.

From http://www.arnprior.ca/history.htm

Although there were settlers in the area since the early 1800s such as the McGonigals and Haveys, the first promoter of development at the mouth of the Madawaska River was Archibald McNab, the "Last Laird of the Clan McNab."

This Highland Chief fled his creditors in Scotland, and was granted permission to settle 81,000 acres of land and water in what is now McNab/Braeside Township.

In 1825, McNab brought over almost 100 families from Scotland. In 1831, the brothers Andrew and George Buchanan built a small sawmill and timber bridge on the Madawaska River. The Buchanan brothers and McNab named the settlement Arnprior after the small village of Arnprior in Scotland. The name means "the section of land (arn) belonging to a priory." By 1843 the settlers had rebelled against McNab's feudal leadership, and by petition and legal action forced him to leave the area.

If you can add/subtract/change any of this, send it on via email.

MAILBAG

Hi Lisa,

My Great Grandfather (Thomas Parkin Bishop b.1858, d.1937) married Marguerite Pepin in 1883. She died at childbirth. Do you have any information on this Marguerite Pepin or which line of Pepin's she may have come from. Our family is from the Portneuf, Quebec area but seem to have ties with the St. Michel. My Grandmother (Baxter) lived in St. Michel as a child in the early 1900's.

Regards,

Bruce Bishop

Moncton NB

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Cousin,

I am still working on my family.  I have made very small progress; a recent find on my Grandfather John James Peppin/Pippin has been through his SS5 application; it states his name as John James (get ready for this) PATTON!

It blew me away!

I am back to square 1; but his earliest record at the Orphanage at Fairview states he is John Pippin; so I will confer using that record. Every other record I have states that too; I cannot find John in the 1910 Federal Census which bothers me.

He could be John Papeon of Cohoes, Albany Co. NY.  As same age 19; my John was born 1891.  It is an open question.

It also gives me a birth date of 1900 and his father is James/John Patton of Albany, NY.  Mother is still Unknown!

Every record I have come across listing parents still lists her as Not Known or Unknown or simply recorded as a dashed line, this PATTON probably is a variation of Pepin.  Very likely, I assume.  As he used Peppin all his life. Grandfather his son changed to Peppen.  A question for you, maybe you may know; could one lie on an SS5 for answers?

My last puzzle piece will be getting Johns birth certificate which is in Albany; if there proves to be nothing there and my search is null and void.

I will surely be at a solid brickwall.  I plan on visiting this week.

If you are aware of any Pepin genealogists/researchers in my area; I would sure love to speak to them in hiring one for contract research.  I am at my wits end.

Merci!

Until Later Cousin,

Raymond Big Bear W. LeMay III
rlemay1407@earthlink.net

RAMBLINGS FROM THE EDITOR

As I beat the cyber bushes looking for info for Fred Pepin’s family lineage, I came upon a web site for some fiddle players and on the play list for one of them was a song called "Pepin Arsenault Reel"  Found a midi file of part of it at http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t3456.html and from that small bit, it appears to fit its description as a lively tune.  I may have to look into it a bit more closely – later.

Since December 12th, I’ve been staying with friend who had doctor-ordered breast reduction surgery.  The surgery itself went well but the recovery is taking some time; she lost 10 pounds, 3 ounces in the surgery.  However, she is doing well enough that I came home for New Years.  Good thing.  A dear friend and distant cousin, Jeanne Nadreau had made plans to come visit for New Years – and it fell out of my head completely.  So did the fact that another friend was going to be up for the holidays.  However, it all worked out.  We had a lovely ham dinner on New Year’s Eve, and on New Year’s Day, Laurie, Jeanne, Lissa, and I went to see both "Narnia" and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", back to back.  For those of you who have seen both or either, I need say nothing.  For those of you who haven’t, "Narnia" is probably the most faithful book-to-movie adaptation I’ve seen yet, and unless the child is especially sensitive, if the child can read the book, the child can see the movie.  As for "Goblet of Fire", considering that the director had to cut something like ¾ of the book to make the movie, it’s very well done movie, but, as well done as it is, it is not a movie for the very young . . . but I suppose the same could be said in that if the child can read the book, the child can see the movie, unless the child is especially sensitive.

Later this afternoon I’m going back to Wendy’s until she’s ready to drive again, hopefully not much more than a couple weeks now.

I hope each and everyone of you had a pleasant Holiday Season, and I would extend my best thoughts and wishes to all my family, near and far, and by blood and by marriage. <she raises a tall cyber-flute made of an exquisitely cut lead crystal and full of a cyber-Champagne of fine and rare vintage in salute.  You can hear it fizz as far away as Japan.>  May 2006 be the best year yet!

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