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Select a photograph to enlarge it. Captions follow the original albums, except those marked “not captioned in the original album” or “inscription”, which are ours. Each photograph’s provenance is listed below.
Recent photographs that show living people appear only in the private family edition.
The original website contained no scanned certificates, passenger lists or letters. These are the documents that would most strengthen the story, and where to look for them. (Suggested sources, to be verified before relying on them.)
Would confirm dates and parents for the births at Lesse Redu, the 1835 and 1888 marriages and, above all, how Marie Felicie Copet was related to the settler Alphonse Copet.
Where to look : State Archives in Arlon; FamilySearch catalogue 516409 (free account)
I can helpPort of departure, destination and who the family were joining.
Where to look : Reel T-4761: FamilySearch “Canada, Passenger Lists, 1881–1922”, or Library and Archives Canada
I can helpShips, ports and arrival dates; neither has been found in the indexes yet.
Where to look : Quebec, Saint John and Halifax lists; try other spellings
I can helpThe brides’ parents, the witnesses and any note of kinship.
Where to look : Parish of Saint-Maurice; Saskatchewan Archives
I can helpWhich Bauche was among the early families, and when.
Where to look : Saskatchewan Archives; local libraries and the families themselves
I can helpFirst farms, occupations and addresses.
Where to look : Library and Archives Canada; provincial archives of Manitoba and Saskatchewan
I can helpHousehold members, occupations, language.
Where to look : Library and Archives Canada
I can helpVoices and faces; anything with names, dates and places on the back.
Where to look : Family attics and albums — see About & Contribute
I can help| File on the original site | Album / page | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| Bauche Ancestral Home - Lesse, Belgium.jpg | [S1] en/homepage.html | Photographer not recorded |
| Bauche - 5 brothers.jpg | [S1] en/homepage.html | Photographer and date not recorded |
| Bauche Girls.jpg | [S1] en/homepage.html | Photographer and date not recorded |
| P1010062.JPG | [S4] en/fm.htm | From a family photo album |
| Statue in Redu, Belgium.jpg | [S4] en/gh.htm | From a family photo album |
| sign on Statue.jpg | [S4] en/gh.htm | From a family photo album |
Originals are kept, unaltered, in the private working archive.