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The “Great War”
Lest we forget the insanity of war… these images are dedicated to all whose lives were unalterably changed by WW1 and its aftermath. World War I: Battle Of Verdun 1/4 World War I: Battle Of Verdun 2/4 World War I: Battle Of Verdun 3/4 World War I: Battle Of Verdun 4/4 Panorama of Verdun, filmed from the Fort de la Chaume, 1917 Related Articles Coming to Grips Christmas¦ and another war
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With apologies to our readership
Unfortunately, due to copyright restrictions we have had to make numerous history pages private. In deference to the author’s copyright, we are unable and unwilling to publicly share any information we obtain directly from Peter Gagne’s outstanding works. We do this out of respect for his outstanding efforts on our behalf. Quite frankly without his work, we would miss a significant body of knowledge regarding a significant portion of our early forebears in Canada. I encourage and urge everyone with French Canadian roots to support Peter’s fine work by purchasing his texts. We have benefited greatly from his Filles a Marier and Filles du Roi works. These texts may be…
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Zum Gedenknis- In Memory
For those who thought that WW2 was long over, a rude reminder of its horrors and brutality have once again surfaced in the former home of our Senger family. In just the past year, more than 2000 people were found buried in a mass grave. It is thought that all were killed/ died at the war’s end. To learn more please visit the site dedicated to their memory. An English article is at Der Spiegel.
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Protected: Jeanne Solde
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Protected: Nicole Roland
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Protected: Marie Rocheron
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XVII. Armeekorps
36th Division (German Empire) This is the major unit during WW1 to which we believe Richard Senger belonged and for which he fought on two fronts. The 36th Division was a component of the XVII Army Corps (Armeekorps). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Note: the Wikipedia article was removed, a modified article is available) 36th Division (36. Division); from August 2, 1914, 36th Infantry Division (36. Infanterie-Division) Active 1890-1919 Country Prussia/Germany Branch Army Type Infantry (in peacetime included cavalry) Size Approx. 15,000 Part of XVII. Army Corps (XVII. Armeekorps) Garrison/HQ Danzig Engagements World War I: Gumbinnen, Tannenberg, 1st Masurian Lakes, Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive, Somme, Arras (1917), Passchendaele, Spring Offensive, St. Quentin, 2nd…
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Luftgau Kommando VII
This is the last unit in the Luftwaffe to which Luise Senger (Rabideau) belonged. all material which follows on this page © 1997-2005 Michael Holm Chef des Stabes: ? Obstlt Eckhard Krahmer, 1.7.38 – 1.4.39 Oberst Bruno Maass, 1.4.39 – 5.3.43 Oberst Otto Petzold, 5.3.43 – 8.5.45 Formed 4.2.38 in München from Luftgau-Kommando XIV.
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Danzig History
DANZIG / GDANSK This page is concerned with the history of the whole Danzig territory as set up in 1919, not only with the town of the same name. (Please note the site from which this history was duplicated and edited no longer is functioning: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Rotunda/)
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The Sengers -1920 to 1944
Richard Senger was a successful German farmer (Landwirt) in West Prussia. He worked and cared for his family’s farm with the help of his wife (Frieda), children (Luise & Erich), his brother Rudolf (Onkel Rudolf, known simply as Onkel) and his sister-in-law Erna Recht (Tante Erna). The homestead and lands had been in the Senger family since before 1893; when the home was built by Richard’s father and mother, Michael & Adelgunde Senger. The Senger farm was located on the banks of the Nogat River in Zeyervorderkampen (Kreis Elbing in Grosses Werder). At the time of the establishment of Freie Staat Danzig in 1920, the farm was the first farm…
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Pierre Tremblay
Source Pierre Tremblay, ancestor to the largest french- canadian family was originally from Randonnay, in Perche Normandy. Only head of family with that name who came from France, he is the ancestor to all Tremblay families in America.
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Noël Simard
Source Noël Simard originated from Puymoyen in Angoumois, France and settled on the coast of Beaupres with his father in 1658. Three years later, he married Marie-Madeleine Racine, daughter of a pioneer of the coast of Beaupres. Father and son settled at Chateau-Richer, the first using his skills as mason and the later, cultivating the land. From 1667 they owned thirteen arpents of cleared land and had four cattle in their barn. Fourteen years later, at the 1681 census, these numbers had grown to thirty arpents and twenty horned animals; quite a success. That same year, Noël Simard went to settle at Baie-St-Paul with a part of his family. One…
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Pierre Miville
Source Swiss blood runs in your veins. In fact, Pierre Miville, your ancestor, was born in 1602 at Fribourg in Switzerland. Married there in 1629, he crossed over to Canada in the spring of 1649 with his wife and six children. He received a grant of land on the coast of Lauzon across from the Plaines of Abraham, today near Patton road in the parish of Saint-David- de-l’Auberivière.
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Robert Drouin
Source He was in Canada in 1636 and in 1641, he already had a farm near the Rivière aux Chiens (river of dogs). His marriage contract of July 27 1636, (one year after the religious ceremony) which was concluded in the house of Robert Giffard and executed by Jean Guyon du Buisson in the absence of a notary, is the oldest marriage document preserved in the original in Canada. It seems that he is the ancestor of all Drouin in the country.
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Claude Bouchard
Source Claude Bouchard, a tailor from Saint-Cosme-de-Vair in Maine, France, first settled on the coast of Beaupré to the east of Quebec. He was nicknammed “little Claude” to distinguish him from a namesake and because of his stature.
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Genealogy
I am not certain if there will be multiple posts here or simply one on-going post. Either way, I think it is worthwhile sharing some thoughts on ‘doing genealogy’ work. The first thing I noticed when I began tracing genealogical information is that there is lots of it! Some is easy to find, some is not. It is a curiosity to me that everything you really want or need seems to be missing. I am pretty sure that means, or perhaps better said, it almost seems there is a conspiracy out there somewhere. Somehow crucial information is always lacking. This generally means the genealogist (me or you in this case)…
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Richard Senger- The Long Road
In late winter of 1944/45, the Senger’s farm was overrun and occupied by a command of the advancing Russian armies. The family furniture and possessions were stolen by non-Germans; the lives and history of the Senger family were unalterably, irretrievably changed. Only the Senger farm and two other farms in the village of Zeyersvorderkampen remained standing following the Soviet bombardment and artillery attacks which accompanied their nearly complete destruction and invasion of the area. Ultimately, the Senger farm was left as the sole ‘undamaged’ farm in Zeyersvorderkampen. At first, the farm was used to house Soviet commanders; ultimately, possession of the farm, lands, buildings and few remaining possessions were confiscated…
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Frieda Senger- Post WW2 Gulag
As the Russians invaded West Prussia near the end of World War 2, they rounded up abled bodied Germans to ‘work’ as slave labor in their Gulags. These ‘unlucky’ Germans (some three million) were shipped by train to forced labor camps in the far East. Frieda Senger, along with her friend and neighbor, Edith Ebel, were among those shipped by rail into the Russian Gulags; in her case, the trip was to prisons some 1700 miles or 2700 kms east. She, like many others, was deported from her and her husband’s lands (which were now in the hands of the Russians) and forced into slavery; she was not seen or…
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Gulag Perm-36
Although, we now know with certainty that Frieda Senger was not interned in Perm-36 Gulag; it does represent a Gulag proximate to her location. The photos in this article represent a good approximation of the Gulags in Chelyabinsk. Frieda Senger spent 2 and one half years starting in 1945 in the Gulags. Somehow, she was lucky and survived. Wikipedia article on post WW2 Germans in Russian Gulags These images are used with permission (Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover…
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Our Filles a Marier
In order to classify our early Canadian forebears, we have decided to use the descriptions of The Filles a Marier developed by Peter Gagne. Note all those without links will soon have information pages for you to read… please be patient while the information is added to our site. All others have their tales described on this site. We certainly appreciate all the work of those who provided us with their stories!
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Protected: Madeleine Surget
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Protected: Jeanne Merrin
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Protected: Marguerite Maclin
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Protected: Catherine Lothier
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Our ‘Filles du Roi’
Based on the data we have at our disposal on the date of this writing, we know that the following women were our family’s “Filles du Roi”.
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Filles à Marier –“Marriageable Girls”
The information contained in this Posting was sourced from numerous websites (all noted below) and is presented here to facilitate our genealogical research. All rights belong to the original authors. This is being used under the laws of ‘fair use’. Source of the original materials that follows. Between 1634 and 1663, 262 filles à marier or “marriageable girls” emigrated to New France representing one quarter of all the single girls arriving in New France through 1673. They were recruited and chaperoned by religious groups or individuals who had to assure and account for their good conduct. In general, they were poor, although there were some members of the petty nobility…
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Carignan-Salières- our soldiers
Based upon the research we have done, it appears that the Rabideau’s are descended from a number of the Carignan-Salières Regiment. As you will note, none of our forebears held particularly high rank. They were, instead, the ‘backbone’ of their units! You will see the various men highlighted in blue on the posting containing the names of all ‘known’ and assumed members.