Blanche Potvin b. 1902 d. 1978: Our Family History

1902 - 1978 (76 years)

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Name	Blanche Potvin [1, 2, 3]
Birth	1902 [2, 3]
Gender	Female
Residence	1931	Cabano, Quebec, Canada [3]
	Religion: Cath R; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Epouse; Occupation: Maîtresse du foyer
Death	1978 [2]
Burial	Témiscouata, Bas-Saint-Laurent Region, Quebec, Canada [2]
Person ID	I292224610221	Alwin2025
Last Modified	23 Apr 2025

Father	Eugène Potvin, b. 5 May 1879, Quebec
Mother	Rose Anna Miville dit Deschênes, b. Abt 1880
Marriage	21 Oct 1901	Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Family ID	F8964	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Oscar Bouchard, b. 1897 d. 1983 (Age 86 years)

Marriage 1923 Escourt, Québec, Canada [1]

Children

1. Marie-Ange Bouchard, b. 18 Nov 1926 d. 1 Jun 2008 (Age 81 years)

Family ID F11983 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 23 Apr 2025

Sources
[S965673094] Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, comp.

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My earliest European ancestors in North America were probably Nicolas Marsolet and Louis Hébert. However, one of my 8th great-grandmothers, the wife of Philippe Mius d'Entremont, was a Native North American of the Mi'kmaq tribe. Unfortunately, there is uncertainty about her name. She may have been called Kjipuktuk. In modern times, the name Marie Coyote Blanc has been assigned to her, but there is no evidence that this was actually her name. Her ancestors would obviously been in North America long before Europeans arrived.

The French-Canadian lines of my family tree can be confirmed by literaly thousands of DNA links that support the family tree as mapped out. And, due to a couple of lucky DNA links to 3rd cousins in Sweden, with well-documented family trees of their own, I can extend my Swedish roots back several centuries. The German links have proved much more difficult, and in most cases, I have been unable to trace my German ancestors much further back in time than their arrival in North America.