Fugere Family

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#660033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#660033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Webdings" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fugère Family Genealogies"><U><B>Ñ</B></U></A></FONT><B>               </B>   <FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Effloresce" >The Fugère Family</FONT>  <B>                       </B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#A6CAF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> The Fugère Family</div> <div> The<B> </B>Fugère family in North America consists of three <U>separate</U> branches that all have their roots in Canada.  The name Fugère, and it's variants, is from the French word <I>fougère</I>, meaning fern.</div> <bR> <div> Here is a map of the town of Fougères in Bretagne [Brittany] as well as the home towns of all three branches:<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="43359f50.jpg" border=0 width="601" height="501" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Pierre Fougère</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > is the founding father of my branch.  He came to Nouvelle France in the 1690's, settling on Île d'Orléans, just south of Québec city, in the St-Lawrence river.  He married Madeleine Verieul in 1703 and fathered 11 children.  He and his children eventually dropped the "o" from the name, and today we are simply Fugère.  Pierre was the son of Simon Fougère and Anne Gentay, and hailed from Verrières, Saintes, Angoumois, France.  The ancient province of Saintonge is near the western coast, not far from La Rochelle.  Descendants of Pierre number close to 5400 today, that I have been able to trace.  Our family has spread from Québec, into Michigan, Wisconsin and North Dakota, Connecticut, Washington, Oregon, and California as well as other states.  Pierre's family is known to have used this blason:</FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="226f3280.png" border=0 width="243" height="296" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>Edmé or Aime Fugère </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >hailed from</FONT><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Pontoise, Troye, Champagne, France, and was born there about 1705.  The province of Champagne lies to the east of Paris. He was the son of Nicolas Fugère and Anne Cusson.  Edme settled in Repentigny, L'Assomption, Quebec in the early 18th century, marrying Marie-Thérèse Leriche in 1736, and fathering 10 children.  It seems that since Edmé and Pierre were in such close proximity, Edmé and his family adopted the moniker "dit Champagne" to differentiate the two families.  This was not an uncommon practice in Québec, and many families were known by either or both of their surnames.  Some of Edmé's descendants even dropped Fugère, and were/are known as Champagne.  One line even Anglicized Fugère to Fisher!!  The Fugère dit Champagne family spread into other Québec counties, into Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and other New England states.  Edmé's family is known to have used this blason:</FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="225f3280.png" border=0 width="243" height="296" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>Jean Fougère </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >came to North America and settled in a region of Canada then known as Acadia, or Acadie in French.  Acadia in now known as New Brunswick.  Jean came from the south of Paris, from Poupry-sur-Beauce, Orléans, Orléanais, France.  The ancient province of Orléanais lies south and slightly west of Paris.  He was the son of Jean Fougère and Marie Barré, and is on record in Acadia as early as 1709.  He married Marie Bourg in 1713 and after her death, Marie-Madeleine Belliveau.  Between the two marriages, Jean fathered 18 children, 9 of whom had progeny.  The Acadian Fougère family kept the original spelling of the name, and the family flourishes in Eastern Canada today.  They were known to have used this blason: </FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="224f3280.png" border=0 width="243" height="296" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Blasons are compliments of my 5th cousin, Marcel Fugère.  He has spent many hours researching the blasons used by the families.  <A HREF="mailto:mailto:marcelfugerejr@gosympatico.ca" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:mailto:marcelfugerejr@gosympatico"><U>Marcel Fugere</U></A></div> <div> Research has yielded other variants of the blasons as well:</div> <div> <IMG SRC="06193a50.jpg" border=0 width="147" height="165" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="06366880.jpg" border=0 width="102" height="136" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="065749e0.png" border=0 width="116" height="158" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="05b7e7e0.png" border=0 width="126" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> Designs of Wonder provided the first image, a variant of the Acadian blason.  Please be mindful of copyright when utilizing these images.</div> <div> {Note:: Designs of Wonder is/was a website dedicated to compiling a database of blasons.  As of Jul 2003, their website no longer works}</div> <div> <IMG SRC="7fe01010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="7ff01010.gif" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> An additional variant can be found at <A HREF="http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.familycrest_details/s.Fugere/Fugere_family_Crest/Fugere_coat_of_arms/qx/Fugere.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.famil"><U>houseofnames.com</U></A></div> <bR> <div> The other three images were all provided by Marcel.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Others</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > have been actively researching the Fugère families as well.  In particular, I recommend these two gentlemen's research:</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#993300" FACE="Arial" ><B>   </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Guy Audoir de Valter</B></FONT>:  has spent tireless hours researching French Canadian families.  He recently completed large amounts of research on the Fugère family.  The results can be seen at: <A HREF="http://www.chez.com/devalter/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.chez.com/devalter/"><U>http://www.chez.com/devalter/ </U></A>  The site is in French and English</div> <bR> <div> <B>   </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Jacques St-Louis</B></FONT>:  is my 5th cousin once removed!  He has done an outstanding job on the Fugère family.  His work can be found at:</div> <div> <A HREF="http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/l/Charles-J-Stlouis/index.html?Welcome=988524019" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/use"><U>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/l/Charles-J-Stlouis/index.html?Welcome=988524019</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Please keep in mind that their work is their own.  I would advise you to ask permission before publishing any information found on their sites on your own site.  Cousin Jacques has specifically asked that the information on his immediate family not be published anywhere other than his own site.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>There</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > are currently 90,000+ persons in my family tree.  A good bulk of these are not my direct line, but are off-shoot branches.  I find this to be part of the fun of genealogy!  I have been able to prove blood or marital relations to quite a few famous folks!  Follow the link below to see that list.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660033" FACE="Arial" ><B>July, 2003</B></FONT>:  For numerous reasons, I have decided to undertake the task of writing a book on the Fugère/Fougère genealogy.  If you are descended from any of the three branches, please go <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#993300" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fougère Family Book"><U><B>HERE</B></U></A></FONT> for further information.  You will find a form, in French or English, that allows you to share your Fugère ancestry.  I will also accept gedcoms.  I would also like to form a  working Fugère Family Association.  Please email me if interested in helping me to form the association and run it.</div> <bR> <div> <B>To view my </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#009900" FACE="Effloresce" ><B>Family Tree</B></FONT><B> - </B><A HREF="http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=tdfugere" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin"><U><B>Please Click Here</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>To view my genealogy </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF3300" FACE="Effloresce" ><B>Links and Thanks</B></FONT><B> - </B><A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Genealogy Links"><U><B>Please Click Here</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>To view my </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#993380" FACE="Effloresce" ><B>Notable Relations</B></FONT><B> - </B><A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Notable Relations"><U><B>Please Click Here</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>To see what </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF9900" FACE="Effloresce" ><B>Books & CD-Roms</B></FONT><B> I use, and request a </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF9900" FACE="Effloresce" ><B>Look-Up</B></FONT><B> - </B><A HREF="lookups.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Genealogical Resources"><U><B>Please Click Here</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <center> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Fugere/join"> <img src="http://groups.yahoo.com/img/ui/join.gif" border=0><br> Click to subscribe to the Fugere Family egroup</a> </center>  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>