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Each year, we organize meetings, seminars, a general assembly of members, and a get-together or "cousinfest", primarily in Montreal and surrounding areas, but also in Trois-Rivières, and Becancour, where our ancestor lived and is buried. Dates for these events are published in the Association newsletter, Le Messager, and the web site will be updated regularly as planning advances.
2007 cousinfest in Montreal - September 16
The timetable for this day is expected to be as follows :
- 10:30 : Commemorative mass in the chapel of the Notre-Dame basilica
- 12:00 : Lunch
- 13:30 : General Assembly
- 14:30 : Visit to the Pointe-à-Callière museum, site of the Great Peace deliberations in 1701
The lunch and General Assembly will take place at Le Vieux Saint-Gabriel, in old Montreal. Be forewarned - parking is tight in this area. For the mass, arrangements have been made with the religious authorities of the Notre-Dame basilica.
Click here to see the 2007 official invitation.
2006 cousinfest held in Saint-Sulpice
On September 17, 2006, the annual get-together of the descendants was held in Saint-Sulpice, in Lanaudière, to coincide with the 300th anniversary of the foundation of the parish. More than 100 persons were present for this festive occasion.
Five (5) children of Nicolas settled and lived here. Clémence, Michel, Pierre, Claude and Jean were each granted land (censive, a form of copyhold) in the seigneury of Saint-Sulpice, owned by the Sulpician Fathers, who were also the proprietors of the seigneury of Montreal island.
The day's programme :
- 11:00 : mass at the church of Saint-Sulpice
- 12:00 : vin d'honneur reception and lunch (hot and cold buffet)
- 12:30 : lives of the children of Nicolas and Madeleine (role-playing)
- 15:00 : talk by Maurice Prud'homme, local alderman and historian, and descendant of Nicolas through Claude, based on his new book
"Les 300 ans de Saint-Sulpice... une fenêtre historique sur le Saint-Laurent 1706 - 2006" ("The 300 years of Saint-Sulpice... a historical window on the Saint-Lawrence")
[standing in for Jacques Lacoursière, historian, due to illness]
We invite you to consult this site regularly to keep abreast of developments.