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My 3ed great grandmother Was Angelique (Archange) Boulay . She was living in Montreal, Canada When she met & married my 3ED great grandfather Jacob Wirtz (Wertz (Vertz)from Aarau, Switzerland, He was born in Circa 1789/90 He join the Regiment of Meuron in 1812 at the age of 22, He came to QucBec, Canada in 1813 with the regiment. Archange Boulay & Jacob Wirtz married 07-14-1816 at the church of christ at Sorel. They had between 13 & 17 childern but only 3 suvied the rest died shortly after there briths. There only son who suvied was Jacob Wirtz (Wertz) (Vertz) was my second great grandfather who married Rosa Lefebvre-Boulanger born 02-28-1813 daughter of Joseph Lefebvre & Jospehte Fortier From lower Canada. Jacob Wertz &Rosa Lefebvre married on 01-08-1837 at St David, Quebac, Canada. They had between 10 & 13 children. All of them came to america between 1849 & 1851 Inculding my 3ed great grandfather Jacob Wirtz (Wertz) (Vertz). There was no MENSION OF HIS WIFE Archang Boulay coming with so i asume she had died befor then in Canada. She had a sister who married John Leckinger who also was a vetern of the regiment of Meuron & came to Canada in 1813. He married Charlotte Boulet (Boulay) of Montreal. Canada 05-07-1816 in Laprairie at the church of christ. THEY HAD A DAUG BORN 1820, BAPTISE 06-22-1820, A SON Jean BORN 1823 BAPTISE 03-07-1823 AT Yamaska, daug Archange born 1824, Jean born 08-30-1824, baptise 10-03-1824, daug Marie 10-23-1825, baptise at Saint n 1831Frederic de Drummondville, Canada, daug Sophie born 1827 daug Angele borN 1831 Archange, Marie, Sophie & Jean died in childhood John Leckinger & Charlotte Boulet died in the spring of 1842 in probably tragic circumstances. Two minor childern became the wards of Jacob Wirtz (Wertz) (Vertz). Can anyone tell me who the parents of Archange Boulay (Boulet) & Charlotte Boulet (Boulay) were and any thing beon them. I think they started out from france e mail me at nanver819@cs.com thanks Nancy L. Vertz Green Bay, WI
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