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01-07-09, 15:33
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Some Family History
There are many old building here in Quebec. Quebec City just celebrated its 400 anniversary last summer (1608 – 2008). Here in Lachine there is one old stone house on the lake shore. I’ve drove by it many times without giving it much thought.
This past weekend I discovered that it was build by one of my ancestors. One of my great grandmothers’ family name was Quesnel. I was able to trace her back to the original owner of the house Olivier Quesnel. He was born in St-Malo parish, Bayeux, Normandy, France in about 1651; son of Pierre Quesnel and Marie Poulard. His profession was that of an arms manufacturer (armurier) and later as a merchant in the fur trade. He left Bayeau at the age of 24. The first written record of him in Ville Marie, New France appears in 1676. In 1680 he married Catherine Prud' home the daughter of l' honourable Louis Prud' homme, captain of militia and Roberte Gadois. They settled in Lachine. The Quesnel family surrivied the Lachine Massacre of 5 Aug. 1689. Construction of Maison Quesnel started in 1710. Olivier Quesnel died on 15 May 1719. He had 12 childern, 8 boys and 4 girls. Maison Quesnel is still a private residence. 
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07-11-09, 23:02
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Now this is a " Tinny " church
even the windows are tin Located at Lightning Ridge in New South Wales picture is a bit grainy though ,taken at a distance with the phone
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Have a good one  Andrew Custodian of the "Rare and Rusty" 
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11-02-10, 08:32
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dundullimal homestead
This is where my family went on Australia Day
One of the oldest slab construction houses west of the mountains .Built around 1840
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Have a good one Andrew Custodian of the "Rare and Rusty"
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21-02-10, 17:48
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I heard this tune at a pub session the other night, and I thought it quite relevant to this thread: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYIO101UGYw)
We've been in the same house in Vancouver for 4 generations now. Every time I do some work on the house or in the yard it turns into a personal archeological project - notes written in charcoal in the wall, the clinker heap from the old wood stove, tools my grand-dad lost.... Coming from umpteen generations of Engineers (by temperment, if not always by schooling) we've been keeping a 'physical-plant' book on the place since 1920.\ As to what modern folk are willing to put up with....my grandfather's army pension barely covered the taxes, so when the house came down to me it was all original (I stress the 'all' part) with the original coal-fired boiler, single-paned windows and only having had two roofs since 1905. It's coming back, paycheck by paycheck....and when the kids and I find ourselves in an 'antique' shop or in a museum we play the 'how many things in this room do we use daily' game. They're probably the only schoolkids within a thousand miles who use a candlestick phone... Last edited by Rob MacDonald; 22-02-10 at 01:19. Reason: I always think of something else to say.....
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