PRDH-IGD Family Group Sheet for Francois Guedon & Marie Mollet, researched by the Univ. of Montreal.
Francois Guesdon (1622-1684) was born in 1622 in the village of Loudun in western France. He was then baptized, probably within a day or two, on March 22, 1622 in the Church of St. Pierre du Martray, village of Loudun, township of Chaelleraut, diocese of Poitiers, province of Poitou, France. His parents are shown on his baptism record as Jean Guesdon, Weaver, and Francoise Collet. Today, Loudun is a commune in the Vienne department of the Poitou-Charentes region, and it displays the coat of arms that is shown above.
Francois married Marie Molet (Mollé, Molay) about 1652 in Loudun. Marie had been baptized on Oct. 8, 1623 in the same parish, and she was the daughter of Louis Mollé (b. c.1600) and Anne Chatelaine. There were three branches of the Guindon (also spelled Guesdon) family in Loudun - one specialized in making hats and bonnets, another branch were shoemakers, and the third were butchers. Francois, whose occupation is listed as Butcher Master, was a member of the third branch of this family. He died and was buried on Jan. 22, 1684 at the age of 61 years in Loudun, and Marie died and was buried many years later on Jan. 6, 1704 in the same village. Thus, both Francois and Marie were likely baptized, married and buried in the same village. They had at least 13 children, who are listed below, with baptism dates researched in 2015 using the original Church of St. Pierre du Martray records, and reported in the Guindon Journal, v. 55 (2020), p. 4.
Shown on the right is a plaque placed by the town of Loudun in September 2015 at 14 rue de La Tour Volue near the site of the mid-17th century home of Francois Guesdon and Marie Molay. The English translation of this sign reads, "On the Tower Street lived Francois Guesdon and Marie Molay, father and mother of Jean Guindon born in 1653 and Pierre Guindon born in 1662, baptized at St Pierre du Martray, moved to Quebec "Malbay" in 1688." Ref: Aitchison (2016)
children - GUINDON
Jehan (Jean) Guesdon was baptized on Monday, June 16, 1653 in Loudun. It is assumed that this Jean died before the birth in 1666 of another son also named Jean.
Pierre Guesdon was baptized on Sunday, March 15, 1654 in Loudun. It is assumed that this Pierre died before the birth in 1662 of another son also named Pierre
Antoine Guesdon was baptized on Friday, Jan. 2, 1656 in Loudun.
Francois Guesdon was baptized on Sunday, Jan. 14, 1657 in Loudun. It is assumed that this Francois died before the birth in 1665 of another son also named Francois.
Loudun, France Baptism Records for the children of Francois Guesdon and Marie Molle from the register of the St. Pierre du Martray Church.
Marie Guesdon was baptized on Saturday, May 11, 1658 in Loudun. It is assumed that this Marie died an infant before the birth in the following year of another daughter also named Marie.
Marie Guesdon was baptized on Saturday, Nov. 15, 1659 in Loudun.
Jeanne Guesdon was baptized on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 1661 in Loudun.
Charles Guesdon was baptized on Monday, Oct. 29, 1663 in Loudun.
Francois Guesdon was baptized on Saturday, March 14, 1665 in Loudun.
Jehan (Jean) Guesdon was baptized on Thursday, June 10, 1666 in Loudun. If we assume that the first son named Jean died before the birth of the one here, then the Jean born in 1666 is probably the one who immigrated about 1683, with his brother Pierre, to French Canada. Apparently, Jean was injured or sick at least three times, as he is listed as a patient in 1689, 1693 and 1696 at a hospital (Hotel-Dieu) in Quebec. There seems to be no further mention of him after 1696 in Canada, which indicates that he may have either perished, or returned to France. This was also during the first phase (1689-1697) of the French and Indian Wars, and many settlers left New France at this time rather than suffer the indignity of an English occupation. Interestingly, records have been found from the parish of St. Pierre du Marché in France that document the July 1, 1698 marriage of a Jean Guesdon, son of François Guesdon and Marie Molay, and his subsequent burial on Sept 25, 1698, a few months before the birth of his first child (Bezzina, 2002). These records are most likely those of Pierre Guindon's brother, which indicates that he probably did indeed return to France.
Elizabeth Guesdon was baptized Monday Jan. 30 1668 in Loudun.
Francois Guesdon was baptized Thursday Aug. 8, 1669 in Loudun.
Old postcard views of the Church of St. Pierre du Martray in Loudon, France (left and center), and a view of a 15th century house in the village (right). The postcard on the far right has a 1905 date written on it, and the other two cards are more or less similar in age. Pierre Guindon (Guesdon) and his immediate family were baptized at this church, and they probably were familiar with the view of the old house that is shown.
PRDH-IGD Family Group Sheet for Pierre Guindon & Catherine Bresa, researched by the Univ. of Montreal.
Pierre Guindon (Guesdon) (1662-1733), the son of Francois Guesdon/Guindon and Marie Molet/Molle, was born in 1662 in the village of Loudun in western France. He was then baptized, probably within a day or two, on Sunday Sept. 24, 1662 at the village church of St. Pierre du Martray (diocese of Poitiers). His baptism record confirms the names of his parents, and names his godparents as Pierre Guiguard and Francine Baudais. Although some of the baptism records no longer exist, Pierre's parents and godparents were probably all baptized in this same church, which was built in the early 1200s, and still stands today. Postcard views of this church are shown above.
Pierre and his older brother Jean (1653-1698), both of whom were butchers, left Loudun about 1688, when Pierre was 24 or so years old, to sail for "New France", which back then was the name for the French Colonies in the Americas. The two are said to have left France "due to religious wars and pestilence", and in the the hope of finding a better life. They sailed from either the port of La Rochelle, or that of Bordeaux to arrive two or three months later in Quebec, Canada, on the north bank of the St. Lawrence River. The first mention we have of Pierre in New France is when Francois Hazeur, who was a labor contractor in Quebec City, hired Pierre on Aug 6, 1688 to work on a couple of saw mills being built in the seignory of la Malbaie, about 75 miles northeast of the city, and near the mouth of the St. Lawrence River.
Although many others immigrated with Pierre and Jean from Loudun to "New France", mainly to Acadia in the Maritime provinces, Pierre is said to be the only one who stayed - the others returning to France as a consequence of the British occupation of Acadia during the first phase (1689-1697) of the French and Indian Wars. Pierre's brother Jean was one of those who left. We hear that he was hospitalized at least three times between 1689 and 1696 in Quebec, before returning home to Loudun. There he married Francoise Guesdon, who was probably his cousin, on July 1, 1698 at the St-Pierre du Marche Church. However, he died a short time later and was buried on Sept. 25, 1698, probably in the village cemetery. Pierre, as such, is the patriarch of the Canadian branch of the Guindon family, and he is listed as Pierre I in Tanguay (1890),
Pierre likely returned to Quebec City, when work on the la Malbaie sawmills came to an end in 1690, due partly spring flooding, and partly to a British raid on the facility. Then at some point Pierre made his way upriver another 130 miles or so from Quebec City to seek his fortune in Montreal, which in those days was basically an outpost with a population of probably less than 1,000 people. Quebec City by comparison had 15,000 or so inhabitants around this time. However, Montreal was beginning to grow, and today it is more than five times the size of Quebec City.
Pierre made Montreal his home, and married Catherine Bresa Lafleur (c.1679-1710) there on Nov. 21, 1706 at the Notre Dame Basilica. Pierre was 44-years old at the time, and Catherine was a 27-year old widow. This was around the time (1702-1713) that one of four wars with the British was taking place over the control of Canada. However, Montreal would remain in French hands until the 1763 Treaty of Paris at the end of the Seven Years War (1756-1763). The late 1600s and early 1700s were also a time when hostilities between French Quebec colonists and the Iroquois Indian Confederacy were at a peak.
A translation by Patricia McCarron Guidon of Pierre Guindon and Catherine Bresa's marriage agreement states:
"The twenty-first of November one thousand seven hundred and six after publication of the bans and a dispensation for the other two obtained from Monsignor Francois Vachon of Belmont Grand-Vicaire and Monsignor of Quebec, and there being no objections the parish of Ville-Marie (Montreal) after having obtained mutual verbal consent from Pierre Guedon aged forty two years son of Francois Guedon and Marie Molet his father and mother of the Parish of St. Pierre de Loudun of Poitiers, on the one part, and from Catherine Breza aged twenty seven years Widow of Geoffroy Vincelet dit La Boessiere of this parish on the other part, having married them according to the rites of our Holy Mother in the presence of Dominque Phillipe de Rene Gatchet surgeon, and Ignace Breza brother of the bride, of Joseph Cartier son of Nicolas Perthuis and many other relatives and friends of both parties. The bride and groom have declared being unable to sign (i.e., they could not read or write)."
Catherine's surname appears in most documents as either Bresa or Barza, sometimes appended by Lafleur. However, Tanquay (1871), for some reason, identifies her in v 1, sec 1, p 293; and v 1, sec 2, p 527 as Catherine Rouchallet, the daughter of one Pierre Rouchallet (d. 1699), who was probably a soldier in the Bergerac Regiment. For this reason, her surname appears in some family trees appended as Barza-Rouchallet, despite the fact that this Rouchallet connection seems to be at odds with the information on her parentage found in the PRDH-IGD (Univ. of Montreal) database of the Drouin collection. Therefore, Tanquay may be incorrect on this detail. Other than the Tanquay (1871) mention, we have not found any connection of Catherine with the Rouchallet family.
Catherine Bresa was the daughter of Andre Bresa Lafleur (b. c.1635) and Francoise Piloy (b. c.1635), who sailed from France to Montreal in 1665* and 1669*, respectively. Andre was originally a soldier with the Carignan-Salieres Regiment, which was dispatched to the Montreal area to defend the colonists there from hostile Iroquois Indians. When his regiment in 1699 returned home to France, Andre and several of his fellow soldiers chose to remain, find wives, and settle in Montreal. Andre subsequently married Francoise on Dec. 2, 1669 at the Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal.
Andre's new wife Francoise had come from Paris, France as one of the "Filles du Roi", or "King's Daughters", who were single women recruited by agents of King Louis XIV to settle in Quebec, and provide wives for the colonists. The crown gave these women passage on ships from the ports of Dieppe, Rouen or La Rochelle in France, and after their arrival in Quebec City, some continued on to Montreal, where they received lodging for a time at the Maison Saint-Gabriel. The crown also paid their dowries if they married colonists, which for women from poor families was a huge incentive. When Francoise married Andre, she was one of many "Filles du Roi" who became wives of former soldiers from Andre's regiment.
* Andre arrived on Aug. 18, 1665 at Quebec City on the "L'Aigle d'Or" (Golden Eagle),
and Francoise arrived there on June 30, 1669 on the "St-Jean-Baptiste"
(Ref: Navires Nouvelle France (Ships New France) passenger lists on www.patrimoinequebec.ca).
Catherine Bresa was also the widow of Geoffroy Vincelet dit Laboessiere (1676-1703), when she married Pierre Guindon. Geoffroy had been born in France and came to Quebec as a soldier in the Bergerac Regiment that was associated with the church of St. Jacques de Bergerac in the Dordogne region of France. This means that he was in the employ of the Bishop of Perigueux (of the Dordogne diocese), who likely sent Geoffroy's regiment to Montreal to protect Catholics there from Indian attacks. He and Catherine married on Nov. 29, 1698 in Montreal, and they had two children - Nicholas (1699-1742) and Jacques (1702-1761) - before Geoffroy's untimely death at the age 27 on March 19, 1703 in Montreal. Thus, when Pierre Guindon married Catherine a little more than two years later, he became the stepfather of Vincelet's two sons.
Catherine and Pierre Guindon had at least three children of their own, all born in St-Francois-de-Sales (a parish) on the Isle de Jesus, a large island in the St. Lawrence River, where it flows through the city of Montreal. Catherine apparently died in childbirth on Aug. 22, 1710 on the Isle delivering their third son. A few months later on February 15, 1711, Pierre signed a marriage agreement with Anne Charbonneau (1657-1729), the widow of Guillaume Labelle (1650-1710), that was witnessed by the notary Senet dit Laliberte. However, this agreement may have been cancelled, as the wedding is not recorded in the church. Pierre died on September 26, 1733, and he was buried the next day in the St-Francois-de-Sales cemetery. The list of children that follows is based on a family group sheets from the PRDH-IGD database of the Drouin Collection of baptism, marriage and burial records that is maintained by the Univ. of Montreal.
step-children - VINCELET DIR LABOESSIERE (from Catherine Bresa's first marriage)
Nicolas Vincelet dit Laboessiere (1699-1742) was born on Nov. 16, 1699 in Montreal, Canada, and baptized there the same day in the Basilica of Notre Dame. He married Genevieve Gareau dite Saint Onge (1698-1775) on Oct. 11, 1723 in Boucherville in the greater Montreal area at the Ste-Famille (Holy Family) Church. They subsequently had several children born to them in Boucherville. He died in 1742 in Boucherville, and he is buried there in the cemetery of Ste-Famille (Holy Family) Church.
Jacques Vincelet dit Laboessiere (1702-1761) was born on May 13, 1702 in Montreal, Canada, and baptized there the same day in the Basilica of Notre Dame. He married twice, first to Marie Renee Masson (1711-1745) on Oct. 1, 1731 in Boucherville (Greater Monteral Area) at the Ste-Famille (Holy Family) Church, and second to Madeleine Charlotte Besset (1708-1794) on Sep 25, 1747 in St-Mathias-sur-Richelieu (Greater Montreal Area) at the St-Mathias-de-la-Pointe-Olivier Church. Two children were born from his first marriage, but none from his second. He died on March 18, 1761 in Chambly (Greater Montreal Area), and was buried there on the same day in the cemetery of St-Joseph Church.
children - GUINDON
Jean Guindon (1707-1775) was born on Sept. 15, 1707 in St. Francois parish, on the Isle de Jesus (Laval Region) of Montreal in Canada, and baptized there on Sept. 17, 1707 at the Church of St-Francois-de-Sales. He married Madeleine LaBelle on the Isle at the St-Francois-de-Sales Church on Feb, 14, 1728/29; and they had several children. He died on May 30, 1775 in the Laval Region of the city, where he is buried in the cemetery of St-Vincent-de-Paul Church. He has many descendants living today in Canada. One of his descendants is probably the Nicholas Guindon, who is mentioned in Generation IV of this lineage.
Pierre Guindon (1708-1709) was born on July 6, 1708 in St. Francois parish, on the Isle de Jesus (Laval Region) of Montreal in Canada, and subsequently baptized there at the Church of St-Francois-de-Sales. He died a little more than a year later on Oct. 7, 1709 on the Isle de Jesus, where he is buried in the cemetery of St-Francois-de-Sales Church.
PRDH-IGD Family Group Sheet for Paul Guindon & Marie Josephe Aubert, researched by the Univ. of Montreal.
Paul Guindon (1710-1748), the son of Pierre Guindon and Catherine Bresa, was born on Aug 21, 1710 in St. Francois parish, on the Isle de Jesus (Laval Region) of Montreal in Canada, and baptized there the same day on Aug 21, 1710 at the Church of St-Francois-de-Sales. His mother died delivering him. He is listed as Paul II in Tanguay (1890). He married Marie-Josephte Aubert "Aube" (1713-1754) on Nov. 16, 1733 on the Isle de Jesus. He was 23-years old at the time, and his wife at 20 years was close to him in age. Paul died on Oct 5, 1748 on the Isle de Jesus (Laval Region), and was buried there the next day on Oct 6, 1748 in the cemetery of the Church of St-Francois-de-Sales de I'lle-Jesus. .
Paul's wife Marie-Josephte Aubert (1713-1754) was born June 12, 1713 in Laval, and baptized there the next day at at St-Francois-de-Sales Church. Her parents were Charles Aubert (Charles III in Tanquay, 1890) and Marie Anne Gariepy, who had been married on Feb. 4, 1710 at the Chateau Richer in Quebec City. Marie, after the death of first husband Paul Guindon, married Joseph Perrin on Aug 17, 1750 at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Montreal. The list of children that follows for Marie-Josephte and first husband Paul Guindon is based, for the most part, on the PRDH-IGD family group sheet (Univ. of Montreal) on the right.
children - GUINDON
Marie-Joseph Guindon (1734-1819) was born on Oct. 21, 1734 in St. Francois parish, on the Isle de Jesus (Laval Region) of Montreal, Canada; and later baptized there at the St-Francois-de-Sales Church. She married Amable Truteau on Nov. 18, 1758 in Laval at the Ste-Rose-de-Lima Church in the greater Montreal area. She died on April 5, 1819 in Ste-Theresa in the greater Montreal area, and was buried there in the cemeterey of Ste-Theresa-de-Avila Church.
Paul Guindon (1735-1796) was born on Oct. 19, 1735 in St. Francois parish, on the Isle de Jesus (Laval Region) of Montreal, Canada, and baptized there the next day on Oct. 20, 1735 at St-Francois-de-Sales Church. He married Amable Maisonneuve on Jan. 12, 1761 in Laval at the Ste-Rose-de-Lima Church in the greater Montreal area. He died on May 22, 1796 in St-Eustache in the greater Montreal area, and was buried there in the cemeterey of St-Eustache Cathedral.
Marie-Genevieve Guindon (1736/37-?) was born on Jan. 2, 1736/37 in St. Francois parish, on the Isle de Jesus (Laval Region) of Montreal, Canada, and baptized there the same day at St-Francois-de-Sales Church. Nothing more is known about her.
Nicolas Guindon (1738-1815) was born on Oct. 27, 1738 in St. Francois parish, on the Isle de Jesus (Laval Region) of Montreal, Canada, and baptized there the same day at St-Francois-de-Sales Church. He married his first wife Isabel Duquet on Jan. 23, 1755 in St. Eustache in the greater Montreal area, and married his second wife M. Clemence on Oct. 17, 1808 in the Montreal area. He died on Oct. 19, 1815 in St. Eustache in the greater Montreal area, and was buried there in the cemeterey of St-Eustache Cathedral.
Marie-Catherine Guindon (1740-1803) was born April 9, 1740 in St. Francois parish, on the Isle de Jesus (Laval Region) of Montreal, Canada, and baptized there the same day at St-Francois-de-Sales Church. She married Michel Filiatrault St Louis on Jan. 17, 1763 in Laval at the Ste-Rose-de-Lima Church in the greater Montreal area. She died on March 25, 1803 in St. Eustache in the greater Montreal area, and was buried there in the cemeterey of St-Eustache Cathedral.
Francois Guindon (1743-1807) was born on March 18, 1743 in Rivere-des-Prairies, in the Montreal area of Canada. He married Francoise Guerin on Aug. 16, 1769 at St-Eustache Cathedral in St. Eustache in the greater Montreal area. He died on June 19, 1807 in St-Eustache, and was buried there in the St-Eustache Cathedral. However, there may be some confusion here with the below-named Francois Guindon.
Francois Guindon (1745-1750) was born on March 17, 1745 in St-Vincent-de-Paul, on the Isle de Jesus (Laval Region) of Montreal, Canada. He died a child on March 8, 1750 in St-Vincent-de-Paul and is buried there, according to Tanguay (1890), and the PRDH-GD database of the Drouin Collection. However, there may be some confusion here with the above-named Francois Guindon.
PRDH-IGD Family Group Sheet for Joseph Guindon & Marie-Anne Charbonneau, researched by the Univ. of Montreal.
Joseph Guindon (1747-1831), the son of Paul Guindon and Marie-Josephte Aubert-Aube, was born on Sept. 4, 1747 in Laval (Montreal), Canada, and baptized there the same day in the church of St-Vincent-de-Paul - Laval being a suburb of Montreal on the Ile de Jesus. Joseph is listed as Joseph III in Tanquay (1890). He married Marie-Anne Charbonneau (1761-1826) on Sept. 30, 1776 at the St-Louis-de-France Church in Terrebonne, an off-island suburb of Montreal. He died on Aug. 17, 1831 in St-Benoît, which sits about 11 miles west of St-Eustache (Greater Montreal Area), where most of his and Marie-Anne's children were baptized (see below). St-Eustache today is part of the modern city of Mirabel, which is on the west side of the Greater Montreal Area. He is buried in the cemetery of the Deux-Montagnes Church in St-Eustache.
Joseph's wife Marie-Anne Charbonneau (1761-1826) was born on June 17, 1761 in Laval (Montreal), and baptized there the next day at the Ste-Rose-de-Lima Church. She was the daughter of Jean Charbonneau (b. 1720), who is Jean I in Tanguay, 1890), and Marie Angelique des Sureux (b. 1727). Marie-Anne died on Oct. 5, 1826 in Ste-Therese, and was buried on Oct. 7, 1826 in the cemetery of Ste-Therese-d'Avila Church. Joseph and Marie had fifteen or more children, several of whom died as infants. The list of children that follows is based, for the most part, on the PRDH-IGD (Univ. of Montreal) family group sheet on the right.
children - GUINDON
Marie-Anne Guindon (1779-1844) was born on Oct 28, 1779 in St. Eustache (modern Deux-Montagnes) in the Greater Montreal of Canada; and baptized there the next day on Oct 29, 1779 in the St. Eustache Cathedral. She died on Jan 31, 1844 in Ste-Therese, and was buried on Feb 2, 1844 in the cemetery of the Ste-Therese d'Avila Church.
Joseph Guindon (1781-1783), first of the name, was born on May 19, 1781 in St. Eustache (modern Deux-Montagnes) in the Greater Montreal of Canada; and baptized there on the next day on May 20, 1781 with his twin brother Leonard in the St. Eustache Cathedral. He died on Jul 30, 1783, two years after his brother, in St. Eustache, and was buried on Jul 31, 1783 in the cathedral cemetery.
Leonard Guindon (1781-1781) was born on May 19, 1781 in St. Eustache (modern Deux-Montagnes) in the Greater Montreal of Canada; and baptized there on the next day on May 20, 1781 with his twin brother Joseph in the St. Eustache Cathedral. He died on Jul 3, 1781 in St. Eustache, and was buried on Jul 4, 1781 in the cathedral cemetery.
Marie Guindon (1783-?), first of the name, was born on Apr 5, 1783 in St. Eustache (modern Deux-Montagnes) in the Greater Montreal of Canada; and baptized there on the next day on Apr 6, 1783 in the St. Eustache Cathedral. She probably died soon afterwards, as three years later a sister was born, who was given the same name of Marie.
Joseph Guindon (1784-1839), second of the name, was born on Sept 16, 1784 in St. Eustache (modern Deux-Montagnes) in in the Greater Montreal of Canada; and baptized there the next day on Sept 17, 1784 in the St. Eustache Cathedral. He was preceded in death by an older brother, who like him was named Joseph. His godparents were Jean-Baptiste Robert (with whom the father of Joseph in 1789 made a land swap) and Marie-Thérèse St-Louis. He married Marie Francoise Francine Brayer (1792-1885) on Aug 1, 1808 in St-Benoît (Mirabel)in Quebec City. He died on June 20, 1839 in Deux-Montagnes, Montreal; and he was buried there in the cemetery of the St. Hermas Church. He has many descendants.
Marie Guindon (1786-?), second of the name, was born on Aug 5, 1786 in St. Eustache (modern Deux-Montagnes) in the Greater Montreal of Canada; and baptized there the following day on Aug 6, 1786 in the St. Eustache Cathedral. She may have died young, as there seems to be no further record of her.
Marie Angelique Guindon (1788-1837) was born on Feb 22, 1788 in St. Eustache (modern Deux-Montagnes) in the Greater Montreal of Canada; and baptized there the following day on Feb 23, 1788 in the St. Eustache Cathedral. There is no further record of her, unless she is the same woman as the Angelique Guindon (d. 1837), who married Michel Jubinville.
Nicolas Guindon (1789-1789), first of the name, was born on June 1, 1789 in St. Eustache (modern Deux-Montagnes) in the Greater Montreal of Canada; and baptized there the next day on June 2, 1789 in the St. Eustache Cathedral. He died on July 3, 1789 in St. Eustache, and was buried there the next day on July 4, 1789 in the cathedral cemetery. He is assumed to have died before the 1795 birth of his brother of the same name.
Francois Guindon (b. 1791) was born on Dec 4, 1791 in St. Eustache (modern Deux-Montagnes) in the Greater Montreal of Canada; and subsequently baptized there the next day on Dec 5, 1791 in the St. Eustache Cathedral. There is no further mention of him.
Angelique Guindon (c.1794-1837) was born about 1794 somewhere in the greater Montreal area of Canada. She married Michel Jubinville (b. c.1798) on July 27, 1818 at Ste-Thérèse-D'avila Church in St. Thérèse, which is in the greater Montreal area. They had at least two children - Zoe (b. 1821) and Hortense (b. 1822). She died on Nov. 12, 1837 in St. Thérèse, and was buried there two days later on Nov 14, 1837 in the cemetery of the Ste-Thérèse-D'avila Church.
Nicolas Guindon (1795-1795), second of the name, was born on May 25, 1795 in St. Eustache (modern Deux-Montagnes) in the Greater Montreal of Canada; and baptized there the next day on May 26, 1795 in the St. Eustache Cathedral. He was preceded in death by an older brother, also named Nicolas, who was born in 1789, and died a child. The younger Nicolas died on Aug 5, 1795 in St. Eustache, and was buried there the next day on Aug 6, 1795 in the cathedral cemetery.
It turns out that there is yet a third Nicolas Guindon. The above named Nicolas Guindon is confused in many family histories with a different individual, named Nicholas Guindon (c.1795-1866), who was also born about 1795 in Quebec, but was the son of one Peter Guindon and his wife Sarah. His father is possibly Pierre Guindon (b. 1767), who is a grandson of the Jean Guindon (1707-1775), who appears in Generation II of this lineage. This third Nicholas moved as a young man from Quebec to North Ferrisberg in Addison County, Vermont, and married Rachel Hurlbut (1782-1868) of Bennington, Vermont on July 13, 1817, probably in Chittenden County, where the main Catholic Church for the area is located. He became a U.S. citizen on Oct. 4, 1820 at the Federal courthouse in Burlington, Vermont; and resided at times in both Addison County and Chittenden County. He died on April 17, 1866 in Chittenden County and is buried there with his wife and three children in the Barber Cemetery in the town of Charlotte. He has many descendants.
Jean-Francois Guindon (1796-1796) was born on Aug 16, 1796 at St. Eustache (modern Deux-Montagnes) in Montreal, Canada; and baptized there the same day on Aug 16, 1796 at the St. Eustache Cathedral. He died a few days later on Aug 24, 1796, and was buried two days after that on Aug 26, 1796 at the cemetery of the cathedral cemetery.
Pierre "Theodule" Guindon (1799-1880) who follows:
Rose Guindon (1800-1800) was born on Dec 14, 1800 on the Isle de Jesus in Montreal, Canada; and baptized there the next day on Dec 15, 1800 in Ste-Rose-de-Lima Church. She died on the island a few days later on Dec 25, 1800, and was buried there the next day on Dec 26, 1800 in the cemetery of the Ste-Rose-de-Lima Church.
Maps of the Greater Montreal Area of the Quebec Province showing many of the places mentioned in the above narrative. Left: a map showing settlements in the Montreal area from 1610-1791; Center: a vintage map from 1764; and Right: a modern map of the Montreal area.
PRDH-IGD Family Group Sheet for Pierre Guindon & Hortense Rochon, researched by the Univ. of Montreal.
Pierre Yandow (Guindon) (1799-1880), the son of Joseph Guindon and Marie-Anne Charbonneau, was born on Dec. 31, 1799 in St-Eustache in the greater Montreal area of Canada, and baptised there the next day on Jan. 1, 1800 in the St-Eustache Cathedral. Today, St-Eustache is part of the modern city of Deux Montagnes (greater Montreal area). Pierre married his first wife Genevieve Proulx (1806-1831), the daughter of Jacques Proulx and Genevieve Cadieux, on Jan. 11, 1830 in in the church of St. Therese-de-Blainville, a marriage that was previously arranged on July 23, 1818 in a written agreement with Genevieve's parents. Tragically, Genevieve died on Nov. 1, 1831 in St. Thérèse, and she was buried there the following day in the cemetery of the St. Therese de Blainville Church. Because she died less than two years after her marriage, she may have died from complications due to child birth, but this is not known with any certainty.
Pierre married his second wife Marie-Hortense Rochon (1811-1885) on Nov. 25, 1833 in St. Therese. Pierre was 33-years old at the time, and his new wife at the age of 22 was 11-years his junior. Marie-Hortense was the daughter of Antoine Rochon (1774-1856) and Marie des Jardins (1873-1845), and she was born on Feb. 21, 1811 in St-Eustache of the greater Montreal area of Canada, and baptized there the next day on Feb. 22, 1811 in the St-Eustache Cathedral. Pierre and Marie's first child was born the following year, and they went on to have several more children, all likely born in Montreal.
Pierre and Marie initially resided in the Ste-Therese district of the city of Montreal, which back then was part of what was known as Lower Canada (i.e., French Quebec and the Labrador Region), but they moved their family, sometime after the 1850 birth of their daughter Caroline, from Montreal to Essex in Chittenden County, Vermont. Robert Yandow (2004) suggests about 1855 for the time of their arrival, based on Essex Town Records. The family first appears in 1856 in listings of children from School District No. 1, and continue to appear up until 1869 when the town ceased issuing these school district lists. A newspaper announcement for the 57th wedding anniversary for Pierre's brother Vital gives 1855 as the date of the family arrival, which is consistent with the school record listings. Pierre had a possible cousin named Nicolas Guindon (1795-1866), who was already living at the time in Chittenden County, having arrived there in 1817 or earlier. When Pierre and his family settled in Vermont, they americanized their surname, as did many French-Canadians, and changed the spelling from Guindon to Yandow.
Pierre died on Aug. 20, 1880 in Essex, Vermont, and he is buried in the St. Francis-Xavier Cemetery in Winooski, Vermont, where his tombstone shows his name as Pier Yandow, and his age as 81 years. Although this age gives him a birthdate of 1799 that is consistent with his baptism record, various online genealogies for some reason give 1796 as his birthdate. Marie-Ann died in Essex on March 10, 1885; and she is buried in the same cemetery as her husband, where her tombstone shows her name as Ortanse Rochon, her death date as March 11, 1885, and 76 years as her age at death. The list of children that follows is based, for the most part, on the PRDH-IGD (Univ. of Montreal) family group sheet shown above and right.
children - YANDOW (from the second marriage with Ortanse Rochon)
Adeline "Adelia" Yandow (1834-?) was born on Dec. 28, 1834 in Ste-Therese in the Greater Montreal Area of Canada, and baptized there as Adeline Guindon the same day on Dec. 28, 1834 in the church of St. Therese de Blainville. She married Louis Prunier (1834-1881) on Oct 17, 1853 at the Bagot, St-Pie Church in Sainte Pie, which is also in the Greater Montreal area. She then came with him to Essex, Vermont, probably around 1855, which was when her parents arrived there. She and Louis were still living in Essex during the 1870 U.S. Census, but we lose track of them after that. Adelia's husband was the older brother of Monique Prunier (1841-1917), who later married Adelia's brother David.
Vital Yandow (1835-1931) was born on Nov. 19, 1835 in Ste-Therese in the Greater Montreal Area of Canada (according to his obituary), and baptized there as Vital Guindon on Nov 27, 1835 in the church of St. Therese de Blainville. However, his baptism date in the PRDH-IGD database for the the Drouin Collection (Univ. of Montreal) gives Nov. 27 as his birth date, with his baptism on the same day. Also, the birth year of 1833 appears to be incorrectly inscribed on his tombstone. He married Justine Aurelia Racine (1829-1919) on Nov. 19, 1852 (his birthday) in Granby, Quebec, which is more than 40 miles east of central Montreal, and 25 miles of the U.S. border.
Vital and Justine came with their family in 1855 to Essex Junction in Vermont, according to a newspaper article, and he became a U.S. citizen on April 10, 1871 at the county courthouse in Burlington. He died on Nov. 1, 1931 in Essex Junction, and his obituary states that he was the last survivor of a family of ten children. He was also predeceased by his wife Justine, and he is buried with her under the surname of Guindon in the Yandow family plot in Holy Family Cemetery in Essex. They were survived by several of their children, and Vital and Justine are the great-great grandparents of Robert A. Yandow of Vermont, whose web page used to be a source of much information on the Yandow family, before this site vanished from the web.
David Yandow (1836-1908) was born on Nov. 7, 1836 in Ste-Therese in the Greater Montreal Area of Canada, and baptized there the same day as David Guindon on Nov. 7, 1836 in the church of St. Therese de Blainville. He came about 1855 with other members of his family to Essex, Vermont, and married his sister-in-law Monique Prunier (1841-1917) in 1860, probably in Essex, where they had several children. David died on May 13, 1908 in Essex, where he is buried with Monique and some of their children in the Holy Family Cemetery in Essex. The surnames of Guindon and Yandow are both inscribed on their tombstone.
William "Magloire" Yandow (1837-1912) was born on 19 Aug, 1838 in Ste-Therese in the greater Montreal Area of Canada, and baptized there the same day on Aug 20, 1838 as Magloire Guindon, according to the PRDH-IGD datsabase of the Drouin Collection at the Univ. of Montreal. However, July 3, 1837 is the birth date obtained by back-calculating from his age at death. Although born as Magloire Guindon, he changed his name to William Yandown, when he came to Vermont, probably about 1855 with the rest of his family. He married Philomena "Phille" Mitchell (1843-1924) on Jan. 9, 1865 in Colchester, Vermont, and they had several children. He died on Feb. 3 1912 in Burlington, Vermont, and both William and Phille are buried in the Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery in Winooski, Vermont. His death certificate identifies him as a blacksmith. It also gives his age at death as 74 years, 7 months, which is the source for the alternate birthdate we have given for him.
Joseph "Cleophas" Yandow (1840-1909) was born on Feb 19, 1840 in Sainte-Therese, which is in the greater Montreal area, and baptized there the following day as Cleophas Guindon on Feb 19, 1840 in the Ste-Thérèse-d'Avila Church. He subsequently changed his name to Joseph Yandow when he arrived with the rest of his family about 1855 in Vermont. He married Mary Bombard (1842-1912) on or about Feb 9, 1863 (an unconfirmed date), probably at St. Joseph Church in Burlington Vermont, but this needs to be confirmed. He and May subsequently had several children. Joseph died on May 26, 1909 in Jericho, Vermont, and is buried with Mary in the Holy Family Cemetery in Essex, Vermont. His death certificate identifies him as a carpenter, and as the son of Peter Yandow. It also gives his age at death as 69 years, 3 months, 7 days, which would give him a birth date of Feb. 19, 1840 that is at odds with the 1842 birthdate on his tombstone, and the 1844 birth date assumed from his baptism.
Mary "Theophile (Deophile)" Yandow (1842-1922) was born in 1842 in St. Hycinth in the Greater Montreal Area of Canada, and baptized there as Theophile Guindon on June 29, 1842 in the church of St. Therese de Blainville. She changed her name to Mary Yandow when she arrived with her family about 1855 in Essex, Vermont. She married Louis de Gonzaque LeBlanc (1837-1917), also known as Louis White, in 1861, probably in Vermont. An unreferenced family tree places this marriage on April 15, 1861 at St. Joseph's Church in Burlington, but this needs to be confirmed. Mary and Louis subsequently had several children. Louis originally came from Napierville, in the greater Montreal area, at the age of ten with his parents and settled in the Essex, Vermont area. He predeceased Mary, who died on Jan. 22, 1922 in Brookfield (Randolph), Orange County, Vermont. She is buried as Mary D. White with Louis in the Holy Family Cemetery in Essex.
Joseph Yandow (1844-1844) was born on March 30, 1844 in Ste-Therese in the Greater Montreal Area area Canada, and baptized there the next day as Joseph Octave Delphin Guindon on March 31, 1844 at the church of St. Therese de Blainville. He died about a month later on April 29, 1844 in Ste-Therese, and buried on May 1, 1844 in the cemetery of the St. Therese de Blainville Church.
John James "Theodule" Yandow (1845-1910) who follows:
Mary "Delphine (Dotphene)" Yandow (1848-1871) was born on June 28, 1848 in Ste-Therese in the Greater Montreal Area of Canada, and baptized there the next day as Marie Delphine Guindon on Jan. 19, 1848 in the church of St. Therese de Blainville. She married Lewis Bergeron (1848-1893) on Jan. 1, 1870 in Westford, Vermont, and they had a son in 1870 who was stillborn. Mary died on several months later at the age of 23 years on March 12, 1871 in Essex Junction, Vermont, and she is buried in the Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery in nearby Winooski. Her husband remarried, and went on to have children with his second wife. He is buried in Saint Anns Cemetery in Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont.
Caroline Yandow (1850-1910?) was born on Mar 9, 1850 in Ste-Therese in the Greater Montreal Area of Canada, and baptized there as Caroline Guindon on Mar 10., 1850 in the church of St. Therese de Blainville. She is thought to have died sometime around 1910, possibly in the Essex Junction area, according to Robert Yandow's (2004) now vanished website.
Vitaline Yandow (1853-?) was born on Apr 22, 1853 in Ste-Cecile-de-Milton in the Greater Montreal Area of Canada, and baptized as Vitaline Guindon on Apr 24, 1853 in the church of St. Cecile. SHe does not appear with her family in the 1860 U.S. census, which leads us to conclude that she died before then.
John James "Theodule" Yandow (1845-1910), the son of Pierre Yandow and Marie Hortense Rochon, was born on April 19, 1844 in the Blainville area of Montreal, Quebec, and baptized there next day on April 20, 1844 as Theodule Guindon in the church of St. Therese de Blainville, according to records in the Drouin Collection at the Univ. of Montreal. A birth date of April 20, 1844 is calculated from his age at death given on his Vermont death record. John and his siblings left Canada with their parents in 1855 or 1856 (according to various sources), and came to Vermont in the United States. Some sources state that he came to the U.S. when he was 11-years old, which is consistent with a circa 1855 arrival date. Although Theodule Guindon was his birth name in Montreal, he became known as John James Yandow after his arrival in Vermont.
John married his first wife Philomene Bordeau (Bourdon) on July 2, 1866 at St. Joseph's Church in Burlington, Vermont. Philomene (1846-1880) was the daughter of Pierre Bourdon and Emerance (Mary) Goyette (Guiette), and she was born on April 7, 1846 in Highgate, Vermont, and baptized on May 3, 1846 on the Canadian side of the border in the church of Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge. Although she was baptized as Philomene Bourdon, she generally gave her maiden name as Philomene Bordeau when she became as adult in the U.S. She is listed as Pila in the 1870 U.S. Census. She died on Dec. 4, 1880 at the age of only 34 years, after having at least 8 children. She is buried in the Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery in Winooski, Vermont. John then married his second wife Virginia Parizo (Pariseau) (1854-1927) on May 1, 1881 in Winooski, Vermont, and had another six children with her. Virginia was born on Oct. 11, 1854 in Whitehall, New York; and she died on Jan. 30, 1927 in Williston, Vermont.
Although John is generally listed as farmer, we find him in 1882/83 working in Essex as a sawyer, carpenter, and joiner at the lumber mill of Samuel Brownell. Then in later years, just before he retied, he appears to have worked at a general store in Essex owned by his nephew A.B. Yandow (1870-1928), unless we have him confused with a cousin or nephew who was also named John. He did make a 3-month trip at the start of 1909 out to Santa Barbara, California, about a year before he died, to visit the family of his daughter Ellen Carty (neé Yandeau).
John died of pneumonia on Feb. 27, 1910 in Williston, Vermont at his house on the Essex-Williston Road, the pneumonia being a complication of other health problems. He is buried in the Holy Family Cemetery in Essex. His age on his death certificate is 65 years, 10 months, and 7 days, which is the source for the birth date we give above. His death certificate also idenitifies him as a son of Peter Yandow and Marie Rushlow [Rochon], and obituaries for him that appeared in the Burlington Free Press, and Burlington Clipper identify him as the brother of Vital of Essex and William Yandow of Burlington, both sons of Peter and Marie as well.
Because John died intestate (i.e., without a will), there was a controversy among his heirs over assets that were originally in the name of his first wife Philomene, who died 30 years earlier. At issue was a bank account that John inherited from her, and the children of his first wife sued to prevent this account from being settled to the benefit of the children of his second wife. As a consequence of this litigation, the probate for his estate was not settled until 1912, over a year past his death. John's second wife Virginia survived him by a few more years more, and she died Jan. 30, 1927 in Williston. She is buried in Essex in the same plot as her husband. John's children with both Philomene and Virginia are listed below.
children - YANDOW (from the first marriage with Philomene Bordeau)
Frank Yandow (1867-1931) was born in 1867 in Vermont, probably in Essex where most of his siblings were born; and died 1931. He is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery in Essex Center, Vermont.
Ellen (Hellen) Yandow (Yandeau) (1868-1943) who follows:
Mary (Marie) Yandow (1870-1916) was born April 30, 1870 in Essex, Vermont. She married David Gendron on Dec. 25, 1890 in Essex, and died on Feb. 6, 1916 in Colchester, Vermont. Mary and David are buried in the Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery in Winooski, Vermont. Like her sisters Ellen, Eva and Carrie, she gave her maiden name is later years as Yandeau.
Peter Yandow (1872-?) was born April 11, 1872 in Essex, Vermont. He probably died as a child, as there seems to be no further record of him.
Eva Phyllis Yandow (1873-1944) was born Oct. 11, 1873 in Essex, Vermont, and married John Bean (1869-1941). She died March 15, 1944 in Burlington, Vermont. She and John are buried in the Lakeview Cemetery in Burlington, Vermont. Like her sisters Mary, Ellen and Carrie, she gave her maiden name is later years as Yandeau.
Caroline (Carrie) Yandow (1875-1946) was born Feb. 15, 1875 in Vermont, probably in Essex where most of her siblings were born. She married Charles J. Bacon (1873-1951), and died in 1946 in Vermont. She his buried with her daughter Ethel in Lakeview Cemetery in Burlington, Vermont, whereas her husband is buried with his parents in Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery in Winooske, Vermont. Like her sisters Mary, Ellen and Eva, she gave her maiden name is later years as Yandeau.
Arthur J. Yandow (1877-1910) was born Dec. 5, 1877 in Essex, Vermont; and died by accidental drowning on Aug. 21, 1910 in Cochester, Vermont. He is buried in the Holy Family Cemetery in Essex, Vermont.
Anna "Annie" Yandow (1880-1943) was born March 25, 1880 in Vermont, probably in Essex where most of her siblings were born. She married Julius Murray (1870-1947), and died April 19, 1943 in Colchester, Vermont. Anna and Julius are buried in the Old Mount Calvary Cemetery in Burlington, Vermont
children - YANDOW (from the second marriage with Virginia Parizo)
Joseph P. Yandow (1882-1883) was born April 28, 1882 in Essex, Vermont; and died there the following year.
Edward E. Yandow (1884-1885) was born April 20, 1884 in Essex, Vermont; and died there on March 10, 1885 of the following year.
Ira Edward Yandow (1886-1919) was born Jan. 10, 1886 in Essex, Vermont; and died unmarried on Aug. 31, 1919 in Colchester, Vermont. She is buried with her parents in Holy Family Cemetery in Essex, Vermont.
Emma F. Yandow (1888-1898) was born in 1888 in Vermont, probably in Essex, died in 1898, and is buried in Holy Family Cemetery in Essex, Vermont with her parents.
Florence A. Yandow (1890-1975) was born in 1890 in Essex, Vermont. She married John F. Pariseau (1886-1965) on Oct. 10, 1916 in Colchester, Vermont. Florence is buried with her husband in the New Mount Calvary Cemetery in Burlington, Vermont.
Ernest Henry Yandow (1893-1962) was born in 1893 in Essex, Vermont; and died in 1962. He and his wife Priscilla are buried in the New Mount Calvary Cemetery in Burlington, Vermont.
Orville James Yandow (1895-1953) was born in 1895 in Essex, Vermont; and died July 3, 1953 in Essex, Vermont. He and his wife Agnes A. Lavoie (1900-1980) are buried in the Holy Family Cemetery in Essex, Vermont.
A photo of Ellen Yandeau taken in the 1930s in Los Angeles, CA.
Ellen Yandeau (1868-1943), the daughter of John Yandow and Philomene Bordeau, was born on Nov. 19, 1868 in Essex, Vermont. Although her original birth name was Ellen Yandow, she changed her maiden surname in later years to the more french-looking spelling of Yandeau, as did her sisters Mary, Carrie and Eva. In addition, the sister's mother Philomene, who had been born Philomene Bourdon, changed her maiden surname to Bordeau, even though Bourdon was the orignal french spelling. Interestingly, the original french spelling of Yandow was actually Guindon, not Yandeau, as the French-Canadian grandfather of Ellen and her sisters changed the family name from Guindon to the more american-looking Yandow in the 1850s, when he emigrated with hius family from Quebec to the United States.
Ellen married Henry Patrick Carty (1845-1925) on Feb. 19, 1889 in Winooski, Vermont. Henry was 22 years older than she was. Ellen and Henry left Vermont for California probably about 1891 or so, and Henry and his younger brother John Henry were running a livery stable company by 1892 in Santa Barbara, California. Henry died on March 10, 1925 in Los Angeles, California, and Ellen died there on Oct. 11, 1943, many years later. Ellen is buried next to her daughter Mamie in Calvary Cemetery in east Los Angeles, whereas Henry is in a family plot in Santa Barbara. For the children of Ellen and Henry, please see the CARTY GENEALOGY.
A plaque at Montmerency Park in Quebec honoring the first colonial families of the city.
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Ellen Yandeau's French-Canadian Ancestry is made up of 400 ancestors, of which the above Guindon lineage is but one line of descent in a much larger pedigree. This pedigree also includes some 194 immigrant ancestors, most of them French, who sailed in the 1600s and 1700s across the Atlantic Ocean to colonize Quebec, a settlement in North America that explorer Samuel Champlain founded in 1608 on one of his many voyages to Canada. Quebec was the first successful settlement in French North America, and it later became the capitol city of "New France", which was a viceroyalty made up of France's North American territories.
The many branches of Ellen's French-Canadian family tree include seven of the earliest colonial first families of Quebec (see the plaque on the left), who settled there with founder Samuel Champlain. An offshoot of one of these branches on the Bourdon (maternal) side of Ellen's tree leads to the family of apothecary Louis Hebert (1575-1627). He first sailed in 1606 to the Port-Royal Colony in Canada, before bringing out his family with him in 1617 to permanently settle in Quebec. He was personally recruited to come to Quebec by Samuel Champlain. Canadian author and historian Jacques Lacoursiere calls Hebert the "first colonist of Quebec". Other branches of Ellen's tree, on both her Guindon (paternal) and Bourdon (maternal) lines, lead to the stonemason Jean Guyon (1592-1663), and his fellow-countryman, the carpenter Zacharie Cloutier (c.1590-1672). These men arrived on the same ship in 1634 to permanently settle in Quebec, and they brought their families with them on either that voyage, or a subsequent one. Ellen also descends on both sides of her family from Louis Hebert's daughter-in-law Helene Desportes (1620-1675), whom many historians consider to be the first white child born in Canada.
that descend to Ellen Yandeau (coming soon)
REFERENCES:
Aitchison, Laverne (2016), "Guesdon of Loudon, France", Guindon Journal, No. 50 (Spring 2016), p. 6. This short article is about the placing of a memorial plaque at the site of Francois Guesdon's house in Loudon.
Bezzina, Edwin (2002), "The Guesdon of Loudon", Guindon Newsletter, No. 23 (Fall 2002), p. 3-12. A summary of this article is also presented with some supplementary material in the Guindon Newsletter, No. 42 (Spring 2012), p. 2-6. Edwin Bezzina at the time of the article was a Ph.D. Student in the Department of History at the University of Toronto, and was writing a doctoral dissertation on Protestant-Catholic relations in the town of Loudun, France from 1598 to 1665.
Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Vermont, California and Quebec (available online at Ancestry.com, and Familysearch.org).
Drouin Institute, Online Databases of Quebec Births, Marriages and Deaths. The Drouin Genealogical Institute since 1899 has been collecting and cataloging the vital records of Quebec, which since 1938 has included the microfilming of these records. Their data collection is available online through the various websites listed below.
PRDH-IGD Database (Univ. of Montreal) - This is a database of birth-marriage-death data derived from the Drouin Collection.
free services
NosOrigines.com - The "Généalogie du Québec et d'Amérique française (Genealogy of Canada)" website presents the data in the Drouin Collection in the format of lineages for the french-canadian settlers of Quebec. Many of the lineages contain links to images of the Drouin Collection that are available online for free on FamilySearch.org (see below).
FamilySearch.org is an archive of historical documents and genealogical records from the Genealogy Library of the LDS Church. The site has actual images from the Drouin Collection that are indexed and transcribed.
Grave and burial locations where known are listed with tombstone photos (when available) on
Guindon, Bernard (2018), personal communication. Bernard of Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac in Quebec was very helpful in sharing some of his research on the family of Joseph Guindon (1747-1831).
Guindon Newsletter and Journal, archived on treesearcher.com, a website dedicated in part to Yandeau-Guindon Family History. The Fall 2002 and Spring 2012 newsletters in particular have some useful information by Bezzina (2002) on Francois Guindon and Marie Molay, early French ancestors of the family. The Spring 2016 Journal (p. 6) and 2020 Journal (p. 4) have interesting information as well.
Marquis, Jean Marie (2015), "Pierre Guesdon from France to New-France". This Power Point presentation was presented on behalf of the St. Eustache Genealogy Society at the September 2015 Guindon Family reunion. A link to this presentation was originally provided in the Guindon Journal, No. 50 (Spring 2016), p. 8.
Tanguay, Cyprien, 1890, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'à nos jours: published by Eusèbe Senécal, 1871-1890, Québec, Canada. Available in the Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa, Canada, and also available online at Ancestry.com.
University of Montreal, Research Programme in Historical Demography (PRDH). The University has used the Drouin Collection databases to compile a computerized population register that contains biographical files on all individuals of European ancestry who lived in the St. Lawrence Valley of Quebec. This is the same website as the PRDH-IGD database listed above under the Drouin Collection.
U.S. Census Records, 1790-1930 (available online at Ancestry.com).
U.S. Social Security Records (available online at Ancestry.com).
Yandow, Robert, 2004 - Our lineage draws in part on information from a reasonably well-referenced website, dated 2004, on the Yandow Family by Robert A Yandow of Williston, Vermont. He, in turn, relied largely on information from Dr. A.E. Lamberts of St. Lambert, Quebec. Robert supplemented this with information from Laverne Atchison, the editor of the "Guindon Newsletter", correspondance from various cousins, and research of various local Vermont sources. Another source of useful information is the Guindon Family website by William H. Dunwoody, which appears to be largely based on Robert Yandow's site, but does includes some useful additional information. Although both of these sites were up and running in October 2008, Robert Yandow's site as of 2012 has disappeared, and Dunwoody's site sometime prior to 2017 also disappeared. Fortunately we do have an archive of Robert Yandow's website.
by Janet & Michael Clark
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Genealogy of the Yandeau, Yandow and Guindon Families 
