Category Archives: French Roots
French Women Worked!
Fearless Females #12…Working Girl When I wrote this post about my great grandmother, Brigitte Breilh’s career at the family French laundry, I had no idea that their was a long history of French women in my tree who worked. It is no wonder that she took over the business when her husband died. The women …
How did Augustin and Marie-Anne Meet?
Fearless Females #5–How did they meet? I am interested in the comings and goings of my ancestors, especially those who married. My 4th great grandparents were from two different villages that were nearby. Augustin Lassalle was from Escou. His future wife, Marie-Anne Maissonave, was from Escout. From this map, you can see that Escou and …
An Ancestor I Am Drawn To
(I’m just getting started on Fearless Females even though it’s almost half way through the month…) Fearless Females #1…a female ancestor I am drawn to I’ve been working quite a bit on my French ancestry as of late. Thought I was mostly familiar with my French roots growing up, I haven’t spent much time researching …