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Hello and welcome to the family.
My name is Larry Lachance, I am your host and a direct
descendent of Antoine Pepin dit Lachance
and Marie Teste of New France (aka
Québec). On my mothers "Bussell"
side, it appears we are related to George and
Elizabeth Bussell(e) whom I believe departed
England and arrived at the Port of New York aboard the
Ship "Brig John" on Oct. 6, 1820. Enjoy your
visit.
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Ile D'orleans is the cradle of our P?pin dit Lachance roots. Antoine, settled about 1659 as one of the 300 founding families. The island is also home to many of us who can trace our roots back to it's fertile soil. | |
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Welcome to the Lachance
& Bussell Family Genealogy Website |
Lachance & Bussell
The Merger of Two Families
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One evening in late winter of 1945, a transplanted young
woman from Washington, DC, Anna Elizabeth BUSSELL,
left the apartment she shared with her mother at 297 Lincoln
Ave in Orange, NJ to go out with a few friends. The destination
was a couple of blocks away, a place with adult flavored
potable libations.
There, she met one Wilfred Joseph Bernard LACHANCE
(aka Bill), recently returned to his mothers apartment
in Newark from "the war" (WWII).
The details of that first encounter are not important
but that chance meeting would result in a short period
of dating, a subsequent engagement and a marriage on
August 18, 1946 at Grace Episcopal Church in East Orange,
NJ.
This marriage lasted almost 16 years and the result,
as they say, is history, not to mention...this website.
More about the ancestors and descendants of Wilfred
(Bill) Lachance and Anna (Ann) Bussell can be found
by clicking on the respective surname links on the left
of the page.
If you want to view all of the families, click on "Names
Database" in the menu.
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General
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If these pages have helped you, and you are feeling generous, I've set up a "Make a Donation" page.
Anything received will be used to defray costs of maintaining the server and ISP services for this site.
Click on "Make a Donation" under "More Site Links" to the left for more information. |
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NOTICE:
These pages sometimes use "javascript"
to get around. To see everything, please enable "javascript"
in your browser - there is no malicious intent here, and
I've done nothing in my design to harm your PC or harvest
information. |
If
you think someone else should know about this site, please
click this link ---> "Send
Family To This Site"
or click on "REFER THIS SITE" in the navigation
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PURPOSE
AND GOAL |
DEDICATION |
What
is the Purpose of THIS Web Site?
 It
all began with thoughts of my family and my ancestors
and I realized just how little I really knew about any
of them. I’m sure my life would have gone on without
ever knowing but something clicked and I made a decision
that I just “had to know”!
With the impetus of my niece, Sandra and one of her early
school projects, I began my search.
It is NOT my purpose to seek famous ancestors (although
some have been found) nor do I hope to find a link to
a former President or movie star, (although some of them
have been found too). The true purpose,
is to share what I find about whom we are and “from
whence we came”... all of us who are somehow connected
to these two families!
With this knowledge, perhaps we might all know better
"…whither we goeth." Genealogy, in my
opinion, is for sharing, and without sharing, it has no
purpose.
My hope is that everyone who is a part of the family will
feel the same. |
To
my neice, Sandra, now Mrs. Jozwiak, for the inspiration to begin
the journey ~ without her, this effort would never have started or exist today.
AND, to all of the ancestors of our families for
without them, none of us would be here reading this today.
I want thank my family, (those I know and those I
don't know) for their stories, pictures, memories
and information all of which help to make this website
more meaningful.
 Congratulations Sandra & David
Be sure to see the Events Page for pictures of the wedding.
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Is there an Ultimate Goal?
Many before me have published works about "family",
including the Lachance family. For their efforts, I am
grateful. Throughout these pages, acknowledgements are
made where known.
My ultimate goal (I suspect this will probably take
the rest of my life to complete) is to put together
as much as I can find, including permanently digitized
images, write it to a CD (or other medium) and make
it available to any member of our family that wants
the information. I am doing this with the intent of
allowing both present and future generations to know
"from whence they came".
For reasons of personal choice, these future generations
will become "my descendents" and this effort
is my way of "carrying on" within the family.
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Find your way around using the menu on the left or top
of the page.
Please use your browsers "back button"
to return to previous pages.
If you have become lost and want to return to this
page, simply click on the "Intro/Home" link
on the left or top to return to this page.
Jacksonville, FL
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PHOTOS
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Explorer users, you may save the picture by right clicking
on the picture and selecting "save picture as". You then
select the directory on your PC in which to save the picture.
LINKS
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window". This site will remain open in the background
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Requisite Warning Notice
Please Read: |
Some
of my information is documented and some of it is not.
I cannot guarantee the validity of the information found
here unless I have documentation. The facts about any
given individual may recently have been changed or may
be incorrect. If you should find errors here...please
please, tell me what they are so I can correct them. If
you have personal knowledge of, or documentation about,
any of the individuals in this family please help
by allowing me to copy or include your information. You
may use the E-mail link on the left to
contact me, or, use one of the other means listed
in the "About Me" page, also available by clicking on
the link to the left. |
 The
Tree (Names Database)
I have included a complete "internet viewable" family
database on this website. It is updated to the website
as often as is practical. It should not contain dates
or personal information about any living person or for
any person born after 1920. View the database by clicking
on "Names Database" link in the navigation bar. A new
page, the "Surname Introduction" page will tell you
both the date of the last update AND the number of people
currently in the database. |
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Browser
Also known as "how you view the internet". The pages of this website were designed and written with the latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer in mind. Specifically IE version 6.0 is the minimum that I will guarantee the pages will work.
Your screen resolution should be set to at least 800 X
600 for best viewing. I have NOT checked other browers,
(Netscape, etc.) and cannot be sure if these pages will
load as intended. If you experience problems, get Internet
Explorer by clicking on the link above. |
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COPYRIGHT NOTICE: All
materials contained within these pages are furnished
for the free use of those engaged researching their
family origins. Please read on.
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Any
commercial, religious, or other use, without the consent
of the author of these pages is prohibited.
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All
images used on these pages were obtained from sources
permitting free distribution (unless otherwise noted)
or they have been generated by the author, and are subject
to the same restrictions/permissions. All persons contributing
material for posting on these pages do so in recognition
of their free, non-commercial distribution, and are responsible
to ensure that no copyright is violated by their submission.
The author accepts no responsibility for errors
or omissions. If anyone becomes aware of the
possiblity of this site using material, logos, or photographs
without permission or proper credit/recognition, please
let me know |
Conclusion
It is my hope and desire that any person who should view
these pages find them useful and enlightening. Moreover,
I hope I might generate a desire for any family member
to help me continue the search and to help build these
pages. Finally, I hope the information found here might
cause everyone associated with the Lachance and Bussell
families to think about "from whence we came" in order
that it may help them find out "whither we goeth" |
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To date 88,087 people have visted the
Lachance &
Bussell Families
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