Veronique Voirol LeMaitre
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One Strong Woman in the Minnesota Frontier

ByNiki Davis

This post is inspired by the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge by Amy Johnson Crow. The week 10 challenge is “Strong Woman”.  I grew up listening to my daddy tell stories about his French fur trapper ancestor – a great-great-grandfather named Joeseph Lemaitre. We went on wild adventures as he narrated the 19th-century fur-trade. I had images…

Veronique Voirol LeMaitre
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Plowing Through Life

ByNiki Davis

Amy Johnson Crow at No Story Too Small gave us a new 52 Ancestors challenge for 2015. Each week, we have a different theme about which to write. It’s quite the challenge, but I love meeting it and reading how everyone interprets each week. Week five is “plowing through”.  My 3rd great grandmother, Veronique Voirol, was born in…