California here we come!

Michelle and I have finally made a decision.  We will be making the trip to California for the Brady Family Reunion on August 13.  Ferd and Annetta Comolli, as well as Mark and Dianne Comolli are planning the trip west also.  John and Karen Comolli are looking at possibly going. It will be great getting together with our west coast cousins!

New Brady Cousin

New Brady cousin, Gavin Laird McClure born today, June 3, to Noelle (Comolli) McClure and Jeremy McClure

6/1/11

As many know, my mother in law, Gloria Bessenaire, has been receiving chemotherapy.  We are very happy to announce that she has finished chemo and the latest CT scan shows no sign of cancer!  Thank you all for your kind words and prayers.

Cousin's Elijah Brady and Lorelai Bessenaire made their First Holly Communion today.

Bessenaire family history

Phyllis Bessenaire has come up with some great info on the Bessenaire family

I am attaching a copy of Grandpa Ulysses father's death certificate for anyone who wants to look at it. I was able to open it with Internet Explorer. I though you might be able to open it for people to see or give them the link on Family Search:

https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.familysearch.org%2Frecords%2Fpal%3A%2FMM9.1.i%2Fdgs%3A004282912.004282912_02158

By the way, I just found a link to his grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Bisnaire&GSfn=Paul&GSiman=1&GScid=91342&GRid=49758502&. It is the Notre Dame Cemetary in Gardner, Mass, not the one in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. I guess that is because he was living in Mass at the time.


I've found another interesting census with Michelle's great grandfather and 2nd great grandfather living in Cumberland, Rhode Island in 1900. I thought it was very interesting to see that her 2nd great grandmother bore 15 children, with only 8 still living in 1900 when the census was taken. There are only 7 children listed, so I would guess one was out living on their own. I'll see what I can find on that child. I have a source in Canada that may be able to help on the Sauve side. I don't have access to Canadian records in Ancestry.com. I might be able to find them, however, on Family Search in the 1870's or 80's in Canada. All of the kids except Joseph were born in Canada, so I know I'll have to go there to find them.


Also, it was noted that Michelle's great grandfather was a cotton mill laborer, as was his father. The other children, except Joseph who was still in school, were "ring spinntes". You probably know what that is, but I diddn't. Stu seemed to know a little about it and said there were a lot of mills in New England for spinning cotton (and probably wool, too). I went to Wikipedia and found a whole article on "ring spinning". I'll put the link in this email, in case you or Michelle or other family members would be interested in reading the article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_spinning

The attachment, like the last one, can be opened with Internet Explorer or any browser, I would think, like Firefox that one may have.

Sincerely,

Phyllis Bessenaire

New Bessenaire Baby

Hello All,

Please welcome the newest addition to the Bessenaire family here in Escanaba, Michigan our new grandson was born late last night.(3/16) His name is Sebastian. 6 lbs 14 ozs. Mother (Shannon Bessenaire) and baby are doing well. I attached a couple of pictures. Pep’e and baby brother Tristan (grandson) are getting acquainted with Sebastian.

Mike Bessenaire

I just found this link to our Granpepe's death certificate from Gardner, Massachusetts. You might want to post it for those who would like to see it. For those who don't want to see it, but are curious, apparently Grandpepe Paul went to work as a laborer on April 25, 1908, and suffered a concussion from a fall off of the roof of a building. It said he died within 15 minutes. He was only 34 years old. How sad.
find the link at http://www.jhbrady.com/BessenaireFamilyTree.html
Sincerely, Phyllis Besenaire

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