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Geoffroys of Sanilac County, MI

Geoffroys of Sanilac County, MI

Posted: 23 Jun 2002 10:47PM GMT
Classification: Query
I am looking for the parents of Zellmora (or Zelma) and Euguen Geoffroy, from Sanilac County, MI. Zellmora married Orange Bashaw in 1877 in Port Sanilac, Sanilac Co., MI. She is listed with her brother, Euguen, on a land deed in 1876, deeding land to Edith Champagne (Shampane), formerly married to Francois Geoffroy (or Jeffrois).

I have a deed of Francois Jeffrois in 1860 in Sanilac County. A Thomas Jeffrois also bought land right next to Francois. Thomas' death record lists his parents as Francois Geoffroy and Desanges (or Angele) Rivet. Thomas died in 1878 in Port Sanilac. He married Archange Jolie in 1827 in Ste-Elisabeth de Joliette, Quebec, Canada.

I am wondering if their is a connection between my Zellmora and Eugene Geoffroy and Thomas Geoffroy. Zellmora was born in Ontario, Canada. Were the Francois and Thoms (from the land records) related?

Scott

Re: Geoffroys of Sanilac County, MI

Posted: 12 Jul 2002 2:17AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 8 Sep 2002 10:01PM GMT
you would be amazed at the wealth of information that one of our distant cousins has dug up on the jeffrey/geoffrois/geoffrey line. I don't know of any copies you can get ahold of. Thomas Geoffrois and Archange Joly are my ggg grandparents. The problem with the line is that cousins married cousins. And some had already changed the name to Jeffrey and Geoffrey. I seem to remember Zelma somewhere in the book. i will look her up and see what i can find. let me know what else you have that you need help on as this book is very large and covers alot of surnames for the canada/huron county areas.

Lisa Weidner

Re: Geoffroys of Sanilac County, MI

Posted: 12 Jul 2002 5:18AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 12 Jan 2003 8:44PM GMT
Lisa, thank you very much for your response. I would be very much interested in what you can find out about Zelma, in particular, her parents, her date and place of birth. I just know that she is connected to the Jeffrois/Geoffroys that came from Joliette area of Quebec, but I have a gap from the time the family was there in the first half of the 1800s, to the time the family came to Sanilac County. Since Zelma was born in Ontario, I assume the family moved there somewhere. When you mention Huron County, is that in Ontario or Michigan?

Could you also send me the name of the book and the author and contact information (i.e.; how I could contact the author)? I would be most appreciative. Thank you again! Scott

Re: Geoffroys of Sanilac County, MI

Posted: 12 Jul 2002 6:16AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 8 Sep 2002 10:01PM GMT
Scott, the author of the book is a distant cousin. I don't believe he is still living. I also don't think that you can get a copy of the book. I don't believe it was ever formally published as there is no publishing data on the inside cover or anywhere else for that matter. And are you sure that it is Zelma and not Celina? I looked briefly for Zelma and didn't see one tho I did find Francois Geoffroi married to Desanges Rivet, they had several children; Francois, Thomas, Lucille, Basile, Maurice, and Charles. I have a picture of a couple that says in parentheses (Zuma-Remi's sister) But her real name is Celima. Going to keep looking. Here is the info that I have on the book......It is called " Our french candadian ancestry in Huron County. By T. W Denomme. His first name is Teophile. On the inside cover in my mother; handwriting is his address. 33433 Schoenherr Apt 121.
Sterling Heights. Mi 48312 (313) 978 3794. this is exactly what it says --- i am sure the area code has changed. The book was done in 1990. and spans 1631 - 1990.

Lisa

Re: Geoffroys of Sanilac County, MI

Posted: 12 Jul 2002 6:49AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 12 Jan 2003 8:44PM GMT
Lisa, as far as I know, the name was Zellmora (based on marriage record). Land records list her name from Zelma to Zelamo). One land record has her and her brother, Eugene, deeding land to an Edith Champaigne (Shampane), who was previously married to a Fracois Jeffroy/Geoffroy. She later married a Joseph Champaigne.

Do you have anything on a Eugene Jeffroy? I don't know if Edith was the mother of Eugene and Zelma or their sister perhaps. I did find a Remi Geoffroy/Jeffroy in Sanilac County, but I think he might have been a little old to be Zelma's brother. I will have to check my records.

Do you have the picture scanned? If so, could you email it to me so I can make comparisons with the pictures I have of Zelma's son, Frank Bashaw (my great grandfather). Also, was Huron county in Michigan or Ontario? Scott (scottl@myexcel.com)

Re: Geoffroys of Sanilac County, MI

Posted: 31 Oct 2002 6:37AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 29 Dec 2002 2:40AM GMT
Surnames: Geoffroy
I am a descendant of Thomas Geoffroy. But I have his wife listed as Cujaneal Joliet. I have seen the name also spelled Archange Jolie and was wondering which is the correct spelling. His son Joseph is buried in Bad Axe, MI. My email is bsstonge@yahoo.com.

Re: Geoffroys of Sanilac County, MI

Posted: 17 Feb 2003 4:37AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Geoffroy
I descend form Benjamin Geoffroy (brother of Thomas) and Ursule Joly (sister of Archange). I have found last summer in Les Archives Departementales de la Haute-Marne, in France, that the ancestor Nicolas was not from Vitry-le-François, neither from Dampierre, but from a small village named Arbot in Cote d'Or. He was baptised in the St-Pierre chuch of this small village on March 17, 1714. He was the son of Remi Geoffroy (son of Toussaint and Claude-Jeanne Villeminot) and Marie-Nicolle Mercier (dau. of Louis and Claude Petit) who were married in Arbot on November 13, 1711. Rémi had a brother, Didier, who was married to Marie-Nicolle Mercier's sister, Jeanne, on Feburary 4, 1710. The information widely published about Nicolas Geoffroy being from Vitry-Le-François is therefore wrong, and the confusion probably originates from Arbot being about 5 kilometers from another very small village named Vitry-en-Montagne where the Geoffroy's may have lived even though I have yet found no specific record sustaining this fact.

Re: Geoffroys of Sanilac County, MI

Posted: 2 Mar 2004 6:40PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 12 Mar 2004 9:05PM GMT
Zuma & Celima are the same - it is a nickname of sorts. Could you clarify how you are related - Remi the brother to Celima is my grandfather and dad has often called his aunt "ma tante Zuma"

Re: Geoffroys of Sanilac County, MI

Posted: 2 Mar 2004 6:58PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 12 Mar 2004 9:05PM GMT
Your Eugene is most likely the son of Thomas Geoffroy and Marie Désirée Durand who were married April 7 1864, St. Clair Michigan. Both are from Huron Co. Ontario and before that Ste Elisabeth Joliette Co. Quebec. He is the son of Thomas Geoffroy and Archange Joly. I would love to get copies of whatever you have on Thomas & Archange as they disappeared on me and I've only come to realize they moved to Sanilac because of your email. I have to go back through my notes on the church records but there was a Francois Geoffroy who married in Huron County to someone with a name similar to Edith and then disappeared from the records. This couple had a couple of children and the mother's name changes slightly in each record - I'll look into that and get back to you later. I'll also double check on Marie Désirée's parents.

Re: Geoffroys of Sanilac County, MI

Scott Lessor (View posts)
Posted: 4 Mar 2004 5:54AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Elaine,
I would be happy to make copies for you of what I have. The copies are not the best, but still legible. Based on the land records, my "Zellmora"/"Zelma" had a brother, Eugene. Zellmora was born in 1856 according to her marriage record (1878 in Port Sanilac) to Orange Bashaw. My email address is scottl@myexcel.com. You can send me your address.

Lisa, Bonnie, and Jean, I am sorry for not keeping in touch. Somewhere along the line, messages were not forwarded to me. But I did get Elaine's last two contributions to the message board. Lisa, do you have the book written by your distant cousin? Would you be willing to make copies of some pages that mention the Geoffroys as well as the picture of "Zuma", Remi's sister?

Scott
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