There are quitea few people working on the name and family. Joseph Lixey's father was Alexey or Alexander Lixey whose original name was Soudriette. Alexey was called Mister Alexey and that is where the name came from. Anyone named Lixey or Lixie is probably a relative. Before Soudriette the name was Sordelier. Francois Sordelier came from Cugner or Cugney in FranchteComte, France in the mid 1700s, He maried Mary Jane Gendron at Lachine, Quebec on May 5, 1769. They had three sons and four daughters, all of whom had children. His son Francis Charles is our ancestor. Alex was born to Francis Charles and Catherine Campau on 2 Oct, 1801. Alex married twice, His first wife was Felicity Campau and his second was Elizabeth Campau, Felicity's sister. We do not know where and when Felicity died and the second marriage took place. Alex had quite a few children and my ancestor is Alfred , the brother of Joseph. I have a lot of information on the family.
Many of Eli's descendents live in the Tawas area.