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The Year 2008 Gathering will be held May 16/17/18/2008 at the Motel Deville of Rouyn-Noranda, Qc, with Gilles Morisset, presiding and director of the Association. Information can be obtained by phone or e-mail from:

The Year 2007 Gathering was held on May 19 and 20/2007 in St-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Qc, with Jérôme-René Morissette, president of the Association, presiding. During the proceedings, we have unveiled that the pop-rock international signer Alanis Morissette was a direct descendant of Nicolas Morisset and Anne Cloutier who settled in St-Michel, Qc.

We have also visited the church of St-Michel and the chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, a very nice pilgrim site.

The Year 2006 Gathering was held on May 20 and 21/2006 in Ste-Croix-de-Lotbinière, Qc, with Claudette Morisset-Lemay, director of the Association, presiding. During the proceedings, we have unveiled a commemorative plate to honour Pierre Morisset and Catherine Letourneau, the first Morisset to establish in Ste-Croix-de-Lotbinière, Qc,

We have also visited the churches of Ste-Croix and St-Louis of Lotbinière, Qc, as well as the Domaine Joly-de-Lotbiniere.

The Year 2005 Gathering was held on May 21 and 22/2005 in St-Marc-des-Carrières, Qc, with Pierre Morissette, director of the Association, presiding.

The Year 2004 Gathering was held on May 21, 22 and 23/2004 in Manoir Saint-Castin, Lac-Beauport, Qc, with Thérèse Morissette, director of the Association, presiding. During the proceedings, we have honored Suzanne Howard for her involment in the salvation and the restauration of the Maison Morisset of St-Famille, I.O. We have also honored Raymond Morissette who left the Board after 8 years as vice-president.

The Year 2003 Gathering was held on May 16, 17 and 18/2003 in Centre d’Arts Orford, Orford, Qc, with Michèle Morissette-Bourque, director of the Association, presiding. During the proceedings, we launched our fifth publication, the second edition of "Répertoire des mariages Morissette-Morrissette-Morisset."

YEAR 2002 GATHERINGThe Year 2002 Gathering was held on May 18 and 19/2002 in Ste-Famille, Île d'Orléans, QC, with Henriette Morissette-Moisan, director of the Association, presiding. During the proceedings, we have unveiled two commemorative plates to honor the ancestors.

The commemorative plate of the ancestors Mathurin Morisset and Elisabeth Coquin was unveiled during the general assembly 2002 and is installed on the north wall inside the church of Neuville, Qc, the place where they got married on Jan. 9/1690.

The commemorative plate of the ancestors Jean Moricet and Jeanne Choret was unveiled by Roger Morissette et Roger Giguère and blessed by Bishop Pierre Morissette who was celebrating the catholic mass in the church of his ancestors. The plate is installed in the Parc des Ancêtres which is adjacent to the old presbytery of Ste-Famille, the place where they raised all their family and died.

The Year 2001 Gathering was held on May 18, 19 and 20/2001 in Ste-Marie-de-Beauce, QC, with Léo Morissette, director of the Association, presiding.

During the proceedings, we launched our fourth publication "Toponymes Morissette (toute épellation) dans le monde" explaining 163 toponyms in Canada, USA, France and Australia. We were also told by the Mayor of Ste-Marie-de-Beauce, QC, that the City is planning to name a site around a new bridge as PARC MORISSETTE to honour all the Morissettes who built the city throughout the centuries.

The Year 2000 Gathering was held on May 19, 20 and 21 in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, with André Morissette, director of the Association, presiding.

During the proceedings, we unveiled our flag and launched our third publication "Jean Morisset, patriote de 1838".

The 1999 Gathering was held May 21, 22 and 23 in Shawinigan, QC, with Annette Morissette-Bourassa, director of the Association, presiding.

During the proceedings, we launched our second publication "Morissette d'ici et d'ailleurs, d'hier et d'aujourd'hui"

The 1998 Gathering was held May 15, 16 and 17 in Neuville, QC, with Rémi Morissette, secretary of the Association, presiding.

We welcomed Morissets and Morissettes from France, from the western provinces, and from Ontario and Québec.

During the proceedings, we unveiled two commemorative monuments in honour of our ancestors Jean Moricet/Jeanne Choret and Mathurin Morisset/Élisabeth Coquin.

We also launced our first publication, the first edition of "Répertoire des mariages Morissette-Morrissette-Morisset."

The 1997 Gathering was held on June 21 and 22, 1997 in Trois-Pistoles, QC, with Raymond Morissette, vice-president of the Association, presiding.

At this official founding of the Association, we approved the by-laws, unveiled the coat-of-arms and the motto and elected the first Board of Directors.

ANNUAL GATHERINGS