THE NORMAND BULLETIN


Three times a year, l'Association des Normand d'Amérique
publishes a bulletin, Le Normand..., specifically for its members.

Each issue generally includes 28 to 32 pages and mostly consists of
family stories, including genealogies and illustrations.
         Persons wishing to obtain a specific issue or the complete set,
at a cost of 2,50 $ per issue, can send their orders to:

e-mail: evaristenormand@oricom.ca

or by regular mail to:

         L'Association des Normand d'Amérique
          C.P. 10090, succ. Sainte-Foy,
           Québec, QC, G1T 2W2

The most news are in french, few in english.

          FOLLOWING ARE SUMMARIES OF EACH OF THE ISSUES

          Volume 1, Number 1:

          *  This first issue of 12 pages reproduces the map of the
Siege of Quebec in 1690 drawn by Robert Villeneuve and shows the land of
Jean le Normand.
          * Francis, in his first message as president, recalls each of
the major steps taken in the formation of the association, gives his
overall plans for the organization's  future and tells of how the
bulletin will be oriented.
          * Germaine Normand writes on the use and eventual abandonment
of the article "Le" preceding the Normand surname.
          *  Jean Normand reviews a portrait by a doctor from Fall
River, Jean-Napoléon Normand, and summarizes his monumental work, "Fonds
Jean-Napoléon Normand," presented before the historical society of the
Côte-du-Sud.

          Volume 1, Number 2:

          * In the second issue of 20 pages, Le Normand publishes a
political editorial and reviews the meetings held in Montmagny on March
26 and in Saint-Julie on April 22, 1995.
          * Aurélien gives a presentation on genealogy while Germaine
writes on the importance of personal and family archives and identifies
the principal documents to conserve.
          * Jean Normand of Sainte-Foy presents an excerpt from "Fonds
Jean-Napoléon Normand; it concerns the portrait of
Charles-Francois-Clovis Normand by his son, Jean-Napoléon.
          * Finally, Germaine makes us acquainted with two members of
the association from Cap-de-la-Madeleine -- Brigitte, an accountant, and
Émile, an Oblate priest.


          Volume 1, Number 3:

          *  Germaine Normand discusses research on "unknown" Normands
-- women who have taken their husbands' last names and so often cannot
be found in telephone books. She finishes her article by describing how
family names originated in France in the 11th century, beginning with
their use in contracts and other civil acts.
          * Francoise Normand-Gaudreau of La Pocatière discusses, with
accompanying pictures, the development of the family reunion held in
Montmagny on Sept. 17, 1995, by descendants of Joseph-William Normand
and Anna Leclerc dit Francoeur. Then, Jean Normand of  Sainte-Foy
recounts the history of Mr. and Mrs, Joseph-William Normand.
          * Finally, in the section, "Byways of the Regions," Pauline
Nault-Normand brings us to Saint-Eugène-de-l'Islet and presents to us
two descendants of the Belles-Amours branch of the family: Pierre, the
uncle, who was reported missing; and Philippe, the nephew, who built a
family business on the outskirts of Saint-Eugéne and l'Islet-sur-Mer.

Volume 2, Number 1:

         * This issue is dedicated to Igé, the town in Perche where Jean
le Normand was born. Three Normands who have made the trip to Igé give
their impressions and there is an article by Robert Prévost that
appeared in La Presse on May 27, 1995, under the title, "The First
Ancestors of the Normands Came From Perche."
            * A lovely and captivating recital of voyages to France by
Jean-Napoléon, the Falls River doctor, completes the overview of Igé.
            * Jean-Michel Lenormand of Beauport writes of the origins of
the Lenormand name, and president Francis invites all Normands to
participate in the grand reunion of the Normand families in Montmagny,
coinciding with the celebration of the 350th anniversary of the
seigneurie of the Riviére-du-Sud.


            Volume 2, Number 2:

            * Le Normand proposes that a souvenir album of the reunion
in Montmagny be created. For the participants, it would be a way of
reliving the moments; for others, a way of learning of what went on.
With the help of photographs and texts (both read and sung), it would be
possible to at least get a feeling for the ambiance of the occasion.
            * On a related theme, Le Normand includes three portraits of
Normands who have worked in the public sector, all three having
ancestors who put down roots in the seigneurie of the Riviére-du-Sud.
Two of them were mayors: Michel Normand in L'Isle-aux-Grues from 1979 to
1990, and Gilbert Normand in Montmagny from 1983 to 1991; the latter is
today a minister in the federal government. As for Robert Normand of
Sainte-Foy, a high official in Quebec's public administration, he was
chief executive officer of  Le Journal newspaper and of Télé Quebec.

          Volume 2, Number 3

          * Within the framework of the celebrations of the 350th
anniversary of the seigneurie of the Rivière-du-Sud, historical research
is presented on four Normand families descended from Joseph Normand and
Charlotte Vallée, who put down roots in Montmagny in 1750.
          * Le Normand presents these families, known as the "mechanical
line," at home in their Montmagny surroundings. The families are those
of Henri Normand and Irma Couillard (Luc, Lèo, Maurice), Édouard Normand
and Marie Corriveau (Marcellin, Candide), Édouard Normand and Béatrice
Simonneau (Pierre) and Anselme Normand and Philomène Chalifour (Colette,
Marie-Reine and Georges).

            Volume 3, Number 1

            * "Le Normand ... in Belle-Amours" initially recounts the
birth of a family branch in the Seigneurie Bonsecours de l'Islet in 1752
as a result of the love between Jacques-Philippe and Marguerite Langlois
(11 children), then of a second love --between the widower
Jacques-Philippe and Clémente Couillard-Després (seven children).
            * The bulletin then presents five families of this branch,
those of Raymond and Jean-Hughes Normand of L'Islet; Émile Normand of
L'Islet, grandfather of Hélène, Jean, Marc and Pierre, co-founders of
the family association; Adélard Normand and Marie-Blanche Caron of
Saint-Eugène; Pierre Normand and Arthémise Caron of Saint-Eugène, and
Arthur Normand of Brunswick, Maine, son of Joseph-Alfred Normand and
Lucie-Anne Labbé of Saint-Eugène.

            Volume 3, Number 2

            * "Le Normand ... in business" is the theme of this issue.
In it, Francis, president of the association, presents five businesses
founded and operated by Normand families: Ernest Normand Enterprises
Inc., of Saint-Angèle-de-Mérici (transportation); Rodrigue Normand Inc.,
of Baie-Comeau (transportation); Langis Normand Construction Inc., of
L'Islet; Renaud Normand of Saint-Eugène (construction); Addenda Capital
Inc., of Montréal (finance), and Normand Camping and the Maple Sugar
Operations of the Normands of Eastman (recreation-tourism).

            Volume 3, Number 3

            * "Le Normand ... in its ninth edition" presents its autumn
harvest, using the theme of travel and memory. We travel to ancestral
country, where events are described in a daily journal or recorded in
photos -- helping us to remember. Fernand, one of the travelers,
reflects on his trip, including some of the deeper emotions occasioned
by his days in France. And Pauline allows us access to a page of her
journal written during her visit to Igé, the village where Jean le
Normand was born and baptized on April 17, 1637.                       
            * Other Normands write their histories based on stored
memories founded in the oral traditions of their families: Richard
(Repentigny) tells how work and family have been valued by the company
that has long employed members of his immediate family, the Canadian
Pacific Railroad; Gérald (Montréal) and Jacqueline V. (Shawinigan) show
how emigrant families, whether in Montréal or Rapide-Blanc, have been
able to make use of their talents and experiences, earning in the
process the estime of their employers. As for the portrait Fréderic has
drawn of his grandfather, it's added to the family album -- a picture
conveying more than any photo could.
            * Along with the article on the family of Richard Normand
(Repentigny), "325 Years of Service to the C.P.R.," André Normand writes
of family life centered on a factory, where, in turn, grandfather,
father and children have worked -- an illustration of loyalty and duty
as they relate to work and wealth, and André writes of mobility -- both
job and geographic -- as he describes his itineraries and his numerous
fields of interest.

Volume 4, Number 3

      * "Le Normand ...the river and its sailors." The anchor in our
family coat of arms was chosen to represent the sea and river crafts
practiced by our Normand ancestors. In a previous bulletin -- "Le
Normand ... in Belles-Amoures," Volume 3, Number 1, spring 1997 -- we
introduced the Normand families of L'Islet, some of whom are headed by
seamen. One of those families was that of Èmile Normand and his wife,
Hélène Cloutier, and their son, Euclide, and his wife, Simone Audet,
whose son, Marc Normand of Quebec had only recently donned his mariner's
cap as an employee of the Coast Guard. In this issue, we take a further
look at Marc and his work and, with him, we travel by boat to the far
north, beyond the Arctic Circle. Readers may come away with a better
perspective of maritime work and, in particular, of the tasks entrusted
to the guardians of the river and its coasts.

            * Beginning with Jacques-Philippe Normand and Marguerite
Langlois, we discuss another line of Normand sailors from L'Islet that
first adopted the water as a livelihood at l'Isle-aux-Grues. This line
is descended from Bonaventure Normand (Josette Couillard), the third
child of Jacques-Philippe and Marguerite. Through all of these people,
we hear the echoes of lives spent in boats, of careers ranging from
schooner captain to St. Lawrence pilot. This article is the fruit of
long research, begun in 1988, and covers five generations of this family
line, beginning with the first Bonaventure.

            * To begin this issue, the president announces projects
under way that will help celebrate, in August 1999, the fifth
anniversary of the founding of our association.

                          Volume 5, Numbers 1 and 2

             * "Le Normand ... the Great Gathering of the Normands of
America." This issue takes the form of a souvenir photo album of the
three intense and emotional days surrounding the celebration of the
association's founding. Among other things, this gathering was intended
to be a reunion of all of the Normands of America, and although small in
number, representatives of the other branches of the family -- the
Normand dit Poupeville and the Normand dit Jolicoeur -- were present.
Pictures and letters included in the issue bear witness to the pleasure
that all of the Normands took in getting to know each other. The circle
of the great Normand family of America grows ever larger, with all
destined one day to be included in the family's genealogical dictionary,
a project well under way. Also discussed in this issue is the discovery
-- thanks to Jean Normand of Sainte-Foy -- of the line of American
Normands from Louisiana. Jean tells us something about the direction of
his researches and details some of the results he's obtained so far.

                            Volume 5, Number 3

             *  This issue describes family migrations that illustrate
moments in the history of Quebec in the first quarter of the 20th
century. The impetus was jobs in the United States or in the new regions
of Abitibi and the North Coast. The families from the South Coast
discussed are those of Prosper Normand, of the Belles-Amours branch
(Prosper became a businessman in Destor in Abitibi), and that of the
descendants of Napoléon Normand and Eugénie Bolduc of the mechanical
line in Montmagny, who moved to the Eastern Townships, to Abitibi or to
the United States.

               * To the histories of the families descended from Jean Le
Normand, "Le Normand" adds two articles about members of the Normand dit
Poupeville branch who joined religious orders -- Brother Joseph-Darius
Normand, O.M.I., and Sister Marie-Élisa Normand of the Ursuline order.
Historian Gemaine uses these smaller histories in telling the larger
story of the Poupeville in Quebec.

                * Finally, this issue dedicates six of its 28 pages to
two foresters: Henri-Paul Normand of Stokely-Sud and Charles Normand of
Matane, who, with his sons Léonard, Lionel and Ovide, made their base in
Baie-Comeau.

                             Volume 6, Number 1

               * "Le Normand ... on the road" offers a French
translation of parts of "On the Road," the key work of the Beat
Generation, of which Jack Kerouac, the book's author, was its chief
spokesman. Kerouac, a French-Canadian, sought new perspectives on life
in his travels across the United States, his adopted country. Then, like
him, taking various routes, we discover heretofore unknown facts about
the achievements of Normands in various areas of Quebec life --
including the work of an architect in metropolitan Quebec, an invention
in Montmagny that helps make funeral services more solemn and the
construction, in the 19th century, of the first road bridge over the St.
Maurice River at Trois-Rivières. We also learn about past areas of
cooperation between two of the Normand branches, the one from Perche
descended from Jean le Normand and Anne le Laboureur, and that from
Normandy (Poupeville).

              * A descendant of the Poupeville Normands recounts at
length the contributions of his forebears to the development of
Trois-Rivières, a city that was long associated with the memorable first
premier of Quebec, the Honorable Maurice Duplessis. A bridge on Route
138, not far from the bridge constructed by the Normands, honors him.

            * Thanks to their grandchildren, Liliane, of Nicole, and
Claude, of Mont-Saint-Gregoire, we offer a picture of the large family
of Léon Normand and Alma Desrochers.  This issue also marks the start of
a new gallery of portraits, beginning with our association's first
president, to whom this issue is dedicated. Évariste, our new president,
summarizes the association's last five years and tells of future plans.
Évariste greatly contributed to this issue, for which we thank him.

Volume 6, Number 2

              1. A Normand family from the Beauce, by Jacques Normand.
2. The artist Madeleine Normand, by Évariste Normand and Richard
Chartier. 3. On Jeanne, a woman who answers the call, by Francis
Normand. 4. A girl in sports, by Dorys Longpré. 5. A portrait of the
president, by Germaine Normand. 6. The president's message. 7. A Normand
family from Asbestos, by Pierrette Bernard. 8. Appreciations from
readers of "Fonder foyer en Nouvelle-France."

Volume 6, Number 3

               1. The Normand Company Ltd. of Saint-Pascal: its history,
achievements and philosophy. 2. Message from the president. 3. Report of
the treasurer, Hèléne Normand. 4. Report of the general assembly meeting
held on Oct. 15, 2000. 5. Meeting of the Normands at the cafe of the
Museum of Quebec. 6. The tragedy of l'Obiou, among whose victims was
Lucie Normand. 7. Notes from the general assembly meeting of Oct. 15. 8.
News and mail.