From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Aug 5 08:23:49 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k75ENnjb029599; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 08:23:49 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k75ENkrD010673 for ; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 08:23:46 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k75BiiFI023472 for ; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 07:44:44 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k75BiiB5023471 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 07:44:44 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k75ABkFI023265 for ; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 06:11:46 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k75Coc8D007369 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 06:50:38 -0600 X-Envelope-From: denchief@earthlink.net Sat Aug 5 06:50:38 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k75Cocjb007360 for ; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 06:50:38 -0600 Received: from pop-knobcone.atl.sa.earthlink.net (pop-knobcone.atl.sa.earthlink.net [207.69.195.64]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k75CoZQn002163 for ; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 06:50:36 -0600 Received: from dialup-4.236.150.41.dial1.newyork1.level3.net ([4.236.150.41] helo=earthlink.net) by pop-knobcone.atl.sa.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1G9Lbw-0000Hc-00 for ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com; Sat, 05 Aug 2006 08:50:37 -0400 Message-ID: <412006865125028671@earthlink.net> X-EM-Version: 5, 0, 0, 0 X-EM-Registration: #3003520714B31D032830 X-Priority: Reply-To: denchief@earthlink.net X-Mailer: EarthLink MailBox 5.0.7.9 (Windows) From: "P. Theresa Pawlowski" To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 8:50:28 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Score: 2.902 (**) BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO,INVALID_DATE X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Renaut in Ny, NJ and PA I am researching a Renaut family that was in NY in 1880 and some members of which moved to NJ and Ohio in succeeding generations. I am aware that there were Renauts in PA long before this family emerged in NY. I am trying to discover if there is any connection at all between the two families, and also if I can connect with any of the people from the NY line. This is a long and twisted tale, and I am not sure how much general interest it is, but trying to put it as simply as possible... There was a Jean Joseph Victor Renaut who married a Harriet or Henriette Theurret in Manhattan. The wife was supposedly from the Meurthe region of France. The husband may have been from Paris, and they may have come in through Canada. I have found no immigration data. I believe this would have been in the early 1860's. I have what might be an 1860 census entry for them, but there is no way to prove it I can think of. Neither was born in the US. I have some naturalization info for JJV, and a date of death for his wife. They seem to have started in Manhattan in what is now SoHo, and moved gradually north. In the 1870 census they are still down fairly far, by 1880 they are on Thompson street, a short walk to Washington Square Park. In 1880 the wife died, and I have details about this, and the family seems to have broken up. There may be a connection to a family named Le Blanc, or Blanc. They had five children. One I have seen referred to as John Augustine in Freeman's bank records. (He is listed as white, so apparently not all depositors were Black) One, Paul, moved to Jersey City and ultimately that line ended up in Ohio. The third son I am not sure of. If this is my family, and I am within a hair of solid proof that it is, then I know what happened to the daughter, Clementine, and the youngest son, Edward. I know that some of these names repeat in the PA Renauts, but I don't know if that is just because they were popular French names. I don't know if the family was Catholic or Protestant - I have been told the PA Renauts were Protestant. I have seen this name misspelled in many ways, but family members seem to have been consistent in spelling it Renaut. I would love to hear from anyone who might know about these people. Theresa Pawlowski To doubt is to destroy. To believe is to create. I believe, I believe, I believe. - Ray Bradbury