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Duck Lake
Our Story:
SASKATCHEWAN GROWN
The Story of the Joseph François Gentil Perret Family
By Aline Gentil Perret-Vallée
My mother, Marie Jeanne Anctil, was born in 1890 in Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatière in Quebec, daughter of Alphonse Anctil and Élisabeth Ouellet. Our ancestors on the Anctil side trace their origins to Normandy, France for as far back as the 1730's. In 1906, when Mom was sixteen, the entire family moved to St.-Isidore-de-Bellevue, Saskatchewan. In 1913, Grandpa and Grandma Anctil sold their 160-acre farm to move to Marcelin, Saskatchewan. Grandma ran the local hotel with its restaurant while Grandpa worked on neighboring farms. In the early 1920's, she followed one ...more Story
Related Links:
Western Development Museum
Contact:
Aline Perret-Vallee
102 - 315 Pinehouse Drive
Saskatoon SK S7K 7Y7`
Canada
enilalitneg@shaw.ca
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