From to president Alain Michaud
Dear members,
What a beautiful summer we is ending, without this lot of health constraints encouraging us to minimize the connections that are so dear to us! I hope you have taken full advantage of it.
Our association finally managed to hold a meeting activity where all members were invited. A dozen members took part in the Family Association Meal as part of the 350th anniversary festivities of Rivière-Ouelle. To thank them for their participation, the Association provided them with a free credit for the historic Michaud circuit in the Kamouraska region. Remember that this is a self-guided and geolocated circuit, an initiative of our partner Fil Rouge. See https://www.passeursdememoire.com/en
On this occasion, I represented the AFMI at the inauguration of an honorary plaque paying tribute to the ancestors of the Gagnon dit Belzile families, one of the important pioneer families of Rivière-Ouelle. Pierre Gagnon and Magdeleine Roger de Tourouvre, in Perche, will never come to America. However, three of their sons, Pierre, Jean and Mathurin came to settle there and gave birth to the large Gagnon family. Hundreds of Gagnons appear in the database of the Association of Descendants of our common ancestor, Pierre Michaud.
We offer you another issue of Le Brelan, and I would like to acknowledge the important contribution of two of our members, Denis Michaud (from Ottawa) #1679 and Jean Michaud #1654 (from Quebec). A good example that encourages you to do like them: invest a little time in writing articles about your relatives, distant or not, of Michaud who has particularly distinguished himself! Remember that all Brelan editions are kept in the national archives of Quebec and Canada.
At the end of our renewal period, I join the Board of Directors in warmly thanking you for your support. You will also find in this Brelan the list of members who believe in the importance of having an association of healthy families, as you will also see in the financial statements.
Thanks again and have a great fall season
Alain Michaud (1480), president
Translated by Lise Michaud Landry (1375)