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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voyageur" data-source="post: 1044481" data-attributes="member: 17953">I have a hunch my ancestors may well have traded with the Senecas, since my roots in Canada began when an enlisted French soldier stayed in New France, when his enlistment expired, instead of opting to return to France. He made his way to the Montreal area, and was part of the early settlers in Lachine, where he married a Filles du Roi. Members of the family were killed in the Lachine Massacre, carried out by the Mohawks, who were part of the Iroquois nation, just like the Senecas. But, it was not the Senecas who were involved.From there, part of the family, including my ancestors, went to Montreal, and headed west, to Hawkesbury, Ontario, where they were loggers and trappers. From there, as time went on, they crossed into the US at the Soo Locks at Sault Ste. Marie, and ended up in the Menominee Michigan area, as members of logging concerns. The rest is modern day history, except for one detail. One of my ancestors brothers was a carver. There's a museum on what's called French Island, located between Menominee, and Marinette, WI, where an entire miniature logging camp that he carved stands as the centerpiece of the entire operation. As for me? If I tried to whittle on a stick I'd probably cut a finger off. I got nothing!</blockquote>

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