Legroulx Clan

The Legroulx family has been traced back to Maurice Gouriau and his wife Jeanne Rigau of Brittany, France. Their son, Jean Baptiste Gouriou born in 1656 , immigrated to Quebec. He was married in Lachine, to Marie Louise Chaudillon on 2 June 1701. We know he was a sergeant in the company of Blainville and was station in St Clair at Le Détroit du Lac Érié in 1706 with his famly They were back in Montréal by about 1711 and by 1726, Louise had given birth to ten children Jean died in 1738 in Montréal, where he was buried in the paupers cemetery. His wife did not die until 1758, said to be 78, and also buried in Montréal.

Their son Jean Baptiste Gouriou was born in Montreal on August 11, 1721. He married in Montreal to Marie Elizabeth Houe on May, 29, 1747. Their son Alexis Gruau, a farmer, was born in Montreal on August 5, 1755

Alexis Gruau married Marie Louise Martin dit St. Jean in Les Cedres, Quebec. Their son Alexis Groulx, a laborer, was born on November 23, 1792 in Les Cedres. He married Angelique Lalonde on February 21, 1814 in Les Cedres. Alexis was our great, great, great grandfather

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Corrigan Clan

The Corrigan surname is of Irish origin and means a "Spear" in Gaelic.

A Corrigan Coat of Arms motto is: Consilio et Impetu (English: By counsel and Force).

In the 1659 census Corrigan and O’Corrigan are among the more numerous Irish names in Offaly, Longford, and Fermanagh. Religion in Ireland has tettered back and forth from Catholic and Protestan since the 1500s staring with Henry VIII. The 1699 Acts by England restricting Irish woollen exports crippled the industry and prompted the start of Scotch-Irish exodus to America. A hundred years later, the United Irishmen staged an insurrection in Ireland, with the objective of establishing an independent Irish republic. The rebellion was crushed and full parliamentary Union with Britain was passed in 1800. At some point between 1826 and 1838, our Corrigan ancesters arrived in Canada. Eventually, three siblings - Robert, Matilda and Johnston all settled in the Inkerman area south of Ottawa.