Re: Interesting book including information about Jean Pitre of Flanders
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Interesting book including information about Jean Pitre of Flanders
daniel peters 1/31/09
Hi Dan:
I would have to do some research to find the source of this option which goes like this:
It was said that Jean Pitre (not necessarily the exact spelling) arrived in Acadia aboard a British Ship.The hypothesis is that if he was dutch, he was coming from New Holland (part of actual New England) which had been defeated by the Brits, I believe.It makes sense that in this context some of the Dutch Nationals would have been relocated and Acadia made some sense.
Another option worth considering.
Jean-Marie M.
Gatineau Quebec
My mother-in-law was a Pitre from Chateauguay, Quebec.