Working today on one of my very old branches- the AUCOIN family. They lived in La Rochelle France in the 1500's. Records found give us the various spellings of this family name: Aucoing, Ancoing, Auconnois, Oguin, Angevin, this last derivation could come from a more ancient form of the name that would have originated in the Angers region.
Martin Aucoin (1570-1650) is the furthest we go back right now, and he is my 9th great grandfather on the Cormier side.
Also did a lot of work on the Cunningham's (Cormier line). I searched all the census records I could find and have changed Rebecca's father from John to William because I found the 1851 (or 61) census with a William C, with a daughter Rebecca. The ages seem to fit together better than any others so I am going with that for now. Then further searching led me to a treasure trove for NB: www.nbgs.ca with a well organised (alphabetized) file of first families of NB.
Martin Aucoin (1570-1650) is the furthest we go back right now, and he is my 9th great grandfather on the Cormier side.
Also did a lot of work on the Cunningham's (Cormier line). I searched all the census records I could find and have changed Rebecca's father from John to William because I found the 1851 (or 61) census with a William C, with a daughter Rebecca. The ages seem to fit together better than any others so I am going with that for now. Then further searching led me to a treasure trove for NB: www.nbgs.ca with a well organised (alphabetized) file of first families of NB.