INSEE: 61160
Orne Department, France
Old Regime Province: PERCHE

Ancestors who immigrated to Canada:

CHARLOTTE CHEVALIER (ab. 1600 - after 1681).

Charlotte, widow of Jacques Gaudry, emigrated to Canada with her two sons, sometime after 15 December 1651.She did not remarry.

JACQUES GAUDRY.

Did not emigrate to Canada. Jacques, husband of Charlotte, died and was buried in Feings sometine between May 17 and Sept 18, 1637. Merchant & tanner.

NICOLAS GAUDRY (ab. 1620 - 22-06-1669) -

Married Agnès Morin on 17 Nov 1653 in Québec, 8 children. Agnès was a Canadian by birth.

JACQUES GAUDRY (junior) (ab. 1637 - 30 March 1692)

Married Anne Poirier on 6 Feb 1673 in Québec. 7 children. Anne was a Canadian by birth.

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VILLAGE & CHURCH

Today Feings is a small village (about 75 persons in the village itsef, and another 550 in the countryside) located 15 km east of Mortagne-au-Perche. Residents either work away from home (as far as Paris) or live from agriculture. The local accent and expressions are astoundingly similar to Quebec's, or rather vice-versa. Most buildings are XVIII century with a few that are older or very recent.

The Gaudry original house and tanning mill, next to a creek should be easy to locate.

Saint-Gervais - Saint-Protais Church

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Cadastre (survey) of Feings

Recommended Hotel: in Mortagne-au-Perche = Hotel Genty Home or Hotel du Tribunal

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