Stories of family and ancestors who lived and worked in Cohoes (textile and garment workers, butchers and barbers), Waterford (canalers), Whitehall (farmers and canalers), Port Henry (iron miners and Civil War soldiers), Champlain (canalers and farmers) and other towns along the Champlain Canal in New York State with some diversions to the places they emigrated from....Quebec (landless farmers, shoemakers, sailors, soldiers), Acadia (more farmers), and even Cornwall, England (tin miners).
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Ancestral Millot-Mylott Home: Villiers-le-Sec, France
Nicolas Damien Millot dit Champagne, the Mylott forefather, was born in Villiers-le-Sec in Champagne, France in 1737. He enlisted in the Company de Guyenne to fight for France in the Seven Years War, called the French and Indian War in the United States. A photographer, Ludo has posted beautiful photos of the church in Villiers-le-Sec on Panoramio...here is a link.
Location:
52000 Villiers-le-Sec, France
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