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Reen <irinapnospam@home.com> wrote in article <3688440e.41192150@news>...
> On Wed, 23 Dec 1998 23:02:00 -0400, "Actarus [VL]"
> <prince_actarus@videotron.ca> wrote:
> 
> >"Michael H." wrote:
> >
> >>         I see in the above posts that the bigots are really crawling
out of
> >> their holes tonight.
> >
> >Yup, but we don't try to assimilate people...
> >
> 
> What! How about all the Irish people who came to Quebec and the French
> made them change their names so that they sounded French instead of

I'd have to say that the french speakers did not try to assimilate the
Irish immigrants of the 1830s and 40s with respect to their names. Today
you will find some people of Irish descent, with names such as QUINN and
RYAN who do not speak any english. In 1847-48, when many Irish immigrants
were arriving with typhus at Grosse-Ile or arrived dead their children were
adopted in the local communities. One of the conditions was that they keep
their names. If the children grew up speaking french it's as a result of
the generosity of the locals in adopting them. They at least kept their
names.

> english or even Irish, their native language. You took it all away
> from them and you try to accuse us Canadians of assimiation. Oh, if

The french did not take Gaelic from the Irish. If you were a child growing
up in a community of esperonto speakers, you would adapt and use that
language to communicate. It's common sense.



> you don't believe me check out the geneology newsgroup they have tons
> of examples. Many individuals are having difficulties tracing their
> family trees because of the French. So, how does it feel getting a
> taste of your own medicine?

A good genealogist knows how to explore all possibilities in doing his
research. As a matter of fact, people researching french Canadian (Quebec)
genealogies have a very easy time of it compared to other researchers.



Ken Quinn
kquinn@cam.org