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Louis
H
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be
rt
1575 - 1627
The first permanent settler
in Canada
His Hébert name died out with his
great grandson - Clinton County
Heberts are descended from the
Acadian Héberts
Born in Canada, this naturalized
US citizen invented the
parafoil and the paraglider
Domina
Jalbert
1904 - 1991
Lt. General
John A.
Lejeune
1867 - 1942
13th Commandant
of the Marine Corps after whom
Camp Lejeune in North Carolina
is named
~
Semper Fi
~
Actress, model and
United Nations High Commission
for Refugees Ambassador
Mother, Marcheline Bertrand,
was French-Canadian and
Iroquois
Angelina
Jolie
1975
Dr. Anne
LaBastille
Internationally known
Adirondack woodswoman,
writer and ecologist
Novelist on the American West
and author of over 100 books
Louis
L'Amour
1908 - 1988
Alexander
Hamilton
1755 - 1804
Founding Father
Practised law in New York where
he died after a duel
Mother was a Huguenot - Faucette
Francophile, francophone and
wife of a president
Lived and worked in New York
Jacqueline
Bouvier
Kennedy
Onassis
1929 - 1994
Claire L.
Chennault
1893 - 1958
Major General in command
of the
Flying Tigers in WWII
Voice of Rugrats Phil and Lil DeVille,
Kanga in the Winnie the Pooh series
and dozens of other cartoon
characters
Kath
Soucie
1967 -
He
nry
Delord
1764 - 1825
French merchant who bankrupted
himself by extending credit to
American officers during the Battle of
Plattsburgh
Born in rural Ontario -
the first quintuplets
known to have survived infancy
Dionne
Quintuplets
1934
Steven
Crowder
1987 -
Actor and stand-up comic
Started in Yoplait commercials
and was the voice of "The Brain" in the
"Arthur" series
Mother was born a Lacaille
Baseball Hall of Famer
from
Massachusetts
Leo
Durocher
1905 - 1991
Joan
Benoit
Samuelson
1957 -
Won the first ever
women's Olympic Marathon
on August 5, 1984
Plattsburgh author of Robidoux
genealogies and other genealogical
books for Clinton County, NY
Clyde M.
Rabideau
1936 -
Madonna
1958 -
The Material Girl
All French-Canadian on mother's side -
family name Fortin
Doonesbury Cartoonist and
gr-grandson of
Dr. Edward Trudeau
,
founder of the tuberculosis hospital in
Saranac Lake
Garry
Trudeau
1948 -
Brother
André
1845 - 1937
Brother André Bessette from
Iberville, Quebec
Miracle worker of Mount Royal and
founder of St Joseph's Oratory
Sacajawea's
husband-travelled with
Louis and Clarke
Born Boucherville, Quebec
Toussaint
Charbonneau
1767 - 1843
Louis
Riel
1844 - 1855
Metis Canadian
Revolutionary, lived in
Keeseville, NY for a time
in the 1870s
Born Jean Louis/Jack Kerouac
Beat poet and author
Claimed
Breton French ancestors
His father was born in St. Hubert, PQ
Jack
Kerouac
1922 - 1969
Dr. William
Beaumont
1785 - 1853
Doctor in the
Battle of Plattsburgh,
experimenter on
Alexis Bidagan dit
St.Martinand son-in-law of
Israel Green who had a
tavern in Plattsburgh
