Grandmere (Ada Matt Christ)

One half of where we're from....

Been restoring this old family photo from Christ Cousin Raymond Fontenot of Mowata.

This house stood 2 miles south of Richard Catholic Church.

Here's the same photo before.

Y'know, the Matts look kinda bored, like they didn't get out too much.

Thought I 'd take'em for a little spin .... Larry

	Matts in paradise.
	The Matts visit the worlds largest BigMac in scenic Paris France

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Matte ancestral village, Sainte-Genevieve-en-Bray, near Rouen, France. Grand'mere's ancestor Nicolas Matte was baptized here on 4 December 1639. He emigrated to Canada before 1666.

The church in Sainte-Genevieve-en-Bray

Father Matt as Mardi Gras King

Julie LeBoeuf Matt and Charles Onesime Matt (Grandma and Grandpa Christ)

Ada Matt as Red Cross helper, about 1920. Daye met her when she was dressed like this, handing out doughnuts for a veterans' parade

Aunt Edith Matt Courville, First Communion 1919

Grand'mere and some of her siblings. Left to right: Lucia Matt Daigle, Angelus Matt (Uncle A.C.), Lydia Matt LeDoux, Ada Matt Christ (Grand'mere), Edith Matt Courville

Cleveland Charles Matt (C.C.), the brother of Father Wilson Matt and son of Uncle A.C., joined the Royal Air Force volunteer reserve as a pilot officer of the 245th Squadron (Rhodesian) before Pearl Harbor. He was shot down over Dover at age 28. He is buried in the RAF section of Brookwood Cemetery in Sussex, England. (Here is Alice Winn at his grave.)

C.C. Matt's grave

A closeup of C.C. Matt's gravestone. Underneath the cross is an engraving chosen by his family: "May your soul rest in eternal peace."

Adelaide Thibodeaux LeBoeuf, mother of Julie LeJeune Matt (Grandma Matt)

Louisa LeJeune Matt (Grandpa Matt's mother)

Port des Francais, Acadia (Nova Scotia) in 1600s. Matt family ancestors arrived here from France in the 1600s.

Micmac woman circa 1860. Some of the Matt ancestors were Micmac Indians who intermarried with early Acadian settlers.

A Micmac girl in 1849

Micmac lady Mrs Thomas Thomas 1860

A traditional Micmac camp in Nova Scotia

The Acadians were deported suddenly from Grand Pre in 1755. The spot is now a Canadian National Park in their memory.

The land the Acadians lost. Most of them farmed here. Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, 2003

Cape Blomidon, sacred to the Micmac Indians, lies on the Bay of Fundy. This landmark was the Acadians' last sight of home as they were deported in 1755.

Ada's uncle Jim Matt and his sons. Left to right: Onesime Matt, Eugene Matt, Jim Matt (father), Eulgire Matt (sp?), Israel Matt, Valentine Matt. Grand Coulee, Louisiana probably 1920s.

Julia LeBoeuf Matt and Charles Matt(Grandma and Grandpa Christ), with Louisa Matt McGee's children Bennie and Audrey McGee, Eunice, Louisiana about 1920

Aunt Edith and Raymond, March 1987

Uncle Marion (Aunt Edith's husband) teaches Lucy to sing, 1984

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