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Some of the contents of this document are taken from the

Translation of Historical Sections

of the

"S O U V E N I R P R O G R A M"

published on the occasion

of the

T H I R D C E N T E N A R Y

of the Arrival in North America

of

PAUL de RAINVILLE, Esquire

Beauport, Quebec, September 4, 1955.

Special thanks to Mr. Thomas Edworthy of Minneapolis, Minnesota for the background information on the "de Rainville"/"Renville" family history. Thomas maintains a data base on the Renville family, and much of
the information in this web site is taken from his files, with his permission.
Thomas also has his sources of information regarding the families in his Database with WorldConnect.

Special thanks to Brian Gerald Ranville, professor of history, Brandon University for his input into this
web site as well as passing on a great deal of information on the family ancestors and their descendents.
Brian also has a great deal of information on many of the historical events pertaining to our family.

From your internet browser
enter    http://www.worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
in database field
enter    thomas281
click on -GO-
in search field
enter    Renville, Francois-Joseph
click on the first line that shows
RENVILLE, Francois-Joseph

From there you can follow our ancestors by clicking on the
Father's Name: field

or descendents by clicking on any of the names under
Children

Missing Links

There are many missing families that are related to the
deRainville / Renville / Ranville families.

To add family names to Thomas Edworthy's database,
send the following information to
[email protected]

Name:
   Sex:
   Birth:
   Death:
   Residence:
   Occupation:
   Death:
   Burial:
   Father:
   Mother:
   Marriage:
   Children: list children and birth dates