FRIEND (FRESN) FAMILY

With all the specific place references given in the Vermont

records for this family, it should have been easy to find.

However, neither the printed _repertoires_ of Napierville

and Laprairie Cos. published by Benoit Pontbriand nor that

of St. Chrysostome published by Joy Reisinger contains

references to this family. At St-Remi in Napierville Co., Quebec, however, three

children of Alexis Fresne and Felicite Beauchamp marry in

the period 1846-63. Anyone seriously interested in the

family should probably start by checking the baptismal

registers there, but given the tendency of the family to

marry outside the French-Canadian group, it is entirely

possible that it was Protestant.

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1. Peter Fresne, b. c. 1826, St. Constant, Canada. m. Elizabeth Charters/Chestres, b. c. 1836, Chrsostome, [sic] Canada--d. 24 August 1889, South Hero, Vt., age 53 years 2 months 14 days, daughter of John Charters and Catherine Roberts. Buried South Hero Cemetery. 1870 census, South Hero, Vt.

1.1 Mary E. Fresn. b. c. 1859, St-Remie, P.Q. m. Cheney Felton of St. Albans, Vt. Principal of high schools in Rouses Point and Champlain, N.Y. d. 1953, Redlands, California, in her 94th year.

1.2 John H./W. Fresn, b. 7 June 1861, Trisune/ St-Remi, P.Q.--d. 1925. Buried South Hero Cemetery. m. 14 September 1889, South Hero, Vt., Ida G. Phelps, b. 1866-d. 1956, of South Hero, daughter of George Phelps and Lucretia J. Winslow.

1.3 Albert C. Fresn, b. c. 1862/63, Canada or Plattsburgh, N.Y. m. 22 October 1885, South Hero, Vt., Edith S. McNall.

1.4 William S. Fresn, b. c. 1864, N.Y.

1.5 Peter Ashley (or George H./A.) Frinn, b. 17 June 1865, Grand Isle, Vt.--d. 1926. m. 25 July 1891, South Hero, Mary Conlin, b. 1870--d. 1894, of South Hero, Vt. Builder.

1.6 Son, b. 11 June 1866, Grand Isle, Vt.

1.7 Earnest Fresn. b. c. 1868, Vt.

1.8 Thomas Archabold Fresne, b. 24 May 1874, South Hero, Vt. Clinton Co., N.Y. marriage records (LDS microfilm reel 1,029,875) we find: Archie T. Fresn, age 39, farmer, South Hero, Vt., res. Beekmantown, N.Y., Divorced, Second marriage, son of Peter Fresn and Elizabeth Charters. m. 15 April 1914, Hartford, Conn., by George O. Brott, J.P., to Annie Cheeseman, age 33, of Beekman- town, N.Y., widow, second marriage, dau. of Gilbert Dominy and Helen Dawson.

1.9 Nelson Friend, b. 7 November 1877, South Hero, Vt.

1.10 Charles H. Fresn, b. c. 1878, Vt.

Dawson.

1.9 Nelson Friend, b. 7 November 1877, South Hero, Vt