Mischeaux/Micheaux/Micheau
Edna Micheau is 90 years old!
Check out today’s special birthday slideshow to the right – – – – – –> Edna Mary Micheau Penny was born on May 10, 1921 in St. Louis Missouri. Her parents were Joseph Perry Micheau (1888-1975) of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, and Edna Julia Lewis (1890-1989), of Carbondale, Illinois. From the time she was born until 2008 she lived almost …
May 10, 2011 Tuesday at 12:27 am
Love Letters from Prairie du Rocher: Epilogue
1. Joseph Perry Micheau and Edna Julia Lewis were married on 27 November 1913, at St. Francis Xavier Church, in Carbondale, Illinois. They were married for 62 years before Joe died in 1975. On their 50th wedding anniversary in 1963, they received a special telegram from Pope John XXIII. 2. She was, at the end of the day, a practical …
February 14, 2010 Sunday at 10:31 am
Valentines Day: Love Letters from Prairie du Rocher
Joseph Perry Micheau (born 23 Feb 1888, Prairie du Rocher, Illinois; died 15 Nov 1975, St Louis, Missouri) was a descendant of the French Negroes of Illinois–originally slaves from Jamaica brought to Upper Louisiana by French entrepeneur Phillipe Renault in the 1720′s. The Micheau family represent well the social and cultural lives of the descendants of the French Negroes of …
February 13, 2010 Saturday at 2:49 pm
Black History Month: A Strange Letter and an un-Fair Move?
Sometime after their marriage in 1913, Joseph P. Micheau and his wife Edna Lewis moved their family from Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, to St. Louis, Missouri. According to Joseph’s 1917 draft card, they lived at 4210 Cote Brilliant and then apparently at 3128 Fair Avenue. The 1920 census places them on Fair Avenue. Later, however, they moved to 1923 Whittier, …
February 8, 2010 Monday at 9:39 pm
The Mysteries of the Two Fiddles
The photograph on this page was taken on May 10, 2009, which happened to be both Mother’s Day and the birthday of Edna Micheau Penny, who’s shown here. She’s examining a violin which belonged to her father, Joseph Perry Micheau (1888-1975) of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois. It had been many years since she had seen the violin. Apparently, there is …
May 20, 2009 Wednesday at 1:01 pm
A Family Bible Discovered
I was being lazy one evening and I decided to run some surnames in the Family History Library catalog. Nothing verfy exciting happened until I tried “Mischeaux.” This is what I got. This is the data for the family bible for the very family I’m researching! The film notes say: “Microfilm of manuscript collection (4 p.) donated by Buell Dwight …
March 15, 2009 Sunday at 7:05 pm
Brother & Sister
Taken Too Soon David Joseph Penny (1942-2007) Edna Mary Penny (1941-2008) Direct Descendants of George Micheau (1813-1907)
March 10, 2009 Tuesday at 7:46 pm
Names, Places & Most Wanted Faces
I started this with a note on Facebook and it was suggested that it would make a good meme for bloggers. The idea is to publicize your surnames and locales to see if anyone elseknows something about them. For me on Facebook, I got several research-helpful replies. So how much better to take it to a wider audience. List the …
February 26, 2009 Thursday at 8:29 pm
Who Is This Man?
This photograph was found in St Louis, Missouri, along with many others depicting members of the Micheau family of Prairie du Rocher and Sparta, Illinois. No living relative among those that I interviewed had anyy idea who he might be. Is this a family member? A friend? How old? Occupation? Just what is his story? When was the picture taken …
January 3, 2009 Saturday at 10:22 pm
2009: Day 3
Is the honeymoon with the new year over already? I’m betting that by Monday morning, that’s what of us will be thinking! But I’ve had a good first three days! On the one hand, I missed the Carnival, which broke one of my resolutions, but it was unavoidable. Plagued by connectivity problems all week (which are now solved), I was …
January 3, 2009 Saturday at 9:53 pm
