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Michigan Picard Family

|Date |Person |Event | Narrative and Direct Quotes |Comment |

| | | |“St. Lawrence University was among the colleges that received a grant. |HISTORY, Department of |

| | | |The university, which is 18 miles from Canada, will use the money to take |Faculty of Arts |

| | | |the first steps in adding a new line of inquiry to its Canadian Studies |Office 5309 |

| | | |Program: how Canada’s experience with cultural diversity mirrors—and |Laval university |

| | | |differs from —that of the United States.”[ii] |Quebec (Quebec) G1K 7P4 |

| | | | |CANADA |

| | | | |Information - Secretariat: (418) 656-5130 |

| | | | |Telecopier: (418) 656-3603 |

| | | | |hst@hst.ulaval.ca |

| | | | |fl.ulaval.ca/hst/ |

|1600 | | |Throughout the seventeenth century French Catholic missionaries in Canada | |

| | | |made a major effort to convert the Huron Indians as a prelude to trying to| |

| | | |assimilate them into French culture.[iii] “A Frontier | |

| | | |civilization…[imposed] the dominant English tongue on such Indians, | |

| | | |Spaniards, Frenchmen, or Mexicans as stood in the path of American | |

| | | |Expansion.”[iv] | |

|1653 | | |In 1653, the Sieur de Maisoneuve organized a “Great Levy” which offered | |

| | | |land and money to people who would settle in Canada. | |

|1774 | | |The competition between the French and the English settlers was | |

| | | |fundamentally about land. The Ohio company led by George Washington and a | |

| | | |number of other Virginia land owners, “at the forks of the Ohio (today’s | |

| | | |Pittsburgh) ran smack into another enemy, the French from Quebec, who also| |

| | | |wanted to steal the Ohio River land.”[v] The French chased away the | |

| | | |group, including Washington in 1754 which began what would later be called| |

| | | |the French and Indian War. | |

|1800 | | |In nineteenth century Quebec, traditional ideals were entrenched in a | |

| | | |genteel tradition still entrenched in many conservative Europeans.[vi] | |

| | | |French elites down to World War II, were docile and seemed to accept it as| |

| | | |part of a natural order that the English (and the British Empire) ruled as| |

| | | |part of a natural order of things. [vii] | |

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| | | |However, as the rest of North America industrialized, in Quebec, the tempo| |

| | | |quickened since the province was “part of the industrialized world and | |

| | | |contiguous of its most highly industrialized regions.”[viii] | |

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| | | |In the nineteenth century there were no direct diplomatic channels between| |

| | | |Canada and the United States.[ix] | |

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|1840 | | | |In the mid-19th century, there |

| | | | |was a class of men who |

| | | | |were classified as “sporting men,” those who were frequenters of |

| | | | |brothels.[x] |

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| | | | |Beuharnois County is Southest |

|1846 |Alfred Picard |Born in St. Timothee, Quebec | |of Montreal. The largest city is |

| | |Canada. May 22 1846 (His | |Salaberry De Valleyfield. Parishes |

| | |gravestone reads 1846 but his| |Connected to the Saginaw Picards |

| | |obituary says 1847). | |Include St. Louis De-Gonzague, |

| | | | |Beauharnois, St. Etienne De Beau- |

| | | | |Harnois, and St. Timothee. The |

| | | | |County Borders the St. Laurence |

| | | | |River, close to Lake St. Louis. The |

| | | | |Beuharnois Canal passes through |

| | | | |The county. It is a part of the St. |

| | | | |Laurence Canal System. |

|1847 |Alfred Picard & Family |Education: Law, College of St. |Alfred was a Champion Polinee |Alfred’s Parents: |

| | |Therese, Quebec |Player | |

| | | | |Tentatively identified as |

| | |College of St. Therese is a | |Isaac and Emelie Legault Picard. |

| | |branch of the Lavalle | |Her brother tentatively identified |

| | |University, Quebec City | |As Clovis Legault |

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| | |According to Alfred Picard’s | |Isaac Picard, either Alfred’s |

| | |Obituary he had five brothers | |father or elder brother is |

| | |and three sisters in Canada. | |identified as having a |

| | |They were: | |Seignieurial Concession |

| | | | |in 1854 in North Georgetown, |

| | |1. Calex Picard | |now within the Municipal |

| | | | |Boundaries of St. Louis de |

| | |2. Napoleon Picard | |Gonzague. |

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| | |3.Joseph Picard | |An Isaac Picard and Emelie |

| | | | |Legault Picard are identified in |

| | |4. Leon Picard | |St. Louis de Gonzague Churc |

| | | | |as having a son Napoleon on |

| | |5. Isaac Picard | |March 7, 1857. |

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| | |The three sisters were: | | |

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| | |1. Melee | | |

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| | |2. Elise and | | |

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| | |3. Armida | | |

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|1848 |Zepherine Legault |Born January 29, 1848 | |There were strong ties between |

| | | | |The Legault and Picard Families. |

| | | | |Alfred’s mother has been tenta- |

| | | | |tivly identified as Emelie Legault. |

| | | | |Alfred’s second wife Zepherine |

| | | | |Was a Legault. Marcelline |

| | | | |Legault stood up for one of the |

| | | | |Picard Daughters |

|1853 | | | | |

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|1864 |Alfred Picard |Moves to U.S. Saginaw Michigan | | |

|1867 |Jerry La Chappele |Born December 12 | | |

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| | |Son of Zepherine La Chappele | | |

| | |(Picard) and | | |

| | |Calisck La Chappele (First | | |

| | |husband) | | |

|1868 |Alfred |Saloon Keeper, Married Amelia | | |

| |Picard |Poquet, both of East Saginaw | | |

| | |Michigan- Married in Saginaw, | | |

| | |Michigan, Witnesses Charles | | |

| | |Poquet and Iorael L’Eruge Date | | |

| | |of Marriage, March 24. Priest, | | |

| | |Fr. VanDeBow | | |

|1869 |Joseph |Born, February 15, 1869- Died | | |

| | |at Birth (Perhaps born in | | |

| | |1867). Unless otherwise noted | | |

| | |all offspring are of Alfred | | |

| | |Picard | | |

|1870 |Alfred Picard Jr. |Born June 22, 1870 | | |

|1872 |Alfred Picard |Proprietor, Peoples Hotel, |Alfred Picard “followed various occupations in the early days of his |The 1872 Land Act recruited |

| | |Miller and Washington, |Saginaw life but he was best known as a hotel keeper. He was for many |new immigrants to Canada. |

| | |Northeast Corner |years the proprietor of the old Central House, at that time one of the |The point of entry was Halifax. |

| | | |important hotels of the city, which was situated at the corner of Water | |

| | | |and Thompson Streets.”[xi] | |

|1874 |Alfred Picard |Marries Zephirine Legault dit | | |

| | |Distauriers, Notre Dame | | |

| | |Cathedral, Montreal Quebec on | | |

| | |May 10, 1874 | | |

|1873-74 |Alfred Picard |Proprietor, Boarding House, | | |

| | |Water between German and | | |

| | |William | | |

|1874 |Joseph Picard or Pickard |Laborer | | |

|1875 |Mare Hermina “Minnie” |Born, April 15. Baptized April | | |

| |Picard |25. Godfather- Theophile | | |

| | |Larocque, Godmother, Mecthilde | | |

| | |Desoulliers. | | |

|1876 |Alfred Picard |Saloon Keeper | | |

|1877 |Patrick Philippe Peter |Born February 19. Godfather, | | |

| |Picard |Joseph Jacques, Godmother, | | |

| | |Marie Raiaume. Born in Saginaw?| | |

|1877-78 |Alfred Picard |Proprietor Boarding House, | | |

| | |northeast corner Miller and | | |

| | |Water | | |

|1878 |Victoria Picard |Born, June 10 in Saginaw | | |

| | |Michigan | | |

| | |Baptized June 23. Godmother, | | |

| | |Leande Simoneau, Godmother, | | |

| | |Cictorine Ducharme | | |

|1879-1880 |Alfred Picard |Proprietor, Hotel southwest | | |

| | |corner, Miller and Water, | | |

| | |residence same. Named “Picard | | |

| | |House” | | |

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| | |Declares Intention of becoming | | |

| | |Citizen of U.S. March 17, 1879 | | |

|1880 |Donalda Picard |Born March 9, 1889- Died at | | |

| | |Birth or shortly thereafter | | |

|1881-82 |Alfred Picard |“Picard House” Water- foot of | | |

| | |Millard | | |

|1883 |Alfred Picard |Not Listed in Saginaw Michigan-| | |

| | |Perhaps Resident in Quebec | | |

|1883 |Louis Alexander Picard |Born March 9, 1883 at St. Louis| | |

| | |de Gonzeague, County of | | |

| | |Beauharnois, Quebec | | |

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| | |Baptized at St. Alphonse | | |

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| | |Godfather: Joseph Seguin, | | |

| | |Godmother, Emelie Picard wife | | |

| | |of Joseph Seguin. | | |

|1884 |Alfred Picard |Not Listed-Resident in Quebec |The impact of the temperance movement on this society was important. Of | |

| | | |equal importance was the impact of Panic (the nineteenth century term for | |

| | | |an economic recession). | |

|1884 |Marie Anne Rose Alba “Mary| | | |

| |Ann” or “Marion” Picard |Born in St. Louis de Gonzague, | | |

| | |August 30. Baptized August 31.| | |

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| | |Witnesses: Marcelline Legault | | |

| | |and Antoine Roy, Eugen | | |

| | |Desmarais, Priest | | |

|1884 |Peter Picard |Switchman | | |

|1884 |Ida Picard |Domestic | | |

|1884-1885 |Alfred Picard |Alfred Picard appears to have |Alfred Lost his eye sight. His health is broken. He suffered from | |

| | |returned to Canada |Paresis | |

|1886 |Alfred Picard |Proprietor, Central House, | | |

| | |South Franklin between William | | |

| | |and Hayden, 321 South Franklin | | |

|1887 |Alfred Picard Sr. |Proprietor, Central House Hotel|The greater part of Alfred Picard’s property was lost in the panic of | |

| | | |1887. | |

|1888 |Marie Josephine Louise |Born January 2. Baptized at St.| | |

| |Picard |Mary’s East Saginaw, Mich by | | |

| | |the Vicar Fr. Milligan | | |

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| | |Godfather, Desire Lachapelle- | | |

| | |Godmother, Marie Ducharme | | |

|1889 |Alfred Picard, Junior |Printer, Evening News | | |

|1889 |Francis Arthur “Frank” |Born, October 19. Baptized, | | |

| |Picard |October 27 at St. Mary’s | | |

| | |Church, Saginaw Michigan | | |

| | |God Parents: Alfred and Minnie | | |

| | |Hembeau of Saginaw Michigan | | |

|1890 |Alfred Picard, Senior |Proprietor, Picard House, 619 | | |

| | |Atwater, also Residence and | | |

| | |Grocer, 701 McCoskry | | |

|1891 | | | | |

|1892 |Joseph Albert |Born August 25. Baptized | | |

| | |September 4. St. Mary’s | | |

| | |Cathedral, Saginaw Mich. | | |

| | |Godfather, Alfred Dufresne, | | |

| | |Godmother, Emelie Paquette | | |

| | |Saginaw Michiagan | | |

|1893 | | | | |

|1893 |Mararetha Picard |Died, Buried April 30, 1893 | | |

|1893-1897 | | | | |

|1889 |Joseph Picard |Laborer, Boarding at 101 | | |

| | |Douglas | | |

|1893-94 |Alfred Picard Senior |Grocer, 613 Atwater, Residence | | |

| | |619 Atwater, General Agent, | | |

| | |“Dr. Dutton’s Vegetable | | |

| | |Discovery” | | |

|1893-94 |Afred Jr., Philip and |Resident 619 Atwater |The 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair defined America in the late nineteenth | |

| |Mary Picard | |century. Its architects had created “a dream city whose grandeur and | |

| | | |beauty exceeded anything each singly could have imagined. Visitors wore | |

| | | |their best clothes and most somber expressions, as if entering a great | |

| | | |cathedral.[xii] | |

|1895-96 |Alfred Picard |General Agent, Dr. Dutton’s |America’s manifest destiny was based on the premise that it was necessary | |

| | |Vegetable Discovery |to impose the “dominant English tongue on such Indians, Spaniards, | |

| | | |Frenchmen or Mexicans as stood in the path of American expansion.”[xiii] | |

| |Alfred |Agent, Medicare Manufacturers, | | |

|1897 |Picard |Medicines | | |

|1897 |Picard Family |Board at 619 Atwater- | | |

| | |Fred Jr. Actor | | |

| | |Mary Victoria | | |

| | |Philip P. Actor | | |

|1897 |John Picard |Section Head, Interurban | | |

| | |Railway, residence Corner, | | |

| | |Sherman and Carrollton Ave | | |

|1897 |Victoria Picard |Domestic, 817 Park | | |

|1899 | | |America at the end of the nineteenth century was divided into two parts: | |

| | | |one was urban, Roman Catholic or Jewish and Wet. The other was rural | |

| | | |mid-west, Southern, Protestant and Dry. Blacks were for the most part | |

| | | |separate from each. | |

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|1904 |Vincent Picard |Born, August 18, White Cloud, | | |

| | |Neuaggo Co. Michigan. Son of | | |

| | |Louis A. Picard First | | |

|1906 |Theol Marie Picard |Born September 25, Saginaw | | |

| | |Michigan, Daughter of Louis A.| | |

| | |Picard | | |

|1906 |James A. Picard |Died, Buried March 21, | | |

|1908 |Alfred Picard |Agent, Canadian Government Land| | |

| | |Agency | | |

|1908 |Beatrice Louise Picard |Born August 7 | | |

| | |Saginaw Michigan | | |

| |Picard Family |Alex, Fred, Actors | | |

|1908 | |Joseph, Student | | |

| | |Frank, Reporter | | |

| | |Louise and Marian both Clerks, | | |

| | |Edward Goeschel and Sons | | |

| | |Victoria, Child | | |

| | |Zepherine, Boarder | | |

| |Alfred Picard Senior |Died February 9, 1909 | | |

|1909 | | | | |

| | |Buried, Calvary Cemetary, | | |

| | |Saginaw Michigan | | |

|1909 |Picard Family |Mrs. Henry Hemmeter, 44 | | |

| | |Whittemore Street, Pontiac Mich| | |

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| | |Philip Picard- Hoquiam | | |

| | |Washington | | |

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| | |Fred Picard- Houston, Texas | | |

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| | |Joseph La Chapelle, Bay City | | |

| | |Mich. | | |

|1912 |Picard Family |Boarding 619 Atwater- Joseph | | |

| | |A., Roofer | | |

| | |Frank A. Student | | |

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| | |Louise J., Clerk, Edward | | |

| | |Goeschel & Sons | | |

| | |Louis Alexander. Manager, Carey| | |

| | |Company | | |

| | |Victoria M. | | |

| | |Zephirine (wid. Alfred A.) | | |

|1912 |Frederick A. Picard |Removed to Chicago | | |

|1917 |Vincent Picard | | | |

|1917 |Helen Elizabeth |Born October 7, Saginaw Mich. | | |

|1923 |Louis A. Picard |Salesman, residence, 407 | | |

| | |Holland Ave. | | |

|1923 |Louis A. Picard Family |Married to Marie, | | |

| | |Son Vincent, Resident, | | |

| | |Daughter, Theol, both Students,| | |

| | |Resident, 407 Holland Ave. | | |

|1923 |Frank A. Picard |Married to Ruth C., Purcell &. | | |

| | |Picard, Residence, 516 Atwater | | |

|1923 |Zepherine |Widow, Resident, 619 Atwater | | |

|1935 | | | | |

|1931 |Zepherine |Died, February 9, 1909 Buried | | |

| | |February 10, 1909 Calvary | | |

| | |Cemetary | | |

|1941 |Vincent Picard |Marries Katherine Doidge 1116 | | |

| | |State St. Saginaw Michigan | | |

| | |On November 20 | | |

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| | |Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.H. | | |

| | |Doidge | | |

|1941 |Beatrice Seiler | | | |

|1941 |Phyllis G. Picard |Marries Jack Siler Love | | |

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| | |Graduate of Arthur Hill High | | |

| | |School, Marywood Academy, Grand| | |

| | |Rapids and Rosary College, | | |

| | |River Forest Illinois | | |

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| | |Parents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. | | |

| | |Picard | | |

|1943 |Vincent Picard | | | |

| |Helen Kretschmer | | | |

|1943 | | | | |

|1945 |Jerry La Chappele | | | |

| | |Died, August, 1945 | | |

|1952 |Louis A. Picard |Died, March 9, 1952 | | |

|1963 |Frank A. Picard |Died, February 28 | | |

|1965 |Edna |Wife of Joseph A., Died April | | |

| | |10, Buried April 13, Calvary | | |

| | |Cemetary | | |

|1975 |Joseph A. |Died, August 27 Buried August | | |

| | |30, Calvary Cemetary | | |

|2004 | |Material Printed December 24. | | |

Transition Notes

Sue Lumb: Interview and Notes

I shall be happy to speak with you, though I notify you in advance that my knowledge of Alfred Periard and his French-Canadian background is skimpy.  For your benefit, it might assist me if you would email me the questions in general, in advance, so that I could be better prepared to respond; also, a time to expect your call would be helpful.

 

I visited Quebec only briefly in Oct., 2001, on a cruise ship, where we docked at the foot of the old town.  Due to mobility problems, we did not walk the hills of the town, but visited the countryside, including the lovely island in the river, the waterfalls, and a lakeside town outside Quebec.  I would hope to return one day, as well as to visit  Montreal, and other towns along the way.

 

I might mention that Alfred Periard's brother-in-law, Joseph Prosper, also lived in Saginaw during this period, so I would be interested in knowing if he was a member of the Alliance Marquette.

 

Alfred Periard had 2 sons, Louis and Ophela; Louis Periard had 2 sons, Louis and Stewart; the widows of both of these men are still living, though infirm, in the Saginaw area.; there are two granddaughters, with whom I have not been able to make contact.

 

Alfred's wife was Elizabeth (Elise) Barbeau, born in Malone, NY according to family oral history.  She and several siblings came to Defiance, Ohio in the early 1860's, where she married Alfred in St. John the Evangelist Church in 1865. ( Defiance had been an early French fort).  When lumber was exhausted in that part of the country, they apparently moved on to Saginaw, which was by then a booming lumber town.

 

I can be reached at 513-871-4781; best time is afternoon or evening. I'm afraid I have no lode of information for you, but you can decide.  I might add that my mother's paternal side was 1/2 Fr.-Canadian as well, though that side of the family was completely americanized earlier than the Periard branch.

I have read this act today, with interest, and thanks to you.  I note that the act was added to/amended, etc. in 1915, 1928, 1948, and perhaps rescinded in 1982.  Also note that the headquarters was in Saginaw, and up to $50,000 (fairly big money in 1901) in funds.  If there was a headquarters building, it should be listed in city directories and perhaps some phone books throughout the period.  I would appreciate any lists of officers and members that could be found.

The Saginaw Public Library may be interested in this info, as my requests for info re the Alliance Marquette drew a blank from them.

I am located in Southeast Ohio, and am interested in this society in regard to genealogical research on my great-grandfather, Alfred Periard, b. Canada, lived in Saginaw ca 1880-1917.  He worked in lumber mills, etc. most of his life.  He was buried under the auspices of the society,   and I am interested in knowing about the Fr.-Canadian life as it influenced his family, down to my mother.  I am told French was spoken in the home, even though he and his wife emigrated (b. Malone, NY) ca 1860.  I also don't know anything of his family before him, or siblings, so am always looking for ways to gather more info re th Periards.I will be most interested in anything your sister turns up to add to the body of information re the Alliance Marquette, as well as any information contained in Frank Picard's papers.

Sue Lumb 

Look up Act 71 of 1901, it is a Statute. Sections 457.681-457.688.

The Alliance seemed to be a busy organization. I also read an unrelated obit. that listed a woman as a member Alliance, Marquette. Was it co-ed?

I saw your postings on , I also posted a different reply there.

Take care, Loreen Lapine Herbin

#047168-97 (York Co) DOIDGE, Annie May, f, b. 1 Nov.1897, father – Charles Honey DOIDGE, farmer; mother – Dinah CRONSBERRY, infm – Dr. H.H. Pringle, Georgina Twp

017448-74 (Peterboro Co) DOIDGE, Mary Evaline, f, b. Oct. 5, 1872, father – W. DOIDGE, laborer, mother – Mary Mariah BEALE, infm – W. Doidge, Lakefield, Douro Tp

017451-74 (Peterboro Co) DOIDGE, William Albert, m, b. Apr. 25, 1874, father – W. DOIDGE, laborer, mother – Mary Mariah BEALE, infm – W. Doidge, Lakefield, Douro Tp

Doidge Mary J. F   Wife M Feb 18 1848 53 18   42 Doidge George A. M   Son S Apr 29 1880 20 19  

Doidge Alice F   Daughter S Jul 24 1882 18 20  

Doidge Clara F   Daughter S Oct 3 1884 16

#16514-06 - Ernest Herbert DOIDGE, 29, Lakefield, Peterborough, draughtsman, s/o William DOIDGE & Mary Maria VEALE, m. Maude DETCHER, 30, Peterborough, same, d/o William DETCHER & Margaret VILLIE, by license, Witnesses: G. A. DOIDGE of Lakefield & Ella G. DETCHER of Peterborough, Oct. 16, 1906 in Peterborough

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[i] Material in Draft. Not for Citation

[ii] Joye Mercer, “The Ford Foundation Shifts its Focus and Structure,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug.15, 1997, A30.

[iii] William Easterly, The Elusive Quest for Growth Cambridge, MA.: MIT Press, 2001, p. 236.

[iv] Harlan Cleveland, Gerard J. Mangone and John Clarke Adams, The Overseas Americans (New York McGraw-Hill Books, 1960), p. 239.

[v] William Easterly, The Elusive Quest for Growth Cambridge, MA.: MIT Press, 2001, p. 18.

[vi] Everett C. Hughes and Helen M. Hughes, “Sociologists View Point Four” in American Perspective, vol. iv, no. 2 (Spring, 1950), p. 132. Entire article, pp. 129-138.

[vii] Everett C. Hughes and Helen M. Hughes, “Sociologists View Point Four” in American Perspective, vol. iv, no. 2 (Spring, 1950), p. 134-135. Entire article, pp. 129-138.

[viii] Everett C. Hughes and Helen M. Hughes, “Sociologists View Point Four” in American Perspective, vol. iv, no. 2 (Spring, 1950), p. 137. Entire article, pp. 129-138. See also Everett C. Hughes, French Canada in Transition. (Chicago, Ill., The University of Chicago press, 1943).

[ix] Margaret Leech, In the Days of McKinley (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959), p. 145.

[x] See Thomas Keneally, American Scoundrel: The Life and Times of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles (New York: Anchor Books, 2002), p. 6).

[xi] “Death Comes to Alfred Picard,” Saginaw Courier-Herald (February 10, 1909), p. 1 (Section Two)

[xii] Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America (New York: Crown Publishers, 2003), p. 5.

[xiii] Harlan Cleveland, Gerard J. Mangone, John Clarke Adams, The Overseas Americans (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960), p. 239.

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