Dear Mother,
It's time for me (Janice) to fill you in on a bit more of our travels.
In northwestern Ohio, many people are descendants of the immigrant Pierre Stuckey (1781-1846) and his wife Catherine Hostetler, who died in 1832 prior to the family's immigration from France in the early 1800's. Pierre was a miller by trade. The immigration was from Le Moulin de Notre Dame de Lure (The Notre Dame Mill in Lure, France). Using various maps, I now think I have found the location, on the round-about of the N19/E54 and D64 just west of Lure. There is a small stream (called Ruisseau Notre-Dame) that would have been the source of power. I saw that this stream has a number of branches and is still large enough to require a bridge on the road.
It's time for me (Janice) to fill you in on a bit more of our travels.
In northwestern Ohio, many people are descendants of the immigrant Pierre Stuckey (1781-1846) and his wife Catherine Hostetler, who died in 1832 prior to the family's immigration from France in the early 1800's. Pierre was a miller by trade. The immigration was from Le Moulin de Notre Dame de Lure (The Notre Dame Mill in Lure, France). Using various maps, I now think I have found the location, on the round-about of the N19/E54 and D64 just west of Lure. There is a small stream (called Ruisseau Notre-Dame) that would have been the source of power. I saw that this stream has a number of branches and is still large enough to require a bridge on the road.
The building on the site is typical of the Franche Comté region, although larger than some. The arched "barn door" is so typical of the day, allowing loaded wagons to enter. The right section of the building is the home. I do not know whether this building, or any part of it, was there in the 1800's when the Stuckey family lived there. It is possible that part of the building existed, possibly surviving fire and multiple wars.
We enjoyed that trip, and are now looking forward to a week in central France--no relatives in sight.
With love,
Janice
P.S. Some optional reading regarding genealogy:
If your family has lived in northwestern Ohio (Archbold, Stryker, West Unity, Wauseon, Pettisville), and your last name is Stuckey or Short, then these millers, Pierre and Catherine, are your ancestors. The relationship with the Shorts comes through the two oldest Stuckey daughters who married Short/Schadt brothers. If your mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, etc. had the maiden name Stuckey or Short, these Stuckeys are your ancestors also. If these names appear more than once in your ancestry, you are related to yourself (as I am)! If you have questions, I would be pleased to correspond with you.
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