Dateline: - Saturday, June 13, 2009

Our membership grows as we added another 51 members in May 2009. Most of these came from requesting info from existing Association members. As member info update responses are processed we have been generating Descendant Charts (see separate story) and checking on those that are shown in our genealogical database who are not members. Contacts with family who are Association members helps us to add their siblings, children, grandchildren, and so on.

As a reminder, you only have to be a descendent of Francois Violet to be eligible for membership. And the excellent genealogy work done by Rita Violette Lippe and Rod Violette provide us with the information to check out those relationships.

Dateline: - Friday, June 12, 2009

Brooklyn Nicole Gagnon VFA#2525, born May 19, 2009

Dateline: - Monday, May 25, 2009

The Val Violette House, on Violette Street in Van Buren ME, is on the site where Francois built and a portion of his original house is said to be within the current structure.

In Part 1 of this story Francois Violet left the Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, area prior to 1770 and ended up in the St John, New Brunswick area. Unable to get title to lands in the Kennebecasis River area, a Loyalist stronghold, he and others sought lands further north and about 200 miles upstream along the St John River in the Madawaska region. Many others had already sought their future there, with more to follow.

We are not sure exactly when Francois left the Kennebecasis with his family of twelve children, but their son Alexandre was born in Kennebecasis September 29, 1789 and baptized June 23, 1791 in St Basile in the Madawaska region.

Dateline: Sierra Vista, AZ - Thursday, May 21, 2009

Jeffrey Violette (father) administering military oath to Jeffrey Violette (son), new US Air Force recruit.

Retired US Army officer Jeffrey Violette (VFA #2088) had the privilege of administering the military oath to his son, Jeffrey Violette II (VFA #2368) when he joined the US Air Force today. Retired officers can perform that duty if requested, and the son was only too proud to request it of his dad.