Skip to content

BE INFORMED. KNOW YOUR ANCESTORS

Loading

A family posing for a picture outdoors with a building in the background

The Grozelle Family

Fred and Cora Grozelle (Farrell) with their children Rich, Verne, Viley, and Keith

I am excited to share with you the rich and fascinating history of our family. Through text, videos, and photographs, my aim is to bring our family’s story to life and create a platform for communication and connection.

Your feedback is invaluable in helping me piece together the puzzle of our family history. Please feel free to reach out to me via email or by completing the form on the contact page. I look forward to hearing from you.


My Focus is on The Past Generations

Our Family begins with the marriage of John D. Brown to Anne Brownlee October 21, 1839, in Pontiac Clarendon Quebec.

Below you will meet 2 rows of ancestors. The first row is pictures of Anne Brownlee and John D. Brown (sitting).

Row two pictures are of Francis Armstrong right from Ireland. Next are Jane Anne and Antoine Grozelle, followed by the Farrell family – Richard Farrell our great, great grandfather, his wife Moore, they are posing with Fredrick Louis Grozelle their son-in-law. Fredrick married their daughter Cora Lulu.

ROW 1; ANNE BROWNLEE AND JOHN D. BROWN

A Colourized picture of a woman sitting with one arm on a small tale.
Our great, great grandmother Anne Brown (Brownlee)
An ancient photograph of 2 middle aged men on sitting the other has his hand on the shoulder of the siting man.
John Eades and John D. Brown (sitting)

ROW 2: NAMES ARE UNDER PICTURES

Elderly gentleman with a cane and a long white beard
Armstrong’s

Great Great Grandfather Francis Robert Armstrong from Ireland represents my mother’s ancestry.

Woman sitting on a gentlemans knee, outside and smiling.
Grozelle’s

Great Grandfather Antoine Grozelle his wife Anne Jane McGinnis represents my father’s family ancestry

Farrell’s

Great Great Grandfather Robert Farrell from Ireland represents the Farrell Family ancestry (our great, grandfather on our father’s side)

View the historical pictures as you move through the website.

Three gentlemen each with hats.One gentleman is standing behind the two that are sitting.

There are a number of very ancient photographs, some are even tintype that I have scanned and have scattered at various places on the site. These photos were given to me by Sophia Maye McLean (Eades).She was my mother’s cousin, Pearl Grozelle (Armstrong).

These memories will be presented through videos, slideshows and photographs. Don’t be surprised if you see yourself in any of these especially if you have spent any time at our camp at Batchewana Bay. You may be smelling the aroma of the boiling maple syrup or strolling the beach, or sitting by a bonfire, or canoeing or sailing on Lake Superior.

Family events also provide opportunities to be seen, such as Christmas, New Years visits, weddings, and anniversaries.

You may also enjoy videos depicting our visits to South Africa, New Zealand, Europe or our cruise from Venice to Turkey.

With your help I want to bring alive our ancestors. I would like you to share your photos and memories, so I can put them up on the site.

Cover of a very old photograph album

By the time you finish exploring the site you will have an introduction to people and events that are new to you. You will have learned about your ancestors, as well as your present day, aunts, uncles and cousins.

This is the album where the pictures were taken from for our Brown ancestors. It was given to me by Sophia Maye McLean (Eades) Pearl Grozelle (Armstrong’s) cousin.

I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN OUR GENERATION!

A family gathering with a baby in arms.

Grozelle Family 1962

Sandra, Faye, Julie Anne, Calvin, Jean (Springbett), Keith, Terry

Pictured here is a gathering in 1962 of the Grozelle Family. Click on the link to see their pictures and story.

NOTE: All families will be focused on as the website develops. So send me those pictures.


Optimized by Optimole