Lynne C. Levesque Blog - Jeanne Marguerite Chevalier's story

Welcome to my blog, devoted to telling the story of my ancestor, Jeanne Marguerite Chevalier.

Lynne Levesque — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 06:19:50 +0000

In addition to providing as many details as possible about my ancestor, the posts will also include anecdotes about experiences encountered in my search for Jeanne’s story. As Jeanne’s 8th great granddaughter, writing almost 300 years after her death, I am in the process of weaving together many historical bits and pieces of her life [⇒]

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Alert!

Lynne Levesque — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:55 +0000

Into every life a little rain must fall… or so they say! In the past several months, I have been dealing with website support problems. The situation has now fortunately been resolved. However, it’s possible that information on some subscribers might have been lost in the transition. If you believe you signed up and didn’t [⇒]

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Gratitude

Lynne Levesque — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 06:54:18 +0000

Returning home from Seattle with precious memories of the lovely wedding of my niece and her long-time beau and of the delightful family reunion that the wedding occasioned, I barely had time to get over jet lag when I experienced another moment of gratitude. Three of my friends had organized a surprise birthday party, managing [⇒]

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How do you manage change?

Lynne Levesque — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 16:00:22 +0000

At the end of my book about my ancestor, Jeanne Chevalier, I set myself three tasks. The first was to understand what Jeanne’s story meant in my life and that of my extended family. The second was to solve the mysteries surrounding the lives of Jeanne and her three husbands. The final task was to [⇒]

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Now available: Jeanne’s Gift: Finding Home

Lynne Levesque — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 16:00:51 +0000

Dear Subscriber. I am overjoyed to announce that the sequel to my book on Jeanne Chevalier, my eighth great-grandmother is now available in both English and French! What started out as an attempt to describe the numerous adventures I’ve had during my research journey and the marvelous encounters with the extraordinary people who helped me [⇒]

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Jeanne’s Gift: The wonders of friendship

Lynne Levesque — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 14:31:56 +0000

There’s an American saying, “Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other gold.” Probably something similar exists in other languages as well. I was reminded of the saying not long ago after a very lovely visit with a friend from college and her husband. Since they were planning to take [⇒]

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Now available: Jeanne’s Gift: Finding Home

Lynne Levesque — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 13:00:48 +0000

Thanks to a great deal of inspiration from my ancestor Jeanne Chevalier and to the wonderful support of so many friends, I am happy to announce that the “sequel” to Jeanne’s history is now available at amazon.com, amazon.ca, and amazon.fr, in English only, at the moment. Jeanne’s Gift: Finding Home not only describes the numerous [⇒]

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Coming Soon! Jeanne’s Gift: Finding Home

Lynne Levesque — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 15:00:54 +0000

Dear Subscriber. The past two years have been most challenging – physically and mentally — for all of us. Hopefully spring brings a renewal of hope and promise for better things to come (and for lasting peace in Ukraine as well) ! Despite the perturbations brought by the pandemic and by life in general, I [⇒]

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Request to subscribers to my blog

Lynne Levesque — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 15:00:40 +0000

Dear subscriber. Thank you so much for being on my mailing list. I definitely appreciate your support of my efforts to tell the story of the life of my ancestor Jeanne Chevalier (and perhaps your ancestor as well). My work continues on the next book describing the adventures I’ve had as a result of my [⇒]

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The Eight Creative Talents and Carl Jung

Lynne Levesque — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 16:00:45 +0000

The blog post that follows has been written in preparation for the publication of my second book on the history of my ancestor Jeanne Chevalier. This post provides some background material to my journey to find Jeanne’s story, linking the new book to my past research on Carl Jung and creativity as well as on [⇒]

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What did you learn from your family history research?

Lynne Levesque — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:38:50 +0000

In an interview not long ago, I was asked several thought-provoking questions: “What is the value of knowing our family history?” “What is there to gain from understanding our past?” “ “What did you learn about yourself by learning about your ancestry?” “Did knowing about your 8th great grandmother’s life change anything in your life?” [⇒]

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