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--- The origins of the CYR name--- 


(By 1752 Louis Sire and his family were settled in Port-Lajoie, Ile-
Saint-Jean(Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) which suggests that he and his family 
fled to Ile-Saint-Jean from Fort Beausejour after the burning of Beaubassin by Abbe 
Le Loutre (missionary to the Micmacs) and the Micmacs in 1750--this was an attempt by 
Le Loutre to protect the Acadians from being 'contaminated' by the English whom he 
could not prevent from reaching Beaubassin. Louis died 23 Jun 1757 in Quebec City, QC 
at the age of 72, which suggests he and his family fled to Quebec before the British
captured Ile-Saint-Jean and expelled the Acadians in 1758).The following is 
reproduced(with thanks)from Claude L.Cyr's 'The Origins of the Cyr Name' published 
in 'The Cyr Legacy' Book, on the occasion of the CYR FAMILY REUNION held in 
Madawaska, Maine in July 1981.A Cyr, is a Sire, is a Cire, is a Cyre and, by any 
other spelling, is still a CYR!The family name 'CYR', is one of the oldest Norman 
French names and comes from the borders of Normandy and Brittany. It is recorded in 
history, back to the years 1000 and seems to be associated with the ancient family of 
William of Moncaux, the ancient Lords of Maers and Counts of Nevers.The Cyrs of St. 
Cyrs, were chief tenants of the Moncaux Counts and held land around the church of St. 
Cyrs De Nevers. It is there in Brittany, that the Cyr or Cyre 'Coat of Arms' is 
registered.The 'CYR' family name arrived on the North American Continent of Acadia, 
via PIERRE SIRE/CYR (1668).The 'CYR' name has been established in history by numbers 
of illustrious persons which include Cyr of Alexandria (Cyril) (376 - 444 A.D.); Cyr 
Lucaris (Cyril) (1572 - 1638), Patriarch of Constantinopole in 1621. He presented 
the 'Alexandrian Codex' to Charles the First, and Valademirovich Cyr (Cyril - Kirill) 
(1866 - 1938), a Russian Grand Duke, during the Russian Revolution.A study of Acadian 
and North American history, also reveals a number of 'Cyrs' who have established 
worthwhile places as politicians, educators, religious leaders and authors. There are 
great numbers who would deserve a place as distinguished bearers of the 'CYR' name, 
but since this presentation is not meant to be a 'Who's Who' amongst Cyrs, nor is it 
meant to be a complete study of family history, we let the readers complete their own 
lists from the Cyrs still living



--- THE HISTORY OF THE JANVRY DIT.. 
(BELAIR)---
 

Francois Janvry dit Belair arrived in New France about the years 1755-
1760 (I did not found the exact date of arrival yet) he came from a small 
village named Dives in the town of Oise in Picardie.  The small village was 
occupied by 325 population, Dives was rename from the town of Noyon.  Married 
on January 17, 1761 in Sainte-Genevieve de Pierrefonds, to Marie Elisabeth 
Martel (Widow of Pierre-Jean Boileau) daughter of Augustin Martel and Marie 
Legare.Few times after their union Francois and Elisabeth were established in 
the Bizard Island small island in the western north of the island of Montreal, 
from their union were born 6 children, the table below introduces the children 
of the Janvry -Martel couple as well as the date of their unions, the place as 
well as the name of the spouse.The family now widened by the arrival the these 
six children in addition the  two daughter of Elisabeth from her first wedding 
with (Pierre-Jean Boileau), Francois and his wife lived from the culture of 
lands in the Bizard Island.  The children of Francois and Marie settled all on 
the island or in Ste-Genevieve except of Pierre who left the island about 1793 
to continue to raise his family with Marie Josephe Brunet in St-Eustache, as 
his wife died in 1798 after having given rise to five children he went in a 
second wedding with Euphrosine Charbonneau, the wedding take place in St-
Eustache on October 28 1799 of this union 6 other children are
born.


THE HISTORY OF Pierre Dagenais (Lepine)


KILL BY THE IROQUOIS FOLLOWING THE MASSACRE OF LACHINE
The massacre of  Lachine took place in the night from the 4 to August 5, 1689. 
Following this terrible night, Iroquois ravagerent all the Island of  
Montreal, they passerent on opposite bank and went until Lachine which they 
entirely incendierent and where they massacrerent twenty inhabitants. To go 
has Lachine, they had to pass by the River-of-Meadows. In this place, they had 
their and, August 9, they had concealed Pierre Dagenais.Until a few years ago 
one was unaware of the date of the death of  Pierre Dagenais and his kind of 
death. Indeed, Tanguay does not give it in his ?genealogical Dictionary?; and 
the registers of  River-of-Meadows at the time of  the last years of  Pierre 
Dagenais do not contain any  mention of burial. Here a reconstitution of the 
last day of Pierre Dagenais and his burial in the cemetery of the River-of-
Meadows, forty years after its death.The day or it was concealed, all the area 
was bouleversee by the presence of the Savages; the priest of the place, Mr. 
Barthelemy was itself with some parishioners besieges by Iroquois in a mill 
with the rapids of the River-of-Meadows. It is Mr Brissac, Priest of  Lachine, 
which proceeded has its burial on the same place of the demise by fear of  
Iroquois. Of return to him, cleans it of Lachenaie registered the act on a 
sheet which it inserted in its register and it is this sheet that one found 
conservee with the legal files of Joliette.Forty years later, following  act 
of burial at the date of August 8, 1729, to the River-of-Meadows, it Priest  
added two lines where it mentioned at the same time as it had also had ?buries 
the bones of Pierre Dagenais died for forty years and which had been buries 
with the Point has Desroches?. It is thanks to this part that we knew this 
interesting detail on Pierre Dagenais. The woman of Pierre Dagenais, Anne 
Brandon, was probably burned  or brought prisonniere to the same 
date..



--- THE Mi'kmaq ---

There is evidence to believe that the Micmac had contact with 
Europeans (Vikings) in the 11th century, centuries before Columbus arrived in 
the Americas, making them the first Native Americans to have contact with 
Europeans.  There is also evidence to believe that their population was far 
more than the 40,000 people that have been estimated for their population in 
the year 1600. Their numbers, however,  were greatly reduced due to diseases 
such as smallpox that was brought into their villages by the Europeans, and 
some estimates suggest that their numbers were only 4,000 by 1620. 
The Micmac, who originally occupied most of southeastern Canada and northern 
Maine, were primarily fishermen and hunters, who were granted free border 
crossing rights between the U.S. and Canada by the Jay Treaty of 1794.  In 
neighboring colonial communities they were well known for their splint-ash 
basket making.   Today's Canadian and U.S. combined Micmac population is over 
25,000, with about 28 groups recognized in Canada and just 1 group recognized 
in the U.S. - the Aroostook Band of Northern Maine with more than 700 
members.  Today's Micmac occupy more than 60 villages or reserves in Canada, 
and there are probably more than 2,000 Micmac living in the Boston and New 
York City areas. State recognition in Maine was received in 1973 and federal 
recognition came in 1991 with the Aroostook Band of Micmacs Settlement Act.  
With this act, the Micmacs received funds to purchase more than 5,000 acres of 
their previously owned land. Many members of the Micmac Nation still speak the 
Micmac language today. 



  
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