2/4/08 1st Virtual Reunion

Picture at Left is Richard Fammeree, Rachel Webster & Their Baby Adele.

This is the original email sent out by Richard Fammeree(the Chicago & Belgium Fammeree’s spell there last name with 2 M’s) --- fammeree@att.net wrote: Yes. The correct answer is: Jean Famerée, a native of Wisconsin, is thegreat-great granddaughter of Jean-Baptiste Famerée. On May 13, 1856, Jean-Baptiste Famerée arrived to New York on the ship Gertrude with his wife Claire Anne Joseph Stuter and their seven year old son Honoré Joseph Alphonse. On May 2, 1859, James Buchanan, president of the United States of America, granted Jean-Baptiste forty acres in northeastern Wisconsin (presently the Green Bay region). His younger brother, Constant, remained in Belgium. Constant’s second boy Jean-Joseph traveled to America with his younger brothers Noel (Noel’s great-grandson Guy Bates lives in Arizona) & Jules as Chicago was rebuilding after the great fire of 1871. It is certain hetraveled up Lake Michigan to the new state of Wisconsin or, possibly having arrived in Montreal, visited enroute to Chicago. This would be Jean-Joseph’s first opportunity to meet his uncle and cousin. He was only one year old when they had left Longueville in the Brabant region of Belgium. Jean-Joseph Fammerée is my great-grandfather. His portrait is displayed above our fireplace, in a home merely eight miles north ofwhere he had originally settled in the Francophone neighborhood of Chicago. His brother Eugene’s great-grandson is Frederic Fammerée. His sister Adele’s great-grandson is SimonRigot. Our daughter is named for her. Yesterday afternoon, one hundred and fifty-two years later, Jean Famerée and Dan List visited me, Rachel and Adele. This reunion included Frederic & Annie and Simon & Lydia by telephone. Dear family, If you choose to share an occasional update, I would be happy to paste it into an “e-newsletter” and send to all. Please include all contact information. And please forward this invitation to all familymembers. For example, Rachel (Webster) and I continue to write and publish our poetry. Rachel appeared in the January issue of PoetryMagazine, America’s premier journal. I continue to write and perform music and will soon be on tour. Adele will be eighth months old (already!) on February 22.She is adorable and independent. She’s certainly a traveler and alreadydemonstrates a compassionate soul. A special interest,UniVerse of Poetry (a not-for-profit organization dedicated to giving a voice through poetry to every nation regardless of territory) is expanding. We are presently focusing on refugee nations. Gros bisous, Richard, Rachel and Adele Fammerée fammeree@att.net

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OUR POSITION ON THE LIVING FAMILY TREE: Nicolas Famré [or Famrée] [ - ] Jean Nicolas Famrée [1727 (Galla, Départment del’Ourthe) - October 13, 1791 (Longueville, Brabant, Belgium)] Jean Joseph Famerée [April 26, 1774 (Longueville) -March 1, 1839 (Longueville)] Constant Joseph Fammerée [December 18, 1818 (Longueville) - September 27, 1896 (Longueville)] Jean Joseph Fammerée [April 7, 1855 (Longueville) -January 20, 1940 (Chicago, Illinois, USA)] Victor Joseph Fammerée [February 8, 1896 (Chicago) -February 2, 1961 (Chicago)] Richard Fammerée [September 16 , 1927 (Chicago) - Richard Arthur Fammerée Adele Dorothea Webster Fammerée Last year she and her sister Jo-Anne visited Belgium. Frederic and Annie drove them the few miles up the road from their home in Hamme-Mille to Longueville. xo Richard