The Stoy-Lavallee Story: From Old Europe to the New World

"The Stoy-Lavallee Story: From Old Europe to the New World" illustrates the challenges and accomplishments of immigrants to Canada and America in the 17th and 18th centuries through the lives of two families and how their descendants managed to thrive in an often hostile environment. These are stories of "ordinary" people driven to provide a better life for their families. These stories are set in the context of their times - learn about the exterior forces that shaped their lives, for better or worse. Wars, religious persecution, economic issues, and industrialization - all of these world events impacted these people. Sometimes they participated in the events, sometimes they were victims of those events. Their lives are a microcosm of America's immigration story, especially relevant today with all of the political hot-button issues. These ancestors came from Canada, France, Germany, Sweden and Ireland. They were master craftsmen, subsistence farmers, fur trappers, soldiers, explorers, and "mail-order brides" who shared the same dreams we have today for our families. Read this book to learn how real people coped with the problems of their day. The historic trends of each century and their impacts are woven into the families' stories. The last two sections of the book contain an Ahnentafel for the Stoy and Lavallee families for use by other family historians.

Author: Judith Kenoyer Stoy

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Nov 09, 2015

Number of Pages: 248 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1518752330

ISBN-13: 9781518752339