{"product_id":"pure-laine-marc-seguin-9781738780112","title":"Pure Laine: The Lineage of Two Seguin Families, Theodore Seguin and Alphonsine Seguin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePure Laine\u003c\/em\u003e... or, perhaps, not so pure? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of the past 400 years, people from France, England, Switzerland, Belgium and Germany, in addition to several Indigenous North American nations; among them, Catholics, Puritans, Calvinists and pagans - all have contributed to the bloodline of two families that came together in Canada in the 20th Century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1926, Theodore Seguin from Thurso, Quebec married Alphonsine Seguin, his 5th-cousin from Essex County, Ontario. Their ancestry, believed by generations to be entirely undiluted French and Roman Catholic - the myth of \u003cem\u003ePure Laine\u003c\/em\u003e - can now be seen as a colourful tapestry, inter-woven with many different ethnic, cultural and religious threads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn our culture, our family name is usually passed down to us from our father. As a result, most genealogies trace only the paternal branches of a family tree - our fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers - while making only peripheral mention of the maternal line - our mothers, grandmothers and great-grand-mothers - the women without whom none of us would be here. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this comprehensive family genealogy, Marc Seguin has included both paternal and maternal bloodlines of Theodore \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeguin and Alphonsine Seguin in a series of lineage charts stretching back 400 years to reveal a broader, more complex \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand more complete family tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lineage charts are supplemented by a rich narrative with numerous illustrations, highlighting the stories of many Seguin \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eancestors and uncovering the reality behind the French-Canadian myth of \u003cem\u003ePure Laine\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarc Philip Seguin, is an independent historian who grew up in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Detroit River region and now lives in Prince Edward County, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOntario, Canada. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marc Seguin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1738780112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781738780112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ontario History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.94d","brand":"Marc Seguin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45064927740159,"sku":"9781738780112","price":109.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_560af283-4c89-42f6-819c-7b96852a174e.jpg?v=1712125245","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pure-laine-marc-seguin-9781738780112","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}