The church of St. Thomas de Touques. An interesting old church. Travellers tell us that the churches of Normandy are very interesting, some with a thousand years of service; many of them partly rebuilt. The façade of this church is very old, of Romanesque style; looks like the façade of the original church. A portal of Renaissance style was added to the original façade. The side walls, of a transition style, semi-Romanesque and semi-Gothic, do not seem to be as old as the façade. The tower, of Gothic style, is of more recent date. It is the church in which Paul de Rainville was baptized, where he was most probably married, and where his children were baptized.
Jean about 27 years old
Marie about 21 years old
Marthe about 18
Charles about 13.4
They had at least 7 children, the 3 that died young were:
Marthe b 20 Feb 1646; d. 20 Feb 1646
Charles b. 21 Sep 1649; d. Abt. 1649
Anne bca 1653 death not known.
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1955 Reunion at Beauport Quebec
On September 4, 1955, the Rainville family had a North American wide reunion, held in Beauport, Quebec, Canada. There were Rainvilles from all over North America attended, and these were all descendants of Paul DeRainville, who was born in 1619, and came to Canada in 1655. The following is a copy of the Program handed out at that reunion. Irene Rainville and Joe Ross attended that reunion and later on there is a letter from Irene stating their adventures at the reunion. Also the crest for the deRainville family date 1997
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The above are pages from the program at the 1955 Family reunion.
A history of this family was prepared for this reunion and can be seen here