Public ancestral research archive
Jean-Baptiste Forest
Recorded facts
- Marriage / rehabilitation entry (handwritten): Marie Hébert; Connecticut, rehabilitation at L’Assomption on 4 October 1767. Verify whether this records marriage or subsequent validation. lead
- Noteworthy category: Mystery lead
- Historical story headline: Why does the Forest genealogy mention Connecticut? lead
- Historical story: The handwritten Forest/Forêt pedigree notes a union between Jean-Baptiste Forest and Marie Hébert associated with Connecticut and a “rehabilitation” in L’Assomption on 4 October 1767. This unusual entry raises questions about travel, displacement, and formal recognition of an earlier union. lead
- Evidence and cautions: Only a family-supplied pedigree currently supports this wording. The meaning of “rehabilitation” and any Connecticut connection must be checked in original parish or notarial records; no deportation story is asserted here. lead
- Story display priority: 71 lead
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Supporting sources
- FH-003 — Forest/Foret pedigree, Institut Drouin annotation (IMG_4017.jpeg)