According to our family genealogy, our ancestor Jean Delisle, his wife Marguerite Lafleur and their children Guillaume and Madeleine (adding the surname Gauthier) came to Quebec in 1662 from France. Now their far away decendents, the daughter and granddaughters of "The Frenchman", Leroy Marcel Authier aka Frenchy, are making a pilgrimage to Paris to see if that French blood still seethes beneath the Scandinavian and German veneer added in more recent times.
Introducing our cast of characters:
Diana, daughter of Frenchy and Barbara Halverson Authier (hence the Norwegian influence), mother or tre belle daughters (with James Fox of German and Swedish descent). Her birthday is October 16th. Never mind what year...
Tamara, first daughter of James and Diana, who definitely displays the French genes. This is her first trip to the European continent.
Laura, the instigator of this trip and middle born. We will be celebrating her 40th birthday on October 16th in high style in the city of our dreams!
And the youngest sister Sarah. Also her first trip to Europe. Sarah is the official photographer and chronicler of the expedition.
