They were talking about a fella who came over on the Mayflower this morning who is the ancestor of a few million Americans (not me, as far as I know). I was thinking about a courageous ancestor of mine, a young French Huguenot girl who sailed over from Europe in the 1800s to find a suitable husband. Her first choice sadly expired from yellow fever. She then found and married my elderly and widowed GGG-grandfather, a veteran of Gen. Jackson’s 1813/14 Creek Campaign and the son-in-law of one of Illinois’ Founding Fathers. Gave him a new lease on life and several more kids, which included my GG-grandfather. Without this singularly courageous French girl, I’d not be here today.
A lot of Europe’s best came to America.
But that means they also left Europe...
courageous ancestor of mine, a young French Huguenot
The Huguenots were French Protestants most of whom eventually came to follow the teachings of John Calvin, and who, due to religious persecution
So She really was not French, just born in france