GASPE ROOTS

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PERCE ROCK - The Gaspe's most famous landmark.

I am David Cooke. I'm a high school history teacher, recently moved to Calgary, Alberta from Montreal,Quebec.My main interests are archaelogy,history and family history and travel. I have put this page together to share my family's history with the world. I also enjoy being close to the Rocky Mountains. You can see a webcam shot of Banff by clicking here

My father's family, the COOKES are from New Carlisle on Quebec's Gaspe Coast, hence, the name Gaspe Roots. The Cookes are related to the BEEBE,CALDWELL,CHATTERTON,CHISHOLM,DAY,HALL, SECORD and SHEPPARD families to name a few.

My father's mother's family were from Janeville/Stonehaven area east of Bathurst in Gloucester County, New Brunswick which is just across the Baie Chaleur from New Carlisle. These families include BOYD, CRAWFORD, GOOD,KNIGHT,NORTON and SCOTT.

My mother's family were from Nova Scotia.. The families I am interested in are ALLISON, ATWOOD,COFFIN, DOANE, ELLS, HOMER from Barrington, Shelburne Co.The family originally came from Eastham, Mass. I am descended from Gov. John Winthrop and Gov. Thomas Dudley

My maternal grandfather was from Bishop Auckland, county Durham, England I am studying the GREGG and STRACHAN families there.

My wife is of French Canadian and Franco- American background. I am studying the CHATEAUNEUF , MASSE, MOREAU, GOULET(TE) , families of Windsor Mills and Sherbrooke,Quebec as well as Holyoke and Chicopee ,Mass.

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My e-mail address is montrealguy0511 at gmail.com (replace the word at with the AT sign)

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