tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post3132089623450204733..comments2024-03-13T21:06:16.936-04:00Comments on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: Invite an Ancestor for Christmas Dinner: #8 Jacques Hertel Interpreter for Samuel de ChamplainOlive Tree Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-31290671693255917782017-08-28T12:22:06.454-04:002017-08-28T12:22:06.454-04:00I would invite my ancestor Jean Nicolet who came t...I would invite my ancestor Jean Nicolet who came to new France with Samuel Champlain as an explorer. He is credited with discovering Lake Michigan and the state of Wisconsin. There is a large statue of him in Green Bay on the place where he landed. He landed with silk robes on and with guns blazing as he was searching for a direct route to China. He drowned in the St. Lawrence River at anAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17484771185714634659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-54364633052910156602015-12-22T13:41:11.437-05:002015-12-22T13:41:11.437-05:00My ancestor too . Merry Christmas cousin .My ancestor too . Merry Christmas cousin .Bernie Vanassehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03635996439369410976noreply@blogger.com