Jacques Mete' Descendants

Michael Raymond Metty, born in Michigan in 1962 joined the U. S. Navy in 1980 and after retirement from the Navy made his home the St Mary's/Kingsland Georgia area.  He died on 28 January 2013 and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, St. Mary's, Georgia.  

  It is not known when Jacques, our French ancestor arrived on the North American continent, but the earliest written record I have discovered thus far has been his marriage in 1730 in the village of Boucherville. Boucherville was founded as a  seigneurial  parish in 1667 by  Pierre Boucher , for whom the city was later named. Pierre Boucher came from  Mortagne-au-Perche ,  Normandy , France. After having lived in  Quebec City  and  Trois-Rivières , Boucher moved to the Percées Islands by the southern shores of  Saint Lawrence River , where he founded Boucherville. Pierre Boucher begins farming but does not receive his seigneury until 1672 when he builds a palisade to protect the community from the Iroquois The seigniory, lies on the south side of the St. Lawrence Rivern and was in the county of Chambly; bounded W. by the fief Tremblay, E. by the seigniory of Varennes and by Montarville in the rear. 114 arpents in front by two leagues...

 

  Pionneer JACQUES METTE LADOUCEUR FORCIER Status : Immigrant Birth : Vers 1692 St-Pierre, Le Poire-sur-la-Roche, ev. Luçon, Poitou (auj. Le Poire-sur-Vie, ar. La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendee) First marriage 1730 Boucherville with MARIE FRANCOISE LALOUETTE LEBEAU Second marriage 1742 Verchères with MARIE LOUISE JARED BEAUREGARD © PRDH-IGD www.prdh-igd.com The municipal territory of Poiré-sur-Vie covers 7,200 hectares. The average altitude of the town is 62 meters, with levels fluctuating between 17 and 83 meters In 1641, the town was called Poiré-sous-la-Roche.

  Many of you have probably at sometime noted in the movie credits the name of the cinematographer listed as Russell Metty.   Then the question arises, is he related to our family.   And the answer to that question is definitely, YES.   Below is a picture furnished by my nephew Rusty Metty of the Pacific Northwest.   The lady in the picture is Loretta Young and she is speaking to Russell Metty. “The Perfect Marriage” was a Hal Wallis production released February 24, 1947 by Paramount Pictures.  It starred Loretta Young, David Niven, Eddie Albert, Charlie Ruggles, Virginia Field and Rita Johnson.  In the picture Loretta Young is seen bidding good morning  to her cameraman, Russell Metty, one of Hollywood’s ace lensers.  The roving cameraman follows her through her work hours on the set for this film. Russell Metty's career began around 1925 as an assistant with Standard Film Laboratory, and later he was hired by  Paramount Pictures ...

  The occasion was the celebration of the founding of Detroit. Below is the invitation I received to attend the ceremonies commemorating the landing of Cadillac.