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Member Since: October 2003 Posts: 6,033 Send Message	Huia	Report	21 Aug 2007 20:57
	Perhaps there was a previous local revolution in France prior to the main one. Could have been the first stirrings of the people, was quelled, but the people continued to be dissatisfied and then it really burst forth in 1789.
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Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 2,953 Send Message	Lisa J in California	Report	21 Aug 2007 20:51
	Family lore states my Vaus(Vaux) line fled France during the French Revolution. However, my ancestor was living in England by 1748: he was married in Sussex in 1748 and a church warden in the 1750's. A Vaus ancestor left England for Canada in 1857 and I am almost certain contact was severed with the English relatives by 1875. I met a distant English Vaus cousin a couple of years ago. His family has the same 'French Revolution' tale, even though our families have not communicated since the 1800's. Any suggestions why our families think our ancestors left France, when the revolution occurred at least 40 years after our ancestors were in England? (Sorry, not very good with history.)
Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 2,953 Send Message	Lisa J in California	Report	21 Aug 2007 20:50
	Question about French history...posting in a moment, please.