I am trying to trace the Derouin (Drouin) lineages of my great grandfather Francois Xavier Drouin (possibly the F.X. Derouin, son of F.X. & ?, from Ste Anne des Plaines b. 3/20/1825) and great grandmother Sophie Hamel (possibly from St. Mathias, Rouville PQ b. 2/5/1835, daughter of Joseph Hamel & Rose Vien). Probably married abt. 1855 and settled, raised children and died in St. Joseph d'Ely Parish,Valcourt, P.Q. F.X. owned a 700-acre farm in Valcourt which son Frederic continued farming. F.X. & Sophie had 9 children, the youngest styled himself Dr. Wilfred G. Drouin b. 10/20/1880 but Valcourt baptismal records have him as Wilfrid Cleophas Derouin. Dr. Drouin moved to Holyoke MA and then to Scranton PA and is my grandfather. Can anyone help provide the missing links back to family patriarch Robert Drouin or help trace back to the arrivals of the Hamels in North America? By the way, I have visited ancestral homesite in France & have pics. Also have info on some of F.X.'s descendants to share. Thanks!