Gaboury family tree charted in new book
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This article was published 16/08/2023 (1117 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
It’s fitting that David Gaboury’s passions include genealogy and history, as the two things have become inextricably entwined during his longtime journey to discover more and more branches of his family tree.
The Fargo, N.D., resident is the author of A Gaboury Story: An Adventure Across North America — a 424-page, self-published hardcover book that features more than 500 photos, maps, and charts.
Gaboury said the book explains the history of “the entire history of all branches of the Gaboury family across North America.” He’s been selling the English version of the book in the U.S. in the last few months, but has yet to ship to Canada due to international shipping costs. At deadline, however, interested individuals were set to be able to acquire one on Canadian shores, as Gaboury brought copies with when he visited Winnipeg recently for a series of family reunion events.
Supplied photo courtesy of David Gaboury
David Gaboury is the writer of A Gaboury Story: An Adventure Across North America — a 424-page, self-published hardcover book that features more than 500 photos, maps, and charts.
Students of Manitoba history will know that Marie-Anne Gaboury settled in the Winnipeg area with her husband, Jean-Baptiste Lagimodière in 1807. She’s acknowledged as the first woman of European descent to settle in Western Canada, and the couple were the grandparents of Louis Riel.
Gaboury said researching the book has been a labour of love, and an interesting and exciting journey.
“I’ve been working on my family history since the 1990s, and it’s really an addictive hobby,” Gaboury said.
“It’s fun to learn about people in my family tree, and how all descendants from one Gaboury are connected. It’s been a very interesting journey.”
Noting that the legendary Winnipeg architect Étienne Gaboury, who died last October, aged 92, was among his relatives, Gaboury said one of the challenges of researching the book was that it’s easier to research records up until the 1940s, although such roadblocks made creation of the final product all the more rewarding.
The retiree said one of the main goals of the book was to provide a high-quality, family heirloom for recipients, which was aided by his collaboration with a company called BookLogix, which is based in Alpharetta, a suburb of Atlanta, GA. Gaboury has been taking care of the book’s distribution himself, which has been a fair amount of work, but it’s become a full-time endeavour for him, which is lots of fun.
Supplied photo courtesy of David Gaboury
Fargo resident David Gaboury is pictured at the gravesite of his ancestor Marie-Anne Gaboury at St. Boniface Cathedral recently. The researcher and writer was in Winnipeg to take part in several Gaboury family reunion events.
Other major contributors to the book were editor Jane Gaboury, contributing editors Scott Gaboury and Cathy Gaboury, and proofreaders Glenn Jordan, Paul Gaboury and John Gaboury.
Gaboury has also been working on a French version of the book, which will be available next year.
Email gabourybook@gmail.com for more information.
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