Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-11-23
Big FORTUNE INVOLVED
Burlington Attorneys Working
for Heirs of Marie Normandin.
Woman Married English Army ON
Ger in 81. Johns, =. a.. md Died
Recently In Paris, Leaving
More Than s6O.OOO,0O0.

Marie Pose Anna Normandn Beausoleil.
a handsome Young French girl in her
teens one summer day welded Lieut.
Ashcroft Huet. Il dashing English army
officer in the little village Of ST. johns
IF Canada, and thereby hangs tale OF
romance and fortune which smacks Of
the palmy DAYS Of thu elder Dumas. The
fortune is more than $6o,O00,O0O and the
story, shrouded in its romance, mystery
and facts, has occupied the attention for
several months Of the members of n firm
Of Burlington attorneys
The story of Marie Normandn. as she
may be called CLEANED from one Of the
Burlington attorneys by Free Press
representative. is of intense human Inter-
est. It has stirred the Normandins and
the Beausolells in this country and
Canada into action for the recovery OF
a vast fortune in rarls real estate, which.
If recovered. would make the heirs all
rich. This fortune. estimated at more
than SEQ, coopo was left by Marie Nor
mandin recently when she died in Paris.
leaving no children. The story runs as
follows:
In 1881. Lieut. Ashcroft Huet dashing
young English army officer came to
uprising. There he met a handsome
young Frenchwoman. Marie Normandin
and the couple were married I'm 1883
Marie's father became engaged in the
troubles Of the time and fed 10 the States
| He never returned. It is said. but his COM
| ing to the States marked the advent of
! the Normandins aud the Beausoleils into
| this country.
Iaft hnl tn1 H. tra,. fat ilt- In f n6
her fortunes with those Of her soldier
| husband and the two went to England
Lieutenant IIuet covered himself with
| glory in the English army, seeing service
in India the Soudan and Afghanistsn, and
was made a general. Upon his retirement
the couple went to live in Paris. General
Huet was wealthy and when he died he
left Marie great fortune In Paris She
! lived in Paris for many years. preterr1ng
it to England. as she spoke the English
language but iudlfferently
Marie Normandin recently died in Parts
at a very advanced age. She left no chill
drcn and her great fortune reverted 70
the next of kin These matters If heirs
being handled IN rather dluerent fashion
| in France than in this country, It appears
that a great part Of this fortune was
Recently letter came to George Nor
mandn. notary at Montreal. from a
member OF the Normandln family a,
Whitehall. y. Y, revving the question Of
heritage and Offering a part of whatever
| Mr.. Normandn could recover as payment
il he would begin an investigation. The
story became public and letters from tho
Normandns and the Reausoleils began
|
all parts of Canada and New England
Vermont has its quota OF branches, an,
the Burlington attorneys were engage
by number OF the heirs to look mp III,
matter There are members Of the fami,
at Westford Plattsburgh. St Johnsbur!
and great many IN the vicinity Of Fal
River. Woonsocket Lowell and Lawrence
Mass. and Providence, r, T. There ar,
two branches in Canada the Normandir
dir Beausoleil and the Normandn di
Dresy. The heirs IN this country an'
Canada recently formed an agreement {,
raise $500 to send a representative T.
Paris to ferret our the property. One MAJ
who went from Montreal TO Paris to in
vestigate fell i'll while in Paris and ac
complished but little. a woman who Sc
out with the same intention found that
| great zeal bl money NbAlu bt require
for such purpose and gave up the idea.
There is a vein of human interest in tn
tale Of Marie Normandiu. ola folks h1V
sat in the office of the Burlington AT
torneys and told with tears in their eyes
but with all the eloquence Of the Frencl
people how they have oft heard tho stor.
OF Marie Normandin and how, when chill
dren were shivering with cold and hunger
they had been comforted by the promis
that Marie would come back some da
and make them ell rich. In fact, theS
parents relate that Marie made that YER
same promise with her own lips whe
> she was the young bride OF lieut.. Iiuet
, They have looked for years for the re
5 turn OF Marie. these Normandin womei
e and now their dream may In truth h
@ realized, and they will assure Won this
their mothers and fathers remembers
well Marie Normandin and that h
promise surely Is about TO he fulhllet
. The Burlington representatives Of III
Normandns have pushed their inquire
. throug hout Paris and somewhat into Enl
land and have searched many record
, in the small hamlets in Canada with vie
= to connecting up the chain of circuu
stances surrounding the story of Mar
Normandn. and are still quietly workin
| on the natter.