METIS CULTURE 1781-1783
50,000 displaced persons arrived in Canada from the United States.
They are given 100 acres for the head of the house and 50 acres for each woman and child.
It is noteworthy that they are given a generous land grant, free and clear, and food and supplies for the winter.
In the next century, the English would procrastinate in recognizing the Canadian Metis' right to own land.
The English demanded freedom of choice for themselves
but would not allow freedom of choice to be given to the Canadians.
These are not the only evils that these ungrateful people would bring to Canada.
03/09/2012
METIS HISTORY 1784-1785
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The Metis still use La Pointe (Wisconsin) as their major staging point for the North West Territories.
The French and English Voyagers operating beyond Grande Portage were now called Nor'westers.
Smallpox swept the North West Territories causing a drastic drop in trade.
1781
The Census of 1831 of Red River Settlement lists the following births this year in the North West: Joseph Bird Metis, Paul Boucher, Metis, Hugh Lonklaten, Metis, and Robert Ligan, Metis. (II)-Joseph Bird, Metis is the son of (I)-James Bird of the H.B.C. at York Factory, with the mother being most likely a Cree.
Augustin Ange, a Canadian, arrived Prairie des Chiens in 1781 after living and trading among the Dakota Sioux on the Missouri.
Pierre Antaya, a Canadian trader, died shortly after 1815 married a Fox woman, arrived Prairie des Chiens in 1781.
Charles Asham b-1781 married Ann Indian b-1790 Red River Settlement
Michael Brisbois, a freetrader, is living Prairie du Chien on the Mississippi.
British Fort Detroit (Michigan), baptism, (IV)-Charles Jean Bourassa Metis son (III)-Rene Bourassa dit La Ronde (1718-1792) and (III)-Anne Charlotte Veronica Chavalier [Machinac Metis] (1726-1792) see marriage August 3, 1744.
Etienne Charles Campion obtained trade licenses 1781 to 1783 and 1787 to trade south of Michilimackinac.
(II)-Dominique Chevery likely the son? (I)-Jean Chevery fils de Dominique and (IV)-Marie Marthe Paquet b-1724; married about 1781 Michilimackinac to Marie Sauvagesse (Indian)
(III)-Madeleine Chevery Metis b-1782 bapt 1786 Mackinac
(III)-Etienne Chevery Metis b-1785 bapt 1786 Mackinac
(I)-Mathew Cocking (1743-1799) married 3rd time 1781 York Fort, A-pis-ta-Squa-sish and had a daughter Mith-coo-coo-man-E'Squew alias Mary Cocking or Agathas Cocking, Metis (1782-1853): married (I)-William Hemming Cook (1766-1846) employed HBC (1786-1819)
Louis Dagneau Douville de Quindre is at the post of Miamis of Maumee River (Fort Wayne) and ordered to go to St. Joseph River to impress the Indians.
Mackinac, marriage, Dominique Chevery married Sauvageese
(I)-Jean Coates is listed notary public at Mackinac.
Michel Dauphinais b-1781 Canada married Victoire Ouellette Metis b-1793 likely North West.
Paul Dorion, Metis, born about 1781 son Pierre Dorion (1740-1810) and Yankton woman (Holy Rainbow) married Zeah White Cloud. It is noteworthy that Pierre was a polygamist and also married to a Iowa woman. See 1780.
Pierre Dorion (1740-1810) is reported on the Mississippi and Des Moines Rivers.
British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Archange Dube daughter (IV)-Jean Marie Dube born 1738 and (IV)-Marie Joseph Seguin born 1754.
British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage Paul Dubord dit Clermont to Marie Anne Deguise
Marie Anne Dubord b-1782 Detroit
Jean Paul Dubord b-1783 Detroit
Louis Dufault born 1781 likely La Pointe, Wisconsin married December 25, 1835 La Pointe, Wisconsin Maria Onichi born 1795 likely La Pointe, Wisconsin.
(III)-Catherine Ermatinger Metis b-1781 Michigan, daughter (II)-Lawrence Edward Ermatinger (1767-1829) living 1850 census Sault Ste. Marie, Wisconsin.
(III)-Alexander Fafard dit Laframboise Metis b-1763 Trois Rivers, d-1800 Mackinac and was on the Chippewa River 1785, married Marguerite Sauragess Sauteuse (1763-1800)
(IV)-Claude LaFramboise Metis b-1782
(IV-Joseph Fafard Laframboise Metis b-1788 bapt 1796 Fort Machilimackinac
(IV)-Jean Baptiste Fafard Laframboise Metis b-1788 bapt 1796 Fort Machilimackinac, d-1861 St. James, Vancouver, Washington, 1st married Marguierite Monominee Indian, 2nd married 1806 Mary Tsaleel Chieftess, 3rd married July 9, 1839 Fort Vancouver, (Washington) Emilie Picard, 4th married unknown Margaret Sauragess Sauteuse
(IV)-unknown Girl b-1797 Mackinac
(IV)-Margarete Fafard Metis b-1799 Mackinac
(III)-Thomas Favel, Metis b-1781, North West Territories son (II)-Humphrey Favel Metis b-1764 and Jenny Indian; married Sally Trout Indian b-1780 North West Territories.
(II)-Thomas Favel, Metis, b-1781, son (I)-John Favel and Titameg; married, 1797, Sarah (Sally) Trout (Native), b-1780.
John Fielding born 1781 North West, census 1835 Red River.
Basil Gard born 1749, died 1819 Prairie du Chien married a Sac woman and had a Spanish claim of 3 square miles in McGregor, Iowa. He arrived in Prairie des Chiens in 1781.
(I)-George Gladman Sr. (1765-1821) joined HBC (1781-1821) Albany River, Eastman, Rupert's River, Moose, died at Eastman, married Mary Moore (Moar) Indian/Metis (1774-1858) from Moose Factory (Ontario), she is likely a Metis daughter (I)-Thomas Moore of HBC (1763-1778) and Indian woman
(II)-Anne Gladman Metis (1793-1796) drowned
(II)-Henry Gladman Metis (1795-1796)
(II)-Joseph Gladman Metis (1796-1875) sent to England (1804-1814) for education, HBC (1804-1868)
(II)-George Gladman Metis Jr. (1800-1863) sent to England (1804-1814) for education, HBC (1804-1858)
(II)-Caroline Gladman Metis
(II)-Elizabeth Gladman Metis 1803-1825)
(II)-Mary Gladman Metis (1805-1806)
(II)-Charles Gladman Metis b-1807
(II)-Charles Henry Gladman Metis (1808-1816)
(II)-William Gladman Metis (1810-1838) HBC (1821-1838), married with 2 children by 1841
(II)-Robert Gladman Metis (1812-1828)
(II)-Philip Gladman Metis (1815-post 1821)
(I)-John Harper Sr. b-1781 Scotland married Indian Woman b-1786 North West Territories.
Louise Gagard, Metis born 1781 United States daughter Joseph Gagard, listed census 1870 St. Andrews, Red River. (Possible LeGardeur)
Ruperts Land (Hudson Bay) birth (II)-John Kipling, Jr. aka (John Ram or Ram John) Metis son (I)-John Kipling Sr. (1724-1794) and Indian woman.
(I)-Robert Goodwin (Goodwyn) (1761-1805) HBC (1781-1805) married Jenny Mistigoose d-1798 daughter Puckethwanisk, seven children are recorded;
(II)-Caroline Goodwin Metis d-August 23, 1832, married to (II)-James Hodgson Metis b-1785
(II)-Nancy Goodwin Metis (1798-1880)
(II)-William Adolphus Barmby Goodwin Metis sent to England 1796
(II)-Peggy (Margaret) Metis (1796-1881) married (II)-Jacob Daniel Metis (1792-before 1870)
(II)-Anne Goodwin Metis b-1807? based on 1870 Red River census, an obvious error, born Ruperts House, father died 1805
(II)-Marguerite Goodwin Metis b-1795
(II)-Mary Goodwin
(IV)-Joseph Nicolas Gouin born 1746 Fort Detroit, New France (Michigan) first married Ouilincotia (Miamis) (d-1780), second marriage September 1, 1781 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), (IV)-Archange Boyer born September 1759 Fort Detroit, New France (Michigan) daughter (III)-Ignace Boyer (1721-1784) and (IV)-Angelique Pepin dit Descardonnets. A son is recorded British Fort Detroit (Michigan), (V)-Pierre Gouin born October 31, 1781.
Jean Baptiste Gouriou living St. Sulpice (PQ1-398) possible derivation to Gournon or Gourneau possible son see 1701. A Francois Guernon, alias Garneau, also living St. Sulpice (PQ1-385) see 1761.
Thomas Le Guthrie, Ojibwa Metis, b-1781, Mackinac, listed March 28, 1836 treaty.
Michel Klyne, b-1781, Canada married about 1807, Suzanne Lafrance, Metis, b-1790 North West Territories.
Antoine Lapierre b-1781 Canada 1st married Josephte Indian b-1795 most likely North West 2nd marriage Catherine Gagnon Metis b-1815 most likely North West 3rd marriage Bethsy Cree b-1815 most likely North West.
Louise LaJarde, Metis, born 1781 United States daughter Joseph LaJarde, listed census 1870 St. Andrews, Red River. (Possible LeGardeur)
John Lyons born 1781 North West, census 1831 Red River. The 1834 census lists birth as 1789.
(II)-Thomas McNab Metis Sr. b-1781/82 this date could be in error as he was likely born Albany, married 1827 Mary Saulteaux Indian b-1800 he is the son of (I)-Dr. John McNab who is at Albany before 1796 and visited Montreal for HBC 1812, married Jane Cook Indian girl b-1784 bapt ? Thomas joined HBC (1797-1821) Albany, York Factory, various (Manitoba) locations, retired to Montreal. It is noteworthy his father was the first HBC man to visit Montreal in 1812.
(III)-Sarah McNab Metis b-1803 Albany, married (I)-Andrew McDermot b-1793
(III)-John McNab Metis Sr. b-1806 likely York Factory
(IV)-John McNab Metis Jr. married (II)-Mary Wishart Metis b-1834 daughter (I)-Thomas Wishart b-1797 and Barbara Spence Metis
(IV)-Mary Anne McNab Metis b-1849 married George Tayler
(IV)-Harriet McNab (McNabb) b-1850 married Henry Tayler
(III)-Thomas McNab Metis Jr. b-1808
(IV)-Thomas McNab Metis b-1836 HBC (1857-1867) Swan River.
(IV)-Charles McNab Metis HBC (1859-1863) Swan River
Joe Manitou b-1781, living 1870 census Cedar City, Michigan.
Francois Marion, b-1781, married, 1804, Lisette Martel, b-1785.
Jean Baptiste Matel born 1781 North West, census 1835 Red River.
Mawnedonay b-1781, living 1870 census Cedar City, Michigan.
Antoine Morisseau, b-1781, married 1800 NWT, Charlotte Sauteuse.b-1781
Joseph Morrisseau Metis joined HBC (1844-1861) Lac La Pluie
Michel Morrisseau Metis joined HBC (1853-1871) Lac La Pluie
Jacob Morrisseau Metis joined HBC (1864-1869) Lac La Pluie located between Red River and Fort William
Edward Naskaw b-1781, living 1870 census Elk Rapids, Michigan.
Michilimackinac, marriage Naurice Menard b-1664 son Jacques Menard dit Lafontaine (1628-1707) and Catherine Fortier; married Madeleine Couc Lafleur.
Antoine Morriseau, b-1781, married, 1800, Charlotte Saulteaux Indian, b-1783 North West Territories.
Mississippi, birth William Nash son Thomas Nash of North Carolina and an unknown woman.
Augustin Nolin Sr., Metis (1781-1848) North West Territory son Jean Baptiste Nolin and Marie Angelique Couvret; married 1822 Helene Anne Cameron, Metis b-1806 (or August 28, 1783) North West Territories. Auguste (Augustin) Nolin born 1781 North West, census 1831 Red River, census 1838 lists birth as 1784.
Hyacinth Parisien b-1781 Canada married Josephte Carriere Metis b-1825 Red River Settlement.
Andre Picard (1781-1846) from St. Thomas, Quebec, joined NWC (1800-1821) assingned (1811-1813) Columbia District, (1813-1821) New Caledonia and Columbia Districts, HBC (1821-1836) Columbia District, settled Willamette. One of the earliest settlers to Millamette, Columbia District. André Picard had two wives and at least five children. With his first wife, who had died before 1839, he no doubt had at least one daughter, most likely
Emelie Picard Metis (1822-1900) for by 1827 was noted by Simpson as having a wife and two girls.
Unnamed Metis girl
2nd marriage Marie/Marguerite Okanogan as his wife probably around 1830 and formalized his marriage on January 21, 1839. His recorded children with Marie/Marguerite were
Jean Baptiste Picard Metis b-1830
Basile Picard Metis (1832-1843)
Regis Picard Metis b-1836 married (II)-Marie Adele Petit (1838-1873), daughter of (I)-Amable Petit (1797/03-1867) and Susanne Tanakon d-1878
Henri Picard Metis (married Celeste Rochbrune),
Charles Reaume (1743-1813) is warden of Notre Dame de l'assomption (south shore parish of British, Fort Detroit (Michigan)) from 1781 to1795.
Antonio Miranda Rodriguez, a 50-year old Mexican born, descendant of a "Manila Man," aka Chinos Metis and his daughter, Juana Maria, age 11, are among the founding settlers of the village of El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula which grew to become the present-day city
of Los Angeles, California. He later became the ironsmith of the Santa Barbara Mission in California
where he lived until his death. He is buried in the Santa Barbara Mission Church.
(I)-John Sayer (1750-1818) reported Smallpox destroyed the Ojibwa around Lake Superior and he lost his trading partners.
(I)-James Spence, b-1781, Scotland, married, 1799 or married January 5, 1830, Red River, Mary Stony Indian b-1795 North West Territories.
(I)-Andrew Setter b-1781, Orkney, marriage, 1816 NWT, Margaret Spence, Metis, b-1790, most likely North West.
Ludovica (Lawrence) Tavernier born 1781 died November 28, 1840 LaPointe, Wisconsin.
Potan Zaikof a Russian explored Prince William Sound to Copper River using Aleut guides.
(I)-John Askin (Erskine) (1739-1815) of British Fort Detroit (Michigan) was in partnership with Robert Hamilton and Richard Cartwright of Niagria and Todd and McGill of Montreal, looking after western interests until 1784. Robert Hamilton, about this time, brought out his cousins Robert Dickson (1768-1823), William Dickson and Thomas Dickson, sons of John Dickson and Helen Wight of Scotland, to work Mackinac.
Meanwhile at Fort Paskoyac (The Pas) the smallpox epidemic of last year spread as far north as the Saskatchewan River system and this year reached the Athabasca region and the Barren Ground where ninety percent of the Chipewyan in the Barren Ground died. Very few Europeans caught the disease. They smoked every thing with flour of sulfur, though several of their country wives died. Trade dropped off as few of the survivors came to trade. David Thompson (must be a different David Thompson as he was not on site until 1784) recorded that traders exchanged new blankets for beaver robes, which are spread over dead Indian bodies.
An Ojibwa party is trading northeast of Cumberland House in the summer of 1781 and 1782. They resided in the Interlake region by the winter of 1782.
The Ojibwa ceded the Island of Michilimakinak (Mackinac), alias La Grosse Isle, located in the straits that join Lakes Huron and Michigan, to the British for 5,000 pounds. The documents were signed by: Kitchie Negou, Pouanas, Pouanas 2nd, Kouese, Magousseihigan, and Okah. Those others present were Matthew Lessey, John MacNamara, David Rankin, Henry Bostnick, Benjamin Lyons, Etienne Champion and P. Ant. Tabeau at British Fort Detroit (Michigan). British Fort Mackinac (Michigan) moved from its Macinaw location to Mackinac Island prior to 1712. It was located on Pointe St. Ignace, on the north side of the Straits of Mackinac. (III)-Jean Baptiste Cadotte Sr. (1723-1803) is in the employ of the Indian Department as an interpreter.
Assiniboine River, 21 men are building a fort when attacked by the Cree, Assiniboine and Bas de la Riviere. Eleven Peddlers hid, ten stood their ground defending the partly built fort. Three Peddlers are killed but 15 Indians lay dead and 15 more died later from their wounds.
African to be imported into Louisiana duty free.
January: Robert Longmoor wrote concerning Hudson House: The ground is all burnt, and no bison (buffalo), the Natives burnt it as they were nigh hand in the fall and far from the Beaver Country, in purpose that they might get a great price for provisions, but great part of them has paid for it since, by Hunger and obliged to go far off.
January 5: Lachenayat, birth (V)-Marie Charlotte Courtois daughter (IV)-Charles Denis Courtois dit Marin born 1744 and (III)-Catherine St Cosme born 1749 (living British Fort Detroit (Michigan)).
January 8: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, (IV)-Jacque Gabriel Godfroy born November 10, 1758 son (III)-Jacques Godfroy (1722-1795) and (II)-Louise Clotilde Chapoton b-1741; married to (V)-Marie Catherine Couture (Goneau et Gouneau dit Lacouture) born March 9, 1766, died March 24, 1794 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), son (IV)-Jean Baptiste Couture (Goneau et Gouneau dit Lacouture) born 1735 and (IV)-Marie Campeau born 1742.
January 15: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (VI)-Jean Baptiste Laforest son (IV)-Jacque Gabriel Godfroy b-1758 and (V)-Marie Catherine Couture (Goneau et Gouneau dit Lacouture) (1766-1794).
January 15: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Angelique Godet, born December 21, 1780.
January 15: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Jean Baptiste Jupin, born 1732.
January 15: Fort Detroit, marriage Joseph Cabassier to (III)-Angelique Morand b-1790, daughter (II)-Vincent Morand b-1702 and (II)-Angelique Jusseaume dit St. Pierre b-1714. Epouse October 25, 1768 Varennes (IV)-Joseph Paschal Vigar b-1742.
January 20: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Louis Le Duc, born January 13, 1780.
February 6: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (III)-Joseph Moras son (II)- Nicolas Moras dit Toinichinx and (IV)-Marie Anne Boyer b-1755.
February 7: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Joseph Couture (Goneau et Gouneau dit Lacouture), son (IV)-Jean Baptiste Couture (Goneau et Gouneau dit Lacouture) born 1735 and (IV)-Marie Campeau born 1742.
February 10: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Amable Biguet son (IV)-Francois Biguet a master mason (Maitre-Macon) born 1751 and (IV)-Marie Therese Robidou born 1738, see parents marriage 1778.
February 10: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Cecile Chauvin daughter (III)-Jean Baptiste Chauvin born 1740 and (IV)-Therese Segun born 1752.
February 26: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Marguerite Chabert daughter (III)-Francois Chabert and Marie Joseph Chesne.
February 26: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, (II)-Francois Navarre, Metis, born November 20, 1759 Fort Detroit son (I)-Robert Navarre (1709-1791) and (III)-Marie Barrois Lothman, Metis; married Louise Marie Louise Godet daughter Rene Godet. Francois Navarre to Marie Louis Godet daughter Rene Godet and Catherine Campeau
March 3: Detroit birth Thomas Charpentier son Jean Baptiste Thomas Charpentier and Marie Joseph Robertjeanne
April 1: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, Anne McGregor daughter Gregor McGregor and Susan Robert.
April 5: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Monique Bienvenu daughter (II)-Alexis Bienvenu and (IV)-Marie Anne Campeau born 1745, see parent marriage 1763.
April 16: St. Louis, Missouri, birth (III)-Marie Marechal, Metis, daughter (II)-Francois Marechal, Metis, born March 31, 1751 Cahokia, (Illinois) and Marie Therese Riviere; married August 20, 1798 Florissant, Missouri a Joseph Montreuil.
April 16: Cahokia (Illinois) marriage Baptiste Alary to Catherine Laviolette.
April 18: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Michel Campeau son (IV)-Alexis Campeay (1737-1782) and (V)-Madeline Dumays (1745-1795).
April 19: Michilimackinac, marriage Thomas Stone, soldier, married Margaret Paterson daughter George Paterson.
May 2: Charles Town, South Caroline, William Collins sold his wife to Thomas Schooler, with her bed and clothing for $2.00 and a half dozen bowls of gross.
June 11: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Genevieve Cardinal daughter (IV)-Pierre Cardinal born 1729 and (II)-Marie Angelique Sejourne.
July 15: British Fort Detroit (Michigan) birth, (IV)-Dominique Janson died October 13, 1782 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), son (III)-Charles Dominique Janson dit Lapalme b-1733 and Jeanette Gendron.
June 18: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Antoine DaGneau de Quindre died February 26, 1843 Detroit, Michigan son (IV)-Antoine Dagneau de Quindre seur De Pontchartrain (1751-1814) and Catherine Desrivieres Lamorandiere Trottier (1757-1817); married September 7, 1809 Detroit, Michigan, Catherine Chapoton.
July 18: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, July 16, 1780, fell from a horse, as recorded by Monsieur Anthony (physician), Rev. Father Potier, Jesuit for 37 years, born April 1707
July 1: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Antoine Lacelle son (III)-Jacques Lacelle (1735-1791) and (III)-Therese Berthelet.
July 17: Father (I)-Pierre Potier, a Belgian, (1708-1781) died L'Assomption des Hurons (Sandwich, Ontario).
July 23: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, (V)-Alexandre Ouellet b-1754 son (IV)-Joseph Ouellet; married (IV)-Angelique Bourassa Metis b-1763 daughter (III)-Rene Bourassa dit La Ronde (1718-1792) and (III)-Anne Charlotte Veronica Chavalier [Mackinac Metis] (1726-1792),
(VI)-Charlotte Ouellet Metis b-1782 Fort Detroit
August 3: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (II)-Marie Borgia daughter (I)-Pierre Borgia dit Provencal (maitre forgeron) blacksmith married 1780 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), Catherine Vallee.
August 3: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Anne Chauvin daughter (II)-Noel Chauvin born 1732 and (III)-Jeanne Meloche born 1742.
August 4: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Francoise Godet daughter (IV)-Francois Godet b-1720 and (III)-Jeanne Parant b-1739.
August 5: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, a young daughter of Joseph Drouillard.
August 13: Michilimackinac,. baptism, Domitille Gautier son Charles Gautier and Madelaine Pascal.
August 16: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, child Jacques Parent and Catherine Baubien.
August 18: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Leon Gouin son (IV)-Charles Francois Gouin (b-1755) and Suzanne Boyer.
August 27: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, (IV)-Pierre Meloche born March 9, 1755 Fort Detroit son (III)-Pierre Meloche b-1730 and (II)-Marie Catherine Guignard dit St. Etienne; married to (IV)-Marie Catherine Campeau b-1762 daughter (III)-Charles Campeau (1715-1785) and Marie Charlotte Montray et Julliet La Cote
September 4: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Madame Ste. Marie.
September 4: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Madame widow Laforet.
September 6: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Francois Xavier Drouillard son (III)-Francois Drouillard and (II)-Marie Anne Vilers daughter (I)-Louis Vilers.
September 17: Detroit, marriage Gregoire Loyer Desnoyers, b-1759, Grand Marais, Michigan, died St. Clair, Michigan; married to (IV)-Therese Tremblay, b-1766 daughter (III)-Augustus Tremblay (1710-1795) and (IV)-Marie Judith Laforest b-1723.
September 17: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Genevieve Bourdeau Metis daughter (III)-Joseph Bourdeau dit I'lle-Ronde, habitant de la Cote Nord-est, born 1730, died 1793 married 1760 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), (III)-Marie Louise Clermont et Bouron (Dvbord) born 1645 daughter (III)-Louis Bourdon dit Clermont.
September 17: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, Jeanne Latour daughter Amable Latour and (III)-Agnas Mesny b-1758.
September 17: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, Charles Dulac son Jean Baptiste DuLac; married Catherine Jacob daughter Etienne Jacob.
September 17: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, Pierre Girard son Pierre Girard and Marie Joseph Lajeunesse
September 17: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Joseph Mesny, Metis, son (III)-Antonie Mesny, b-1751 and (II)-Catherine Brilland ( Brillant) dit Lapierre, Metis b- 1753.
September 19: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Joseph Greffard son (IV)-Laurent Greffard b-1745 and (III)-Marie Anne Casse.
October 8: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, (V)-Joseph Douaire de Bondy son (IV)-Joseph Douaire de Bondy, and (IV)-Marie Joseph Gamelin born 1741; married (IV)-Marie Jeannie Meloche born January 19, 1761 Fort Detroit daughter (III)-Pierre Meloche b-1730 and (II)-Marie Catherine Guignard dit St. Etienne..
October 8: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, child Monsieur Latour.
September 9: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Catherine Drouillard daughter (III)-Francois Drouillard and (II)-Marie Anne Vilers.
September 17: British Fort Detroit, marriage (IV)-Gregoire Loyer dit Desnoyers son (III)-Jean Baptiste Loyer b-1705 and (II)-Marie Anne Couvert b-1704; married (IV)-Marie Therese Tremblay b-1766 daughter (III)-Augustan Tremblay (1710-1795) and (IV)-Marie Judith LaForest b-1723.
October 10: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Denis Campeau son (IV)-Jacques Campeau born 1735 and (II)-Catherine Menard born 1739.
October 12: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Angelique Godfroy daughter (IV)-Jacques Gabriel Godfroy born 1758 and (V)-Marie Catherine Couture (1766-1794).
October 12: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, Antoine Catin son Antoine Catin died before 1791 and was married about 1767 to Marie Anne Martin living south west of La Cote.
October 12: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, Amable Maillou, orfevre, (goldsmith), married (IV)-Isabelle Casse St Aubin daughter (III)-Joseph Casse St Aubin; veuve February 10, 1755 Fort Detroit (III)-Charles Poupart.
October 17: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Magdelene Godfroi, wife Pierre Campau.
October 20: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Louise Campeau daughter Pierre Campeau and Madeline Godfroy.
October 30: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, (II)-Francois Coutant (Contant) son (I)-Pierre Contant; married (II)-Marie Angelique Brillant dit Lapierre, Metis, born April 21, 1761, British Fort Detroit (Michigan), daughter (I)-Jean Baptiste Brillant dit Lapierre and Francoise Itagisse Chretienne Sauteuse (Ojibwa). Source Tanguay.
October 31: Detroit, birth (V)-Jean Louis Tremblay son (IV)-Joseph Francois Tremblay b- 1745 and (IV)-Marguerite Simard b-1726.
November 14: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Jean Baptiste Arconette, born 1773, daughter Michel Arconee and Marie Anne La Foret.
November 19: Detroit, marriage Pierre Demers to (V)-Marie Angelique Menard Metis daughter (V)-Pierre Menard Metis b-1725 and Genevieve Sicard epouse 1781 Detroit Joseph Carie
November 20: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, Jean Marie Arsenault to (II)-Catherine Guilbaut, born British Fort Detroit (Michigan), daughter (I)-Jean Guilbaut b-1733 and (III)-Marie Joseph Marcheteau (1735-1765).
November 27: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, Joseph Bergeron to (IV)-Catherine Fauvel daughter (III)-Joseph Amable Fauvel dit Bigras and (II)-Marie Charlotte Dufour born 1739.
November 27: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, (V)-Joseph Carie married Genevieve Sicard, veuve 1755 (IV)-Pierre Menard Montour, Metis, b-1725 son (III)-Anotoine Menard, Metis, b-1695 and (II)-Marie Huet, b-1698.
November 27: Detroit, birth, Silvie Rivard daughter Antoine Rivard and Felicite Ste. Marie
December 27: Baptism, Catherine Desrivieres, daughter Antoine Dagneau Pontchartrain (1751-1814) and Marie Catherine Desrivieres, the godfather was Jean Baptiste Dequindre.
1782
Joseph Adam, Metis, born 1782 (1785) Red River Settlement, North West son Jean Baptiste Adam, listed 1870 census St. Norbert Red River. He married Isabella Rivard, Metis, born 1786 (1805) Red River Settlement, North West. Also married Angelique Racette, Metis, born 1785.
Jean Pierre Alard married 1782 Prairie du Rocher (Illinois) Catherine Grude
Neset Agawwawnegay b-1782, living 1870 Goodheart (Good Hart), (Michigan).
Nessett Awgawwawnegay b-1782, living 1870 Cross Village, (Michigan)
British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Alexis Biguet son (IV)-Francois Biguet a master mason (Maitre-Macon) born 1751 and (IV)-Marie Therese Robidou born 1738, see parents marriage 1778.
Mrs. Joseph Carow, Ottawa Metis, b-1782 St. Ignace, married Joseph Carow, Ojibwa Metis, listed March 28, 1836 treaty.
Andre Carriere b-1782 Canada married Angelique Lyons Metis b-1791 likely North West.
Etienne Campion born Montreal died about 1790 is trading for Richard Dobie for Michilimackinac.
Captain Caucaukes, an influential trader of Sturgeon Lake, had his clothing sent yearly from Machillimakinac according to (I)-John Kipling (1724-1794). This band (tribe) is closely related to Captain Metweash of Lac Seul.
Peter Corrigal b-1782 married Christianna Indian b-1751 likely North West.
British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, 1782 (I)-George Cotterell and (IV)-Cecile Aide Crequy born 1766 daughter (III)-Jean Baptiste Aide Crequy.
(II)-Joseph Cotterell b-1783 Detroit
(II)-Elisabeth Cotterell b-1785 Detroit
Therese Daunet, Metis, b-1782, baptized, July 7, 1785, British Fort Detroit (Michigan) son Antoine Daunet and Sauvagesse.
Basile David b-1782 married Therese Defond Metis b-1784 likely North West.
Illinois, birth, Louis Dorion, Metis, born about 1782, died April 29, 1890, son Pierre Dorion (1740-1810) and Yankton woman (Holy Rainbow). It is noteworthy that Pierre was a polygamist, also married to a Iowa woman. See 1780.
Birth, Joseph Ducharme born 1782, died 1831 Green Bay son Joseph Ducharme and Marie Anne Parent or Menominee woman.
(I)-William Flett (1762-1823) joined HBC (1782-1823) York Factory then Saskatchewan River (1809-1823) retiring Red River, married Isabella Saskatchewan (1775-1845) bapt 1825, widowed and living with Robert Rowland in (1827-1835) Red River
(II)-Elixabeth (Betsy) Flett Metis bapt 1825, married (I)-Robert Rowland HBC (1801-1821) on Saskatchewan (1814-1821)
(II)-Peter Flett Metis bapt 1824, married 1834 (I)-Euphemia Halcrow Metis bapt 1820, daughter (I)-Thomas Halcrow (1781/85-1856) and Mary Southward Indian
(II)-Anne (Nancy) Flett Metis bapt 1824, married (I)-William Gibson b-1788
(II)-William Flett Metis bapt 1824
(V)-Charoltte Gouin born September 19, 1782 British Fort Detroit (Michigan).
(I)-John Hodgson Sr. b-1763, employed HBC (1774-1810) was master of Henley House while (I)-John McNab was off to Albany
Elizabeth Kewagaskum b-1782, living 1870 census, Cross Village, Michigan.
Margaret Keywaydin b-1782, living 1870 census Rapid City, Michigan.
(I)-John Kipling (1724-1794), at Gloucester House on Rainy Lake, says that the Indians had informed him that the Indians near Rainy Lake are dead, and that the Assineybois Country was almost depopulated from the smallpox epidemic of the 1780-1782 season.
Mrs. David Kniffen b-1782, living 1870 census Mackinaw City, Michigan.
Claude Laframboise, Metis b-1782 son Francois FaFard dit LaFramboise, (1767-1830) and Shaw We No Quar Pottawatomi, Metis, b-1760.
Antoine Lambert b-1782 Canada married Marie Saulteaux (Chippewa) Indian b-1787 most likely North West.
Pierre Lapointe (1750-1820) arrived Prairie des Chiens.
Etienne Latour dit Balard married British Fort Detroit (Michigan) Marie Francois Langoumois.
Hugh Linklater Metis b-1782 North West Territories married Jane Indian b-1790 most likely North West.
Mrs. Agatha Louisignan, Ottawa Metis, b-1782, arrived 1789, Mackinac, wife Francis Louisignon, listed March 28, 1836 treaty.
(II)-Thomas McNab, Metis b-1781/82 Albany, NWT employee HBC (1797-1821) son (I)-Dr. John McNab and Jane Cook Indian; married Marie Saulteaux Indian b-1800 at Rapids of Red River (Manitoba). See census 1835-1838 Red River
Joseph Marchand born 1782 likely Lac Courte Oreille (Ottawa Lake), Wisconsin married July 28, 1839 La Pointe, Wisconsin Margaret Iagig born 1821 likely Lac Courte Oreille, Wisconsin.
Nicolas Marchesseau b-1730's is also trading Michilimackinac for Richard Dobie.
Francois Xavier McCoy Chippewa Metis, b-1782, Red River married 1818, Red River Margaret Sagan aka Lagrue, (McCoy and Lagrue are Chippewa Metis) b-1800, Red River, moved to Minnesota (1830-31), Source Ruth G. Clasrest, Plymouth MN. value add source (Tom Latour). The Mayke or Makye are believed to be names (a distortion of McCoy) or possibly a camp or tribe name in or near Red River.
CHILDREN OF Francois McCoy and Margaret Lagrue INCLUDE,
Marguerite McCoy Metis b-1816, Red River married 1836, Joseph Renshaw Brown, 2nd promise marriage December 16, 1839, Mendita, Minnesota to Peter Bouche (Bouchea) (most likely Boucher).
Frances Jr. McCoy Metis b-1818, Red River
Genevieve McCoy Metis b-1824, Red River
Josephte McCoy Metis b-1824, Red River
Antoine McCoy Metis b-1828, Red River
Joseph McCoy Metis b-1831, born Fort Snelling, birth area on death certificate says Prescott, Wi.
Fort Detroit, marriage (III)-Joseph Mesny, born March 14, 1756 Fort Detroit son (II)-Antoine Mesny (1712-1794) and (II)-Jeanne Seguin Laderoute b-1724; married Archange Dussault.
Michael Nolin b-1782 Michigan, living 1850 census Sault Ste. Marie, Wisconsin, listed as a voyager.
Paul Paul b-1782 Canada 1st married Marguerite Lavallee Metis b-1797, 2nd married Marquerite Grant Metis born North West Territories.
(II)-Jane Renton Metis, b-1782 Moose Factory (Ontario) daughter (I)-William Renton (1754-1798) and Indian woman
St. Louis, Missouri, marriage Louis Resson son Louis Tesson Honore; married 1st. Marie Duchouquette, 2nd marriage 1788 St. Louis Therese Creely, 3rd marriage 1797 St. Louis Catherine Rivet, 4th marriage 1811, St. Louis, Missouri.
Joseph Rocque, Metis, b-1782, son Joseph Rocque and Dakota Sioux Woman; married 1794 N.W., Therese Assiniboine.
Francois St. Germain, b-1782, Lower Canada married Louise Saucier Metis b-1810 North West Territories.
Sophia Shawnanawnauquot b-1782, living 1870 census Brutus, Michigan.
George Shaygonaybe b-1782, living 1870 census Lattin, Michigan.
(I)-William Sinclair (1766-1818) Joined HBC (1782-1818) married 1791 York Factory Margaret (Nahoway) Cree or Metis, recorded children are:
(II)-Phoebe Sinclair Metis (1792-1848) York Factory, married 1820 (I)-Thomas Bunn (1765-1853)
(II)-William Sinclair Metis Jr. (1794-1868) York Factory, married Mary Wadin McKay (1804-1893)
(II)-Anne Sinclair Metis (1796-1861) York Inland, married John Spencer (1790-1880)
(II)-Catherine Sinclair Metis (1798-1881)York Inland, married 1824, Joseph Cook Metis (1788/92-1848)
(II)-Jane Sinclair Metis (1801-1861) Oxford House, married 1816 churched 1822, (I)-James Kirkness (1774-1843)
(II)-Mary Sinclair Metis (1804-1892) Oxford House,married John Inkster (1799-1874)
(II)-Elizabeth (Betsy) Sinclair Metis (1805-1878) Oxford House, married 1st (I)-George Simpson (1787/92-1860) a bigamist, 2nd marriage 1822 (I)-Robert Seaborn Miles (1795-1870) arrived Montreal 1818
(II)-James Sinclair Metis (1806-1856) Oxford House, married 1st. Elizabeth Bird (1811-1845), 2nd Mary Campbell b-1826
(II)-John Sinclair Metis b-1807 Oxford House, married Elizabeth
(II)-Thomas Sinclair Metis B-1810-1870) Oxford House, married 1st Hannah Cummings (1812-1846), 2nd Caroline Pruden (1830-1908)
(II)-Colin Robertson Sinclair Metis (1816-1901) Knee Lake
(II)-Fanny Sinclair Metis b-1818 York Factory
(I)-John Thomas is appointed Chief Factor at Moose Fort (Ontario).
Joseph Tourand b-1782 Lower Canada married Rosalie Laderoute Metis b-1816 Red River Settlement daughter Thibert Laderoute b-1778 Canada and Marguerite Sansregret Metis b-1780.
(I)-Mathew Truthwaite (1753/68-1793) joined HBC (1782-1793) Albany married Elizabeth Pocathea Indian
(II)-Edward Truthwaite Metis
(II)-Jacob Truithwaite Metis b-1786/1790 married (II)-Elizabeth Vincent Metis b-1801 daughter (I)-Thomas Vincent (1776-1832) and Jane Renton (1782-1858)
(II)-John Turner Metis Hudson Bay b-1782 possible son (I)-John Turnor (Turner) (1751-1799) and Indian woman, joined HBC (1802-1831) settler Pas near Cumberland.
St. Louis, Missouri, birth/death (II)-Francois Xavier Vasquez son (I)-Benito Vasquez (1738-1810) and Marie Julie Papin;
A map of North America, published in London, depicted all lands west of the Hudson Bay as a blank and included the notation: "These parts entirely unknown". Then they have the ignorance to say they own these unknown lands.
The Smallpox epidemic (1780-1782) ravaged all the tribes on the central plains, and a large number of Mandan and Hidatses died. It is estimated that 75% of the Mandan and 50% of the Hidatsas had died. Six large Mandan cities had been reduced to two small villages. Smallpox reached York Factory this year.
The first census of Niagara shows sixteen families totaling eighty three people. Samuel Hearne of Prince of Wales Fort surrendered the invincible fortress to the French without a shot being fired. The Prince of Wales Fort, near present-day Churchill, Manitoba, was considered the strongest ever built in North America. Thirty eight men, untrained fur-trade employees, defend the Fort. Its defense was considered impossible. David Thompson (must be a different David Thompson, as he was not on site until 1784) alleged that the men of the Fort begged (I)-Samuel Hearne (1745-1792) to allow them to mow down the French troops with the heavy guns loaded with grapeshot. He absolutely refused. Chief Factor Humphrey Marten, with sixty Englishmen, twenty five cannon and a dozen swivel guns, also surrendered York Factory without firing a shot. Edward Umfreville is alleged to have discharged a firearm but is rebuked by the Chief Factor. John Irvine is alleged to have assisted the French but later received full back pay. French sailor Jean Francois de Galaup, Conte de La Perouse, destroyed and burnt York Factory and blew up the Prince of Wales Fort; the chief posts of the Hudson Bay Company, as a gesture of support to the Americans. No supplies would reach the inland posts this year. Mary Norton, wife of (I)-Samuel Hearne (1745-1792,) bolted into the Barren Ground and soon starved to death among her Indian relatives. A smallpox epidemic depopulated the Barren Ground in 1783; so reported (I)-William Walker of the H.B.C. (I)-William Walker married an Indian woman. (I)-William Walker noted that when the Indians (Cree) contacted smallpox, the sick were abandoned. They are abandoned due to the belief that there is no hope of recovery. But this abandonment causes some to perish by starvation. This is a very interesting cultural change as they were previously noted as caring for their sick and aged. The numbers of sick likely overwhelmed them. The death rate is believed higher among males than females because, during high fevers, the men would throw themselves into lakes and rivers, attempting to cool themselves.
The Montreal Traders reported a disaster year because of the smallpox epidemic in the North West.
Over the next five years, fifty thousand displaced persons left the United States for a new life under their beloved British flag to the north. They brought with them a blind hatred of the United States and a blind worship of British superiority, which would cause much suffering in Canada. This attitude would persist into the present age.
(IV)-Michael Cadotte (1764-1837) of Makinac, son (III)-Jean Baptiste Cadotte Sr. (1723-1803) became Chief Factor La Pointe (Wisconsin) for the Alexander Henry the elder (1739-1824) and (III)-Jean Baptiste Cadotte Sr. (1723-1803) partnership. (IV)-Michel Cadotte married Equaysayway daughter Waubojeeg (The White Fisher) hereditary Chief of the La Pointe Chippewa. Some list (IV)-Michael Cadotte as (1763-1804) married to the daughter of White Crane the Ojibwa. Grandson of Ke-che-ne-zuh-yauh a famed orator chief of the Western Ojibwa. The English Middle Fort on Madeleine Island lay destroyed. It is believed Cadotte spent much time at Lac Court Oreilles and Lac de Flambeau: Ojibwa villages. Lac du Flambeau is about 45 miles from Lake Superior. Lac du Flambeau, or Torch Lake (Wauswagning), occupied by the Ojibwa from La Pointe, is named after the custom of spearing fish by torchlight. There are three Michael Cadottes in the field this year.
I have received a lot of e-mail concerning the three Michael Cadottes. I have no personal incentive to verify who is who.
Jean Loehde, however, noted: William W. Warren suggests Michael took as wife the daughter of White Crane (waub-ij-e-jauk the son of A-ke-gui-ow) (Ke-che-ne-zuh-yauh, head of the Crane family is father to A-ke-gui-ow). However, (Waubijeeg is Reindeer or Caribou). He went on to say it is difficult to trust Warren because of lack of dates for anything. I also have problems with the fact that this historical data isn't time frame related.
(IV)-Jean Baptiste Cadotte (1761-1818) and (IV)-Michel Cadotte (1764-1837) are both employed by their father. Cazelet is employed by (III)-Jean Baptiste Cadotte Sr. (1723-1803) at his post L'Anse, and one of his sons was posted to Fond du Lac at the western end of Lake Superior.
Jean Francois of Galaup, Count of Laperouse (1741-1783), captured the Fort Prince of Wales (Fort Churchill), destroying the walls defended by Chief Factor (I)-Samuel Hearne (1745-1792) on August 9. On August 24, De Galaup captured York Factory and completely burnt down the palisades. Edward Umfreville, a prisoner of war, is taken by La Perouse and deported to France for ransom. His wife and daughter, Louise, is abandoned on Ruperts Land.
A large band of Ojibwa took possession of Leech Lake. They became known as Mukimduawininewug (Pillager); meaning men who take by force. Many are former Bear and Catfish clans of the Lake Superior people. The Pillager are distinct from the Red, Cass and Winnipeg Ojibwa. (II)-George Sutherland of the Hudson Bay Company, at Sturgeon Lake, listed no less than 17 Canadian outposts northwest of Lake Superior.
Fort York, Hudson Bay is captured and destroyed by the French.
The Sandy Lake village of Ojibwa is nearly depopulated by smallpox.
January: likely Michillimackinac, marriage (I)-Thomas McMurray Sr. d-1795 and 3rd wife Helen Peacock most likely Indian or Metis
January 1: Detroit, birth (V)-Louis Trembley, died October 31, 1782 Detroit son (IV)-Ls Michel Tremblay b-1738 and (II)-Cecile Yax b-1753.
January 5: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Felicite Meloche, daughter (III)-Jean Baptiste Meloche b-1741 and (V)-Marie Louise Robert.
January 28: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), marriage, Paul Campau son Paul Campau; married Genevieve Amable Bigra widow of Guillaume Laforest: Charlotte Des Moulins (Essex, Ontario), Joseph Pouget, Jacques Belleperche, Jean Baptiste Drouillard and Nicolas Drouillard.
February 4: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), marriage, Joseph Cote son Charles Cote of Ancienne Lorette, Quebec and Marguerite Fiset; married Marie Magdaline Martin, widow Jean Baptiste Bertrand: witness Joseph Pouget, Antoine Boufard and Etienne Fahan.
February 4: Kaskaskia, Illinois, marriage Jerome Danis (Dany) son Michel Danis (Dany) and Marie Barbe Pillet; married Prlagie Doza. One child is noted Michel Dany, census 1787.
February 5: Kaskaskia, Illinois, marriage Michel Danis (Dany) son Michel Danis (Dany) and Marie Barbe Pillet; married Elizabeth Bienvenu.
February 11: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), marriage, Le Sieur Antoine Soumande son Francois Soumande of Varenne, Quebec and the late Charlotte de Varenne; married Reine Angelique Guiet dit Tourangeau daughter Jean Baptiste Guyet dit Tourangeau and Marie Josephine Pilotte: witness Joseph Brouillard, Joseph Bondy, Jean Baptiste Guyet, Georges Nexe and Baptiste Dufour.
February 11: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), marriage, Louis Revau son Jean Baptiste Revau and Josephine Saint Etienne; married Marie Jeanne Campeau daughter Charles Campeau and Charlotte Montri: Witness Jean Baptiste Tourangeau, Antoine Meloche, Pierre Amable Girard and Joseph La Jeunesse.
March: (I)-Jean Etienne Waddens (Wadin and Waden),(1738-1782) a Swiss Protestant Nor'wester from Montreal, is shot and killed by either Peter Pond (1740-1807) or his associate Toussaint Le Sueur at Lac La Ronge (Saskatchewan). This is not the first death attributed to Peter Pond and his associates. Peter Pond (1740-1807) escaped retribution and fled the North West Territories.
(I)-Jean Waden's daughter Veronque married Rev'd John Bethune, the elder, Sept 30, 1782.
March 17: Mackinac, birth, (III)-Madeleine Chevery, Metis, baptised, August 13, 1786, British Fort Detroit (Michigan) daughter Dominiq(II)-Dominique Chevery and Marie Sauvagesse (Indian). Tanguay says baptized Mackinac.
April 7, 6 P.M.: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, JH Labreque, born 1752 St. Jean, Isle d'Orlean, a helper in Fs. Beneteau's harness shop, was drowned returning from the fort Hubert, Pt., Vic. Gen.
April 8: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), marriage, Joseph Meny son Antoine Meny of Fort Detroit (Michigan) and the late Jeanne Seguin; married Archange Dussault daughter Joseph Dussault and the Late Lomae Desbutes: witness Antoine Meny, Charles La Marche and Jh Dussault.
April 11: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Claude Gastinon son (III)-Claude Francois Gastinon born 1756 and (II)-Jeanne Billiau (1762-1791).
April 17: British Mackinac, (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Joseph Chevalier, Metis, baptised, July 20, 1786 British Mackinac (Michigan), son (III)-Luc Chevalier born May 22, 1735 Mackinac New France (Michigan); and Marie Sauvagesse.
April 21: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (VI)-Marie Angelique Dumay daughter (V)-Pierre Dumay et Demers born 1752 and Marie Angelique Menard.
April 22: Fort Detroit, birth (V)-Veronique Renaud daughter (IV)-Louis Renaud b-1739 and (III)-Marie Anne Casse b-1753.
April 25: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), marriage, Jean Baptiste des Compte Labadie son Antoine Des Compte Labadie and Angelique Campeau; married Cecile Chene Labute daughter Pierre Chene Labute and Marianne Cuillerier: witness Antoine Des Compte Labadie, Alexis Maisonville Capitaine de Milice and Pierre Chene Labute.
May 1: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, John Macomb son William Macomb and Sarah Drinor (Dring).
May 6: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-George Alard is born son (IV)-Jacques Alard son (III)Pierre Alard and Genevieve Madeleine Laforest, see 1780.
May 6: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (VII)-Marie Louise Gagne daughter (VI)-Isaac Gagne born 1751 and (II)-Marie Louise Vallee born 1759.
May 13: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Gabriel La Violette born 1757.
April 17: Mackinac, birth (IV)-Joseph Chevalier Metis baptised July 20, 1786 Mackinac son (III)-Luc Chevalier born 1735 son (II)-Jean Baptiste Chevalier; and Sauvagesse.
May 13: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), marriage, Francois Godet son Francois Godet and Jeanette Parent; married Marguerite Bernier daughter Charles Bernier and Marie Louise Godet: witness Francois Godet, Jacques Parent, and Francoise Pratt.
May 14: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Francois Leanord Greffard son (IV)-Louis Greffard and (III)-Marguerite Casse.
May 30: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Catherine Dagneau daughter (III)-Guillaume Dagneau born 1747 and (IV)-Therese Boyer born 1755.
May 30: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Mathieu Chiquot daughter (IV)-Jean Baptiste Chiquot born 1749 and (IV)-Angelique Godefroy born 1753.
June 1: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Jean Baptiste DeMarsac son (III)-Jean Baptiste (also called Benjamin) DeMarsac (1742- 1793) and (IV)-Genevieve Seguin.
June 12: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Angelique Le Duc born 1778, daughter Jean Baptiate Le Duc and Catherine Beurassa.
June 14: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Renault, born 1722.
June 19: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, Marie Anne Dubord daughter Paul Dubord dit Clermont, carpenter in service of the King and Marie Anne Deguise.
July 19: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Joseph Francois Godet, born December 1781 son Joseph Godet and Jeanne Pilette.
July 19: Catherine Charle wife Joseph Voyer is in Fort Detroit this date.
July 22: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), marriage, Pierre Foncran son late Andre Foncran of St. Philippe, Montreal Quebec and late M. Josephine D'agneau; married Elizabeth Revau daughter Jean Louis Revau dit Lajeunnesse and Joseph St. Etienne: witness Pierre Prud'homme, Etienne Le Beau, Jean Louis Revau, and Amable Girard.
August 10: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Pierre Gaillard, born December 1778 son Louis Gaillard and Marie Ange Gaillard.
Auguat 19: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), marriage, Simon Druillard son Simon Drouillard and Marguerite St. Martin; married Archange Laforet daughter late Guillaume Laforet and Marguerite Tremblai: witness Simon Drouillard, Jean Baptiste and Joseph Drouillard and Joseph Laforet.
August 23: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (II)-Francois Coutant (Contant) Metis, died October 2, 1782, British Fort Detroit (Michigan), son (I)-Pierre Francois Constant (Contant) and (II)-Marie Angelique Brilland (Brillant) dit Lapierre. Metis, born April 21, 1761, British Fort Detroit (Michigan) .
August 24: Detroit, birth, (V)-Cecile Lauzon daughter (IV)-Jacques Lauzon b-1737 and (II)-Marie Anne Casse; married April 23, 1792 Angelique Raymond.
August 26: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), marriage, Francois Trudel son Francois Trudel Batiscan, Quebec and Suzanne Le Febure; married Josette Fovel dit Bigra, widow Andre Boismenu; witness Joseph Harnois, Pierre Demers, Amable Fovel, Jean Baptiste Drouillard and Alexandre Fovel.
September 5: Detroit, birth (III)-Marie Catherine Navarre, Metis, daughter (II)-Robert Navarre, Metis, b-1739 and (III)-Marie Louise DeMarsac, b-1744;
September 10: Fort Detroit, birth (V)-Francois Xavier Reaume, son (IV)-Jean Baptiste Reaume b-1741 and (III)-Agathe Barrois b-1735.
September 15: Fort Detroit, birth (VI)-Charlotte Ouellet Metis daughter (V)-Alexandre Ouellet b-1754 and (IV)-Angelique Bourassa Metis b-1763.
September 30: Detroit, marriage, (III)-Joseph Cadet, b-1751 son (II)-Augustin Cadet; married (VI)-Cecile Campeau, b-1765 daughter (IV)-Jean Baptiste Campeau.
October 8: Fort Detroit, birth/death (III)-Jean Baptiste Yax son (II)-Jean Baptiste Guillaume Yax b-1760 and 1st wife 1782 Marie Tremblay, 2nd marriage 1783 Chretienne Huyet Champagne.
October 10: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (VI)-Marie Amable Carie daughter (V)-Joseph Carie and Genevieve Sicard veuve de Parre Menard.
October 10: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Joseph St. Etienne, born 1728.
October 11: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Julie Duprat daughter (IV)-Jean Baptiste Duprat born 1735 and (III)-Agnes Tremblay born 1749.
October 21: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, Pierre Solo married (IV)-Marie Joseph Bourdeau Metis daughter (III)-Joseph Bourdeau dit L'Lle-Ronde, habitant de la Cote Nord-est, born 1730, died 1793 married 1760 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), (III)-Marie Louise Clermont et Buoron (Dvbord) born 1645 daughter (III)-Louis Bouron dit Clermont.
October 22: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (III)-Pierre Descomps son (III)-Alexis Descomps and (V)-Marie Francoise Robert born 1752.
October 28: St. Louis, Missouri, marriage (IV)-Joseph Marie Monntreal Langlois b-1739 son (III)-Jean Francois Langlois b-1711 and (III)-Therese Bertrand; to Lisette Sauvagesse Smothinng Iron
September 2: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), marriage, (IV)-Louis Bourassa Metis son (III)-Rene Bourassa dit La Ronde (1718-1792) and the late? (III)-Anne Charlotte Veronica Chevalier [Machanic Metis] (1726-1792); married Therese Meloche daughter Pierre Meloche and Catherine St. Etienne: witness Antoine Meloche, Francois Meloche and Jean Baptiste and Philippe La Duc.
September 23: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), marriage, Antoine Ignace Dufresne son late Nicolas Dufresne Montreal, Quebec and Agathe Le Duc; married Louise Gaudet widow Berthelet daughter Francois Gaudet and Jeanne Parent: witness Pierre Beaubien, Antoine Beaubien, Francois Gaudet and Dmominique La Brosse.
September 30: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marrage, (III)-Joseph Cadet born 1751 son (II)-Augustin Cadet; married Sept 30, 1782 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), (V) Cecile Campeau born August 22, 1765 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), daughter (IV)-Jean Baptiste Campeau born 1737 Fort Detroit, New France (Michigan), and Catherine Boyer.
October 21: Detroit, marriage (III)-Pierre Solo born November 15, 1759 Detroit, son (II)-Claude Solo b-1732 and (II)-Marguerite Descomps (1734-1765); 1st married (IV)-Marie Joseph Bourdeau I'lle Ronde Metis b-1765, 2nd marriage June 25, 1792 Detroit Catherine Cloutier b-1769.
October 28: St Louis Missouri, marriage (IV)-Joseph Marie Langlois born April 22, 1739 Cap Sante; son (III)-Jean Francis Langlois b-1711 and (III)-Therese Bertrand (1708-1753); married Lisette Sauvagesse
October 28: Detroit, marriage Joseph Serre to (IV)-Marie Therese Seguin, born October 22, 1759 Detroit, daughter (III)-Cajetan Seguin dit Laderoute b-1726 and (IV)-Marie Genevieve Tremblay b-1740; married October 28, 1782 Detroit Joseph Serre.
November 5: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), marriage, Jean Baptiste Valade son Charles Valade Soulauge, Quebec and Anne Pilon; married Marie Louise Drouillard daughter Simon Drouillard and Marguente St. Jean: witness Alexandre Fovel, Joseph Revau, Simon Drouillard and Jean Baptiste Doouillard.
November 18: Fort Detroit, birth, Pierre Letpheneens son Etienne Letpheneens and Angelique Jonce.
November 23: Fort Detroit, birth Marie Maillet et Malette daughter Pierre Maillet and Marie Baker.
December 8: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Antoine Goulet son (IV)-Antoine Goulet (1730-1793) and (V)-Madeleine Laforest.
December 9: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth/death, (II)-suzanne Navarre daughter (I)-Robert Navarre (1709-1791) and (III)-Marie Barrois Lothman; married Louise Marie Louise Godet daughter Rene Godet.
December 9: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Genevieve Amable Campeau, born December 8, 1782.
December 20: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Philippe Labomberde, born December 1, 1780 son Philippe Labombarde and Margnente Briette.
December 22: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, Charles DuLac son Charles Dulac son Jean Baptiste DuLac and Catherine Jacob daughter Etienne Jacob.
December 27: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), baptism, (V)-Catherine Dequindre (Dagneau) died May 2, 1792 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), daughter (IV)-Antoine Dagneau alias DeQuindre De Pontchartrain (1751-1814) and Catherine DesRivieres alias LaMorandiere Trottier (1757-1814/1817).
December 27: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Agathe Sousseran, born 1746, wife Etienne Robidou.
December 27: NWT, birth Louis Lacerte Sr. son Louis Lacerte dit Vacher, b-1752, Quebec and Francoise Dienne Lacerte; married, February 19, 1927 Drummond Island, Michigan, Josette Marie Martin, Metis, born December 25, 1797, Athabasca District daughter Simon Martin and Lisette a Native.
December 30: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), marriage, Charles Baubien son Hubert Baubien of Rochefort and M. Cath. Roy; married Catherine Bissonnet: witness Mr. Monforton Cap. de Milice, Michel Roy, Etienne Cloutier, Joseph Pouget, Antoine Bouffar and Joseph Bissonnet.
December 31: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Pierre Latour, born October 15, 1782 son Francois Latour and Marguerite Meloche..
1783
(I)-James Aird born Ayrshire, Scotland died February 27, 1819 Prairie du Chein. (I)-James was trading the Upper Mississippi (Wabashs's Dakota Village) this year and married Marpiyarotowin (Grey Cloud) daughter Wabasha (Red Leaf) aka Lafeuille, Ouabachas b-1700/20
Angus Bethune, Metis born September 9, 1783, Carlton Island, Lake Ontario, died November 13, 1858, Toronto, Ontario son Rev'd John Bethune (1751-1815), the elder a Scott born Mohawk Valley Upper New York State; married (II)-Louisa Mackenzie Metis daughter (I)-Roderick Mackenzie (1761-1844) and Cree woman. Angus was first cousin of Tom McKay, Metis, they were first cousins to the Morison brothers, William, Allen, and Donald George who all married Metis or native women..
Angus joined NWC (1804-1821) Red River, China and Columbia District; He married Louisa McKenzie Metis daughter Roderick McKenzie of Terrebonne and (II)-Veronque Waden Metis; and they had 5 Metis sons and 1 Metis daughter. Angus Bethune had three wives, one native girl around White Earth House in 1810, a Clatsop girl at Fort George in 1814, and finally (II)-Louisa Mackenzie Metis (1793-1833) ("Miss Green Blanket"), the mixed descent daughter of Scottish fur trader Roderick Mckenzie (cousin of Sir Alexander McKenzie) and a native woman. She bore him five children.
Norman Bethume Metis (1822-1892)
Angus and Louise’s great-grandson was Dr. Henry Norman Bethune Metis (1890-1939), the Chinese revolutionary hero whose exploits are known to every Chinese student. In many ways, he resembled his great-grandfather, fur trader Angus Bethune.
James Bird, Metis, b-1783 married Mary, Metis likely North West.
(I)-William Cadwell aka Caldwell (1750-1822) married Suzanne Baby, Metis daughter Duperon Baby; they had 5 sons and 3 daughters. Cadwell was also married to a Mohawk woman, sister of Blue Jacket and daughter Rising Sun and had two children Billie Cadwell born March 17, 1780, died 1841 Youngstown, New York (Jim Goodin suggests died 1841 Council Bluffs, IA and was involved with the Potawatomi People) and an un-named daughter whom he abandoned.
(IV)-Barthelemi Chevalier born December 15, 1751 Trois Rivieres son (III)-Joseph Chevalier b-1725 and (II)-Louise Durozeau, b-1730 a country marriage out of British Mackinac (Michigan) to Marie Sauvagesse (Indian).
Marguerite Chevalier Metis b-1784 bapt 1786 Mackinac
Amable Chevalier married Mackinac Catherine Savage of the Outauasis, also called Catherine Kimiouenan (Kinii8ena) of the Outauais Nation.
Albany, birth (II)-Griffiths Daniel (1783/1790-1869) son (I)-Jenkins (Jenkin) Daniel (1740-1825) employed HBC (1765-1825) at Albany, and an Indian Woman:
Married 1st 1809 Indian Woman,
(III)-John Daniel Metis b-1810
(III)-Nancy Daniel Metis b-1810, bapt 1832 married Donald Johnson
(III)-Charlotte Daniel Metis b-1815, bapt 1832, died 1833
(III)-Joseph Daniel Metis b-1816, bapt 1832, died 1839
(III)-Thomas Daniel Metis b-1818, bapt 1832, died 1841
(III)-William Daniel Metis b-1825, bapt 1832
(III)-Jacob Daniel Metis b-1825, bapt 1832, died 1838
(III)-Edward Daniel Metis bapt-1832
Married 2nd 1829 Margaret Indian Woman
(III)-James Daniel Metis bapt 1831, died 1836
(III)-Margaret Daniel Metis bapt-1831, died 1836
(III)-Samuel Daniel Metis bapt-1834, died 1834
(III)-Fanny Daniel Metis bapt-1835, died 1836, married Thomas Folster
Married 3rd 1840 Madeleine McKay b-1825
(III)-Sarah Daniel Metis bapt-1841, died 1847
(III)-Jane Daniel Metis bapt-1843, died 1843
(III)-Mary Daniel Metis bapt-1844
(III)-Catherine Daniel Metis bapt-1846
(III)-Philip Daniel Metis bapt-1849
(III)-James Daniel Metis
(III)-Helene Daniel Metis
Birth, Charles Martin Dorion, Metis, born, about 1781, likely Illinois son Pierre Dorion (1740-1810) and Yankton woman (Holy Rainbow). It is noteworthy that Pierre was a polygamist, also married to a Iowa woman. See 1780
Birth, Dominique Ducharme born 1783, son Joseph Ducharme and Marie Anne Parent or Menominee woman. Another son Louis Ducharme (Okamawsah) no birth date given.
Fort Esperance is built on the Qu'Appelle River.
Martin Jerome b-1783 married Francoise Indian b-1785 most likely North West.
Joseph Kichkitawag (Cut Ears) born 1783 likely Lake Superior died July 10, 1843 La Pointe, Wisconsin.
(I)-James Knight b-1783 Orkney married Sophia Hallet Metis b-1792 North West Territories daughter Henry Hallet Jr. Metis b-1799 North West Territories and Catherine Parenteau Metis b-1799 (must be an error likely Hallet Sr.).
Jean Larocque b-1783 Canada married Josette Metis b-1790 most likely North West.
(I)-Robert Logan b-1783 Scotland 1st married Mary Indian b-1800 North West Territories, 2nd marriage Sarah Ingram b-1818 England
Alex McCorrister b-1783 North West Territories married Catherine Indian b-1795 most likely North West.
McKenzie b-1783 married Marie Metis b-1787 most likely North West.
Francis Machard born 1783 likely Lake Superior died May 28, 1853 LaPointe, Wisconsin
Nicolas Marchesseau b-1730's built a house on Mackinac Island that he sold in 1806.
Joseph Page Sr., b-1783 Canada, 1st married 1813 likely Red River des Metis, Marguerite Poitras, Metis (1785-1829), 2nd married Agathe Letendre, Metis, b-1790 most likely North West, daughter Jean Baptiste Letendre Jr., b-1761, and Josephee Cree.
Charles Patterson d-1788 established a trading post on the Upper Minnesota River having apparently quit the NWC and James McGill.
James Peebles b-1783 married Mary Indian b-1789 most likely North West.
John Peron, Metis, b-1783 Red River, a hunter
Joseph Reaume 1783 to 1785 is wintering on Red Lake.
Gloucester House, Albany born (1884 to 1885) (II)-William Richards, Metis employed HBC Albany, (1783-1799)
(I)-Antoine Rhodes 1st married 1732 Quebec Anne Cerisier; 2nd marriage 1778 Detroit Gerard Rhodes, sauvagesse (lls n'etaient pas Maries).
A merchant named Ridley married Detroit a Genevieve Drouillard
Elisabeth Ridley b-1784 Detroit
Marco Polo claimed to have visited Nootka Sound, B.C. this year.
(II)-John Richards, Metis employed HBC (1783-1799)
St. Louis, Missouri, birth Joseph Robidoux (1783-1868) son Joseph Robidoux and Marie Catherine Rollet; 1st married 1800 Eugene de Lisle, 2nd married 1813 Angelique Vaudry
Jean Baptiste Roy, b-1783, married, 1804, Marguerite Indian, b-1788 most likely North West.
(I)-William Sinclair (1766-1818) employed HBC (1782-1818) but was captured by French on way to York in 1782 and didn't reach York Factory until 1783.
Gregor Ivanovich Shelikov (Shelekhov) a Russian built the settlement of Three Saints on Kodiak Island, Alaska trading with the Aleuts and Tlingits Peoples.
James Short, b-1767 and Betsey Sauteuse (Chippewa), b-1783, died April 2, 1863 St. Francois Xavier, Red River.
(I)-Thomas Smith married 1783 Fort Detroit (V)-Angelique Charlotte Crete daughter (IV)-Jean Baptiste Crete, b-1736 and (II)-Marie Joseph Aymond, b-1741.
(I)-William Tomison in the field (1760-1811), an Orkney ,reported that the Ojibwa are again trading Hudson House, but the Hudson Bay supply ship failed to arrive this season.
Andre Trottier married 1783 Pembina, Red Rkver, Louise Saulteaux.
Prairie des Chiens one league above the mouth of the Ouisconsin (Wisconsin) River, a Metis Settlement, is claimed by some to be established this year. Others say it is much more ancient than this. Others claim it dates to 1727/28.
George Washington, who some label as the killer of women and children, said of the Indian People: They have nothing human except the shape and deserve total ruin.
St. Louis, Missouri, birth (II)-Antoine Francois (Baronet) Vasquez (1783-1828) son (I)-Benito Vasquez (1738-1810) and Marie Julie Papin; married 1814 Emilie Faustin dit Parent. Antoine was an interpreter for the Zebulon Pike expedition.
The North West Company established a post at Michipicoten River at Lake Superior as an extension of the Post at Sault Ste Marie which the Montreal men had established.
Red River census of 1831 to 1838 lists Laurent Cadotte Jr. born 1773 and 1783 North West son Laurent Cadotte born 1747 to 1757 that could imply more than one person and the two Laurent Cadotte jr. born 1773 and 1783 may suggest two different persons.
Antoine Caron born 1783 North West, census 1831 Red River, possible son Claude Caron (b-1731).
Angus Mathison born 1783 North West, census 1831 Red River.
Pierre Pangman born 1782-1783, census 1835 Red River, possible son Peter Pangman (1744-1819) the German or Dutchman of the General Company of Michilimakinac.
Jane Pickett b-1783 Michigan, living Sault Ste. Marie, 1850 census
Louis Robinson b-1783, living 1870 census Pt St. Ignace, Michigan.
Antoine Shawwawnawnawquot b-1783, living 1870 census Brutus, Michigan.
(I)-Magnus Spence b-1764/65 an Orkney joined HBC (1783-1821) worked inland out of York, assigned Fort Edmonton (1795-1815)
(II)-John Spence Metis bapt 1820
(II)-Mary Spence Metis b-1803 Fort Edmonton married 1820 (II)-James Whitford Metis b-1796
(II)-Christina (Christy) Spence Metis b-1804 Fort Edmonton married 1820 (II)-Peter Whitford Metis bapt 1820
(II)-Magnus Spence Metis Jr. (1811-1849) Fort Edmonton married 1834 Salley Favell Metis
(II)-Andrew Spence Metis bapt 1823 Red River
(II)-Janet Spence Metis bapt 1823
(II)-Jack Spence Metis bapt 1820
(II)-Joseph Turner Metis Sr. (1783-1865) possible son (I)-John Turnor (Turner) (1751-1799) and Indian woman, joined HBC (1799-1865) mostly Moose Factory, (Ontario) Albany (Ontario), Lake Superior, Lake Huron guide and interpreter
(III)-Charlotte Turner Metis (1827-1841) married 1841 (II)-James Harper Metis (1813-1887) Albany
(III)-Philip Turner Metis (1812-1882) joined HBC (1823-1882) Moose Factory (Ontario), retired Lake Superior
(III)-Joseph Turner Metis Jr. b-1816.
Edward Umfreville joined New France in April as a result of disagreement with the Hudson Bay Company over salary. He departed New France for the Falls of St. Mary in 1784.
(I)-Samuel Hearne (1745-1792) has returned to the Hudson Bay by the fall of this year having been previously driven off by the French. He learns for the first time that his wife, Mary Norton, had died. The Indians no longer ventured to the Hudson Bay to trade. The Hudson Bay posts are still being raided by the French, and a directive is issued that all servants are to be outfitted in regimental uniforms (This order is never carried out).
Trade increased by 20% in the 1783-84 seasons through Lake Superior. Some towns beyond Montreal are Kingston and Niagara, with about four hundred people in each.
In and about British Fort Detroit (Michigan) there lived about two thousand people, mostly Metis. Sault Ste Marie, an old establishment on the Canadian side of St. Mary River, also includes the American side and its portage road. Grand Pointe and Red River also contained settlements. By the Treaty of Versailles, Britain and the United States agreed to an international boundary that ran through the upper St. Lawrence, through the Great Lakes, down to the lands claimed by Spain in the Mississippi and Missouri river Basins. Benjamin Franklin, at the Paris peace talks, had held for a boundary line between Canada and the United States which would expose the life line to the North West Territories. The Americans failed to honor their promise to allow Loyalists to return to their homes to collect legitimate debts and receive compensation for property. Britain, therefore, refused to vacate the Western post of Oswego, Niagara, Detroit and Mackinac. The Montreal, Quebec trading stage point shifted from British controlled Fort Detroit and Fort Mackinac to beyond Lake Superior at Grand Pointe and Grand Portage, in Indian Territory where Voyagers operating beyond this point became known as Nor'westers. La Pointe, Indian Territory (Wisconsin) still serves the South West trade, but is rapidly expanding to the North West. Most of the fur trade on Lake Superior is still coming from the South West. Jean Baptiste Cadotte, Alexander Kay, Harris, Default, Jean Baptiste Perrault (Perrot) (1763-1844) and others operate trading posts in Northern Minnesota this season. Jean Baptiste Perrault (Perrot) (1763-1844), however, departed in order to trade on the Illinois on behalf of Nicolas Marchesseau, a trader of the Upper Mississippi who sold all his trade goods in the trade to Chouteau of St Louis. Perrault went with Sacharite of Quebec, St Germain, Robert and Dupuis of Maskinonge, Antoine and Francois Beauchemin, Menard, L. Lavallee of Sorel and Yamaska.
The Montreal Merchants are pushed from the southern trade out of Detroit and the southwestern trade out of Michilimackinac. This also pushed the traders from Fon du Lac on Lake Superior, known as the Southern Men, into Red River and Assiniboine.
The Hudson Bay Company paid no dividends 1783-1785 as small pox had depopulated the Prairies and Upper regions.
The Peddlers (Coureurs des Bois) are reported to be in control of the Nipigon River, St. Joseph Lake and Cat Lake. Competition among the Metis peddlers is most fierce and all believed that more organization is required to compete with the English.
The refugees from America received land script: head of the family received 100 acres; members of the family received 50 acres each; single men received 50 acres, and non commissioned officers, 200 acres. To provide territory for the displaced Americans, the government acquired a section of the north eastern shore of Lake Ontario, Quebec from the Ojibwa, or as some called them the Mississauga Natives, who had been living there since the seventeenth century.
The supply ship for the Hudson Bay arrived too late to help the inland posts, and proud (I)-William Tomison in the field (1760-1811) ,an Orkney, had to face the ignominy of begging the Nor'wester for ammunition, having no food or trade goods to obtain food.
(IV)-Jean Baptiste Cadotte (1761-1818) wrote Monsieur Gautier, Kings Interpreter at Mackinac, that smallpox had devastated the Ojibwa at Fond du Lac, Sandy Lake, Rainy Lake, Sandy Lake and surrounding areas. The survivors likely temporarily abandoned the area. In September, when the Chippewa (Ojibwa) are at war with the Fox and Dakota, Captain (I)-Daniel Robertson (1733-1810), commandant at Mackinac, sent messages to the Indians by (III)-Jean Baptiste Cadotte Sr. (1723-1803) and Matchekewis; a Chippewa (Ojibwa) chief of note.
The Mackinaw Fur Company is formed and later the Southwestern Fur Company, both under British control. John Jacob Astor of New York acquired and merged the new companies into the American Fur Company (1814-1834).
The Virginian homesteaders flooded into the Metis towns of Cahokia and Kaskaskia of the Mississippi River, (Illinois). They refused to accept French authority and established rule by sword and pistol. Anarchy and barbarism ruled and one Metis settler wrote: Our horses, horned cattle, and corn are stolen and destroyed, our houses are in ruin and decay, our lands uncultivated, all commerce is destroyed. We are in misery and distress. We fear an untimely death at the hands of the American Savages. Politically correct writers call it 'Social Chaos'. As a result of this invasion of criminals, over the next 7 years, the population of this region is depopulated by 77%. Where these people relocated to might be of interest.
During the period of 1778 to 1783 over 1,000 Spanish (Islenos) migrated into Louisiana, New Spain from the Canary Islands.
Independent fur traders are operating near Cumberland House.
January 2: Detroit, death (II)-Charlotte Cabassier b-1712, veuve Jean Baptiste Aubert Latouche, daughter (II)-Charles Cabassier; married to (IV)-Jean Baptiste Tessier born February 9, 1750, Montreal
January 5: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, Charles Latour son Amable Latour and (III)-Agnas Mesny b-1758.
January 5: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Alexis Beaubien, born June 1782, son Jean Baptiste Beaubien and Genevieve Parent.
January 7: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, Charles Barteau dit Lamarche born May 26, 1743 Loungueuil died September 24, 1810 Sandwich, Ontario; married Jane Bernard.
January 16: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Jean Marie Bourdeau Metis son (III)-Joseph Bourdeau dit I'lle-Ronde, habitant de la Cote Nord-est, born 1730, died 1793 married 1760 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), (III)-Marie Louise Clermont et Bouron (Dvbord) born 1645 daughter (III)-Louis Bouron dit Clermont.
January 20: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, (II)-Jene (Julien) Ferton born July 13, 1760 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), son (I)-Julien Freton born 1727 and Marie Joseph Gatignon born 1744; married (II)-Therese Billiau born Fort Detroit daughter (I)-Jean Baptiste Billiau and (III)-Marie Francoise Mesnie, see parent birth 1758.
January 20: Britain signed a peace agreement with France and Spain accepting the American Independence.
January 27: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth/death, (V)-Francois Campeau died June 15, 1783 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), son (IV)-Alexis Campeay (1737-1782) and (V)-Madeline Dumays (1745-1795).
January 27: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Joseph Drouillard, born 1740.
January 29: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Marie Catherine Chabert daughter (III)-Francois Chabert and Marie Joseph Chesne.
February 3: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Elisabeth Drouillard died May 31, 1783 daughter (III)-Francois Drouillard and (II)-Marie Anne Vilers.
February 6: Fort Detroit, birth (IV)-Marie Louise Mesny, daughter (II)-Antoine Mesny (1712-1794) and (II)-Jeanne Seguin Laderoute b-1724.
February 10: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), marriage, Francois Janis son late Francois Janis and Theresse Meloche; married Genevieve Deslieres dit Bonvouloir daughter Joseph Deslieres and Veronique Denis: witness Pierre Beaugrand, Jean Baptiste Tourneax, Louis and Guillaume Goyau and Joseph Mailloux.
February 11: Fort Detroit, birth, (V)-Nicolas Pineau son (IV)-Joseph Pineau b-1741 and (II)-Marie Francoise Brillant b-1757.
February 12: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, (III)-Marguerite Phillippe Daniel Chabert de Joncaire, chevalier born December 2, 1752 Montreal, Quebec, died April 30, 1793, British Fort Detroit (Michigan), son (II)-Daniel Chabert (1716-1771) and (III)-Marguerite Rocbert de la Morandiere (1730-1773); married February 12, 1783 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), (IV)-Judith Gouin born 1763 died July 21, 1790 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), daughter (III)-Claude Thomas Gouin.
February 16: News reached Albany from Severn that Forts York and Prince of Wales had been captured by the French under Laperouse the previous August, and (I)-William Falconer (1739-1805) of HBC (1764-1786), the master at Severn who was visiting York was taken prisoner.
February 17: (III)-Gabriel Attina dit Laviolette, Metis, born February 17, 1783, baptized July 22, 1786, Mackinac son (II)-Nicolas Gabriel Attina dit Laviolette b-1748 and Marie Sauvagesse. Son (I)-Gabriel Atina and (II)-Genevieve Jonesa dit Beaufort
February 21: Detroit, birth (V)-Louis Tremblay son (IV)-Joseph Francois Tremblay b- 1745 and (IV)-Marguerite Simard b-1726.
February 26: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, (III)-Louis Alexis Chapoton born 1764 son (II)-Jean Baptiste Chapoton born 1721 and (III)-Felicite Cesire born 1737; married (IV)-Catherine Meloche born February 9, 1765 Fort Detroit daughter (III)-Jean Baptiste Meloche b-1741 and (V)-Marie Louise Robert.
(IV)-Marie Felicite Chapoton b-1784 Detroit
(IV)-Louis Chapoton b-1791 Detroit
(IV)-Marie Angelique Chapoton b-1792 Detroit
(IV)-Elisabeth Chapoton b-1794 Detroit
March 3: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage Jacques Belle Perche (V)-Cecile Lauzon daughter (IV)-Antoine Nicolas Lauzon (1727-1770) and (III)-Angelique Chevalier b-1733.
March 13: Fort Detroit, birth Genevieve Morin daughter Isadore Morin and (IV)-Marie Joseph Tremblay, epouse, February 21, 1791 Fort Detroit, Nicolas Patenaude, veuve de Jean Baptiste Baudin.
March 19: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), death, (I)-Lareole a European b-1711
March 29: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth/death, (V)-Nicolas Campeau died August 19, 1783 British Fort Detroit (Michigan) son (IV)-Jean Baptiste Campeau born 1743 and (V)-Genevieve Godet born 1751.
April 3: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Marie Genevieve Montmeni, born 1780 daughter Louis Montmenie and Agathe Prud'homme.
April 3: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Cecile Pare born July 18, 1784.
April 4: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Pierre Chauserrau, born March 1783 son Antoine Chasserau and Catherine Perrier.
April 4: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Joseph Le Duc, born September 1782 son Jean Baptiste Le Duc and Catherine Bourassa..
April 7: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (VI)-Andre Laforest son (IV)-Jacque Gabriel Godfroy b-1758 and (V)-Marie Catherine Couture (1766-1794).
April 7: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), marriage, Joseph Gamelin, Cap'ne de Milice son late Laurent Gamelin Detroit (Michigan) and Josette Dudevoir; married Marie Anne Chene (Labute) widow Paul Marsac, daughter Pierre Chene Labute and Marie Anne Cuillerier: witness Chevalier De Celoson, Chevalier Chabert and Pierre Labute.
April 9: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Francois Belaire son Pierre Belaire.
April 13: St. Louis, Missouri, birth (III)-Jean Louis Madeleine Marechal son (II)-Antoine Marechal, Metis, b-1754 likely Cahokia, (Illinois) and (IV)- Catherine Tabeau b-1757; married Louise Portneuf.
April 17: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (III)-Elisabeth Descomps daughter (II)-Pierre Descomps dit Labadie a.k.a. Fillau (1776) born 1742 and (II)-Therese Gaillard dit Lionais born 1746.
April 24: Dominique Brunet dit Letang (Lestang) son Jean Baptiste Brunet dit Letang and Marguerite Dubois is licensed at Fort Culonge with 1 canoe and 5 men for James Finlay and Alexander Henry the elder (1739-1824).
April 25: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Jean Baptiste Chiquot son (IV)-Jean Baptiste Chiquot born 1749 and (IV)-Angelique Godefroy born 1753.
April 28: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, (II)-Louis Samson David Pradet dit Laforge, born May 20, 1753 Baie St. Paul son (I)-Jean Simon Pradet dit Laforge and (III)-Genevieve Charin dit Laferriere b-1710; married to (IV)-Marguerite Charlotte Campeau daughter (III)-Charles Campeau (1715-1785) and Marie Charlotte Montray et Julliet La Cote
April 29: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Cecile Leonard Greffard daughter (IV)-Louis Greffard and (III)-Marguerite Casse.
May 5: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), marriage, Pierre Demers son Jacques Damers of Detroit and Marie Chevalier; married Marie Angelique Le May daughter Theophile Le May and Angelique Peltier: witness Jean Baptiste Reaume, Charles Reaume, Theophile Le May and Rene Cloutier.
May 30: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, Adelaide Askin daughter (I)Jean Askin and Marie Archange Barthe born 1749.
May 19: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (II)Agath Andre daughter, (I)Joseph Andre the Italian married June 30, 1774 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), Marie Joseph Dumais.
May 29: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, Alice Askin daughter John Askin to Archange Barthel.
June 1: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, Angus Mackintosh to Archange St. Martin.
June 2: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, (II)-Pierre Yax born April 9, 1763 son (I)-Michel Yax (1709-1793) and Catherine Herbins; married (II)-Marie Joseph Freton dit Nantais born December 20, 1764 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), daughter (I)-Julien Freton dit Nantais born 1727 and (III)-Marie Joseph Gatignon born 1744.
June 2: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), marriage, Francois Campau son Paul Campau and Charlotte Desmoulins; married Marie Catherine Ro daughter late Jean Baptiste Ro and Jeanne Prud'homme: witness Paul Campau, Jean Baptiste Drouillard, Etienne Le Violette and Francois Prud'Homme.
June 5: Ardent Schuyler de Peyster (1736-1822), commander of British Fort Detroit (Michigan), writes about the expedition to clear the Rebels from the Illinois Country. Most of the prisoners are brought to British Fort Detroit (Michigan). They numbered 492 being sent to Montreal for ransom and returned via Lake Champlain. Of the few remaining is Mrs Polkie, all her little family and a small party who escaped from the remote part of the Wabash or elsewhere, unknown to us. Major Walls of Kentucke is warned not to retaliate.
June 8: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Therese Mesny, Metis, daughter (III)-Antonie Mesny, b-1751 and (II)-Catherine Brilland ( Brillant) dit Lapierre, Metis b- 1753.
June 9: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), marriage, Jean Baptiste Beauparlant son late Jean Baptiste Beauparlant from Maskinonge and Marie Joseph Moreau of Detroit; married Jeanne Roy, widow Jean Binau: witness Nicolas Frerot, Andre Lafleur and Amable Bigra.
June 19: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth/death, Veronique Catin born 19, died July 10, 1783 British Fort Detroit (Michigan) daughter Michel Catin dit Baron; maitre couvreur (master protection) and Louise Goyau
June 29: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, Jean Paul Dubord son Paul Dubord dit Clermont, charpentier in service of the King and Marie Anne Deguise.
July 2: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Marie Anne Aide-Crequy born this year daughter (III)-Jean Baptiste and Marie Madeleine Gatignon Duchesne see 1763.
July 4: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Gabriel Godfroy son (IV)-Jacques Gabriel Godfroy born 1758 and (V)-Marie Catherine Couture (1766-1794).
July 6: Detroit birth Joseph Trudel sonn Francois Trudel and Marie Joseph Fauvel
July 12: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (III)-Marie Amable Huyet daughter (II)-Pierre Huyet et Huguet-Huiette-Ponceley-Champagne born 1737 and (IV)-Marie Reine Trempley born 1744.
July 23: Assumption (Ontario) baptism Marie Catherine de Quindre daughter sieur Charles Stanislaus Dequindre and Marie Catherine b-1761.
July 27: Florissant, Missouri, birth (III)-Helene Marechal, Metis, daughter (II)-Francois Marechal, Metis, born March 31, 1751 Cahokia, (Illinois) and Marie Therese Riviere.
August 7: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Cecile Cadet daughter (III)-Joseph Cadet born 1751 and (VI) Cecile Campeau born 1765.
August 16: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (II)-Marie Anne Borgia daughter (I)-Pierre Borgia dit Provencal (maitre forgeron) blacksmith married 1780 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), Catherine Vallee.
August 16: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Marie Archange Cardinal daughter (IV)-Pierre Cardinal born 1729 and (II)-Marie Angelique Sejourne.
August 23: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), marriage, Francois Rivard son Antoine Rivard of Batiscan and Genevieve Brisson; married Josette Godefroi, widow Joseph Drouillard: witness Charles Reaume, Pierre Barron, Amable Bigra and Alexandre Fovel.
August 23: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (II)- Francois Coutant (Contant) Metis, died October 2, 1782, British Fort Detroit (Michigan), son (I)-Pierre Francois Constant (Contant) and (II)-Marie Angelique Brilland ( Brillant) dit Lapierre. Metis, born April 21, 1761, British Fort Detroit (Michigan) .
August 24: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Louis Gastinon son (III)-Claude Francois Gastinon born 1756 and (II)-Jeanne Billiau (1762-1791).
September: In St. Louis, Missouri, (I)-Benito Vasquez (1738-1810), a Spaniard, is given a land grant in St. Louis by the Spanish Governor Piernas.
September 7: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, Genevieve Latour daughter Etienne Latour dit Balard and Marie Francois Langoumois.
Nicolas Latour b-1784 Detroit son Etienne Latour dit Balard and Marie Francois Langoumois.
September 10: Fort Detroit, birth (III)-Jean Prudhomme son (II)-Jean Baptiste Pruhomme dit Nantais b-1759 and (II)-Marie Anne Dellard b-1756.
September 15: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, Suzanne Alard is born daughter (IV)-Jacques Alard son (III)-Pierre Alard and Genevieve Madeleine Laforest, see 1780.
September 15: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Medard Gouin the son (IV)-Charles Francois Gouin (b-1755 and Suzanne Boyer.
September 15: Detroit, birth (V)-Francois Trembley son (IV)-Ls Michel Tremblay b-1738 and (II)-Cecile Yax b-1753.
September 16: Detroit, birth, Angelique Rivard daughter Antoine Rivard and Felicite Ste. Marie.
September 18: Fort Detroit, birth (III)-Chretienne Yax, died November 12, 1783 Fort Detroit daughter (II)-Jean Baptiste Guillaume Yax b-1760 and 2nd wife, 1783 Chretienne Huyet Champagne, 1st wife 1782 was Marie Tremblay
September 21/23: Green Bay birth (IV)-Louis Grignon, Metis baptized August 6, 1787 Mackinac , died 1839/1848, son (III)-Pierre Grignon (1740-1795) and Menominee/Winnebago: married Caticle (Catiche) Cardin. Note: Tanguay suggests Augustin is son (V)-Louise Domitide Langlade b-1759 but he didn't marry her until 1787?? Linda Waggoner suggests he son Domitelle De Langlade whom he married in 1776
September 27: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth (IV)-Jean Baptiste Solo, son (III)- Pierre Solo, (b-1759) and (VI)-Catherine Cloutier, b-1769.
September 29: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), marriage, Joseph Ivon son Joseph Ivon of Batiscan and Francois Du Jurean; married Marguerite Sordillet daughter Francois Sordillet and Marie Jeanne Gendron: witness Francois Sordillet, Joseph Deschene and Charles Le Palme.
October 5: Detroit, birth, (V)-Marie Louise Lauzon daughter (IV)-Jacques Lauzon b-1737 and (II)-Marie Anne Casse; married April 23, 1792 Angelique Raymond.
October 6: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Reine Trottier wife of Joseph Cecire.
October 20: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Joseph Janson son (III)-Charles Dominique Janson dit Lapalme b-1733 and Jeanette Gendron.
October 21: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Antoine Degaunes born July 1783 son Joseph Degaunes and Magdelene Prud'homme.
October 22: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (II)-Simon Coutant Contant) Metis, son (I)-Pierre Constant (Contant) and (II)-Marie Angelique Brillant dit Lapierre. Metis, born April 21, 1761 British Fort Detroit (Michigan).
October 23: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), marriage, Jean Baptiste Tourneux son Jean Baptiste Tourneux of St. Laurent, Montreal, Quebec and Marie Anne Fleuri; married Agathe Parent daughter Laurent Parent: witness Marantet, Laurent and Jacques Parant and Vital Desmouchelles.
October 24: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Louis Duprat son (IV)-Jean Baptiste Duprat born 1735 and (III)-Agnes Tremblay born 1749.
October 29: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), death, (IV)-Basile Bienvenu born October 13, 1783 son (II)-Alexis Bienvenu and (IV)-Marie Anne Campeau born 1745, see parent marriage 1763.
November 4: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), marriage, Jean Francois Dusault son Joseph Dusault and Louise Des Butes; married Marie Jeanne Ro daughter Jean Baptiste Ro and Jeanne Prud'Homme: witness Jh. Dussault, Etienne Le Violette, Louis Montmeni and Amable Bigra.
November: Dominique Brunet dit Letang (Lestang) arrived Cass Lake (northern Minnesota) with Alexander Henry the elder (1739-1824) in opposition to John Sayer b-1750 and the North West Company.
November 18: Fort Detroit, baptism Maria Sara Smith, born October, daughter Robert Smith and Sophie Laite.
November 19: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Francois Greffard son (IV)-Laurent Greffard b-1745 and (III)-Marie Anne Casse.
November 20: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Marie Anne Lemieux, born January 1768.
November 22: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Judith Chabert daughter (III)-Philippe Chabert (1752-1793) and (IV)-Judith Gouin (1763-1790).
November 23: Assumption de la Pointe de Montreal du Detroit (Essex, Ontario), death, Pierre Bertrand born 1775.
December 8: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (III)-Antoine Midard Moras son (II)- Nicolas Moras dit Toinichinx and (IV)-Marie Anne Boyer b-1755.
December 31: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, (V)-Joseph Mallet et Mallet b-1763 Detroit died December 29, 1793 Fort Detroit son (IV)-Gabriel Maillet b-1723 and (III)-Marie Anne Brunit b-1775 dit Bourbonnais; married to (IV)-Marie Anne Catin born 1768, died January 6, 1785 Fort Detroit, daughter Antoine Catin died before 1791 and was married about 1767 to Marie Anne Martin living south west of La Cote.
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