Discovering my Voyageur Legacy

My mother is descended from an extraordinary North American lineage: English, Welsh, Irish and Scots; lots of Puritans and Quakers, a few New Netherlands Dutch, and dozens of French-Canadian fur traders.

Mom was born in the backwoods of  Kalispell, Montana in 1914. Her mother and father married and homesteaded there in 1912. 

Mom’s grandparents, the Browns, (photo above) had arrived in Montana in the early 1900s.

One of my fondest childhood memories was a 1950 visit to the Lon and Olive Brown family, mom’s aunt and uncle, in Montana. 

They literally lived in the woods several miles out of Kalispell, Montana. 

Uncle Lon described his home as a ‘stump ranch,’ where he made his living by farming, ranching, logging, hunting and fishing.

During that visit I heard tales about Lewis and Clark’s Voyage of Discovery, and stories about cowboys, Indians, and trappers in early Montana.

I was hooked and I wanted to know everything possible about such a beautiful and alluring place as Montana.

As luck would have it, I also grew up during a time when America still embraced its rural roots. 

Hollywood, especially early television, treated us to a wide variety shows about the history and settlement of the American West.

One of the shows that intrigued me most was the “Adventures of Davy Crockett,” which aired on ABC from 1954 to 1955.

As I grew older my thirst for knowledge about the American West, and especially Montana, grew.

In time I discovered artists like Charles M. Russell, Philip R. Goodwin, Frederic Remington and Frank Schoonover whose paintings captured the fast fading memory of America’s Westward expansion and the many colorful characters of the era.

I also discovered writers like James Willard Schultz, Frank Bird Linderman, and George Bird Grinnell who lived part of the early history of Montana. 

In time I learned about the fur trade and early French-Canadian explorers from the writings of Agnes Laut, Grace Nute, Marjorie Campbell and others.

Eventually my interest in the fur trade led me to discover ‘Rendezvous Reenactments’ sponsored by the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association.

During the 1980s and 1990s I participated in many Rendezvous events in California, Arizona, Montana and Wyoming.

At the same time my passion for canoeing led me to adventures in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota, the upper Missouri River in Montana, and Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada.

Rewind back to the early 1970s my aunt Muriel, our family genealogist, gave me a photo of her French-Canadian great grandmother.

Muriel didn’t know much about her great grandmother other than her name, Lucy Passino, and that her parents and emigrated from Canada to New York around 1850.

When I actively started pursuing my ancestry, in the mid 1990s, I could not find any reference to PASSINO in Canada.  

Fast forward to 2010, I finally discovered an online article from “Press Republican newspaper”  (Plattsburgh, New York), posted 24 Nov 2002.

The article was titled,  “French connection -- From street signs to surnames, French-Canadian influence on region manifests itself in many distinct ways,”  by Robin Caudell Staff Writer.

In that article I found a list of anglicized surnames along with the original names… "Current Name: Passino -- Original Name: Pinsonneau,"  Source: "Volume  III, Headstone Inscriptions, Clinton County, NY" by Clyde Rabideau Sr.

That same day I found Lucy’s parents in La Prairie, Quebec. Within another week I had identified nearly 200 French-Canadian ancestors. Some had arrived in Quebec as early as 1635.


During the past decade I have discovered, researched and written about over 125 French-Canadian ancestors who were involved in the fur trade.

The following posts are for a presentation given to the French-Canadian Heritage Society of California and are dedicated to Lucy Pinsonneau, my 2nd great grandmother, my link to the Canadian fur trade.

John and Lucy (Pinsonneau) BROWN, Creston, MT, c. 1910

Presentation for the FCHSC — October 27, 2019

Part I. — INTRODUCTION

https://voyageur-legacy.blogspot.com/2019/10/presentation-for-fchsc-part-1.html

Part II. — LA PRAIRIE DE LA MAGDELEINE

https://voyageur-legacy.blogspot.com/2019/10/presentation-for-fchsc-part-2-la.html

Part III. — VOYAGEURS OR COUREURS DES BOIS

https://voyageur-legacy.blogspot.com/2019/10/presentation-for-fchsc-part-3-voyageurs.html

Part IV. — VOYAGEURS AND THEIR CANOES

https://voyageur-legacy.blogspot.com/2019/10/presentation-for-fchsc-part-4-voyageurs.html

Part V. — LA PRAIRIE VOYAGEUR GRANDFATHERS

https://voyageur-legacy.blogspot.com/2019/10/presentation-for-fchsc-part-5-la.html

Part VI. — A FEW MORE INTERESTING VOYAGEUR RELATIVES

https://voyageur-legacy.blogspot.com/2019/10/presentation-for-fchsc-part-6-few-more.html

If you liked this and want to dig deeper...

SEE: http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/10/ripples-from-la-prairie-voyageur-canoes.html

UPDATE 2021...

Peter Pond, Connecticut Yankee, Nor”Wester Founder, and Cartographer

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/08/peter-pond-connecticut-yankee-norwester.html

Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish fur trader and explorer, was my 7th cousin

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2021/03/sir-alexander-mackenzie-scottish-fur.html

Presentation for the FCHSC - Part 6 - A FEW MORE INTERESTING VOYAGEUR RELATIVES

La Prairie Voyageurs and the Fur Trade

Presentation for the French-Canadian Heritage Society of California

October 27, 2019

VI. — A FEW MORE INTERESTING VOYAGEUR RELATIVES

From the 1620s to 1800s a few traveled with explorers like Samuel de Champlain, Henri De Tonty, Pierre Gaultier de La Verendrye, Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac, Alexander Mackenzie, David Thompson, and Lewis and Clark as they explored and mapped the North American continent.

• 1626, Great-uncles Thomas Godefroy de Normanville and Jean Godefroy de Lintot came to New France with Samuel de Champlain.

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/great-grandmothers-brothers-came-with.html

• 1686, Great-Uncle Daniel Amiot Canoed to the Gulf of Mexico in search of René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle.

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/great-uncle-daniel-amiot-canoes-to-gulf_3.html

• 1696, Great-uncle Joseph Moreau wins lawsuit against Cadillac

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/great-uncle-joseph-wins-lawsuit-against.html

• 1755, Charles Michel de Langlade, Fur Trader & Indian War Chief, led a group from the Three Fires confederacy in the defense of Fort Duquesne (later Pittsburgh), where the French and Indians triumphed over the British Edward Braddock and George Washington at the Battle of the Monongahela.

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/charles-michel-de-langlade-fur-trader.html 

Charles married Charlotte Ambroise Bourassa (1st cousin 7x removed), uncle Rene Bourassa's daughter. Charles Michel de Langlade's mother was Domitilde (Ottawa).  She was the Ottawa wife of (1st) Daniel Amiot Villeneuve [our 8th great grand uncle]; (2nd), of Augustin Mouet Langlade. She was also the sister of Nissowaquet (Ottawa) http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/nissowaquet_4E.html

• 1788, Cousin Charles Boyer Was a Nor'Wester who built Fort Vermilion

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/06/cousin-charles-boyer-was-norwester.html

• 1792, Great-Uncle Charles Lagasse on the Columbia Plateau with David Thompson

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/08/uncle-charles-lagasse-on-columbia.html

• 1797, Great-uncle Joseph Vielle dit Cossé a NWCo Voyageur who Travelled with Alexander Mackenzie

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/08/great-uncle-joseph-nwc-voyageur-who.html

• 1803, Cousin François Rivet traveled with Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (The Corps of Discovery), and later traveled with David Thompson, map maker of the NWCo., still later he was employed by the HBC. François died a US citizen at French Prairie, Oregon 1852, at age 96.

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/08/cousin-francois-rivet-mountain-man.html

That’s all folks — Au revoir

Presentation for the FCHSC - Part 5 - LA PRAIRIE VOYAGEUR GRANDFATHERS

La Prairie Voyageurs and the Fur Trade

Presentation for the French-Canadian Heritage Society of California

October 27, 2019

If you are researching a voyageur ancestor please see this...

So you think you have a Voyageur in the family tree, eh?

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/02/so-you-think-you-have-voyageur-in.html

V. — LA PRAIRIE VOYAGEUR GRANDFATHERS

🛶 ANDRE ROBIDOU DIT L’ESPAGNOL (1643-1678) (9th great-grandfather) 

son of Manuel Robidou (1620-1667) and Catherine Alve (1618-1667)

BIRTH 1643 • Galice, Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain

DEATH 1 APR 1678 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1667 to Jeanne Denote (1647-1701) 👑Filles du Roi

• 1661, Andre Robidou, a sailor, was a Spaniard who came to New France as an engage of Eustache Lambert, a prominent interpreter, settler and fur trader. Andre Robidou married Jeanne Denote, a Filles du Roi. They had five children before Andre died at age 35, leaving Jeanne a widow. With a family to support, Jeanne soon married Jacques Suprenant, who had come to New France with the Carignan-Salières Regiment, with whom she added eight more children.

⚜️CHARLES DIEL DIT LE PETIT BRETON, père (1652-1702) (8th great-grandfather)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/charles-diel-dit-le-petit-breton_6.html

son of Philippe Diel (1618-1676) and Marie Anquetin (Hanquetin) (1630-_)

Marriage 1676 to Marie Anne Picard (1663-1697)

• 1665, soldier with La Fouille Company of the Carignan-Salières Regiment. 

• 1673, one of the earliest habitants of La Prairie de la Magdeleine.

• 1677 Sep 7, He was a Voyageur carrying supplies to Fort Frontenac.

⚜️FRANÇOIS PINSONNEAU DIT LAFLEUR (1646-1731) (7th great-grandfather) parents unknown

Birth 1646 • Saintogne, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Death 26 JAN 1731 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine), Québec

Marriage 1673 to Anne LeBer (Leper) (1647-1732) (a King's Daughter - 👑filles du roi)

• 1665, soldier in the Saint-Ours Company of the Carignan-Salières Regiment, arrived on the ship La Justice 14 September 1665.

🛶 PIERRE POUPART (1653-1699) (8th great-grandfather) 

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/pierre-poupart-voyageur-grandfather.html

son of Jean Poupart (1625-1682) and Marguerite Frichet (1625-1682)

Marriage 1682 to Marguerite Perras dit La Fontaine (1665-1708)

• 1670, Voyageur for Daumont de Saint-Lusson and Nicolas Perrot when they claimed the Great Lakes for France • 1667, Nicolas Perrot - Lake Superior  • 1685, Aug 4 — Obligation by Pierre Poupart of the Prairie de la Madeleine to François Hazeur, for 132 books eighteen sols eleven deniers for goods, payable on return from his trip to the 8ta8ats (Ottawas).

🛶 PIERRE GAGNE (Gagnier) (1645-1726) (8th great-grandfather)

son of Pierre Gagne (Gasnier) (1610-1656) and Marguerite Roset (Rouzee) (1615-1685)

Marriage 1670 to Catherine Daubigeon (1653-1712)

• 1670, Nov 19 — CELEBRATION OF THE FIRST MARRIAGE IN THE LA PRAIRIE PARISH, THAT OF PIERRE GAGNÉ TO CATHERINE DAUBIGEON • La Prairie's Captain of Militia and a Coureur des Bois.

🛶 FRANCOIS BOURASSA (1659-1708) (7th great-grandfather)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/03/francois-bourassa-voyageur-grandfather.html

son of Francois Bourassa (1630-1684) and Marguerite Dugas (1635-1698)

 Marriage 1668 to Marie Le Ber (1666-1756)

• 1686, voyageur to Hudson Bay, as part of the de Troyes Expedition, for the Compagnie du Nord • 1690 Michilimackinac • 1690, Ottawa Indians

• Francois Bourassa and his three sons: Rene Bourassa dit LaRonde (1688-1778), Francois Joachim Bourassa (1698-1775), and Antoine Bourassa (1705-1780), were known as "THE FATHERS OF THE FUR TRADE."

• 1736, his son René Bourassa, became a partner of Pierre Gaultier de

Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, and established a Fort on the

Vermillon River (mouth of Crane Lake, MN); later he was a trader at Michilimackinac.

🛶 FRANCOIS LEBER (Lebert) (1626-1694) (8th great-grandfather)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/francois-leber-voyageur-grandfather.html

son of Robert LeBer (1601-1625) and Colette Cavelier (1605-1694)

Marriage (1) to BEF 1656 to Marguerite Leseur (1628-1662) (2) 1662 to Jeanne Testard (1642-1723) (8th great-grandmother) 

• 1688, voyageur to Ottawa Country. • 1693, Aug 31—Engagement of François Le Ber to de Claude Caron aux sieurs Guillaume Boucher for a trip to the 8ta8ats (Ottawas)

• 1684, Francois’ brother Jacques LeBer and his partner Charles Le Moyne had a store in Montréal where they bought furs for France

🛶 JACQUES DENEAU DIT DESTAILLIS (1660-1720) (7th great-grandfather)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/03/jacques-deneau-dit-destaillis-voyageur.html

son of Marin Deneau dit Destaillis (1621-1678) and Louise Therese LeBreuil (1634-1727)

Marriage 1690 to Marie Rivet (1673-1705)

• 1688, 5 July, Claude Greysolon, Sieur de LaTourette hired Charles and Jacques Deniau Voyageurs for a trip to the 8ta8ois (Ottawa Indians) • 1719, accused of illegally selling brandy to savages

🛶 ANTOINE JACQUES BOYER (1671-1747) (8th great-grandfather)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/03/antoine-jacques-boyer-voyageur.html

son of Charles Boyer (1631-1698) and Marguerite Ténard (1645-1678)

Marriage 1690 to Marie Perras (1673-1736)

• 1690, Coureurs des bois Antoine Boyer and Pierre Perras bought land conjointly for 600 livres from the sale of beaver pelts • 1694, Ottawa Indians

🛶 JEAN CUSSON (1630-1718) (9th great-grandfather)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/03/jean-cusson-voyageur-grandfather.html

son of Jean Cusson (1605-1656) and Jacqueline Pepin (1606-1663)

Marriage 1656 to Marie Foubert (1640-1715)

• 1690, Voyageur for Nicolas Perrot to the 8ta8ois (Ottawa Indians)

• 1704, Ottawa Indians

🛶 GABRIEL LEMIEUX (1663-1739) (8th great-grandfather)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/gabriel-lemieux-voyageur-grandfather_9.html

son of Gabriel Lemieux (1626-1700) and Marguerite Leboeuf (1636-1671)

Marriage 1690 to Jeanne Robidoux (1673-1736)

• 1690, 8 may-—voyageur for Migeon de Branssat to go to pays des 8ta8ois • 1692, Ottawa Indians • 1737, Détroit

🛶 MOÏSE DUPUIS (DEPUIS) (1673-1750) (7th great-grandfather)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/moise-dupuis-voyageur-grandfather.html

son of Francois Dupuis (Dupays) (1634-1681) and Georgette Richer (1647-1799) 👑filles du roi

Marriage 1699 to Marie Anne Christiansen (1676-1750)

• 1692, courier de bois and trader at Schenectady, NY -- from "Narratives and ldentities in the Saint Lawrence Valley, 1667-1720"

🛶 CHARLES DIEL, fils (1688-1734) (7th great-grandfather)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/charles-diel-fils-voyageur-grandfather.html

son of Charles Diel dit Le Petit Breton (1652-1702) and Marie Anne Picard (1663-1697)

Marriage 1716 to Jeanne Boyer (1694-1730) (7th great-grandmother) (2) 1732 to Marguerite Robert (1683-1766)

• 1713, May 28 -  Engagement of  Voyageurs Charles Diel and Charles Cusson to Gilles Recourt—Notary  • 1718, May 28, Pierre Roy hired Charles Diel to make a voyage to Détroit.

🛶 JOSEPH POUPART (1696-1726) (7th great-grandfather)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/joseph-poupart-voyageur-grandfather.html

son of Pierre Poupart (1653-1699) and Marguerite Perras dit La Fontaine (1665-1708)

Marriage 1724 to Marie Anne Lemieux (1706-1777)

• 1715, Mar 5, Engagement of Voyageur Joseph Poupart to Charles Le Gardeur to make the trip to Michilimackinac, Notary Adhémar. • 1723, August 27, Charles Chesne hired Joseph Poupart voyageur de La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, to go to Détroit, Notary Adhémar.

🛶 ETIENNE DUQUET DIT DESROCHERS (1694-1762) (6th great-grandfather) 

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/etienne-duquet-dit-desrochers-voyageur.html

son of Jean Duquet dit Desrochers (1651-1710) and Catherine-Ursule Amiot (1664-1715)

Marriage 1722 to Marie-Françoise Deneau dit Destaillis (1698-1737)

• 1751, Jun 4, Igance Bourassa hired Étienne Duquet voyageur de La Prairie to go to Michilimackinac • 1752, Michilimackinac • 1753, Michilimackinac

🛶 FRANCOIS MOISE DUPUIS (1709-1764) (6th great-grandfather)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/francois-moise-dupuis-voyageur.html

son of Moise Dupuis (Depuis) (1673-1750) and Marie Anne Christiansen (1676-1750)

Marriage 1733 to Marie Anne Roy (1712-1750)

• 1752, Jun 2, Nicolas Volant hired Francois Dupuis voyageur de La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine to go to Michilimackinac.

🛶 JOSEPH PINSONNEAU (1733-1779) (5th great-grandfather)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/joseph-pinsonneau-voyageur-grandfather.html

son of Jacques Pinsonneau dit Lafleur (1682-1773) and Marie Elisabeth Bourassa (1695-1766)

• 1763, April 29, Engagement of Joseph Pinsonneault dit Lafleur, as a voyageur, to Michel Laselle, a Montréal merchant.

🛶 PIERRE BARETTE DIT COURVILLE (1748-1794) (5th great-grandfather)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/03/pierre-barette-dit-courville-voyageur.html

son of Louis Courville Barrette (Baret) (1717-1753) and Marie Josephe Poupart (1725-1799) Marriage 1772 to Marie Anne Dupuis (Dupuy) (1753-1807)

• 1778, Voyageur to Fort Michilimackinac

🛶 JEAN-BAPTISTE MEUNIER LAGACE père (1749-1828) (5th great-grandfather)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/jean-baptiste-meunier-dit-lagace-pere.html

son of Joseph Mignier (Meunier) Lagasse (Lagace) (1706-1778) and Felicite Caouette (Cahouet) (1709-1783)

Marriage 1775 to Marie Judith Gravel Brindeliere (1757-1779)

• 1778, Ezechiel Solomon hired Jean-Baptiste Meunier, voyageur de La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine de la Magdeleine to go to Mississippi, and spend the winter 

• 1794, Jean-Baptiste Meunier and his partner, Jacques Rolland, established trading house near a village of the Ponca Indians on the Missouri River.

🛶 LOUIS COURVILLE BARRETTE (1717-1753) (6th great-grandfather) 

son of Guillaume Barrette (1678-1745) and Jeanne Gagné (1683-1719)

Birth 24 FEB 1717 • Napierville, Quebec, Canada

Death 30 JAN 1753 • St Constant, La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1741 to Marie Josephe Poupart (1725-1799)

• Father and Brother of Voyageurs

🛶 GABRIEL PINSONNEAU (1770-1807) (4th great-grandfather)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/gabriel-pinsonneau-voyageur-grandfather.html

son of Joseph Pinsonneau (Pinsono) (1733-1779) and Marie Madeleine Duquet (1734-1791)

Marriage 1802 to Marie-Louise Vielle (1780-1813)

• 1797, August 11, Engagement of Gabriel Pinsonneau, of La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, to Jacques & François Lasette to go to Detroit. Notary Louis Chaboillez.

🛶 JEAN-BAPTISTE MEUNIER LAGACE fils (1776-1835) (4th great-grandfather)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/jean-baptiste-meunier-lagace-voyageur.html

son of Jean-Baptiste Mignier (Meunier) Lagasse (Lagace) (1749-1828) and Marie Judith Gravel Brindeliere (1757-1779)

Marriage 1799 to Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville (1779-1815)

• 1800, Feb 14, James & Andrew McGill hired Jean-Baptiste Meunier voyageur de Chambly to go to Mississippi, and spend the winter

• 1803, Oct 6, McTavish, Frobisher & Co. (North West Company) hired Jean-Baptiste Meunier voyageur de St-André-d’Argenteuil to go to Lac De La Pluie (Rainy Lake), notary Louis Chaboillez). From the Archives of Quebec. Notes: Go through Michilimakinac if required, make two trips from Kamanatiguià Fort to Portage de la Montagne, and give six days of drudgery, and help carry the three canoes in the land. • 1803, 6 octobre.—Engagement de Jean-Bte Meunier, des Eboulies, A McTavlsh Froblsher G Co. pour aller au Lac de la Pluie.—Étude Ls Chaboillez. • 1805, 2 février. - Engagement de Jean Bte Meunier dit Lafleur, de Chambly, à James & Andrew McGill & Co. pour aller dans les pays d'en haut, notary Louis Chaboillez

A FEW QUEBEC BASED FUR TRADE ANCESTORS

Anne Godefroy (1615-1678) (9th great grandmother) daughter of Pierre Godefroy de Linctot (1585-1666) and Perrette Cavalier (1590-1636) • 1652 Arrival at Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1630 to Jean Testard dit Lafontaine (1612-1705)

🛶 Two brothers of Anne Godefroy, 9th great grandmother: Thomas Godefroy de Normanville and Jean Godefroy de Lintot arrived in New France with Samuel de Champlain.

• 1626. They both served under Champlain in the capacity of interpreters. 

🛶 Mathieu Amiot (Amyot) Sieur de Villeneuve (1628-1688) (8th great-grandfather)

son of Philippe Amiot (Amyot) dit Villeneuve (1602-1639) and Anne Convent (1605-1675) Marriage 1650 to Marie Catherine Miville (1632-1702)

• 1640s, Interpreter and fur trader for the Jesuits in the Huron country.

🛶 Jean Mignault dit Chatillon (1622-1680) (9th great-grandfather)

son of Nicolas Mignault (1600-1648) and Madeleine DeBrie (1600-1648)

Marriage 1648 to Louise Cloutier (1632-1699)

• 1648, Governor Montmagny sent Jean Mignault to the (le pays des Hurons) "Huron's Country" to invite them to the fur trade. 

🛶 Denis Duquet (1605-1675) (8th great-grandfather)

son of Joseph Duquet and Jeanne Barbie

Marriage 1638 to Catherine Gautier (1625-1702)

• 1659, member of the "Traite de Tadoussac"

⚜️André Meunier (Mignier) dit Lagacé (1641-1727) (8th great-grandfather)

son of Michel Mignier Lagace (1602-1678) and Catherine Masson (1620-1669)

Marriage 1668 to Jacquette Michel (1630-1710) (a King's Daughter - 👑filles du roi)

• 1665, a French Sharpshooter in the Berthier Company of the Carignan-Salières Regiment, arrived on the ship Le Brézé 30 June 1665.

🛶 Jean Baptiste Desroches (1621-1684) (8th great-grandfather)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/jean-baptiste-desroches-voyageur.html

son of Jean Antoine Desroches (1585-1652) and Antoinette Unknown (1585-_)

Marriage 1647 to Francoise Godé (Gaudet) (1631-1715)

• 1667, formed a trading company with Nicolas Perrot, Toussaint Baudry, and Isaac Nafrechoux. Together they traveled west to Ottawa Country, and to Green Bay in 1668.

🛶 Jacques Hugues Picard (1618-1707) (9th great-grandfather)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/jacques-hugues-picard-dit-lafortune.html

son of Gabriel Picard dit LaFortune (1590-1660) and Michelle Clavier (1598-1660)

Marriage 1660 to Antoinette Liercourt (1634-1707)

• 1693, voyageur to Ottawa Indians

🛶 Jean Baptiste Moreau (1657-1727) (8th great-grandfather)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/jean-baptiste-moreau-voyageur.html

son of Jean Moreau (1635-1710) and Catherine Leroux (1635-1689)

Marriage 1692 to Marie Anne Rodrigue (1673-1720)

• 1703, voyageur to Detroit via Lake Erie • 1704, Fort Le pont Chartrain du lac Êrié • 1705, Fort Le pont Chartrain du lac Êrié • 1716, Michilimackinac • 1717, Michilimackinac • 1718, Michilimackinac


Continued Part 6... https://voyageur-legacy.blogspot.com/2019/10/presentation-for-fchsc-part-6-few-more.html