La Prairie Voyageurs and the Fur Trade
Presentation for the French-Canadian Heritage Society of California
October 27, 2019
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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
Continued Part 6... https://voyageur-legacy.blogspot.com/2019/10/presentation-for-fchsc-part-6-few-more.html
I am related to Moise Dupuis, he is my 8th great grandfather.
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