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Jean Baptiste Drouillard[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Male 1755 - Aft 1810


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  • Name Jean Baptiste Drouillard 
    Born 27 Jan 1755  Cote de Misere, South Coast of Detroit Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 27 Jan 1755  Ste. Anne, Detroit Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • GODPARENTS: Jean Brisart and Elisabeth Rapin, grandmother
    Gender Male 
    Died After 1810  River Raisin, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1030  Drouillard
    Last Modified 7 Dec 2003 

    Father Jean Baptiste Amable Drouillard,   b. 09 Nov 1731,   d. 02 Jan 1788, River Raisin, Monroe, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Marie Charlotte Bigras dit Fauvel,   b. 05 Sep 1739,   bur. 02 Mar 1802, St. Antoine, River Raisin, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 25 Feb 1754  Ste. Anne, Detroit Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F131  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Marie Charlotte (Louise) Drouin,   c. 15 Dec 1762, Huron Mission on the south coast Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 06 Nov 1780  Assumption, South coast of Detroit Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Witnesses to the marriage were H. B. Roucout, Jean B. Pitre, Francois Robert and Joseph Drouillard
    Children 
    +1. Jean Baptiste Drouillard,   b. 19 Dec 1781
     2. Paul Drouillard,   b. 21 Jul 1783,   d. 31 Dec 1784, Sandusky, OH Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Marie GENEVIEVE Drouillard,   b. 07 Mar 1785, Sandusky, south of River Raisin Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Dominique Drouillard,   c. 29 May 1787, Assumption, Sandwich Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Antoine Drouillard,   b. 25 Jan 1789, River Raisin Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Marie Drouillard,   b. 19 Oct 1790
    +7. Marguerite Drouillard,   b. 1794,   bur. 30 Jan 1824, River Raisin Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2004 
    Family ID F439  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elisabeth Gagnier,   b. 21 Dec 1783,   d. 18 Apr 1812, River Raisin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 19 Jun 1809  St. Antoine, River Raisin, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Jean Baptiste and Elisabeth had been married before the magistrate Israel Rutland, and the marriage was ratified at St Antoine, River Raisin, 18 Jul 1810
    • The bride and groom resided at Otter Creek, Monroe County
    Last Modified 7 Dec 2003 
    Family ID F441  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S54] Descendants of Simon Drouillard, Donald F. Drouillard, Norman W. Drouillard and Mark J. Drouillard, 4-1.

    2. [S16] Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections.
      VoL X, 602 (1886)

    3. [S37] Ann Browns Ledger 1779-1785, (Detroit Society for Genealogical Research 50, #3 (Spring 1987) ), 108, 50, #3 (Spring 1987).

    4. [S19] The Windsor Border Region, Ernest J. Lajeunesse, C.S.B., ((Toronto: The Champlain Society, University of Toronto Press, 1960)), 318.

    5. [S21] Michigan Censuses 1710-1830, ed. Donna Valley Russell , ((Detroit: Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, Inc., 1982)), 51, Census of July 1782.

    6. [S35] St. Antoine/St. Mary Parish, Monroe, Michigan, G. P. Bartolo and Lynn W. Reaume, (Custom Book, Inc., 1988), 23 .

    7. [S39] Histoire des Canadiens du Michigan et du Comte d Essex, Ontario , Telesphore St-Pierre, ((Montreal: 1895), available at the Burtcn Historical Collection in Detroit), 184 .