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Joseph Baptist LAFORET[1]

Male 1876 - 1911


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  • Name Joseph Baptist LAFORET 
    Born 04 Jul 1876  Peche Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 06 Jul 1876  Ste. Anne, Tecumseh Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Godparents: Baptiste Laforet and Philomene St Piere.
    • The mother was called Josephine Drouillard in the record.
    Gender Male 
    Died 01 Feb 1911  River Rouge, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried St. Francis Xavier, Ecorse, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4335  Drouillard
    Last Modified 12 Feb 2004 

    Father Leon (Leo) Laforet,   b. 26 Jun 1819, Peche Island in the Detroit River Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 1882 
    Mother Rosalie DROUILLARD,   b. 17 Apr 1837, Walpole Island, Upper Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 09 Apr 1922, River Rouge, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 16 Aug 1859  Ste. Anne, Tecumseh Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Witnesses to the marriage were Louis Laforet and Francoise Drouillard.
    Notes 
    • REF: Dolores Swekel, The Laforests and the Curse on Peach Island" in Michigan's Habitant Heritage, 14, #1 (1993), pp 19-22.
    Family ID F1372  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S54] Descendants of Simon Drouillard, Donald F. Drouillard, Norman W. Drouillard and Mark J. Drouillard, OS7-305.