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Solomon (Salamon) Drouillard[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1770 - 1814  (43 years)


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  • Name Solomon (Salamon) Drouillard 
    Born 17 Dec 1770 
    Christened 18 Dec 1770  Assumption, South Coast of Detroit Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • GODPARENTS: Jean Baptiste Drouillard and Marie Louise Villers
    Gender Male 
    Died 22 Apr 1814  Amherstburg, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 24 Apr 1814  Assumption, Sandwich Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1068  Drouillard
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2004 

    Father Francois Drouillard,   b. 11 Apr 1741,   d. 23 Sep 1812  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Marie Anne Villers dite St. Louis,   b. 13 Feb 1749,   d. 25 Jul 1827 
    Married 13 Jan 1766  Huron Mission on the South Coast of Detroit Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Francois and Marie Ann were married at the Huron Mission by Fr. Potier "en consideration de la
      difficulte presente du passage de la riviere". The marriage was recorded at Ste. Anne of Detroit 14 Jan 1766. Francois was a lieutenant of the South Coast at the time of his marriage.
    • Witnesses to the marriage were Pierre Lajoie, Amable St. Etienne, Charles La Mare, Jean B. LeBeau
    • Marquiller of Assumption Parish 1781-1795
    Family ID F138  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marie Josephe (Josette) LeDuc,   b. 12 Aug 1782,   d. 23 May 1830 
    Married 12 May 1807  Assumption, Sandwich Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Marie Anne Drouillard,   b. 11 Apr 1808,   d. 14 Nov 1847  (Age 39 years)
    +2. Jacques (James) Philippe Drouillard,   b. 21 Sep 1809,   d. 27 Apr 1871, Detroit, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
    +3. Marguerite Drouillard,   b. 09 Jun 1811,   d. Before Oct 1836  (Age 25 years)
    +4. Louis DAMASE (Donus) Drouillard,   b. 18 Mar 1813
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2004 
    Family ID F459  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S54] Descendants of Simon Drouillard, Donald F. Drouillard, Norman W. Drouillard and Mark J. Drouillard, 4-23.

    2. [S20] Genealogy of the Drouillard Families of St Clair Co., Michigan, Elizabeth L. (Warner) Droulard , 22.

    3. [S19] The Windsor Border Region, Ernest J. Lajeunesse, C.S.B., ((Toronto: The Champlain Society, University of Toronto Press, 1960)), 226.

    4. [S63] The Detroit Free Press, January 9, 1870.
      "A Witness of Hull's Surrender..."
      According to his son, James P., Solomon was Quartermaster for the British division that invested the port of Detroit at the time of Gen. Hull's surender

    5. [S22] Third Report of the Bureau of Archives for the Province of Ontario, Alexander Fraser, Provincial Archivist, ((Toronto: L. K. Cameron, 1906)), 143.