Denis (Denys) Drouillard^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]}

1773 - 1822  (49 years)

• Name	Denis (Denys) Drouillard
  Born	29 Jan 1773
  Christened	30 Jan 1773	Assumption, South Coast of Detroit
  	GODPARENTS: Francois Villers and Catherine Pilet
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Assessor in 1822 in Lambton Co.
  Died	10 Nov 1822	St Peter, Thames River
  Buried	05 Dec 1822	St Peter, Thames River
  Notes	The following record was found in the church records from St. Peter's at Thames River: 23 June 1822 was baptized (under condition) Guillaume Willcox (age 20 years, 4 months and 12 days), son of William Willcox and Catherine Rians (Ryan?). Godparents: Pierre Desnoyers and Marianne Vilaire, widow of Francois Drouillard. A William Wilcox (age ca 21 years) died 20 Nov 1822 and was buried from St. Peter at Thames River 03 Dec. In Denis Drouillard's will he left land to both William Wilcox and Polly Wilcox.
  Person ID	I1072	Drouillard
  Last Modified	14 Oct 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
  	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	Catherine Riou (Ryan) (Wilcox),   b. 1784, New York ,   d. Between 1812-1822  (Age 38 years)
  Married	1804
  Children	1. Denis Drouillard,   c. 02 Oct 1808, St Peter, Thames River ,   bur. 02 Apr 1841, St. Peter, Thames River + 2. Catherine (Caroline) Drouillard,   c. 02 Oct 1808, St Peter, Thames River, Ontario ,   d. 20 Jul 1901, St Clair, MI  (Age ~ 92 years) + 3. Louis ALEXANDRE Drouillard,   c. 02 Oct 1808, St Peter, Thames River, Upper Canada ,   d. 25 Aug 1834  (Age ~ 25 years) + 4. Richard Drouillard,   b. 01 Oct 1810, Dover West Upper Canada ,   d. 23 Aug 1834   5. Jacques Drouillard,   b. 13 Aug 1812,   d. 1834, Ladibach Inn, Thames River
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2004
  Family ID	F461	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Descendants of Simon Drouillard, Donald F. Drouillard, Norman W. Drouillard and Mark J. Drouillard, 4-24. [S20] Genealogy of the Drouillard Families of St Clair Co., Michigan, Elizabeth L. (Warner) Droulard , 22- 23, 42. Denis' last will (09 Nov 1822), Middlesex County, Ontario, registered 08 July 1851 [S67] The Valley of the Lower Thames 1640 to 1850, Fred Coyne Hamil, (University of Toronto Press), 113. [S19] The Windsor Border Region, Ernest J. Lajeunesse, C.S.B., ((Toronto: The Champlain Society, University of Toronto Press, 1960)), 226. [S22] Third Report of the Bureau of Archives for the Province of Ontario, Alexander Fraser, Provincial Archivist, ((Toronto: L. K. Cameron, 1906)), 143. [S71] Surrogate Court Records, 1848-1926. Box 282, D-F [S72] Land Board Minutes and Records, 1790-1804 . [S70] Crown Land First Patentees, (Sarnia. Ontario: Haines Frontier Printing Co., 1949), RG1, L2, L2/28 , 14 Sep 1803. Harwich - lot 17, conc. E.C., 200 acres [S73] Early Sombra Records, Victor Lauriston, (Haines Frontier Printing Co, 1949), 65. [S74] Lambton's Hundred Years 1849-1949 , Victor Lauriston, (Sarnia. Ontario: Haines Frontier Printing Co., 1949), 65.