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

Male 1773 - 1822  (49 years)


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  • Name Denis (Denys) Drouillard 
    Born 29 Jan 1773 
    Christened 30 Jan 1773  Assumption, South Coast of Detroit Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • GODPARENTS: Francois Villers and Catherine Pilet
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Assessor in 1822 in Lambton Co. 
    Died 10 Nov 1822  St Peter, Thames River Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 05 Dec 1822  St Peter, Thames River Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 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 Catherine Riou (Ryan) (Wilcox),   b. 1784, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1812-1822  (Age 38 years) 
    Married 1804 
    Children 
     1. Denis Drouillard,   c. 02 Oct 1808, St Peter, Thames River Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 02 Apr 1841, St. Peter, Thames River Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Catherine (Caroline) Drouillard,   c. 02 Oct 1808, St Peter, Thames River, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1901, St Clair, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 92 years)
    +3. Louis ALEXANDRE Drouillard,   c. 02 Oct 1808, St Peter, Thames River, Upper Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Aug 1834  (Age ~ 25 years)
    +4. Richard Drouillard,   b. 01 Oct 1810, Dover West Upper Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1834
     5. Jacques Drouillard,   b. 13 Aug 1812,   d. 1834, Ladibach Inn, Thames River Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2004 
    Family ID F461  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S54] Descendants of Simon Drouillard, Donald F. Drouillard, Norman W. Drouillard and Mark J. Drouillard, 4-24.

    2. [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


    3. [S67] The Valley of the Lower Thames 1640 to 1850, Fred Coyne Hamil, (University of Toronto Press), 113.

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

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

    6. [S71] Surrogate Court Records, 1848-1926.
      Box 282, D-F

    7. [S72] Land Board Minutes and Records, 1790-1804 .

    8. [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

    9. [S73] Early Sombra Records, Victor Lauriston, (Haines Frontier Printing Co, 1949), 65.

    10. [S74] Lambton's Hundred Years 1849-1949 , Victor Lauriston, (Sarnia. Ontario: Haines Frontier Printing Co., 1949), 65.