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Marie Elisabeth Drouillard[1, 2, 3]

Female 1735 - 1783  (~ 48 years)


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  • Name Marie Elisabeth Drouillard 
    Nickname (Barbe, Babet, Isabelle) 
    Born About 1735 
    Gender Female 
    Died 03 Jun 1783 
    Buried 05 Jun 1783  Ste. Anne Church Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I258  Drouillard
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2003 

    Father Jean Baptiste Drouillard,   b. 14 Feb 1707,   d. 25 Feb 1754 to 1755  (Age 47 years) 
    Mother Marie ELISABETH Rapin,   b. 06 Jun 1712,   d. 06 May 1787  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 05 Feb 1731  Ste. Anges, Lachine Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Witnesses to the marriage were Joseph Argentcour dit Drouillard, brother, Jean Chenin, cousin, Jean Baptiste
      Rapin, father, Jean Janson, grandfather, Antoine Rapin, uncle, Barbe Rapin, aunt
    Notes 
    • In 1733, the family was living at Soulanges. Between 1741-1744 they were at St. Joseph-de-la-Riviere-des-Prairies. In 1746 they were back at Lachine. Jean Baptiste moved his family to Detroit 26 Jul 1749 where he had received a land grant of three arpents on the south shore of the river.

      We know that Jean Baptiste died sometime between March 1754 and the middle of 1755, so there has been speculation that he was part of Beaujeu's force that fought at Fort Duquesne in 1755. [SK]

    Family ID F154  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Jean Baptiste Vallee dit Versaille,   b. About 1731, Diocese of Chartres, Province of Beauce, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Feb 1765 
    Married 07 Jan 1751  Ste. Anne, Detroit Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Marie and Jean Baptiste lived on Ste. Anne Street in Detroit
    Children 
    +1. Marie Elisabeth Vallee,   b. 15 Mar 1752,   d. 07 Sep 1799  (Age 47 years)
     2. Joseph Marie Vallee,   c. 05 Feb 1754, Assumption, South Coast of Detroit Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1754  (Age ~ 0 years)
    +3. Marie Catherine Vallee,   b. 26 Oct 1755
     4. Jean Baptiste Vallee,   b. 02 Sep 1757,   d. 23 Aug 1758
    +5. Marie Louise Vallee,   b. 10 Sep 1759, Ste. Anne, Detroit Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Dec 1826
    +6. Pierre Vallee,   b. 27 Feb 1761, Faubourg Ste. Rosalie, South Coast of Detroit Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Mar 1814  (Age 53 years)
     7. Susanne Vallee,   b. 01 Sep 1762, Faubourg Ste. Rosalie, South Coast of Detroit Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1762
     8. Joseph Vallee,   b. 04 Sep 1765,   d. 16 Sep 1765
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2003 
    Family ID F135  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Pierre Desnoyers,   b. 12 or 13 Dec 1721,   d. 24 Aug 1786  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 1767 
    Notes 
    • Marie and Pierre lived on St. Jacques Street in Detroit
    Children 
     1. Basile Desnoyers,   b. 21 Feb 1770,   d. 03 Apr 1770  (Age 0 years)
     2. Jean Baptiste Desnoyers,   b. 18 Mar 1771, St Jacques Street Detroit Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Francois Xavier Desnoyers,   b. 13 Oct 1773,   d. 20 Feb 1791
     4. Philippe Desnoyers,   b. 01 Jan 1775, St. Jacques Street, Detroit Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1775
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2003 
    Family ID F136  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S16] Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections.
      Vol. II, 572 (1879) Vol. VIII, 280, 411 (1885)
      Vol. X, 318 (1886)


    2. [S29] The First Michigan Frontier , Calvin Goodrich, (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1940), 19, 102.

    3. [S54] Descendants of Simon Drouillard, Donald F. Drouillard, Norman W. Drouillard and Mark J. Drouillard, 3-3.