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Francois Drouillard[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

Male 1741 - 1812  (71 years)


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  • Name Francois Drouillard 
    Born 11 Apr 1741 
    Christened 12 Apr 1741  St Joseph, Riviere des Prairies Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • GODPARENTS: Joseph Rapin and Marie Francoise Jourdain
    Gender Male 
    Military Record Served in the Indian War 1763-1765. Appointed lieutenant of Militia by Governor  
    Occupation Voyageur, Militiaman, Farmer 
    Died 23 Sep 1812 
    Buried 25 Sep 1812  Assumption, Sandwich, New Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Voyageur Record: 26 April 1757 at Montreal. Simon, stipulating for his brother, Francois, engaged to Sieur Charles Barthe to go to Detroit.
    • Louis Villers dit St. Louis and his wife, Mary Joseph Morin also moved to Detroit with their family in the 1749 migration. They settled near John Baptiste and Elizabeth. The three arpents between their farms belonged to St. Etienne.

      Being such close neighbors, it is easy to understand how their daughter, Mary Ann met and married John Baptiste and Elizabeth’s son, Francois. The marriage took place in January, 1766 and they obtained permission from the pastor of St. Anne, Detroit, to be married at the Church of the Huron "en consideration de la difficulte present du passage de la riviere".

      Taken from "Genealogie des Drouillards" by Hazel M. (Lauzon) Delorme, available at the Société Franco-Ontarienne Library in Belle River, Ontario
    Person ID I266  Drouillard
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2004 

    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 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
    Children 
    +1. Genevieve Drouillard,   c. 08 Nov 1766, Assumption, South Coast of Detroit Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1803
     2. Francois Drouillard,   b. 04 Oct 1768,   bur. 27 Aug 1772, Assumption, Sandwich Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 3 years)
    +3. Solomon (Salamon) Drouillard,   b. 17 Dec 1770,   d. 22 Apr 1814, Amherstburg, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
    +4. Denis (Denys) Drouillard,   b. 29 Jan 1773,   d. 10 Nov 1822, St Peter, Thames River Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
    +5. Marguerite Drouillard,   c. 07 Apr 1775, Assumption, South Coast of Detroit Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1790  (Age ~ 15 years)
    +6. Alexis (Alexander) Drouillard,   b. 05 Oct 1776,   d. 07 Mar 1870  (Age 93 years)
    +7. Cecile Drouillard,   b. 20 Oct 1778,   bur. 26 Mar 1853, St Peter, Thames River. Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
    +8. Francois Xavier Drouillard,   c. 06 Sep 1781, Ste. Anne, Detroit Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 19 Jun 1868, London Twp, Middlesex County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
    +9. Susanne Drouillard,   b. 05 Nov 1783,   d. 30 Jan 1813  (Age 29 years)
     10. Basilisse Drouillard,   b. 20 Dec 1785,   d. 07 Oct 1793  (Age 7 years)
    +11. Marie ARCHANGE Drouillard,   b. 29 Sep 1788,   d. 26 Jan 1831  (Age 42 years)
    +12. Thomas Drouillard,   b. 18 Aug 1791,   d. 17 Apr 1832, Baldoon, Sombra Twp. Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2004 
    Family ID F138  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S16] Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections.
      Vol. II, 591 (1879) Vol. IX, 473, (1886);
      Vol. X, 238, 326, 604 (1886)


    2. [S30] History of Wayne County and the City of Detroit, Clarence M. Burton and M. Agnes Burton, (ed. H. T. O. Blue, associate ed. Gordon K. Miller (Chicago-Detroit: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1930)), 167 .

    3. [S31] Eighteenth Report of the Public Records and Archives of Ontario, 1929, 175 .

    4. [S20] Genealogy of the Drouillard Families of St Clair Co., Michigan, Elizabeth L. (Warner) Droulard , 21-22 .

    5. [S19] The Windsor Border Region, Ernest J. Lajeunesse, C.S.B., ((Toronto: The Champlain Society, University of Toronto Press, 1960)), 270, 312, 319, 328, 356 .

    6. [S21] Michigan Censuses 1710-1830, ed. Donna Valley Russell , ((Detroit: Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, Inc., 1982)).
      1) Census of January 1768, p 37
      2) Census of March 1779, p 45
      3) Census of July 1782 resided on South Shore - Sandwich, p 52


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

    8. [S32] History of The Detroit Light Guards 1708-1854 , John D. McDaniels, Lieutenant Colonel (retired), Michigan , ((Detroit: privately printed.1965) ), 3.

    9. [S54] Descendants of Simon Drouillard, Donald F. Drouillard, Norman W. Drouillard and Mark J. Drouillard, 3-4.