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The Drouillard Family
Genealogy Website
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 1741 - 1812 (71 years)
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| Name |
Francois Drouillard |
| Born |
11 Apr 1741 |
| Christened |
12 Apr 1741 |
St Joseph, Riviere des Prairies  |
- GODPARENTS: Joseph Rapin and Marie Francoise Jourdain
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| 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 |
| 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
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| 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 |
- 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
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| 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]
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| 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 |
- 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
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| Children |
| + | 1. Genevieve Drouillard, c. 08 Nov 1766, Assumption, South Coast of Detroit , d. 26 Jul 1803 |
| | 2. Francois Drouillard, b. 04 Oct 1768, bur. 27 Aug 1772, Assumption, Sandwich (Age ~ 3 years) |
| + | 3. Solomon (Salamon) Drouillard, b. 17 Dec 1770, d. 22 Apr 1814, Amherstburg, Ontario (Age 43 years) |
| + | 4. Denis (Denys) Drouillard, b. 29 Jan 1773, d. 10 Nov 1822, St Peter, Thames River (Age 49 years) |
| + | 5. Marguerite Drouillard, c. 07 Apr 1775, Assumption, South Coast of Detroit , 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 |
| + | 8. Francois Xavier Drouillard, c. 06 Sep 1781, Ste. Anne, Detroit , bur. 19 Jun 1868, London Twp, Middlesex County, Ontario |
| + | 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 (Age 40 years) |
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| Last Modified |
14 Nov 2004 |
| Family ID |
F138 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S16] Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections.
Vol. II, 591 (1879) Vol. IX, 473, (1886);
Vol. X, 238, 326, 604 (1886)
- [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 .
- [S31] Eighteenth Report of the Public Records and Archives of Ontario, 1929, 175 .
- [S20] Genealogy of the Drouillard Families of St Clair Co., Michigan, Elizabeth L. (Warner) Droulard , 21-22 .
- [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 .
- [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
- [S22] Third Report of the Bureau of Archives for the Province of Ontario, Alexander Fraser, Provincial Archivist, ((Toronto: L. K. Cameron, 1906)), 143 .
- [S32] History of The Detroit Light Guards 1708-1854 , John D. McDaniels, Lieutenant Colonel (retired), Michigan , ((Detroit: privately printed.1965) ), 3.
- [S54] Descendants of Simon Drouillard, Donald F. Drouillard, Norman W. Drouillard and Mark J. Drouillard, 3-4.
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