Michigan’s Habitant Heritage, Vol. 31, #4, October 2010
People Buried from Ste. Anne de Detroit (1766-1776): Part III1
Gail Moreau-DesHarnais, FCHSM member (gfmoreau1@aol.com)
[Note: The following names in bold indicate that recorded proof was found that the individual was at Détroit by
1710, the founding period of the colony. Names in brackets at the end of some entries name the presiding priest and
will also serve to show how long that priest was at Détroit. Names are as written in the original parish register.
Additional material, in brackets, are the transcriber’s comments. The dates given are burial dates. In several of the
following records, the information Father Bocquet recorded is incorrect. In a few of these entries, I have noted
corrections in a footnote.]
Henry Martin Chapoton, 20 days, 5 March 1766, buried in cemetery [Simple Bocquet]
Marie Louise Chauvin, daughter of deceased Jeacque Chauvin, while living, a master locksmith, and Marie Cochon
du chateau, of Quebec City who lived on rue Saint Nicolas; widow, in a first marriage, of François Becmon
[Julien Becquemont], a master tailor, of Québec; in a second marriage, wife of Nicolas Lauzon, a laborer
living on his land on the coste du Nordest, about 77 years, 6 March 1766, buried in cemetery
A son of Simon Bergeron and Catherine Lebeau, baptized at home by the mid-wife because of danger of death, born
and died 21 March 1766, 22 March 1766, buried in cemetery
Body of … Schemitte, native of la Loraine Allemande, lived in province of Marie Lande [Maryland] en
amerique, had come to Detroit on business and was going to return to his wife in Maryland but was
prevented from doing so because of his death. The names of his parents, place of birth, and the name of his
wife were unknown. About 40 years, 25 March 1766, buried in cemetery
Jeacque Moran, three days, 25 March 1766, buried in cemetery
Marie, 24 days, 31 March 1766, buried in cemetery [Possibly Marie, born 6 March 1766, of unknown parents. Her
godfather was Jean Baptiste Durant who was present at her burial; her godmother, Marie Angelique
Rochelot. The day after her birth, Bocquet, in concert with Legrand, Justice of the Peace at Detroit, gave
Marie to Sieur and Dame Bouron to be raised, fed, brought up and instructed in all the duties of the
Catholic, Apostolic and Roman religion, as their own child. Marie, in turn, would be obligated to obey,
serve, and respect them, as any Christian daughter would to her parents or anyone who took their place,
until the age of 20 years, following the laws and customs in the colony.]
Infant son of Alexis Campeau and Magdelaine Dumay, baptized by his grandmother, Dame Dumay, because of the
danger of death, born, died and buried 6 April 1766, buried in cemetery
Charle, son of Charlotte, slave belonging to Labutte pere; about 15 days, 6 April 1766, buried in cemetery
Marie Joseph, slave belonging to Legrand; about 15 days, 20 May 1766, buried in cemetery
Jacques Fovel [dit Bigras], 17 months, 29 June 1766, buried in cemetery
Marie Louise [Beaudry] Desbuttes Saint Martin, daughter of deceased Jean Baptiste Desbuttes Saint Martin and
Marie Louise Doyon; widow, in a first marriage, of Jacques Godet; wife, in a second marriage, of Joseph
Dusault [Toupin dit Dusault], a laborer living on his land on the coste du sud ditte des Outaouais, about 50
years [in reality, 42 years], 19 July 1766, buried in cemetery
Louis Joseph Dusault, 18 days, 26 July 1766, buried in cemetery
Charle Chesne, about three years, 29 July 1766, buried in church
Pierre Tetar Forville, son of deceased Gabriel Tetard Forville and Marie Louise Nassé of the parish of
Lachenay, diocese of Quebek, Government of Montreal; widower of Catherine Chesne; about 60 years, 30
August 1766, buried in church
Louise Emiler Bonvouloir, daughter of … Emiler Bonvouloir2 and Marie Daragon of the parish of Notre Dame,
Montreal; widow of Jean Baptiste Goyau; 41 years, 15 September 1766, buried in cemetery
Margueritte Viot [Viau], from the parish of Longueuil, diocese of Quebec, Government of Montreal, widow of
Jeacque Pilet, from the parish of Boucherville, Government of Montreal, about 60 years, 17 September
1766, buried in cemetery
An infant of Pierre Denoÿe and Marie Louise Leduc, baptized shortly after birth because of danger of death, by the
midwife, Dame Prudhomme, 21 September 1766, buried in cemetery
1
Records found at www.ancestry.com, Early US Catholic French Church Records (Drouin Collection) Détroit, SteAnne, 1702-1780, begin with image 134 of 238.
2
Julien Delière/Deslières dit Bonvouloir married Marie Marthe Daragon 23 November 1717, at Montréal. [René
Jetté, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec des origines à 1730 (Les Presses de l’Université de
Montréal: Montréal), 323.]
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Marie Louise Leduc, daughter of Jean Baptiste Leduc and Angelique Decari; wife of Pierre Denoÿe, a laborer,
living on his property on the coste du sud ditte des Outuaouais, about 30 years, 26 September 1766, buried
in cemetery
Marianne Binot, family lived on the coste du sud ditte misere, about 7 years, 6 October 1766, buried in
cemetery
Jean Baptiste Duprat, family lived on la coulée des Renards [Fox Creek], 9 days, 10 October 1766, buried in
cemetery
Michel Saint Cosme, 19 days, 17 October 1766, buried in cemetery
Charlotte Gloria, from the parish of Montreal, daughter of … Gloria and … Gloria, wife of [not given] Dufour,
about 40 years, 14 November 1766, buried in cemetery3
Cecile Huiette [Huyet dite Champagne], [7 days], family lived on la coulée des Renards, 14 November 1766, buried
in cemetery
A little panis [male], belonging to Hé [Hay], commissaire des sauvages, about 10 years, 19 November 1766, buried
in cemetery
Pierre Joly dit Sans Chagrin, son of Sieur Joly, a grocer living in Paris, in l’ille de France, rue du Four, parish and
faubourg of Saint Sulpice, and [left blank]. He was a soldier in the Company of Verger, a French troop of
the Colony in Canada before the taking of Canada by the English; married, the name of the wife is not
known; however, Simple Bocquet was told that she lived in the parish of Saint Joseph, Pointe de Levy,
diocese and government of Kebek; 19 November 1766, buried in cemetery.4
Marie Catherine Dubergé, 19 months, 7 December 1766, buried in church
Joseph, mitis français and sauvage, about 30 years, 11 December 1766, buried in cemetery
Francois Noel Bondy, family lived on rue Saint Joseph, three years minus a few days, 18 December 1766, buried
in cemetery
Pierre Reaume, son of Hiacinthe Reaume and Agathe Lacelle, lived on rue Saint Louis, 40 years, 18
December 1766, buried in church
A panis slave, 21 December 1766, buried in cemetery
Ignace Courville, son of François [Bailly] Courville and Marguerite Vien of the parish of Champlain,
Government of Trois Rivières, bishopric of Quebec; husband of Marianne Pertuis, about 50 years, 31
December 1766, buried in cemetery
Louis Vessier dit Laferté, family lived on rue Saint Joseph, 16 months, 11 January 1767, buried in cemetery
Pierre Belleperche, son of the deceased Etienne Belleperche and Elisabeth Diette, 5 from the city and parish of
Quebec in Canada; widower of [Angélique] Steve Lajeunesse, in a first marriage; husband of Marianne
Campeau, in a second marriage; about 74 years, 13 January 1767, buried in church
Jeanne Drouillard, about two months, 17 January 1767, buried in cemetery
Joseph Morin dit Valcour, six weeks, 30 January 1767, buried in cemetery
Marie Louise Lafoy, daughter of the deceased Antoine Lafoy, while alive a master perruquier baigneur, lived in the
city of Quebek, and Marie Morant. Deceased was the wife of Sieur Vessiere Laferté, a master tailor,
living on rue Saint Joseph, about 21 years, 31 January 1767, buried in church
Louis Cesaire Douvil Dagneau, Equié, sieur Dequindre, son of Sieur Douvil, who was an officier in the troops of his
very Christian majesty in Canada, and of Dame […].6 The deceased was a colonel in the militia of Detroit,
lived on rue Sainte Antoine, and husband of the deceased Marie Anne Picotté de Belestre; about 63 years,
2 February 1767, buried in church
Ambroise Tremblay, a laborer living at groçe point, son of Michel Tremblay and Genevieve Bouchard of the parish
of Saint Francois Xavier en labaye Saint Paul, Government of Kebek, husband of Marguerite Simard, about
43 years, 1 March 1767, buried in cemetery
Philippe Tourangeau, son of Jean Baptiste Guillet dit Tourangeau and Josette Pilotte, 20 March 1767, buried in
cemetery7
Marie Victoire Binot, family lived on the coste du sud dite Misère, 30 March 1767, buried in cemetery
Marie Marthe Pougé, five days, 21 April 1767, buried in cemetery
3
Daughter of Antoine Gloria dit Desroches and Marie Charlotte Augé; wife of Pierre Dufour dit Bonvivant, an
anspessade in the Company of Denoyan in 1737 [PRDH #149926].
4
His mother’s family name was Legrand; his wife was Elisabeth Marchand [PRDH 206416].
5
Pierre Belleperche was the son of Denis Belleperche and Catherine Gertude Guyon [Jetté, 80; PRDH #61755].
6
Son of Michel Dagneau, sieur de Douville, and Marie Lamy [Jetté, 298; PRDH #6126].
7
Jean Baptiste Guillet dit Tourangeau married Marie Joseph Pilote 29 September 1750 at Québec [PRDH #249528].
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A Negre belonging to LeGrand, Justice of the Peace at Detroit, about 20 years, 26 April 1767, buried in
cemetery
Jean Cecir, born at Lachine, Government of Montréal, son of Claude Cecir and Marie LaLoire; husband of
Margueritte Charlotte Girard about 70 years, 23 April 1767, buried in church
Catherine Vien, widow of Jacques Sauvage, in a first marriage; widow of Pierre Godefroy, sieur de Vieux Point
Roctaillade, in a second marriage; daughter of … [left blank by priest]; [no day given] June 1767, buried in
the church, Chapelle de Sainte Antoine8
Julien Freton [dit Nantais], laborer living on his land at Groçe pointe, son of the deceased Pierre Freton, while living
a master tisserand drapier, living in the parish of Saint Jean de Moidon, province and diocese of Nante en
Bretagne, française, and the deceased Francoise Allotte. The deceased was the husband of Marie Joseph
Gatignon ditte Duchesne. The quickness of his death combined with the distance of where he lived
prevented Bocquet from giving him the last rites. Bocquet was “consoled” by the regularity of Freton’s life
and his assiduity at receiving the sacraments. About 40 years 4 July 1767, buried in cemetery
Charle Dupuis dit Moise, son of the deceased Charle Dupuis and the deceased Theresse Tremblay, from the
parish of la Prairie de la Magdelaine, diocese of Quebec and Government of Montreal. Deceased husband
of Catherine Casse dite Saint Aubin, about 35 years, 31 August 1767, buried in cemetery
Charle LaMare, son of Jean Baptiste LaMare and Françoise Jolivet, of the parish of la Prairie de la
Magdeleine, diocese of Quebec, Government of Montreal The deceased was the husband of
Marianne Bienvenu Delille, who was the widow of Jean Baptiste Malet, in a second marriage. About 40
years, 5 September 1767, buried in cemetery
Izabelle Campeau, about 11 years, 11 September 1767, buried in cemetery
Marie, daughter of a slave belonging to Bondy, one month, 23 September 1767, buried in cemetery
Therese, daughter of a slave, named Susanne, belonging to Simon Campeau, 17 days, 27 September 1767, buried in
cemetery
Marie Josette LeBoeuf, daughter of Pierre LeBoeuf and [Françoise Auzou], widow of Pierre Guignan
[Dignan] dit Saint Etienne, about 60 years, 7 November 1767, buried in cemetery 9
A panis slave (female), belonging to Cuillerie Beaubien, about 18 years, 25 October [sic], 1767 buried in
cemetery
Marie Françoise Paré, family lived on la coste du Nord Est, 27 days, [no day or month given] 1767, buried in
cemetery
Pierre Riopelle, about one month, 29 November 1767, buried in cemetery
Angélique Campeau, daughter of Nicolas Campeau dit Niagara and Agathe Casse Saint Aubin; wife of Antoine
Descomps Labadie [Badichon written in margin]; lived on la coste des Poutouatamis ditte de la rivière
Rouge; 25 years and two months, 11 December 1767, buried in cemetery
Toussaint Joseph Ducharme, 48 days, 19 December 1767, buried in cemetery
(1) Angélique Dailleboust de la Magdelaine, wife of François Marie Ignace de Couagne; daughter of François
Dailleboust de la Magdelaine and Charlotte de Godefroy Linctot de Godfroy; about 30 years, 18 January
1768, buried in church. Angélique died 29 November 1767 at la pointe Pelée dans le lac Herié, in a
shipwreck where she was submerged. She was buried with her son, (2) Philippe François Marie de
Couagne, about two years, who drowned with her. Sieur de Couagne declared to Bocquet that their
daughter, (3) Françoise Marie Angélique de Couagne, about three years, and (4) Jacques Villeray, a native
of Cedres, commander of the boat, were enveloped in the same shipwreck.
Francois Dorval, son of […] Dorval, master pilot living in the Lower Town of Quebec and […] Tremblay; about 25
yars, 30 January 1768, buried in cemetery
Gennevieve Tremblay, wife of Francois Comparé; daughter of Augustin Tremblay and Marie Judith
Laforest; lived on la Coste du Nord Est; about 30 years, 24 February 1768, buried in cemetery
Pierre Couture, about one month, 3 March 1768, buried in cemetery
Louise, panis slave belonging to Cabassié, about 40 years, 19 March 1768, buried in cemetery
Louise Gautier, native of Québec, daughter of Sieur [Mathurin] Gautier, navigator, and Marie Louise [Giraud or
Trolleau]; wife of the deceased Jean Casse dit Saint Aubin, native of Old France, but the name of the
province is unknown to us [Bocquet]; about 90 years, 26 April 1768, buried in church 10
8
9
Catherine Vien was the daughter of Vivien Jean dit Vien and Catherine Gateau [Jetté, 595; PRDH #3839].
Jetté, 673, 674; PRDH #16779.
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Jeacque François [Beaudry] Desbuttes Saint Martin, about six months, 6 April 1768, buried in church
Louis or Joseph Cantara, said to be from the costes de Quebec, arrived ill on the 8th of May from Lake Saint Clair,
and died the same day, about 30 and some years, 10 May 1768, buried in cemetery 11
A son of Jean Baptiste Rivard, died as soon as he was born. Because of the danger of death, baptized by the
midwife, 12 May 1768, buried in cemetery
Jeacque [Beaudry] Desbuttes Saint Martin, interpreter of the Huron language for the King, a bourgeois
merchant, lived on his land on the coste du Sorouest, husband of Marianne Navarre; son of the
deceased Jacque Desbuttes Saint Martin and Marie Louise Doyon; died from an apoplectic
paralysis, aged about [35] 12 years, 18 June 1768, buried in church
A young panis (female), belonging to Dubergé dit Sans Chagrin, about 12 years, 28 June 1768, buried in
cemetery
Marie Catherine Gamelin, wife of Antoine Gamelin; daughter of Laurent Eustache Gamelin and Marie Joseph
Dudevoir Lachine; sick for nearly one year, about 25 years, 30 June 1768, buried in church in la chapelle
de Saint Antoine
A young panis (female), belonging to Michel Hiax, about 12 years, 3 August 1768, buried in cemetery
Marie Margueritte Tremblay, wife of Guillaume Laforest; daughter of Augustin Tremblay and Marianne Pilotte of
the parish of Eboulements en l’abbaye Saint Paul, Government of Québec; about 43 years, 15 August 1768,
buried in cemetery
François d’Assisses Reaume, about six weeks, 30 August 1768, buried in cemetery
Michel Donelly, native of the province of Oulster en Irlande (no one knew the names of his parents or place of
birth), about 35 years, 18 September 1768, buried in cemetery
Suzanne Parent, about six months, 30 September 1768, buried in cemetery
Pierre Morin dit Valcour, about six weeks, 23 October 1768, buried in cemetery
Marie, panis slave, belonging to Cuillerier, about 20 years, 29 October 1768, buried in cemetery
Josette Baudin dite Benoist, 10 days, 12 November 1768, buried in cemetery
Joseph Fafar dit Macons, son of […], no age given, 10 October 1768, buried in cemetery. [Bocquet wrote that the
act had not been recorded previously due to the negligence of the parents/relatives to inform us of the
origin of the deceased.]
A panis slave (male) belonging to Legras, about 12 years, 3 December 1768, buried in cemetery
A son of Alexis Campeau and Magdelaine Dumay, baptized at home by the midwife and died shortly after, 17
December 1768, buried in cemetery
Louis or André Leclerc, son of one named Leclerc from the parish of Saint Vincent de Paul en l’ile Jésus, mother’s
name unknown; Bocquet was assured that Louis or André was married at Montreal and lived in the
faubourg Saint Laurent. His death was sudden, due to a fall. [Age not given], 27 January 1769, buried in
cemetery
A panis slave (female), belonging to Antoine Gamelin, no age given, 29 January 1769, buried in cemetery
Marie Francoise Lozon, two days, 17 March 1769, buried in church
Pierre [Chêne] Labutte, lived on la coste du sud ditte des Outaouais, about 16 years, 28 February 1769, buried in
church
Marie, panis slave of Charle Barth, about 35 years, 10 April 1769, buried in cemetery
A panis slave (female), belonging to de Chabert, about 30 years, 25 April 1769, buried in cemetery
Charle Darvaux, native of the Government of Québec, parents’ names unknown, about 25 years, 30 April 1769,
buried in cemetery13
Joachim Hiax, five months and a few days, 14 May 1769, buried in cemetery
Alexis Trotier Deruisseau, former and first church warden of this parish, former and first captain of the militia of
both this city of Detroit and the adjacent coasts, also performing the functions of colonel, bourgeois
merchant of this city, lived on rue Sainte Anne; son of the deceased Antoine Trotier Deruisseaux and
Jetté, 476. See Gail Moreau, “Jean Casse dit St-Aubin,” Michigan’s Habitant Heritage (MHH), Vol. 22, Jan
2001, Commemorative Issue #1, 44-48; “Jean Casse dit St-Aubin, Postscript,” MHH, Vol. 22, Apr 2001,
Commemorative Issue #2, 60-62.
11
Possibly Louis Gabriel Cantara, son of Jean Baptiste Cantara and Geneviève Allard, born 20 January 1738 at
Yamaska [PRDH #17942].
12
PRDH #13799.
13
Charles Darveau Langoumois, son of Jean Baptiste Darveau and Marie Marguerite Jourdain, baptized 20 May
1738 at L’Ancienne-Lorette [PRDH #100609].
10
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deceased Marie Catherine Lefèvre, who, while alive, resided in the parish of Batiscan, then part of the
parish of Champlain where the deceased was baptized, diocese of Quebec and Government of Trois
Rivières; widower, in a first marriage, of Marie Louise Roy; husband, in a second marriage, of Catherine
Godfroy dite Monboeuf; aged 80 years, seven months and a few days, 5 June 1769, buried in church
Gennevieve Legras, five months, 12 July 1769, buried in cemetery
A panis (male), belonging to Breme, about 15 years, 5 August 1769, buried in cemetery
A panis slave belong to Charle Chene, about six weeks, 5 August 1769, buried in cemetery
Marie Jeanne Gamelin, wife of Jean Marie Legras, merchant of this city, living on rue Saint Joseph; daughter of
Laurent Eustache Gamelin and Joseph Dudevoir Lachine; about 26 years, 12 August 1769, buried in
church
Ignace Tibault, husband of Anne Jeaunet; son of Louis Tibaut, master carpenter living in the parish of Cap St.
Ignace, bishopric and Government of Quebec, and Cécile Fournier; about 39 years, 18 August 1769, buried
in cemetery
Joseph Larivé, son of the deceased Jean Larivé, while alive, a master shoemaker residing in the bourg de
Boucherville, diocese of Quebec, Government of Montreal, and Marianne Laforce; widower of the
deceased Lalumière, both originally from Boucherville; [no age given], 27 September 1769, buried in
cemetery14
Marie Louise Dejean, 10 days, 14 October 1769, buried in church
Pierre, panis slave belonging to Moran, who bought him the previous Sunday and whose sole motive was the
condition of Pierre, the impossibility of his being cured of his illness, short of a miracle, and the hope for
the salvation of his soul. Moran’s noble and worthy conduct was that of a true Catholic. About six to seven
years, 20 October 1769, buried in cemetery
A little mitise, son of Antoine Chesne and a sauvagesse, a few days old, 8 November 1769, buried in
cemetery
Catherine Beaudin dit Benoist, died the day she was born (7 November 1769), 8 November 1769, buried in cemetery
An old panis slave (female), belonging to Dame Cecir, 29 November 1769, buried in cemetery
Jean Baptiste Laurent Legras, two years and eight months, 18 December 1769, buried in church
A panis slave (female), belonging to Claude Campeau, about 30 years, 26 December 1769, buried in
cemetery
A son of Alexis Campeau and Magdelaine De Mai, died as soon as he was born, 4 January 1770, buried in church
Charle, son of Jemi Halesne, soldier, and Josette Crette, born 11 January 1770, buried 12 January 1770 in cemetery
A son of [Jean Baptiste] Duprat and Agnès Tremblay, lived at Grand Marais, born 23 January 1770, baptized by the
midwife because of the danger of death, and died immediately, 24 January 1770, buried in cemetery
Basile Denoÿe, about six weeks, 4 April 1770, buried in cemetery
A son of Laurent Grifard and Magdelaine Casse, born 28 April 1770, baptized by the midwife because of the danger
of death, died immediately, buried 29 April 1770, buried in cemetery
Francoise Dubergé, family lived on rue Saint Louis, about 22 months, 2 May 1770, buried in cemetery
Antoine Nicolas Lozon, lived on the coste du Nord Est, husband of Angelique Chevalier; son of Seraphin Nicolas
Lozon and Marie Magdelaine Morand; about 42 years, 16 May 1770, buried in cemetery
Margueritte, panis slave belonging to Cuillerie Beaubien, about 30 years, 13 June 1770, buried in cemetery
Son of Charles Campeau and [left blank],15 born and baptized at home by Bocquet because of danger of death, died
same day, 1 July 1770; [date and place of burial not specified]
A slave (female), belonging to St. André [Landry], about two years, 9 July 1770, buried in cemetery
Jean Baptiste LeMais, four months, 16 July 1770, buried in church
François Dufresne dit Paradis, son of François Dufresne, a master mason living in the parish of Anet [sic], diocese
of Nantes in Brittany and Françoise […], 33 years, 28 September 1770, buried in cemetery
Francoise Heler, family lived at Groçe Pointe, [no age given], 10 October 1770, buried in cemetery
Thomas Casse, son of Noël Casse dit St Aubin and Suzanne Steve, lived on la coste du Nord Est, 25 years, 3
November 1770, buried in cemetery
Josette Poupart dite Lafleur, about eight years, 4 November 1770, buried in cemetery
Joseph L’Arrivée, son of Jacques L’Arrivée and Marie Anne Pepin Laforce, baptized 20 September 1727 at TroisRivières, married Brigitte Petit Lalumière Lapre 28 July 1750 at Varennes. Brigitte was buried 13 July 1764 at
Montréal [PRDH #144727, PRDH # 144728].
15
Marie Charlotte Juillet dite Montreuil [Sharon A. Kelley, ed., Marriage Records Ste. Anne Church Detroit 1701 –
1850 (Detroit: The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, Inc., 2001), 10].
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[Ignace] Casse, about two years, 17 November 1770, buried in cemetery
Jean Baptiste Beaudin dit Benoist, son of Benoist Beaudin and Marie Girard, of the parish of Notre Dame de la
Visitation en la Pointe du Lac, diocese of Quebec, Government of Trois Rivières in Canada; lived at Groçe
Pointe, husband of Josette Tremblay; about 30 years, 25 November 1770, buried in cemetery
A son of Jean Baptiste Cicotte and Angélique Poupart, died about ½ hour after his birth, baptized by the midwife,
Dame St. Cosme, because of the danger of death, 26 November 1770, buried in church
Margueritte Gosselin, family lived on coste du Nord Est, about five years, 9 March 1771, buried in
cemetery
Laurent Eustache Gamelin, husband of Josette Dudevoir Lachine; son of the deceased Pierre Gamelin Chateau
Vieux and the deceased Marie Jeanne Mongrais; former church warden of this parish, captain in the militia
and merchant who lived on the coste du Sorouest, 69 years or thereabouts, 11 March 1771, buried in church
Margueritte Simard, daughter of deceased Noël Simard and deceased Catherine Fortin of the parish of Saint Pierre
in l’abbaye Saint Paul, bishopric and government of Quebec; widow of deceased Ambroise Tremblay;
wife, in a second marriage, of Charles Morand dit Grimard, lived in Groçe Pointe, died in childbirth, about
45 years, 9 May 1771, buried in cemetery
Jean Baptiste Duprat, family lived at Grand Marais, 4-½ years, 24 June 1771, buried in cemetery
Daniel Jonquaire, Equié sieur de Chabert, lieutenant in the infantry in the service of the king of France, son of the
deceased nobleman Thomas de Joncaire, lieutenant in the infantry of the detachment of the marine,
interpreter, and commander for the King to the Five Nations, and Marie Magdelainne LeGay; husband of
Marie Margueritte Robert [Rocbert] de la Morandiere; about 57 years, 5 July 1771, buried in church under
his bench in the Chapel of the Holy Virgin
Charle Morand dit Grimard, son of Charle Morand dit Grimard and Margueritte Simard, two months, 6 August
1771, buried in cemetery
Pierre Doyon, master baker from the city of Quebec in Canada, husband of the deceased [record not
complete], 19 August 1771, buried in cemetery16
A son of … Catin and … [parents not named], born, baptized by the midwife and died immediately after on 22
August 1771, buried 23 August 1771, buried in cemetery 17
Susanne Casse, daughter of Noël Casse and Suzanne Stève; widow of Pierre Parent; wife, in a second
marriage, of Amable Latour, about [left blank] years, 24 August 1771, buried in church
Pierre Paré, 14 months, 24 August 1771, buried in cemetery
Pierre Carbonneau dit Provençal, habitant of Terre Bonne, Government of Montreal, husband of Josette Labelle; son
of Pierre Carbonneau dit Provençal and Marie Seguin dite Ladéroutte; appeared to be about 40 years, 25
August 1771, buried in cemetery
Jeacque Dubergé dit Sans Chagrin, [no age given], 26 August 1771, buried in cemetery
A little girl, daughter of Gabriel Legrand, Equié, juge à paix, and Veronique Reaume; born 7 September 1771,
baptized at home by the midwife because of the danger she was in, died ¼ hour later, 8 September 1771,
buried in cemetery
Pierre Gosselin, 29 days, 12 September 1771, buried in cemetery
Jeacque Philippe Labbadie, killed by a blow from the foot of a horse, about five years, 23 August 1770, buried in
cemetery [It was noted by Bocquet, on page 10 in the register, that he had forgotten to write in the act
and that it was on page 25.]
Joseph Campeau, lived at Grand Marais on la coste du Nord Est, 22 years, 19 September 1771, buried in
cemetery
Philippe Belangé, family lived on rue Saint Jeacque, two months, 1 October 1771, buried in cemetery
Pierre, panis slave belonging to Cuillerie Beaubien, about 30 years, 17 November 1771, buried in cemetery
Pierre Guilbault, family lived on rue Saint Jeacque, about 12 years, 1 December 1771, buried in cemetery
16
It is possible this is Pierre Doyon who married Marie Elisabeth Barbe Guay, 6 February 1743, at Québec; she died
9 April 1767 at Québec [PRDH #85505].
17
Parents were Antoine Catin and Marie Anne Martin. Antoine Catin Labadie and Marie Anne Martin were married
21 November 1768 at Montréal. No parents were listed for him. Antoine was said to be 25 years old and a native of
Détroit. His brother, Jean Baptiste Labadie, was a witness [PRDH #213136]. When Antoine Catain was buried
from Ste. Anne de Detroit, 25 December 1787, he was said to be 49 years old [www.ancestry.com, Early US
Catholic French Church Records (Drouin Collection) Détroit, Ste-Anne, 1780-1801, image 89 of 625]. Thus,
Antoine Catin Labadie was born between 1738 and 1743, in an unknown location, and of unknown parents.
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Nicolas Reaume, lived on rue Saint Joseph, about two months, 20 November 1771, [burial location not
specified] [Noted in margin by Bocquet that he had forgotten to write the act in the correct order.]
Etienne, panis slave belonging to Jeacque Campeau, about 13 years, 1 January 1772, buried in cemetery
Jean Baptiste Charpentier, about one year, 1 January 1772, buried in cemetery
Joseph Bourdet, son of the deceased Joseph Bourdet, a beef merchant, and […] Leprince, 63 years, 10 January 1772,
buried in cemetery
A young panis (male), belonging to Laquetoche [Pierre] Cardinal, [no age given], 5 March 1772, buried in cemetery
Pierre Lozon, four days, 8 March 1772, buried in cemetery
Alexandre Heler, lived in Groçe Pointe, 3-½ months, 22 March 1772, buried in cemetery
Francoise, panis slave, belonging to Baby Duperon, about 40 years, 24 March 1772, buried in cemetery
A young panis (female), belonging to Philippe Dejean, [no age given], 28 April 1772, buried in cemetery
A young panis (female), belonging to Laquetoche Cardinal, [no age given], 29 April 1772, buried in
cemetery
Angelique, fille mitis of Marianne, panis slave, belonging to Laquetoche Cardinal, 13 months, 12 June 1772, buried
in cemetery
Pierre Monford, son of one named Monfort and of (ignorant of the name), living in the Government of Quebec in
the Seigneurie belonging to Mr. de Saint Ours, about 35 years, 5 August 1772, buried in cemetery
Charle Chauvin, former bourgeois of this city and church warden of this parish; son of the deceased Jeacque
Chauvin and Marie Cochon, while living, in the parish of Sainte Famille, city, bishopric, Government of
Quebec; husband of Marie Anne Casse dit Saint Aubin; about 60 and some years, 17 August 1772, buried
in church
A son of Antoine Catin and Marie Anne Martin; born, baptized at home and died ½ hour later, 17 August 1772,
buried in cemetery
Antoine Guerin dit Dauphin, native of Saint Quentin in the province of Picardy, Kingdom of France; no
information could be found concerning the names of his parents or the name of his wife; 47 years or
thereabouts, 25 August 1772, buried in cemetery 18
Francois, son of Charlot and Marie Louise, both slaves of Zacharie Cicotte; about one year, 26 August 1772, buried
in cemetery
Louis Lemais, about five years, 28 August 1772, buried in cemetery
Charlotte, panis slave, belonging to Poupart Laboise, about 25 years, 19 August 1772, buried in cemetery
Marie Angelique Cicotte, family lived on la coste du Sorouest, seven months, 4 September 1772, buried in cemetery
Jean Baptiste Seguin dit Laderoutte, family lived at Grand Marais, 11 months, 5 September 1772, buried in cemetery
Antoine Landry dit Charlot, nine months, 7 September 1772, buried in cemetery
Marie Louise Courtois, family lived on la coste du Sorouest, seven months, 8 September 1772, buried in
cemetery
Magdelaine Raymon dite Toulouse, about six years, 12 September 1772, buried in cemetery
Catherine Meny, [no age given], 12 September 1772, buried in cemetery
Louis Hubardeau, husband of Monique Gro [Groulx]; son of the deceased Jean Baptiste Hubardeau, master
wigmaker, while alive, living at Berthier, diocese of Quebec, and Charlotte Rouleau; 47 years, 17
September 1772, buried in cemetery
Charlotte Dehestre, family lived on the coste du Sud, parish of Notre Dame du Sud, about one year, 28
September 1772, buried in cemetery
Margueritte Le Mais, family lived on rue Saint Jeacque, about 15 months, 2 October 1772, buried in
cemetery
Claude, mitis, son of Lisette, panis slave, belonging to Marsac; six months, 3 October 1772, buried in
cemetery
Francois Trotié dit Bellecourt, 13 months, 8 November 1772, buried in cemetery
Brigide Campeau, daughter of Charles Campeau and Charlotte Juillet dite Montreuil; wife of René
Tivierge; lived at Grand Marais; about 18 years, 19 November 1772, buried in cemetery
Marie, a freed [affranchie] panis, about 60 years, 18 November 1772, buried in cemetery
18
Antoine Guerin Dauphin was born about 1731 in the parish of Notre-Dame in the city of St-Quentin, diocese of
Noyon, son of Pierre Guerin and Madeleine Hunier. Antoine married Marie Madeleine Decary Lehoux, 15
November 1756, at Montréal. They were the parents of three children, all of whom died young; Marie Madeleine
was buried 23 August 1764 at Montréal [PRDH # 33050, #153238].
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Toussaint Cavalié, son of sieur Cavalié, living in Montreal, mother’s name not known; died from wounds that he
received from a sauvage; about 35 years, 22 November 1772, buried in cemetery19
Antoine Hiax, family lived at Groçe Pointe, about two years, 26 November 1772, buried in cemetery
Guillaume Amable Laforest, family lived at la Moulin de la Presqu’ile de la coulée des Renards, six months, 26
November 1772, buried in cemetery
Margueritte, mitis slave belonging to Dame Peltié, 17 days, 29 November 1772, buried in cemetery
Margueritte Ursule Elisabeth de la Morandière, daughter of Etienne Robert [Rocbert], Equié, sieur de la
Morandière, lieutenant in the infantry, and Marie Puy Gibault [Hingue de Puygibault], while alive, residing
at Montréal in Canada; wife of the deceased Daniel de Jonquaire, Equié, sieur de Chabert, lieutenant in the
infantry; about 40 years, 21 January 1773, buried in cemetery
Pierre Descomps Labbadye, born and died 12 February 1773, 13 February 1773, buried in cemetery
Joseph Ardouin, about one month, 19 March 1773, buried in cemetery
A young panis (female), belonging to Hay, [no age given], 20 March 1773, buried in cemetery
Jeacque Campeau, about four months, 21 March 1773, buried in cemetery
A young panise, belonging to Tomson, about 15 years, 8 April 1773, buried in church [In the margin Bocquet wrote
that the record was the baptism of Francois Marie Menard dit Montour.]
Joseph Couture, about one year, 21 April 1773, buried in cemetery
Firmin Landry, son of Firmin Landry and Margueritte Siouze, [age illegible], 12 June 1773, buried in
cemetery
Genevieve Bernard, [no age given], 10 July 1773, buried in cemetery
Pierre Baby, four months, 11 July 1773, buried in cemetery
Charlotte Montrais, daughter of deceased Antoine Montrais [Montreuil] and Charlotte Juillet; wife of Charle
Campeau; lived on rue Saint Joseph; about 36 years, 24 July 1773, buried in cemetery
Louis Casse dit St Aubin, killed by lightning, about 12 years, 10 May 1773, [burial location not specified]
Margueritte, siouse de nation, wife of Firmin Landry, died as a result of childbirth, [no age given], 24 May 1773,
buried in cemetery [At this point, the pages in the register are not in order.]
Jean Marie Courtois, about one month, 1 September 1773, buried in cemetery
Genevieve Creste, 10 days, 19 September 1773, buried in cemetery
Suzanne Creste, family lived at Grand Marais, 14 days, 23 September 1773, buried in cemetery
Marie Theresse Creste, 24 days, 27 September 1773, buried in cemetery
Pierre Parent, master joiner, lived on la coste du sorouest, son of Pierre Parent and Catherine Sans Soucy
[Langlois Sanssoucis Jacques], living in the parish of Notre Dame of the Immaculate Conception in
Chambly, diocese of Quebec, Government of Montreal in Canada; about 59 years, 1 October 1773, buried
in cemetery20
Marthe Pougé, family lived on rue Saint Joseph, seven months, 1 October 1773, buried in cemetery
Marianne Navar, daughter of Robert Navar, previously a royal notary, subdelegate of Monseigneur
l’Intendant and Receveur des Domaines, of his very Christian Majesty, and Marie Barois; widow of
Jeacque [Beaudry] Desbuttes Saint Martin, interpreter for the King of the Uronne [Huron]
language; wife, in a second marriage, of Sieur Anthony, docteur en medecinne; 36 years minus 7days, 11
October 1773, buried in church en la chapelle de Saint Antoine de Padoue
Francois Hay, about two months, 25 October 1773, buried in cemetery
Genevieve Guibord, native of the parish of Sainte Anne, diocese of Quebec, Government of Trois Riviers, daughter
of Louis Guibord and Marianne Rochelot; wife of Jean Baptiste Oelette, master joiner living on la coste du
nord Est; [no age given], 18 October 1773, buried in cemetery
A young panis (female), belonging to Hay, [no age given], 11 December 1773, buried in cemetery
Angelique Bienvenûe, daughter of deceased Francois Bienvenû dit Delille and Marianne LeMoine; widow, in a
first marriage, of Claude Lesprit; wife, in a second marriage, of Joseph Cabassié, former church warden of
this parish, living on la coste du sorouest; about 52 years, 14 December 1773, buried in church
A young panis (male), belonging to Chapoton, about 15 years, [no day or month given] 1774, buried in
cemetery
19
Possibly, Toussaint Cavalier, son of Jacques Cavalier and Josephe Baudry, baptized, 6 April 1742, at Montréal.
[PRDH #46513, #147768].
20
Pierre Parent married Geneviève Bernard Lajoie, 10 May 1751, at Boucherville [PRDH #312738].
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Joseph Perillard, after a rather long illness, during which he showed the most tender sentiment of piety and religion,
60 and some additional years, 17 January 1774, buried in cemetery 21
Joseph Bruitte [Bruillette in margin], died after a rather long illness, about 50 years, 20 January 1774, buried in
cemetery22
Jean Baptiste Oelette, master joiner living on la coste du nord Est, near the city, and of the deceased
Genevieve Guilbert, his father [and mother ?] in legitimate marriage; [no age given], 14 February 1774,
buried in cemetery23 [See Genevieve Guibord buried 18 October 1773.]
Joseph Lesperance, [no age or information given], 28 February 1774, buried in cemetery
Louis Campeau, former church warden of this parish, a merchant who lived on the coste du Nord Est, son of the
deceased Jeacque Campeau and Caecille Catin; husband of Marie Louise Robert, widow, in a first
marriage, of Francois Peltié; died after an illness of more than four months; 74 years, 15 March 1774,
buried in church
Felicité Chapoton, about seven years, 15 May 1774, buried in cemetery
Pierre Chesne dit Labutte, former church warden, a bourgeois merchant of the city who lived on rue Saint Anne,
interpreter of Indian languages for the King; died after an illness of more than a year; son of the deceased
Pierre Chesne and the deceased Jeanne Ballin [Bailly], while alive resided in the parish of Pointe-auxTrembles, diocese of Quebec, Government of Montreal; widower, in a first marriage, of the deceased
Magdelaine Roy; husband, in a second marriage, of Louise Lothement Barois; about 80 years, 16 May
1774, buried in the neffe of the church near the coeur24
Hiacinthe Reaume, former church warden of this parish, a bourgeois merchant of the city, who lived on rue Saint
Louis, died after an illness of nearly three years; son of deceased Robert Reaume, while alive, a
commerçant voyageur, living in Montréal, diocese of Quebec, and deceased Elisabeth Brunet; husband of
Agathe Laselle; 70 years, 10 June 1774, buried in church
Marie Catherine Pitre, five months, 13 July 1774, buried in cemetery
Francois Beneto [Bénéteau], family lived on rue Saint Joseph, nine months, 21 July 1774, buried in
cemetery
Angelique Gamelin, family lived on coste du Sorouest, five months, 5 August 1774, buried in cemetery
Antoine Bernard, family lived on coste du Nord Est, about one month, 21 August 1774, buried in cemetery
Marie Louise Tomsonne, daughter of Jean Baptiste Tomson, master barrel maker, living on rue Saint Jacque, and
Marie Peck, [no age given], 8 November 1774, buried in cemetery
Charles Casse, 21 years, 28 November 1774, buried in cemetery
Charles Bouron, killed by a kick from a horse, lived on the coste du sud, parish of Notre Dame de l’Assomption
[present-day Windsor, Ontario], 18 years, 7 January 1775, buried in cemetery
Philippe Denoyé, family lived on rue Saint Jeacque, 15 days, 15 January 1775, buried in cemetery
Zacharie Ignace Gamelin, family lived on coste du sorouest, one month and two days, 16 January 1775, buried in
cemetery
Pierre Tremblay, family lived at Groçe Pointe, about two months, 22 January 1775, buried in cemetery
Marie Jeanne Casse, about 3-½ years, 1 March 1775, buried in cemetery
21
Possibly Jean Baptiste Perillard Bourguignon, widower of Marie Papineau Montigny who was buried, 30 August
1758, at Montréal [PRDH #15140]. There is no record of his death in Québec.
22
Possibly Jean Baptiste Brouillet Laviolette, son of Jean Brouillet and Marie Françoise Leclerc, born 31 August
1723 and baptized 1 September 1723 at St-Françoise-de-Sales, Île-Jésus. This is the only record, to date, for him in
Québec [PRDH #44581; Jetté, 177].
23
In the margin Bocquet first wrote Bapt., crossed it out and wrote enterment [burial] de Jean Bapt. Oelette. Jean
Bapt., son of of Jean Bapt. Hoilette and of Genevieve [no last name recorded], was born 22 September and baptized
23 September 1773 at l’Assomption, Sandwich [present-day Windsor, Ontario] [Denissen, II, 912; www.ancestry.ca,
Early US Catholic French Church Records (Drouin Collection) Détroit, l’Assomption de Sandwich de Windsor,
1767-1783, image 16 of 62].
Jean Baptiste Houalette, master joiner, widower of Agathe Marion, married Genevieve Gilbort, daughter of Louis
Gilbort and Marie Anne Rochelot, 3 October 1763 at l’Assomption [Québec]. They were the parents of seven
children born at l’Assomption. Jean Baptiste Ouellet married a third time: Geneviève Coulon, widow of Pierre
Grimard, 12 September 1785 at Fort Vincennes [PRDH #62181, #40677, #286658]. Thus, could this record be the
burial act of the son, Jean Baptiste, born in 1773?
24
Note from Suzanne Sommerville: The neffe is from the door to the coeur which is the “heart” or center of the
church.
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Georges Amelin [Hamelin] La Gueniere, illness lasted about one month, son of … Amelin, living in the parish of
Ecureuils, Government of Quebec, and …, [no age given], 20 April 1775, buried in cemetery
Toussain Huneau, originally from Lille Jèsus, Government of Montreal; son of Gabriel Huneau and …Baron;
married to …; about 35 years, 21 May 1775, buried in cemetery, in the presence of his nephews, Joseph
and Gabriel.25
Alexis Cuillerie, one month and a few days, 22 May 1775, buried in cemetery
Jean Baptiste Pitre, family lived on rue Saint Joseph, 3-½ months, 3 July 1775, buried in cemetery
Zacharie Cicotte, former church warden of the parish, lieutenant, aide major of the militia, bourgeois of the city,
merchant who lived on la coste du sorouest; died after an illness of close to three months; born in the parish
of Boucherville, bishopric of Quebec, Government of Montreal; son of the deceased Jean Baptiste Cicotte
and the deceased Magdelaine Lamoureux; husband of Marie Angelique Godefroy; about 67 years, 11
August 1775, buried in church
Antoine Baby, about two months, 2 September 1775, buried in cemetery
Magdelaine Mauriceau, daughter of Antoine Mauriceau, voyageur, and Genevieve Grenon; about one year, 29
September 1775, buried in cemetery
Marie Rose Gobeil, 11 days, 5 October 1775, buried in cemetery
Louis Bienvenu Delille, about six weeks, 29 October 1775, buried in cemetery
Suzanne, daughter of Jeacque Tachelo and Suzanne, both panis slaves, belonging to Peniche [Jean
Baptiste] Campeau; about one year, 4 November 1775, buried in cemetery
Charles Morand, lived on la coste du Nord Est, killed by several horrific knife blows received in treachery from one
named Hecker; son of the deceased Jean Morand and Elisabeth Provençal, 26 bourgeois of the city of
Quebec, living in the parish of la Sainte Famille de Jesus, Marie et Joseph; husband of Marie Anne
Belleperche; about 50 years, 11 December 1775, buried in church
François de Sales and his unnamed twin brother, sons of Robert Jeanne and Catherine Reaume, baptized at home,
28 January 1776, by the midwife, buried 30 January 1776, [burial location not specified]
Pompée, Negro belonging to Antony, killed by a blow from a knife from a sauvage de la nation sauteuse, while
defending his master from the violence of the said Indian who attacked Antony, docteur en medicine;
about 40 years, 26 January 1776, buried in cemetery
Jeacque Peltié, died from a false pleurisy, [parents not named], [age not given], 26 January 1776, buried in church
Marie Joseph Menard, 6-½ months, 20 February 1776, buried in cemetery
Jean Baptiste Pitre, family lived on rue Saint Jeacque, 18 days, 29 February 1776, buried in cemetery
Gabriel Casse dit Saint Aubin, died from a wound received while taking care of his mill; son of Jean Casse dit St.
Aubin and Marie Louise Gautier; about 60 years, 2 March 1776, buried in church
Elisabeth Cosme, daughter of Sieur Cosme, former church warden of this parish, bourgeois merchant of the city,
living on rue Saint Jeacque, and Catherine Lotthemement Barois; wife of Augustin Lafoy,
bourgeois of the city, living on rue Saint Louis; [no age given], 2 March 1776, buried in church
Marie Louise Robert, ill for close to four years, daughter of Pierre Robert and Angelique Ptolomé; wife in
a first marriage of the deceased François Peltier Lantayac; in a second marriage, widow, for nearly three
years, of Louis Campeau, former church warden of this parish, merchant and bourgeois of this city; lived
on the coste du Nord Est, 80 and some years, 2 April 1776, buried in church
Rose Creste, 18 months, 17 May 1776, buried in cemetery
Claude Thomas Gouin, former lieutenant in the French militia, royal surveyor under the French Government, had
been sick for several months, a commerçant [merchant] who lived on his land on the coste du Nord Est; son
of Joseph Gouin, a commerçant, living in the parish of Sainte Anne, bishopric of Quebec, Government of
Trois Rivieres in Canada, and Marguerite Roy; husband of Marie Joseph Cuillerier, daughter of Antoine
Cuillerier and Angelique Gerard; about 60 years, 29 May 1776, buried in church
Joseph Quodoret [Cadoret], baptized 26 June 1776 and died shortly after the baptism, buried 27 June 1776 in
cemetery
To be continued.
25
Toussaint Huneau/Hunault was baptized 18 March 1725 at Sorel, son of Gabriel Hunault Deschamps and Marie
Joseph Christin St-Amour. Toussaint married Marie Josephe Beaugenoux 20 April 1766 at Notre-Dame du FortCondé de la Mobile [PRDH #17161, #12657, #51443; Jetté, 580].
26
The parents of Charles Morand were Jean Morand and Marie Elisabeth Dasilva dite Portugais [Denissen, II, 866;
Jetté, 828; Kelley, ed., 8].
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