Michilimackinac and Fort St. Joseph Families Beaune to Blondeau Compiled by Diane Wolford Sheppard Beaune Bousquet and Beaune Ferron dite Sancerre/Sanssez Family Albert Beaune, son of Jean Beaune dit Lafranchise and Marie Madeleine Bourgery, was born 16 September 1683 and baptized 19 September 1683 in Lachine [Jetté, p. 70]. His godparents were Albert Boutin and Marie Madeleine Barbary [Lafrance godparents and other witnesses did not sign the registers during this period]. Albert Beaune married Jeanne Bousquet, daughter of Jean Baptiste Bousquet and Catherine Fourier, 24 November 1710 in Montréal [ancestry.com, Drouin Collection, M, Montréal, Basilique Notre-Dame, 1705-1712, Image 282; Jetté, p. 70; PRDH, #10793 Beaune Bousquet Family and Couple Views]. Marriage of Albert Beaune and Jeanne Bousquet Jeanne Bousquet was born on Île-Thérèse and baptized 17 October 1685 in Pointe-aux-Trembles [Jetté, p. 155]. Jeanne Bousquet was buried 19 April 1716 in Montréal [Jetté, p. 70]. Albert Beaune and Jeanne Bousquet s children: 1. Jean Baptiste Beaune was born 6 December 1711. He was baptized 9 December 1711 and buried 18 December 1711 in Lachine [Jetté, p. 70]. 1
2. François René Beaune was born and baptized 3 December 1713 in Montréal. He was buried 13 February 1714 in Montréal [Jetté, 70]. 3. Louise Beaune was born 24 September 1715 and baptized the following day in Montréal [Jetté, p. 70]. Marie Louise Beaune married Antoine Lanthier, widower of Geneviève Prou, 24 November 1738 in Pointe-Claire [ancestry.com, Drouin Collection, P, Pointe-Claire, St-Joachim, 1715-1744, Image 148; Lafrance]. Marriage of Marie Louise Beaune and Antoine Lanthier Albert Beaune married Marie Anne Ferron dite Sancerre/Sanssez, daughter of Jean Ferron and Élisabeth Patenaude, 5 October 1717 in Montréal [Ancestry.com, Drouin Collection, M, Montréal, Basilique Notre-Dame, 1713-1725, Image 157; Jetté, p. 70]. 2
Marriage of Albert Baune and Marie Anne Ferron dite Sancerre Marie Anne Ferron dite Sancerre was born 21 December 1698 and baptized the following day in Montréal [Jetté, p. 417]. Her godparents were Bertrand Arnaud and Marie Anne Legris [Ancestry.com, Drouin Collection, M, Montréal, Basilique Notre-Dame, 1695-1699, Image 180]. Baptism of Marie Anne Ferron dite Sansez Albert Beaune and Marie Anne Ferron s children: 1. Jean Baptiste Albert Beaune was born and baptized 8 July 1718 in Montréal. He was buried 2 June 1724 [Jetté, p. 70]. 2. Joseph Bonne [Beaune] was born and baptized 8 October 1720 in Fort St. Joseph [Jetté, p. 70]. His godparents were Sieur Martin de Montmidy, officer of the troops in the marine detachment and at the present commandant at the post of the said mission, and the godmother Michel [Michelle] LeBer, wife of Sieur Pierre Pepin Laforce. Albert Beaune was identified as a voyageur [ancestry.com, Drouin Collection, S, St-Joseph-de-Michigan, 1720-1773, Image 4]. 3
He died 1723 in Kaskaskia [Jetté, p. 70]. Baptism of Joseph Beaune 3. Marie Josèphe Beaune was born 19 August 1722 and was baptized 30 August 1722 in Fort St. Joseph [Jetté, p. 70]. Her godparents were Sieur Estienne de Villedonné, captain of a company of the marine detachment and at present commandant of the said post, and Marguerite Kouk [Couc], wife of Sieur Michel Mass[e], voyageur [ancestry.com, Drouin Collection, S, St-Joseph-de-Michigan, 1720-1773, Image 5]. 4
Marriage of Marie Josèphe Beaune Albert Beaune was a voyageur between 28 July 1704 and 10 May 1715 [Jetté, p. 70]. Also see Gail Moreau-DesHarnais and Diane Wolford Sheppard, Le Détroit du Lac Érie 1701-1710: (Vol.1) and Suzanne Boivin Sommerville (Vol. 2) (Royal Oak, Michigan: The French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan, 2016). Bénard dit Carignan Pillet 1780s. To be completed Bertrand & Dulignon 1770s - he remarried Félicité Pilet 1796 to be completed Bissonet N/A 1762 Blondeau *Amiot Family Jean Marie Blondeau, son of Maurice Blondeau and Suzanne Charbonnier, was born and baptized 14 September 1717 in Montréal [Jetté, p. 117]. His godparents were Jean Jacques Gatignon, a negoçiant, and Marguerite Soumande, the daughter of Monsieur Soumande, a negoçiant [www.ancestry.com, Drouin Collection, M, Montréal, Basilique Notre-Dame, 1713-1725, Image 156]. 5
Baptism of Jean Marie Blondeau Maurice Blondeau was a voyageur, engageur, and merchant: On 15 October 1684, Henri Tonty hired Jean Baptiste Nolan and Maurice Blondeau to accompany him on a trading voyage to les pays de la Louisiane [PAC1905-1906, p. 69]. On 16 April 1691, prior to departing on a voyage to the 8ta8as (Ottawa Indians), Maurice Blondeau made a donation/gift in the event of his death to various people named in the contract, but not named in the summary [Maugue and Roy, Vol. 9, p. 180]. On 31 August 1693 Maurice Blondeau hired Philippe Leduc for a voyage to the 8ta8ois (Ottawa Indians) [Antoine Adhémar, RAPQ1930, p. 201]. On 19 October 1695, Pierre Robert dit Picard ceded to August Legardeur dit Courtemanche and Maurice Blondeau a sum of money that sieur Laroche, a soldier at Michilimackinac owed to Robert [Chambalon and Roy, Vol. 18, p. 132]. During the fall of 1697, Champigny investigated the merchants and other men who accompanied Alphonse Tonty to Michilimackinac in early September in violation of Louis XIV s orders that no fur trading could take place at Forts Frontenac, Michilimackinac, and St. Joseph. Maurice Blondeau and Jean Blondeau were among the merchants who travelled to Michilimackinac [Edge of Empire, pp. 112-126]. On 15 October 1700, Maurice Blondeau was a shareholder in the Compagnie de la Colonie [PAC1900-1901, p. 101]. From 1718 to 1733, Maurice Blondeau was an engageur [RAPQ1930, passim]. On 21 May 1740, Jean Marie Blondeau hired Jean Baptiste Tabeau to make a voyage to Michilimackinac [RAPQ1930, p. 384]. Jean Marie Blondeau married Anne or Nanette Amiot dite Villeneuve, daughter of Daniel Amiot dit Villeneuve and Domitilde Oukabé, and widow of Antoine Guillory, during the winter of 1745 [Ste Anne, Mackinac CD, Marriages, 1725-1749, Image 5]. Their marriage contract was deposited in the St. Lawrence settlements on 13 June 1745 [PRDH, # 32498 Anne Amiot s Individual Sheet]. Anne or 6
Nanette Amiot dite Villeneuve was buried 8 November 1757 in Michilimackinac [PRDH, # 10471 Amiot Oukabé Family and Group Sheet]. Anne or Nanette Amiot was baptized 8 March 1716 in Michilimackinac [Ste. Anne, Mackinac CD, Baptisms, 1695-1749, Image 5]. The couple did not have any children [PRDH #24512]. Marriage of Jean Marie Blondeau and Anne or Nanette Amiot dite Villeneuve Blondeau Celle dite Duclos and *Unknown Native American Families Thomas Blondeau, son of Jean Baptiste Blondeau and Marie Marguerite Hot, was born in St-Joseph and baptized 5 October 1701 in Charlesbourg [Jetté, p. 117]. The names of his godparents are not known because the parish register page containing his baptism is badly torn [ancestry.com, Drouin Collection, C, Charlesbourg, 1679-1794, Image 150]. Baptism of Thomas Blondeau on the right side of the page, the tear eliminates most of the baptism Thomas Blondeau made his first voyage to Michilimackinac in 1729. From 1737 through 1742, he was an engageur, hiring voyageurs for trips to Michilimackinac [RAPQ1930, passim]. Thomas Blondeau had the following enfants naturel: 1. Marie Anne Blondeau was baptized 16 October 1733 in Michilimackinac. The name of her mother is not known [Ste. Anne, Mackinac CD, Baptisms, 1695-1749, Image 6]. 2. Michel Blondeau was baptized 28 September 1736. The name of his mother is not known [Ste. Anne, Mackinac CD, Baptisms, 1695-1749, Image 6]. 3. Marie Josèphe Blondeau was born circa 1738. Her mother was a Native American. She was baptized 22 June 1743. Her godfather was sieur Jacques Farly, a voyageur [Ste. Anne, Mackinac CD, Baptisms, 1695-1749, Image 11]. 7
Baptism of Marie Josèphe Blondeau Thomas Blondeau married Marie Josèphe Celle dite Duclos, daughter of Gabriel Lambert Celle dit Duclos and Anne Messier, 7 January 1737 in Montréal [PRDH #20155 Blondeau Celle Family and Couple Views]. Marie Josèphe Celle s maternal grandfather, Michel Messier, was a merchant and also travelled to Detroit in 1703 and 1704 [RAPQ1930, pp. 208, 209]. Marie Josèphe Celle s maternal aunt and children also travelled through Detroit when she was en route to join her husband Pierre Charles LeSueur in Louisiane. Unfortunately, he died in Havana, Cuba, prior to her arrival [RAPQ1930, p. 209; DCB: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/le_sueur_pierre_2e.html]. 8
Marriage of Thomas Blondeau and Marie Josèphe Celle dite Duclos Marie Josèphe Celle dite Duclos was born and baptized 3 August 1712 in Varennes [Jetté, p. 213]. Her godparents were Lambert Sel [Celle] and Marie Hébert [ancestry.com, Drouin Collection, V, Varennes, 1693-1730, Image 108]. Baptism of Marie Josèphe Celle Thomas Blondeau and Marie Josèphe Celle dite Duclos Children: 1. Thomas Joseph Blondeau was born 26 October 1737 in Montréal [PRDH # 20155 Blondeau Celle dite Duclos Family and Couple s View]. His godparents were Pierre Joseph Celeron, écuyer 9
sieur de Blainville and Charlotte DeGray [Catherine Charlotte Legouès], wife of Mr. Le Baron de Longueuil [Charles Lemoine, baron de Longueuil] [ancestry.com, Drouin Collection, M. Montréal, Basilique Notre-Dame, 1734-1740, Image 125]. Baptism of Thomas Joseph Blondeau 2. Marie Josèphe Blondeau was born 4 September 1739 in Montréal [PRDH #20155 Blondeau Celle Family and Couple Views]. She was baptized the following day in Montréal. Thomas Blondeau was described as a voyageur at Marie Josèphe s baptism. Her godparents were Nicolas Sarrazin and Marguerite Duclos Deselle [de Celle dite Duclos], wife of [Jean Baptiste] Lebeau [ancestry.com, Drouin Collection, M. Montréal, Basilique Notre-Dame, 1734-1740, Image 186]. Nicolas Sarrazin, the godfather, was the son of Nicolas Sarrazin and Marie Catherine Blondeau. He was a merchant voyageur. He came to Détroit in 1708; he was godfather to Marie Josèphe, an Ottawa, who was baptized 12 June 1708 in Détroit [ancestry.com, Drouin Collection, D, Détroit, Autres Registres, 1704-1744, Image 24]. Baptism of Marie Josèphe Blondeau Marie Josèphe Blondeau died 20 April 1742 in Lachine [PRDH #20155 Blondeau Celle Family and Couple Views]. 3. Joseph Jean Marie Blondeau was born 29 January 1742 in Lachine [PRDH #20155 Blondeau Celle Family and Couple Views]. He was baptized 1 February 1742. Thomas Blondeau was described as a voyageur in Joseph Jean Marie Blondeau s baptism. His godparents were Joseph Lamoureux [dit] St. Germain and Marie Anne Cuillerier, wife of Joseph Blondeau, the baby s aunt [ancestry.com, Drouin Collection, L, Lachine, Ste-Anges-Gardiens, 1676-1756, Image 256]. 10
Baptism of Joseph Jean Marie Blondeau Joseph Jean Marie Blondeau died 30 March 1742 in Lachine [PRDH #20155 Blondeau Celle Family and Couple Views]. 4. Joseph Barthélemi Blondeau was born the evening of 23 August 1743 in Michilimackinac and baptized the following day. His godparents were Mr. Joseph Descary [Descaries], a voyageur, and Marieanne [Marie Françoise] Alavoine, wife of J.B. Chevalier [Ste. Anne, Mackinac, Baptisms, 1695-1749, Image 12]. Baptism of Joseph Barthélemi Blondeau 5. Thomas Blondeau was born 25 April 1745 and baptized 30 April 1745 in Michilimackinac. His godparents were Mr. de Langlade [Charles Michel Mouet de Langlade] and Agathe [Amiot dite] Villeneuve, wife of Sieur [François] Boisguilbert. Thomas Blondeau died 9 July 1745 [Ste. Anne, Mackinac, Baptisms, 1695-1749, Image 14]. 11
Baptism of Thomas Blondeau 6. Josèphe Marguerite Blondeau was born 25 September 1746 and baptized the following day in Michilimackinac. Her godparents were Mr. de Noyel [Charles Joseph Noyelles [de Fleurimont], fils, commandant of this post, and Anne [Amiot dite] Villeneuve, wife of Mr. [Jean Marie] Blondeau dite Nanette [Ste. Anne, Mackinac, Baptisms, 1695-1749, Image 18]. Baptism of Josèphe Marguerite Blondeau Josèphe Marguerite Blondeau married Amable Guion/Guyon at an unknown location. After his death, she married Charles Hébert dit Cadien, son of Louis Hébert and Catherine Cantin, 8 November 1780 in St. Louis, present-day Missouri [St. Louis Genealogical Society, Catholic Marriages St. Louis, Missouri, 1774 1840 (St. Louis: St. Louis Genealogical Society, 1996), p. 18]. 7. Joseph Amable Blondeau was born 31 January 1750 in Montréal [PRDH #20155 Blondeau Celle Family and Couple Views]. His godparents were Joseph Réaume and Françoise Amable Lebeau [ancestry.com, Drouin Collection, M. Montréal, Basilique Notre-Dame, 1740-1751, Image 240]. Baptism of Joseph Amable Blondeau 12
Joseph Amable Blondeau died 9 July 1750 in Pointe-aux-Trembles [PRDH #20155 Blondeau Celle Family and Couple Views]. 13