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| Editor Jerry England at Rendezvous Reenactment in 1987 |
Jerry England’s collection of genealogy and research notes, about his French-Canadian ancestors and relatives who were involved in the fur trade during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Rather than printing his research in a book Jerry decided to published it online to be enjoyed by anyone who shares his ancestry. He considers the work to be a "Genealogy Act of Kindness," which he believes will generate its own rewards.
PRELUDE
Presentation for the French-Canadian Heritage Society of California
October 27, 2019
“La Prairie Voyageurs and the Fur Trade”
Discovering my Voyageur Legacy
Presentation for the FCHSC - Part 1 - INTRODUCTION
Presentation for the FCHSC - Part 2 - LA PRAIRIE DE LA MAGDELEINE
Presentation for the FCHSC - Part 3 - VOYAGEURS OR COUREURS DES BOIS
Presentation for the FCHSC - Part 4 - VOYAGEURS AND THEIR CANOES
Presentation for the FCHSC - Part 5 - LA PRAIRIE VOYAGEUR GRANDFATHERS
Presentation for the FCHSC - Part 6 - A FEW MORE INTERESTING VOYAGEUR RELATIVES
BOOK I
“Ripples from La Prairie Voyageur Canoes”
Introduction, Contents and Chapter One - La Prairie
Chapter Two - Our Earliest Fur Trade Ancestors
http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-from-la-prairie-voyageur-canoes_3.html
Chapter Three - La Prairie's Barrette Family
Chapter Three - La Prairie's Bourassa Family
Chapter Three - La Prairie's Boyer Family
Chapter Three - La Prairie's Deneau Family
Chapter Three - La Prairie's Diel Family
Chapter Three - La Prairie's Dupuis Family
Chapter Three - La Prairie's Duquet Family
Chapter Three - La Prairie's Gagne Family
Chapter Three - La Prairie's Leber Family
Chapter Three - La Prairie's Lemieux Family
Chapter Three - La Prairie's Migner dit Lagacé Family
Chapter Three - La Prairie's Perras Family
Chapter Three - La Prairie's Pinsonneau Family
Chapter Three - La Prairie's Poupart Family
Chapter Three - La Prairie's Vielle Family
Chapter Four, Voyageur Families of Trois-Rivières and Quebec
Chapter Four, Quebec's Amiot Family
Chapter Four, Quebec's Beauchamp Family
Chapter Four, Quebec's Cloutier Family & Jean Mignault dit Chatillon
Chapter Four, Quebec's Cusson Family
Chapter Four, Quebec's Dardenne Family
Chapter Four, Quebec's Desroches Family
Chapter Four, Quebec's Godefroy Family
Chapter Four, Quebec's Godet Family
Chapter Four, Quebec's Miville Family
Chapter Four, Quebec's Moreau Family
Chapter Four, Quebec's Nepveu Family & Denise Sevestre
Chapter Four, Quebec's Picard Family
Chapter Four, Quebec's Rivet Family
Chapter Four, Quebec's Sedilot Family
Chapter Five, Miscellaneous Fur Trade Ancestors
Chapter Six - Ancestors in 1600s Fur Trade Timeline
Chapter Six - Ancestors 1700s Fur Trade Timeline
Chapter Seven, French Canadian Heritage of Lucy Pinsonneau
Appendix One - French Era Fur Trade Forts, Posts and Depots
About the Author
Bibliography
Endnotes (for back cover)
END OF BOOK I -- 240 printable pages
BOOK II
“Voyageur Grandfathers”
Index Voyageur Grandfathers — La Prairie, Trois-Rivières and Quebec
Jean Cusson — Voyageur Grandfather
Antoine Jacques Boyer — Voyageur Grandfather
Charles Boyer — Voyageur Grandfather
François Bourassa — Voyageur Grandfather
Pierre Barette dit Courville — Voyageur Grandfather
Jacques Deneau dit Destaillis — Voyageur Grandfather
Francois Dupuis -- Voyageur Grandfather
Jean Baptiste Desroches — Voyageur Grandfather
Gabriel Lemieux — Voyageur Grandfather
Pierre Poupart — Voyageur Grandfather
Charles Diel dit Le Petit Breton — Voyageur Grandfather
Guillaume Barrette dit Courville -- Voyageur Grandfather
Jacques Hugues Picard dit Lafortune — Voyageur Grandfather
Jean Baptiste Moreau — Voyageur Grandfather
Charles Diel, fils — Voyageur Grandfather
Etienne Duquet dit Desrochers — Voyageur Grandfather
Gabriel Lemieux — Voyageur Grandfather
Francois Moise Dupuis — Voyageur Grandfather
Joseph Poupart — Voyageur Grandfather
Joseph Pinsonneau — Voyageur Grandfather
Jean-Baptiste Meunier dit Lagace (père) — Voyageur Grandfather
Gabriel Pinsonneau — Voyageur Grandfather
Jean-Baptiste Meunier Lagacé — Voyageur Grandfather
Voyageur Clothing and Accoutrements
Creating the Perfect Voyageur Costume
French Canadian Voyageurs — Red Sash
Voyageurs Moccasins — Souliers De Boeuf
French Coureurs des Bois, Voyageurs and Tattooing
Tasse à canot de voyageurs - Voyageurs canoe cup
Not All Tomahawks Were Created Equal
Did French-Canadian Voyageurs Carry Firearms?
Voyageurs, Coureurs des Bois and Their Knives
Miscellaneous ancestors, relatives and more anecdotes
New Found La Prairie Voyageur Ancestors (AFT March 11, 2017)
Homage To My LaPrairie Voyageur Ancestors (includes voygeur contracts)
Still More La Prairie Voyageur Ancestors (AFT March 11, 2017)
Narcisse Roy (1765-1814) Montreal Fur Trade Silversmith
Eastern Woodlands Indian Mocotaugan or Crooked Knife
A Canoe Load of French-Canadian Ancestors
Francois Bourassa's 1686, voyage to Hudson Bay for the Compagnie du Nord
Philippe Foubert voyageur for the Compagnie des Habitants, 1649
More Fascinating Ancestors from the Fur Trade Era of New France
Our La Prairie Voyageurs with Explorer Nicolas Perrot
Jean Baptiste Moreau and the Compagnie de la Colonie du Canada
Paschal Pinsonneau - Fur-trader, and interpreter with the Kickapoo Indian Nation
Pascal Pinsonneau, Canadian Convict Sent to Australia
Hendrick Christiansen, Great-Grandfather of LaPrairie Voyageurs?
Re-examining the History of La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine.
Jacques Deniau dit Destaillis accused of illegally selling brandy to savages
Genealogy Roadtrip to Voyageurs National Park
Genealogy Roadtrip to Voyageurs National Park - Part II
Genealogy Roadtrip to Voyageurs National Park - Part III
Genealogy Roadtrip to Voyageurs National Park - Part IV
Timeline of my French-Canadian Great-Grandfathers in the Fur Trade
ARE WE RELATED TO RENÉ-ROBERT CAVELIER, SIEUR DE LA SALLE
THE LEGAL COMPLAINT OF GABRIEL DE LA FOREST
So you think you have a Voyageur in the family tree, eh?
René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle Sells Property to Le Ber & Le Moyne Trading Post Partners
Voyageurs and Their Canoes
SORTING OUT CHARLES BOYER — VOYAGEUR ANCESTOR
OUR EARLIEST LA PRAIRIE ANCESTORS — LIVED IN AN IROQUOIS LONGHOUSE
Timeline of my French-Canadian Great-Grandfathers in the Fur Trade
Confessions of an Obsessive Compulsive Genealogist
GENERAL BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT, A PAINTING BY EDWIN WILLARD DEMING
Fort Michilimackinac, 18th-century French fort and trading post at the Straits of Mackinac
Uncle Jean Tavernier dit Laforest — Killed in the Battle of Long Sault
King Charles II and the Hudson’s Bay Company
OUR WYNGAERT FAMILY OF DUTCH FUR TRADERS
Antoine Robidoux - Santa Fe based Mountain Man and Fur Trader
Joseph Robidoux and our ever deepening web of fur traders
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE GENEALOGY AND JOSEPH PARSONS FUR TRADER
AN INTERESTING NEW NETHERLAND LAND PURCHASE BY JAN FRANSSE VAN HOESEN (1608–1665) OUR 9TH GREAT-GRANDFATHER
Eyewitness to the Death of Crazy Horse — Charles Roubideaux
For Mary, Many Days WHITE CLOUD — All Roads Lead Back to La Prairie
André Robidou dit L’Espagnol — Voyageur from Spain
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANCESTOR AND RELATIVE
UNDERSTANDING FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS IN THE FUR TRADE
My Pioneer Ancestors of Quebec — They Arrived Before 1637
UNDERSTANDING FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS IN THE FUR TRADE
Aunt Francoise Duquet married well, and her brothers benefited
Forerunners of the Coureur Des Bois — Indian Interpreters in New France and Beyond
Robidoux Family - Beaver Pelts to Buffalo Robes and Beyond
My Newly Acquired Short Northwest Trade Gun (Canoe Gun)
https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/07/i-just-acquired-interesting-canoe-gun.html
https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/07/i-just-acquired-interesting-canoe-gun.html
NEWEST POSTS...
ADVENTURERS IN THE NEW WORLD: THE SAGA OF THE COUREURS DES BOIS - REVIEW
Index of Fur Trade Related Tales from ‘A Drifting Cowboy Blog’
https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/08/index-of-fur-trade-related-tales-from.html
Peter Pond, Connecticut Yankee, Nor”Wester Founder, and Cartographer
Missouri means “canoe,” so named for the Indians who are called the “peoples of the canoes.”
https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/09/missouri-means-canoe-so-named-for.html
Living with a 'Fur Trade' Collection -- my artistic and emotional connection
https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/10/living-with-fur-trade-collection-my.html
A Glimpse in Time - Fort Frontenac, 7 September 1677
https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/10/aglimpse-in-time-fort-frontenac-7.html
Uncle Antoine voyageur for René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur De La Salle
https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/11/uncle-antoine-voyageur-for-rene-robert.html
The Lament of Jean Cadieux
https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-lament-of-jean-cadieux.html
Holy Cow — Maybe Our Voyageur Ancestors Were Actually Vikings
https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2021/03/holy-cow-maybe-our-voyageur-ancestors.html
Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish fur trader and explorer, was my 7th cousin
https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2021/03/sir-alexander-mackenzie-scottish-fur.html
AU REVOIR FOR NOW AND HAPPY PADDLING
If you found some ancestors please let me know on La Prairie Voyageurs Facebook
Hi Jerry,
ReplyDeleteI'm planning a trip through Quebec in July for both a summer vacation and to conduct in person genealogy. I've learned that my 4th - 6th grandparents lived in La Prairie, Canada from the early 1700's to the mid-1800's. I'm wondering if I do go, where I would go to see if I can find birth and death records - and any other information (old local newspapers on microfiche, for example). I know this is a tall order but I learned that no everything is digitized and some information has to be found in person. Do you have any advice? I'm also open to paying for genealogy assistance while I'm there.
Absolutely no worries if you do not but I thought I would reach out to ask.
If you're curious, the surnames of my great grandparents who lived there are the following: Boisdore, Gagne, Barbeau, Bulteau, Muir, Bertrand and Gauthier
Thanks so much!
Bob Brier
I forgot to give you my email address - which is brier.bob@gmail.com - if you prefer to contact me there.
DeleteThanks!
Bob
Hi Bob,
ReplyDeleteMost of my research came from reading and online records. Ancestry and Quebec archives have a lot to offer. If I was going to make that trip I'd try to locate a Montreal area genealogist who could do some of the early research first. Good luck.
Regards,
Jerry
Great research indeed Jerry!
ReplyDeleteKudos to the great blog!
I’m a newcomer in the field of genealogy ... but a fan of French Canadian History (being myself French Canadian), married to a Rousseau (F) - Perras (M) ! I’ve also decided to leave this great “gift” to our kids, which I’m convinced, one day, they will appreciate (-;
Best regards,
Francois
Thanks for your comments Francois. I wish you every success in your new journey.
ReplyDeleteWarmest regards,
Jerry
Thanks cousin for posting these stories. i know it was alot of work to get all this information and post it. It could only be a labor of love. I see alot of my ancestors in these stories.
ReplyDeleterod Gebo/Gibeau
You're welcome cousin. Glad you found something useful.
DeleteHI Jerry thank you for this great blog. Lucy Passino is my 4th cousin 4 times removed.I guess that would make us distant cousins? I am also interested in the old west and was a paratrooper in the Canadian army. Hope to meet up one day. all the best. Brian
ReplyDeleteWow! We do have a lot in common. Thanks for your kind words.
ReplyDeleteStay strong and safe. Jerry