Pierre Barette dit Courville — Voyageur Grandfather

1794, River view of Detroit

Pierre Barette dit Courville (1748-1794) (5th great-grandfather)

son of Louis Courville Barrette (Baret) (1717-1753) and Marie Josephe Poupart (1725-1799)

Born 2 FEB 1748 at La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada

Died 31 JAN 1794 at La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada

Marriage in 1772 to Marie Anne Dupuis (Dupuy) (1753-1807)

1768, 16 août —Engagement de Pierre Baret au Sr. Medard Gamelin pour aller à poste du Detroit pour 300 Shillings.

1778, 18 mai—Engagement de Pierre Barette au Srs. William & Jean Kay pour aller à Michilimakinac.-Étude P. Lalanne, fils.

Lineage

Pierre Barette (Baret) dit Courville (1748 - 1794) -- 5th great-grandfather

Marie Angelique Baret dit Courville (1779 - 1815) -- Daughter of Pierre Barette dit Courville

Marie Emélie Meunier Lagacé (1808 - 1883) -- Daughter of Marie Angelique Baret dit Courville, emigrant to USA

Lucy Pinsonneau (1836 - 1917) -- Daughter of Marie Emélie Meunier Lagassé Lagacé -- 2nd great-grandmother

I have been collecting documents and/or archive notes for my voyageur grandfathers, and will be posting new pages for each of them -- one grandfather at a time.  SEE: https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2019/01/timeline-of-my-french-canadian-great.html for my list of voyageur grandfathers.