Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Francois Moise Dupuis — Voyageur Grandfather



Francois Moise Dupuis (1709-1764) 6th great-grandfather
son of Moise Dupuis (Depuis) (1673-1750) and Marie Anne Christiansen (1676-1750)
Birth 14 FEB 1709 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada
Death 19 SEP 1764 • St-Philippe, La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada
Marriage 1733 to Marie Anne Roy (1712-1750)

Given the time, place and opportunity, Moise surely must have made many trips on his own as a Coureur des Bois.





• 1752, Jun 2, Nicolas Volant hired Francois Dupuis voyageur de La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine to go to Michilimackinac. Notary Adhemar.
Destination: Michilimackinac
Occupation: Voyageur
Wages: 125 LIVRES
Contract Notes: et d’aider en montant et amener les canots marchandises et pelteries du dit Sieurs - En avoir soin pendant le dit voyage et étant au dit poste comme aussi des vivres et ustancilles de voyage, luy obéir aux ceux qui auront la conduite des canots le servir fidellement faire son proffit eviter les dommage en avertir s’il vient a sa connaissance et generallement faire tout ce qui lui sera commandé - servir sans faire aucune traitte en son particulier sans son consentement - aura la moiité de la chasse qu’il descendra dans le canot du dit sieurs
[English]: and to help in raising and to bring the canoes goods and pelteries of the said Sieurs - to take care of it during the said trip and being to the said post like also provisions and ustancilles of trip, to obey to him to those who will have the canoes driving to serve faithfully to do his proffit to avoid the damage to warn if he comes to his knowledge and generally to do all that will be ordered to him - to serve without doing anything in his particular without his consent - will have the love of the hunt that he will descend in the canoe of the said sieurs
Archive Source: BANQ, Greffes de notaires, Microfilm Number M620/1268

LINEAGE:

Francois Moise Dupuis (1709 - 1764) -- 6th great-grandfather

Marie Anne Dupuis (1753 - 1807) -- Daughter of Francois Moise Dupuis

Marie Angelique Barette dit Courville (1779 - 1815) -- Daughter of Marie Anne Dupuis

Marie Emélie Meunier Lagacé  (1808 - 1883) -- aughter of Marie Angelique Barette dit Courville

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



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