Guillaume Barrette dit Courville -- Voyageur Grandfather

Guillaume Barrette dit Courville (1678–1745) 7th great-grandfather

BIRTH 27 MAY 1678 • Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

DEATH 07 JAN 1745 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada

Son of Guillaume Barette (1633–1717) and Louise Charrier (1643–1706)

Marriage 20 Juin 1706 • La Prairie, to Jeanne Gagné (1683–1719)

• 1698, Jan 12, Engagement of Guillaume Barette, son, by Anthoine Adhémar, notary at Ville-Marie, to serve him for 2 years. Contract canceled on 2 July 1699. 

• Engagement de Guillaume Barette, fils, par Anthoine Adhémar, notaire à Ville-Marie, pour lui rendre service pendant 2 ans. Contrat annulé le 2 juillet 1699 (12 février 1698).

Record Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada. Notary: Jean Cusson.

Was he actually engaged as a voyageur or something else? Perhaps he was simply a scribe for Anthoine Adhémar. Maybe even an extension of Adhémar’s notary service at some distant outpost such as Michillimakinac?

• 1708, appointed the first Notary Royal de la Seignerie de La Prairie.

We know that two of Guillaume’s brothers and two of his sons were voyageurs. SEE: (http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-from-la-prairie-voyageur-canoes_33.html)

LINEAGE:

Guillaume Barrette (1678 - 1745) -- 7th great-grandfather

Louis Courville Barrette (1717 - 1753) -- Son of Guillaume Barrette

Pierre Barette dit Courville (1748 - 1794) -- Son of Louis Courville Barrette

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

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

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