GENERAL BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT, A PAINTING BY EDWIN WILLARD DEMING

“An important event of the French and Indian War (1754-1763) was commissioned in 1903 by Robert Laird McCormick, president of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Charles Langlade, the Green Bay fur trader is on the left directing the attack with Indians from Wisconsin and Michigan (Ottawa, Chippewa, Menominee, Winnebago, Pottawatomie, and Huron). The commander-in-chief of the British Army in America, General Edward Braddock, is just falling from his horse, and Major George Washington is catching its bridle.” Source: https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM1900

CHARLES DE LANGLADE WAS BORN AT FORT MICHILIMACKINAC (PART OF NEW FRANCE THAT WOULD BECOME MICHIGAN).

MICHILIMACKINAC AND A CAST OF CHARACTERS IN OUR FAMILY…

In 1715 French soldiers constructed Fort Michilimackinac.  This fortified community became the great fur trade center of the Northwest until its relocation to nearby Mackinac Island in 1781.  It was here where fur traders and Indians rendezvoused, French and British officers organized war parties and explorers began their journeys into the vast western unknown.

Source: https://www.mackinacparks.com/more-info/history/individual-site-histories/colonial-michilimackinac-history/

RENE BOURASSA DIT LARONDE 1688–1778 

7th great-uncle

BIRTH 21 DEC 1688 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada

DEATH 7 SEP 1778 • Mackinac Island, Mackinac, Michigan, USA

SEE: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bourassa_rene_4E.html

AND: https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-from-la-prairie-voyageur-canoes_77.html

CHARLOTTE AMBROISINE BOURASSA 1735–1818 

1st cousin 7x removed

BIRTH 14 JUN 1735 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada

DEATH 1818 • Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States

Daughter of Rene Bourassa dit LaRonde

SEE: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mouet_de_langlade_charles_michel_4E.html

AND: https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-from-la-prairie-voyageur-canoes_77.html

CHARLES MICHEL DE LANGLADE 1729–1801 

husband of Charlotte Ambroisine Bourassa 1st cousin 7x removed (son-in-law of Rene Bourassa our 7th great-uncle)

He is known as the father of Wisconsin, SEE: https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS1667

BIRTH 7 MAY 1729 • Mackinac Island, Michigan, United States

DEATH 26 JULY 1801 • Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States

SEE: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mouet_de_langlade_charles_michel_4E.html

AND: https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-from-la-prairie-voyageur-canoes_77.html

DOMITILDE OUKABE NEPVEUOUIKABE LAFOURCHE 1690–1782 

mother of Charles Michel De Langlade and widow of Daniel Joseph Amiot (Amyot) Dit Villeneuve8th great-uncle

BIRTH ABT. 1690 • Near, Michilimackinac, New, France

DEATH 1 JAN 1782 • Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States

SEE: https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-chapter-four-amiot-family.html

AND: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mouet_de_langlade_charles_michel_4E.html

DANIEL JOSEPH AMIOT (AMYOT) DIT VILLENEUVE 1665–1725 

8th great-uncle

BIRTH 4 OCT 1665 • Québec, Quebec, Canada

DEATH 1725 • Michillimackinac, Michigan, United States

SEE: https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/great-uncle-daniel-amiot-canoes-to-gulf_3.html

AND: https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-chapter-four-amiot-family.html

KEWINAQUOT "RETURNING CLOUD" OTTAWA CHIEF 1660–1717

father-in-law of Daniel Joseph Amiot (Amyot) Dit Villeneuve 8th great-uncle and grandfather of Charles Michel De Langlade

BIRTH ABT. 1660 • Penobscot, Maine, United States

DEATH AFT. 1717

SEE: https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-from-la-prairie-voyageur-canoes_77.html

NISSOWAQUET KEWINAQUOT NEVEU LA FOURCHE OTTAWA CHIEF 1715–1797

brother-in-law of Daniel Joseph Amiot (Amyot) Dit Villeneuve 8th great-uncle and uncle of Charles Michel De Langlade

BIRTH ABT. 1715 • Near, Michilimackinac, New, France

DEATH 1797 • Michigan

SEE: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/nissowaquet_4E.html