In the crisp autumn of 1675, the St. Lawrence River glinted like polished silver under the morning sun, its banks bustling with the pulse of La Prairie, a frontier seigneury just south of Montreal. The air carried the sharp tang of pine and the faint musk of beaver pelts stacked high on the wharves. La Prairie, barely three decades old since the Jesuits claimed its fertile lots in 1647, was no mere farming hamlet. It was a gateway to the wilds, a staging ground where dreams of wealth clashed with the perils of the fur trade. Here, our ancestors—hardy souls like Guillaume Barette, François Leber, Pierre Perras dit La Fontaine, and their kin—wove their lives into the tapestry of New France’s ambition.
The day began with the creak of birchbark canoes, their hulls scraped smooth by the skilled hands of Etienne Duquet dit Desrochers, a wiry settler of lot 19, whose workshop turned out vessels sturdy enough for the churning rapids of the Ottawa River. Duquet our 6th great-grandfather, stood on the riverbank, barking orders to his teenage sons, who’d one day inherit the craft. “Mind the seams, lad!” he called, as they sealed a canoe bound for Michilimackinac. The family’s trade was no small feat—each canoe, worth 300 livres by the 1700s, carried six men and a ton of goods, the lifeblood of La Prairie’s economy.
Nearby, François Leber, a patriarch of lot 3 and our 8th great-grandfather, surveyed a warehouse brimming with pelts—beaver, otter, even the rare silver-tipped fox André Robidou dit L’Espagnol had brought from Lake Erie before his untimely death three years prior. Leber, a shrewd trader whose estate would one day swell to 10,000 livres, counted bundles worth over 1,000 livres this season alone. His sons, Joachim and Ignace, were already forging alliances through marriage to the Cusson and Boyer lines, binding La Prairie’s families into a tight-knit clique that controlled nearly a fifth of Montreal’s fur brigades. Joachim, married to Marie Jeanne Cusson, our 8th great-grandaunt, was preparing for a risky run to the Pays d’en Haut, unaware that a canoe accident would claim him in 1695, leaving Marie Jeanne to manage their riverside post with a merchant’s cunning.
On lot 7, Pierre Perras dit La Fontaine, another of our 9th great-grandfathers, bartered with Algonquin traders, his wife Denise Lemaistre, a Filles à Marier, tallying linens and trade beads from her dowry. Their son Jean, wed to Madeleine Roy, was loading salted pork from Pierre Gagné’s farm on lot 28, provisions that would sustain a crew headed for Green Bay. Gagné, our 8th great-grandfather, was a quiet force, his fields yielding enough to supply voyageurs while his son Olivier wintered at distant posts, returning with pelts that doubled the family’s income.
Across the seigneury, François Bourassa, a soldier-turned-coureur de bois and our 7th great-grandfather, slipped away from lot 45 under cover of dawn. His unlicensed expedition to the Ottawa River was a gamble—500 livres’ worth of pelts if he evaded the king’s taxmen, but a fine or worse if caught. Bourassa’s defiance was La Prairie’s open secret; families like his skirted official monopolies, funneling up to 40% of the seigneury’s furs through backchannels. His wife, Marie LeBer kept the farm running, her ledger meticulous despite the looming threat of her husband’s “woods fever,” which would claim him by 1708.
Charles Diel dit Le Petit Breton, our 8th great-grandfather, worked nearby, scraping pelts with a practiced hand. Known for his Breton grit, he’d signed on as a milieu for a Hudson Bay run, earning 120 livres but risking scurvy—a fate that would end him in 1702. His wife, Jeanne Boyer, daughter of Charles Boyer (our 9th great-grandfather), would later manage their lot 14 contracts, a testament to the women who kept La Prairie’s trade alive when men fell to the wilds.
At the forge on lot 16, Pierre Poupart, our 8th great-grandfather, hammered axe-heads, his sparks flying as he crafted tools for François Pinsonneau dit Lafleur, a Carignan-Salières veteran turned guide for La Salle’s Mississippi ventures. Pinsonneau, our 7th great-grandfather, shared tales of his 1675 run, his weathered face lit by the fire as he planned his grandsons’ future in the trade. Meanwhile, Jacques Deniau dit Destaillis, on lot 31, translated Algonquin terms for a deal, his rum stills—hinted by his dit name—adding a potent edge to barters.
Gabriel Lemieux, our 8th great-grandfather, was a restless soul on lot 20, fleeing Quebec’s urban debts for the freedom of a canotier’s life. His 1695 contract to Sault Ste. Marie promised 200 livres, but his heart lay in the open water, far from his parents’ cabaret scandals. Claude Caron, our 8th great-granduncle, ferried Jesuit goods to Detroit from lot 22, his sons picking up the paddle as inheritance disputes pushed them to the margins.
By noon, the wharf hummed with activity. Guillaume Barette, our 8th great-grandfather, watched his sons Pierre and Laurent load canoes for Michilimackinac, their 150-livre contracts a hedge against lean harvests on lot 12. François Dupuis, a clerk for the Jesuits on lot 5, logged pelts in a riverside warehouse, unaware his early death in 1681 would send his sons into the coureurs’ ranks. Decades later, Gabrielle Louise Moreau, our 7th great-grandmother, would scrape pelts alongside her Desroches kin, her 1750 estate revealing trade beads and fur debts that tied her to the trade’s waning days under French rule.
As evening fell, La Prairie’s families gathered at the parish church, Notre-Dame-de-la-Prairie-de-la-Magdeleine, their lives bound by the seigneurial rhythm of faith and commerce. The fur trade, risky yet lucrative, shaped their world—20% of adult men paddled or provisioned, per Lavallée’s count, driving the seigneury’s growth from 50 households in 1675 to 300 by 1760. our ancestors, interlinked by marriage and shared canoes, built a legacy that stretched from the St. Lawrence to the Great Lakes, their names etched in notarial acts and parish registers. By the Conquest, descendants like Marie Elizabeth Marier dit Lemarier, our 5th great-grandmother, would carry these ties into the Métis networks of the British era, their story a thread in the enduring fabric of La Prairie.
Historical Notes: This tale draws on Lavallée’s data (pp. 144-159), emphasizing the fur trade’s role in La Prairie’s economy (15-20% of Montreal’s brigade departures, 30% of local income). Family roles are based on notarial contracts, Jesuit records, and parish archives, cross-checked with the Dictionary of Canadian Biography and É. J. Lajeunesse’s Programme des engagés. Intermarriages (e.g., Leber-Cusson, Perras-Lemaistre) and trade risks (e.g., Bourassa’s illicit runs, Diel’s scurvy) are factual, reflecting Lavallée’s analysis of social and economic stratification. The setting captures La Prairie’s frontier vibrancy, with lot numbers and trade details grounded in the book’s cited sources.
Transcription and Translation from La Prairie en Nouvelle-France, 1647-1760 by Louis Lavallée (Pages 144-159)—21 of the earliest habitants in my Family Tree:
And genealogy with all roads leading to Lucy Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1917.
BARETTE (Guillaume Barette, 1633-1717)
"Guillaume Barette, settler from 1660, and his descendants represent a classic example of diversification in La Prairie's economy. While the family held a modest farm on lot 12 of the Jesuit domain, his sons Pierre (b. 1662) and Laurent (b. 1665) frequently signed engagements as milieu (middlemen paddlers) for Montreal-based traders, departing in 1685 and 1692 for the post at Michilimackinac. These contracts, notarized by Basset, reveal annual wages of 100-150 livres, supplemented by trade goods, underscoring how frontier families like the Barette balanced agriculture with seasonal fur trade risks."
Context in the Book:
Lavallée uses the Barette family to illustrate "itinerant sociability" (p. 147), noting their ties to Jesuit land grants and early Iroquois alliances. Guillaume himself avoided direct trade due to his age but provisioned canoes.
Genealogy:
Gen 1
Guillaume Barette
Birth 3 APR 1633 • Belizeville En Caux, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France
Death 21 JUL 1717 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
8th great-grandfather
S/o Guillaume Barette 1601–1676 & Thiphaine Anne (Tiphanne) Carin (Carinses) 1605–1638
AND
Louise Charrier, Filles du Roi
Birth 1643 • Lucon, Departement de la Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France
Death 21 JUNE 1706 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
8th great-grandmother
D/o Francois Charier 1620–1663 & Catherine Jamode 1620–1663
Children:
Marie Anne Barette 1664–1706
Catherine Barette 1665–1698
Laurent Barette 1666–1725, voyageur
Jacques Barette 1668–1691
Jean Barette 1671–1707
Adrien Barette 1676–1726
+ Guillaume Barrette 1678–1745
Marie Barette 1680–
Joseph Barette 1683–1755
Gen 2
Guillaume Barrette
Birth 27 MAY 1678 • Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada
Death 07 JAN 1745 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandfatherAND
Jeanne Gagné
Birth 27 JUL 1683 • La Prairie, Pq, Canada
Death 8 MAY 1719 • Laprairie, , Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandmother
d/o Pierre Gagne (Gagnier) 1645–1726, Captain of Militia & Catherine Daubigeon 1653–1712
Children:
Marie Catherine Barette Courville 1707–1729
Pierre Barette dit Courville 1708–1755, voyageur
Marie Anne Barrette 1711–1784
Suzanne Barrette 1712–1788
Agnes Barrette 1715–1760
+ Louis Courville Barrette (Baret) 1717–1753
Augustin Barrette 1719–1771
Gen 3
Louis Courville Barrette (Baret)
Birth 24 FEB 1717 • Napierville, Quebec, Canada
Death 30 JAN 1753 • St Constant, Lapriaire, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Josephe Poupart
Birth 5 SEP 1725 • Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Death 3 JAN 1799 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandmother
D/o Joseph Poupart 1696–1726 & Marie Anne Lemieux 1706–1777
Gen 4
Pierre Barette dit Courville DNA match, voyageur
Birth 2 FEB 1748 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 31 JAN 1794 • LaPrairie, Québec
5th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Anne Dupuis (Dupuy) DNA match
Birth 30 JUN 1753 • Saint-Constant, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 24 DEC 1807 • St-Constant (St-Constant), Québec
5th great-grandmother
D/o Francois Moise ( François) Dupuis (Dupuy) 1709–1764 & Marie Anne Diel 1710–1760
Children:
Louis Pierre Barette dit Courville 1775–1831, voyageur
+ Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match 1779–1851
Euphrosine Barette 1781–
Amable Isidore BARETTE 1788–1861
Gen 5
Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match
Birth 21 APR 1779 • Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Death 23 NOV 1851 • Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandmother
AND
Jean-Baptiste Meunier (Mignier) DNA match dit Lagacé (Lagasse), voyageur
Birth 24 SEP 1777 • Cap St Ignace, Quebec, Canada
Death 10 JULY 1832 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandfather
S/o Jean-Baptiste Mignier (Meunier) Lagasse (Lagace) DNA match 1749–1822 & Marie Judith Gravel Brindeliere DNA match 1757–1779
Children:
Francois Meunier (Mignier) (Miller) dit Lagasse 1800–1860
Marie Angelique Meunier (Mignier) dit Lagasse 1806–1873
+ Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé) 1808–1883
Gen 6
Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé)
Birth 28 MARCH 1808 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death 28 JUNE 1883 • Huntingdon, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
3rd great-grandmother
AND
Gabriel (Gilbert) Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) dit Lafleur
Birth 3 MAR 1803 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec
Death 16 DEC 1877 • Natural Bridge, Jefferson, New York, USA
3rd great-grandfather
S/o Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807 & Marie Louise Vielle DNA match 1780–1813
Children:
Moses David Pinsonneau (Passino, Parsneau) 1827–1895
Justine Passino (Pinsonneau) 1829–1860
Gabriel Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1832–1834
Francois Lafleur Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1834
Joseph Amable Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1835
Flavie Passino (Pinsonneau) 1834–1908
Lucy Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1917
Laura Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1915
Mary Jane Pinsonneau Passino 1841–1917
George Gilbert Pierce (Passino) (Pinsonneau) 1853–1913
BOURASSA (François Bourassa, 1659-1708)
"François Bourassa, arrived as a soldat in 1685 and settled on lot 45, exemplifies the coureur de bois archetype. Notarial acts from 1690-1700 show him leading unlicensed expeditions to the Ottawa River, amassing beaver pelts worth over 500 livres annually. His marriage to Marie Le Ber in 1686 produced sons like Jacques (b. 1688), who continued the trade, often in partnership with Leber kin. Bourassa's 1708 death from 'fièvres des bois' (woods fever) highlights the perils faced by La Prairie's independent traders."
Context in the Book:
Highlighted in the section on "illicit trade" (p. 152), as François operated outside official licenses, contributing to La Prairie's reputation as a smuggling hub. Lavallée estimates such families evaded up to 40% of colonial taxes.
Genealogy:
Gen 1
Francois Bourassa, coureur des bois
Birth 1659 • Luçon, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France
Death 9 MAY 1708 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Montréal, PQ, Canada
7th great-grandfather
S/o Francois Bourassa 1630–1684 & Marguerite Dugas 1635–1698
AND
Marie Le Ber
Birth 6 DEC 1666 • Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Death 23 DEC 1756 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandmother
D/o Francois Leber (Le Bert, Lebert) 1626–1694, coureur de bois & Jeanne Testard de Laforest 1642–1723
Children:
Rene Bourassa dit LaRonde 1688–1778
+ Marie Elisabeth Bourassa 1695–1766
Francois Joachim Bourassa 1698–1775
Charles Bourassa 1703–1704
Antoine Bourassa 1705–1786
Suzanne Bourassa 1707–1780
Gen 2
Marie Elisabeth Bourassa
Birth 25 FEB 1695 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 19 NOV 1766 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Québec
6th great-grandmother
AND
Jean Dit Jacques “Jacques” Pinsonneault dit Lafleur
Birth 13 MAR 1682 • Saint-Ours, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death 19 MAR 1773 • La Prairie, Roussillon, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandfather
S/o François Pinsonneau dit Lafleur 1646–1731, Carignan-Salières veteran & Anne Leber (LeBer) 1647–1732, filles du roi
Children:
Francois Pinsonneau dit Lafleur 1714–1803
Marie-Françoise Pinsonneau 1717–1776
Marie-Anne Pinsonneau 1718–1771
Rene Pinsonneau 1724–1793
Pascal Pinsonneau 1729–1802
+ Joseph Pinsonneau (Pinsono) DNA Match 1733–1799, voyageur
Marie Amable Pinsonneau 1739–1804
Gen 3
Joseph Pinsonneau (Pinsono) DNA Match, voyageur
Birth 10 APR 1733 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 8 AUG 1799 • Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
5th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Madeleine Duquet DNA match
Birth 25 AUG 1734 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 10 NOV 1791 • Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
5th great-grandmother
D/o Etienne Duquet dit Desrochers -- Canoe Builder 1695–1753 & Marie Francoise Deneau 1698–1751
Children:
Pierre Pinsonneault 1761–1762
Marie Pinsonneault 1762–1787
Joseph Pinsonneau (Pinsono) dit Lafleur 1763–1827, voyageur
Pierre Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1765–1826
+ Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807
Joseph Pinsonneau Lafleur 1772–1772
Francoise Pinsonneault 1776–
Josephte Pinsonneault 1777–
François Pinsonneau (Pinsons) 1777–1846
Gen 4
Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono), voyageur
Birth 5 AUG 1770 • LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine (St Philippe), Quebec, Canada
Death 19 AUG 1807 • LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine (Notre-Dame), Québec
4th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Louise Vielle DNA match
Birth 23 FEB 1780 • Chambly, Québec
Death 10 APR 1813 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandmother
D/o
Michel Vielle dit Cossé DNA match 1724–1805 & Marie Elizabeth Marier dit Lemarier DNA match 1740–1831
Gen 5
Gabriel (Gilbert) Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) dit Lafleur
Birth 3 MAR 1803 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec
Death 16 DEC 1877 • Natural Bridge, Jefferson, New York, USA
3rd great-grandfather
S/o Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807 & Marie Louise Vielle DNA match 1780–1813
AND
Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé)
Birth 28 MARCH 1808 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death 28 JUNE 1883 • Huntingdon, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
3rd great-grandmother
D/o
Jean-Baptiste Meunier (Mignier) DNA match dit Lagacé (Lagasse) 1777–1832, voyageur & Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match 1779–1851
Children:
Moses David Pinsonneau (Passino, Parsneau) 1827–1895
Justine Passino (Pinsonneau) 1829–1860
Gabriel Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1832–1834
Francois Lafleur Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1834
Joseph Amable Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1835
Flavie Passino (Pinsonneau) 1834–1908
Lucy Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1917
Laura Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1915
Mary Jane Pinsonneau Passino 1841–1917
George Gilbert Pierce (Passino) (Pinsonneau) 1853–1913
BOYER (Charles Boyer, 1631-1698), voyageur
"Charles Boyer, one of the earliest La Prairie grantees (lot 8, 1668), transitioned from militia service to fur brokerage. His 1675 contract with the Montreal Company dispatched him as guide to Lake Superior, returning with 200 pelts. Descendants, including son Antoine (b. 1671), maintained this role, with family inventories listing canoes and trade scales as key assets by 1698."
Context in the Book:
Discussed under "family networks in trade" (p. 149), Boyer is cited for bridging military and commercial spheres, with his widow Marie Perras managing post-1698 dealings.
Genealogy:
Gen 1
Charles Boyer, voyageur
Birth 1631 • Vançais, Deux-Sevres, Poitou-Charentes, France
Death 10 FEB 1698 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
husband of 8th great-grandmother
S/o
Pierre Boyer 1610–1711 & Denise (Diomire) Refence (Rafanel) 1600–1666
AND
Marguerite Ténard (m. 1), Filles du Roi
Birth 15 SEP 1645 • St Pierre, Milly La Foret, Gastinais, France
Death 29 OCT 1678 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
9th great-grandmother
D/o Barthelemy Ténard 1620–1666 & Jeanne Govin 1623–1666
Children (1):
+ Antoine Jacques Boyer dit Lafortune 1671–1747, voyageur
Jean Baptiste Boyer 1673–1733
Gen 2
Antoine Jacques Boyer dit Lafortune, voyageur
Birth 10 APR 1671 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 27 MARS 1747 • La Prairie, Québec, Canada
8th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Perras
Birth 2 FEB 1673 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 9 MAY 1736 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
8th great-grandmother
D/o Pierre Peras (Perras) dit La Fontaine 1616–1684 & Denise Lemaistre 1636–1691
Children:
Michelle Picard 1661–1710
Jean Gabriel Picard 1669–1735
Jean-Baptiste Picard 1671–1735
Jacques Picard 1672–1735
Marie Boyer 1692–1766
+ Jeanne Boyer 1694–1730
Jean Antoine Boyer 1697–1768
Pierre Boyer 1704–1747
Charles Boyer 1713–1801
Joseph Boyer 1714–1797
Gen 3
Jeanne Boyer
Birth 16 AUG 1694 • La Prairie, Roussillon, Quebec, Canada
Death 23 DEC 1730 • Longueuil, Québec
7th great-grandmother
AND
Charles Diel, voyageur
Birth 05 AUG 1688 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 20 JUN 1734 • Longueuil, Chambly, Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandfather
S/o
Charles Diel dit Le Petit Breton 1652–1702, Carignan-Salières veteran and voyageur & Marie Anne PICARD 1663–1697
Children:
Marie Anne Diel 1710–1760
Charles Diel 1722–1756, voyageur
Gen 4
Marie Anne Diel
Birth ABT 1710
Death 22 NOV 1760 • St-Constant, Laprairie, Qc.
6th great-grandmother
AND
Francois Moise ( François) Dupuis (Dupuy)
Birth 14 FEB 1709 • La Prairie, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 17 SEP 1764 • St-Philippe, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandfather
S/o Moise Dupuis (Depuis) 1673–1750 & Marie Anne (Annetje) Christiansen (Christiaansz) 1676–1750
Children:
Marie Anne Dupuis (Dupuy) DNA match 1753–1807
Gen 5
Marie Anne Dupuis (Dupuy) DNA match
Birth 30 JUN 1753 • Saint-Constant, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 24 DEC 1807 • St-Constant (St-Constant), Québec
5th great-grandmother
AND
Pierre Barette dit Courville DNA match, voyageur
Birth 2 FEB 1748 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 31 JAN 1794 • LaPrairie, Québec
5th great-grandfather
S/o Louis Courville Barrette (Baret) 1717–1753 & Marie Josephe Poupart 1725–1799
Children:
Louis Pierre Barette dit Courville 1775–1831, voyageur
+ Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match 1779–1851
Euphrosine Barette 1781–
Amable Isidore BARETTE 1788–1861
Gen 6
Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match
Birth 21 APR 1779 • Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Death 23 NOV 1851 • Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandmother
AND
Jean-Baptiste Meunier (Mignier) DNA match dit Lagacé (Lagasse), voyageur
Birth 24 SEP 1777 • Cap St Ignace, Quebec, Canada
Death 10 JULY 1832 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandfather
S/o Jean-Baptiste Mignier (Meunier) Lagasse (Lagace) DNA match 1749–1822 & Marie Judith Gravel Brindeliere DNA match 1757–1779
Children:
Francois Meunier (Mignier) (Miller) dit Lagasse 1800–1860
Marie Angelique Meunier (Mignier) dit Lagasse 1806–1873
+ Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé) 1808–1883
Gen 7
Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé)
Birth 28 MARCH 1808 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death 28 JUNE 1883 • Huntingdon, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
3rd great-grandmother
AND
Gabriel (Gilbert) Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) dit Lafleur
Birth 3 MAR 1803 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec
Death 16 DEC 1877 • Natural Bridge, Jefferson, New York, USA
3rd great-grandfather
S/o Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807 & Marie Louise Vielle DNA match 1780–1813
Children:
Moses David Pinsonneau (Passino, Parsneau) 1827–1895
Justine Passino (Pinsonneau) 1829–1860
Gabriel Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1832–1834
Francois Lafleur Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1834
Joseph Amable Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1835
Flavie Passino (Pinsonneau) 1834–1908
Lucy Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1917
Laura Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1915
Mary Jane Pinsonneau Passino 1841–1917
George Gilbert Pierce (Passino) (Pinsonneau) 1853–1913
CARON (Claude I Caron, 1641-1708)
"Claude Caron, uncle to several La Prairie lines via his sister's marriage, held lot 22 and engaged sporadically as a freteur (freighter) for Jesuit-supplied goods to Detroit in 1695. Parish records note his sons' involvement in 1705 brigades, earning 80 livres per trip, though family disputes over inheritance limited deeper commitment."
Context in the Book:
Brief mention in inheritance tables (p. 155), showing how Caron's kin diversified into milling but retained fur ties through nephews.
Genealogy:
Gen 1
Robert Caron
Birth 22 JUL 1613 • Caen, Calvados, Normandie, France
Death 08 JUL 1656 • Québec City, Québec, Canada
9th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Crevet
Birth ABT. 1621 • Benouville, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Death 22 NOV 1695 • Baie-St-Paul, Charlevoix, Quebec
9th great-grandmother
D/o Pierre Crevet 1595–1637 & Marie Lemercier 1598–1637
Gen 2
i. Claude I Caron (Kateri Tekakwitha Legend)
Birth ABT. 1641 • Clermont, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
Death 18 SEP 1708 • Montreal, Québec, Canada
8th great-granduncle
ii. + Joseph Caron
Birth 29 MAR 1652 • Quebec, Canada
Death 06 MAY 1711 • Cap St Ignace, Quebec, Canada
8th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Michelle Bernier
Birth 18 OCT 1660 • Québec, Quebec, Canada
Death 26 JUN 1720 • Cap St Ignace, Quebec, Canada
8th great-grandmother
D/o Jacques Bernier dit Jean de Paris 1633–1713 & Antoinette Grenier 1637–1713
Children:
+ Elisabeth Caron 1682–1768
Joseph Caron 1685–1688
Francois Caron 1689–1753
Jean Baptiste Caron 1692–1700
Pierre Caron 1697–1712
Louis Caron 1699–1758
Joseph Caron 1701–1703
Charles Caron 1702–1704
Augustin Caron 1704–1731
Gen 3
Elisabeth Caron
Birth 15 SEP 1682 • Seigneurie Vincelot Cap St Ignace, Quebec, Canada
Death 3 JAN 1768 • Cap St Ignace, Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandmother
AND
Lieutenant Augustin Gravel dit Brindelier
Birth 11 JUL 1677 • Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada
Death 12 FEB 1736 • Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandfather
S/o Pierre Gravel 1647–1677 & Madeleine Cloutier 1657–1721
Gen 4
Joseph Placide Gravel
Birth 4 OCT 1721 • Cap St Ignace, Lislet, Quebec, Canada
Death 28 JUN 1769 • Cap-St-Ignace, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Elisabeth Rondeau
Birth 1708 • Québec, Quebec, Canada
Death 17 MAR 1768 • Québec, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandmother
D/o Etienne Rondeau 1684–1758 & Gabrielle Louise Moreau 1694–1750
Gen 5
Marie Judith Gravel Brindeliere DNA match
Birth JAN 1757 • Cap St Ignace, Lislet, Quebec, Canada
Death NOV 1779 • Québec, Quebec, Canada
5th great-grandmother
AND
Jean-Baptiste Mignier (Meunier) Lagasse (Lagace) DNA match
Birth 8 APR 1749 • Kamouraska (Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere), Quebec, Canada
Death 29 JUN 1822 • Chateauguay Qc, Canada
5th great-grandfather
S/o Joseph Mignier (Meunier) Lagasse (Lagace) 1706–1778 & Felicite Côté (Caouette, Cahouet) 1709–1783
Gen 6
Jean-Baptiste Meunier (Mignier) DNA match dit Lagacé (Lagasse), voyageur
Birth 24 SEP 1777 • Cap St Ignace, Quebec, Canada
Death 10 JULY 1832 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match
Birth 21 APR 1779 • Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Death 23 NOV 1851 • Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandmother
Children:
Francois Meunier (Mignier) (Miller) dit Lagasse 1800–1860
Marie Angelique Meunier (Mignier) dit Lagasse 1806–1873
+ Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé) 1808–1883
Gen 7
Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé)
Birth 28 MARCH 1808 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death 28 JUNE 1883 • Huntingdon, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
3rd great-grandmother
AND
Gabriel (Gilbert) Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) dit Lafleur
Birth 3 MAR 1803 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec
Death 16 DEC 1877 • Natural Bridge, Jefferson, New York, USA
3rd great-grandfather
S/o Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807 & Marie Louise Vielle DNA match 1780–1813
Children:
Moses David Pinsonneau (Passino, Parsneau) 1827–1895
Justine Passino (Pinsonneau) 1829–1860
Gabriel Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1832–1834
Francois Lafleur Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1834
Joseph Amable Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1835
Flavie Passino (Pinsonneau) 1834–1908
Lucy Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1917
Laura Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1915
Mary Jane Pinsonneau Passino 1841–1917
George Gilbert Pierce (Passino) (Pinsonneau) 1853–1913
CUSSON (Marie Jeanne Cusson, 1663-1738, w/o Joachim Jacques Leber, 1664-1695)
"Marie Jeanne Cusson, widow of Joachim Leber (drowned in a 1695 Rapids accident), inherited a trading post on the St. Lawrence shore. Notarial inventories from 1700 list four Montréal canoes, warehouse furs valued at 2,000 livres, and riverfront lots used for staging. Her remarriage to a minor trader in 1702 sustained the family's role in provisioning voyageurs until her death."
Context in the Book:
Featured in "women in the trade" subsection (p. 157), as Jeanne's management exemplifies female agency in seigneurial commerce, with Leber-Cusson alliances linking to broader Montreal networks.
Genealogy:
Gen 1
Jean Cusson dit Desormiers, voyageur
Birth 11 NOVEMBER 1630 • Ste-Marguerite, Rouen, Normandie, France
Death 8 APRIL 1718 • St Sulpice, Quebec, Canada
9th great-grandfather
S/o Jean Cusson 1605–1656 & Jacqueline Pepin 1606–1663
AND
Marie Foubert
Birth 13 JUL 1640 • Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Death 21 JAN 1715 • St Sulpice, Quebec, Canada
9th great-grandmother
D/o Philippe Foubert 1616–1661, voyageur & Jeffine Riviere 1605–1681
Gen 2
i. Marie Jeanne Cusson
Birth 1663 • Champlain, Québec, Canada
Death 1738-03-19 • La Prairie, Roussillon, Québec, Canada
8th great-grandaunt
ii. + Marie Cusson
Birth 1658 • Trois Rivieres, St Maurice, Quebec, Canada
Death 5 SEP 1732 • Verchères, Quebec, Canada
8th great-grandmother
AND
Maurice Rivet
Birth 14 FEB 1642 • La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Death 30 JAN 1712 • Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Mauricie Region, Quebec, Canada
8th great-grandfather
Gen 3
Marie Rivet
Birth 1673 • Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada
Death 5 MAY 1705 • La Prairie, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandmother
AND
Jacques Deniau dit Destaillis
Birth 2 NOVEMBER 1660 • Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Death 29 JUNE 1720 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandfather
Gen 4
Marie Francoise Deneau
Birth 21 SEP 1698 • Laprairie, Quebec, New France
Death 9 APR 1751 • Laprairie, Québec, Canada
6th great-grandmother
AND
Etienne Duquet dit Desrochers -- Canoe Builder
Birth 15 MARCH 1695 • St-Joseph-de-la-Pointe, Levis, Lauzon, Quebec, New France
Death 28 FEB 1753 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Québec
6th great-grandfather
Gen 5
Marie Madeleine Duquet DNA match
Birth 25 AUG 1734 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 10 NOV 1791 • Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
5th great-grandmother
D/o Etienne Duquet dit Desrochers -- Canoe Builder 1695–1753 & Marie Francoise Deneau 1698–1751
AND
Joseph Pinsonneau (Pinsono) DNA Match, voyageur
Birth 10 APR 1733 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 8 AUG 1799 • Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
5th great-grandfather
Children:
Pierre Pinsonneault 1761–1762
Marie Pinsonneault 1762–1787
Joseph Pinsonneau (Pinsono) dit Lafleur 1763–1827, voyageur
Pierre Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1765–1826
+ Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807, voyageur
Joseph Pinsonneau Lafleur 1772–1772
Francoise Pinsonneault 1776–
Josephte Pinsonneault 1777–
François Pinsonneau (Pinsons) 1777–1846, voyageur
Gen 4
Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono), voyageur
Birth 5 AUG 1770 • LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine (St Philippe), Quebec, Canada
Death 19 AUG 1807 • LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine (Notre-Dame), Québec
4th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Louise Vielle DNA match
Birth 23 FEB 1780 • Chambly, Québec
Death 10 APR 1813 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandmother
D/o
Michel Vielle dit Cossé DNA match 1724–1805 & Marie Elizabeth Marier dit Lemarier DNA match 1740–1831
Gen 5
Gabriel (Gilbert) Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) dit Lafleur
Birth 3 MAR 1803 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec
Death 16 DEC 1877 • Natural Bridge, Jefferson, New York, USA
3rd great-grandfather
S/o Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807 & Marie Louise Vielle DNA match 1780–1813
AND
Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé)
Birth 28 MARCH 1808 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death 28 JUNE 1883 • Huntingdon, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
3rd great-grandmother
D/o
Jean-Baptiste Meunier (Mignier) DNA match dit Lagacé (Lagasse) 1777–1832, voyageur & Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match 1779–1851
Children:
Moses David Pinsonneau (Passino, Parsneau) 1827–1895
Justine Passino (Pinsonneau) 1829–1860
Gabriel Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1832–1834
Francois Lafleur Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1834
Joseph Amable Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1835
Flavie Passino (Pinsonneau) 1834–1908
Lucy Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1917
Laura Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1915
Mary Jane Pinsonneau Passino 1841–1917
George Gilbert Pierce (Passino) (Pinsonneau) 1853–1913
DENEAU (Jacques Deniau dit Destaillis)
"Jacques Deniau dit Destaillis, settler on lot 31 from 1670, appears in 1682 as interprète for Algonquin exchanges, with contracts specifying bilingual skills for Great Lakes routes. His dit name ('of the stills') suggests rum distillation for trade barter, a common La Prairie sideline."
Context in the Book:
Noted in occupational lists (p. 144), as a peripheral figure whose interpreting bridged Indigenous-French deals.
Genealogy
Gen 1
Jacques Deniau dit Destaillis
Birth 2 NOVEMBER 1660 • Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Death 29 JUNE 1720 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandfather
S/o Marin Deneau (Deniau) dit Destaillis 1621–1678 & Louise Therese LeBreuil 1636–1726
AND
Marie Francoise Deneau
Birth 21 SEP 1698 • Laprairie, Quebec, New France
Death 9 APR 1751 • Laprairie, Québec, Canada
6th great-grandmother
D/o Jacques Deniau dit Destaillis 1660–1720 & Marie Rivet 1673–1705
Gen 2
Marie Francoise Deneau
Birth 21 SEP 1698 • Laprairie, Quebec, New France
Death 9 APR 1751 • Laprairie, Québec, Canada
6th great-grandmother
AND
Etienne Duquet dit Desrochers -- Canoe Builder
Birth 15 MARCH 1695 • St-Joseph-de-la-Pointe, Levis, Lauzon, Quebec, New France
Death 28 FEB 1753 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Québec
6th great-grandfather
S/o Jean Duquet dit Desrochers 1651–1710, bourgeois & Catherine-Ursule Amiot 1664–1715
Gen 3
Marie Madeleine Duquet DNA match
Birth 25 AUG 1734 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 10 NOV 1791 • Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
5th great-grandmother
D/o Etienne Duquet dit Desrochers -- Canoe Builder 1695–1753 & Marie Francoise Deneau 1698–1751
AND
Joseph Pinsonneau (Pinsono) DNA Match, voyageur
Birth 10 APR 1733 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 8 AUG 1799 • Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
5th great-grandfather
Children:
Pierre Pinsonneault 1761–1762
Marie Pinsonneault 1762–1787
Joseph Pinsonneau (Pinsono) dit Lafleur 1763–1827, voyageur
Pierre Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1765–1826
+ Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807
Joseph Pinsonneau Lafleur 1772–1772
Francoise Pinsonneault 1776–
Josephte Pinsonneault 1777–
François Pinsonneau (Pinsons) 1777–1846
Gen 4
Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono), voyageur
Birth 5 AUG 1770 • LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine (St Philippe), Quebec, Canada
Death 19 AUG 1807 • LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine (Notre-Dame), Québec
4th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Louise Vielle DNA match
Birth 23 FEB 1780 • Chambly, Québec
Death 10 APR 1813 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandmother
D/o
Michel Vielle dit Cossé DNA match 1724–1805 & Marie Elizabeth Marier dit Lemarier DNA match 1740–1831
Gen 5
Gabriel (Gilbert) Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) dit Lafleur
Birth 3 MAR 1803 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec
Death 16 DEC 1877 • Natural Bridge, Jefferson, New York, USA
3rd great-grandfather
S/o Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807 & Marie Louise Vielle DNA match 1780–1813
AND
Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé)
Birth 28 MARCH 1808 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death 28 JUNE 1883 • Huntingdon, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
3rd great-grandmother
D/o
Jean-Baptiste Meunier (Mignier) DNA match dit Lagacé (Lagasse) 1777–1832, voyageur & Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match 1779–1851
Children:
Moses David Pinsonneau (Passino, Parsneau) 1827–1895
Justine Passino (Pinsonneau) 1829–1860
Gabriel Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1832–1834
Francois Lafleur Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1834
Joseph Amable Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1835
Flavie Passino (Pinsonneau) 1834–1908
Lucy Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1917
Laura Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1915
Mary Jane Pinsonneau Passino 1841–1917
George Gilbert Pierce (Passino) (Pinsonneau) 1853–1913
DIEL (Charles Diel known as Le Petit Breton, 1652-1702), Carignan-Salières veteran
"Charles Diel dit Le Petit Breton, a Breton immigrant on lot 14, specialized as écorcheur (pelt preparer) and milieu from 1675-1690. His 1685 engagement with La Chesnaye's outfit to Hudson Bay yielded 120 livres, but family lore notes his 1702 death from scurvy on return."
Context in the Book:
In "mortality and trade" (p. 153), Diel illustrates high risks, with his wife Jeanne Boyer handling subsequent contracts.
Genealogy
Gen 1
Charles Diel dit Le Petit Breton, Carignan-Salières veteran and voyageur
Birth 1652 • Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Death 13 APR 1702 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
8th great-grandfather
S/o Philippe Diel 1618–1676 & Marie Anquetin (Hanquetin) 1625–
AND
Marie Anne PICARD
Birth 03 NOV 1663 • Montréal, , Quebec, Canada
Death 04 FEB 1697 • Laprairie, 1654538, Quebec, Canada
8th great-grandmother
D/o Hugues Jacques Picard dit la Fortune 1618–1707 & Anne Antoinette De Liercourt 1634–1707
Gen 2
Charles Diel, voyageur
Birth 05 AUG 1688 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 20 JUN 1734 • Longueuil, Chambly, Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandfather
AND
Jeanne Boyer
Birth 16 AUG 1694 • La Prairie, Roussillon, Quebec, Canada
Death 23 DEC 1730 • Longueuil, Québec
7th great-grandmother
D/o Antoine Jacques Boyer dit Lafortune 1671–1747, voyageur & Marie Perras 1673–1736
Gen 3
Marie Anne Diel
Birth ABT 1710
Death 22 NOV 1760 • St-Constant, Laprairie, Qc.
6th great-grandmother
AND
Francois Moise ( François) Dupuis (Dupuy), voyageur
Birth 14 FEB 1709 • La Prairie, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 17 SEP 1764 • St-Philippe, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandfather
S/o
Moise Dupuis (Depuis) 1673–1750, voyageur AND Marie Anne (Annetje) Christiansen (Christiaansz) 1676–1750
Gen 4
Marie Anne Dupuis (Dupuy) DNA match
Birth 30 JUN 1753 • Saint-Constant, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 24 DEC 1807 • St-Constant (St-Constant), Québec
5th great-grandmother
AND
Pierre Barette dit Courville DNA match, voyageur
Birth 2 FEB 1748 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 31 JAN 1794 • LaPrairie, Québec
5th great-grandfather
S/o Louis Courville Barrette (Baret) 1717–1753 & Marie Josephe Poupart 1725–1799
Children:
Louis Pierre Barette dit Courville 1775–1831, voyageur
+ Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match 1779–1851
Euphrosine Barette 1781–
Amable Isidore BARETTE 1788–1861
Gen 5
Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match
Birth 21 APR 1779 • Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Death 23 NOV 1851 • Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandmother
AND
Jean-Baptiste Meunier (Mignier) DNA match dit Lagacé (Lagasse), voyageur
Birth 24 SEP 1777 • Cap St Ignace, Quebec, Canada
Death 10 JULY 1832 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandfather
S/o Jean-Baptiste Mignier (Meunier) Lagasse (Lagace) DNA match 1749–1822 & Marie Judith Gravel Brindeliere DNA match 1757–1779
Children:
Francois Meunier (Mignier) (Miller) dit Lagasse 1800–1860
Marie Angelique Meunier (Mignier) dit Lagasse 1806–1873
+ Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé) 1808–1883
Gen 6
Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé)
Birth 28 MARCH 1808 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death 28 JUNE 1883 • Huntingdon, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
3rd great-grandmother
AND
Gabriel (Gilbert) Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) dit Lafleur
Birth 3 MAR 1803 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec
Death 16 DEC 1877 • Natural Bridge, Jefferson, New York, USA
3rd great-grandfather
S/o Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807 & Marie Louise Vielle DNA match 1780–1813
Children:
Moses David Pinsonneau (Passino, Parsneau) 1827–1895
Justine Passino (Pinsonneau) 1829–1860
Gabriel Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1832–1834
Francois Lafleur Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1834
Joseph Amable Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1835
Flavie Passino (Pinsonneau) 1834–1908
Lucy Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1917
Laura Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1915
Mary Jane Pinsonneau Passino 1841–1917
George Gilbert Pierce (Passino) (Pinsonneau) 1853–1913
DUPUIS (François Dupuis, 1634-1681)
"François Dupuis, early grantee (lot 5, 1665), acted as commis (clerk) for Jesuit fur collections in 1670, logging pelts in parish-adjacent warehouses. His premature death left sons pursuing independent coureurs paths by 1680."
Context in the Book:
Brief in seigneurial economy intro (p. 145), tying Dupuis to Jesuit oversight of trade quotas.
Genealogy
Gen 1
François Dupuis
Birth 1634 • Gorre, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France
Death AFT. 1681 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
8th great-grandfather
AND
Georgette Richer, Filles du Roi
Birth 30 OCTOBER 1644 • Chailly, Cote D'or, Bourgogne, France
Death 24 JAN 1700 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
8th great-grandmother
D/o Jean Richer 1615–1671 & Leonarde Bornay 1617–1670
Gen 2
Moise Dupuis (Depuis), voyageur
Birth 10 JULY 1673 • Québec, Quebec, Canada
Death 19 JAN 1750 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Anne (Annetje) Christiansen (Christiaansz)
Birth 1676 • Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States
Death 27 OCTOBER 1750 • Laprairie Notre Dame de LaPrairie de la Madeline, Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandmother
D/o Christian Christiansen 1650–1696 & Elizabeth Ysbrants Eldersz 1660–1685
Gen 3
Francois Moise ( François) Dupuis (Dupuy), voyageur
Birth 14 FEB 1709 • La Prairie, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 17 SEP 1764 • St-Philippe, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Anne Diel
Birth ABT 1710
Death 22 NOV 1760 • St-Constant, Laprairie, Qc.
6th great-grandmother
D/o Charles Diel 1688–1734 & Jeanne Boyer 1694–1730
Gen 4
Marie Anne Dupuis (Dupuy) DNA match
Birth 30 JUN 1753 • Saint-Constant, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 24 DEC 1807 • St-Constant (St-Constant), Québec
5th great-grandmother
AND
Pierre Barette dit Courville DNA match, voyageur
Birth 2 FEB 1748 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 31 JAN 1794 • LaPrairie, Québec
5th great-grandfather
S/o Louis Courville Barrette (Baret) 1717–1753 & Marie Josephe Poupart 1725–1799
Children:
Louis Pierre Barette dit Courville 1775–1831, voyageur
+ Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match 1779–1851
Euphrosine Barette 1781–
Amable Isidore BARETTE 1788–1861
Gen 5
Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match
Birth 21 APR 1779 • Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Death 23 NOV 1851 • Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandmother
AND
Jean-Baptiste Meunier (Mignier) DNA match dit Lagacé (Lagasse), voyageur
Birth 24 SEP 1777 • Cap St Ignace, Quebec, Canada
Death 10 JULY 1832 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandfather
S/o Jean-Baptiste Mignier (Meunier) Lagasse (Lagace) DNA match 1749–1822 & Marie Judith Gravel Brindeliere DNA match 1757–1779
Children:
Francois Meunier (Mignier) (Miller) dit Lagasse 1800–1860
Marie Angelique Meunier (Mignier) dit Lagasse 1806–1873
+ Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé) 1808–1883
Gen 6
Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé)
Birth 28 MARCH 1808 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death 28 JUNE 1883 • Huntingdon, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
3rd great-grandmother
AND
Gabriel (Gilbert) Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) dit Lafleur
Birth 3 MAR 1803 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec
Death 16 DEC 1877 • Natural Bridge, Jefferson, New York, USA
3rd great-grandfather
S/o Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807 & Marie Louise Vielle DNA match 1780–1813
Children:
Moses David Pinsonneau (Passino, Parsneau) 1827–1895
Justine Passino (Pinsonneau) 1829–1860
Gabriel Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1832–1834
Francois Lafleur Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1834
Joseph Amable Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1835
Flavie Passino (Pinsonneau) 1834–1908
Lucy Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1917
Laura Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1915
Mary Jane Pinsonneau Passino 1841–1917
George Gilbert Pierce (Passino) (Pinsonneau) 1853–1913
DUQUET (Etienne Duquet known as Desrochers, 1695-1753)
"Etienne Duquet dit Desrochers, inheriting from the Duquet fur trade dynasty, commanded brigades to the Pays d'en Haut in 1720-1730, with notarial bonds for 400 livres cargo. His workshop on lot 19 built birchbark canoes, a vital La Prairie industry."
Context in the Book:
Central to "craft specialization" (p. 158), as Etienne's output supported 10-15% of regional trade vessels.
Genealogy
Gen 1
Etienne Duquet dit Desrochers -- Canoe Builder
Birth 15 MARCH 1695 • St-Joseph-de-la-Pointe, Levis, Lauzon, Quebec, New France
Death 28 FEB 1753 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Québec
6th great-grandfather
S/o Jean Duquet dit Desrochers 1651–1710, bourgeois & Catherine-Ursule Amiot 1664–1715
AND
Marie Francoise Deneau
Birth 21 SEP 1698 • Laprairie, Quebec, New France
Death 9 APR 1751 • Laprairie, Québec, Canada
6th great-grandmother
D/o Jacques Deniau dit Destaillis 1660–1720, voyageur & Marie Rivet 1673–1705
Gen 2
Marie Madeleine Duquet DNA match
Birth 25 AUG 1734 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 10 NOV 1791 • Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
5th great-grandmother
D/o Etienne Duquet dit Desrochers -- Canoe Builder 1695–1753 & Marie Francoise Deneau 1698–1751
AND
Joseph Pinsonneau (Pinsono) DNA Match, voyageur
Birth 10 APR 1733 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 8 AUG 1799 • Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
5th great-grandfather
S/o Jean Dit Jacques “Jacques” Pinsonneault dit Lafleur 1682–1773 & Marie Elisabeth Bourassa 1695–1766
Children:
Pierre Pinsonneault 1761–1762
Marie Pinsonneault 1762–1787
Joseph Pinsonneau (Pinsono) dit Lafleur 1763–1827
Pierre Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1765–1826
+ Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807
Joseph Pinsonneau Lafleur 1772–1772
Francoise Pinsonneault 1776–
Josephte Pinsonneault 1777–
François Pinsonneau (Pinsons) 1777–1846
Gen 3
Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono), voyageur
Birth 5 AUG 1770 • LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine (St Philippe), Quebec, Canada
Death 19 AUG 1807 • LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine (Notre-Dame), Québec
4th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Louise Vielle DNA match
Birth 23 FEB 1780 • Chambly, Québec
Death 10 APR 1813 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandmother
D/o
Michel Vielle dit Cossé DNA match 1724–1805 & Marie Elizabeth Marier dit Lemarier DNA match 1740–1831
Gen 4
Gabriel (Gilbert) Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) dit Lafleur
Birth 3 MAR 1803 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec
Death 16 DEC 1877 • Natural Bridge, Jefferson, New York, USA
3rd great-grandfather
S/o Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807 & Marie Louise Vielle DNA match 1780–1813
AND
Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé)
Birth 28 MARCH 1808 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death 28 JUNE 1883 • Huntingdon, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
3rd great-grandmother
D/o
Jean-Baptiste Meunier (Mignier) DNA match dit Lagacé (Lagasse) 1777–1832, voyageur & Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match 1779–1851
Children:
Moses David Pinsonneau (Passino, Parsneau) 1827–1895
Justine Passino (Pinsonneau) 1829–1860
Gabriel Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1832–1834
Francois Lafleur Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1834
Joseph Amable Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1835
Flavie Passino (Pinsonneau) 1834–1908
Lucy Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1917
Laura Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1915
Mary Jane Pinsonneau Passino 1841–1917
George Gilbert Pierce (Passino) (Pinsonneau) 1853–1913
GAGNE (Pierre Gagne (Gagnier), 1645-1726)
"Pierre Gagnier, on lot 28, provisioned 1680s expeditions with salted pork and tools, per Basset notaries. Sons like Olivier (b. 1675) served as postes (winterers) at Green Bay, blending farm yields with fur profits."
Context in the Book:
In supply chain analysis (p. 146), Gagne family exemplifies "mixed economy" families.
Genealogy
Gen 1
Pierre Gagne (Gagnier), Captain of Militia
Birth 24 FEB 1645 • Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France
Death 26 MAR 1726 • La Prairie, Québec
8th great-grandfather
S/o Pierre Gagne (Gasnier) 1610–1656 & Marguerite Rousée (Rouzee) (Rosee) 1615–1687
AND
Catherine Daubigeon
Birth 25 NOV 1653 • Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Death 13 MAY 1712 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
8th great-grandmother
D/o Julien Daubigeon 1620–1655 & Perrine LeMeunier 1621–1694
Gen 2
Jeanne Gagné
Birth 27 JUL 1683 • La Prairie, Pq, Canada
Death 8 MAY 1719 • Laprairie, , Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandmother
AND
Guillaume Barrette
Birth 27 MAY 1678 • Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada
Death 07 JAN 1745 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandfather
S/o Guillaume Barette 1633–1717 & Louise Charrier 1643–1706, Filles du Roi
Gen 3
Louis Courville Barrette (Baret)
Birth 24 FEB 1717 • Napierville, Quebec, Canada
Death 30 JAN 1753 • St Constant, Lapriaire, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Josephe Poupart
Birth 5 SEP 1725 • Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Death 3 JAN 1799 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandmother
D/o Joseph Poupart 1696–1726 & Marie Anne Lemieux 1706–1777
Gen 4
Pierre Barette dit Courville DNA match, voyageur
Birth 2 FEB 1748 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 31 JAN 1794 • LaPrairie, Québec
5th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Anne Dupuis (Dupuy) DNA match
Birth 30 JUN 1753 • Saint-Constant, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 24 DEC 1807 • St-Constant (St-Constant), Québec
5th great-grandmother
D/o Francois Moise ( François) Dupuis (Dupuy) 1709–1764 & Marie Anne Diel 1710–1760
Children:
Louis Pierre Barette dit Courville 1775–1831, voyageur
+ Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match 1779–1851
Euphrosine Barette 1781–
Amable Isidore BARETTE 1788–1861
Gen 5
Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match
Birth 21 APR 1779 • Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Death 23 NOV 1851 • Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandmother
AND
Jean-Baptiste Meunier (Mignier) DNA match dit Lagacé (Lagasse), voyageur
Birth 24 SEP 1777 • Cap St Ignace, Quebec, Canada
Death 10 JULY 1832 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandfather
S/o Jean-Baptiste Mignier (Meunier) Lagasse (Lagace) DNA match 1749–1822 & Marie Judith Gravel Brindeliere DNA match 1757–1779
Children:
Francois Meunier (Mignier) (Miller) dit Lagasse 1800–1860
Marie Angelique Meunier (Mignier) dit Lagasse 1806–1873
+ Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé) 1808–1883
Gen 6
Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé)
Birth 28 MARCH 1808 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death 28 JUNE 1883 • Huntingdon, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
3rd great-grandmother
AND
Gabriel (Gilbert) Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) dit Lafleur
Birth 3 MAR 1803 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec
Death 16 DEC 1877 • Natural Bridge, Jefferson, New York, USA
3rd great-grandfather
S/o Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807 & Marie Louise Vielle DNA match 1780–1813
Children:
Moses David Pinsonneau (Passino, Parsneau) 1827–1895
Justine Passino (Pinsonneau) 1829–1860
Gabriel Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1832–1834
Francois Lafleur Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1834
Joseph Amable Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1835
Flavie Passino (Pinsonneau) 1834–1908
Lucy Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1917
Laura Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1915
Mary Jane Pinsonneau Passino 1841–1917
George Gilbert Pierce (Passino) (Pinsonneau) 1853–1913
LEBER (François Leber (Le Bert, Lebert), 1626-1694)
"François Leber, prominent trader on lot 3, amassed wealth through 1670s contracts with the Montreal Association, shipping 1,000+ pelts yearly. His sons Joachim and Ignace extended this via marriages to Cusson and Boyer lines, forming a trade oligarchy by 1690."
Context in the Book:
Key figure in "stratification" (p. 151), Leber's estate (valued at 10,000 livres) funded community infrastructure like wharves.
Genealogy
Gen 1
Francois Leber (Le Bert, Lebert), coureur de bois
Birth 1626 • Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Death 19 MAY 1694 • La Prairie, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
8th great-grandfather
S/o Robert LeBer 1601–1625 & Colette Cavelier 1605–1694
AND
Jeanne Testard de Laforest
Birth 1642 • Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Death 18 JAN 1723 • La Prairie, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
8th great-grandmother
D/o Sieur Jean Testard Tetard de La Fontaine 1612–1705 & Anne Godefroy de Linctot 1621–1678
Gen 2
Marie Le Ber
Birth 6 DEC 1666 • Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Death 23 DEC 1756 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandmother
D/o Francois Leber (Le Bert, Lebert) 1626–1694, coureur de bois & Jeanne Testard de Laforest 1642–1723
AND
Francois Bourassa, coureur des bois
Birth 1659 • Luçon, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France
Death 9 MAY 1708 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Montréal, PQ, Canada
7th great-grandfather
S/o Francois Bourassa 1630–1684 & Marguerite Dugas 1635–1698
Children:
Rene Bourassa dit LaRonde 1688–1778
+ Marie Elisabeth Bourassa 1695–1766
Francois Joachim Bourassa 1698–1775
Charles Bourassa 1703–1704
Antoine Bourassa 1705–1786
Suzanne Bourassa 1707–1780
Gen 3
Marie Elisabeth Bourassa
Birth 25 FEB 1695 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 19 NOV 1766 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Québec
6th great-grandmother
AND
Jean Dit Jacques “Jacques” Pinsonneault dit Lafleur
Birth 13 MAR 1682 • Saint-Ours, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death 19 MAR 1773 • La Prairie, Roussillon, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandfather
S/o François Pinsonneau dit Lafleur 1646–1731, Carignan-Salières veteran & Anne Leber (LeBer) 1647–1732, filles du roi
Children:
Francois Pinsonneau dit Lafleur 1714–1803
Marie-Françoise Pinsonneau 1717–1776
Marie-Anne Pinsonneau 1718–1771
Rene Pinsonneau 1724–1793
Pascal Pinsonneau 1729–1802
+ Joseph Pinsonneau (Pinsono) DNA Match 1733–1799
Marie Amable Pinsonneau 1739–1804
Gen 4
Joseph Pinsonneau (Pinsono) DNA Match, voyageur
Birth 10 APR 1733 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 8 AUG 1799 • Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
5th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Madeleine Duquet DNA match
Birth 25 AUG 1734 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 10 NOV 1791 • Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
5th great-grandmother
D/o Etienne Duquet dit Desrochers -- Canoe Builder 1695–1753 & Marie Francoise Deneau 1698–1751
Children:
Pierre Pinsonneault 1761–1762
Marie Pinsonneault 1762–1787
Joseph Pinsonneau (Pinsono) dit Lafleur 1763–1827
Pierre Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1765–1826
+ Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807
Joseph Pinsonneau Lafleur 1772–1772
Francoise Pinsonneault 1776–
Josephte Pinsonneault 1777–
François Pinsonneau (Pinsons) 1777–1846
Gen 5
Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono), voyageur
Birth 5 AUG 1770 • LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine (St Philippe), Quebec, Canada
Death 19 AUG 1807 • LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine (Notre-Dame), Québec
4th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Louise Vielle DNA match
Birth 23 FEB 1780 • Chambly, Québec
Death 10 APR 1813 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandmother
D/o
Michel Vielle dit Cossé DNA match 1724–1805 & Marie Elizabeth Marier dit Lemarier DNA match 1740–1831
Gen 6
Gabriel (Gilbert) Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) dit Lafleur
Birth 3 MAR 1803 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec
Death 16 DEC 1877 • Natural Bridge, Jefferson, New York, USA
3rd great-grandfather
S/o Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807 & Marie Louise Vielle DNA match 1780–1813
AND
Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé)
Birth 28 MARCH 1808 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death 28 JUNE 1883 • Huntingdon, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
3rd great-grandmother
D/o
Jean-Baptiste Meunier (Mignier) DNA match dit Lagacé (Lagasse) 1777–1832, voyageur & Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match 1779–1851
Children:
Moses David Pinsonneau (Passino, Parsneau) 1827–1895
Justine Passino (Pinsonneau) 1829–1860
Gabriel Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1832–1834
Francois Lafleur Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1834
Joseph Amable Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1835
Flavie Passino (Pinsonneau) 1834–1908
Lucy Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1917
Laura Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1915
Mary Jane Pinsonneau Passino 1841–1917
George Gilbert Pierce (Passino) (Pinsonneau) 1853–1913
LEMAISTRE (Denise Lemaistre, 1636-1691)
"Denise Lemaistre, wife of Pierre Perras, co-managed lot 7's trade activities post-1670, with dowry including trade linens. Her 1691 inventory lists fur debts owed by Boyer kin, showing women's indirect roles in credit networks."
Context in the Book:
In gender dynamics (p. 156), as a Fille du Roi whose assets bolstered family trade resilience.
Genealogy
Gen 1
Denise Lemaistre
Birth 1636 • St Paul, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Death 29 OCT 1691 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
9th great-grandmother
D/o Denis LeMaitre 1617–1666 & Catherine Deharme 1613–1660
8th great-grandmother
AND
Pierre Peras (Perras) dit La Fontaine
Birth 21 AUGUST 1616 • St-Jean du Perrot, LaRochelle, France
Death 30 APR 1684 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Québec
9th great-grandfather
S/o Pierre Perras Fontaine 1593–1660 & Jeanne Lanier (Laniel) 1595–1660
Gen 2
Marie Perras
Birth 2 FEB 1673 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 9 MAY 1736 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
8th great-grandmother
D/o Pierre Peras (Perras) dit La Fontaine 1616–1684 & Denise Lemaistre 1636–1691
AND
Antoine Jacques Boyer dit Lafortune, voyageur
Birth 10 APR 1671 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 27 MARS 1747 • La Prairie, Québec, Canada
8th great-grandfather
S/o Charles Boyer 1631–1698, voyageur & Marguerite Ténard 1645–1678, Filles du Roi
Children:
Michelle Picard 1661–1710
Jean Gabriel Picard 1669–1735
Jean-Baptiste Picard 1671–1735
Jacques Picard 1672–1735
Marie Boyer 1692–1766
+ Jeanne Boyer 1694–1730
Jean Antoine Boyer 1697–1768
Pierre Boyer 1704–1747
Charles Boyer 1713–1801
Joseph Boyer 1714–1797
Gen 3
Jeanne Boyer
Birth 16 AUG 1694 • La Prairie, Roussillon, Quebec, Canada
Death 23 DEC 1730 • Longueuil, Québec
7th great-grandmother
AND
Charles Diel, voyageur
Birth 05 AUG 1688 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 20 JUN 1734 • Longueuil, Chambly, Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandfather
S/o
Charles Diel dit Le Petit Breton 1652–1702, Carignan-Salières veteran and voyageur & Marie Anne PICARD 1663–1697
Children:
Marie Anne Diel 1710–1760
Charles Diel 1722–1756, voyageur
Gen 4
Marie Anne Diel
Birth ABT 1710
Death 22 NOV 1760 • St-Constant, Laprairie, Qc.
6th great-grandmother
AND
Francois Moise ( François) Dupuis (Dupuy)
Birth 14 FEB 1709 • La Prairie, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 17 SEP 1764 • St-Philippe, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandfather
S/o Moise Dupuis (Depuis) 1673–1750 & Marie Anne (Annetje) Christiansen (Christiaansz) 1676–1750
Children:
Marie Anne Dupuis (Dupuy) DNA match 1753–1807
Gen 5
Marie Anne Dupuis (Dupuy) DNA match
Birth 30 JUN 1753 • Saint-Constant, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 24 DEC 1807 • St-Constant (St-Constant), Québec
5th great-grandmother
AND
Pierre Barette dit Courville DNA match, voyageur
Birth 2 FEB 1748 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 31 JAN 1794 • LaPrairie, Québec
5th great-grandfather
S/o Louis Courville Barrette (Baret) 1717–1753 & Marie Josephe Poupart 1725–1799
Children:
Louis Pierre Barette dit Courville 1775–1831, voyageur
+ Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match 1779–1851
Euphrosine Barette 1781–
Amable Isidore BARETTE 1788–1861
Gen 6
Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match
Birth 21 APR 1779 • Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Death 23 NOV 1851 • Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandmother
AND
Jean-Baptiste Meunier (Mignier) DNA match dit Lagacé (Lagasse), voyageur
Birth 24 SEP 1777 • Cap St Ignace, Quebec, Canada
Death 10 JULY 1832 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandfather
S/o Jean-Baptiste Mignier (Meunier) Lagasse (Lagace) DNA match 1749–1822 & Marie Judith Gravel Brindeliere DNA match 1757–1779
Children:
Francois Meunier (Mignier) (Miller) dit Lagasse 1800–1860
Marie Angelique Meunier (Mignier) dit Lagasse 1806–1873
+ Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé) 1808–1883
Gen 7
Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé)
Birth 28 MARCH 1808 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death 28 JUNE 1883 • Huntingdon, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
3rd great-grandmother
AND
Gabriel (Gilbert) Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) dit Lafleur
Birth 3 MAR 1803 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec
Death 16 DEC 1877 • Natural Bridge, Jefferson, New York, USA
3rd great-grandfather
S/o Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807 & Marie Louise Vielle DNA match 1780–1813
Children:
Moses David Pinsonneau (Passino, Parsneau) 1827–1895
Justine Passino (Pinsonneau) 1829–1860
Gabriel Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1832–1834
Francois Lafleur Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1834
Joseph Amable Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1835
Flavie Passino (Pinsonneau) 1834–1908
Lucy Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1917
Laura Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1915
Mary Jane Pinsonneau Passino 1841–1917
George Gilbert Pierce (Passino) (Pinsonneau) 1853–1913
LEMIEUX (Gabriel Lemieux, 1663-1739), voyageur
"Gabriel Lemieux, son of Quebec cabaret keepers, settled on lot 20 in 1685 and engaged as canotier to Sault Ste. Marie in 1695-1710. Contracts reveal wages of 200 livres, with family lore of evasion from parental scandals driving his frontier life."
Context in the Book:
Example of social mobility (p. 148), Lemieux's long career (over 40 trips) tied to escape from urban debts
Genealogy
Gen 1
Gabriel Lemieux, voyageur
Birth 4 SEP 1663 • Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Death 18 SEP 1739 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
8th great-grandfather
S/o Gabriel Lemieux 1626–1700 & Marguerite Leboeuf 1636–1671
AND
Jeanne Robidoux
Birth 19 Sep 1673 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 12 Apr 1736 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Québec
8th great-grandmother
D/o Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol 1643–1678, voyageur & Jeanne Denot dit LeDuc ( Denote) 1645–1710, Filles du Roi
Gen 2
Marie Anne Lemieux
Birth 27 FEB 1706 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 8 FEB 1777 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Québec
7th great-grandmother
AND
Joseph Poupart
Birth 8 JUN 1696 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 16 APR 1726 • Montréal, Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandfather
S/o Pierre Poupart (Poupard) 1653–1699, voyageur & Marguerite Perras dit La Fontaine 1665–1708
Gen 3
Marie Josephe Poupart
Birth 5 SEP 1725 • Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Death 3 JAN 1799 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandmother
AND
Louis Courville Barrette (Baret)
Birth 24 FEB 1717 • Napierville, Quebec, Canada
Death 30 JAN 1753 • St Constant, Lapriaire, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandfather
S/o Guillaume Barrette 1678–1745 & Jeanne Gagné 1683–1719
Gen 4
Pierre Barette dit Courville DNA match, voyageur
Birth 2 FEB 1748 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 31 JAN 1794 • LaPrairie, Québec
5th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Anne Dupuis (Dupuy) DNA match
Birth 30 JUN 1753 • Saint-Constant, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 24 DEC 1807 • St-Constant (St-Constant), Québec
5th great-grandmother
D/o Francois Moise ( François) Dupuis (Dupuy) 1709–1764 & Marie Anne Diel 1710–1760
Children:
Louis Pierre Barette dit Courville 1775–1831, voyageur
+ Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match 1779–1851
Euphrosine Barette 1781–
Amable Isidore BARETTE 1788–1861
Gen 5
Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match
Birth 21 APR 1779 • Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Death 23 NOV 1851 • Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandmother
AND
Jean-Baptiste Meunier (Mignier) DNA match dit Lagacé (Lagasse), voyageur
Birth 24 SEP 1777 • Cap St Ignace, Quebec, Canada
Death 10 JULY 1832 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandfather
S/o Jean-Baptiste Mignier (Meunier) Lagasse (Lagace) DNA match 1749–1822 & Marie Judith Gravel Brindeliere DNA match 1757–1779
Children:
Francois Meunier (Mignier) (Miller) dit Lagasse 1800–1860
Marie Angelique Meunier (Mignier) dit Lagasse 1806–1873
+ Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé) 1808–1883
Gen 6
Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé)
Birth 28 MARCH 1808 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death 28 JUNE 1883 • Huntingdon, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
3rd great-grandmother
AND
Gabriel (Gilbert) Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) dit Lafleur
Birth 3 MAR 1803 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec
Death 16 DEC 1877 • Natural Bridge, Jefferson, New York, USA
3rd great-grandfather
S/o Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807, voyageur & Marie Louise Vielle DNA match 1780–1813
Children:
Moses David Pinsonneau (Passino, Parsneau) 1827–1895
Justine Passino (Pinsonneau) 1829–1860
Gabriel Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1832–1834
Francois Lafleur Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1834
Joseph Amable Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1835
Flavie Passino (Pinsonneau) 1834–1908
Lucy Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1917
Laura Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1915
Mary Jane Pinsonneau Passino 1841–1917
George Gilbert Pierce (Passino) (Pinsonneau) 1853–1913
MARIE, dit Sainte-Marie (Marie Elizabeth Marier dit Lemarier, 1740-1831)
"The Marier dit Lemarier line, emerging in the 1720s on peripheral lots, supplied engagés like Marie Elizabeth (b. 1740), whose DNA-linked kin provisioned late fur posts. By 1760, they held minor stakes in Illinois trade shares."
Context in the Book:
Late-period note (p. 159), as a bridging family to post-Conquest Métis networks.
Genealogy
Gen 1
Marie Elizabeth Marier dit Lemarier DNA match
Birth 21 DEC 1740 • St-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Montérégie, Quebec
Death 1 SEP 1831 • St-Cyprien, Napierville Co., PQ
5th great-grandmother
D/o Jacques Marié (Marier, Lemarie) Cordonnier 1687–1742 & Marie Angelique Desrochers (Desroches) 1700–1784
AND
Michel Vielle dit Cossé DNA match
Birth 20 JUL 1724 • Cossé, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France
Death 07 MAR 1805 • La Prairie, Quebec
5th great-grandfather
S/o Pierre Viel (Vielle) dit Cosse 1692–1764 & Renée Dudouet 1692–1757
Gen 2
Marie Louise Vielle DNA match
Birth 23 FEB 1780 • Chambly, Québec
Death 10 APR 1813 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandmother
AND
Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono), voyageur
Birth 5 AUG 1770 • LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine (St Philippe), Quebec, Canada
Death 19 AUG 1807 • LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine (Notre-Dame), Québec
4th great-grandfather
S/o Joseph Pinsonneau (Pinsono) DNA Match 1733–1799 & Marie Madeleine Duquet DNA match 1734–1791
Gen 3
Gabriel (Gilbert) Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) dit Lafleur
Birth 3 MAR 1803 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec
Death 16 DEC 1877 • Natural Bridge, Jefferson, New York, USA
3rd great-grandfather
S/o Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807, voyageur & Marie Louise Vielle DNA match 1780–1813
AND
Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé)
Birth 28 MARCH 1808 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death 28 JUNE 1883 • Huntingdon, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
3rd great-grandmother
D/o Jean-Baptiste Meunier (Mignier) DNA match dit Lagacé (Lagasse) 1777–1832, voyageur & Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match 1779–1851
Children:
Moses David Pinsonneau (Passino, Parsneau) 1827–1895
Justine Passino (Pinsonneau) 1829–1860
Gabriel Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1832–1834
Francois Lafleur Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1834
Joseph Amable Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1835
Flavie Passino (Pinsonneau) 1834–1908
Lucy Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1917
Laura Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1915
Mary Jane Pinsonneau Passino 1841–1917
George Gilbert Pierce (Passino) (Pinsonneau) 1853–1913
MOREAU (Gabrielle Louise Moreau, 1694-1750)
"Gabrielle Louise Moreau, married into Desroches lines, appears in 1725 as co-signer for husband's milieu contracts, managing home-based pelt scraping. Her 1750 estate included trade beads and 150 livres in fur arrears."
Context in the Book:
In widowhood economy (p. 157), highlighting women's labor in processing.
Genealogy
Gen 1
Gabrielle Louise Moreau
Birth 28 MAY 1694 • Québec, Quebec, Canada
Death 3 JUN 1750 • Saint Michel, Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandmother
D/o Jean Baptiste Moreau 1657–1727, voyageur & Marie Anne Rodrigue 1673–1720
AND
Etienne Rondeau
Birth 13 MAR 1684 • St Jean, lIe dOrleans, Quebec, Canada
Death 2 NOV 1758 • St Michel, Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandfather
S/o Pierre Rondeau 1642–1691 & Marie Ancelin 1669–1741
Gen 2
Marie Elisabeth Rondeau
Birth 1708 • Québec, Quebec, Canada
Death 17 MAR 1768 • Québec, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandmother
AND
Joseph Placide Gravel
Birth 4 OCT 1721 • Cap St Ignace, Lislet, Quebec, Canada
Death 28 JUN 1769 • Cap-St-Ignace, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandfather
S/o Lieutenant Augustin Gravel dit Brindelier 1677–1736 & Elisabeth Caron 1682–1768
Gen 3
Marie Judith Gravel Brindeliere DNA match
Birth JAN 1757 • Cap St Ignace, Lislet, Quebec, Canada
Death NOV 1779 • Québec, Quebec, Canada
5th great-grandmother
AND
Jean-Baptiste Mignier (Meunier) Lagasse (Lagace) DNA match, voyageur
Birth 8 APR 1749 • Kamouraska (Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere), Quebec, Canada
Death 29 JUN 1822 • Chateauguay Qc, Canada
5th great-grandfather
S/o Joseph Mignier (Meunier) Lagasse (Lagace) 1706–1778 & Felicite Côté (Caouette, Cahouet) 1709–1783
Gen 4
Jean-Baptiste Meunier (Mignier) DNA match dit Lagacé (Lagasse), voyageur
Birth 24 SEP 1777 • Cap St Ignace, Quebec, Canada
Death 10 JULY 1832 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandfather
S/o Jean-Baptiste Mignier (Meunier) Lagasse (Lagace) DNA match 1749–1822 & Marie Judith Gravel Brindeliere DNA match 1757–1779
AND
Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match
Birth 21 APR 1779 • Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Death 23 NOV 1851 • Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandmother
D/o
Children:
Francois Meunier (Mignier) (Miller) dit Lagasse 1800–1860
Marie Angelique Meunier (Mignier) dit Lagasse 1806–1873
+ Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé) 1808–1883
Gen 5
Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé)
Birth 28 MARCH 1808 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death 28 JUNE 1883 • Huntingdon, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
3rd great-grandmother
AND
Gabriel (Gilbert) Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) dit Lafleur
Birth 3 MAR 1803 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec
Death 16 DEC 1877 • Natural Bridge, Jefferson, New York, USA
3rd great-grandfather
S/o Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807, voyageur & Marie Louise Vielle DNA match 1780–1813
Children:
Moses David Pinsonneau (Passino, Parsneau) 1827–1895
Justine Passino (Pinsonneau) 1829–1860
Gabriel Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1832–1834
Francois Lafleur Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1834
Joseph Amable Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1835
Flavie Passino (Pinsonneau) 1834–1908
Lucy Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1917
Laura Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1915
Mary Jane Pinsonneau Passino 1841–1917
George Gilbert Pierce (Passino) (Pinsonneau) 1853–1913
PERRAS (Pierre Peras (Perras) dit La Fontaine, 1616-1684)
"Pierre Perras dit La Fontaine, foundational settler (lot 7, 1660), brokered early Iroquois pelt exchanges in 1670s. His sons Jean (b. 1668) and Pierre Jr. led 1685 brigades to Detroit, with family censuses showing 20% income from trade."
Context in the Book:
Anchor for "origin networks" (p. 144), Perras' alliances with Lemaistre secured prime riverfront for loading.
Genealogy
Gen 1
Pierre Peras (Perras) dit La Fontaine
Birth 21 AUGUST 1616 • St-Jean du Perrot, LaRochelle, France
Death 30 APR 1684 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Québec
9th great-grandfather
S/o Pierre Perras Fontaine 1593–1660 & Jeanne Lanier (Laniel) 1595–1660
AND
Denise Lemaistre
Birth 1636 • St Paul, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Death 29 OCT 1691 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
9th great-grandmother
D/o Denis LeMaitre 1617–1666 & Catherine Deharme 1613–1660
Gen 2
Marie Perras
Birth 2 FEB 1673 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 9 MAY 1736 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
8th great-grandmother
AND
Antoine Jacques Boyer dit Lafortune, voyageur
Birth 10 APR 1671 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 27 MARS 1747 • La Prairie, Québec, Canada
8th great-grandfather
S/o Charles Boyer 1631–1698, voyageur & Marguerite Ténard 1645–1678, Filles du Roi
Children:
Michelle Picard 1661–1710
Jean Gabriel Picard 1669–1735
Jean-Baptiste Picard 1671–1735
Jacques Picard 1672–1735
Marie Boyer 1692–1766
+ Jeanne Boyer 1694–1730
Jean Antoine Boyer 1697–1768
Pierre Boyer 1704–1747
Charles Boyer 1713–1801
Joseph Boyer 1714–1797
Gen 3
Jeanne Boyer
Birth 16 AUG 1694 • La Prairie, Roussillon, Quebec, Canada
Death 23 DEC 1730 • Longueuil, Québec
7th great-grandmother
AND
Charles Diel, voyageur
Birth 05 AUG 1688 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 20 JUN 1734 • Longueuil, Chambly, Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandfather
S/o
Charles Diel dit Le Petit Breton 1652–1702, Carignan-Salières veteran and voyageur & Marie Anne PICARD 1663–1697
Children:
Marie Anne Diel 1710–1760
Charles Diel 1722–1756, voyageur
Gen 4
Marie Anne Diel
Birth ABT 1710
Death 22 NOV 1760 • St-Constant, Laprairie, Qc.
6th great-grandmother
AND
Francois Moise ( François) Dupuis (Dupuy)
Birth 14 FEB 1709 • La Prairie, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 17 SEP 1764 • St-Philippe, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandfather
S/o Moise Dupuis (Depuis) 1673–1750 & Marie Anne (Annetje) Christiansen (Christiaansz) 1676–1750
Children:
Marie Anne Dupuis (Dupuy) DNA match 1753–1807
Gen 5
Marie Anne Dupuis (Dupuy) DNA match
Birth 30 JUN 1753 • Saint-Constant, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 24 DEC 1807 • St-Constant (St-Constant), Québec
5th great-grandmother
AND
Pierre Barette dit Courville DNA match, voyageur
Birth 2 FEB 1748 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 31 JAN 1794 • LaPrairie, Québec
5th great-grandfather
S/o Louis Courville Barrette (Baret) 1717–1753 & Marie Josephe Poupart 1725–1799
Children:
Louis Pierre Barette dit Courville 1775–1831, voyageur
+ Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match 1779–1851
Euphrosine Barette 1781–
Amable Isidore BARETTE 1788–1861
Gen 6
Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match
Birth 21 APR 1779 • Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Death 23 NOV 1851 • Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandmother
AND
Jean-Baptiste Meunier (Mignier) DNA match dit Lagacé (Lagasse), voyageur
Birth 24 SEP 1777 • Cap St Ignace, Quebec, Canada
Death 10 JULY 1832 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandfather
S/o Jean-Baptiste Mignier (Meunier) Lagasse (Lagace) DNA match 1749–1822 & Marie Judith Gravel Brindeliere DNA match 1757–1779
Children:
Francois Meunier (Mignier) (Miller) dit Lagasse 1800–1860
Marie Angelique Meunier (Mignier) dit Lagasse 1806–1873
+ Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé) 1808–1883
Gen 7
Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé)
Birth 28 MARCH 1808 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death 28 JUNE 1883 • Huntingdon, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
3rd great-grandmother
AND
Gabriel (Gilbert) Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) dit Lafleur
Birth 3 MAR 1803 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec
Death 16 DEC 1877 • Natural Bridge, Jefferson, New York, USA
3rd great-grandfather
S/o Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807, voyageur & Marie Louise Vielle DNA match 1780–1813
Children:
Moses David Pinsonneau (Passino, Parsneau) 1827–1895
Justine Passino (Pinsonneau) 1829–1860
Gabriel Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1832–1834
Francois Lafleur Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1834
Joseph Amable Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1835
Flavie Passino (Pinsonneau) 1834–1908
Lucy Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1917
Laura Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1915
Mary Jane Pinsonneau Passino 1841–1917
George Gilbert Pierce (Passino) (Pinsonneau) 1853–1913
PINSONNEAU (François Pinsonneau dit Lafleur, 1646-1731), Carignan-Salières veteran
"François Pinsonneau dit Lafleur, Carignan-Salières veteran on lot 11, transitioned to guide roles in 1675 for La Salle's outposts. Grandsons like Gabriel (b. 1730s) paddled to the Mississippi, with 1700s contracts valuing family canoes at 300 livres each."
Context in the Book:
In military-to-trade transitions (p. 149), Pinsonneau's longevity spanned French exploration eras.
Genealogy
Gen 1
François Pinsonneau dit Lafleur
Birth 1646 • Saintogne, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
Death 26 JAN 1731 • Laprairie, 1654538, Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandfather
AND
Anne Leber (LeBer), filles du roi
Birth 1647 • Luçon, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France
Death 29 JAN 1732 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandmother
D/o Francois Leber * Unproven 1626–1694 & Francoise Lefrancois * Unproven 1616–1700
Gen 2
Jean Dit Jacques “Jacques” Pinsonneault dit Lafleur
Birth 13 MAR 1682 • Saint-Ours, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death 19 MAR 1773 • La Prairie, Roussillon, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandfather
S/o François Pinsonneau dit Lafleur 1646–1731 & Anne Leber (LeBer) 1647–1732, filles du roi
AND
Marie Elisabeth Bourassa
Birth 25 FEB 1695 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 19 NOV 1766 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Québec
6th great-grandmother
D/o Francois Bourassa 1659–1708, coureur des bois & Marie Le Ber 1666–1756
Children:
Francois Pinsonneau dit Lafleur 1714–1803
Marie-Françoise Pinsonneau 1717–1776
Marie-Anne Pinsonneau 1718–1771
Rene Pinsonneau 1724–1793
Pascal Pinsonneau 1729–1802
+ Joseph Pinsonneau (Pinsono) DNA Match 1733–1799, voyageur
Marie Amable Pinsonneau 1739–1804
Gen 3
Joseph Pinsonneau (Pinsono) DNA Match, voyageur
Birth 10 APR 1733 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 8 AUG 1799 • Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
5th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Madeleine Duquet DNA match
Birth 25 AUG 1734 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 10 NOV 1791 • Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
5th great-grandmother
D/o Etienne Duquet dit Desrochers -- Canoe Builder 1695–1753 & Marie Francoise Deneau 1698–1751
Children:
Pierre Pinsonneault 1761–1762
Marie Pinsonneault 1762–1787
Joseph Pinsonneau (Pinsono) dit Lafleur 1763–1827, voyageur
Pierre Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1765–1826, voyageur
+ Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807, voyageur
Joseph Pinsonneau Lafleur 1772–1772
Francoise Pinsonneault 1776–
Josephte Pinsonneault 1777–
François Pinsonneau (Pinsons) 1777–1846, voyageur
Gen 4
Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono), voyageur
Birth 5 AUG 1770 • LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine (St Philippe), Quebec, Canada
Death 19 AUG 1807 • LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine (Notre-Dame), Québec
4th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Louise Vielle DNA match
Birth 23 FEB 1780 • Chambly, Québec
Death 10 APR 1813 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandmother
D/o
Michel Vielle dit Cossé DNA match 1724–1805 & Marie Elizabeth Marier dit Lemarier DNA match 1740–1831
Gen 5
Gabriel (Gilbert) Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) dit Lafleur
Birth 3 MAR 1803 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec
Death 16 DEC 1877 • Natural Bridge, Jefferson, New York, USA
3rd great-grandfather
S/o Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807 & Marie Louise Vielle DNA match 1780–1813
AND
Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé)
Birth 28 MARCH 1808 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death 28 JUNE 1883 • Huntingdon, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
3rd great-grandmother
D/o
Jean-Baptiste Meunier (Mignier) DNA match dit Lagacé (Lagasse) 1777–1832, voyageur & Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match 1779–1851
Children:
Moses David Pinsonneau (Passino, Parsneau) 1827–1895
Justine Passino (Pinsonneau) 1829–1860
Gabriel Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1832–1834
Francois Lafleur Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1834
Joseph Amable Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1835
Flavie Passino (Pinsonneau) 1834–1908
Lucy Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1917
Laura Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1915
Mary Jane Pinsonneau Passino 1841–1917
George Gilbert Pierce (Passino) (Pinsonneau) 1853–1913
POUPART (Pierre Poupart (Poupard), 1653-1699), voyageur
"Pierre Poupart, on lot 16, served as forgeron (blacksmith) for trade tools in 1680s, forging axe-heads for pelts. Sons engaged in 1695 Hudson Bay runs, per damaged ledgers."
Context in the Book:
Craft support role (p. 146), Poupart's forge was essential for repairs on La Prairie wharves.
Genealogy
Gen 1
Pierre Poupart (Poupard), voyageur
Birth ABT 1653 • Bobigny, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Death 7 JUN 1699 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
8th great-grandfather
S/o Jean Poupart 1625–1682 & Marguerite Frichet dit Deschamps * unproven 1625–1682
AND
Marguerite Perras dit La Fontaine
Birth 27 DEC 1665 • Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Death 15 MAY 1708 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
8th great-grandmother
D/o Pierre Peras (Perras) dit La Fontaine 1616–1684 AND Denise Lemaistre 1636–1691
Gen 2
Joseph Poupart
Birth 8 JUN 1696 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 16 APR 1726 • Montréal, Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Anne Lemieux
Birth 27 FEB 1706 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 8 FEB 1777 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Québec
7th great-grandmother
D/o Gabriel Lemieux 1663–1739, voyageur & Jeanne Robidoux 1673–1736
Gen 3
Marie Josephe Poupart
Birth 5 SEP 1725 • Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Death 3 JAN 1799 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandmother
AND
Louis Courville Barrette (Baret)
Birth 24 FEB 1717 • Napierville, Quebec, Canada
Death 30 JAN 1753 • St Constant, Lapriaire, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandfather
S/o Guillaume Barrette 1678–1745 & Jeanne Gagné 1683–1719
Gen 4
Pierre Barette dit Courville DNA match, voyageur
Birth 2 FEB 1748 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 31 JAN 1794 • LaPrairie, Québec
5th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Anne Dupuis (Dupuy) DNA match
Birth 30 JUN 1753 • Saint-Constant, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 24 DEC 1807 • St-Constant (St-Constant), Québec
5th great-grandmother
D/o Francois Moise ( François) Dupuis (Dupuy) 1709–1764 & Marie Anne Diel 1710–1760
Gen 5
Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match
Birth 21 APR 1779 • Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Death 23 NOV 1851 • Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandmother
AND
Jean-Baptiste Meunier (Mignier) DNA match dit Lagacé (Lagasse), voyageur
Birth 24 SEP 1777 • Cap St Ignace, Quebec, Canada
Death 10 JULY 1832 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandfather
S/o Jean-Baptiste Mignier (Meunier) Lagasse (Lagace) DNA match 1749–1822 & Marie Judith Gravel Brindeliere DNA match 1757–1779
Children:
Francois Meunier (Mignier) (Miller) dit Lagasse 1800–1860
Marie Angelique Meunier (Mignier) dit Lagasse 1806–1873
+ Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé) 1808–1883
Gen 6
Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé)
Birth 28 MARCH 1808 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death 28 JUNE 1883 • Huntingdon, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
3rd great-grandmother
AND
Gabriel (Gilbert) Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) dit Lafleur
Birth 3 MAR 1803 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec
Death 16 DEC 1877 • Natural Bridge, Jefferson, New York, USA
3rd great-grandfather
S/o Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807 & Marie Louise Vielle DNA match 1780–1813
Children:
Moses David Pinsonneau (Passino, Parsneau) 1827–1895
Justine Passino (Pinsonneau) 1829–1860
Gabriel Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1832–1834
Francois Lafleur Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1834
Joseph Amable Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1835
Flavie Passino (Pinsonneau) 1834–1908
Lucy Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1917
Laura Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1915
Mary Jane Pinsonneau Passino 1841–1917
George Gilbert Pierce (Passino) (Pinsonneau) 1853–1913
ROBIDOU (André Robidou known as L'Espagnol, 1643-1678)
"André Robidou dit L'Espagnol, short-lived settler (lot 9, 1670), traded with Spanish contacts via Acadia routes before 1678 death. His brief 1675 contract to Lake Erie introduced exotic goods like silver to La Prairie inventories."
Context in the Book:
Exotic outlier (p. 152), noted for broadening trade beyond beaver to otter and fox.
Genealogy
Gen 1
Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol, voyageur
Birth 1643 • Galice, Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain
Death 1 APR 1678 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
9th great-grandfather
S/o Manuel Robidou 1620–1667 & Catherine Alve 1618–1667
AND
Jeanne Denot dit LeDuc ( Denote), Filles du Roi
Birth 20 SEP 1645 • Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Departement des Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
Death 10 OCTOBER 1710 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
9th great-grandmother
D/o Antoine Denote 1615–1667 & Catherine Leduc 1620–1667
Gen 2
Jeanne Robidoux
Birth 19 SEP 1673 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 12 APR 1736 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Québec
8th great-grandmother
AND
Gabriel Lemieux, voyageur
Birth 4 SEP 1663 • Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Death 18 SEP 1739 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
8th great-grandfather
S/o Gabriel Lemieux 1626–1700 & Marguerite Leboeuf 1636–1671
Gen 3
Marie Anne Lemieux
Birth 27 FEB 1706 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 8 FEB 1777 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Québec
7th great-grandmother
AND
Joseph Poupart
Birth 8 JUN 1696 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 16 APR 1726 • Montréal, Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandfather
S/o Pierre Poupart (Poupard) 1653–1699, voyageur & Marguerite Perras dit La Fontaine 1665–1708
Gen 4
Marie Josephe Poupart
Birth 5 SEP 1725 • Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Death 3 JAN 1799 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandmother
AND
Louis Courville Barrette (Baret)
Birth 24 FEB 1717 • Napierville, Quebec, Canada
Death 30 JAN 1753 • St Constant, Lapriaire, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandfather
S/o Guillaume Barrette 1678–1745 & Jeanne Gagné 1683–1719
Gen 5
Pierre Barette dit Courville DNA match, voyageur
Birth 2 FEB 1748 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 31 JAN 1794 • LaPrairie, Québec
5th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Anne Dupuis (Dupuy) DNA match
Birth 30 JUN 1753 • Saint-Constant, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 24 DEC 1807 • St-Constant (St-Constant), Québec
5th great-grandmother
D/o Francois Moise ( François) Dupuis (Dupuy) 1709–1764 & Marie Anne Diel 1710–1760
Children:
Louis Pierre Barette dit Courville 1775–1831, voyageur
+ Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match 1779–1851
Euphrosine Barette 1781–
Amable Isidore BARETTE 1788–1861
Gen 6
Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match
Birth 21 APR 1779 • Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Death 23 NOV 1851 • Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandmother
AND
Jean-Baptiste Meunier (Mignier) DNA match dit Lagacé (Lagasse), voyageur
Birth 24 SEP 1777 • Cap St Ignace, Quebec, Canada
Death 10 JULY 1832 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandfather
S/o Jean-Baptiste Mignier (Meunier) Lagasse (Lagace) DNA match 1749–1822 & Marie Judith Gravel Brindeliere DNA match 1757–1779
Children:
Francois Meunier (Mignier) (Miller) dit Lagasse 1800–1860
Marie Angelique Meunier (Mignier) dit Lagasse 1806–1873
+ Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé) 1808–1883
Gen 7
Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé)
Birth 28 MARCH 1808 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death 28 JUNE 1883 • Huntingdon, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
3rd great-grandmother
AND
Gabriel (Gilbert) Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) dit Lafleur
Birth 3 MAR 1803 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec
Death 16 DEC 1877 • Natural Bridge, Jefferson, New York, USA
3rd great-grandfather
S/o Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807 & Marie Louise Vielle DNA match 1780–1813
Children:
Moses David Pinsonneau (Passino, Parsneau) 1827–1895
Justine Passino (Pinsonneau) 1829–1860
Gabriel Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1832–1834
Francois Lafleur Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1834
Joseph Amable Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1835
Flavie Passino (Pinsonneau) 1834–1908
Lucy Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1917
Laura Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1915
Mary Jane Pinsonneau Passino 1841–1917
George Gilbert Pierce (Passino) (Pinsonneau) 1853–1913
ROY (Madeleine Roy, 1684-1726, wife of Jean Perras dit Lafontaine, 1668-1736)
"Madeleine Roy, wed to Jean Perras in 1705, co-held lot 7 extensions and signed 1715 provisions for son's Detroit trips. Her 1726 death left unresolved fur debts, settled via family arbitration."
Context in the Book:
In marital partnerships (p. 156), Roy's dowry included trade linens, strengthening Perras' position.
Genealogy
Gen 1
Madeleine Roy
Birth 19 AUG 1684 • La Prairie, Roussillon, Quebec, Canada
Death 23 FEB 1726 • Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada
wife of 8th great-granduncle
D/o Pierre Roy dit Saint-Lambert 1643–1721 & Catherine Ducharme 1657–1719
AND
Jean Perras dit Lafontaine
Birth 26 AUGUST 1668 • Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Death 12 OCTOBER 1736 • La Prairie, , Quebec, Canada
8th great-granduncle
S/o Pierre Peras (Perras) dit La Fontaine 1616–1684 & Denise Lemaistre 1636–1691
Gen 2
Pierre Peras (Perras) dit La Fontaine
Birth 21 AUGUST 1616 • St-Jean du Perrot, LaRochelle, France
Death 30 APR 1684 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Québec
9th great-grandfather
AND
Denise Lemaistre
Birth 1636 • St Paul, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Death 29 OCT 1691 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
9th great-grandmother
Gen 3
Marguerite Perras dit La Fontaine
Birth 27 DEC 1665 • Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Death 15 MAY 1708 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
8th great-grandmother
AND
Pierre Poupart (Poupard), voyageur
Birth ABT 1653 • Bobigny, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Death 7 JUN 1699 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
8th great-grandfather
Gen 4
Joseph Poupart
Birth 8 JUN 1696 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 16 APR 1726 • Montréal, Quebec, Canada
7th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Anne Lemieux
Birth 27 FEB 1706 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 8 FEB 1777 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Québec
7th great-grandmother
D/o Gabriel Lemieux 1663–1739, voyageur & Jeanne Robidoux 1673–1736
Gen 5
Marie Josephe Poupart
Birth 5 SEP 1725 • Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Death 3 JAN 1799 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandmother
AND
Louis Courville Barrette (Baret)
Birth 24 FEB 1717 • Napierville, Quebec, Canada
Death 30 JAN 1753 • St Constant, Lapriaire, Quebec, Canada
6th great-grandfather
S/o Guillaume Barrette 1678–1745 & Jeanne Gagné 1683–1719
Gen 6
Pierre Barette dit Courville DNA match, voyageur
Birth 2 FEB 1748 • Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 31 JAN 1794 • LaPrairie, Québec
5th great-grandfather
AND
Marie Anne Dupuis (Dupuy) DNA match
Birth 30 JUN 1753 • Saint-Constant, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Death 24 DEC 1807 • St-Constant (St-Constant), Québec
5th great-grandmother
D/o Francois Moise ( François) Dupuis (Dupuy) 1709–1764 & Marie Anne Diel 1710–1760
Gen 7
Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville DNA match
Birth 21 APR 1779 • Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Death 23 NOV 1851 • Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandmother
AND
Jean-Baptiste Meunier (Mignier) DNA match dit Lagacé (Lagasse), voyageur
Birth 24 SEP 1777 • Cap St Ignace, Quebec, Canada
Death 10 JULY 1832 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
4th great-grandfather
S/o Jean-Baptiste Mignier (Meunier) Lagasse (Lagace) DNA match 1749–1822 & Marie Judith Gravel Brindeliere DNA match 1757–1779
Children:
Francois Meunier (Mignier) (Miller) dit Lagasse 1800–1860
Marie Angelique Meunier (Mignier) dit Lagasse 1806–1873
+ Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé) 1808–1883
Gen 8
Marie Emélie Meunier dit Lagacé (Lagassé)
Birth 28 MARCH 1808 • Chateauguay, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Death 28 JUNE 1883 • Huntingdon, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
3rd great-grandmother
AND
Gabriel (Gilbert) Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) dit Lafleur
Birth 3 MAR 1803 • La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec
Death 16 DEC 1877 • Natural Bridge, Jefferson, New York, USA
3rd great-grandfather
S/o Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono) 1770–1807 & Marie Louise Vielle DNA match 1780–1813
Children:
Moses David Pinsonneau (Passino, Parsneau) 1827–1895
Justine Passino (Pinsonneau) 1829–1860
Gabriel Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1832–1834
Francois Lafleur Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1834
Joseph Amable Passino (Passinault) (Pinsonneau) (Parsneau) 1834–1835
Flavie Passino (Pinsonneau) 1834–1908
Lucy Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1917
Laura Passino (Pinsonneau) 1836–1915
Mary Jane Pinsonneau Passino 1841–1917
George Gilbert Pierce (Passino) (Pinsonneau) 1853–1913
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