End of an era and a cowboy lifestyle

Zinger and Joyce in Chatsworth, 2004

On June 28th of this year we said good-bye to Zinger, a beautiful paint horse, who had been part of our lives for 20 years. 

Zinger had lived an exceptionally long life in horse years. He was 33 years old when he left us.

Kasidy May and yours truly, 2013

With Zinger gone our little home ranch was a mighty lonesome place for Kasidy May, my 16 year-old Quarter Horse mare.

During the past 19 years we’ve shared our Chatsworth home with lots of equine pals. Three others have passed away in the last six years.

Our little herd on a cold, windy day, 2009

For the past 25 years we’ve had every sort of cowboy adventure you can image. We’ve been on thousands of trail rides, ridden many parades, been on more than a few horse camping trips, and have participated in every kind equine event held in Chatsworth.

Biggs and his cart in Chatsworth, 2005

Now in our late 70s, and between Joyce’s battle with non hodgkin's lymphoma (now in remission for 3 years) and my osteoarthritis neither of us have ridden in the past year.

Last month a good friend offered to bring Kasidy May to Montana, so she can retire with her horses in a beautiful pasture.  

We accepted the offer, and during the past six weeks I’ve sold off our horse trailer, all our saddles, bridles and other tack.

Looking back over the years — it’s been quit a ride…

I learned to ride in 1950, on my uncle Lon’s ranch in Kalispell, Montana when I was just seven years-old.

Dad bought me my first horse in 1953, and during the next decade I rode all over California.

During the 1980s and 1990s I bought, sold, and traded cowboy antiques and horse trappings around the West, and in 1995 I bought a horse in Cody, Wyoming. 

I brought him home to California in 1996, and Sunup (above) lived with me for the next 18 years. He died in our backyard in October 2013.

Zinger (above) was actually Joyce’s horse, but he and I had some wonderful adventures together. In the photo above we are in the surf at Morro Bay, California.

I bought Kasidy May (above left) when she had just turned four in 2007. Cash (above right) came to live with us in 1997. He died in 2014.

Kasidy May and I participated in Cowboy Mounted Shooting during 2007 and 2008. 

I bought her in Missouri, and we traveled together in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado, as well as California. 

She’s had quit a life… she was born in Kentucky, and has lived in Missouri, Colorado, and California, and is now going to retire in Montana.

With Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch Englander, 2018

During the past 25 years I’ve been very active in the ‘Horse Community’ and in 2018, I was honored for starting the “Chatsworth Day on the Horse” fifteen years earlier.

So ends an era and my cowboy lifestyle. 

My heart is heavy, but I know I have left a legacy for others who are interested in Chatsworth’s equestrian history.

The West is dead, my friend

But writers hold the seed

And what they saw

Will live and grow

Again to those who read.

-- C.M. Russell

Oliver Bailey (1738-1822) — A Hero of Two Wars

Oliver Bailey, our 6th great-grandfather, was born 25 JUN 1738, in Haddam, Middletown, CT; and died 14 OCT 1822 in Granville Township, Pennsylvania.

Obituary

Military Record

French and Indians War:

In 1758 Oliver served the King of England in the French and Indians War with Captain Jonathan Latimore's Fifth Company of the Third Connecticut Regiment. In 1760 Oliver served the King of England in the French and Indians War with Captain Ichabod Scranton's Fifth Company of the Second Connecticut Regiment

Revolutionary War:

During the Revolutionary War Oliver was a private in the 8th Company of Capt. Cornelius Higgins of Haddam, Col. William Douglas' 5th Battalion, General Wadsworth's brigade, raised June, 1776, to reinforce George Washington's army at New York; he fought in the battles of Long Island and White Plains".

The following battle accounts are from Wikipedia…

The Battle of Long Island

The Battle of Long Island is also known as the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of Brooklyn Heights. It was fought on August 27, 1776 and was the first major battle of the American Revolutionary War to take place after the United States declared its independence on July 4, 1776. It was a victory for the British Army and the beginning of a successful campaign that gave them control of the strategically important city of New York. In terms of troop deployment and fighting, it was the largest battle of the entire war.

After defeating the British in the Siege of Boston on March 17, 1776, commander-in-chief General George Washington brought the Continental Army to defend the port city of New York, then limited to the southern end of Manhattan Island. Washington understood that the city's harbor would provide an excellent base for the British Navy during the campaign, so he established defenses there and waited for the British to attack. In July, the British under the command of General William Howe landed a few miles across the harbor from Manhattan on the sparsely-populated Staten Island, where they were slowly reinforced by ships in Lower New York Bay during the next month and a half, bringing their total force to 32,000 troops. Washington knew the difficulty in holding the city with the British fleet in control of the entrance to the harbor at the Narrows, and he moved the bulk of his forces to Manhattan, believing that it would be the first target.

On August 22, the British landed on the shores of Gravesend Bay in southwest Kings County, across the Narrows from Staten Island and more than a dozen miles south from the established East River crossings to Manhattan. After five days of waiting, the British attacked American defenses on the Guan Heights. Unknown to the Americans, however, Howe had brought his main army around their rear and attacked their flank soon after. The Americans panicked, resulting in twenty percent losses through casualties and captures, although a stand by 400 Maryland troops prevented a larger portion of the army from being lost. The remainder of the army retreated to the main defenses on Brooklyn Heights. The British dug in for a siege but, on the night of August 29–30, Washington evacuated the entire army to Manhattan without the loss of supplies or a single life. Washington and the Continental Army were driven out of New York entirely after several more defeats and forced to retreat through New Jersey and into Pennsylvania.

Retreat from long island

The Battle of White Plains was a battle in the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought on October 28, 1776, near White Plains, New York. Following the retreat of George Washington's Continental Army northward from New York City, British General William Howe landed troops in Westchester County, intending to cut off Washington's escape route. Alerted to this move, Washington retreated farther, establishing a position in the village of White Plains but failed to establish firm control over local high ground. Howe's troops drove Washington's troops from a hill near the village; following this loss, Washington ordered the Americans to retreat farther north.

Later British movements chased Washington across New Jersey and into Pennsylvania. Washington then crossed the Delaware and surprised a brigade of Hessian troops in the December 26 Battle of Trenton.

Our Lineage

Oliver Bailey (1738 - 1822) -- 6th great-grandfather — A Hero of Two Wars

Thomas Bailey (1765 - 1854) -- Son of Oliver Bailey — Served in the War of 1812

Smith Bailey (1789 - 1862) -- Son of Thomas Bailey — Served in the War of 1812

Orange Bailey (1811 - 1905) -- Son of Smith Bailey

David Solomon Bailey (1837 - 1915) -- Son of Orange Bailey — Served the Union in the Civil War

David Jackson Bailey (1865 - 1949) -- Son of David Solomon Bailey

Frank Jackson Bailey (1886 - 1968) -- Son of David Jackson Bailey — Served in the Montana Militia during WWI

Updated 2020 -- French and Indian War (1758-1760)...

Oliver Bailey, our 6th great-grandfather, in the French and Indian War (1758 - 1760)

1758, in the Third Connecticut Regiment, under Colonel Eleazar Fitch, he participated in the disastrous expedition against Fort Carillon.

The Battle of Carillon, also known as the 1758 Battle of Ticonderoga, was fought on July 8, 1758, during the French and Indian War (which was part of the global Seven Years' War). It was fought near Fort Carillon (now known as Fort Ticonderoga) on the shore of Lake Champlain in the frontier area between the British colony of New York and the French colony of New France.

In the battle, which took place primarily on a rise about three-quarters of a mile from the fort itself, a French army of about 3,600 men under General Marquis de Montcalm and the Chevalier de Levis decisively defeated an overwhelmingly numerically superior force of British troops under General James Abercrombie, which frontally assaulted an entrenched French position without using field artillery, a lack that left the British and their allies vulnerable and allowed the French to win a decisive victory. The battle was the bloodiest of the American theater of the war, with over 3,000 casualties suffered. French losses were about 400, while more than 2,000 were British.

1759, in the First Connecticut Regiment, under Major-General Phineas Lyman, he participated in the Ticonderoga expedition.

The 1759 Battle of Ticonderoga was a minor confrontation at Fort Carillon (later renamed Fort Ticonderoga) on July 26 and 27, 1759, during the French and Indian War. A British military force of more than 11,000 men under the command of General Sir Jeffery Amherst moved artillery to high ground overlooking the fort, which was defended by a garrison of 400 Frenchmen under the command of Brigadier General François-Charles de Bourlamaque.

Rather than defend the fort, de Bourlamaque, operating under instructions from General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and New France's governor, the Marquis de Vaudreuil, withdrew his forces, and attempted to blow up the fort. The fort's powder magazine was destroyed, but its walls were not severely damaged. The British then occupied the fort, which was afterwards known by the name Fort Ticonderoga. They embarked on a series of improvements to the area and began construction of a fleet to conduct military operations on Lake Champlain.

The French tactics were sufficient to prevent Amherst's army from joining James Wolfe at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. However, they also tied up 3,000 of their own troops that were not able to assist in Quebec's defense. The capture of the fort, which had previously repulsed a large British army a year earlier, contributed to what the British called the "Annus Mirabilis" of 1759.

1760, in the Second Connecticut Regiment, under Colonel Nathan Whiting, Oliver, now a drummer, participated in the British attack on Montreal.

The Montreal Campaign also known as the Fall of Montreal was a British three-pronged attack against Montreal which took place from July 2 to 9 September 1760 during the French and Indian War as part of the Seven Years' War. The campaign conducted against an outnumbered French army led to the capitulation and occupation of Montreal, the largest remaining centre of French Canada.

Under the overall direction of Jeffery Amherst, British forces numbering around 18,000 men would converge on Montreal starting in July from three separate directions. One under Amherst from Lake Ontario, the other under James Murray from Québec and the third under William Haviland from Fort Crown Point.

After eliminating French positions along the way all three forces met up and surrounded Montreal. Many Canadians deserted or surrendered their arms to British forces while the native allies of the French sought peace and neutrality.

The French military commander Francis de Gaston, Chevalier de Lévis was resolved to make a last stand in the city despite overwhelming odds. He was however overruled by Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal the French civilian Governor who persuaded him to surrender. Lévis tried to negotiate a surrender with 'Honours of War'. The British refused to accept this, and the French reluctantly were forced to sign an unconditional surrender on 8 September. This effectively completed the British conquest of New France.

Oliver Bailey, our 6th great-grandfather from Connecticut, was clearly in battle against Michel Vielle, our 5th great-grandfather, a soldier in the Régiment de la Reine.

SEE Michel Vielle’s story…

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2018/05/great-grandfather-was-soldier-in_24.html?fbclid=IwAR1chSS9k56NRv3T0uVDmpHCxYNnQBULMGCtYmjLd0SfmCqk9w8tELTZvFM

JOHN ALLEN (1638–1675) AND BATTLE OF BLOODY BROOK

The Battle of Bloody Brook was fought on September 18, 1675 between English colonial militia from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a band of Indians led by the Nipmuc sachem Muttawmp, during King Philip's War. 

The Indians ambushed colonists escorting a train of wagons carrying the harvest from Deerfield to Hadley, and killed at least 40 militia men and 17 teamsters out of a company that included 79 militia.

The Pocumtuc tribe, allied with the Nipmuc, were aggrieved by the Deerfield colonists encroaching on their settlements.

One of the teamsters killed was our 9th great-grandfather  John Allen (Allyn) 1638–1675; born 5 APRIL 1638 • Windsor, Connecticut; died 18 SEPTEMBER 1675 • Deerfield, Massachusetts.

To me it is amazing that we are alive, so many of our ancestors died in a similar tragic manner during the early years of the United States experiment.

Our 8th great-grandfather John Allen (1670–1739) was just five years old when his father was killed at Bloody Brook.

Samuel Allen (Allyn) 1588–1648, our 10th great-grandfather was the father of John Allen (Allyn) 1638–1675, and 2x great-grandfather of famous American Patriot Ethan Allen (1737–1789) our 3rd cousin 8x removed.

We lost more than a few ancestors in the “French and Indian Wars”

SEE https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-french-and-indian-wars-were-all.html

AN INTERESTING NEW NETHERLAND LAND PURCHASE BY JAN FRANSSE VAN HOESEN (1608–1665) OUR 9TH GREAT-GRANDFATHER

Jan Fransse Van Hoesen (1608–1665) our 9th great-grandfather

BIRTH 11 NOV 1608 • Husum, Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

DEATH 29 NOV 1665 • Albany, Albany County, New York, USA

MARRIAGE: Volkje Juriaens Van Noorstrant (1618–1703), 15 May 1639 • Amsterdam, Netherlands

KNOWN CHILDREN:

i. Juriaen Janse Van Hoesen

1642–1711

BIRTH 1642 • Albany, Albany, New York, United States

DEATH 15 MAY 1711 • Claverack, Albany, New York, United States

9th great-uncle (FUR TRADER)

+ii. Annetje Janse Van Hoesen

1648–1709

BIRTH 1648 • Ft Orange, Albany, New York, United States

DEATH OCT 1709 • Kinderhook, Albany County, New York, British America

8th great-grandmother

About Jan Fransse Van Husum 

In 1639, Jan Van Husum and his wife Volkje Juriens sailed from Amsterdam aboard the ship Den Harlinck, having agreed to settle in the colony of Rensselaerwyck for four years. They settled at Fort Orange, formerly a fur trading post established in 1624, and, over the years Jan made several purchases of land. Eventually a tiny community called Beverwyck would grow around the old fort.

In 1652, Jan purchased a lot now located on the corner of Broadway and State Street. The next year he received a grant of land above the town's stockade with an adjoining garden.

On June 5, 1662, Jan Van Husum, as had Kiliaen van Rensselaer years before, became a freeholder of land, PURCHASING FROM THE MOHICANS SEVERAL HUNDRED ACRES OF THE CLAVERACK LAND to the north of Rensselaerwyck. THE PURCHASE PRICE WAS 500 GUILDERS IN BEAVER SKINS. Jan's purchase included the present day city of Hudson and part of Greenport. It extended along the Hudson Riveron the north from Stockport Creek to the mouth of Keshna's Kill on the south, which empties into the South Bay near Mount Merino, and on the east of Claverack Creek. At this point, it met the boundary of Rennsalaerwyck.

In 1664,  New Netherlands fell to the British and Beverwyck was renamed Albany.

Jan Van Husum and the Patron Renssalaer would meet in a court of law, as van Rennselaer contested Jan's land patent. After Jan Van Husum's death, the case would be decided in his favor.

Our Lineage:

Jan Fransse Van Hoesen (1608 - 1665) -- 9th great-grandfather

Annetje Janse Van Hoesen (1648 - 1709) -- Daughter of Jan Fransse Van Hoesen

Jacobus Lucasze Wyngaard (1675 - 1727) -- Son of Annetje Janse Van Hoesen

Abraham Wyngaart (Winegard) (1705 - ) -- Son of Jacobus Lucasze Wyngaard

Peter (Pieter) Wyngaart (Wyngart) (Winegard) DNA proven (1741 - 1790) -- Son of Abraham Wyngaart (Winegard)

James Winegard (1785 - 1868) -- Son of Peter (Pieter) Wyngaart (Wyngart) (Winegard) DNA proven

Charity Winegard (Weingand) (1819 - 1874) -- Daughter of James Winegard

Charles Henry Plympton (1845 - 1925) -- Son of Charity Winegard (Weingand)

Geneva (Neva) Plympton (1870 - 1939) -- Daughter of Charles Henry Plympton

Lydia Corinna Brown (1891 - 1971) -- Daughter of Geneva (Neva) Plympton -- our grandmother

Timeline of my French-Canadian Great-Grandfathers in the Fur Trade

Part 1 - 1600s

Philippe Amiot (Amyot) dit Villeneuve (1602-1639) (9th great-grandfather)

son of Georges Elie Amyot (1570-1620) and Louise Chichon (1580-1610)

Birth 1602 • Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France

Death 26 AUG 1639 • Québec, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1625 to Anne Convent (1605-1675)

• 1636, Coureur de bois near Trois-Rivières.

Mathieu Amiot (Amyot) Sieur de Villeneuve (1628-1688) (8th great-grandfather)

son of Philippe Amiot (Amyot) dit Villeneuve (1602-1639) and Anne Convent (1605-1675)

Birth 23 MAY 1628 • Estrees, Soissons, Ile-de-France, France

Death 18 DEC 1688 • Québec, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1650 to Marie Catherine Miville (1632-1702)

• 1640s, Interpreter and fur trader for the Jesuits in the Huron country.

Jean Mignault dit Chatillon (1622-1680) (9th great-grandfather)

son of Nicolas Mignault (1600-1648) and Madeleine DeBrie (1600-1648)

Birth 20 APR 1622 • Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France

Death 1680 • Montmorency, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1648 to Louise Cloutier (1632-1699)

• 1648, Governor Montmagny sent Jean Mignault to the (le pays des Hurons) "Huron's Country" to invite them to the fur trade.

Philippe Foubert (1616-1661) (10th great-grandfather)

son of Robert Foubert (1596-1684) and Claude Poulain (1600-1684)

BIRTH 1616 • Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

DEATH 23 DEC 1661 • Champlain, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1639 to Jeffine Riviere (1605-1681)

• 1649, Sep 12 -- engagement of Philippe Foubert to Charles Sevestre. Charles Sevestre was a clerk in the fur trade monopoly company's storehouse at Quebec, and eventually the general manager of the storehouse. He was also financier and outfitter for investors and traders based at Quebec, Trois-Rivières, and Montreal.

Denis Duquet (1605-1675) (8th great-grandfather)

son of Joseph Duquet and Jeanne Barbie

Birth ABT 1605 • La Rochelle, Aunis, France

Death 26 NOV 1675 • Québec, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1638 to Catherine Gautier (1625-1702)

• 1659, member of the "Traite de Tadoussac," the first fur-trading post in European North America (established in 1600, eight years before the founding of Québec City).

Charles Boyer (1631-1698) (9th great-grandfather)

son of Pierre Boyer (1610-1660) and Denise Refence (1610-1666)

Birth 1631 • Vançais, Deux-Sevres, Poitou-Charentes, France

Death 16 FEB 1698 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Married 1666 to Marguerite Ténard (1645-1678)

• 1660s, ten members of the Boyer family, including his son Antoine Boyer (husband of Marie Perras) are listed on 31 voyageur trips. These lists do not include the trips these same men made on their own as coureurs des bois.

Charles Diel dit Le Petit Breton (1652-1702) (8th great-grandfather)

son of Philippe Diel (1618-1676) and Marie Anquetin (Hanquetin) (1630-_)

Birth BEFORE 1652 • Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

Death 13 APR 1702 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1676 to Marie Anne Picard (1663-1697)

• 1665, arrived in New France as a soldier in the La Fouille Company of the Carignan-Salières Regiment.

• 1677, voyageur with Frontenac at Fort Frontenac

• 1684, Leger Hebert of Cap de la Trinite has a trade permit and hires Charles to go to the Outaouais (Ottawas) country with Pierre Lefebvre and Antoine Caille on 20 September 1684 for the sum of 630 livres.

Andre Robidou dit Lespagnol (1643-1678) (9th great-grandfather)

son of Manuel Robidou (1620-1667) and Catherine Alve (1618-1667)

BIRTH 1643 • Galice, Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain

DEATH 1 APR 1678 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1667 to Jeanne Denote (1647-1701)

• 1666, working as a voyageur for Eustace Lambert, a prominent fur trader.

François Pinsonneau dit Lafleur (1646-1731) (7th great-grandfather)

parents unknown

Birth 1646 • Saintogne, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Death 26 JAN 1731 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine (Notre-Dame-de-La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine-de-la-Madeleine), Québec

Marriage 1673 to Anne LeBer (Leper) (1647-1732) (a King's Daughter - filles du roi)

• a soldier in the Saint-Ours Company of the Carignan-Salières Regiment, arrived on the ship La Justice 14 September 1665.

Jean Baptiste Desroches (1621-1684) (8th great-grandfather)

son of Jean Antoine Desroches (1585-1652) and Antoinette Unknown (1585-_)

Birth 1621 • Le Bois, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France

Death 23 AUG 1684 • Pointe Aux Tembles, Montreal, Canada

Marriage 1647 to Francoise Godé (Gaudet) (1631-1715)

• 1667, formed a trading company with Nicolas Perrot, Toussaint Baudry, and Isaac Nafrechoux. Together they traveled west to Ottawa Country, and to Green Bay in 1668.

André Mignier (Meunier) dit Lagacé (1641-1727) (8th great-grandfather)

son of Michel Mignier Lagace (1602-1678) and Catherine Masson (1620-1669)

Birth 11 APR 1641 • St Martin, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, France

Death 20 NOVEMBER 1727 • Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1668 to Jacquette Michel (1630-1710) (a King's Daughter - filles du roi)

• a French Sharpshooter in the Berthier Company of the Carignan-Salières Regiment, arrived on the ship Le Brézé 30 June 1665.

Pierre Peras (Perras) dit La Fontaine (1616-1684) (9th great-grandfather)

son of Pierre Perras (1590-1660) and Jeanne Lanier (1595-1660)

Birth 21 AUGUST 1616 • Rouen, de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

Death 30 APR 1684 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine (Notre-Dame-de-La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine-de-la-Madeleine), Québec

Marriage 1660 to Denise Lemaitre (1635-1691)

• 1670s, Pierre, his three sons and sons-in-laws involved in the fur trade as Coureurs des bois.

Pierre Poupart (1653-1699) (8th great-grandfather)

son of Jean Poupart (1625-1682) and Marguerite Frichet (1625-1682)

Birth ABT 1653 • Bobigny, Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Death 7 JUN 1699 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1682 to Marguerite Perras dit La Fontaine (1665-1708)

• 1670, Voyageur for Daumont de Saint-Lusson and Nicolas Perrot when they claimed the Great Lakes for France.

Francois Leber (Lebert) (1626-1694) (8th great-grandfather)

son of Robert LeBer (1601-1625) and Colette Cavelier (1605-1694)

Birth 1626 • Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

Death 19 MAY 1694 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Marriage (1) to BEF 1656 to Marguerite Leseur (1628-1662) (2) 1662 to Jeanne Testard

(1642-1723) (8th great-grandmother)

• 1688, voyageur to Ottawa Country.

Francois Bourassa (1659-1708) (7th great-grandfather)

son of Francois Bourassa (1630-1684) and Marguerite Dugas (1635-1698)

Birth 1659 • Luçon, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France

Death 9 MAY 1708 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine (Notre-Dame-de-La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine-de-la-Madeleine), Montréal

Marriage 1668 to Marie Le Ber (1666-1756)

Francois Bourassa and his three sons: Rene Bourassa dit LaRonde (1688-1778), Francois Joachim Bourassa (1698-1775), and Antoine Bourassa (1705-1780), were known as "the fathers of the fur trade."

• 1686, François Bourassa made a voyage to Hudson Bay for the Compagnie du Nord.

• 1688, René Legardeur, sieur de Beauvais, hired François Bourassa and Joachim Jacques Leber to make a voyage des 8ta8ats (Ottawa Indians).

• 1690 René Legardeur hired Pierre Bourdeau, André Babeu, François Bourassa, and Joachim Leber for a voyage to Michilimackinac.

• 1690, Pierre Bourdeau consented to a debt for merchandise from André Babeau, Joachim Leber, and François Bourassa, voyageurs, for their voyage to the Ottawa.

Jean Duquet dit Desrochers (1651-1710) (7th great-grandfather)

son of Denis Duquet (1605-1675) and Catherine Gautier (1625-1702)

Birth 1651 • Québec, Quebec, Canada

Death 20 AUG 1710 • Lauzon, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1683 to Catherine-Ursule Amiot (1664-1715)

• 1680s "bourgeois" - headman of a fur brigade to pays d’en haut.

Jacques Deneau (Deniau) dit Destaillis (1660-1720) (7th great-grandfather)

son of Marin Deneau dit Destaillis (1621-1678) and Louise Therese LeBreuil (1634-1727)

Birth 2 NOV 1660 • Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Death 29 JUN 1720 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1690 to Marie Rivet (1673-1705)

• 1685, Antoine Bazinet hired Charles Deniau dit Destaillis for a voyage to Sault Ste. Marie . Notary Bourgine.

• 1688, 5 July, Claude Greysolon, Sieur de LaTourette, hired Charles Deniau and Jacques Deniau for a trip to the 8ta8ois (Ottawa Indians). Notary Antoine Adhémar.

• from: Minnesota, eh? -- Jacques Deneau, his brother Charles and a total of 19 Deneau family members are listed on 69 voyageur trips.

Gabriel Lemieux (1626-1700) (9th great-grandfather)

son of Louis Lemieux (1600-1665) and Marie Luguan (1600-1669)

Birth 10 APR 1626 • Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

Death 2 DEC 1700 • Québec, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1658 to Marguerite Leboeuf (1636-1671)

• 1690, Voyageur and courier de bois to Michilimackinac and Sault Ste. Marie.

Antoine Jacques Boyer (1671-1747) (8th great-grandfather)

son of Charles Boyer (1631-1698) and Marguerite Ténard (1645-1678)

Birth 10 APR 1671 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Death 27 MAR 1747 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1690 to Marie Perras (1673-1736)

• 1690, Coureur de bois who bought land with 600 livres from the sale of beaver pelts.

• 1694, Charles Legardeur, sieur de L’Isle, hired Antoine Boyer to make a voyage to the 8ta8ois (Ottawa Indians).

Jean Cusson (1630-1718) (9th great-grandfather)

son of Jean Cusson (1605-1656) and Jacqueline Pepin (1606-1663)

Birth 1630-11-11 • Ste-Marguerite, Rouen, Normandie, France

Death 1718-04-08 • St-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Marriage 1656 to Marie Foubert (1640-1715)

• Jean Cusson had six sons, Jean, Michel, Charles, Ange, Nicolas and Joseph who were all active as fur-traders from 1690 to 1713. All having all received permission to travel to the west.

• 1690, Voyageur for Nicolas Perrot to the 8ta8ois (Ottawa Indians)

• 1704, July 4, Jean Cusson's engagement to Jean Baptiste Bissot de Vincennes to go to the land of the Outaouais. Notary Michel Lepallieur.

Moïse Dupuis (Depuis) (1673-1750) (7th great-grandfather)

son of Francois Dupuis (Dupays) (1634-1681) and Georgette Richer(1647-1799)

Birth 10 JULY 1673 • Québec, Quebec, Canada

Death 19 JAN 1750 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1699 to Marie Anne Christiansen (1676-1750)

• 1692, courier de bois and trader at Schenectady, NY)

• from "Narratives and ldentities in the Saint Lawrence Valley, 1667-1720": He was linked to large fur trading families, and may have been among the French who attacked Schenectady in 1692." He seems to have remained in Schenectady, either as a trader, a wounded soldier or as a prisoner, long enough to find a spouse.

Jacques Hugues Picard (1618-1707) (9th great-grandfather)

son of Gabriel Picard dit LaFortune (1590-1660) and Michelle Clavier (1598-1660)

Birth ABT 1618 • St Columbin, Nantes, Bretagne, France

Death 22 DEC 1707 • Our Lady of Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1660 to Antoinette Liercourt (1634-1707)

• 1693, Eustache Prévost, Jean Sauviot, and their unnamed associates hired Jacques Picard o make a voyage to the 8ta8ois (Ottawa Indians), notary Antoine Adhémar.

Gabriel Lemieux (1663-1739) (8th great-grandfather)

son of Gabriel Lemieux (1626-1700) and Marguerite Leboeuf (1636-1671)

Birth 4 SEP 1663 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Death 18 SEP 1739 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1690 to Jeanne Robidoux (1673-1736)

• 1690, Voyageur and courier de bois to Michilimackinac and Sault Ste. Marie.

• 1692, Aug 9, Engagement by Joachim Germano, Notary Antoine Adhemar dit Saint-Martin.

• more from: Michigan’s Habitant Heritage (MHH), Vol. 35, #2, April 2014 - 17th Century Engagé Contracts to the Great Lakes and Beyond - 15 June 1690 to 23 May 1695 - Part 2: Above: "19 August 1692, Joachim Germaneau hired Gabriel Lemieux and Laurent Glory dit LaBrière to make a voyage to the 8ta8ois (Ottawa Indians) specifically to Michilimackinac and Sault Ste. Marie [Antoine Adhémar].

• 1734, May 28, Ustache Gamelin hired Gabriel Lemieux voyageur to go to poste des associe [Kamanistigouia???], notary Lepailleur de LaFerté)

• 1737, May 6, Engagement de Gabriel Lemieux à Charles Ruet Dauteuil pour faire le voyage au Détroit. Notary Lepallieur.

Part 2 - 1700s

Jean Baptiste Moreau (1657-1727) (8th great-grandfather)

son of Jean Moreau (1635-1710) and Catherine Leroux (1635-1689)

Birth ABT 1657 • Parthenay, Deux-Sevres, Poitou-Charentes, France

Death 25 AUG 1727 • Québec, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1692 to Marie Anne Rodrigue (1673-1720)

• 1703, hired by Compagnie de la Colonie du Canada as a voyageur to go to Detroit via Lake Erie. Notary Adhémar.

• 1704, Jul 28, Engagement de Anthoine Pinard, de la Baye S'-Anthoine sur le lac S'-Pierre, Pierre Benoist dit La forest, des Trois-Rivières, An th. Salvay, de Saurel, René Beaujean, Pierre Desautels, de S'-Martin en cette île, Pierre Bou-gret Dufort, de Boucherville, Pierre Le Boeuf, de cette ville, Robert Rivard, Charles Le Scieur, Joseph Moreau, Jean Moreau, Franc. Frigon, Joseph Couturier, An th. Thunay Dufresne, Julien Le Scieur, Mathurin et Simon Rouillard, Joseph Rivard,

de Batiscan, Louis Baribau, Ignace Guyon, Jean et Charles Ricard, Edmond Roy Chatellereau, Pierre Richer, de S'«-Anne, Anthoine Donnay, Pierre et Denys Bour-gerie, François Robert, Robert Lafontaine, Jacques et François de Noyons, Pierre Puybarreau de Boucherville, Albert Bosne Lafranchise de La Chine, Gaspard Maignan de Mouille Pied, Pierre Edeline, Jean Cadieux, de Longueuil, Jacques Cardinal, de la Coste S'-Pierre en cette lie, Adrien Senécal de Varennes,

Pierre Mauriceau, de Repentigny, Jean David, de la Rivière Becancourt, Paul Dumouchel, Toussaint Dardenne, Jean et Jacques Campot, Pierre Garro Xaintonge, Jacques Vaudry, de cette ville, Michel Messier, Allexandre Petit du Cap S'-Michel, Jean Tousignan Lapointe, Ignace Le May, de Losbinières, Pierre Guignard Dollone, de Lanoray, Jacques Lemelin, des Grondines, Louis Fafart, Estienne Bosne, Jean Mandeville, de Berthier, Joseph Sarrasin, de Charlebourg, Pierre Villier, de Québec.

• 1716 Apr 30, Nicolas Perttuis hired Jean Moreau voyageur de Batiscan to go to Michilimackinac. Notary Adhemar.

• 1717, May 18, Engagement de Jean Moreau à Paul Guillet pour faire le voyage à

Michilimackinac. Notary Adhemar.

• 1718, May 22, Engagement de François Neveu et Jean Moreau à Paul Guillet pour faire le voyage à Michilimackinac. Notary Adhemar.

Pierre Gagne (Gagnier) (1645-1726) (8th great-grandfather)

son of Pierre Gagne (Gasnier) (1610-1656) and Marguerite Roset (Rouzee) (1615-1685)

Birth 24 FEB 1645 • Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France

Death 26 MAR 1726 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Québec

Marriage 1670 to Catherine Daubigeon (1653-1712)

• 1712, Jean Baptiste Forestier hired Pierre Gagné to make a voyage to Détroit. Notary Antoine Adhémar.

Charles Diel (1688-1734) (7th great-grandfather)

son of Charles Diel dit Le Petit Breton (1652-1702) and Marie Anne Picard (1663-1697)

Birth 5 AUG 1688 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Death 21 JUN 1734 • Chambly, Quebec, Canada

Marriage (1) 1716 to Jeanne Boyer (1694-1730) (7th great-grandmother) (2) 1732 to Marguerite Robert (1683-1766)

• 1713, Gilles Lecours and Charles Cusson hired Charles Diel to make a voyage to Détroit. Notary Antoine Adhémar.

• 1718, May 28, Pierre Roy hired Charles Diel to make a voyage to Détroit.

Jacques Pinsonneau dit Lafleur (1682-1773) (6th great-grandfather)

son of François Pinsonneau dit Lafleur (1646-1731) and Anne LeBer (1647-1732)

Birth 13 APR 1682 • Contrecoeur, Quebec, Canada

Death 22 MAR 1773 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1712 to Marie Elisabeth Bourassa (1695-1766)

• Given the family connection to the fur trade it is likely he was a Coureurs des bois.

Joseph Poupart (1696-1726) (7th great-grandfather)

son of Pierre Poupart (1653-1699) and Marguerite Perras dit La Fontaine (1665-1708)

Birth 8 JUN 1696 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Death 16 APR 1726 • Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1724 to Marie Anne Lemieux (1706-1777)

• 1715, Mar 5, Engagement de Charles Le Gardeur à Joseph Poupart pour faire le voyage à Michilimackinac. Notary Adhémar. 1715, March, Engagement of Charles Le Gardeur to Joseph Poupart to make the trip to Michilimackinac-Study Adhémar.

• 1723, August 27, Charles Chesne hired Joseph Poupart voyageur de La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, to go to Détroit, Notary Adhémar.

Louis Courville Barrette (Baret) (1717-1753) (6th great-grandfather)

son of Guillaume Barrette (1678-1745) and Jeanne Gagné (1683-1719)

Birth 24 FEB 1717 • Napierville, Quebec, Canada

Death 30 JAN 1753 • St Constant, La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1741 to Marie Josephe Poupart (1725-1799)

• father and brother of voyageurs.

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

son of Moise Dupuis (Depuis) (1673-1750) and Marie Anne Christiansen (1676-1750)

Birth 14 FEB 1709 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Death 19 SEP 1764 • St-Philippe, La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1733 to Marie Anne Roy (1712-1750)

• 1752, Jun 2, Nicolas Volant hired Francois Dupuis voyageur de La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine to go to Michilimackinac. Notary Adhemar.

Etienne Duquet dit Desrochers (1694-1762) (6th great-grandfather)

son of Jean Duquet dit Desrochers (1651-1710) and Catherine-Ursule Amiot (1664-1715)

Birth 15 MAR 1694 • Lauzon, Quebec, Canada

Death 1762 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine (Notre-Dame-de-La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine-de-la-Madeleine), Québec

Marriage 1722 to Marie-Françoise Deneau dit Destaillis (1698-1737)

• 1751, Jun 4, Igance Bourassa hired Étienne Duquet voyageur de La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine to go to Michilimackinac, notary Adhemar.

• 1752, Jun 9, Francois Daguilhe hired Étienne Duquet voyageur de La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine to go to Michilimackinac, notary Danré Blanzy.

• 1753, Apr 13, Toussaints Pothier hired Étienne Duquet voyageur de La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, gouvernail, to go to Michilimackinac, notary Danré Blanzy.

Joseph Pinsonneau (Pinsono) (1733-1779) (5th great-grandfather)

son of Jacques Pinsonneau dit Lafleur (1682-1773) and Marie Elisabeth Bourassa (1695-1766)

Birth 10 APR 1733 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Death AFTER 1779 • Longueuil, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1761 to Marie Madeleine Duquet (1734-1791)

• 1763, April 29, Engagement of Joseph Pinsonneault dit Lafleur, as a voyageur, to Michel Laselle, a Montreal merchant. Notary Hadiesne.

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

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

Birth 2 FEB 1748 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Death 31 JAN 1794 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, Québec

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

• 1778, engagement de Pierre Barette" aux S" William G Jean Kay pour aller Fort Michilimackinac. Notary P. Lalanne, flls.

Jean-Baptiste Mignier (Meunier) Lagasse (Lagace) (1749-1828) (5th great-grandfather)

son of Joseph Mignier (Meunier) Lagace (1706-1778) and Felicite Caouette (Cahouet) (1709-1783)

Birth ABT 1749 • Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière

Death 15 SEP 1828 • Québec, Quebec, Canada

Marriage 1775 to Marie Judith Gravel Brindeliere (1757-1779)

• 1778, Ezechiel Solomon hired Jean-Baptiste Meunier, voyageur de La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine de la Magdeleine to go to Mississippi, and spend the winter, Notary Antoine Foucher.

• 1794, Jean-Baptiste Meunier and his partner, Jacques Rolland, established trading house near a village of the Ponca Indians on the Missouri River.

• 1800, James & Andrew McGill hired Jean-Baptiste Meunier voyageur de Chambly to go to Mississippi, and spend the winter, notary Louis Chaboillez.

Gabriel Pinsonneau (1770-1807) (4th great-grandfather)

son of Joseph Pinsonneau (Pinsono) (1733-1779) and Marie Madeleine Duquet (1734-1791)

Birth 5 AUG 1770 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine-de-la-Madeleine (St Philippe), Quebec, Canada

Death 19 AUG 1807 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine-de-la-Madeleine (Notre-Dame), Québec

Marriage 1802 to Marie-Louise Vielle (1780-1813)

• 1797, August 11, Engagement of Gabriel Pinsonneau, of La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, to Jacques & François Lasette to go to Detroit. Notary Louis Chaboillez.

Part 3 - 1800s

Jean-Baptiste Meunier (Mignier, Minier) Lagasse (Lagace) (1776-1835) (4th great-grandfather)

son of Jean-Baptiste Mignier (Meunier) Lagasse (Lagace) (1749-1828) and Marie Judith Gravel Brindeliere (1757-1779)

Birth 24 APR 1776 • Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada

Death BEFORE 1835 • St-Laurent (St-Laurent), Québec

Marriage 1799 to Marie Angelique Baret (Barette) dit Courville (1779-1815)

• 1800, Feb 14, James & Andrew McGill hired Jean-Baptiste Meunier voyageur de Chambly to go to Mississippi, and spend the winter, notary Louis Chaboillez.

1803, Oct 6, McTavish, Frobisher & Co. (North West Company) hired Jean-Baptiste Meunier voyageur de St-André-d’Argenteuil to go to Lac De La Pluie (Rainy Lake), notary Louis Chaboillez). From the Archives of Quebec. Notes: Go through Michilimakinac if required, make two trips from Kamanatiguià Fort to Portage de la Montagne, and give six days of drudgery, and help carry the three canoes in the land.

Gabriel Pinsonneau (1803-1877) (3rd great-grandfather) (aka: Gilbert Passino)

son of Gabriel Pinsonneau (1770-1807) and Marie-Louise Vielle (1780-1813)

Birth 3 MAR 1803 • La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine (Notre-Dame-de-La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec

Death 16 DEC 1877 • Wilna, Jefferson Co., NY, USA

Marriage 1824 to Marie Emélie (Mary) Meunier Lagassé (1808-1883)

• emigrated to Vineyard, Grand Isle (Isle Le Motte), Vermont before 1830, and may have traded furs to supplement farming income.

• may have been in New Orleans in 1840, but he settled in Wilna, New York before 1850.

A Drifting Cowboy's Voyageur Legacy Vignettes (2015 - 2018 index)

Voyageur Legacy Vignettes previously published between 2105 and 2018:

Was Cousin Daniel A Potawatomi Chief?

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2013/10/was-cousin-daniel-potawatomi-chief.html

Great Granddad was a French Sharpshooter

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2013/09/great-granddad-was-french-sharpshooter.html

Cowboy Legacy -- Great Granddad Was A Fur Trader

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2013/08/cowboy-legacy-great-granddad-was-fur.html

Was Great Grandma A Marranos of Portugal

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2014/12/was-great-grandma-one-of-marranos-of.html

Great-Uncle Rene Was A Coureurs Des Bois

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/08/great-uncle-rene-was-coureurs-des-bois.html

Great Granddad Was Murdered By Iroquois Indians

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/08/great-granddad-was-murdered-by-iroquois.html

Great Grandma Was A French King's Daughter

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2015/08/great-grandma-was-french-kings-daughter.html

Great Grandmother's Brothers came with Samuel de Champlain

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/great-grandmothers-brothers-came-with.html

Two Carignan-Salières Soldiers and a Pair of Filles Du Roi

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/two-carignan-salieres-soldiers-and-pair.html

Cousin Jean Baptiste was Michilimackinac's Blacksmith

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/cousin-jean-baptiste-was.html

Great-Uncle Daniel Amiot Canoes to the Gulf of Mexico

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

It must be in my Genes...

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/06/it-must-be-in-my-genes_29.html

Great Granddad Jean Canoes to Huron Country

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/06/great-granddad-jean-canoes-to-huron.html

Uncle Charles was a Voyageur for Cadillac

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/06/uncle-charles-was-voyageur-for-cadillac.html

Cousin Charles Boyer Was a Nor'Wester

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/06/cousin-charles-boyer-was-norwester.html

Voyageur Legacy - LaPrairie Ancestors (1647 - 1699)

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/05/cowboy-legacy-la-prairie-ancestors-1647.html

Great Grandma was an Orphan, Killed by Indians

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/05/great-grandma-was-orphan-killed-by.html

Great Granddad was a member of the Traite de Tadoussac

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2018/06/was-grandpa-gabriel-pinsonneau-1803.html

My Leber Family -- La Prairie, Quebec, Canada

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/05/my-leber-family-la-prairie-quebec-canada.html

Fur Trade Goods -- Beads and Silver

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/05/fur-trade-goods-beads-and-silver.html

Great-Grandfather Jean-Baptiste Meunier Meets the Poncas

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/08/great-grandfather-jean-baptiste-meunier.html

Uncle Charles Lagasse on the Columbia Plateau with David Thompson

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/08/uncle-charles-lagasse-on-columbia.html

Uncle Pierre, Nor'Wester goes to Portage de la Montagne

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/08/uncle-pierre-norwester-goes-to-portage.html

A Canoe Load of French-Canadian Ancestors

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/08/a-canoe-load-of-french-canadian.html

Cousin François Rivet Mountain Man - Traveled with Lewis and Clark

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/08/cousin-francois-rivet-mountain-man.html

Pierre Poupart and One Hundred Years of Voyageur Descendants

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/08/pierre-poupart-and-one-hundred-years-of.html

Cousin Andre Lagasse was an Interpreter for David Thompson

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/08/cousin-andre-lagasse-was-interpreter.html

Great-uncle Joseph a NWC Voyageur who Travelled with Alexander Mackenzie

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/08/great-uncle-joseph-nwc-voyageur-who.html

Great-aunt Denise was a Mother of Voyageurs

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/great-aunt-denise-was-mother-of.html

Great-uncle Joseph wins lawsuit against Cadillac

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/great-uncle-joseph-wins-lawsuit-against.html

Great-uncle Pierre Duquet, Explorer and First Canadian-born Notary

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/great-uncle-pierre-duquet-explorer-and.html

Great Uncle Laurent a Voyageur to the Country of the Illinois and Louisiana

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/great-uncle-laurent-voyageur-to-country.html

Great Grandma ran the Best Little "Maison Close" in Quebec

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/great-grandma-ran-best-little-maison.html

The French and Indian Wars were all about the Fur Trade - Our Ancestors were on both sides

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-french-and-indian-wars-were-all.html

Great Granddad Gabriel Lemieux was a Voyageur on the Ottawa River

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/great-granddad-gabriel-was-voyageur-on.html

Was Great Grandfather Gabriel Loyal to the United States

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/was-great-grandfather-gabriel-loyal-to.html

Uncle Jacques Le Ber - Trading Post Partner at Lachine

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/uncle-jacques-le-ber-trading-post.html

Fur Trade Timeline and My French-Canadian Ancestors

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/fur-trade-timeline-and-my-french.html

1670, Daumont de Saint-Lusson and Nicolas Perrot Claim the Great Lakes

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/1670-daumont-de-saint-lusson-and.html

LaPrairie's Diel Family - Three Generations of Voyageurs

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/laprairies-diel-family-three.html

Charles Michel de Langlade - Fur Trader & War Chief

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/charles-michel-de-langlade-fur-trader.html

Pioneer Ancestors That Settled in the Wilderness of New France Before 1637

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/07/pioneer-ancestors-that-settled-in.html

Great Grandfather Canoes to Lac la Pluie (Rainy Lake)

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2017/01/great-grandfather-canoes-to-lac-le-pluie.html

The Fur Trade Lives On in the Art of Yesterday

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-fur-trade-lives-on-in-art-of.html

Anne Couvent (Voyageur Mother) to Louis VIII, King of France

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2017/09/anne-couvent-voyageur-mother-to-louis.html

Zacharie Cloutier II on the 1666 Beaupré, New France Census

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2017/10/zacharie-cloutier-ii-on-1666-beaupre.html

Hendrick Christiansen, Great-Grandfather of LaPrairie Voyageurs?

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2018/02/hendrick-christiansen-great-grandfather.html

Re-examining the History of La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2018/03/re-examining-history-of-la-prairie-de.html

Jacques Deniau dit Destaillis accused of illegally selling brandy to savages

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2018/04/jacques-deniau-dit-destaillis-accused.html

Great-Grandfather, was a soldier in the Régiment de la Reine

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2018/05/great-grandfather-was-soldier-in_24.html

Complicated relationship of the Governor of Montreal and Rene Bourassa

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2018/06/complicated-relationship-of-governor-of.html

Was Grandpa Gabriel Pinsonneau (1803-1877) involved in the Fur Trade?

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2018/06/was-grandpa-gabriel-pinsonneau-1803.html