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Compiled by Diane Wolford Sheppard, FCHSM Member

François Magnan dit Serrières – he cannot be identified

Filed private claim #317

Maheau – Cloutier Family:

Vincent Maheau, son of Vincent Maheau and Marguerite Gélinas dite Bellemare, was born 1 January

1757 in Yamachiche. He married Jeanne Cloutier, daughter of René Cloutier and Josette Campeau, 27

April 1801 in St. Antoine, River Raisin. They had two children. She was buried 23 April 1804 from St.

Antoine, River Raisin. He was buried 5 September 1808 from St. Antoine, River Raisin [Denissen, Vol.

I, p. 781].

Vincent Mahein / Maheau owned private claim #351

Amable Maillou, fils – he cannot be identified with certainty

On 15 October 1788, Amable Maloux, fils, was one of those who petitioned Bishop Jean François Hubert,

coadjutor of Québec, for a priest for the settlement of River Raisin [Tucker and Au, pp. 111-112].

Owned private claim #469

Jacques Martin – see Levry dit Martin

Mason – he cannot be identified


Thomson Maxwell – he cannot be identified


Alexander McCormick – he cannot be identified

Owned private claim #649 – filed claim

George McDougall, Jr., son of George McDougall and Marie Françoise Navarre, was born 19 October

1766 in Détroit. He died unmarried [Denissen, Vol. II, pp. 772-773].

There is no evidence that he ever lived in Monroe, County.

George McDougall, Jr., was one of several people who obtained land on Rivière-aux-Roches (Stony

Creek) in 1786 and 1788 [Tucker and Au, p. 109].





James McGill – he cannot be identified.





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George Meldrum was born in Scotland. He married Angélique Catherine Chapoton, daughter of Jean

Baptiste Chapoton and Félicité Cécire circa 1782. She was born 1 June1769 in Détroit. They had ten

children. She was buried 4 March 1815 in the cemetery of the Church farm. He died 9 April 1817 in

Détroit [Denissen, Vol II, p. 813]. There is no evidence that he ever lived in Monroe County.

George Meldrum, a Detroit merchant, was one of several people who obtained land on Rivière-aux-

Roches (Stony Creek) in 1786 and 1788 [Tucker and Au, p. 109].





Ménard – Jacob Family:

François Marie Ménard dit Montour, son of Pierre Ménard and Amable Sicard, was born 1 April 1773

in Détroit. He married Angélique Jacob, daughter of Étienne Jacob and Madeleine Godet dite

Marentette, 19 January 1791 in Ste Anne du Détroit [www.Ancestry.com, D, Détroit, Ste-Anne, 1780-

1801, Image 152].



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Marriage of François Ménard and Angélique Jacob

She was born 16 February 1774 in Assumption / Sandwich. They had eight children who were born in

River Raisin. He was buried 1 September 1805 from St. Antoine, River Raisin. She was buried 31

December 1812 from St. Antoine, River Raisin [Denissen, Vol II, p. 832].



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Frans Menard was enumerated as a resident of Raisin River in the 1796 census [Russell, p. 67].

Ménard – Jacob Family:

Jean Marie Ménard dit Montour, son of Pierre Ménard and Amable Sicard, was born at an unknown

date and location. He married Marie Jacob, daughter of Étienne Jacob and Madeleine Godet dite

Marentette, 22 April 1793 in Ste Anne du Détroit [www.Ancestry.com, D, Détroit, Ste-Anne, 1780-1801,

Images 194-195].



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Marriage of Jean Marie Ménard and Marie Jacob

She was born 5 December 1775 in Assumption / Sandwich. They had two children. He was buried 7

September 1795 from St. Antoine, River Raisin. She was buried 21 February 1811 from St. Antoine,

River Raisin [Denissen, Vol II, p. 832].


Ménard – Robert and Lenfant Families:

Joseph Ménard dit Montour, son of Pierre Ménard and Amable Sicard, may have been the Joseph

Simon Ménard who was born 12 April 1763 in Sault-au-Récollet [PRDH-IGD, #37713 – Ménard – Sicard

Family View – this is a correction to Denissen which merely states that he was born in 1763]. He married

Cécile Robert, daughter of Pierre Robert and Madeleine Casse dite Saint-Aubin, 13 January 1791 in Ste

Anne du Détroit



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Marriage of Joseph Ménard and Cécile Robert



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She was born 6 June 1776 at the Godefroy farm on the southwest coast of Détroit. They had 14 children.

She was buried 15 April 1815 from St. Antoine, River Raisin [Denissen, Vol II, pp. 831-832].

He married Françoise Lenfant, daughter of Joseph Lenfant and Françoise Tessier, and widow of Louis

Suzor, 11 December 1815 in St. Antoine, River Raisin. She was born June 1773 on Corlac. They did not

have any children. He was buried 14 June 1816 from St. Antoine, River Raisin [Denissen, Vol II, pp.

831-832].





Josh [Joseph] Menard was enumerated as a resident of Raisin River in the 1796 census [Russell, p. 66].

Ménard – Sicard Family:

Pierre Ménard, son of François Ménard and Marie Charlotte Robert-Jeanne, was born 25 November

1741 and baptized 24 March 1742 in Fort St. Joseph [www.Ancestry.com, Drouin Collection, S, St-

Joseph-de-Michigan, 1720-1773, Images 10-11 – note this is a correction to Denissen which names the

wrong parents, and lists the wrong birth date and location]. He married Amable Sicard, daughter of

Joseph Sicard and Marie Angélique Brazeau, 2 February 1761 in Rivière-des-Prairies

[www.Ancestry.com, Drouin Collection, R, Rivière-des-Prairies, 1731-1795, Image 166 – this is a

correction to Denissen which does not provide a marriage date and location].

Marriage of Pierre Ménard and Amable Sicard

She was born 23 November 1739 in Rivière-des-Prairies [PRDH-IGD, #21127 – Sicard – Brazeau Family

View – this is a correction to Denissen which states she was born in 1740 and does not provide a

location]. They had five children before moving to Détroit [PRDH-IGD, #37713 – Ménard – Sicard

Family View]. Four additional children were born in Détroit. She was buried 7 December 1815 from St.

Antoine, River Raisin [Denissen, Vol II, p. 831].

Baptiste Monbain – he cannot be identified

On 15 October 1788, Baptiste Monbain was one of those who petitioned Bishop Jean François Hubert,

coadjutor of Québec, for a priest for the settlement of River Raisin [Tucker and Au, pp. 111-112].



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Montminy – Bernard Family:

François Montminy, son of Louis Jean Montminy and Agathe Amable Prudhomme, was born 15 March

1772 in Assumption. He married Geneviève Bernard, daughter of Joseph Bernard and Geneviève

Saucier, 1 September 1801 in St. Antoine, River Raisin. She was born 4 May 1786 in Détroit. They had

seven childen. She was buried 4 November 1813 from St. Antoine, River Raisin [Denissen, Vol II, p.

853].

Montminy – Gagné Family:

Joseph Momtminy, son of Louis Jean Montminy and Agathe Amable Prudhomme, was born 23 July

1783 in Assumption / Sandwich. He married Catherine Gagné, daughter of Jacques Gagné and Josette

Larchevêque, 3 February 1806 in St. Antoine, River Raisin. She was born in River Raisin and baptized

27 September 1789 in Ste Anne du Détroit at the age of about five months. They had three children

[Denissen, Vol II, p. 852].


Montminy – Prudhomme Family:

Louis Jean Montminy, son of Joseph Montminy and Angélique Forgues, was born 1 September 1731 in

St-Valier. He married Agathe Amable Prudhomme, daughter of François Xavier Prudhomme and

Judith Cuillerier, 15 February 1768 in Assumption / Sandwich [www.Ancestry.com, Drouin Collection,

D, Détroit, L’Assomption de Sandwich de Windsor, 1767-1783, Image 8].

Marriage of Louis Jean Montminy and Agathe Amable Prudhomme

She was born 3 March 1752 in Détroit. They had 14 children. He was buried 14 August 1798 from St.

Antoine, River Raisin [Denissen, Vol II, p. 852].

Mr. Mommini, Père, donated land for St. Antoine’s Church.

On 15 October 1788, Joseph Mommini [sic] was one of those who petitioned Bishop Jean François

Hubert, coadjutor of Québec, for a priest for the settlement of River Raisin [Tucker and Au, pp. 111-112 –

note his son was born in 1783].




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May have been the owner of private claim #436

Montminie (Louis Jean) was enumerated as a resident of Rivière au Loutres (Otter Creek) in the 1796

census [Russell, p. 68].

Montminy – Gagné Family:

Louis Montminy, son of Louis Jean Montminy and Agathe Amable Prudhomme, was born 30 December

1768 in Assumption. He married Marguerite Gagné, daughter of Jacques Gagné and Josette

Larchevêque, 20 January 1798 in St. Antoine, River Raisin. They had 13 children [Denissen, Vol II, pp.

852-853].

Montreuil – see Sédilot dit Montreuil

James Moore – he cannot be identified


Morisseau – Bousom Family:

Joseph Morisseau, son of Vincent Morisseau and Charlotte Bergeron, was born at an unknown location.

He married Élisabeth Bousom, daughter of Jean Bousom and Isabelle Drouillard, 8 October 1804 in Ste

Anne du Détroit [www.Ancestry.com, D, Détroit, Ste-Anne, 1801-1832, Image 8].

Marriage of Joseph Morisseau and Élisabeth Bousom

She was born 12 December 1783 in Assumption / Sandwich. They had at least seven children. The last

three children were baptized in Fort Wayne, Indiana [Denissen, Vol II, p. 878].


Mouton – Durosseau Family:

François Mouton, son of Laurent Mouton and Élisabeth Henry was born in Liege, Belgium. He married

Marie Charlotte Duroseau, daughter of Antoine Duroseau and Louise Marchand, 29 January 1759 in

Montréal



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Marriage of François Mouton and Catherine Duroseau

She was born 10 August 1741 in Montréal [Denissen, Vol II, p. 879]. They had four children in the St.

Laurence settlements before he became a trader among the Miami [PRDH-IGD, #35436 – Mouton –

Durouseau Family View]. They had three additional children including a son who was born in River

Raisin. She was buried 29 September 1805 in Assumption / Sandwich. He was buried 2 October 1805 in

Assumption / Sandwich [Denissen, Vol II, p. 879].


Daniel Mulholland – he cannot be identified


Nadeau / Nadault – Réaume Family:

Antoine Nadeau, son of Jean Baptiste Nadeau and Marie Marthe Fournier, was baptized 19 October

1760 in St-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud [PRDH-IGD, #25209 – Nadeau – Fournier Familt View].



Antoine Nadaut was enumerated as a resident of Raisin River in the 1796 census [Russell, p. 67].

Nadeau / Nadault – Rouillard Family:

Joseph Nadeau, son of Jean Baptiste Nadeau and Marie Marthe Fournier, was born 14 October 1748 in

Berthier-sur-Mer (Berthier-en-Bas) [PRDH-IGD, #25209 – Nadeau – Fournier Familt View]. He married

Marie Josèphe Rouillard, daughter of Pierre Rouillard and Marie Josèphe Truchon dite Leveille, 10

November 1777 in Montréal [www.Ancestry.com, Drouin Collection, M, Montréal, Basilique Notre-

Dame, 1776-1779, Image, 58; PRDH-IGD, #53776 – Nadeau – Rouillard Family].



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Marriage of Joseph Nadeau – Marie Josèphe Rouillard

She was born 24 January 1758 in Montréal. They had nine children. She was buried 5 Septenber 1790 in

Montréal [PRDH-IGD, #53776 – Naudault – Rouillard Family].

Filed private claim #441 – the reference could be to Joseph Nadeau, père, or to his son who was born 23

August 1780 in Montréal and married twice in St. Antoine, River Raisin [PRDH-IGD, #53776 – Naudeau

– Rouillard Family; [Denissen, Vol II, p. 882].

Nadeau / Nadault – Réaume Family:

Martin Nadeau, son of Jean Baptiste Nadeau and Marie Marthe Fournier, was born 3 November 1762 in

St-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud [PRDH-IGD, #25209 – Nadeau – Fournier Familt View]. He married



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Marie Réaume, daughter of Jean Baptiste Réaume and Agathe Lotman dite Barrois, 14 August 1786 in

Assumption / Sandwich [www.Ancestry.com, Drouin Collection, D, Détroit, L’Assomption de Sandwich

de Windsor, 1781-1786, Image 51].



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Marriage of Martin Nadeau and Marie Réaume

She was born 29 April 1770 in Détroit. They had 14 children; the 12 youngest were born in River Raisin.

He was buried 15 March 1842 in Monroe [Denissen, Vol. II, p. 881].



Navarre – Suzor Family:

François Robert Navare, son of Robert Navarre and Marie Louise Marsac, was baptized conditionally at

the Huron Mission on 12 October 1763 [Toupin, p. 1016 – this is a correction to Denissen which states

that he was born on 12 October 1763]. He married Marie Suzor, daughter of François Suzor and Marie

Josèphe Lebeau, 9 November 1790 in Ste Anne du Détroit [www.Ancestry.com, Drouin Collection, D,

Détroit, Ste-Anne, 1780-1801, Image 147].



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Marriage of François Navarre and Marie Suzor

She was born 24 May 1772 in Assumption / Sandwich. They had 14 children. They were both buried 3

October 1826 from St. Antoine, River Raisin [Denissen, Vol. II, p. 889].

François Navarre dit Tchigoy (the proclaimed “founding father” of Monroe, Michigan), with brother

Jacques Navarre, settled on the south side of the River in June of 1785 [Tucker and Au, p. 109].

“On September 14, 1786, François Navarre obtained a piece of land from Chief Eskiby on the north side

of the River Raisin (near downtown Monroe today).”1 Tucker and Au noted that the site granted to

Navarre was not used to the Church and that the 1789 Navarre-Anderson Trade post was built on this

property.

On 15 October 1788, François Navarre dit Tchigoy was one of those who petitioned Bishop Jean François

Hubert, coadjutor of Québec, for a priest for the settlement of River Raisin [Tucker and Au, pp. 111-112].

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Prior to 1 July 1796, François Navarre owned 600 arpents on the River Raisin known as private claim

#498. His property contained a house, barn, orchard, and a grist mill. About 90 arpents were under

cultivation. François Navarre filed the claim [American State Papers, p. 463].

Frans Navarre was enumerated as a resident of Raisin River in the 1796 census [Russell, p. 66].

Navarre – Godet dite Marentette Family:

François Navarre, son of Robert Navarre and Marie Lotman dite Barrois, was born 19 November 1759

in Détroit. He married Marie Louise Godet dite Marentette, daughter of René Godet dite Marentette

and Catherine Campeau, 26 February 1781 in Ste Anne du Détroit. Their marriage was part of the

records that were borrowed by Tanguay and subsequently lost. Denissen reconstructed the missing

records by consulting Tanguay’s Dictionary. Her birth date is not known. They had 12 children. The

first eight were born in Détroit; their remaining children were born in River Raisin [Denissen, Vol. II, pp.

888-889].

Robert Navarre dit Tonton and brother, François Marie Navarre dit Heutreau or Utreau, secured land from

the Potawatomi Chief Chaholrenabet on the north side of the River Raisin measuring eight arpents in

width [Tucker and Au, p. 109].

Prior to 1 July 1796, Eutreau Navarre owned 160 arpents on the River Raisin known as private claim #53

until he sold it to John Anderson who filed the claim [American State Papers, p. 316].

Navarre – Descompt dite Labadie Family:

Isidore Navarre, son of Robert Navarre and Marie Louise Marsac, was born 19 August 1768 in Détroit.

He married Marie Françoise Descompt dite Labadie, daughter of Alexis Descompt dit Labadie and

Marie Fançoise Robert, 18 June 1795 in Ste Anne du Détroit [www.Ancestry.com, Drouin Collection, D,

Détroit, Ste-Anne, 1780-1801, Image 241].



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Marriage of Isidore Navarre and Marie Françoise Descompt dite Labadie

She was born 29 October 1774 in Détroit. They had ten children. He was buried 22 August 1835 from

St. Antoine, River Raisin. She was buried 17 November 1836 from St. Antoine, River Raisin [Denissen,

Vol. II, p. 890].



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Prior to 1 July 1796, Isidore Navarre owned 400 arpents on the River Raisin known as private claim

#499. Isidore Navarre filed the claim [American State Papers, pp. 463-464]

Prior to 1 July 1796, Isidore Navarre owned 200 arpents on Mill Creek known as private claim #561. He

filed the claim [American State Papers, p. 484].

Isidor Navarre was enumerated as a resident of Raisin River in the 1796 census [Russell, p. 66].

Navarre – Audet dite Lapointe and Vessière dite Laferté Families:

Jacques Navarre, son of Robert Navarre and Marie Louise Marsac, was born 15 December 1766 in

Détroit. He married Basile Audet dite Lapointe, daughter of Jean Baptiste Audet dit Lapointe and

Catherine Goyau, 5 November 1800 in St. Antoine, River Raisin. She was born 28 January 1784 in

Assumption / Sandwich. They had seven children. She was buried 4 March 1819 from St. Antoine,

River Raisin [Denissen, Vol. II, pp. 889-890].

He married Marie Anne Vessière dite Laferté, daughter of Louis Vessière dit Laferté and Catherine

Esprit dite Champagne, 3 May 1823 in Ste Anne du Détroit. She was born 21 April 1779 in Détroit.

They did not have any children [Denissen, Vol. II, p. 889].

François Navarre dit Tchigoy (the proclaimed “founding father” of Monroe, Michigan), with brother

Jacques Navarre, settled on the south side of the River in June of 1785 [Tucker and Au, p. 109].

Prior to 1 July 1796, Jacques Navarre owned 400 arpents on the River Raisin known as private claim

#500. Navarre filed the claim [American State Papers, p. 464].

Prior to 1 July 1796, Jacques Navarre owned 160 arpents on Mill Creek known as private claim #562. He

filed the claim [American State Papers, p. 484].

Jacques Navarre was enumerated as a resident of Raisin River in the 1796 census [Russell, p. 66].

Navarre – Godet dite Marentette Family:

Jean Marie Alexis Navarre, son of Robert Navarre and Marie Lotman dite Barrois, was born 21

September 1763 on the Navarre farm on the south coast of Détroit. He married Archange Godet dite

Marentette, daughter of René Godet dit Marentette and Catherine Campeau, 22 January 1787 in Ste

Anne du Détroit



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Marriage of Jean Marie Navarre and Archange Godet dite Marentette

Her birthdate is not known. They had six children. She was buried 17 August 1834 from St. Antoine,

River Raisin. He was buried 22 May 1836 from St. Antoine, River Raisin [Denissen, Vol. II, p. 889].

Jean Mrie Navarre was enumerated as a resident of Raisin River in the 1796 census [Russell, p. 67].

Navarre – Bourdeau Family:

Robert Navarre, son of Robert Navarre and Marie Louise Marsac, was born 4 March 1765 on the

Navarre farm on the southeast coast of Détroit. He married Genevieve Bourdeau, daughter of Joseph

Bourdeau and Marie Louise Clermont, and widow of Amable Cosme, 14 April 1809 in in a civil

ceremony in Monroe. Their marriage was ratified 23 July 1810 in St. Antoine, River Raisin. She was

born 13 November 1767 in Assumption / Sandwich. They had two children. He is believed to have died

during the War of 1812. She was buried 21 December 1829 in River Raisin [Denissen, Vol. II, p. 889].

Robert Navarre dit Tonton and brother, François Marie Navarre dit Heutreau or Utreau, secured land from

the Potawatomi Chief Chaholrenabet on the north side of the River Raisin measuring eight arpents in

width [Tucker and Au, p. 109].

Prior to 1 July 1796, Robert alias Touton Navarre owned approximately 160 arpents on the River Raisin

known as private claim #58. He filed the claim [American State Papers, p. 318].

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