 1748 - 1822 (73 years)
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| Name |
Branchaud Pierre |
| Birth |
21 Apr 1748 |
Rivière-du-Loup, Canada, Nouvelle-France  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
04 Apr 1822 |
Frenchtown, Michigan Territory, USA [1] |
| Notes |
- [[Category:Rivière-du-Loup, Canada, Nouvelle-France]]
[[Category:Yamachiche, Province of Québec 1763-1791]]
[[Category:Frenchtown Charter Township, Michigan]]
[[Category:Saint Antoine Cemetery, Monroe County, Michigan]]
== Biography =={{ Canada Sticker |lang=fr |location=Rivière-du-Loup, Canada, Nouvelle-France |born-in=yes }}
'''Rivière-du-Loup, 1748 - Birth''' [https://mapcarta.com/Louiseville Map]
On 21 April 1748 Pierre was born in Rivière-du-Loup, Canada, Nouvelle-France to [[Branchaud-33|Charles Branchaud]] and [[Banliac-4|Agathe Banliac]], and was baptized the following day 22 April 1748. His godparents were Charles Bellegarde and Marie Jeanne Jorsteau.[” Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968”, [online database with images], Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 24969880 | 7b22746f6b656e223a224e6a554b3736797a3038746b674c63485776474a5048373161454e724331654371526d5779315356675a453d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 1091 | 15136265 }} : accessed 23 Oct 2024 ), Pierre Branchaux baptism 22 Apr 1748, citing Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. “Le vingt deux Avril mil sept cent quarante huit par nous soussigné missionaire de la Riviere du Loup a été baptisé Pierre né d’hier au sour du légitime mariage de Charles Branchaux et de Agathe Banyac, le parain a été Charles Bellegarde et la maraine Marie Jeanne Jorsteau”]
'''Yamachiche, 1771 - Marriage''' [https://mapcarta.com/Yamachiche Map]
On 31 Jan 1771 Pierre Branchaud and [[ Gelinas-155 | Veronique Gelinas]] signed a marriage contract at Trois Rivières with notary Benoit Leroy.[” Quebec, Canada, Notarial Records, 1637-1935”, [online database with images], Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 24976434 | 7b22746f6b656e223a227543773670365a4a7062393333395046634e65462b5a6e5255653577336430435261755675566731504d303d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 61062 | 8517144 }} : accessed 23 Oct 2024 ), Pierre Branchaud and Veronique Gelinas marriage contract 31 Jan 1771, citing Bibliothèque Et Archives Nationales Du Québec; Montréal, Quebec, Canada; Collection: Fonds Cour Supérieure. District Judiciaire De Trois-Rivières. Cote Cn401. Greffes De Notaires, 1636-1965.; District: Trois-Rivieres; Title: Leroy, Benoit (1765-1794) ] Shortly after, on 11 Feb 1771, Pierre and Veronique were married at Ste-Anne in Yamachiche.[ "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979”, [online database with images], FamilySearch, ( {{ FamilySearch Image | 3QSQ-G993-6SSV }} : accessed 23 Oct 2024 ), citing Yamachiche > Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1771-1812 > image 7 of 618; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal. Please note, this is a non-indexed record and can only be viewed as a full page. “L’an mil sept cent soixante et onze l'onzième jour de Fevrier après la publication de trois bans de mariage… entre Pierre Branchaud fils de Charles Branchaud et de Gatte Lamontaigne, les pere et mere de la paroisse de la Riviere du Loup d’une part, et Veronique Gelinas fille d’Antoine Gelinas et de Louise Desaunier, let pere et mere de cette paroisse…” ] After their marriage, Pierre and Veronique lived in Yamachiche where their children were born and baptized at either Ste-Anne in Yamachiche or St-Antoine-de-Rivière-du-Loup.
On 29 Dec 1772 son Pierre was baptized at Ste-Anne in Yamachiche. No birth date was recorded.[” Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968”, [online database with images], Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 24969880 | 7b22746f6b656e223a224e6a554b3736797a3038746b674c63485776474a5048373161454e724331654371526d5779315356675a453d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 1091 | 15136265 }} : accessed 23 Oct 2024 ), Pierre Branchaux Baptême 22 Apr 1748, citing Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin ]
On 25 Dec 1774 son François Noel was baptized at Ste-Anne in Yamachiche. No birth date was recorded. [” Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968”, [online database with images], Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 24977523 | 7b22746f6b656e223a226d49785a5a666f2b34464558455471415654537752344b794479547335776b44764959386f5a59633762513d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 1091 | 14701933 }} : accessed 23 Oct 2024 ), François Noel Branchaud baptism 25 Dec 1774, citing Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. ]
On 18 Oct 1776 son Charles was baptized at St-Antoine-de-Rivière-du-Loup. No birth date was recorded.[” Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968”, [online database with images], Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 24977838 | 7b22746f6b656e223a224e657a70554b6834474e624c547071747047655167756f4373332b52786f7a43443952674a4c4b4d4351553d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 1091 | 15138942 }} : accessed 23 Oct 2024 ), Charles Branchaud baptism 18 Oct 1776, citing Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. ]
On 9 Aug 1778 son Jean Baptiste was born, and was baptized on 10 Aug 1778 at St-Antoine-de-Rivière-du-Loup.[” Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968”, [online database with images], Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 24978151 | 7b22746f6b656e223a22425a363075757a3050455969624d7a415a646932507a496d6744464c634e502b7730485a55666e57696f593d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 1091 | 15139048 }} : accessed 23 Oct 2024 ), Jean Baptiste Branchaud baptism 10 Aug 1778, citing Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. ]
On 26 Jan 1780 daughter Veronique Branchaud was baptized at St-Antoine-de-Rivière-du-Loup. No birth date was recorded.[” Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968”, [online database with images], Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 11008714 | 7b22746f6b656e223a222f4359614c736336474f4b5962577a72354230466c51743777694b72746d6b7555546436695a4131484f733d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 1091 | 15139155 }} : accessed 23 Oct 2024 ),Veronique Branchaud baptism 26 Jan 1780, citing Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. ]
On 24 Jan 1782 son Joseph was baptized at Ste-Anne in Yamachiche. No birth date was recorded.[” Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968”, [online database with images], Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 24978699 | 7b22746f6b656e223a2254637770426e58686b4b6670316c44345958352f616a434169677579564d2f6e4b38616761494f344c2f383d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 1091 | 31056280 }} : accessed 23 Oct 2024 ), Joseph Brancheau baptism 24 Jan 1782, citing Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. ]
On 24 Aug 1783 son Ignace was born, and he was baptized the same day at St-Antoine-de-Rivière-du-Loup.[ ” Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968”, [online database with images], Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 24979051 | 7b22746f6b656e223a224f4d696f6b36506345304162706b53764830566b39506b79736d4c54614a4f5236366e67786666796351493d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 1091 | 15139346 }} : accessed 23 Oct 2024 ), Ignace Branchaud baptism 24 Aug 1783, citing Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. ]
'''Laval, 1785''' [https://mapcarta.com/Laval Map]
At some time before 1785 the family moved to Laval, where their last daughter Marie Therese was born on 22 Jul 1785. She was baptized the following day 23 Jul 1785 at St-François-de-Sales in Laval. [ ” Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968”, [online database with images], Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 24979259 | 7b22746f6b656e223a226e335a6a536e625079526334546334537150437134793064334952544d7377516f5a7679645462615347773d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 1091 | 15140748 }} : accessed 23 Oct 2024 ), Marie Therese Brancho baptism 23 Jul 1785, citing Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. ] The index states the baptism was 3 Aug 1785, but the record has 22 Jul 1785.
'''Châteauguay, 1795 - Death of Wife Veronique''' [https://mapcarta.com/24186544 Map]
At some time before 1795 the family moved again, this time to Châteauguay where Veronique Gelinas died on 24 Mar 1795, and was buried on 26 Mar 1795 at St-Joachim in Châteauguay.[ “Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968”, [online database with images], Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 24981772 | 7b22746f6b656e223a2267336632784c696a5368573656644a336c47567257363534517464734234323657544f7a70544b4f5a4f493d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 1091 | 30878574 }} : accessed 23 Oct 2024 ), Véronique Gelina burial 26 Mar 1795, citing Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. ]
On 23 Nov 1795 son Charles and Josephte Langevin were married at St-Joachim in Châteauguay. The witnesses were Pierre Branchaux, Francois Branchaux, Jean Langevin and Jacques Bougue.[ “Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968”, [online database with images], Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 24982513 | 7b22746f6b656e223a22637763477076524d3847353555796534762b54745877324a744261706c5637496e4a69385775466b7363493d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 1091 | 30878695 }} : accessed 23 Oct 2024 ), Charles Brancho and Josephte Langevin marriage 23 Nov 1795, citing Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. ]
On 9 Jan 1797 son Francois Noel and Felicite Marois were married at St-Joachim in Châteauguay. The witnesses were the fathers of the couple, Pierre Brancheau and Jean Baptiste Marois.[ “Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968”, [online database with images], Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 24982997 | 7b22746f6b656e223a226f4d654c4c4a7a6a4d744f6e4e7771507778427a77724b6430374c595559655649504158466375342b33673d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 1091 | 30878861 }} : accessed 23 Oct 2024 ), Francois Branchaud and Felicite Marois marriage 9 Jan 1797, citing Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. ]
On 12 Feb 1798 daughter Veronique Branchaux and Francois Roux were married at St-Joachim in Châteauguay. The witnesses were Pierre Thibert, J Bellemarie, Francois Branchaux brother of the bride.[ “Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968”, [online database with images], Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 24983739 | 7b22746f6b656e223a225952655841484b616c634e6b6d446c45387134754f4649376a38712b454e4f6f394f4a48316f444a665a553d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 1091 | 19814651 }} : accessed 23 Oct 2024 ), Francois Roux and Veronique Branchaux marriage 12 Feb 1798, citing Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Please note, the index for this record was missed - the links are to different records on the same page.]
On 20 Apr 1801 son Jean Baptiste Branchoux and Rose Tessier were married at St-Joachim in Châteauguay. The witnesses were Charles Branchaux brother of the groom and Jacques Tessier father of the bride.[ database with images], Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 24984343 | 7b22746f6b656e223a226f6547476f594e56563261755448387275395368726d496a48675477524a5a3854733674436330577a79513d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 1091 | 12158120 }} : accessed 23 Oct 2024 ), Jean Baptiste Branchaux and Rose Tessier marriage 20 Apr 1801, citing Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin]
{{ Migrating Ancestor |origin=Bas-Canada |origin-flag=Flags-3.jpg |destination=Frenchtown, Indiana Territory, US |destination-flag=US_Flags-3.png }}
'''Emigration - About 1798''' [https://mapcarta.com/22332580 Map]
The earliest records usually refer to the settlement on River Raisin as Riviére aux Raisins, which would eventually become Frenchtown, and even later as Monroe. This location was in Indiana Territory of the US from 1800 - 1805, and after that in the Territory of Michigan US until 1837 when Michigan became a state.
Pierre and his eldest son Pierre emigrated to the Frenchtown / Detroit area of the Indiana Territory US at some time around 1800. Please see Research Notes on the 1798 emigration date.
'''Frenchtown, Indiana Territory'''
On 9 Aug 1802 Marie Ouellette gave birth to a daughter named Marie, who was baptized on 10 Aug 1802 at l’Assomption in Sandwich, Essex, Ontario.["Canada, Ontario Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923", [online database with images], FamilySearch, ( {{ FamilySearch Record | 6ZJF-2L45 }} : accessed 24 Oct 2024 ), Marsie [Marie] baptism 10 Aug 1802, citing Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, Ontario, Canada records, image 249 of 327; Catholic Church. Assumption (Windsor, Ontario),Catholic Church. Diocese of London (Ontario). ] Her husband, Jean Baptiste Brugiere, did not acknowledge that the baby was his, and in the record only the mother is entered as “Marie Ouellete, femme de J Baptiste Bougiere”. It is possible that Pierre was the father of this child, as Pierre and Marie would later have two more children. Baby Marie would die shortly after birth on 9 Sep 1802.["Canada, Ontario Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923", [online database with images], FamilySearch, ( {{ FamilySearch Record | 6ZJF-PH3X }} : accessed 24 Oct 2024 ), Marsie burial 18 Sep 1802, citing Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, Ontario, Canada records, image 250 of 327; Catholic Church. Assumption (Windsor, Ontario),Catholic Church. Diocese of London (Ontario). ]
In about 1806 son Joseph was born, probably at Frenchtown. His year of birth is calculated from his age in the 1850 US Census (45 in 1850).[” 1850 United States Federal Census”, [online database with images], Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 25029309 | 7b22746f6b656e223a2249734635424a6b555138613544374b7448356d4b4a5578747866684e4c524b744d44437951754f7a3075733d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 8054 | 3186657 }} : accessed 24 Oct 2024 ), Joseph Branch in Ash, Monroe, Michigan, citing The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Ash, Monroe, Michigan; Roll: 358; Page: 429b ]
'''Fort Miami, Ohio, 1808''' [https://mapcarta.com/Maumee Map]
On 21 Jun 1808 daughter Therese was born near Fort Miami in Ohio, at the “Foot of the Rapids” of the Maumee River. At some time before 1810 Pierre and Marie moved back to Frenchtown, where Therese was baptized about two years later on 1 Jun 1810 at l’Assomption in Sandwich, Essex, Ontario.[”U.S., French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1695-1954”, [online database with images], Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 25029935 | 7b22746f6b656e223a222f774e6671345531715259513331666c4b66305442583237555168507a566b49756e782b726c7455346f453d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 1111 | 146360 }} : accessed 24 Oct 2024 ), Therese Brancheau baptism 1 Jun 1810, citing Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. “Le premier de Juine mil huit cent dix par nous prêtre soussigné a été baptisée sous condition Therese née le vingt et un de ce mois en mil huit cent huit au pied des rapide de Myr(??) diocese de Baltimore, de Pierre Brancheau et de Marie Ouellette [femme de Jean Baptiste Bruge -unreadable- ] Antoine Belleperche et la marraine Therese Lesperance qui ont declaré ne savoir signer”. Later, the text in the brackets was crossed out, and a note was added in the margin which reads “Maries par Mr Anderson Magistrate du Etats Unis (unreadable)” ] A note on this record states that Pierre and Marie were married by “Mr Anderson magistrate du Etats Unis”. John Anderson was appointed judge in Michigan Territory in May of 1807, so Pierre and Marie would have been married at some time between 1807 and 1810. Please see Research Notes for more on this.
On 30 May 1811 “Pierre Brancheau Senior” was granted 106 acres in Monroe County. On 7 Oct 1811 his son “Pierre Brancheau Junior” was granted 85 acres immediately adjacent to his father’s land.[Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 25030925 | 7b22746f6b656e223a22795166553745647a7358446f64386f3142324b5a4f543834384d756958647a683231414c46674e37696c553d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 1246 | 1020994 }} : accessed 24 Oct 2024 ), Pierre Brancheau Sr land grant 1811, citing Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records; Washington D.C., USA; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007. ]
'''Frenchtown, War of 1812''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Frenchtown Wikipedia Battle of Frenchtown]
On 18 Jan 1813 American troops, together with about 100 local French militia, recaptured Frenchtown. This would not last long, and on 22 Jan 1813 British troops from Fort Malden arrived and after many losses the Americans surrendered. The British returned to Fort Malden the same day with all the prisoners, army and civilian, who were able to walk. The following day the injured who had remained in Frenchtown were all killed by the Potawatomi allies of the British, and the houses in which they were sheltered were burned. This was known as the Battle of Frenchtown ( aka the Battle of River Raisin, aka the River Raisin Massacre ), and the American losses at this battle were the highest of any battle in the War of 1812.
On 27 Dec 1816 some of the citizens of Monroe County filed an application to the US Congress for relief due to the destruction caused by the War of 1812. Pierre’s son signed this appeal, but father Pierre did not.[Clarence Edwin Carter, The Territorial Papers of the United States, United States Government Printing Office : Washington, 1942), Vol 10, p 679. [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/291539/?offset=&return=1#page=691&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q=] ]
'''Frenchtown, Before 1820 - Death of Wife Marie'''
Marie Ouellette died at an unknown location some time between 1810 and 1820. She was present at the baptism of her daughter Therese on 1 June 1810, and she was recorded as being deceased at the marriage of her son Charles (from her first marriage) on 8 Nov 1820.[” U.S., French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1695-1954”, [online database with images], Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 25038559 | 7b22746f6b656e223a22466a383866357769513341686d77716b7a79554342656c7549627155576333323647325a6558584356574d3d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 1111 | 26381 }} : accessed 24 Oct 2024 ), Charles Brugiere and Therese Desnoyer marriage 8 Nov 1820, citing Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin ] Her first husband Jean Baptiste Brugiere was still living at the time of the marriage.
'''Frenchtown, 1822 - End of Life'''
Pierre died on 5 Apr 1822 in Frenchtown, and was buried at the old St-Antoine Cemetery there.[” Family Data Collection - Individual Records - Edmund West, comp“, [online database], Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 25042143 | 7b22746f6b656e223a227a53394c466b4f3268794849714d5233583362396869675a6f62706b68485946415248774d4c51425a7a553d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 4725 | 2896949 }} : accessed 24 Oct 2024 ), Pierre Brancheau death 5 Apr 1822 ][ {{ FindAGrave | 106475309 }} ]
== Research Notes ==
''On his Emigration to the US''
There is an unsourced family history which states that Peter (Brancheau), his son Peter, and his daughter Veronique with her husband Francois Leroux left Châteauguay in 1798 and arrived at a point of land near Cornwall, Ontario Canada which they named Messena (New York) in September of 1798. After a short period there, they moved on again arriving in Monroe County Michigan in an area later to be called Frenchtown/Newport in the summer of 1800.
Daughter Veronique and her husband Francois did not leave Châteauguay until some time between January of 1806 when their son Ignace was born in Châteauguay,[ “Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968”, [online database with images], Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 25011558 | 7b22746f6b656e223a22697a4e795a4b334b355a50534e48714d6863717479514b6c346d335774445850664d4467644a51754278513d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 1091 | 7197968 }} : accessed 23 Oct 2024 ), Ignace ??Our baptism 6 Jan 1806 St-Joachim Châteauguay, citing Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut GénSeptember of 1808 when their daughter Angelique was baptized at St-Régis Quebec (which is now located in New York state).][“Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968”, [online database with images], Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 25011725 | 7b22746f6b656e223a22387a6159487376357841662f70302f4e7a4e394e4856686531687475466e734b42754453694373515a78733d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 1091 | 5989189 }} : accessed 23 Oct 2024 ), Angelique Leroux baptism 25 Sep 1808 St-Régis, Québec, citing Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. ]. The couple and some of their children would eventually relocate to Monroe MI where they are found in the 1840 US Census.[” 1840 United States Federal Census”, [online database with images], Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 25012341 | 7b22746f6b656e223a22697274446169535a6a53443157516571764458302b69496b59766f39364c474d2b585a5637514656476c343d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 8057 | 3586714 }} : accessed 24 Oct 2024 ), Francois Le Rean in Ash Twp, Monroe Cty, MI, US in 1840 (1M/70-79, 1F/60-69, 1M/20-29, 1M/15-19), citing Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1840; Census Place: Ash, Monroe, Michigan; Roll: 208; Page: 305; Family History Library Film: 0014796 ]
As for the father and son Pierre’s, there is no evidence that they ever lived in or near St-Régis, but the younger Pierre was married in 1808 at Ste-Anne’s in Detroit and the record states that he was residing at the parish of St-Antoine in Frenchtown (Riviére aux Raisins).[” U.S., French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1695-1954”, [online database with images], Ancestry.com, {{ Ancestry Sharing | 25013853 | 7b22746f6b656e223a22522b4575674371353266787656755634362f56796a744a4a6869655076513639535a4a2f39726f514a61593d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d }} - ( {{ Ancestry Record | 1111 | 48561 }} : accessed 24 Oct 2024 ), Pierre Branchaux marriage 2 Feb 1808 Ste-Annes in Detroit, citing Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.] The elder Pierre had a daughter in 1808 at the Foot of the Rapids of the Maumee River in Ohio, who was baptized in 1810 at l’Assomption in Sandwich Ontario. Both of the Pierre’s also obtained a land grant in 1811 to side-by-side lots in Monroe County. Additional support of the 1798 departure is in the marriage records of sons Charles and Francois (1795 and 1797) where Pierre was a witness at both of the marriages, and in the marriages of children Veronique and Jean Baptiste (1798 and 1801) where neither Pierre was present as a witness. Please see sources for these marriages above.
''On His Second Marriage to Marie Ouellette''
[[ Ouellet-720 | Marie Ouellette]] was married on 20 Aug 1787 to Jean Baptiste Brugiere and together they had at least four children, born from 1789 to 1795. Then, after a gap of about 7 years, Marie had a daughter named Marie. Marie was born on 9 Aug 1802 and baptized on 10 Aug 1802, but her husband Jean Baptiste did not acknowledge that the baby girl was his. The record states “baptisée Marie née d’hier de Marie Ouelette, femme de J Baptiste Bougiere”. Baby Marie would die shortly after on 9 Sep 1802. It is possible that Pierre was the father of this child, but supporting evidence for this has not been found.
Pierre and Marie Ouellette had a son Joseph born in 1806. No original documents of his birth or baptism have been located, but is recorded in Denissen. Denissen appears to have had access to the St-Antoine baptismal registers, so it is possible that Joseph was baptized there.
Then on 1 Jun 1810 at L’Assomption in Sandwich, a daughter Therese was baptized which was originally recorded as “Le premier de Juine mil huit cent dix par nous prêtre soussigné a été baptisée sous condition Therese née le vingt et un de ce mois en mil huit cent huit au pied des rapide de Myr(??) diocese de Baltimore, de Pierre Brancheau et de Marie Ouellette [femme de Jean Baptiste Bruge -unreadable- ] Antoine Belleperche et la marraine Therese Lesperance qui ont declaré ne savoir signer”. Later, the text in the brackets was crossed out, and a note was added in the margin which reads “Maries par Mr Anderson Magistrate du Etats Unis (unreadable)”.
This all was an issue for the Catholic priests as Marie’s first husband Jean Baptiste was still living, and the Church at that time (and still today) does not recognize any remarriages when the other spouse is still living unless an annulment was granted, which almost certainly was not the case in the early 1800’s. As they could not marry in the Church, Pierre and Marie’s marriage would then of necessity have been a civil ceremony.
The ‘Pied des Rapide” mentioned in the record is located on the Maumee River in Ohio, where British Fort Miami was built in 1794 and US Fort Meigs was built in 1813. At the time most travel was done on the water ways and on the Great Lakes, but some rudimentary trails did exist and they all met at the Foot of the Rapids where the Maumee could safely be crossed. The first known French settlement there was a trading post established by Gabriel Godfrey and Jean Baptiste Beaugrand in 1790, and several French families from Monroe settled there shortly afterwards. Then in 1806 Col John Anderson (the same “Mr Anderson” mentioned in the record above) was living near Fort Miami and working as a trader and a farmer. So Pierre and Marie, as well as John Anderson, can all be located at the “Foot of the Rapids” at the time of the birth of daughter Therese in 1808.[ Nevin O. Winter Litt. D, A. History of Northwestern OhioA Narrative of Its Historical Progress and Development from the First European Exploration of the Maumee and Sandusky Valleys and the Adjacent Shores of Lake Erie, down to the Present Time, (The Lewis Publishing Company : Chicago and New York, 1917), Vol 1, p 476. [https://www.ohiogenealogyexpress.com/lucas/lucasco_1917_hist_contents.htm Link] ] John Anderson was appointed a judge in the newly created Michigan Territory on 8 May 1807, so Pierre and Marie’s marriage would have occurred at some time between May 1807 and 1810.[ Talcott Enoch Wing, History of Monroe County Michigan 1819-1890,(Munsell & Co : New York, 1890), p 266. [https://archive.org/details/historyofmonroec00wing/page/266/mode/2up?q=Anderson Link] ]
''Questionable Record in the Original Profile''
This source is from Ancestry, and it states that Pierre was living in Monroe County in 1820 at the age of 20. However, no such entry is found in the 1820 census. Portions of these records for Monroe County are extremely difficult to read (on both Ancestry and FamilySearch), and the reference may be to an entry there. As Pierre did not request government relieve from the effects of the War of 1812, he may have given his land to his son Pierre, but no person of Pierre’s age is listed with the younger Pierre’s family. According to the Michigan Census of 1827-1870, he resided in Michigan in 1820 at the age of 72. [Michigan, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1827-1870 [http://trees.ancestry.ca/pt/ViewRecordRedir.aspx?tid=59777897&pid=44049802431&dbid=3554&rpid=12862363&nam=Pierre%2bBRANCHAUD%2b4GGF**&pg=32768&pgpl=pid]]
* Michigan, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1827-1870
: Name: Peter Brancheau
: State: MI
: County: Monroe County
: Township: No Township Given
: Year: 1820
: Database: MI Early Census Index: Source Information: Ancestry.com. ''Michigan, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1827-1870 [database on-line]''. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.: Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. ''Michigan Census, 1827-1870''. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.[http://trees.ancestry.ca/pt/ViewRecordRedir.aspx?tid=59777897&pid=44049802431&dbid=3554&rpid=12862363&nam=Pierre%2bBRANCHAUD%2b4GGF**&pg=32768&pgpl=pid]
His siblings included:
: : 1. Marie Anne Branchaud, 1726 – 1727
: : 2. Marie Anne Branchaud, 1727 – 1727
: : 3. Charles Branchaud, 1728 – 1730
: : 4. Antoine Branchaud, 1730 – 1752
: : 5. Marie Agathe Branchaud, 1732 – 1764
: : 6. Charles Branchaud, 1734 – 1734
: : 7. Francois Branchaud, 1736 – 1819
: : 8. Marie Anne Branchaud, 1737 – 1823
: : 9. Marie Anne Branchaud, 1739 – 1782
: : 10. Joseph Branchaud, 1741 – 1741
: : 11. Joseph Branchaud, 1743 – 1822
: : 12. Marie Angelique Branchaud, 1746 – 1821
== Sources ==
==== Weblinks ====
* Ancestry Family Treeshttp://trees.ancestry.ca/tree/59777897/person/44049802431/facts/sources#smLblTrees
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| Person ID |
I60535 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Father |
Branchaud Charles, b. 04 Apr 1704, Montmagny, Canada, Nouvelle-France d. Abt 28 Nov 1770, Rivière-du-Loup en Haut, Province de Québec (Age 66 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Banliac Agathe, b. 03 May 1705, Rivière-du-Loup, Canada, Nouvelle-France d. 06 Apr 1778, Rivière-du-Loup en Haut, Province de Québec (Age 72 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
30 Sep 1726 |
Saint-Antoine de la Rivière-du-Loup, Canada, Nouvelle-France [1] |
| Family ID |
F26880 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Gelinas Marie, b. 19 Jul 1754 d. 26 Mar 1795 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage |
11 Feb 1771 |
Yamachiche, Maskinongé, Province de Québec [1] |
| Family ID |
F26965 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Family 2 |
Ouellet Marie, b. 07 Apr 1768 d. Bef 1820 (Age < 51 years) |
| Marriage |
1808 |
Frenchtown, Michigan Territory, USA [1] |
| Family ID |
F26819 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
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| Sources |
- [S1749] Merged from Branchaud-718755_1 on 6-Jan-2026 at 21:00.
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