The Livingston Family History - Alive and Well

WAR IN NEW FRANCE 1756-63 In the 1750's, the children of Antoine Lafreniere III and Angelique Piette would have been approximately 20-30 years old. According to The Peoples of Canada: Pre-Confederation , every male resident between 16 and 60 years old had to serve in their local militia. Since their children were born in the Sorel area, it is safe to conclude that the family resided near this region and thus, the male children served in the militia at nearby Fort Richelieu (unfortunately, their participation in the pending war in New France would be purely conjecture). The war in New France from 1756-63 is often referred to as the  French-Indian War, but in my opinion, this title is misleading since both the French and British had First Nations allies.  According to  First Peoples: A Documentary Survey of American Indian History , the Algonquian groups, like the Abenakis, Ottawas, Shawnees and Potawata...

THE PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL ARENA EXPERIENCED BY OUR ANCESTORS 1700-1759 Until I can meet with other family members in early April to clarify our lineage, here is a description of our the physical and spiritual environment of our ancestors between 1700 to 1759.  (Montreal is located in the west while Sorel is located in the east.  If you would like to examine the details of this map, please visit  http://canadachannel.ca/HCO/index.php/File:MONTSEIGNS.JPG  ). As I had stated in an earler posting, Antoine III Desrosiers dit Lafreniere and his wife Angelique Piette wed on February 9,1722 in Sorel, Quebec. Sorel was located at the junction of the lower Richelieu River and on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. It was 88 kilometres northeast of Montreal. Since 1665, Fort Richelieu protected the small community of Sorel from Iroquois First Nations attacks and later attempted to stop the British invasi...

CHILDREN OF JEAN-BAPTISTE ANTOINE LAFRENIERE and MARGUERITE LOISEAU (Please note that I could not find any church documents confirming the marriage of Antoine III's son Jean Baptiste and Marguerite Loiseau, which is very odd. Read the footnote to ponder an interesting tidbit.) Based on Doreen (Livingston) Moore's notes: 1. May, born 1781. 2. Amable, born 1783. 3. Claude, born 1785. 4. Augustine Jean-Baptiste, born 1787. 5. Joseph Jean-Baptiste, born 1793. 6. Julie Jean Baptiste, born 1795. 7. Antoine Jean Baptiste, born 1800 at St. Croix, Ontario; married Madeleine McTavish on 5 August 1826 at St. Croix, Ontario; died 2 December 1880 Lafontaine, Ontario. FOOTNOTE: An interesting development strictly based on parish records- If we return to the children of Antoine II Desrosiers dit Lafreniere and Marie Renee Lepelle dite Desmarets, their son Jean Baptiste Charles , born 26 December 1721, married Marguerite Vanasse dit Vertefeuille in 1749 and they had 4 chil...

What's involved in Family Research? and the THE CHILDREN OF ANTOINE III DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIERE Before I continue, I have to say that I am very impressed with Doreen's research. The more I work on retracing our family history, the more I appreciate Doreen's work.  To trace the family history without a computer, Internet, and multitudes of online resources is a phenomenal feat.  I am certain that I would be bald and cross-eyed by now if I had to read only parish records, mostly in French, in lovely, illegible scroll writing to determine birth, marriage and burial information for our family, but Doreen was smart and she didn't only rely on these records. Based on the documents I have, Doreen worked on the family history for at least 7 years. In early 1980, she made copies of documents and derived data from microfiche, books and newspaper articles borrowed from Trail Library, Selkirk College and Ottawa's Public Archives of Canada. She obta...

In 1704, Antoine (II) Desrosiers dit Lafreniere and his wife Marie Renee Lepelle dite Desmarets moved to Sorel   I’lle Dupas, P.Q ., from Trois Rivieres,P.Q. (Tome VI by SuIte, Histoire des Canadians-Francais , page 109). In 1714, Lamothe-Cadillac and the Councils appointed Lafreniere to the rank of Major Surgeon, the first of two men selected to sign his name. After four months, the other man was incompatible.   Children of Antoine (II) Desrosiers dit LAFRENIERE and Marie Renee LEPELLE dite DESMARETS *1.    Antoine III born 21 March 1698; married Angelique PIETTE 9 February 1722 at Sorel, P.Q. Died          1 May 1760 in Quebec City, QC.  2.    Marie Josephe, born 31 January 1700, married Adrien NEPVEU 20 June 1719 at Sorel, I’lle Dupas,       P.Q., died? 3.  Marie Genevieve, born 20 May 1702, married Francois HOURE on 26 November 1731, died? 4. ...

CHILDREN OF ANTOINE DESROSIERS AND ANNE DU HERISSON Later research would reveal that this post contains information that is incorrect. It has been revealed that the Livingston family is  not  related to the Desrosiers family as described in this post. To alleviate confusion, this post will be archived by June 1st, 2021. A new post will be written describing the true French ancestors of the Livingston family soon.    Marie Desrosiers born 16 June 1650 Trois Rivieres,QC married 19 February 1664 to Alexander Raoul (They had ten children:  4 boys and 6 girls) died 28 June 1722 Champlain,QC Michel Jacob Desrosiers dit Desilets born 3 September 1652 Trois Rivieres, QC baptized at the Imaculee Conception Church married Marie Jeanne Thomasse Artault in 1680 (They had nine children: 4 boys and 5 girls. Michel added " Desilets" to his  name.)   died 11 February 1734 Champlain, QC Joseph Desrosiers born 29 July...

The first Fort at Trois Rivieres 1. Pierre and Mathurin Guillet, brothers 2. Élie Grimard 3. Claude Houssaye 4. Thomas Godfroy de Normandville 5. Marin Chauvin 6. Pierre Boucher 7. Étienne Seigneuret 8. Étienne Vien 9. Gilles Trottier 10. Sébastien Dodier 11. Sébastien Dodier 12. Jean Sauvaget 13. Claude David 14. Guillaume Pépin 15. Antoine Desrosiers 16. Mathurin Baillargeon 17. Le fiel Pachirini (I don't know what this means) 18. Jean Véron dit Grandmesnil 19. Guillaume Isabel 20. Marin de Repentigny 21. Émery Cailleteau 22. La résidence des Jésuites et la chapelle des Sauvages (The residence of the Jesuits and the vault of the Savages) 23. Bertrand Fafard dit Laframboise 24. Pierre Lefebvre 25. Jacques Aubuchon 26. Jean Houdan dit Gaillarbois Later research would reveal that this post contains information that is incorrect. It has been revealed that the Livingston family is  not  related to the Desrosiers family as described in this post. To alleviate confusion, thi...