[FCHSM] Chevalier- fur trade- 1717 to 1825

[Suzanne Sommerville]

Sandy,
  The marriage of Joseph Chevalier, son of deceased Joseph Chevalier and Louise Durocher and Genevieve Charbonneau (Jean Baptiste & Marie Plouf) on 10 February 1807 at Ste. Anne de Detroit is summarized in Sharon Kelley, Editor, Marriage Records Ste. Anne Church Detroit 1701-1850, published in 2001, on page 60.
   
  The summary includes the information that, in the absence of a priest, they had been married by a protestant minister at Cataracoui (modern-day Kingston, Ont.) and that he was from a parish in Montreal and she from Riviere du Chene.
   
  I did a quick check this morning on PRDH for Joseph and Louise Durocher . (Do you know this wonderful internet source?) This Chevalier line is not related to the Michillimackinac Chevaliers.
   
  Here is the marriage in 1766 of Joseph Chevalier and Louise Durocher:
   
  # 212981  
   
      Montréal  1766-06-09   
      
   Rank  Name  Age  M.S.  Pr.  Sex  
     01  JOSEPH POTARD CHEVALIER  
  Residence  :  MONTRÉAL  
    025  c  p  m  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   02  MARIE LOUISE DUROCHER  
  Residence  :  QUEBEC  
    018  c  p  f  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   03  SIMON POTARD  
FATHER  OF 01  
    ---  ---  d  m  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   04  MARGUERITE LOIZEAU  
MOTHER  OF 01     
    ---  ---  ---  f  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   05  AUGUSTIN DUROCHER  
FATHER  OF 02  
    ---  ---  d  m  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   06  MARIE FRANCOISE BIORD  
MOTHER  OF 02     
    ---  ---  ---  f  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
    
    © PRDH   www.genealogy.umontreal.ca   
      

  And here is the Couple entry for them:
  Couple     
   
 of  JOSEPH LEONARD  POTART CHEVALIER  
Death :  1797-06-25     
Burial :  1797-06-26  Montréal  
   Father : SIMON  POTART CHEVALIER  
   Mother : MARIE MARGUERITE  GAUTHIER LOISEAU  
   Couple  
 
    and     MARIE LOUISE  DESROCHERS DUROCHER DESROCHES  
Death :  1813-01-13     
Burial :  1813-01-14  Montréal  
   Father : AUGUSTIN  DESROCHERS DUROCHER  
   Mother : FRANCOISE MARIE ROSE  BIOR  
   Couple  

   As you can see, this Joseph dit "Chevalier" family had the last name of Potart. 
   
  My first request for records on PRDH including a Joseph Chevalier pulled up 307 references. There was more than one family that used the name Chevalier in New France. What is your source for "He [Joseph] married Louisa Durocher 1749. "? The spelling of the name "Louisa" and the absence of a precise date make me believe it could be one of Denissen's guesses.
   
  Suzanne

  Sandy Belkofer <sabelkofer at accesstoledo.com> wrote:
  French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan List

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          I am looking for information on Joseph Chevalier b 1725 in Fort Michilimackinac, MI.   He is the son of Jean Baptiste Chevalier and Francois Avaloine.  He married Louisa Durocher 1749.  He is said to be a trader.  He was in Detroit for many years.  The Chevalier family was large and were mostly traders.  Joseph’s brothers Louis and Charles was at Ft. St. Joseph (Niles, MI) and his brothers-in-law included: Rene Bourassa,  Joseph Hins, HAINS (AINSEE)  Antoine Deshetres, Antoine Lauzon, Jacques Dumay Demers,  Jean Etienne Cheniers,  Pierre Grigon ,  Charles Chaboille (Chaboiller).  What I have found so far looks like they set up a family network in the trade based out of Ft. MIchelmackinac – starting around 1717 with the father Jean Bapstiste  and seams to have  continued until the decline of the fur trade in the 1820’s.
  I am interested in researching the fur trade in the territory.  I would like to find company records, inventories, and stories that surround this family in the mid- 1700’s to 1825.  I am most interested in Joseph in Detroit.  
  I did find a great book - Rendezvous at the Straits - Fur Trade and Military Activities at Fort de Buade and Fort Michilimackinac, by
  Timothy J. Kent.. I am now at a loss as to where to check next.  I am not able to travel to Michigan for a couple more months.  When I can get there, where would records for this time frame be found? Are there other books that would be of some help?  Are there other people researching this?  
   
  Thank you,
  Sandra A Belkofer

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