[FCHSM] Chevalier- fur trade- 1717 to 1825
Suzanne Sommerville
s.sommerville at sbcglobal.net
Mon Jul 2 18:12:27 PDT 2007
Jim, that's a staggering list that appears to be mainly secondary sources. I would recommend that the poster investigate primary sources in the Québec archives, both the Québec Bibliothèque et Archives and the Library and Archives web sites in Ottawa. Both have searchable data bases with original documents. Of course, one must be able to read French to read the original documents.
I have researched quite a bit on the Chevalier family in these archives, and I know that the secondary sources I have seen mainly repeat each other, often just repeating errors.
Suzanne
Suzanne Boivin Sommerville
"James P. LaLone" <jplalone at prodigy.net> wrote:
French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan List
_______________________________________________
Here is a small bibliographical listing which may be of use. The emphasis is for the Great Lakes area, good luck, Jim.
THE FUR TRADE, VOYAGEURS, COUREURS-DE-BOIS AND MÉTIS
Compiled by James P. LaLone,
revised 2002
Allen County Public Library, Genealogy Department - A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOURCES FOR NATIVE AMERICAN FAMILY HISTORY.
Ashley, Kathryne B. - ISLANDS OF THE MANITOU.
Bantin, Philip C. & Mark G. Thiel - GUIDE TO CATHOLIC INDIAN MISSION AND SCHOOL RECORDS IN MIDWEST REPOSITORIES.
Baraga, R.R. Bishop - A DICTIONARY OF THE OTCHIPWE LANGUAGE, repr. 1966, Minneapolis.
Bell, Charles N. - THE EARLIEST FUR TRADERS ON THE UPPER RED RIVER AND RED LAKE, MINNESOTA (1783-1810), 1926, Winnipeg.
Bernard, Pierre - REPERTOIRE DES DECES DE LA PAROISSE L'ANNONCIATION DE LA BIENHEUREUSE VIERGE MARIE D'OKA, DE 1721-1942, 1996, Quebec.
___________ - REPERTOIRE DES NAISSANCES DES MÉTIS ET AMÉRINDIENS, 1996, Quebec.
Bordace, Tim & Dorrie Brown - THE LABRADOR SETTLERS, MÉTIS & KABLUNANGAJUIT, 1994, Happt Valley-Goose Bay.
Bristol, Linda E. - LIBER DEFUNCTORUM: THE REGISTER OF DEATHS OF THE ST. JOSEPH MISSION 1835-1860 AND HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH 1861-1900,
_______, - MARRIAGES OF LaPOINTE (WI), 1835-1880.
Burnett, William - LETTER BOOK OF WILLIAM BURNETT: EARLY FUR TRADER IN THE LAND OF FOUR FLAGS, 1967.
Chaput, Donald - "The Semantics of Nadowa", p. 228 in "Names, Journal of the American Name Society," v.15, 1967.
Davidson, Gordon Charles - THE NORTH WEST COMPANY, 1967, New York.
Dotson, Michael E. - IN SEARCH OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE, 1986, Lockport.
DuLong, John P. - "Engagements: Guide to Fur Trade Employment Contracts, 1670-1821," in "Michigan's Habitant Heritage," v.10 #3 (Jul 1989), pp.47-58.
Faux, David - "Documenting Six Nations Indian Ancestry", p. 31 in "Families," journal of the Ontario Genealogical Society, v.20 #1, 1981.
Foley, William E. - THE FIRST CHOUTEAUS, RIVER BARONS OF EARLY ST. LOUIS, 1983, Urbana.
Foster, John, et al - FUR TRADE GENEALOGY, 1986, Edmonton.
Francis, Daniel & Toby Morantz - PARTNERS IN FURS: A HISTORY OF THE FUR TRADE IN EASTERN JAMES BAY, 1600-1870.
Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies & Applied Research - THE CANADIAN ATLAS OF ABORIGINAL SETTLEMENT, 1994, Regina.
Gidley, Bryan & Gwen Paterson - THE PENETANGUISHENE LIST OF THE DRUMMOND ISLANDERS, 1815-1828, 1991, Penetanguishene.
Gilman, Carolyn - WHERE TWO WORLDS MEET: THE GREAT LAKES FUR TRADE.
Gilman, Rhoda R. - FUR TRADE IN THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, 1630-1850, 1974, Madison.
Greenbie, Sydney - FRONTIERS AND THE FUR TRADE, 1929, New York.
Haworth, Paul L. - TRAILMAKERS OF THE NORTHWEST, 1921, New York.
Hayes, Sheila - "Métis Research", p. 3 in "Generations," journal of the Manitoba Genealogical Society, v.11 #1, 1986.
Idle, Dunning - THE POST OF THE ST JOSPEH RIVER DURING THE FRENCH REGIME, 1679-1761, 1946.
Innis, Harold Adams - THE FUR TRADE IN CANADA: AN INTRODUCTION TO CANADIAN ECONOMIC HISTORY, 1930, New Haven.
Jackson, John C. - CHILDREN OF THE FUR TRADE, 1995, Missoula.
Johansen, Gregory J. - "To Make Some Provision for Their Half-Breeds: the Nemaha Half-Breed Reserve, 1830-66", p. 8 in "Nebraska History," quarterly of the Nebraska State Historical Society, v.67 #1, 1986.
Johnson, Ida A. - THE MICHIGAN FUR TRADE, 1919, Lansing.
Johnston, William - LETTERS ON THE FUR TRADE, 1833, 1910?
Karamanski, Theodore J. - FUR TRADE AND EXPLORATION: OPENING THE FAR NORTHWEST 1821-1852, 1983, Norman.
Krug, Merton E. - DUBAY, SON-IN-LAW OF OSHKOSH.
Lantz, Raymond C. - OTTAWA AND CHIPPEWA INDIANS OF MICHIGAN, 1870-1909,
1991, Bowie.
Lefebvre, Jean-Jacques - "Repertoire des Engagements pour l'Ouest 1778-1788," in RAPPORT DES ARCHIVES NATIONALES DU QUEBEC, (1946/47), pp.301-369.
Library of Michigan - THE FUR TRADE IN MICHIGAN'S HISTORY, 1992, Lansing.
Mackenzie, Alexander - VOYAGES FROM MONTREAL ON THE RIVER ST. LAURENCE, 1966, Ann Arbor.
Massicotte, Edouard-Zotique - "Conges et Permis Deposes ou Enregistres a Montreal sous le Regime Francais (1681-1737)," in RAPPORT DES ARCHIVES NATIONALES DU QUEBEC, (1921/22), pp.189-225.
_______, - "Conges de Traite Conserves aux Archives de la Province du Quebec (1739-1752)," in RAPPORT DES ARCHIVES NATIONALES DU QUEBEC, (1922/23), pp.192-265.
_______, - "A Propos de Conges (1682-1725)," in "Les Bulletin des Recherches Historiques," v.3 #5 (May 1926), pp.296-300.
_______, - "Repertoire des Engagements pour l'Ouest Conserves dans les Archives Judiciaires de Montreal (1670-1821)," series in RAPPORT DES ARCHIVES NATIONALES DU QUEBEC: "1670-1745" in (1929/30), pp.191-466.
"1746-1752" in (1930/31), pp.353-453.
"1753-1758" in (1931/32), pp.243-365.
"1758-1778" in (1932/33), pp.245-304.
"1788-1797" in (1942/43), pp.261-397.
"1798-1801" in (1943/44), pp.335-444.
"1802-1804" in (1944/45), pp.309-401.
"1805-1821" in (1945/46), pp.301-369.
McDonald, Lois H. - FUR TRADE LETTERS OF FRANCIS ERMATINGER, 1980, Glendale.
Michigan Dpt. of Education, Bureau of Library Services - "Family Trails," v.2 #4, Fall-Winter, 1969-70, whole issue deals with Indian genealogy.
Milne, Kim - CHILDREN OF THE COUNTRY, 1988, Winnipeg.
Morin, Gail - CENSUSES OF THE RED RIVER SETTLEMENT :AN INDEX TO THE CENSUSES FOR THE
YEARS 1827; 1828; 1829; 1830; 1831; 1832; 1833; 1835; 1838; 1840 and 1843. 1998, Pawtucket.
________ - MANITOBA SCRIPT, 1996, Pawtucket.
________ - MÉTIS FAMILIES: A GENEALOGICAL COMPENDIUM, 2vls., 1996, Pawtucket.
Morse, Eric W. - FUR TRADE CANOE ROUTES OF CANADA/THEN AND NOW, 1969, Ottawa.
Munnell, Michael D. - AMERICAN INDIAN MARRIAGE RECORD DIRECTORY FOR ASHLAND CO., WI, 1874-1907, 1993, Duluth.
Murdock, George P. & Timothy J. O'Leary - ETHNOGRAPHIC BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA, 5 vls. 1975. Very comprehensive up to 1975, covers all US and Canada, a must for researchers.
Newman, Michael - SOME NOTES ON BYTOWN & THE FUR TRADE, 1991, Ottawa.
Newman, Peter C. - MERCHANT PRINCES, 1991, New York.
North American Fur Trade Conference - ASPECTS OF THE FUR TRADE: SELECTED PAPERS OF THE 1965 NORTH AMERICAN FUR TRADE CONFERENCE, 1967, St. Paul.
Nute, Grace L. - THE VOYAGEUR, 1931, New York.
Osborne, A.C. - "The Migration of Voyageurs from Drummond Island to Penetanguishene in 1892," in "Ontario Historical Society: Papers and Records," v.3, pp.123-166.
Pannekoek, Frits - THE FUR TRADE AND WESTERN CANADIAN SOCIETY, 1670-1870, 1987, Ottawa.
Patterson, Gwen - "Researching the Original Personnel of the Establishments, Penetanguishene," in "Families", v. 27 #2, 1988.
Paul, Ellen - "Hudson Bay Company Archives," in "Michigan's Habitant Heritage," v.11 #3 (Jul 1990), pp.53-4.
Peterson, Jacqueline - "Prelude to Red River: a Social Portrait of the Great Lakes Métis", p. 41 in "Ethnohistory," v.25 #1, Winter 1978.
Peterson, Jacqueline & Jennifer S.H. Brown - THE NEW PEOPLES: BEING AND BECOMING MÉTIS IN NORTH AMERICA.
Pomerleau, Jeanne - LES COUREURS DE BOIS: LA TRAITE DES FOURRURES AVEC DES AMÉRINDIENS, 1996, Ste-Foy.
Ray, Arthur J. - INDIANS IN THE FUR TRADE: THEIR ROLE AS TRAPPERS, HUNTERS, AND MIDDLEMEN IN THE LANDS SOUTHWEST OF HUDSON BAY, 1660-1870, 1974, Toronto.
Rentmeester, Les - THE WISCONSIN CREOLES, 1987, Melbourne.
_______, - THE WISCONSIN FUR-TRADE PEOPLE, 1991.
Rhodes, Richard A. - EASTERN OJIBWA-CHIPPEWA-OTTAWA DICTIONARY, 1993, New York.
Rich, Edwin E. - THE FUR TRADE AND THE NORTHWEST TO 1857, 1967, Toronto.
Robitaille, Rita, et al - Mariages: Lafontaine, 1856-1982; Perkinsfield, 1909-1982; Penetanguishene, 1835-1982, [1982], Ottawa.
Russell, Carl P. - FIREARMS, TRAPS AND TOOLS OF THE MOUNTAIN MEN, 1967, New York.
Russell, Donna V.S., ed. - MICHIGAN VOYAGEURS: FROM THE NOTARY BOOK OF SAMUEL ABBOTT, MACKINAC ISLAND, 1807-1817, 1982, Detroit.
Sivertsen, Barbara J. - TURTLES, WOLVES & BEARS: A MOHAWK FAMILY HISTORY, 1996, Bowie.
Sivertson, Howard - ILLUSTRATED VOYAGEUR, 1994, Mount Horeb.
Sleeper-Smith, Susan – INDIAN WOMEN AND FRENCH MEN: RETHINKING CULTURAL ENCOUNTER IN THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES.
Sprague, D.N. & R.P. Frye - THE GENEALOGY OF THE FIRST METIS NATION; THE DEVELOPMENT AND DISPERSAL OF THE RED RIVER SETTLEMENT, 1820-1900.
Stardom, Eleanor J. - A STRANGER TO THE FUR TRADE, 1995, Winnipeg.
Sunder, John E. - THE FUR TRADE ON THE UPPER MISSOURI, 1840-1865, 1965, Norman.
Tanner, Helen H. - ATLAS OF GREAT LAKES INDIAN HISTORY.
Thorne, Tanis C. - THE MANY HANDS OF MY RELATIONS, 1996, Columbia.
United States. National Archives & Records Service - GUIDE TO GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES. Chapter 11, p. 157 deals with Indian research.
VanKirk, Sylvia - MANY TENDER TIES: WOMEN IN FUR-TRADE SOCIETY, 1670-1870.
Vogel, Virgil J. - INDIAN NAMES IN MICHIGAN, 1986, Ann Arbor.
Wallace, W. Stewart, ed. - DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE NORTH WEST COMPANY, 1934, Toronto.
Wheeler-Voegelin, Ermine, transcriber - "Material in Draper 'S' on 18th and Early 19th Century Indians of the Old Northwest", p.281 in "Ethnohistory," v.8 #3, 1961.
White, Bruce M., comp. - THE FUR TRADE IN MINNESOTA: AN INTRODUCTORY GUIDE TO MANUSCRIPT SOURCES, 1977, St. Paul.
Willson, Beckles - THE GREAT COMPANY, BEING A HISTORY OF THE HONORABLE COMPANY OF MERCHANTS-ADVENTURERS TRADING INTO HUDSON'S BAY, 1906, New York.
Wilson, Keith - FUR TRADE IN CANADA, 1980, Toronto.
Wilson, Victoria - NATIVE AMERICAN RESEARCH IN MICHIGAN: A GENEALOGICAL GUIDE, 1997, Grawn.
"Michigan's Habitant Heritage," v.9 #3 (Jul 1988), whole issue deals with Métis.
----- Original Message -----
From: Sandy Belkofer
To: miwayne at rootsweb.com ; mimackin-l at rootsweb.com ; fchsm at habitant.org
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 10:12 AM
Subject: [FCHSM] Chevalier- fur trade- 1717 to 1825
French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan List
_______________________________________________
---------------------------------
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
---------------------------------
_______________________________________________
FCHSM mailing list
FCHSM at habitant.org
http://habitant.org/mailman/listinfo/fchsm_habitant.org
To visit our archives of postings or to unsubscribe, please point your browser to our list <a href="http://habitant.org/mailman/listinfo/fchsm_habitant.org">webpage</a>.
_______________________________________________
FCHSM mailing list
FCHSM at habitant.org
http://habitant.org/mailman/listinfo/fchsm_habitant.org
To visit our archives of postings or to unsubscribe, please point your browser to our list <a href="http://habitant.org/mailman/listinfo/fchsm_habitant.org">webpage</a>.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://habitant.org/pipermail/fchsm_habitant.org/attachments/20070702/6ee82293/attachment-0001.html
More information about the FCHSM
mailing list