Urbain
Tessier dit Lavigne, born in Chateau, Anjou, France, was the son of Artus
Tessier and Jeanne Meine. He was one of
70 people who set out to establish a post in New France in 1641. He was a soldier,
pit sawyer, carpenter, farmer, and Indian fighter. He married on 28 September 1648, to Marie
Archambault.
Marie was
baptized on 24 February 1636 at Dumpierre-sur-Mer, in Aunis, France, daughter
of Jacques Archambault and Francoise Toureau.
Marie was 12 years and 7 months at the time of her marriage. Urbain and Marie had 17 children, 13 of whom
reached adulthood. Urban Tessier
received a land grant in Montreal 10 January 1648 by M. de Maisonneuve. He was also one of the first 5 colonists to
have a child baptized in Montreal. Urbain was taken prisoner by the Iroquois on
24 March 1661, along with others. He was liberated on 31 August 1661, minus one
or more fingers lost to torture. His
hand never healed properly.
Urbain died
at Montreal and was buried 21 March 1698 at Notre-Dame de Montreal. Marie died on 6 August 1719 at Pointe-Aux
Trembles, near Montreal.
Ignace
Tessier dit Lavigne, son of Urban and Marie was born in Montreal, and baptized
there on 11 March 1677. He married Marie
Marguerite Lussier, the daughter of Jacques L’hussier and Catherine Clerice, in
Repentigny on 23 May 1703. Marguerite was baptized at Boucherville on 05
September 1683. They had two known
children, Margaret and Pierre. Ignace
died in 1747 and Marguerite died in 1748. She was buried at Repentigny on 07 May
1748.
Pierre
Tessier dit Lavigne, born 29 June 1708 in Repentigny parish, PQ, CA, to Ignace
and Marguerite, and was baptized 29 June 1708 at Regentigny parish by Father
Gaschien. He married Marie Charlotte Forcier 1707-1744. He then
married
Marie Genevieve Parenteau who was born 26 September 1715. Genevieve was the daughter of Pierre
Parenteau and Marguerite St Laurent dit Laurent. They were married 30 June 1745
at Yamanska parish PQ, CQ by Father FXN Brassard. Pierre was unable to sign at
either marriage. Their marriage produced
8 children, in addition to the 4 children from his first marriage.
Pierre died
and was buried on 6 February 1759, at Yamanska parish, officiated by Father
Jean Baptiste Delabrosse. Genevieve died
10 December 1760, and was buried at Yamanska parish on 11 December 1760,
officiated by Father Parent.
Pierre
Tessier dit Lavigne was born on 11 December 1747, to Pierre and Genevieve, at
St Michel, Montreal. He inherited his great grandfathers wondering spirit and
travelled down the St Lawrence river to the staits of Detroit.
Detroit was
founded as Fort Ponchartrain de la straits du Detroit by ….Cadillac. A flourishing French community grew up there,
surrounded by Indian encampments. There
were marriages between the couriers du bois and the Native Americans, but the
Indians were also held as slave labor by the French. A church was formed in …..St Anne is an
operating parish still today, and is distinctively marked by the twin
spires. This building was put up in ….
But was predated by several older structures.
Pierre He married Barbara Madeleine
McDonald on 31 October 1790 at Ste Anne Church in Detroit. Barbara was from Assumption Sandwich, but
very little is known about her early life, including a date of birth and her
parents. They came back to St Antoine where Pierre was listed as a land owner
along the River Raisin, as early as 1788.
St Antoines is the earliest church established in the Frenchtown
territory. Early French settlers were
drawn to its plentiful water ways and abundance. There were fruit and berry
varieties, and game, waterfowl and fish.
Frenchtown was a wild place, and many of the early missionary priests to
St Antoine despaired of the hard living, hard drinking, merry French. They
refused the proper respect to the priests, and even at meat on Friday. They went so far as to get special
dispensation to consider muskrat a fish, so they could partake of that meal on
Friday and during Lent. In the copy of
the verbal process of the Parish Assembly of St Antoine aux Riviere de Raisins
it is noted Pierre Tessier signed his grant with his mark. Pierre and Barbara had several children, and
he died in 1801 and was buried at St Antoine.
There was a proclamation signed by President James Madison, stating that
the tract or parcel of land described was to be had and held by his widow and
heirs. Barbara may have married twice
more. She is listed in St Antoine
records as Barbe Durrusseau married to Jean Marie Ours Baudreau Graveline on 24
July 1803. On the 1850 United States
Census she is listed as living with grandson Francoise Tessier as Barbara
McDonald Tessier known as Elizabeth Tessier, 100 years of age. Her last appearance was in the St Mary church
records, as Elisabeth
Durusseau,
age 103, date of death 8 June 1851, buried at St Mary cemetery 9 June
1951. Pierre and Barbara had at least 3
known children.
Dominique Tessier dit Santure, son of Pierre
and Barbara, was listed as the property owner next to his father’s claim. He
was born 15 April 1794 at River Au Raisons. He married Teresa Chauvin, who was
baptized at Ste Anne, Detroit, and they had 7 children, including 2 infants
buried at St Antoine, and a daughter Euphrosine Tessier dit Santure born in
1826. Dominique died in 1869 in Newport MI. Teresa died in 1849.
Newport,
origianally a part of Ash townhip was along the Swan Creek waterway, knows
as…de cynets. Many French families moved there from st antoine, and formed a
community. It was filled with game, fish and waterfowl, and inhabited by the ….
Indian tribes this is where the family
of Louis Benjamin LeDuc settled in to hunt and farm and raise their families.
Euphrosine
Tessier dit Santure became known as Eliza Santure. She married Louis Benjamin LaDuke on 28 October
1849. Louis was the son of Louis LaDuke and Cecile Labadie, and was born 17 November
1809 in Detroit, MI. They had 8 children
and lived in the western part of Ash township, renamed Berlin Township, MI.
History of
church. The property for the old St
Charles cemetery in Newport was donated by Louis and Eliza.
The daughter
of Eliza and Louis, Rose Anne LaDuke, was born 24 March 1858 in Oldport
MI. She married Edward Rivard, born 20 November
1851, at St Charles Church, Newport, MI. Edward was the son of Jean Baptiste Rivard
and Adelaide Loranger. He was born in St
Alban. He came to Michigan in …..
Where he
farmed the 40 acres and a house deeded to him by his mother Adelaide Loranger (cite)
They had 9 children, 7 of whom
married. Son Joseph died at age 3 (1897-1899) of an epidemic, possibly cholera.
Joes coat story
Son Eli
(1892-1914) died at age 22 of peritonitis after a burst appendix. The oral
history was that he writhed in pain on the kitchen floor while the dr was
summoned. His death certificate state he
died at Harper Hospital Detroit, where he was brought in by his brother
Louis. It also states he was employed by
Ford Motor Company.
Louis and
Eli were close (photos)
Their
brother Felix left home at 13 stating the house had too many people in it. He went west to work on cattle ranches, and
went up and down the Mississippi River on steam boats, where he met his wife
Clara P. They both workd the river
river, Clara as cook for many years, eventually settling in N Branch mi where
they adoped children, as they were never blessed with their own.
Claras hair
– brken leg, calling cops on Felix
His stories
jokes, hitchhike home
Addid and
agnes.
Mae children
parceled out.
Lena
Joes coat
School
Father
sending gus away
Fastest
horse and fancy buggy
Lavaliere
married August John (Gus) Wickenheiser, born
25 December 1893, on 20 April 1915 at St Charles church, Newport, MI. Edward died 25 February 1937 and Rose Anne
died 24 October 1949. Both are buried at
the new St Charles cemetery in Newport, MI
Rana
Joblinski Willit
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