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NELSON DROUILLARD OBITUARY, BAYFIELD, WISCONSIN, 1873.

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Source: The Ashland Press, 22 Nov. 1873
Obituary:
Died: At his residence in Bayfield, Wis., November 11th, 1873,
Nelson Drouillard, aged 56 years.

Once more this community has been called upon to assume the habiliments of mourning.
 Another family mourns the loss of a kind husband and parent.

The subject of this notice was born at Monroe, Mich., May 8th, 1817,
where at the age of 25 years he married Miss Eliza Shava, who survives him.
Owing to impaired health, in 1848 he accepted the appointment as government
Blacksmith to the grand Portage Indians on the North Shore of Lake Superior,
 (the services being light,) which position he retained for six years, when
he removed with his family to this place, and was soon after appointed
blacksmith for the Red Cliff band of Chippewas.
In 1864 he was transferred to the Bad
River Reservation, where he remained until the fall of 1867,
when he removed back to Bayfield,
resuming his former position, which he retained until his death.
  During his residence here he has filled the position of both Deputy Sheriff
and Sheriff of Bayfield county with much credit, and has at all times taken
a lively interest in the welfare of the place.
 He was a prominent and consistent member of the Catholic Church,
denouncing as well the inconsistent acts of its members as of those of other sects.

During his last illness of seven weeks duration he received
little encouragement from his attending physicians, and though
his sufferings were at times intense,
not a murmuring word passed his lips,
his chief regret being that he could not leave those dependent upon him
better provided for.

He leaves a wife and eight children of whom the eldest son only is married.
A crowded house at his funeral service composed of all classes of this
community, evinced not only the number of his personal friends,
 but also assured the family that the whole community showed their grief.

It is thought that an injury received in his right side, while shoeing a
horse in 1867-8, was the prime cause of his death, as from that time he often complained of
severe pain in that locality.

The family desire to express their gratitude to the many residents of
 Bayfield and Ashland for their kind services and sympathy in this their
hour of sorrow.
  Thus "one by one we cross the river."
Bayfield, Wis., Nov. 13th, 1873.
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Page 41. Nov. 12, 1873 - Narcissum DROUILLARD, age 53 years
Parents: Blank
Priest: Francis H. Pfaller.
From entry in St. Joseph Mission and Holy Family Catholic Church
Death Registry - Liber Defunctorum, compiled by Linda E. Bristol, Bayfield Wisconsin, 1994

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Nelson Drouillard - Blacksmith shop notice in 1872 Bayfield WI
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/trom/NelsonAsBlacksmith.jpg

Nelson's cemetery marker in Calvary Cemetery, Bayfield WI
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/ed/NelsonMarker.jpg
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1870 census
 Nelson: age 50, male, white, blacksmith. Value of real estate: $400
                                        Value of personal property: $400.  Born in Michigan.
Eliza: age 40, female, white, wife of Nelson.  Born in Michigan.
John: age 21, male, white, blacksmith.  Born in Michigan. Eligible to vote.
 Ellen: age 16, female, white, at home.  Born in Michigan.  Attending school.  (m. Newton Smith, 1876 Bayfield)
William: age 9, male, white, at home.  Born in Minnesota. Attending school.
 Caroline: age 8, female, white, at home.  Born in Minnesota.  Attending school.
Eliza: age 7, female, white, at home.  Born in Minnesota.  Attending school.
Clarisa: age 6, female, white, at home.  Born in Wisconsin.  Attending school.
James: age 4, male, white, at home.  Born in Wisconsin.  Attending school.
Henry:  age 2, male, white, at home.  Born in Wisconsin.
             Moran, Seymour: age 12, male, white, at home.  Born in Wisconsin.  Attending school.
Census Place: Bayfield, Bayfield, Wisconsin;
Roll: M593_1703; Page: 110; Image: 198.

1880 CENSUS for ELIZA and JOHN - variations on spelling
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 Thanks to Carol Wilson for sending me the 1880 census entry
  for John Drouillard residence, in Bayfield, Bayfield County WI.
                           John, age 29, male, white, blacksmith
                              Born in Michigan.  Father and mother born in Michigan.
                           Mary L., age 25, female, white, wife, keeping house.
                              Born in Wisconsin.  Father and mother born in Canada.
                           Sebstin (spelling unclear): age 6, male white, son. Born in Wisconsin.
                           Retta: age 3, female, white, daughter. Born in Wisconsin.
                           Balangia [possibly "Belanger"], Cecile: age 18, white, female, servant.        BALANGIA in Bayfield
                              Born in Wisconsin
*****                                                                                      John D.  b. Mar 22, 1849  MI (baptism certif)
Bayfield marriage entry (index 1869-1887) (John's 1st marriage)                d. Feb. 17, 1928 Grand Marais, Cook Co MN
Drouillard, John--July 14, 1872 #13
occupation: blacksmith                                              John D's obit in Cook Co news: 3/23/28 (says b.1845)
residence: Bayfield
wife: Mary Bachand                                                 John D's   Death Certificate scanned
father from Monroe Michigan
married by Catholic ceremony in Bayfield       BACHAND in Bayfield
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Francis Nelson Drouillard, buried 1931, Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Hovland, MN
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/cem/FrancisNelson1931.htm
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1860 Burlington, Lake County MN
Nelson Droulard 40    M Blacksmith    1400    300 Michigan
Eliza  30    F    Michigan
Ellen   6     F    Michigan
John  10    M    Michigan
William   3     M    Minnesota
Caroline   1     F    Minnesota
"In 1856, the village of Burlington was platted and later named Agate Bay. In             Priest's Notes for Nelson, Eliza and John
 1907, the village became the city of Two Harbors, county seat of Lake Co MN.                       --parents "in GALLIA."
 North of Duluth on Lake Superior."   Cook Co was est. in 1874.
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1850 Census, LaSalle Township, Monroe County, Michigan  Narcis Drouard m. 22 Feb 1845
Found on Heritage Quest CD page 321-A.                                     to Josephine Jovin/Tovin  [should be Archange (Eliza) CHAUVIN]
Nelson Drouillard age 29, MI                                                     Saint Anne's Church records
Eliza, age 24, MI                                                                                          Monroe 1810 Plat Map  and Land Descriptions
John, age 1, MI        John's baptism record - St. Mary's, Monroe MI
Mary, age 1/12, MI      Mary's baptism record - St. Mary's, Monroe MI
Zoe, age 16, MI (may be dau of Louis4 (f:SimonAmable3) Denissens, page 372-3)
                         Other children b. Assumption

Nelson Drouillard 1850 census - Monroe Co MI (Heritage Quest) Line 7:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/trom/NelsonDrouillard1850census.pdf
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Mark Drouillard's genealogy
http://www.knowyourkin.com

Donald DROUILLARD's letters to Beverly Tilley of South Carolina
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/trom/DonDrouillardLetter.htm

More DROUILLARD MN and WI connections posted here:
https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/th/index/drouillard-mn

St. Clair Co MI DROUILLARD genealogy:             Nelson of 1868-1911 d.Toledo OH
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/StClair.htm

Monroe County MI DROUILLARDS:     St.Joseph's Cem Erie
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/trom/jtrombley.htm

Denissen's "Detroit French Families" Page 370
7.  PETER DROUILLARD (also called PIERRE) father of George DROUILLARD (also named PETER) of the Lewis & Clark Expedition
9.  CHARLES BONAVENTURE DROUILLARD - possible father or g-father of NARCISSUS "NELSON" DROUILLARD, b. abt 1821 (or 1817)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/trom/CharlesBonaventureD.htm

Eliza CHAUVIN DROUILLARD death certificate:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/cem/ElizaCert.jpg

WorldConnect
by  Diane Wolford Sheppard
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wolfordsheppard&id=I093034
# ID: I093034
# Name: Joseph Chauvin
# Sex: M
# Birth: 17 MAY 1795 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan 1
# Reference Number: 93034

Father: Charles Chauvin b: 7 MAR 1761 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Mother: Suzanne Godet b: 30 OCT 1772 in Vincennes, Indiana

Marriage 1 Marie Bissonnet b: 26 MAR 1798 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
    * Married: 14 JUN 1815 in St Antoine, River Raisin (Monroe), Monroe County, Michigan

Eliza CHAUVIN connections and queries on Drouillard-MN list:
https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/th/read/DROUILLARD-MN/2001-06/0993348636

James DROUILLARD, son of Nelson, death certificate from Superior, WI (near Duluth)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/JamesDrouillardCert.jpg

St. Antoine's Cemetery in Monroe Co MI (Recent photos):  Obits Monroe Atlases
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/StAntoinesCem.htm

Denissen's "Families of the Detroit River Region"
Transcribed "Joseph Drouillard" from Page 371 as a possible close relative:
https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/th/read/DROUILLARD-MN/2000-11/0973094188

George DROUILLARD of the Lewis & Clark Expedition:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/GeorgeD.htm

Pierre Drouillard [Droullar] signature on 1786 Treaty with Shawnees:
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Cove/8286/treaty1786.html

Book notes from "Pioneers in the Wilderness"
About Chief Cloud (Anakwad):
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/trom/Cloud.htm
More about names from the book:
https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/th/read/DROUILLARD-MN/2001-03/0984948686

JOHN F. GODFROY, and Richard GODFROY here:
"Treaty with the Chippewa, 1854"
http://www.perm.org/articles/a041.html

Online links researching "Hugh McCullough"
https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/th/read/DROUILLARD-MN/2000-09/0970003874

Transcribed a 1925 newspaper article
about Nelson's son JOHN for a webpage here:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/GrandMarais.htm

Capt. John's MN Land Record 1902
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/trom/JohnD-LandHovlandMN.gif

Fred DROUILLARD in "Deer Hunters" photo
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/trom/FredDrouillardHunters.htm

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Looking for Athanasius Drouillard, b. 22 JUN 1817 DETROIT
father JOSEPH Drouillard (p. 372 Dennisen's) Mother: Veronica LeBeau
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/trom/Athan.htm

1830 Census Monroe County, MI
Charles was b. 1756, so would be 74.
Whose child do they have living there, who is age 5-10?
Nelson could be 10 years old if b. about 1820.
(See: Charles, Antoine, Dominique, Jean Bpte, Joseph, Dennis) and (Alexis LeBeau):

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1820 Census Monroe County, MI:
http://members.tripod.com/~tfred/1820mon.html

John B. Drouillard4, b. 1755, who is by himself in 1820, is 65 years old.
 Denissen's list says he  had 2 wives, both died before 1820).
He is son of John 3, b. 1731.   (JB3 is brother of Pierre, b. 1746)
JB4 is brother of Nicolas, Dominique and Charles.
JB5, b. 1799 is father of Edesse.

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 Charles4, b. 1756, m.1st Mary Louise Quesnel, 2nd Mary Langlois.
 is also a son of John 3, brother of JB4, Nicolas and Dominique.
Several children born River Raisin, Monroe Co.
1820    Drouillard, Charles
white males 19-25...........1
white males 45 & over.....1
white females 10-15........1
white females 45 & over..1
persons engaged in agriculture......2
    (A. Wopshall's WorldConnect entry):
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:ah6552a&id=I343

Dominic4 (John Baptist3, John2, Simon1) b. 1764 (age 56 in 1820) buried 1824 StAntoine's.
     His wife: Mary Joseph Laviolette, buried 1813 Detroit (dau of Stephen Laviolette res River Raisin)
brother of Nicolas and Charles, settlers near the mouth of Otter Creek,
listed in Ancestry.com for War of 1812,
 also found a NAVARRE documents page which
includes "Captn. Dominique DROUILLARD" here:
http://www.mlloyd.org/gen/navarre/text/aff_rhn.htm
   "Circuit Court of Monroe Co MI:  (affidavit for service):
"On this 19th day of July 1853, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the  peace in and for said county,
Joseph Dousseau aged seventy-two years, & Joseph Poupard dit Lafleur aged_ years, both residents of said
county who being duly sworn, according to law, declare that he the said
Dousseau is the identical Joseph Dousseau who was 1st Lieutenant in the Company Comanded by
Captn. Dominique Drouilliard in
the 2d. Regt. of Michn. Militia commanded by Col. Anderson,
in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th.
of June 1812--that he volunteered on or about the 1st. of May 1812 "

Louis5 (Charles Bonaventure4, John Baptist3, John 2, Simon1) b. abt 1790
married 1815 Catherine Bernard
  (Children born River Raisin, Monroe Co)

138  Drouillard, John
white males 45 & over.....1
persons engaged in agriculture......1

250  Drouiltas, Dominique [Drouillard]
white males 10-15.....1
white males 19-25.....1
white males 45 & over.....1
persons engaged in agriculture.....3

134  Drouillard, Louis
white males under 10......1
white males 19-25.....1
white females 16-25......2
persons engaged in agriculture.....1

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LDS microfilm #1433362 - St.Francis Xavier Church Records, Vincennes, Indiana
Baptisms, 1790-1895
DROUILLARD, Victorie 1-13-1820
f: Charles Drouillard  m: Marie St. Jean

DROUYARD, Marcellita 9-1-1823
f: Charles Drouyard  m: Marie Lagarde

Duyard 5-1-1836 wife of Louis Druyard
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