Marie Charlotte (Levasseur dit Carmel) Levasseur (1746-1781)

Marie Charlotte Levasseur formerly Levasseur dit Carmel

Born 14 Sep 1746 in Boucherville, Chambly, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Daughter of Pierre Jacques Levasseur and Jeanne (Lupien) Baron

Sister of Marie-Anne Levasseur [half], Elisabeth Levasseur [half], Antoine Levasseur, Pierre Levasseur and Alexis Levasseur

Wife of Joseph (Reaume) Réaume — married 7 Jul 1766 in Boucherville, Chambly, Quebec, Canada

Descendants

Mother of Agathe (Reaume) Peltier, Joseph Reaume, Jeanne Marie Anne Reaume, Paschal Reaume, Antoine Réaume, Marie-Julia Reaume and Marie Anne Reaume

Died 7 Sep 1781 at age 34 in Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit

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Biography

Marie Charlotte was born on 14 Sep 1746 in Boucherville, Quebec, Canada to Sieur Pierre Jacques Levasseur dit Carmel and Jeanne Baron dit Lupien.

The 7 Jul 1766 (Boucherville, Quebec, Canada) marriage of Joseph and Marie Charlotte was blessed with 11 children - all born at Fort Detroit (Wayne, Michigan, USA) and all baptized at Assumption Church (Sandwich, Essex, Ontario, Canada) (original source link regarding metis-history.info refers to a website created by Dick Garneau entitled: Canadian History A Distinct Viewpoint is the website of Dick Garneau. ... The website includes written histories of many of the peoples of Canada including the Indigenous peoples, Europeans, and Asians. Histories are provided for many regions of Canada including New France, Central Canada, Alberta, and British Columbia.

Agathe Réaume (16 Jul 1767)
Charlotte Réaume (21 Dec 1768)
Joseph Réaume (3 May 1770)
Nicolas Réaume (1771-1771)
Jeanne Réaume (18 Sep 1772)
Paschal Réaume (2 Apr 1774)
Antoine Réaume (9 Nov 1775)
Louise Marie Réaume (1777-1777)
Thérèse Marie Réaume (1778)
Anne Marie (Mary Anne) Réaume (1779)
Julie Marie Réaume (1780)

Joseph was paramount in the fur trade with the Chippewa Indians along with many of his family members. He was a founding partner in The Sandy Lake Trading Company: ^[1]

In 1788, THE SANDY LAKE COMPANY (a 2 year partnership) was formed between: Joseph RÉAUME, Alex Réaume (son of Joseph’s Uncle Jean Baptiste), John Sayer, Jean Baptiste Cadotte, Jr., Gabriel Attina dit Laviolette and Jean Baptiste Perrault. Together the 6 men built a post on the St Louis River (Fort St Louis or Fond du Lac, now Superior, WI).

During the winter of 1789-90 Joseph Réaume was on Upper Red Lake, as part of a trade expedition with John Sayer.

During the winter of 1790-91 - Joseph Réaume was trapping at Wild River Lake (west of Leech Lake); Perrault & Attina were trapping at Leech Lake; Sayer was trading at Fond du Lac; and Alex Réaume was with Cadotte trapping at Pine River.

Marie Charlotte died on 7 Sep 1781 at Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit (Wayne, Michigan, USA) just days before her 35th birthday.

Christening: 14 SEP 1746. Boucherville, Chambly, Quebec, Canada.

FSFTID 2Z98-FGV.

Sources

↑ The Red River Ancestry of Canada

Acknowledgements

Thank you to Krissi Hall for the profile creation with her GEDCOM import and to Deborah Réaume Collier for the biography material and images.

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