Ann Charlotte Veronique (Chevalier) Bourassa (1726 - aft. 1763)

Born 1 Mar 1726 in St. Ignace, Mackinac Island, Louisiana, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Wife of Rene Bourassa — married 3 Aug 1744 in Mackinac, Michigan

Descendants

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Biography

Anne Charlotte Véronique (Nanette) Chevalier was the tenth child born to Jean-Baptiste Chevalier and Marie Françoise Alavoine. She was baptized 1 March 1726 at Michilimackinac. ^[1] While at Michilimackinac, Anne Charlotte Véronique was godmother to her nephew, Louis Joseph Chaboyer (sic – Chaboillez), the son of Charles Chaboyer and her sister, Marianne Chevalier on 24 October 1741, which she signed as “Nanette”, and she continued to use all her life. ^[2]

Marriage

Nanette Chevalier married Rene' Francois Bourassa, a coureur de bois (illegal trader) on the 3rd day of August 1744 at Mackinac. ^[3] René Bourassa (fils) at Michilimackinac, the son of René Bourassa dit LaRonde (père) and Agnes Gagnier. A notary recorded the contract of marriage in Montreal on 7 January 1745, that they had community property and that Nanette’s dowry was 500 livres. ^[4] Both René Bourassas, father and son, were voyageurs that were very involved in the fur trade.

• Marriage at Mackinac (typed as originally transcribed, addtn'l spaces removed)

In the year one thousand seven hundred and forty-four, on the third of August (without publication) of bans, dispensation wherefrom was granted for valid and weighty (reasons), with the permission of R.P. du jaunai Miss. of the Comp.(of Jesus).... performing the duties of parish priest, received the mutual marriage consent of ....Bourassa, Son of Sieur Rene' Bourassa and Agnes...(of the) parish of la Magdelaine, in the government of Montreal, of the one part, and of Charlotte Chevalier, daughter of j.B. Chevalier and of ....alavoine, and gave them the nuptial benediction with (the ceremonies) of the holy Church. The said consorts acknowledged as their legitimate child...a boy born in March of the present year. The whole in the presence of the undersigned witnesses who signed with us.

(signed by)- Rene' Bourassa, fils; Bourassa; (J.B. Che)valier; Manon Lavoine Chevalier; C. Chaboillez; M.C. Lerige; Maugras.^[5]

While her husband was conducting fur trade business, Nanette was occupied raising her children with René (fils) while at Michilimackinac. They were parents to nine children:

• Rene Francois (born 31 March 1744)
• Anne Catherine (born 16 March 1747) ^[6]
• Charlotte (born 4 February 1749)
• Daniel (born 8 October 1752)
• Charles Louis (born 18 January 1755)
• Anne Agnès (born 2 March 1757) ^[7]
• Louis François Xavier (born 16 December 1758),
• Charles Jean Baptiste (born 31 May 1761)
• Angélique (born 18 November 1763) ^[8]

Most of the children seem to have survived until adulthood; there was a baptismal record for Charles Jean Baptiste Bourassa, but no other records have been found to date. ^[9]

Aside from their presence in Lachine, Québec, in 1749, René Bourassa (fils) and Nanette Chevalier remained at Michilimackinac until after Pontiac’s Rebellion in 1763. After the British took over Michilimackinac in 1763, René Bourassa and Nanette Chevalier settled in Detroit.

Death

She passed away after 1763. ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth, Marriage, Parents, Siblings Programme de Recherche en Démographie Historique, Université de Montréal (paid subscription) PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (membership): Famille: 10399 PRDH
2. ↑ 1695--1821: REGISTER OF BAPTISMS OF THE MISSION OF ST. IGNACE DE MICHILIMAKINAK; https://www.familysearch.org/service/records/storage/das-mem/patron/v2/TH-904-81501-1754-48/dist.txt?ctx=ArtCtxPublic
3. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCP7-H83 : 17 January 2020), Charlotte Veronique Chevalier in entry for Rene Bourassa, 1744.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com, Québec, Canada Notarial Records, 1627-1935; Répertoires de Notaire (Notarial Catalogs), Montréal, Louis-Claude Danré de Blanzy (1738-1760), image 136 of 312.
5. ↑ Marriage- 1744 Aug 03- Parish of Mickilimackinac, Image 4, Mackinac Register (1725-1821), https://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.7689g_0523_0567/?sp=4
6. ↑ "Michigan Births and Christenings, 1775-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X12X-Q9S : 17 January 2020), Anne Chevalier in entry for Anne Catherine Bourassa, 1747.
7. ↑ "Michigan Births and Christenings, 1775-1995", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X12X-QM1 : 17 January 2020), Anne Chevalier in entry for Anne Agnes Bourassa, 1757.
8. ↑ "Michigan Births and Christenings, 1775-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X12X-QX2 : 17 January 2020), Angelique Bourassa, 1763.
9. ↑ Michigan’s Habitant Heritage (MHH), Vol. 44, #4, October 2023, pg.176.
10. ↑ Entered by Krissi Hall, Jun 25, 2012

See Also

• Pedigree Resource File: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SRYG-54G

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