CENSUS OF KASKASKIA, 1787
transcribed from
"Illinois Historical Collections, Kaskaskia Records"
Pages 414-419

Transcribed by Kim Torp



Transcriber's Note: Footnotes were added by the original author

Transcriber followed all original capitalization

1	Nicholas Janis pere	1 - This census was drawn up for the use of Tardiveau. On Nicolas Janis, see ante, p. 18, n. 14
2	francois Janis
3	antoine Janis
4	Joseph Charleville	2 -  These three were all sons of the Jean Bte. Charleville who died in 1782.  Besides these there were two sisters Genevieve and Pelagie.  The family of Chauvin dit Charleville was in Kaskaskia as early as 1737, for on September 29 of that year Jean Chauvin signed a contract of marriage with Agnes LaCroix.  The men of the family, Jean Bte., Charles and Francois, who were prominent during the Virginia period were sons of Joseph Chauvin who died in 1778, each of whom was elected to the position of justice of peace. Charles was captain of the Kaskaskia company that went to Vincennes. K.MSS. - Marriage Contracts; consult also Index of this volume and of Houck's Hist. of Missouri.
5	J. Bte Charleville
6	Louis Charleville
7	Jacques devignais	3 -  Jacques Devignais married Marianne Seguin dit Laderoute. Their daughter Therese signed marriage contract with Michel Derousse February 11, 1787. K.MSS. - Marriage Contracts
8	Joseph Devignais
9	J.Bte. Creilly pere	4 - A Joseph Creilly, or Crely, son of Jean Bte. and Marie Agette (widow), signed marriage contract with Marie Louise Marquis, May 28, 1768.  A Jean Bte. Creilly emigrated from Kaskaskia to Florissant, Mo., in 1787. Houck, Hist. of Missouri, ii. 67
10	j. Bte Creilly fils
11	...creilly fils
12	Nichs. Lachanse pere	5 - Nicolas Caillot dit Lachanse:  He played an important part in Illinois during this period as may be seen by consulting the Index.  He was twice elected to the magistracy and became a follower of John Dodge during his ascendency.  He left Kaskaskia to settle with his sons at New Bourbon. Houck, Hist. of Missouri, i. 366
13	Antoine Lachanse
14	Gabriel Lachanse
15	francois Lachanse
16	Joseph Lachanse
17	Michel Lachanse
18	Charles Lachanse
19	Benjamin Lachanse
20	Jerome Dany Pere	6 - Members of the family of Danis were in Kaskaskia as early as 1725.  The descent of these two may be shown as follows:  Charles m. --?, had son Michel, who married Marie Barbe Pillet (marriage contract, April 28, 1745); their children Therese m. Alexis Bauvais, a daughter m. Antoine Bienvenu, Charles Joseph, Michel m. Elizabeth Bienvenu (marriage contract, February 5, 1782), Jerome m. Pelagie Doza (marriage contract February 4, 1782).
21	Michel Dany fils
22	J. Bte Delisle pere	7 - Full name of the family seems to have been Bienvenu de Lisle
23	J. Bte Delisle fils
24	Andre Delisle
25	Louis Delisle Pere
26	Louis Delisle, fils
27	Etienne Delisle
28	St. James Bauvais pere	8 -  Bauvais dit St. Jeme or St. Gemme:  This was one of the wealthiest and most important families in Kaskaskia.  The members of the family of this time were descended from Jacques Bauvais who emigrated to Canada in 1653.  In 1725 Jean Bte. and Raphael Bauvais came to Kaskaskia.  The descendants of the former are:   Jean Bte. Bauvais m. Louise LaCroix, 1725 Raphael Charles Antoine Vital Jean Bte. Marie Jeanne Marie Louise m.   m.   m m m. Catherine Alary   Francoise Guielle   Marie Therese Boucher de Monbreum de la Soudray Rene Dupuis Paul Desruisseaux both dead in 1786       (mar. contract Jan. 29, 1770)     [transcriber's note: next generation info incomplete] At the time of Clark's occupation of Kaskaskia, Raphael and Charles were residents of New Orleans.  The Bauvais family was not counted among those favorable to the American cause.  For some reason no representative of the family was elected at the first election of judges, but that was corrected in the second election, after which a member of the family was always in the magistracy.  The Bauvias family held on to their possessions in Kaskaskia as long as possible, but finally like their associates they were driven to the Spanish side.  Their descendants are living today in Ste. Genevieve.  The men of this period always wrote Bauvais, not Beauvais.  Marguerite, the wife of Thomas Bentley, was probably the daughter of the first Jean Baptiste.
29	Raphael Bauvais
30	Vital Bauvais
31	Barthy. Bauvais
32	Jos. Marie Bauvais
33	Antoine Bauvais
34	Jos. Baugy pere	9 - The ancestor of the Baugy family came to Canada from France about 1650.  Joseph Baugy was his great grandson.  He married Marie Plasy or Duplasy at Kaskaskia, 1788 (See below, note 51).  He went to Arkansas where the Baugy trading post was soon well known. He left several sons.  The eldest, Joseph, was educated at New Orleans, married, in 1805, Marie Bauvais, and was the father of Senator Vital Baugy. Notes by B. Sulte
35	Jos. Baugy fils
36	Charles Baugy
37	J. Bte. desruisseaux	10 - The family name was Trottier dit Desruisseaux
38	frs. Desruisseaux
39	Jos. Desruisseaux
40	Blaize toulouze pere	11 - Probably the family of Damours
41	Noel toulouze
42	frans. toulouze
43	Henry toulouze
44	..... toulouze
45	J. Bte. tomur Pere	12 - Family name Thaumur or Taumer dit Lasource
46	J. Bte tomur fils
47	.....  tomur
48	.....  tomur
49	.....  tomur
50	Bazile Alary
51	J Bte. Alary
52	Louis Lonval Pere	13 - Family name Fafard dit Longval, sometimes written Nonval.  The family produced several famous interpreters and traders
53	Louis Lonval fils
54	Jos. Lonval
55	Jos. Lonval
56	Bazile Lachapelle	14 - Bazile Janot dit Lachapelle was born in 1741, married, 1767, Marie Elizabeth Choquet, left the island of Montreal after 1770, with his wife and son Bazile and went to Kaskaskia.
57	Antoine Lachapelle
58	J. Bte. Lachapelle
59	Jos. Lachapelle
60	Louis Lachapelle
61	J. Bte. Lasource tomur
62	Ch. Robin	15 - Charles Robin, born at St. Thomas, Canada, in 1738, married Marie Anne Roy, died at Kaskaskia, June 8, 1779.  The above is probably his son.
63	Frs. Desrousses	16 - A Francois Desrousses dit St. Pierre married Marie Josephte Turpin, and had the following children:  Michel, m. Therese Deveignat (marriage contract, February 11, 1787); Jean Bte. m. Angelique Royer (marriage contract August 17, 1785); a daughter, m. Joseph Tibault; Joseph, m. Marianne Roy, widow of Antoine Thaumur (marriage contract, July 30, 1786).
64	Philipe Desrousses
65	Jerome Desrousses
66	Stanislas Levasseur	17 - The ancestor of Levasseur came from Rouen to Canada in the middle of the seventeenth century.  Stanislas was born in 1732, married at Quebec, in 1756, Francois Del'neil.  They were in Quebec as late as 1764.  Some time thereafter they came to Kaskaskia.  Stanislas was elected justice in February, 1782.  He had the following children:  Nicolas Simeon, born 1760; Charlotte, born 1762; Jean Bte., born 1771, and buried at Kaskaskia, December 10, 1778; Pierre, was buried in 1776; Noel, born 1757. The son Nicolas married Therese Bienvenu, January 18, 1784. Notes by Benj. Sulte.
67	Nis. Levasseur
68	Victor Levasseur
69	fs charleville	18 - See above, n. 2
70	Louis charleville
71	Jos. charleville
72	..... charleville
73	Me. Antaye	19 - See Ill. Hist. Collections, ii., 632, n. 99
74	Vital Bauvais Pere	20 - See Above, n. 8.
75	Jos. Bauvais
76	Pierre Langlois	21 -  It has been, as yet, impossible to discover the line of succession of the Langlois family from the first member to whom Prairie Du Rocher was granted by the French commandant Boisbriant.  In a document of December 30, 1740, we learn that the late Etienne Langlois married Marie Catherine Beaudrau, a widow, and had the following children:  Marie Louise m. Pierre Messager; Marie Joachine m. Louis Populus sieur de St. Photes; Toinette, m. Pierre Boucher de Monbreun sieur de Soudray; Francois; Louis, Girard; Perine; Auguste.  These last five were minors.  From other sources it is learned that Etienne had two brothers, Auguste, who lived at Kaskaskia, and Louis.  What relation the notary Pierre Langlois was to these is not apparent.  He was married to Catherine Normand Labriere, and had two children, Pierre and Marie Louise.  The latter signed a marriage contract with Pierre Lefebvre of Vincennes, October 9, 1785.  The life of Pierre Langlois is told inthe documents published in this volume. He died in 1789, and his widow took oath to the inventory of the property December 14, of that year. K.MSS. - Court Record
77	Augustin Langlois
78	Andre Langlois
79	Antoine Langlois
80	Louis Brazeau pere	22 -  See ante, p. 19, n. 1
81	Jos. Brazeau
82	Augustin Brazeau
83	Louis Brazeau
84	Ns. Canada Pere	23 - Family name Enau dit Canada)
85	Pascal lasource
86	fs. Canada
87	Me. Danis Pere
88	Ante. Bienvenu fils	24 - Family name Bienvenu dit Delisle.  A Francois Bienvenu was at Detroit in 1701.  One of his sons, Antoine, married at Kaskaskia, in 1726, Francoise Rabut.  Their children were Elizabeth, m. Pierre Gelina dit Lacourse (marriage contract, October 31, 1744); and Antoine, m. twice, the second time to Louise Danis. The son of this last Antoine is the Antoine fils above.  The father died at Kaskaskia May 11, 1805. There are in the K. MSS. a number of papers relating to a quarrel between the father and son.
89	Louis Laderoute	25 - A Jacques Laderoute was killed by the Indians at Kaskaskia on November 14, 1768.  He may have been the father of these two. The name Laderoute belongs to ten Canadian families. Notes by Benj. Sulte.
90	J. Bte. Laderoute
91	Ch. Delisle pere
92	Jos. Delisle
93	Antoe. Pelletier pe[re]
94	Jacque Gossiaud
95	Louis Gossiaud
96	J Bte. Lachanse
97	Ante. Buiat pere
98	Ante. Buiat fils
99	Louis Buiat fils
100	Antoine Buiat
101	Aime Buiat
102	Louis Buiat pere
103	Alexandre Lalande	26 - A Jacques Lalande was in Kaskaskia before 1729.
104	Ante. Morin Pere	27 - Antoine Morin, son of Jacques Morin and Therese Immineur of Parish of St. Francois, Quebec, signed a contract of marriage, at Ste. Genevieve, with Therese Lachapelle, on May 16, 1768.  He was elected justice of peace in September, 1782.
105	Ante. Morin fils
106	Louis Morin
107	Jos. Morin
108	M. Bte. Morin
109	Me. Morin
110	Alexis Morin
111	Ante. Bienvenu Pere
112	Henry Bienvenu
113	Me. Bienvenu
114	timothy de Monbrun	28 - See Ill. Hist. Collections, ii., n. 2 and CXXIV.
115	Jacques Chenier pere	29 - A Claude Chenier married Marie Louise Brunet.  Their children were:  Marie Louise, married Joseph Poutpart of Cahokia (marriage contract, September 8, 1767); Antoine, m. Therese Bauvais (mar. contract November 14, 1779); Jacques, m. Therese Archange Boucher de Monbreun (mar. contract, ? 22, 1784)
116	Jacqs. Chenier fils
117	fs. Chenier
118	Ch. Charleville
119	Jacques Morancy	30. The family of Bauche' dit Morancy has been at Quebec and Isle d'Orleans since the middle of the seventeenth century.
120	Jos. toulouze pere
121	Jos. toulouze fils
122	Alexandre toulouze
123	fs. Gagnon
124	Ante. Bauvais pere
125	Ante. Bauvais fils
126	Jos. Bauvais
127	Louis Bauvais
128	Ante. Chenier
129	fs. Corset	32 - Francois Corset was elected justice in 1782 and 1787.  Although this fact indicates he was an important man, I have been unable to find more about him.
130	Jos. Doza Pere	33 - According to a will dated March 4, 1748, among the K. MSS., Pierre Doza and his wife Marguerite Gigniar had two children, Noel Joseph and Marguerite. The daughter signed a contract of marriage with J. Bte. Guillon on December 28, 1732.  The son, Noel Joseph, probably the "Joseph pere" of the census, married Josephte Pelletier.  Their children were:  Joseph, m. Catherine Longval (mar. contract, June 2, 1782); Pelagie, m. Jerome Danis (mar. contract, February 4, 1782); a daughter, m. John Williams.
131	Alexis Doza
132	Jos. Doza fils
133	Etienne Page	34 - The family of Page was long settled at Kaskaskia and owned a mill on the east bank of the Kaskaskia River.  They probably came from Canada.
134	Louis Lacroix
135	Ante. Pelletier fils	35 - See above, n. 19.
136	Rene Soumande	36 -  The Soumande family has been a family of some importance in Canada.  The surnames of the family are Cananville, Lafleur, and Delorme. Benj. Sulte thinks that the above member of the family was a Rene Francois born at Montreal in 1736.
137	Me. Soumande
138	J. Bte. St. pierre	37 - Thrity different families in Canada have adopted the name of St. Pierre, but see above, n. 16.
139	..... Provot
140	Antoine Brisetout
141	Ns. Brisetout
142	Gabl. Aubuchon	38 - The ancestors of the Aubuchon family came from Normandy to Canada in 1644. A branch of the family settled in Kaskaskia during the French regime. Gabriel Aubuchon moved to Missouri before the end of the century. Houck, Hist. of Missouri, ii., 68
143	fs. Lemieux pere	39 - The Lemieux were an old Canadian family.
144	fs. Lemieux fils
145	Louis Lemieux
146	Amable Gagner
147	Jos. Royer
148	fs. Gagner
149	Louis Gagner
150	Chs. Dany pere	40 - See above, n. 6.
151	charles Dany fils
151	Jos. Dany
152	Louis Germain pere	41 - See Ill. Hist. Collections, ii., 630, n. 83
153	J. Bte. Germain fils
154	Louis German fils
155	Jacq. Labruyere	42 - Written also Labriere
156	fs. Labruyere
157	Jos. St. pierre
158	thibaud pere
159	fs. thibuad fils
160	J. Bte. St. pierre pere	44 - See above, n. 37
161	Alexis St. pierre fils
162	Jos. Page	44 - See above, n. 34.
163	Paul Reaulme pere	45 - Reaume is a Canadian and Detroit name.  On January 20, 1743, Paul Reaume signed an act of marriage with Marie Louise Lasoude.
164	Pierre Reaulme
165	Paul Reaulme
166	.... Reaulme
167	..... Reaulme
168	Jos. Creilly fils	47 - See above, n. 4.
169	Alexis Bauvais	48 - See above, n. 8.
170	Jerome Bauvais
171	frs. Languedoc	49 - A Canadian family.  A son, Francois, was born at Quebec in 1738, and he has not been traced.  Perhaps this may be he or his son.
172	J. Bte. placis
173	Jos. Placis
174	Louis Placis
175	Me. St. pierre
176	..... thibaud
177	Pierre toulouze
178	Claude Buiat
179	Pierre Buiat
180	Louis Barrois	51 - Antoine Jean Bte. Barrois, surgeon from Parish of St. Nicolas in Berry, married, in Montreal, January 12, 1672, a daughter of Francois Le Ber.  He had the following children:  Philippe, who lived some time at Detroit and was buried at Kaskaskia, February 16, 1722; Francois, born at Laprairie, 1675, married Marie Ann Sauvage and lived at Detroit; Jean Bte. Bertlor, a royal notary, married Madeleine Cardinal, was in Detroit 1722-24, was in Kaskaskia in 1732, where he acted as notary, until 1754, when he moved to Nouvelle Chartres, where he died in March, 1757. From the settlement of his estate we learn that he left the following children: Therese, m. Francois Lefevre DuChouquet; Catherine, m. Joseph Duguay Duplasy, their daughter Marie Louise marrying in 1788 Joseph Baugy of Beauport, Canada, (mar. contract August 17, 1788); Benaventure, captured by the English in 1760; a daughter, widow of a Laforme, lived in New Orleans; Madeleine, m. 1. Louis Marin, 2. De Portneuf; Celeste, m. in 1757, Michel Lamis (mar. contract in Mo. Hist. Society); Joseph, of age in 1760; Louis, a minor in 1760; Francois, a minor in 1760.  The names of two other sons are:  Louis, baptized in Kaskaskia July 14, 1732, not living in 1760 (Transactions of Ill. State Hist. Society, 1904, p. 399) and Jacques, m. at Cahokia October 12, 1747, Suzanne Baron, died about 1753 without heirs (Benj. Sulte's notes). On the notary Barrois, consult, Alvord, "Illinois in the Eighteenth Century," Bulletin of the Ill. State Hist. Library, i. No. 1.
181	J. Bte. Montureuil pere	52 - Perhaps he belongs to the Canadian family of Montreuil.
182	J. Bte. Montureuil fils
183	..... Montureuil
184	J. Bte. filiss
185	Recollet Levasseur	53 - See above, n. 17.
186	Mathurin Bouvet	54 - A Dr. Jean Bouvet dit La Chambre came to Canada from France about 1670.  A Mathurin Bouvet married near Montreal, Marie Josephte Soumande, about 1770.  This may be the above.  Although Mathurin Bouvet played an important part during the Virginia period, I have failed to note his name on documents of an earlier date.  He lived at first at St. Philippe, but was made civil and criminal judge of Kaskaskia for a short time in 1786.  By 1792 he had moved to St. Charles on the Spanish side, where he engaged in the manufacture of salt.  He was later burned to death by the Indians. Consult Index of this volume; Houck, Hist. of Missouri, ii., 99.
187	..... Rousseau
188	..... Lamalice
189	..... Deshetres	55 - A Louis Deshetres, son of Antoine and Marie Charlotte Chevalier, was an interpreter on the Illinois River at about this time.
190	Hypolite Laforme	56 - A Canadian name belonging to several families
191	..... Manegre
	[Endorsed:]  Liste des habitans des Kaskaskia

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