Militia Captain of Hingham, Massachusetts — John Smith

B. before 25 Jul 1623 in Stratton St. Michael, Norfolk, England¹
M. 8 May 1645 in Hingham, Massachusetts²
Wife: Sarah Woodward
D. 27 Apr 1695 in Hingham, Massachusetts³

Some men who settled in Puritan New England were well-suited to take on military leadership in their communities. This seems to be the case for John Smith of 17th-century Hingham, Massachusetts.

John was born in about 1623, and baptized on July 23rd at Stratton St. Michael, Norfolk, England.¹ His parents were Henry Smith and Judith Ray, and he was the second oldest of their five children. East Anglia was a hotbed of religious non-conformists, supplying many of the Puritans who went to New England. John’s family migrated in 1638, arriving in Massachusetts on the ship Diligent.⁴

The Smith family settled in Hingham, and on May 8, 1645, John married Sarah Woodward.² Over the next ten years, they had at least six children, with three dying young. Hingham was led by a minister, Reverend Peter Hobart, who often butted heads with the authorities in Boston for doing things like baptizing babies whose parents weren’t Puritan.⁵ His acts of independence were said to have spilled over into the militia, where Hobart’s brother Joshua served as captain. John was a lieutenant in the militia as early as 1661, and he was said to be “Captain Hobart’s able second in rank.”⁶

John’s service in the community extended to civic duties such as being a selectman in 1663, 1665, 1670, 1674, 1675, 1682, and 1683, and representative to the General Court in 1683, 1684, 1685 and 1686.⁷ But his military role may have been his primary focus in life. During King Philip’s War, he was said to have “commanded a fort” in Hingham.⁶ The fort was a garrison house, the place where he lived, which also provided a safe place for other settlers when the town came under attack. There were two other such forts in Hingham, and John was said to have headed one of them in addition to his own.⁶

Captain of the militia. (AI-generated image)

After Joshua Hobart died in 1682, John seems to have taken over the office of captain of the militia.⁶ He was called Captain John Smith, esquire in many Hingham town records, and sometimes he conducted marriages involving people in the military.⁸ His home was “on Main Street, opposite Leavitt Street,”⁶ which was in the heart of town, and he owned a lot of property in the area.

John wrote his will on April 27, 1695, and he died the same day.^1,7 The will was probated on June 6th, with an inventory of £1,106 18s,⁷ which was a substantial amount of money then. The inventory also showed that he owned one “Negro servant” valued at £15; slavery was fairly common in New England at that time. His wife Sarah lived on for many years, and she died on February 7, 1708.⁹

Children:
1. Sarah Smith — B. before 9 Jul 1646, Hingham, Massachusetts;¹⁰ D. before 8 Jun 1708, (probably) Massachusetts;¹¹ M. (1) James Stevens, 14 Mar 1664, Hingham, Massachusetts;¹² (2) Jonathan Franklin (?-1693), 1 Feb 1686, (probably) Massachusetts;¹³ (3) John Field, 30 Aug 1694, (probably) Massachusetts¹⁴

2. Mary Smith — B. before 9 Jul 1646, Hingham, Massachusetts;¹⁵ D. young¹⁶

3. Henry Smith — B. before 26 Mar 1648, Hingham, Massachusetts;¹⁷ D. 17 Apr 1678, (probably) Massachusetts¹⁸

4. Judith Smith — B. before 23 Feb 1651, Hingham, Massachusetts;¹⁹ M. Samuel Mason (1644-1705), 20 Jun 1670, Hingham Massachusetts²⁰

5. John Smith — B. before 18 Sep 1653, Hingham, Massachusetts;²¹ D. after 1 Nov 1728, (probably) Roxbury, Massachusetts;²² M. ______ Peck, 6 Apr 1680, Hingham, Massachusetts²³

6. Mary Smith — B. 10 Oct 1665, Hingham, Massachusetts;²⁴ D. young²⁵

Sources:
1    Christening record of John Smith, England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, FamilySearch.org
2    Find-a-Grave listing of Lt. John Smith
3    Death record of John Smith, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, FamilySearch.org
4    Great Migration: Passengers of the Diligent, 1638
5    Friends of the Old Ship Meeting House (website)
6    History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, Solomon Lincoln, 1893
7    WikiTree listing of John Smith
8    Town records show that a “Captain John Smith” was conducting marriages in Hingham in 1689 and 1690. One record stated, “Abraham Holms was married to Abigail Nicolls, widow the ninth day of April, 1895, by Captain John Smith, esquire, Justice of the Peace.”
9    Death record of Sarah Smith, M., T. C., V. & T. R.
10  Christening record of Sarah Smith, Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, FamilySearch.org
11  David Franklin’s letter of Guardianship to his uncle John Smith, Suffolk County (Massachusetts) probate records, 1636-1899, FamilySearch.org
12  The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Vol. 6, Robert Charles Anderson, p. 508
13  Birth record of John Franklin, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, FamilySearch.org
14  Marriage record of John Field and Sarah Franklin, M., T. C., V. & T. R.
15  Christening record of Mary Smith (older), M., B. & C.
16  John’s daughter Mary, the twin of Sarah, disappeared from records after her christening.
17  Christening record of Henry Smith, M., B. & C.
18  Death record of Henry Smith, M., T. C., V. & T. R.
19  Christening record of Judith Smith, M., B. & C.
20  WikiTree listing of Judith (Smith) Mason
21  Christening record of John Smith, M., B. & C.
22  Probate file of John Smith of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Probate Records, 1636-1899, FamilySearch.org
23  WikiTree listing of John Smith
24  Birth record of Mary Smith (younger), M., B. & C.
25  John’s second daughter Mary disappeared from records after her birth.

Serving Under Lieutenant Washington — John Franklin

B. 2 Jun 1729 in Boston, Massachusetts¹
M. about 1759 in (probably) Virginia²
Wife: Phoebe (maybe) Parker
D. about 1818 in Burke County, North Carolina²

Early in the military career of George Washington, he led a few hundred men into the frontier of the American colonies, and John Franklin was one of them. The events John experienced firsthand were an important part of history — a precursor to the American Revolution.

John was born on June 2, 1729 in a place far from his later adventures: Boston, Massachusetts.¹ His parents were David Franklin and Elizabeth Ayers and he was the seventh of their eight children. The obvious question is: Was he related to Benjamin Franklin, also born in Boston a generation earlier? And the answer is no — at least not on this side of the Atlantic. David Franklin was a sailor working in the Boston harbor,² and when John came of age, he followed his father in this line of work.

In early 1754, John was in Prince William County, Virginia, perhaps lying over for the winter. At the age of 25, John seemed to have had enough of working on ships, and on February 11th, he enlisted in a military unit to serve on the frontier.² The colony of Virginia wanted to secure their claims on the Ohio River Valley, which was being encroached upon by the French. So orders were given to recruit a force of 300 men, with a 22-year-old lieutenant to lead them named George Washington. Their mission was to build a fort at “the source of the Ohio,” and to defend it from attackers.³

The record of John’s enlistment described him as being five feet six inches tall, with brown hair, and “large eyebrows.” He was also said to be “well-made,” and a sailor from New England.³ His experience on ships was probably good preparation for the stamina he’d need during the next few years of his life.

Journey of John Franklin in 1753-1754.

The military force led by Washington had no idea what they were getting into. The future of the western frontier was at stake, and all these men knew was that they had to drive the French away from the Ohio River Valley. Getting there wasn’t easy; roads didn’t exist, and since they were crossing the Appalachians, there was no waterway that went directly there. Rain hampered their march, and the terrain was said to be so rough that they sometimes only made three miles a day. As they marched, they cleared enough vegetation to make a sort of road where others could follow, so perhaps this slowed them down, too.

The French were waiting for them in the area, but under orders not to attack unless the Virginians attacked first, which is what Lieutenant Washington did in a small skirmish on May 28th. This was a strategic mistake, and left the Virginians scrambling to prepare for the battle they knew was coming. In a field in present-day Fayette County, Pennsylvania, the men built a makeshift structure which was dubbed Fort Necessity, little more than a crude cabin for their arsenal, surrounded by a stockade. On July 3rd, the French showed up with their Indian allies, quickly outnumbering Washington’s men, and after a short battle, the Virginians abandoned the fort to the French. It was the only time in Washington’s career that he ever surrendered to the enemy. 

Building Fort Necessity. (AI-generated image)

What made this event so historical wasn’t just the learning experience Washington gained as a military leader. This was a confrontation that was a precursor to the French and Indian War, a 7-year conflict which England ultimately won. And in the aftermath, the leaders in England tried to get the American colonists to pay for the war, which of course led to the American Revolution.

As for John, his service continued. He seems to have deserted his company for a time along with many others; this happened after the Battle of Fort Necessity, but he was likely rounded up and brought back.³ Washington’s force participated in the Battle of Monongahela in July 1755, and John was likely involved; this was an attempt to capture Fort Duquesne (present-day Pittsburgh), and the Virginians were in support of a British Army force — and the French roundly defeated them.

The rest of John’s service was under Captain Thomas Waggoner, and his company’s duty was to secure a series of forts along the South Branch of the Potomac, an area that extended into present-day West Virginia.² Some records for Waggoner’s Company are missing, but circumstantial evidence points to the fact John served there until end of the war in 1763. Apparently this was where John found a wife, a woman named Phoebe (last name said to be Parker, but this is uncertain).² Their oldest son later testified that he had been born at a place called “Fort Stump, Virginia,”² and researchers have determined that Stump was the last name of a landowner near one of the South Branch forts — Fort George — and that “Fort Stump” may have been an alternate name for the stockade.

With the war’s end, many of the men who served as soldiers were awarded “bounty land,” an easy way to pay them because land was plentiful. There’s no hard evidence that John received any land, but a note written by Washington listed him among 88 men who were being charged for surveying costs,² an indicator that this was in relation to bounty land. What is known is that after his military days were over, he joined a migration to the south — to Burke County, North Carolina — and this was where he spent the rest of his life.²

1789 survey of John’s land in Burke County, North Carolina.

John and Phoebe had a large family that included at least 11 children; the oldest was John, born at Fort Stump in about 1760,² with most of the rest born in Burke County. John was past 60-years-old when his youngest child was born in 1790.⁴ The Franklin family settled near the head of Silver Creek in what was Rowan County, then moved to near Lower Creek in Burke County.² At Lower Creek, John was shown to have owned 700 or more acres. Census records indicate that he had no slaves.⁵

On June 4, 1813, John made out his will naming all eleven of his children.⁶ He lived about another six years, with the will being probated in 1819.² His wife Phoebe survived him, and she died in about 1821.²

Children:
1. John Franklin — B. about 1760, Hardy County, Virginia;² D. 30 Sep 1837, Burke County, North Carolina;⁷ M. Nancy Wallace (?-~1853), 12 Jul 1817, Burke County, North Carolina⁸

2. David Franklin — B. about 1762, (probably) Virginia;² D. after Dec 1820²

3. Moses Franklin — B. about 1765, (probably) Rowan County, North Carolina;⁹ D. about Feb 1830, Franklin County, Tennessee;⁹ M. Elizabeth ______, Burke County, North Carolina²

4. Jemima Franklin — B. Oct 1767, Burke County, North Carolina;¹⁰ D. 7 Jun 1854, Franklin County, Tennessee;¹⁰ M. (1) Daniel McCoy;² (2) William Griffin, 8 Feb 1805, Pulaski County, Kentucky;¹¹ (3) Thomas Wakefield, 1825, Franklin County, Tennessee²

5. Mary “Polly” Franklin — B. about 1770, Burke County, North Carolina;¹² D. before 1 Jun 1830, (probably) Putnam County, Indiana;¹³ M. William Sutherland (~1770-?), 1787, Lincoln County, Kentucky¹⁴

6. Jonathan Franklin — B. about 1773, Rowan County, North Carolina;² D. after 1870, Owen County, Indiana;² M. (1) Rachel ______ (?-~1803);² (2) Jennie Hood (?-1826), about 1805;² (3) Mary Johnson (1787-?)²

7. Lydia Franklin — B. 26 Aug 1774, Burke County, North Carolina;¹⁴ D. 18 Sep 1869, Putnam County, Indiana;¹⁴ M. Fendall Sutherlin (1767-1834), before 1791, (probably) Burke County, North Carolina¹⁴

8. Samuel Franklin — B. about 1780, Burke County, North Carolina;¹⁵ D. 12 Jul 1857, Linville Falls, North Carolina;¹⁵ M. Dorcas Burns, 6 Aug 1800, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina¹⁵

9. Phoebe Franklin — B. about 1781, Burke County, North Carolina;² D. after 9 Nov 1821;² M. Thomas Brown, 1795²

10. Anna Franklin — B. about 1784, Burke County, North Carolina²

11. Rachel B. Franklin – B. 4 Feb 1790, Burke County, North Carolina;⁴ D. 12 Apr 1851, Franklin County, Tennessee;⁴ M. George Tipps (~1782-~1881), about 1805, Burke County, North Carolina²

Sources:
1    Birth record of John Franklin, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, FamilySearch.org
2    “A Mystery Story: The Case Of the Origins of John Franklin, Sr. (1729-1819) of Burke County, North Carolina,” Franklin Family Researchers, V. 6, 1993
3    John Franklin: An American Hero And His Progeny, Dorsey Wayne Franklin, 1987
4    Find-a-Grave listing of Rachel B. (Franklin) Tipps
5    1790 U.S. Census, Burke County, North Carolina
6    John Franklin’s will, North Carolina, Probate Records, 1735-1970, images, FamilySearch.org
7    Find-a-Grave listing of John Franklin Jr.
8    Marriage record of John Franklin and Nancy Wallace, North Carolina, Marriages, 1759-1979, FamilySearch.org
9    Find-a-Grave listing of Moses Franklin
10  Find-a-Grave listing of Jemima (Franklin) Wakefield
11  Marriage record of William Griffin and Jemima McCoy, Kentucky, Marriages, 1785-1979, FamilySearch.org
12  Mary Franklin’s estimated birth year based on date of her marriage
13  William Sutherland’s household in the 1820 U.S. census had a woman of Mary’s age, but the 1830 U.S. Census did not
14  Sutherlands and Their Tangled Branches, Robert J. Walsh, 1985, p. 23-31
15  Find-a-Grave listing of Samuel Franklin

Brooklyn Family Patriarch — Coert Stevense Van Voorhees

B. about Apr 1637 in Drenthe, Netherlands¹
M. before 1665 in (probably) New York¹
Wife: Marretje Gerritse Van Couwenhoven
D. after 1702 in (probably) Flatlands, New York¹

By virtue of being one of several siblings who migrated from Europe, Coert Stevense Van Voorhees became one of the earliest generations of a great American family.

Coert came from Drenthe, a region of the Netherlands, and he was born there about 1637 to Steven Coerts Van Voorhees and Aaltjen Wessels, one of their three known children.¹ His mother died when he was a child and his father remarried, producing six half-siblings.²

Coert was an adult when his 60-year-old father took the family to America, settling in Flatlands, part of present-day Brooklyn. His father purchased a large tract of land on November 29, 1660,³ and presumably Coert received part of it, or bought a farm of his own nearby. There’s no record of Coert’s marriage, but by about 1665, he wed Marretje Gerritse Van Couwenhoven,¹ daughter of one of the earliest Dutch settlers of Flatlands. Between about 1667 and 1683, they had five sons and four daughters. 

On a farm in Flatlands. (AI-generated image)

As a large landowner in Flatlands, Coert held many offices. In 1677, he was a deacon of the Dutch Reformed Church,¹ and in 1689, he was captain of the militia.¹ He was also a representative of Flatlands at an assembly held in New Amsterdam on April 10, 1664;¹ presumably this was in regard to the English takeover of the colony which happened that year. And he was a delegate to “The Convention at New Orange” on March 26, 1674,¹ which took place after New Netherland formally ceased to exist. Coert was also a church elder in 1679 and 1684.¹

On March 8, 1692 Coert purchased property at Gravesend, New York, which he transferred to his son Albert on June 20, 1699.¹ Coert was last known to be alive in 1702, but it isn’t known when he died.¹ It’s believed that his wife Marretje was deceased by 1709. They were both the ancestors of Howard Dean, Paul Giamatti and Thomas Kean.⁴

Coert had four half-brothers, and the Van Voorhees family grew to a tremendous size over the years, leading the family association website to claim they are “the largest Dutch Family in America.”⁵

Children:
1. Gerrit Coertsen Van Voorhees — B. before 1666, (probably) Flatlands, New York;⁶ D. before 23 Sep 1704, New Utrecht, New York;⁶ M. (1) Mensje Janse;⁶ (2) Willemptje Pieterse Luyster (~1665-?), 26 Apr 1685, Flatlands, New York⁶

2. Aeltie Coertse Van Voorhees — B. before 1666, Flatlands, New York;⁷ D. 12 Nov 1746;⁷ M. Joost Rutgerz Van Brunt (?-~1746), 16 Apr 1687, Flatbush, New York⁷

3. Stephen Coertsen Van Voorhees — B. about 1667, Flatlands, New York;⁸ D. 16 Feb 1724, Gravesend, New York;⁸ M. (1) Eegje Jans;⁸ (2) Eva ______⁸

4. Albert Coertsen Van Voorhees — B. about 1670, Flatlands, New York;⁹ D. before 14 Apr 1748, (probably) Flatlands, New York;⁹ M. (1) Sara Willemse Cornel (?-1736), before 1695;⁹ (2) Willempje Suydam, 15 May 1743; (3) Ida Suydam (1678-?), 1 Dec 1744⁹

5. Marretje Coertse Van Voorhees — B. about 1675, Flatlands, New York;¹⁰ M. Jacob Remsen¹⁰

6. Neeltje Coertse Van Voorhees — B. 30 Jun 1676, (probably) Flatlands, New York;¹¹ D. 4 Aug 1750, (probably) Monmouth County, New Jersey;¹¹ M. Garret Roelfse Schenck (1671-1745), Flatlands, New York¹¹

7. Cornelis Coertsen Van Voorhees — B. before 23 Jun 1678, (probably) Flatlands, New York;¹² M. Antje Remsen (1681-?)¹²

8. Annetie Coertse Van Voorhees — B. before 5 Dec 1680, Flatlands, New York;¹³ M. Jan Rapalje (1673-?)¹³

9. Johannes Coertsen Van Voorhees — B. 20 Apr 1683, Flatlands, New York;¹⁴ D.10 Oct 1757;¹⁴ M. (1) Barber Achyase Van Dyck (1682-1743), 19 Nov 1703;¹⁴ (2) Sarah Van Vliet (1694-?), 2 May 1744¹⁴

Sources:
1    Brouwer Genealogy Database listing for Coert Stephense Van Voorhees
2    Brouwer Genealogy Database listing for Stephen Coert Van Voorhees
3    Steven van Voorhees (Wikipedia article)
4    FamousKin.com listing of Coert Stevense Can Voorhees
5    History of the Van Voorhees Family (website)
6    Brouwer Genealogy Database listing for Gerrit Coertsen Van Voorhees
7    Brouwer Genealogy Database listing for Aeltie Coertse Van Voorhees
8    Brouwer Genealogy Database listing for Stephen Coertsen Van Voorhees
9    Brouwer Genealogy Database listing for Albert Coertsen Van Voorhees
10  Brouwer Genealogy Database listing for Marretje Coertse Van Voorhees
11  Brouwer Genealogy Database listing for Neeltje Coertse Van Voorhees
12  Brouwer Genealogy Database listing for Cornelis Coertsen Van Voorhees
13  Brouwer Genealogy Database listing for Annetje Coertse Van Voorhees
14  Brouwer Genealogy Database listing for Johannes Coertsen Van Voorhees

Thirty Radios Per Day — Thomas Milton Mitchell

B. 1 Jul 1922 in Los Angeles, California
M. (1) 4 Apr 1946 in Texas
Wife: Bettie Marie Radeke
M. (2) 2 Jul 1949 in Pasadena, California
Wife: Margaret Elizabeth Bolheres
D. 10 Nov 2007 in Winnetka, California

There’s sometimes a moment in a person’s life that changes the fate of others in ways that they can’t possibly know at the time. In the case of Thomas Milton Mitchell, that happened when he took to heart what he was told during a job interview in 1946. Tom was the oldest child of Thomas Michael Mitchell and Hazel Laura Elwood, born in Los Angeles, California on July 1, 1922. A younger sister came along two years later, then the family moved north to the city of Oakland, where a brother was born in 1926. After a fire destroyed their house a couple of years later, they moved back to Los Angeles.

Tom and his sister Patsy in about 1926.

When Tom was 5-years-old, he contracted polio. Despite the seriousness of the disease, his mother decided to treat him at home by wrapping his legs in mud packs, and somehow he recovered. But for the rest of his life, Tom walked with a slight limp. In about 1929, the family moved to the town of Tujunga, tucked into the hills north of the San Fernando Valley. Tom's grandmother and other family members lived on the same block, and they became central figures in his childhood.

In about 1930, marital problems between Tom's parents caused his mother to move out, and from then on, he was more or less raised by his father. The Great Depression brought financial hardship, and his father relied on killing the chickens he raised to make dinner for the kids. Meanwhile, Tom's mother had a daughter born of a relationship with another man, and the baby girl joined the household.

Tom's family moved to the San Gabriel Valley during the mid-1930s, and this is where he spent his formative years. He attended Alhambra High School in the same class as baseball Hall-of-Famer Ralph Kiner, then later graduated from a brand new high school, Mark Keppel. While in school, Tom had a paper route, and later, a job working as a magician’s assistant; the latter brought him into contact with a few Hollywood celebrities, such as Harpo and Chico Marx, who attended a party where the magician performed his act.

Tom was 19 at the time of the invasion of Pearl Harbor, and within months, most of his friends joined the service. He enlisted in the army on September 11, 1942, and was chosen for a special program to train men to be engineers. For nine months, he lived with a group of guys that attended school off-base; after completing each course, only the top students moved on to the next one. Tom passed through three levels, then the army decided they didn’t need more engineers, and he was suddenly thrown into basic training. The intense physical activity after months spent in classrooms was too much for him, and he suffered a nervous breakdown that put him in the hospital.

As a result of his collapse, Tom was never sent overseas to fight in the war. The army wanted to discharge him, but he managed to get a post serving in San Antonio, Texas, and this is where he remained through 1945, guarding German prisoners and repairing electronic equipment. While in Texas, Tom met a single woman named Bettie Radeke who was pregnant by another man. He felt sorry for Bettie, so he agreed to marry her. The wedding took place on April 4, 1946, and when Tom got his discharge from the army, they drove to California to make their home. Bettie’s baby was born a month later, a girl she named Barbara Jeanne, however, the marriage ended in annulment within two years.

Tom during his army days.

After moving back to California, Tom needed to find work, and his father, who was a cabinet maker, quickly gave him a job. But he really wanted to repair radios, so on September 4, 1946, he answered an ad for a position at Hoffman Radio Corporation. Everything seemed to go well in the interview until the man doing the hiring said, “We expect our technicians to repair 30 radios per day.” Although Tom was offered the job, he was terrified to show up because he thought he could never reach that quota. He waited two more days before reporting to work, and with a lot of effort, he managed to repair 25 radios during his first shift. Pushing himself harder, he was able to fix 30 the next day.

But Tom didn't stop there. Soon he was up to 40 radios per day, then 50. He devised a system of grouping the ones with the same problem, lining them up and repairing them like an assembly line. By Christmas, he was repairing 100 radios per day. In late January, Hoffman had a layoff, and 38 of the 40 technicians were let go. One guy who kept his job had the longest tenure, and the other was Tom — because no one else at Hoffman ever repaired 30 radios in one day.

Hoffman's 1948 line of radios.

The fact Tom kept his job set the tone for the rest of his career and life. He was moved into the engineering department, which was developing new products. Early in 1947, Tom built his own TV set at home by sending away for a kit. A couple of months later, he offered the set to Hoffman, and it was studied by his coworkers. By the end of the year, Hoffman was on its way to becoming the largest manufacturer of televisions in Southern California.

In September of 1948, Hoffman promoted its TVs by setting up a booth at the L.A. County Fair. Because they needed to make sure the TV sets didn’t break down, Tom and another technician were assigned to spend the day there. The two guys found they had little to do, and filled their hours by touring the entire fair. When they were sent to the fair again a week later, the coworker declared he was bringing a date. This forced Tom to do the same, but he didn’t have a girlfriend, so he had to find someone quickly.

A few Hoffmann employees came to mind, and Tom gained access to personnel records to get their phone numbers. One who answered the phone was Margaret Bolheres, an assembly worker on the TV production line, and fatefully, she said yes. Tom and Margaret hit it off, so after their day at the fair, they began a relationship. Months later, they decided to get married. The wedding took place on July 2, 1949 in Pasadena.

Leaving the church with Margaret after getting married in 1949.

To set up their household, they rented an apartment for the first year, then moved in with Margaret’s mother in her small Los Angeles house. Unfortunately, Mrs. Bolheres passed away suddenly in July 1950. Margaret was pregnant at the time, but the baby was born with a defect and died right after birth. During the years that followed, Tom and Margaret relocated to the city of Downey, then back to the house her mother had owned. Another child was born who was premature, but survived. Not long after, Tom bought a brand new tract home in Inglewood, paying for it on the GI bill. The family moved in, and by the middle of 1957, two more children were born.

Meanwhile, Tom continued his career at Hoffman, moving up the ladder into management, and he was put in charge of one of the production facilities. Eventually, though, the pressures of the job took a toll on him, and in 1954, he suffered another nervous breakdown. His recovery took almost a year, a period of deep reflection. When Tom was finally ready to return to work, he was hired as a manager at Califone, a company that made reel-to-reel tape recorders. By learning to control his stress level, he was able to stay healthy, and he never again suffered a breakdown.

Besides work, Tom enjoyed bowling once a week in a company league, and this brought him into contact with a young woman on his team named Anita Woolsey. They had a brief affair which resulted in Anita becoming pregnant with his baby. Tom left Margaret for a few weeks, but neither of them wanted to end their marriage, and they got back together. The child was kept a secret from everyone for many years.

During the early 1960s, Tom had a series of mid-level management jobs in various factories; each change in employment involved the relocation of his family, which took them from Inglewood to Garden Grove to Mountain View and finally back to Inglewood again. In 1966, he found himself unemployed, and for the first time, he faced financial problems. This led to his decision to move into the San Fernando Valley house which had belonged to his recently-deceased mother. The house was now owned by his step-father, a Filipino immigrant named Johnny, and he still lived in it. After about a year and a half, the relationship with him turned difficult; Johnny got a lawyer, and Tom's family was forced out of the house.

In December 1968, Tom purchased a 4-bedroom tract home in Canoga Park (later called Winnetka), a place where he would spend the rest of his life. During the 1970s, he worked as a production control manager for an electronics factory in Chatsworth. When that job ended in 1980, he found it hard to get hired for similar work due to his age, and after a series of consulting jobs, Tom was facing retirement. But he still looked to bring in money, and turned to answering want ads. One of the ads was to become a movie extra, and this led to an interesting chapter in his life.

From 1987 to 2002, Tom worked on hundreds of movies, TV shows and commercials. He signed up with an agency and got a head sheet done. After the first year, Margaret became an extra, too, and they often took jobs as a couple. Typically, a phone call would give instructions to show up at a location at an appointed time the next day; it might be a studio, or a public place anywhere in Southern California. Only when Tom arrived would he find out what the job would be. The assignments varied from being part of a large crowd, to walking by in the background of a scene, or to having interaction with the principal actors.

Tom's 1988 head sheet.

Even if Tom got no camera time, he was able to see behind-the-scenes productions of some of the top movies and TV series of that era. The list of movies he worked on included Naked Gun, Wayne’s World, Twins, Jerry McGuire, Kindergarten Cop, Beaches, The Addams Family, Father of the Bride, Wag the Dog, and Oceans Eleven. As for TV, he worked on pretty much anything shot in California that used extras, including Ally McBeal, Baywatch, Beverly Hills 90210, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Chicago Hope, CSI, Dharma and Gregg, Doogie Howser MD, Ellen, ER, Everybody Loves Raymond, Frasier, Friends, Gilmore Girls, Home Improvement, Knots Landing, L.A. Law, Mad About You, Matlock, MacGyver, Moonlighting, Murder She Wrote, Murphy Brown, Night Court, NYPD Blue, Party of Five, Picket Fences, The Practice, Scrubs, Seinfeld, Sex and the City, Thirtysomething, The West Wing, Will and Grace, The Wonder Years and The X-Files.

Tom in the Seinfeld episode "The Subway."

During Tom's final years, he fell into a routine of healthy diet and exercise; each morning, he did a light workout tape followed by a 40-minute walk at the mall. In spite of potential heart problems, he lived to be 85-years-old. Tom died in his sleep on the morning of November 10, 2007. Margaret survived him, passing away in 2016.

Children by Margaret Elizabeth Bolheres:
1. James Michael Mitchell — B. 26 Mar 1951, Los Angeles, California; D. 26 Mar 1951, Los Angeles, California

2. LIVING

3. LIVING

4. LIVING

Child by Anita Jan Woolsey:
1. LIVING

Sources:
My firsthand knowledge
California births and christenings, 1812-1988, FamilySearch.org
California County Marriages, 1850-1952, FamilySearch.org
Social Security Death Index

A Soldier and Father of 16 — Charles Dubord dit Clermond

B. 16 Aug 1681 in Champlain, New France¹
M. Jan 1712 in Grondines, New France²
Wife: Marie Ripault
D. 29 Oct 1749 in Grondines, New France³

Charles Dubord dit Clermond served in his local militia as he operated a farm and raised a large family. He was born on August 16, 1681 in Champlain, New France to Julien Dubord dit LaFontaine and Catherine Guerard, the fifth of their ten children.¹ Charles’ father had been a Carignan-Salières Regiment soldier and his mother was a Fille du Roi, a pairing that was common to many settlers along the St. Lawrence. The couple settled in the seigneury of Champlain, a remote farming community to the east of Trois-Rivières, and this is where Charles grew up.

Charles didn’t get married until he was 30-years-old, and given his later rank as a military officer, he likely spent at least some of his 20s as a soldier.⁴ There was a need for young men to defend the colony against English aggression, especially during Queen Anne’s War (1702-1713). If Charles did serve during this time, it was likely as part of a militia, but records are sketchy about individual soldiers.

A Canadian militia at the time of Queen Anne’s War. (AI-generated image)

Near the end of this conflict, in January of 1712, Charles married Marie Ripault at her hometown of Grondines.² The newlyweds set up a farm at or near the seigneury of Sorel, with their first child born by the end of the year.⁵ Sorel was on the south shore of the St. Lawrence just west of Lac St-Pierre; it’s also thought they lived on Île-aux-Castors,⁶ one of a series of islands where the river turns into the lake. Perhaps the place was too remote because after two more children were born, the family returned to Grondines.⁷ There were eventually a total of sixteen children in the family, with the last one born in 1738.⁸

A document dated January 14, 1727 showed that Charles had been appointed ensign in the Grondines militia.⁴ The record concerned a dispute with the seigneur over where the habitants could graze their cattle. The matter had to be settled by the Intendant of New France, Claude-Thomas Dupuy, and Charles was ordered to keep his cows clear of the seigneur’s land.

By the end of his life, Charles had risen to the rank of lieutenant of the militia.⁹ He died at the age of 68 on October 29, 1749, and was buried in Grondines.³ Some of his children were still underage, and his wife Marie had a legal guardian assigned to them in 1754.⁹ She passed away in 1759.¹⁰

Children:
1. Charles Clermond dit Dubord — B. 8 Oct 1712, Sorel, New France;⁵ M. Marie-Anne LePelle (1717-1759), 7 Jan 1744, Champlain, New France¹¹

2. Pierre Clermond dit Dubord — B. 31 Oct 1713, Sorel, New France;¹²

3. Louis Clermond Dubord — B. about 1715, (probably) Île-Aux-Castors, New France;⁶ D. about Jan 1793, (probably) Northwest Territory;⁶ M. Marie-Louise Bouron (1726-?), 5 Oct 1744, Detroit, New France¹³

4. Michel Dubord — B. 18 Dec 1716, Grondines, New France⁷

5. Marie-Josephe Dubord — B. 16 Nov 1718, Grondines, New France;¹⁴ D. 17 Apr 1748, Grondines, New France¹⁵

6. Joseph Clermond dit Dubord — B. 21 Feb 1721, Grondines, New France;¹⁶ M. Madeleine Guyon (1710-?), 6 Oct 1760, Grondines, New France¹⁷

7. Marie-Madeleine Clermond Dubord — B. 10 Apr 1722, Grondines, New France;¹⁸ D. 4 Jan 1768, Grondines, Quebec;¹⁹ M. Antoine Lecuyer (1710-1786), 12 Nov 1741, Grondines, New France²⁰

8. Marie-Angelique Dubord — B. 20 Sep 1724, Grondines, New France;²¹ D. 14 Oct 1724, Grondines, New France²²

9. Antoine Dubord dit Clermond — B. 27 Sep 1725, Grondines, New France;²³ M. (1) Marie-Anne Biguet (1730-1758), 5 Sep 1751, Ste-Anne-de-la-Perade, New France;²⁴ (2) Marie-Louise Hamelin (1734-1802), 25 Jul 1758²⁵

10. Marie-Anne Dubord — B. 25 Aug 1727, Grondines, New France;²⁶ D. 11 Jan 1748, Grondines, New France²⁷

11. François Dubord dit Clermond — B. 15 Dec 1729, Grondines, New France;²⁸ M. Josephte Baribeau (1739-1774), 7 Feb 1757, Ste-Anne-de-la-Perade, New France²⁹

12. René Dubord — B. 3 May 1731, Grondines, New France;³⁰ D. 16 Dec 1755, La Perade, New France³¹

13. Jean-Baptiste Dubord — B. 12 Apr 1733, Grondines, New France;³² D. 12 Apr 1733, Grondines, New France³³

14. Nicolas Dubord — B. 4 May 1734, Grondines, New France³⁴

15. Alexis Lafontaine Clermond — B. 18 May 1736, Grondines, New France³⁵

16. Marie-Charlotte Dubord — B. 11 Jul 1738, La Perade, New France⁸

Sources:
1    Baptismal record of Charles Dubord dit Clermond, Quebec Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979, FamilySearch.org 
2    Marriage record of Charles Dubord dit Clermond and Marie Ripault, Q.C.P.R.
3    Burial record of Charles Dubord dit Clermond, Q.C.P.R.
4    Seigneur of Grondines vs. Charles Dubord court record, January 14, 1727, BAnQ
5    Baptismal record of Charles Dubord dit Clermond (younger), Q.C.P.R.
6    WikiTree listing for Louis Clermont (1715-1793) 
7    Baptismal record of Michel Dubord, Q.C.P.R.
8    Baptismal record of Marie-Charlotte Dubord, Q.C.P.R.
9    Guardianship of the minor children of the late Charles Dubord, August 3, 1754, BAnQ
10  Burial record of Marie Ripault, Q.C.P.R.
11  Marriage record of Charles Dubord dit Clermond and Marie-Anne LePelle, Q.C.P.R.
12  Baptismal record of Pierre Dubord dit Clermond, Q.C.P.R.
13  Genealogy of the French Families of the Detroit River Region, Christian Dennison, 1987
14  Baptismal record of Marie-Josephe Dubord, Q.C.P.R.
15  Burial record of Marie-Josephe Dubord, Q.C.P.R.
16 Baptismal record of Joseph Dubord dit Clermond, Q.C.P.R.
17  Dictionnaire généalogique des familles, Vol. 3, Cyprien Tanguay, 1887
18  Baptismal record of Marie-Madeleine Dubord Clermond, Q.C.P.R.
19  Burial record of Marie-Madeleine Dubord Clermond, Q.C.P.R.
20  Marriage record of Marie-Madeleine Dubord Clermond and Antoine Lecuyer, Q.C.P.R.
21  Baptismal record of Marie-Angelique Dubord, Q.C.P.R.
22  Burial record of Marie-Angelique Dubord, Q.C.P.R.
23  Baptismal record of Antoine Dubord dit Clermond, Q.C.P.R.
24  Marriage record of Antoine Dubord dit Clermond and Marie-Anne Biquet, Q.C.P.R.
25  Marriage record of Antoine Dubord dit Clermond and Marie-Louise Hamelint, Q.C.P.R.
26  Baptismal record of Marie-Anne Dubord, Q.C.P.R.
27  Burial record of Marie-Anne Dubord, Q.C.P.R.
28  Baptismal record of François Dubord dit Clermond, Q.C.P.R.
29  Marriage record of François Dubord dit Clermond and Josephte Baribeau, Q.C.P.R.
30  Baptismal record of René Dubord, Q.C.P.R.
31  Burial record of René Dubord, Q.C.P.R.
32  Baptismal record of Jean-Baptiste Dubord, Q.C.P.R.
33  Burial record of Jean-Baptiste Dubord, Q.C.P.R.
34  Baptismal record of Nicolas Dubord, Q.C.P.R.
35  Baptismal record of Alexis Lafontaine Dubord, Q.C.P.R.

On Both Sides of the Wabash — Joseph Gaile

B. 18 Nov 1788 in Vincennes, Northwest Territory¹
M. before 18 Oct 1818 in (probably) Vincennes, Indiana²
Wife: Archange Baillargeon
D. May 1835 in Lawrence County, Illinois³

The story of Joseph Gaille is like that of many of the Creoles in early 19th century Vincennes, Indiana: his time was divided between two sides of the Wabash River. Joseph was born in Vincennes on November 18, 1788 to Charles Diel and Elizabeth Clermond Dubord,¹ the sixth of their ten children; only three of the children are known to have survived childhood. Although Joseph’s family name was “Diel,” for some reason, it evolved in a way that wasn’t quite phonetic; after 1800, it appeared as Gaile or Guile, in several variations of spelling. Joseph came from a long line of fur traders, but those days were long over, and he spent his childhood on a small farm, likely on the outskirts of Vincennes.

When war broke out with England in 1812, many young men in Vincennes joined the fight, and Joseph was one of them. While there may have been a spirit of patriotism with their enlistments, it’s likely that many signed up for the money. Records show that Joseph served two stints in the war. During his first enlistment from August 13th to November 18th of 1812, he was a private in the 1st Regiment of the Indiana Militia.⁴ On September 12th, Joseph’s unit arrived as reinforcements to a siege at Fort Harrison, a stockade at the site of present-day Terre-Haute.⁵ 

Arriving at Fort Harrison. (AI-generated image)

It isn’t known if Joseph saw any action, but the enemy retreated soon after. Joseph was later noted as being AWOL along with 9 other men in his company;⁴ it isn’t known if he faced discipline for it, or simply got docked some of his pay. Early the following year, he signed up again in the same regiment, this time for two months starting on February 15th.⁴

Following the war, Joseph got married, but the date of his wedding is unknown. His wife was Archange Baillargeon, who had recently been widowed, and she brought two young children into the marriage. Joseph and Archange first appeared in records as a couple on the baptism of their first child, dated October 18, 1818.² The baby was noted as having been born on March 10th, so it’s likely they had been married at least 9 months before that date. Between 1822 and 1835, six more children are known to have been born to them. It’s interesting that all of their children’s baptisms took place at St. Francis-Xavier Church in Vincennes, but each child was several months old. It suggests that the family probably lived a long distance from the church, and it’s known that during some of that time, they were across the Wabash River in Illinois.

During the early 19th century, French families from Vincennes began setting up small farms in Edwards County, Illinois (which became Lawrence County in 1821); they tended to stick together in their new communities, but kept their ties to Vincennes. As proof that Joseph was there, he was listed on the 1820 census residing in Edwards County with his wife and three small children.⁶ There was also an 1821 receipt from a man named John Small which showed that Joseph helped build a dam on the Embarras River by supplying some lumber for it.⁷

Map of the region where Joseph lived. St. Francisville was a French community first settled in about 1810.

Receipt for Joseph's lumber that was supplied for John Small's dam at Smallville.

By 1827, the family seems to have moved back to the Indiana side of the Wabash.² But later, Joseph was back in Lawrence County, where he died in May 1835;³ Archange passed away in 1849.⁸ Although their children ended up primarily in Vincennes, they continued to move over the years back and forth across the Wabash, a connection of the two communities which lasted all the way into the 20th century.

Children:
1. Marie Gaile — B. 10 Mar 1818, (probably) Edwards County, Illinois;² D. 29 Jul 1879, St. Francisville, Illinois;⁹ M. Amable Grimard (1812-1904), 12 Feb 1838, Vincennes, Indiana¹⁰

2. Henry Gaile — B. 29 Aug 1822, (probably) Lawrence County, Illinois;¹¹ D. before 1860, (probably) Vincennes, Indiana;¹² M. Elizabeth Dauphin (~1826-?), 24 Oct 1842, Vincennes, Indiana¹³

3. Susanne Gaile — B. 26 Mar 1827, Vincennes, Indiana;¹⁴ D. 29 Oct 1869, St. Francisville, Illinois;¹⁵ M. (1) François Louis Ravellette (1819-1863), 23 May 1842, Vincennes, Indiana; ¹⁶(2) Charles Moyse (1821-1878), 22 Oct 1866, St. Francisville, Illinois¹⁷

4. Elizabeth Gaile — B. 14 Jul 1824, Vincennes, Indiana;¹⁸ M. William Chapard (1820-?), 19 Feb 1844, Vincennes, Indiana¹⁹

5. Charles Gaile — B. 21 Jul 1829, Vincennes, Indiana²⁰

6. Barbe Gaile — B. 21 Jul 1829, Vincennes, Indiana;²¹ D. after 19 Nov 1850, (probably) Vincennes, Indiana;²² M. Jean Baptiste Chapard (1823-?), 12 Nov 1849, Vincennes, Indiana²³

7. Marcelline Gaile — B. 23 Feb 1835, (probably) Lawrence County, Illinois²⁴

Sources:
1    Baptismal record of Joseph Diel, Indiana Births and Christenings, 1773-1933, FamilySearch.org
2    St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church Records: Baptisms 1749-1838, Barbara Schull Wolfe, 1999
3    Death record of Joseph Gail, Ancestry.com 
4    Muster, pay and receipt rolls of Indiana territory volunteers or militia of the period of the War of 1812  
5    Fort Harrison, Indiana (Wikipedia article) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Harrison,_Indiana
6    1820 U.S. Census
7    Receipt for the work Joseph Gaile did for John Small, 1 Aug 1821
8    Indiana Diels Descended from Philippe Diel and Marie Anquetin (website)
9    Find-A-Grave listing for Marie Guielle Greemore  
10  Marriage record of Amable Grimard and Marie Gaile, Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992, FarmilySearch.org
11  Baptismal record of Andre [Henry] Guile Indiana Births and Christenings, 1773-1933, FamilySearch.org
12  1860 U.S. Census
13  Marriage record of Andre [Henry] Guile and Elizabeth Dauphin, Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992, FarmilySearch.org
14  Baptismal record of Susanne Guile, Indiana Births and Christenings, 1773-1933, FamilySearch.org
15  Burial record of Susanne Guelle, Diocese of Belleville, Illinois Catholic Parish Records, 1729-1956, FamilySearch
16  Marriage record of François Louis Ravallette and Susanne Guile, Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992, FarmilySearch.org
17  Marriage record of Charles Moyse and Susanne Guile, Diocese of Belleville, Illinois Catholic Parish Records, 1729-1956, FamilySearch
18  Baptismal record of Elizabeth Guaile, Indiana Births and Christenings, 1773-1933, FamilySearch.org
19  Marriage record of William Chappart and Elizabeth Guaile, Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992, FarmilySearch.org
20  Baptismal record of Charles Guaile, Indiana Births and Christenings, 1773-1933, FamilySearch.org
21  Baptismal record of Barbe Guaile, Indiana Births and Christenings, 1773-1933, FamilySearch.org
22  Baptismal record of Marie Louise Chapard, Indiana Births and Christenings, 1773-1933, FamilySearch.org
23  Marriage record of Jean-Baptiste Chapard and Barbe Gauile, Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992, FarmilySearch.org
24  Baptismal record of Marcelline Gaile, Indiana Births and Christenings, 1773-1933, FamilySearch.org

In the Company of Soldiers — Pierre Favreau dit Deslauriers

B. about 1636 in France¹
M. about 1668 (probably) near Montreal, New France²
Wife: Marie Benoit
D. 26 May 1708 in Contrecœur, New France³

Soldiers who serve in the same unit often form lasting bonds with each other, and this was true for Pierre Favreau dit Deslauriers. Although we know that Pierre was from France, his birthdate, birthplace and parents are unproven. The 1681 census of New France gave an age that suggested he was born in 1636.¹ (There is a birth record of a Pierre Favreau born in Chatillon-sur-Marne on June 13, 1636 to Nicolas and Claude Favreau, which may or may not be him.)

Many young French men of the 17th century saw opportunity by joining the military. If by chance, their service happened around 1665, they were likely sent to Canada as part of the Carignan-Salières Regiment. Pierre was almost 30-years-old that year, and it isn’t known if he had previous service under his belt, but it’s somewhat likely. Whatever the case, he became part of the force sent to America to protect the colony along the St. Lawrence River from the aggressive activities of the Iroquois.²

The soldiers were organized into companies of 30 to 40 men, and Pierre found himself assigned to one headed by a man almost 70-years-old named Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur.² The companies of the regiment were put on ships at La Rochelle; several were needed to transport the over 1,000 men. Pierre’s company, Contrecœur, boarded La Paix along with three other companies.² After landing at Quebec on August 19th, they continued on small boats to the Richelieu River, where they joined others in building forts in raw wilderness.² While some men stayed there, the Contrecœur company traveled to Montreal and set up camp for the winter.² For the next three years, Pierre and his fellow soldiers were said to have participated in “various campaigns,” which likely took them to nearby areas.⁴

Nicknames of the soldiers in Pierre's company. He's the second on the list. 

The assignment of the Contrecœur company to Montreal seems to have shaped the future for many of its members. When the regiment was disbanded in 1668, many of the company leaders returned to France, but Pécaudy de Contrecœur chose to stay by settling on the shore of the St. Lawrence south of Montreal.² Pierre seemed to follow his lead, carving out a farm near Pécaudy de Contrecœur, and getting married at about the same time.² He wasn’t the only man of the Contrecœur company to do so — at least three others made their homes in the same place. In fact, of the 35 or so members of the company, only about three or four returned to France, and most of those who stayed, settled in the Montreal region.² On October 29, 1672, Pécaudy de Contrecœur was granted a seigneury, and the place where Pierre lived was thereafter called Contrecœur.²

Pierre's new wife was Marie Benoit, a woman often credited with being one of the Filles du Roi, although there isn’t any documentation to verify this. There’s no record of their wedding, which likely took place in 1668. The couple’s first child was born in about 1669,⁵ and they had a total of 13 by 1693,⁶ of whom at least three died as infants. In about 1687, Pierre moved a little ways upriver to Boucherville.²

Pierre seems to have had a special relationship with one of the men he served with in the Contrecœur company: Antoine Emery dit Coderre. It’s easy to imagine they had a friendship from the time they sailed over together from France, and continued on as soldiers along the St. Lawrence. Both of them lived in the seigneury of Contrecœur, and they were godfathers at the baptisms of each other’s children;^7,8 Pierre named his son Antoine and this was likely in honor of his friend. Emery dit Coderre also moved to Boucherville, and in June 1688, after his first wife had died, he married Pierre’s 16-year-old daughter Marie-Anne.⁹ Twelve years later, the old soldiers united at an event again when Pierre’s son Mathurin married Emery dit Coderre’s daughter Marie-Madeleine.¹⁰

By the end of his life, Pierre seems to have moved back to Contrecœur, where he died on May 26, 1708;³ curiously, his death record gave his age as 90 when he was actually about 72. His wife Marie survived him by many years, passing away in 1733.¹¹ Today a plaque honors the men who first settled in Contrecœur. Pierre is listed along with his wife, but for some reason his name is written as “Pierre Carrot” instead of Pierre Favreau. He was the ancestor of June Foray, the voice of Rocky the Squirrel.

Plaque honoring pioneers in Contrecœur showing "Pierre Carrot."

Children:
1. Nicolas Favreau — B. about 1669, (probably) Contrecœur, New France;⁵ D. 11 Jan 1731, Boucherville, New France;⁵ M. (1) Catherine Picard (~1679-1699), 18 Oct 1694, Boucherville, New France;¹² (2) Marie Meunier (1683-1742), 20 Apr 1700, Boucherville, New France¹³

2. Pierre Favreau — B. about 1670, (probably) Contrecœur, New France;¹ D. before 21 Mar 1693⁶

3. Marie-Anne Favreau — B. about 1672, (probably) Contrecœur, New France;¹⁴ D. 3 Apr 1737, Contrecœur, New France;¹⁴ M. (1) Antoine Emery dit Coderre (1643-?), 5 Jun 1688, Boucherville, New France;⁹ (2) Joseph Circe (1691-1754), 10 Feb 1716, Contrecoeur, New France¹⁵

4. Antoine Favreau — B. 26 Feb 1675, Contrecœur, New France;⁷ D. 6 Nov 1709, Montreal, New France;¹⁶ M. Anne Meunier (~1678-?), 11 Jan 1700, Boucherville, New France¹⁷

5. Mathurin Favreau — B. 16 Mar 1677, Contrecœur, New France;¹⁸ D. 27 Mar 1752, Boucherville, New France;¹⁹ M. Marie-Madeleine Emery (1678-1760), 11 Jan 1700, Boucherville, New France¹⁰

6. Marie Favreau — B. about 1679, (probably) Contrecœur, New France;²⁰ D. 1 May 1703, Montreal, New France;²⁰ M. François Picard (1673-1728), 18 Oct 1694, Boucherville, New France²¹

7. Jean Favreau — B. about 1681, (probably) Contrecœur, New France;¹ D. 31 Oct 1747, Boucherville, New France;²² M. Jeanne Meunier (1685-1760), 23 Jan 1702, Boucherville, New France²³

8. Joseph Favreau — B. 25 Mar 1683, Contrecœur, New France;²⁴ D. (probably) young

9. Charles Favreau — B. 13 Feb 1685, Contrecœur, New France;²⁵ D. 31 Oct 1764, Verchères, New France;²⁶ M. Marie-Angelique Benard (1699-?), 11 Nov 1720, Boucherville, New France²⁷

10. Genevieve Favreau — B. 4 Oct 1686, Contrecoeur, New France;²⁸ D. before 5 Oct 1717, New France;²⁹ M. Gabriel Giard (1675-1753), 21 Jul 1710, Contrecoeur, New France³⁰

11, René Favreau — B. 25 May 1688, Boucherville, New France;³¹ D. 11 Apr 1689, Boucherville, New France³²

12. Jacques Favreau — B. 28 Aug 1690, Boucherville, New France;³³ D. 25 Sep 1690, Boucherville, New France³⁴

13. Pierre Favreau — B. 21 Mar 1693, Boucherville, New France;⁶ M. Marie-Anne Perrault (1692-1730), 28 Jun 1716, Boucherville, New France³⁵

Sources:
1    Recensement de 1681 en Nouvelle-France
2    Migrations: Compagnie Contrecœur (website)  
3    Burial record of Pierre Favreau dit Deslauriers, Quebec Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979, FamilySearch.org
4    Pécaudy de Contrecœur, Antoine,” Dictionary of Canadian Biography (website)  
5    Burial record of Nicolas Favreau, Q.C.P.R.
6    Baptismal record of Pierre Favreau (younger), Q.C.P.R.
7    Baptismal record of Antoine Favreau, Q.C.P.R.
8    Baptismal record of Antoine Emery (younger), Q.C.P.R.]
9    Marriage record of Antoine Emery dit Coderre and Marie-Anne Favreau, Q.C.P.R.
10  Marriage record of Mathurin Favreau and Marie-Madeleine Emery, Q.C.P.R.
11  Burial record of Marie Benoit, Q.C.P.R.
12  Marriage record of Nicolas Favreau and Catherine Picard, Q.C.P.R.
13  Marriage record of Nicolas Favreau and Marie Meunier, Q.C.P.R.
14  Burial record of Marie-Anne Favreau, Q.C.P.R.
15  Marriage record of Joseph Circe and Marie-Anne Favreau, Q.C.P.R.
16  Burial record of Antoine Favreau, Q.C.P.R.
17  Marriage record of Antoine Favreau and Anne Meunier, Q.C.P.R.
18  Baptismal record of Mathurin Favreau, Q.C.P.R.
19  Burial record of Mathurin Favreau, Q.C.P.R.
20  Burial record of Marie Favreau, Q.C.P.R.
21  Marriage record of François Picard and Marie Favreau, Q.C.P.R.
22  Burial record of Jean Favreau, Q.C.P.R.
23  Marriage record of Jean Favreau and Jeanne Meunier, Q.C.P.R.
24  Baptismal record of Joseph Favreau, Q.C.P.R.
25  Baptismal record of Charles Favreau, Q.C.P.R.
26  Burial record of Charles Favreau, Q.C.P.R.
27  Marriage record of Charles Favreau and Marie-Angelique Benard, Q.C.P.R.
28  Baptismal record of Genevieve Favreau, Q.C.P.R.
29  Marriage record of Gabriel Giard and Suzanne Menard, Q.C.P.R.
30  Marriage record of Gabriel Giard and Genevieve Favreau, Q.C.P.R.
31  Baptismal record of René Favreau, Q.C.P.R.
32  Burial record of René Favreau, Q.C.P.R.
33  Baptismal record of Jacques Favreau, Q.C.P.R.
34  Burial record of Jacques Favreau, Q.C.P.R.
35  Marriage record of Pierre Favreau (younger) and Marie-Anne Perrault, Q.C.P.R.