Ancestor Biography Index — Q to Z

Quitel, Marthe (~1638-1722)
Ranger dit Laviolette, Hubert (1661-?)
Rapelje, Joris Jansen (1604-1663)
Rapelje, Sarah Jorise (1625-1685)
Ratté, Jacques (~1630-1699)
Ravellette, François (1791-1857)
Ravellette, François Louis (1819-1863)
Ravellette, Jean-Baptiste (1724-?)
Ravellette, Louis Favel (~1758-1835)
Ravellette, Mary Louise (1850-1918)
Redding, Elizabeth (~1634-1707)
Redding, Joseph (~1613-1674)
Renaud dit Deslauriers, Jean-Baptiste (~1679-1750)
Renaud dit Deslauriers, Jean-Baptiste (1708-1773)
Renaud dit Deslauriers, Jean-Baptiste (1754-1834)
Reynders, Tryntie (~1621-?)
Richard, Agnes (1719-?)
Richard, Guillaume (~1641-1690)
Richard, Jean-Baptiste (1681-?)
Richardson, Ezekiel (~1602-1647)
Richardson, Josiah (1635-1695)
Riddle, Agnes (1781-1852)
Riddle, Gawn (~1700-1779)
Riddle, John (1754-1814)
Ripault, Roch (~1660-1715)
Riviére, Renée (~1631-1699)
Robey, John (~1714-1808)
Rollet, Marie (~1580-1649)
Rondeau, Thomas (~1638-1721)
Ross, James (1852-1882)
Ross, James (1803-1878)
Ross, John (~1732-1810)
Ross, John (1764-1808)
Ross, John (1829-?)
Ross, Laura Ethol (1873-1917)
Rossignol, Jeanne (~1652-1712)
Royer, Jean (1634-~1675)
Saint-Denys, Pierre (~1622-1686)
St. John, Elizabeth (~1605-1677)
Sauvé, Pierre (1700-?)
Sauvé dit LaPlante, Pierre (~1652-1737)
Savari, François (~1641-~1715)
Savari, Pierre (1685-1750)
Savoie, François (~1621-~1685)
Savonnet, Jeanne (~1648-1721)
Sayles, John (~1594-~1645)
Sayles, Phoebe (1625-1666)
Sheldon, Isaac (1629-1708)
Smith, Jonathan (1635-?)
Smith, Richard (~1583-?)
Soldé, Jeanne (1638-1697)
Soucy dit Lavigne, Jean (?-~1678)
Soucy, Pierre (1673-1760)
Stooke, Martha (1597-1657)
Strong Jedediah (1637-1733)
Strong, John (~1610-1699)
Strong, Thomas (~1636-1689)
Strong, Waitstill (~1677-1762)
Strycker, Jan Gerrits (1615-~1697)
Sutherlin, Elizabeth C. (~1844-~1869)
Sutherlin, Jackson (~1815-1878)
Tarde, Marie-Jeanne (~1665-1741)
Ténard, Marguerite (~1633-1678)
Tessier dit Lavigne, Urbain (~1624-1689)
Tessier, Agnes (1659-1733)
Thomas, Marie-Joseph (~1740-?)
Thorndike, James (1706-1787)
Thorndike, John (1603-1668)
Thorndike, John (1675-1760)
Thorndike, Paul (~1642-~1698)
Thunay dit Dufresne, Félix (~1633-1683)
Thunay, Marie-Madeleine (~1672-1738)
Toole, Mary (1846-1904)
Toole, Timothy (?-~1867)
Trico, Catalyntje Jeronimus (~1605-1689)
Tucker, Esther J. (1803-1883)
Tucker, Robey (~1753-?)
Turgeon, Charles (~1627-aft 1699)
Turgeon, Joseph (1696-1765)
Turgeon, Pierre (~1669-1699)
Turpin, Alexandre (1641-?)

Turpin, François (?-1809)

Turpin, Joseph (1696-~1750)
Underwood, William (~1616-1697)
Vallée, Perrette (~1645-1676)
Van Aersdalen, Jan Pauwelsz (~1600-1654)
Van Arsdalen, Alletta (1803-1886)
Van Arsdalen, Christoffel (~1696-~1772)
Van Arsdalen, Christopher (1760-1840)
Van Arsdalen, Hendrick (1731-1820)
Van Arsdalen, Jan Simonsz (1676-1756)
Van Arsdalen, Simon Jansen (1627-1710)
Van Cleef, Benjamin (1683-1747)
Van Cleef, Jan Cornelissen (1628-?)
Vandendaigue, Joseph (1653-1725)
Van Henglen, Aucke Reyniersen (?-~1739)
Van Henglen, Arent Theunissen (~1616-1655)
Vanier dit LaFontaine, Guillaume (~1645-1687)
Van Middleswart, Jan Teunisen (1654-1742)
Van Nuys, Auke Janse (~1621-1698)
Van Schouw, Claes Cornelissen (1606-?)
Van Sutphen, Dirck Janse (~1645-1707)
Van Tuyl, Martha (1767-1853)
Van Wicklen, Evert Jansz (1660-~1720)
Varennes, Madeleine (~1640-1727)
Verreau, Barthélemy (~1631-1700)
Veronneau, Denis (~1641-1730)
Viel, Marie-Therese (1650-?)
Vieillot, Catherine (1642-?)
Vonck, Cornelius (~1635-1681)
Wadsworth, William (1594-1675)
Wheeler, Timothy (~1604-1687)
Whiting, John (1561-1617)
Whiting, John (1699-1775)
Whiting, Oliver (1665-1736)
Whiting, Samuel (1597-1679)
Whiting, Samuel (1633-1713)
Wicom, John (~1647-1715)
Wicom, Richard (1609-1664)
Wilcox, John (~1595-1651) 
Wilcox, John (~1620-1676)
Wilcox, Sarah (1648-1718)
Woodbury, Nicholas (~1618-1686)
Woodbury, William (~1589-1677)
Woodford, Mary (~1636-1684)
Woodford, Thomas (?-1667)
Woodward, Freedom (~1642-1681)
Woodward, Henry (~1601-1683)
Worcester, Samuel (1629-1681)
Worcester, William (~1601-1662)
Wyatt, Margaret (1595-1675)
You, Marie-Anne (~1695-?)
You de La Découverte, Pierre (1658-1718)

Going to California — Margaret Elizabeth Bolheres

B. 12 Apr 1922 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
M. 2 Jul 1949 in Pasadena, California
Husband: Thomas Milton Mitchell
D. 4 Aug 2016 in West Hills, California

When Margaret Elizabeth Bolheres was a young adult, she moved halfway across the country, and the decision to relocate was in many ways the pivotal act of her life. Margaret was born on April 12, 1922 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to James John Bolheres and Minnie Louise LaBrie. She joined an older sister, Helen, in the household, and the girls became constant companions early on. Margaret's father was a Greek immigrant who operated a restaurant in Minneapolis, working long hours, seven days a week. As a result, Margaret became very close with her mother and numerous relatives on that side of the family.

In 1925, Margaret’s family left Minnesota for the warmer climate of Florida. She later recalled the adventure, traveling by Model T and camping out each night along the way. The family spent a year living in Jacksonville, where a younger sister, Lillian, was born. Then they moved back to Minneapolis and resumed their lives there.

Lillian, Helen and Margaret in about 1929.

Health issues arose when Margaret was 7-years-old with both she and Helen contracting diphtheria, causing them to be quarantined for a couple of weeks. While Margaret got better, Helen did not, and soon after, she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease. For the next two years, Margaret watched as her sister wasted away, until the girl reached a point near death. Their parents sent young Lillian to stay with an aunt, but Margaret at age 10 remained in the house. On June 24, 1932, Margaret and her parents gathered at Helen’s bedside. As the girl grew weaker, she uttered, “I’m going to Hollywood,” then stopped breathing. Margaret always thought Helen meant to say “heaven,” but the word came out as “Hollywood.”

Helen’s death had a great impact on the family, and especially Margaret. With the guidance of an aunt, she took up the Catholic religion that her mother no longer practiced, and made her First Communion as a teenager. The years of the Great Depression also affected Margaret. With money being tight, the family moved from a private house to a series of small apartments, and by 1938, they lived in a cramped place above a Minneapolis pool hall. For a time, Margaret and Lillian attended a special school for poor, undernourished children, which they liked to refer to as “skinny school.” After the 8th grade, Margaret entered Marshall High School in Minneapolis, and she received her diploma in June 1940.

Margaret's high school senior portrait, 1940.

Events the following year would provide a turning point in Margaret’s life. During the summer of 1941, her father went into the hospital for a routine operation, but he died from complications. This left the family without support, and Margaret and her mother each took factory jobs. Then the invasion of Pearl Harbor created a need for female laborers, and by the end of 1942, Margaret worked for the government as an ammunitions inspector.

Margaret became friends with a coworker, and as they heard of better job opportunities in California, they dared each other to quit and move there. And so one day, they did. The two arrived by train in Los Angeles on a bright sunny day in March of 1943. During the war, it was nearly impossible to get a room to stay, a fact they didn't know beforehand. Luckily, Margaret’s mother had notified her two sisters, Julia and Elsie, who already lived in L.A., and they were waiting for them at Union Station. With the aunts’ help, the two girls soon found a tiny apartment, and Margaret got a job at Firestone Tire & Rubber. Her friend decided to bail out on the adventure and moved back to Minnesota within a couple of months. But Margaret made a go of it, and by late June, her mother and sister Lillian moved to California as well.

Over the next few years, Margaret worked in various factory jobs, usually alongside Lillian. Margaret made two trips back to Minneapolis; after the second one, she never again visited her home state. In October of 1946, Margaret and Lillian interviewed at a factory that made sweaters. They were offered jobs, but something didn’t seem right, and as they rode the bus back home, they discussed whether they should work there. Just then, the bus drove past another company that had a big sign looking for workers, and they impulsively got off to check it out. It was Hoffman Radio Corporation, and they were hired on the spot to work on the sub-assembly line.

Margaret and Lillian helped build radios for the next few months, but unfortunately there was a layoff at the end of January, letting both of them go. They worked at a few other places before being rehired at Hoffman, this time for their new television assembly line. It was an exciting time because TV was just getting started in Los Angeles, and in the early days, Hoffman even got involved in some of the local broadcasting. The 1948 Hoffman Christmas party was actually televised, and Margaret was chosen to appear onstage briefly to present a TV to a charity, a moment which was shown on KTLA.

Margaret on TV at the 1948 Hoffman Christmas party.

As they worked on the TV assembly line, Margaret and Lillian lived in a small house with their mother. One Saturday morning in September 1948, the phone rang, and Margaret picked it up. Surprisingly, one of the technicians at Hoffman was inviting her to spend the day at the L.A. County Fair. She eagerly said yes. His name was Thomas Mitchell, and they had so much fun at the fair, that they started dating each other. Things progressed quickly, and by the spring of 1949, the two decided to get married.

The wedding took place at Chapel of Roses in Pasadena on July 2nd, and not long after, Margaret quit her job to become a housewife. At first, the newlyweds rented an apartment, but in May 1950, Lillian got married, and Margaret and Tom decided to move in with her mother. Sadly, this arrangement lasted a very short time — Minnie Bolheres suffered a fatal stroke on July 20th.

Margaret’s grief for her mother hit hard. She didn’t know it at the time, but she was in the early stages of a pregnancy, and when the baby was born the following March, he had a hole in his diaphragm, living for only an hour. The following year brought another tragedy. Margaret and Tom had moved to the town of Downey, and during her second pregnancy, she suffered a miscarriage after tripping and falling in front of their house. In 1953, they moved back into her mother’s old house, and Margaret finally gave birth to a baby who survived.

Margaret and Tom at home during early 1950s.

Like many couples of the post-war area, Margaret and Tom used the GI bill to purchase a new tract house, and they moved to Inglewood in 1954 where two more children were born. Margaret became focused on being a mother, but not everything was easy. In 1960, Tom admitted to having an affair which resulted in an out-of-wedlock child. For a time, he moved out of the house, but Margaret took him back on the condition that his child be kept a secret, and they resumed their life together as if it never happened.

In the early 1960s, Margaret’s family moved several times in quick succession, first to Garden Grove, then to Mountain View and then back to Inglewood. In 1966, money became tight, and the decision was made to relocate to the San Fernando Valley. For two years, the family shared a house with Tom's step-father, a Filipino immigrant named Johnny. At the end of 1968, the family bought a house in Canoga Park (later called Winnetka) and this would be Margaret’s home for almost 48 years.

As her children became adolescents, Margaret began working small jobs in order to bring more money into the household. Some were factory jobs, while others were piece work done at home, making such things as feather flower arrangements and motorcycle helmet bags. During the early 1970s, she was hired at a company that printed wedding invitations. After a few weeks, they promoted her to be a proofreader, but the boss was mean, and one day, she quit on the spot. The next day she got hired as an assembly worker at Dataproducts, a company that made computer printers where she would work for the next 13 years.

Margaret retired from Dataproducts in 1988, which led into an unexpected phase of her life. The year before, Tom, who was semi-retired, answered an ad to become a movie extra, and now she decided to join him. For the the next 14 years, Margaret worked in dozens of movies and TV shows, as well as an occasional commercial. The assignments varied, with either the two working as a couple, or each of them as individuals. A phone call would come the night before with vague instructions of when and where they were to show up; only when they arrived would they find out what it was for. The jobs covered a wide range, from such things as being in a crowd at a sporting event, to walking down the street on a TV crime series, to working on a sitcom with a live studio audience.

Often, they weren’t picked to be on camera, but when they were, their images could become a part of something famous, and Margaret had many memorable jobs. One was in the 1988 movie When Harry Met Sally, where she can be seen over Meg Ryan’s shoulder at a table in a roadside cafe.

Margaret in When Harry Met Sally.

Margaret was also in four episodes of Seinfeld, most notably the subway episode in scenes with both Kramer and George. In October 1989, she was on Arsenio Hall as part of an entourage of little old ladies protecting Howie Mandel (she later repeated the role on the American Comedy Awards). And in a 1998 remake of the movie Psycho, Margaret’s face filled the screen for a couple of seconds as she answered the door for an investigator.

By 2002, arthritis in Margaret’s knees made it so difficult to walk that she was forced to give up her movie extra career. Tom did the same, and together they spent the final years of their lives at their home in the San Fernando Valley. Tom passed away first, dying in his sleep on November 10, 2007. She survived him by almost 9 years, and died at the age of 94 on August 4, 2016.

A Personal Anecdote
Margaret was my mother. In mid-July 2016, I knew she was not in great shape, but she was still living at home and I regularly talked to her on the phone. A friend was visiting me at my apartment in Portland, Oregon, and one evening, we headed out to have dinner at a restaurant. As we got off the elevator in my building, something caught my eye on the television in the lobby. The TV always showed sports channels, but this one time, it was tuned to a sitcom: Seinfeld. “There’s my mom!” I blurted out. And it was a scene from Monk’s diner where she was prominent in the background.

Later that evening, my mom fell at her house, and had to be taken to the hospital. She never recovered, and died 10 days later. Mentally, she was not able to have conversations anymore which put an end to my phone calls. We thought she was headed for long term care, and I didn’t consider getting on a plane to visit her until it was too late. So the last time I saw my mother when she was still alive was on a TV screen in that episode of Seinfeld. The scene was when Jerry and George discussed a trip to Los Angeles to search for Kramer, bringing the theme of “going to California” full circle.

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

2. LIVING

3. LIVING

4. LIVING

Sources:
My firsthand knowledge
The stories of Margaret E. Mitchell, 1998
Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980, FamilySearch.org
Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002, FamilySearch.org
California County Marriages, 1850-1952, FamilySearch.org
Social Security Death Index

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

Accused of a Criminal Scheme — Nicolas Daudelin

B. about 1635 in Rouen, France¹
M. 22 Oct 1665, Château-Richer, New France²
Wife: Anne Girard
D. 24 Aug 1699 in La Pérade, New France¹

During the middle of his life, Nicolas Daudelin seemed to be involved in plotting to steal a vast amount of money from an important man in New France. Nicolas had sketchy beginnings, said to be born in about 1635 in Rouen, France to parents Jacques Daudelin and Jeanne Lépine.² He first turned up in Canada in a record dated January 21, 1665 working as farm laborer for Jean Migneault and Charles Cloutier, two early settlers of Beauport.³ The standard length of an engaged servant’s contract was three years, and this seemed to have been his final year of service, so Nicolas likely arrived from France in about 1663.

In the fall of 1665, Nicolas sought out a bride from that year’s shipload of Filles du Roi. He chose Anne Girard, who at age 35 was unusually old for a woman still single. Their marriage contract was signed on October 21st, and the wedding took place the next day at Château-Richer.² The witnesses were Zacharie and Jean Cloutier, brothers of Charles, further establishing his connection to that family. Nicolas and Anne had their first two children in 1667, a set of twins. Two years later, another set of twins were born. Despite the encouragement by authorities to have large families, Nicolas only fathered these four children; perhaps Anne’s age was a factor in this.

The event that gives an impression that Nicolas wasn’t a lawful man happened in 1675.⁴ In June of that year, a trial took place at Quebec involving him and two others, Mathurin Tessier and Antoine Gaboury. The three were all accused of planning to make themselves rich by poaching goods from remote outposts. The idea was that they would travel into present-day New York, and on the way, pillage “the establishment of Charles Bazire,” a wealthy merchant who operated a post at the Rivière-du-Loup.⁵ They calculated that each participant in the crime would get 20,000 livres, an enormous sum of money. Nicolas had two farm laborers who worked for him also in on the plot, and it was these two who seemed to blow his cover, along with another settler invited to join them named Jean Briere.

Plotting a crime. (AI-generated image)

Map showing location of Rivière-du-Loup.

When the accused men were brought to court, each of them denied it, pointing the finger at each other. Tessier claimed Nicolas was the ring leader, saying that he had cooked the whole thing up. Meanwhile, Briere testified that Tessier and Gaboury were to blame for talking Nicolas into their scheme. The records don’t reveal the outcome of the trial, but afterwards, Nicolas seems to have resumed his life as a farmer. The 1681 census showed that he had 37 arpents under cultivation and 19 cattle, both of which were signs of success.⁶ Soon after, the family relocated to the seigneury of La Pérade, located upriver from Quebec City.

Nicolas died at La Pérade on August 25, 1699. His wife Anne survived him and passed away in 1710.⁷ They were ancestors of Leo Durocher.

Children:
1. Marie-Anne Daudelin – B. 28 Apr 1667, Château-Richer, New France;⁸ D. 1 Jul 1733, Vercheres, New France;⁹ M. René Provost (~1652-1734), 9 Jan 1684, Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade, New France¹⁰

2. Réne Daudelin – B. 28 Apr 1667, Château-Richer, New France;¹² D. 11 May 1719, Varennes, New France;¹³ M. (1) Marguerite Collette (1669-1703), 7 Jan 1687, Batiscan, New France;¹⁴ (2) Marie-Madeleine Abirou (1680-1736), 1 Dec 1703, Varennes, New France¹⁵

3. Madeleine Daudelin — B. 11 May 1669, Château-Richer, New France;¹⁶ D. 26 Apr 1750, Varennes, New France;¹⁷ M. (1) Jean-Baptiste Rougeau (1649-1718), 8 Feb 1684, La Pérade, New France;¹⁸ (2) Antoine Berthelet (1675-1755), 30 Jun 1732, Montreal, New France¹⁹

4. Marie Daudelin — B. 11 May 1669, Château-Richer, New France¹⁶

Sources:

1    Burial record of Nicolas Daudelin, Quebec Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979, FamilySearch.org

2    Marriage record of Nicolas Daudelin and Anne Girard, Q.C.P.R. 

3   Court order involving Jean Migneault Chastillon and Nicolas Daudelin, BAnQ 

4    Criminal case against Nicolas Daudelin, Mathurin Tessier and Antoine Gaboury, BAnQ 

5    Charles Bazire (Wikipedia article) 

6    1681 Census of New France

7    Burial record of Anne Girard, Q.C.P.R. 

8    Baptismal record of Marie-Anne Daudelin, Q.C.P.R. 

9    Burial record of Marie-Anne Daudelin, Q.C.P.R. 

10  Marriage record of René Provost and Marie-Anne Daudelin, Q.C.P.R. 

11  Baptismal record of René Daudelin, Q.C.P.R. 

12  Burial record of René Daudelin, Q.C.P.R. 

13  Burial record of René Daudelin, Q.C.P.R.

14  Marriage record of René Daudelin and Marguerite Collet, Q.C.P.R. 

15  Marriage record of René Daudelin and Marie-Madeleine Abirou, Q.C.P.R.

16  Baptismal record of Madeleine and Marie Daudelin, Q.C.P.R. 

17  Burial record of Madeleine Daudelin, Q.C.P.R. 

18  Marriage record of Jean-Baptiste Rougeau and Madeleine Daudelin, Q.C.P.R. 

19  Marriage record of Antoine Berthelet and Madeleine Daudelin, Q.C.P.R. 

Escorting Filles du Roi — Catherine-Françoise Desnaguets

B. about 1621 in Paris, France¹
M. after 21 Mar 1646 in Paris, France²
Husband: Pierre Petit
D. before 10 Sep 1691 in (probably) Paris, France³

Catherine-Françoise Desnaguets had an unusual story for a woman of New France: her travels and status led her to become a chaperone on a voyage of young women to the colony. She was thought to be born in Paris in about 1621;¹ her parents were said to be Bonaventure Desnaguets (also spelled Desnaguetz or Desnoyers) and Anne des Gautiers.² It’s known that Catherine-Françoise had three brothers and a sister.⁴ Her father had an important job as “Ingénieur du roi pour l'artillerie en France” which translates as “artillery engineer for the king of France.”⁵ He died in March of 1642 and was buried at St. Paul church;⁶ Catherine-Françoise’s mother passed away in September of 1644.⁶

View of Paris when Catherine-Françoise was born. (AI-enhanced illustration)

On March 21, 1646, Catherine-Françoise appeared in records on a contract of marriage.² The man she agreed to marry was Pierre Petit, who was also from Paris. The document indicated that Catherine-Françoise had been living at “the house of the poor orphans of Saint-Joseph on Saint-Dominique street in Saint-Germain-des-Prés.” Given her background and age at her parents’ deaths, she wasn’t likely there as an orphan, but had a different role, perhaps as a teacher. Catherine-Françoise brought 300 livres in dowry, and was said to be vouched for by the woman who headed the orphanage, plus “several notables.” The record of the actual wedding is missing, but it probably happened soon after the contract signing.

A short time later, Catherine-Françoise left France with Pierre to sail to Canada. They landed at Quebec City by May 21st, when Pierre was granted a seigneury in a remote area upriver;⁷ it isn’t believed they ever moved there. Catherine-Françoise gave birth to their first child the following year,⁸ then they settled in Beauport. A second child was born in January of 1650,⁹ who seems to have died young. That May, their farm was invaded by a band of Iroquois, who slaughtered a man who worked for them, and kidnapped their firstborn child, 3-year-old Joseph. The boy was never returned, and was thought to be killed by the Indians at their camp near present-day Albany, New York.⁷

It’s easy to imagine that the hardships Catherine-Françoise and Pierre suffered led to their return to France, and in about the fall of 1651, they were back in Paris.⁷ A daughter was born soon after,⁷ but they once again moved to the colony by 1653, settling first on Île d’Orleans, then in Quebec City.⁷ Catherine-Françoise gave birth to two more sons, with the younger one born in April 1660.^10,11 During this period, she appeared in a court record as handling a matter about the family’s property while Pierre was away from home.⁷ In the case dated August 26, 1659, Catherine-Françoise charged a neighbor with encroaching on their land with a structure he had built. The dispute was settled with a compromise, and the neighbor gave them a portion of his property to compensate for the amount taken up by the building.

In late 1660, the family moved back to France, and seemed to have stayed there for the next few years.⁷ Pierre might have made some trips to the colony, leaving Catherine-Françoise to manage things alone in Paris.⁷ It’s likely that her dealings around this time led to her participation in bringing women to Canada.¹² During the 1660s, the officials in France made a concentrated effort to boost the population of New France by encouraging marriageable women to relocate there. The young brides later became known as the Filles du Roi, or Daughters of the King, and they arrived in the colony by the shipload. Part of the logistics of transporting the women required having a female to escort them, and in 1667, this task fell to Catherine-Françoise. At the time, she had three underaged children, and it isn’t known who may have looked after them while she took on this job.

On June 2nd, Catherine-Françoise brought women who had been recruited in Paris to the port city of Dieppe, estimated to be a group of about twenty. Among that year’s Filles du Roi were several who were from middle- and upper-class families. After they arrived at Dieppe two weeks later, some were unhappy with the way things were going and petitioned authorities about their “ill treatment.” They complained that they were deprived of food that Catherine-Françoise had promised they would get from the men operating the ship. In addition, they accused their chaperone of stealing their clothes.⁷

Escorting young ladies to Canada. (AI-generated image)

Unfortunately, no record has survived saying if Catherine-Françoise was found guilty of the accusations. Perhaps the issue of stolen clothing was that some of the women brought too much baggage, but this is speculation.¹² Catherine-Françoise and her group of prospective brides boarded the ship Le St-Louis, along with sixty or so women from Normandy. The crossing was a difficult one that took almost three months, and many of the women were sick when they arrived at Quebec City on September 25th.⁷

Jean Talon, the man responsible for the Filles du Roi program, later wrote about the mismanaged voyage in a letter dated October 27th.⁷ While sticking up for the ship’s company and crew, he said this about Catherine-Françoise: “It would be my feeling about the people of their sex and their quality having a wise and authorized escort to make them give the necessary things.” Later he mentioned that there were "fifteen or twenty [women] who are said to be of fairly good birth… which has not prevented that they have not been very ill-treated by their escort who has robbed them of half of their clothes.”

Needless to say, Catherine-Françoise made no more trips as a Filles du Roi chaperone. The women she brought over for the most part did find husbands, including Catherine Ballié, Marie Blanchard, Catherine Bourgeois, and Catherine Vieillot.¹² Back in New France, Catherine-Françoise reunited with her husband Pierre, but by May 1669, they had returned once again to Paris, making their home in the Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois parish.⁷ Pierre later went back to Canada, but it’s believed that Catherine-Françoise did not, and she died at an unknown date, likely in Paris. Among her descendants are Ricky Gervais and Matt LeBlanc.

Children:
1. Joseph Petit — B. 12 Jul 1647, Quebec City, New France;⁸ D. (probably) May 1650, Fort Orange, New Netherland⁷

2. Marie Petit — B. 30 Jan 1650, (probably) Beauport, New France⁹

3. Anne-Charlotte Petit — B. about 1652, (probably) Paris, France;⁷ D. 2 Mar 1736, St-Augustin-de-Desmaures, New France;¹³ M. (1) Joachim Martin (~1636-1690), 16 Jun 1669, Quebec City New France;¹⁴ (2) Antoine Juchereau (1640-1699), 10 Sep 1691, St-Pierre, Île d’Orleans, New France;³ (3) Jean-Paul Maheu (1649-1708), 11 Jun 1703, St-Pierre, Île d’Orleans, New France¹⁵

4. René-Jacques Petit — B. 16 Jan 1657, Quebec City, New France¹⁰

5. Louis-Alexandre Petit — B. 6 Apr 1660, Quebec City, New France;¹¹ D. before 20 Nov 1738, Varennes, New France;¹⁶ M. Marie-Anne Messier (1665-1751), 8 Jan 1721, Varennes, New France¹⁷

Sources:
1    Estimated age based on ages of siblings and likely age at marriage, Fichier origine
2    Marriage contract of Pierre Petit and Catherine-Françoise Desnaguets, Fichier origine
3    Marriage record of Antoine Juchereau and Anne-Charlotte Petit, Quebec Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979, FamilySearch.org 
4    Baptismal records of St-Paul church, Paris, Fichier origine
5    Occupation of father in Catherine-Françoise’ profile in Fichier origine
6    Burial records of St-Paul church, Paris, Fichier origine
7    Un Martin en Amérique: Joachim Martin, né à Aytré, 1636-1690, Marcel Martin, 1997
8    Baptismal record of Joseph Petit, Q.C.P.R. 
9    Baptismal record of Marie Petit, Q.C.P.R.
10  Baptismal record of René-Jacques Petit, Q.C.P.R.
11  Baptismal record of Louis-Alexandre Petit, Q.C.P.R.
12  “Catherine-Françoise Desnaguez: Accompagnatice des Filles du Roi,” Robert Berube  
13  Burial record of Anne-Charlotte Petit, Q.C.P.R.
14  Marriage record of Joachim Martin and Anne-Charlotte Petit, Q.C.P.R.
15  Marriage record of Jean-Paul Maheu and Anne-Charlotte Petit, Q.C.P.R.
16  Burial record of Louis-Alexandre Petit, Q.C.P.R.
17  Marriage record of Louis-Alexandre Petit and Marie-Anne Messier, Q.C.P.R.

Common Name in Early Massachusetts — William Baker

B. about 1658 in (probably) Concord, Massachusetts¹
M. 5 May 1681 in Concord, Massachusetts²
Wife: Elizabeth Dutton
D. 8 Jun 1702 in Concord, Massachusetts³

The ancestors of people who trace back to Puritan New England are often shadowy because they had a common first and last name. For William Baker, there’s only certainty about where he lived, when he married and when he died — and the many descendants he produced. Sloppy research has led to mixing him up with another man by the same name, William Baker born on October 19, 1655 in Ipswich, but that was definitely a different man.

The William Baker of this biography was born sometime during 1650s, likely in Concord, Massachusetts.¹ His parents were William and Mary Baker who lived in Concord by 1656. William Sr. was missing from a list of Concord residents dated March 6, 1654,⁴ and this has led some to jump to the conclusion that he must have migrated from England between the two dates. But this is highly unlikely since Puritans pretty much stopped leaving England during the 1650s; the persecution against them took a break while the Cromwells were in power. More plausible is that William Sr. was elsewhere in Massachusetts in March 1654, or he was left off the list by mistake. As for his origins in England, he’s impossible to trace because of his name.

After William came of age, he got married to a woman named Elizabeth Dutton, with the wedding taking place on May 5, 1681 in Concord.² William and Elizabeth had seven children between 1682 and 1696, two of whom died as infants. All of these births were noted in Concord records, which don’t offer up many more details of the family.

The period of time when William was farming his land and raising his family was fairly uneventful in that part of Massachusetts. King Philip’s War had ended Indian aggression there, and the 1680s and 1690s were peaceful in Concord. William seems to have kept a low profile; a 1689 list of freemen in the town (those eligible to vote on local issues) do not include his name. Likewise, his name doesn’t appear in town histories, and he probably had little to do with civic matters in the community.

When William’s wife Elizabeth died on April 7, 1698,⁵ four children were still underage, and this is likely the reason he remarried. There is some confusion, though, over whether he had one or two more wives. Some think he had a brief marriage with a woman named Sarah; a town record stated, “Sarah the wife of William Baker died September 1, 1699.” Other researchers say that William married a woman named Abigail Ballard, but there’s no record of that marriage either. William passed away at Concord on June 8, 1702.³

Old Burying Ground in Concord where William was likely buried. (Source: Find-a-Grave)

Children:
1. Mary Baker — B. 28 Mar 1682, Concord, Massachusetts;⁶ M. Thomas Whitney (1681-1747), 26 Jul 1704, Concord, Massachusetts⁷

2. Elizabeth Baker — B. 15 Sep 1684, Concord, Massachusetts;⁸ D. 23 Jan 1757, Concord, Massachusetts;⁹ M. (1) John Woolly, 29 Nov 1711, Concord, Massachusetts;¹⁰ (2) Joseph Stow, 16 Jul 1719, Concord, Massachusetts¹¹

3. Susannah Baker — B. 25 Aug 1686, Concord, Massachusetts;¹² D. 5 Jun 1748, Plainfield, Connecticut;¹³ M. Samuel Spaulding (1686-1749), 22 Oct 1705, Concord, Massachusetts¹⁴

4. Thomas Baker — B. 25 Jun 1689, Concord, Massachusetts;¹⁵ D. 9 Dec 1690, Concord, Massachusetts¹⁶

5. John Baker — B. 6 May 1692, Concord, Massachusetts;¹⁷ D. 3 Aug 1692, Concord, Massachusetts¹⁸

6. Sarah Baker — B. 15 Aug 1693, Concord, Massachusetts;¹⁹ D. 16 Feb 1743, Concord, Massachusetts;²⁰ M. Nathaniel Bell (1692-1749), 31 May 1711, Concord, Massachusetts²¹

7. Joseph Baker — B. 8 Jan 1696, Concord, Massachusetts;²² D. 3 Sep 1761, Littleton, Massachusetts;²³ M. Alice Jefts (1691-?), 11 Dec 1716, Concord, Massachusetts²⁴

Sources:
1    Estimated birth data based on age at marriage and place of marriage
2    Marriage record of William Baker and Elizabeth Dutton, Massachusetts Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, FamilySearch.org
3    Death record of William Baker, M. T. C., V. & T. R.
4    The History of Concord, Massachusetts, Volume 1, Alfred Sereno Hudson, 1904
5    Death record of Elizabeth (Dutton) Baker, M. T. C., V. & T. R.
6    Birth record of Mary Baker, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850, 1891
7    WikiTree listing for Mary Baker  
8    Birth record of Elizabeth Baker, C., M., M., B., M., & D.
9    Find-a-Grave listing for Elizabeth Stowe  
10  Marriage record of John Woolly and Elizabeth Baker, M. T. C., V. & T. R.
11  Marriage record of Joseph Stow and Elizabeth Baker, M. T. C., V. & T. R.
12  Birth record of Susannah Baker, C., M., M., B., M., & D.
13  WikiTree listing for Susannah (Baker) Spaulding  
14  Marriage record of Samuel Spaulding and Susannah Baker, M. T. C., V. & T. R.
15  Birth record of Thomas Baker, M. T. C., V. & T. R.
16 FamilySearch listing of Thomas Baker 
17 Birth record of John Baker, M. T. C., V. & T. R.
18  Death record of John Baker, M. T. C., V. & T. R.
19  Birth record of Sarah Baker, C., M., M., B., M., & D.
20  WikiTree listing for Sarah (Baker) Ball  
21  Marriage record of Nathaniel Bell and Sarah Baker, M. T. C., V. & T. R.
22  Birth record of Joseph Baker, C., M., M., B., M., & D.
23  Death record of Joseph Baker, M. T. C., V. & T. R.
24  Marriage of Joseph Baker and Alice Jefts, M. T. C., V. & T. R.

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.