Louis Suplice Desautels dit Lapointe

Timeline for Sulpice LaPointe

by Debra McCann, chenae@ap.net

PRDH Repertory of Vital Events 1621-1799, Baptism Certificate No. 693380

Louis Sulpice Deshotel born Jun 23, 1795, baptized Jun 23, 1795, in L'Assomption, Parents: Charles Deshotel Lapointe and Marie Dupile. Louis Sulpice Desautels dit LaPointe was named after his godfather Louis Sulpice Foisy. His godmother was Marie Beaudry (Jeannot).

Jun 30, 1814, Nom: LaPointe, Prénom: Suplise, Paroisse: LAchigan, Commerçant: Michel Coursolle, Destination: Michilimakinac, Notaire: Desautels-Joseph.

In 1815, Sulpice signed up with the Hudson Bay Company in Montreal to go to Colony Gardens of Winnipeg and Athabasca under the leadership of Collin Robertson and John Clarke. In May of 1815, Suplice was one of one hundred men who assembled and left Terrebonne.

Louis was engaged with the Hudson Bay Company under John Clarke, in Athabasca, Alberta, Canada, in 1815. They established posts at Fort Wedderburn on Athabasca Lake, at Hay River in the Great Slave Lake district, and at the Falls. (Henry, 1897, Vol. III, p. 972)

By 1816, Sulpice was an employee of the Hudson Bay Company and his transactions are in the company records. He was advance 611.16 of his 1816-1817 wages, which was $1,000 at Fort William. In 1817-1818, his wages in the upper Red River were 1500 livres of which he was advanced 643.5 livres. He paid George 60, and equipment not yet received was 210. He had coming a balance of wages not received from previous years of 1120.4. (Chesbro 160)

Sulpice was engaged with the North West Company at the capture of Fort William (Kaministiquia) on Lake Superior, near Isle Royale, Ontario, Canada, on Aug. 13, 1816.

While at Lac-la-Pluie, Jean Baptiste Desautels dit Lapointe met his cousin Sulpice Lapointe. Sulpice had been in the forced employment of the North West Company that year and was liberated only when Lord Selkirk captured Fort William and arrested the North West Company partners. When Sulpice heard the story about Keveney, he suggested that Jean Baptiste go and talk to Captain D’Orsonnes. On Oct 2, 1816, D’Orsonnes arrested Reinhard and sent Reinhard, Jean Baptiste, and Faye, to Fort William as witnesses. While they were at the Red River in 1817, Jean-Baptiste asked permission of Selkirk to go and visit his cousin Sulpice Desautels who was now living on the edge of the Assiniboine River. He was allowed to go, but two guards accompanied him. (Marc Jolicoeur)

Sulpice met his future wife Emily Bottineau when her family cared for him, after he was caught in a snowstorm in which his feet were frozen. In 1819, they were married in a ceremony performed by the missionaries of St. Boniface, Manitoba.

Sometime between 1822-1829, Sulpice moved his family from the Red River Settlement of Manitoba to St. Anthony, MN, traveling by canoe.

In 1830, Sulpice and his family moved to Prairie du Chien, WI.

Sulpice appears in the 1834 Census for Crawford Co., MI Territory.

1839 List of Mixed Blood Chippewa Claimants at LaPointe on Madeleine Island in Lake Superior.

630-637 Sulpice La Pointe for Lizette 39, Baptiste 17, Margarette 15, Angelique 13, Marie 11, Perish 9, Paulette 7, Emelie 5.

666 Sulpice La Pointe for Lizette 19.

Sulpice and his daughter Emily age 18 appear in the 1850 Census for Minneapolis, Ramsey Co., MN Territory. They are living in the home of his wife Emily's half-brother, Pierre Bottineau.

Sulpice appears in the June 1865 Census for Brooklyn, Hennepin Co., MN, living in the home of his daughter Emily Raiche. Her first husband Joseph Raiche had died two years earlier and she would marry her second husband Joseph Ephraim Richard that year. On Feb. 20, 1865, Suplice LaPointe dit Desautels was described as a pure white man, Canadian voyager, Catholic, shoemaker, living at Princeton, Mille Lac, MN.

Sulpice appears in the 1880 Census for Lincoln, Eau Claire Co., WI, living in the home of his daughter Mary and her husband George Randall.

Sulpice voted in the 1884 Presidential election in Eau Claire.

Sulpice was living with his daughter Mary and her husband George Randall in Ludington, Eau Claire Co., WI, when he died on Nov 6, 1885.

by Debra McCann, chenae@ap.net

PRDH Repertory of Vital Events 1621-1799, Baptism Certificate No. 693380

Louis Sulpice Deshotel born Jun 23, 1795, baptized Jun 23, 1795, in L'Assomption, Parents: Charles Deshotel Lapointe and Marie Dupile. Louis Sulpice Desautels dit LaPointe was named after his godfather Louis Sulpice Foisy. His godmother was Marie Beaudry (Jeannot).

Jun 30, 1814, Nom: LaPointe, Prénom: Suplise, Paroisse: LAchigan, Commerçant: Michel Coursolle, Destination: Michilimakinac, Notaire: Desautels-Joseph.

In 1815, Sulpice signed up with the Hudson Bay Company in Montreal to go to Colony Gardens of Winnipeg and Athabasca under the leadership of Collin Robertson and John Clarke. In May of 1815, Suplice was one of one hundred men who assembled and left Terrebonne.

Louis was engaged with the Hudson Bay Company under John Clarke, in Athabasca, Alberta, Canada, in 1815. They established posts at Fort Wedderburn on Athabasca Lake, at Hay River in the Great Slave Lake district, and at the Falls. (Henry, 1897, Vol. III, p. 972)

By 1816, Sulpice was an employee of the Hudson Bay Company and his transactions are in the company records. He was advance 611.16 of his 1816-1817 wages, which was $1,000 at Fort William. In 1817-1818, his wages in the upper Red River were 1500 livres of which he was advanced 643.5 livres. He paid George 60, and equipment not yet received was 210. He had coming a balance of wages not received from previous years of 1120.4. (Chesbro 160)

Sulpice was engaged with the North West Company at the capture of Fort William (Kaministiquia) on Lake Superior, near Isle Royale, Ontario, Canada, on Aug. 13, 1816.

While at Lac-la-Pluie, Jean Baptiste Desautels dit Lapointe met his cousin Sulpice Lapointe. Sulpice had been in the forced employment of the North West Company that year and was liberated only when Lord Selkirk captured Fort William and arrested the North West Company partners. When Sulpice heard the story about Keveney, he suggested that Jean Baptiste go and talk to Captain D’Orsonnes. On Oct 2, 1816, D’Orsonnes arrested Reinhard and sent Reinhard, Jean Baptiste, and Faye, to Fort William as witnesses. While they were at the Red River in 1817, Jean-Baptiste asked permission of Selkirk to go and visit his cousin Sulpice Desautels who was now living on the edge of the Assiniboine River. He was allowed to go, but two guards accompanied him. (Marc Jolicoeur)

Sulpice met his future wife Emily Bottineau when her family cared for him, after he was caught in a snowstorm in which his feet were frozen. In 1819, they were married in a ceremony performed by the missionaries of St. Boniface, Manitoba.

Sometime between 1822-1829, Sulpice moved his family from the Red River Settlement of Manitoba to St. Anthony, MN, traveling by canoe.

In 1830, Sulpice and his family moved to Prairie du Chien, WI.

Sulpice appears in the 1834 Census for Crawford Co., MI Territory.

1839 List of Mixed Blood Chippewa Claimants at LaPointe on Madeleine Island in Lake Superior.

630-637 Sulpice La Pointe for Lizette 39, Baptiste 17, Margarette 15, Angelique 13, Marie 11, Perish 9, Paulette 7, Emelie 5.

666 Sulpice La Pointe for Lizette 19.

Sulpice and his daughter Emily age 18 appear in the 1850 Census for Minneapolis, Ramsey Co., MN Territory. They are living in the home of his wife Emily's half-brother, Pierre Bottineau.

Sulpice appears in the June 1865 Census for Brooklyn, Hennepin Co., MN, living in the home of his daughter Emily Raiche. Her first husband Joseph Raiche had died two years earlier and she would marry her second husband Joseph Ephraim Richard that year. On Feb. 20, 1865, Suplice LaPointe dit Desautels was described as a pure white man, Canadian voyager, Catholic, shoemaker, living at Princeton, Mille Lac, MN.

Sulpice appears in the 1880 Census for Lincoln, Eau Claire Co., WI, living in the home of his daughter Mary and her husband George Randall.

Sulpice voted in the 1884 Presidential election in Eau Claire.

Sulpice was living with his daughter Mary and her husband George Randall in Ludington, Eau Claire Co., WI, when he died on Nov 6, 1885.