Louis Villers dit St. Louis

According to the 1762 census, St. Louis, age 50, born in France, 6-½ arpents, 4 boys, 3 girls, 0 slaves, 1 hired man, comfortable. Annotations: Louis Villers dit St. Louis, son of Jean Villiers and Marguerite Gratriau, was born 21 February 1712 in Rupt-aux-Nonains (St-Pierre-aux-Liens) (Meuse), France. He married Madeleine Morin, daughter of Pierre Morin and Marie Josèphe Daunay, 22 August 1746 in Ste Anne du Détroit. She was born 11 July 1725 in Lavaltrie (baptized as Marie-Josèphe). [There is more]

Fall 1762 Census of Détroit – Part 4 – Continuation of the habitants of the South Shore from the Land of the Hurons to Rivière au Canard Village [present-day Canadian Side of the Detroit River] (Page 6) Diane Wolford Sheppard and Gail Moreau-DesHarnais

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Vital Record Marriage record, Chrysostome Villers dit St. Louis and Josette Suzor 8 Feb 1785 l’Assomption de la pointe de Montreal du Detroit online scan of original document https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYW8-9HG?i=35&wc=M6VY-... 2 JUL 2016

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Vital Record Baptism record, Jean Chrisostome Villers 11 Jun 1762 Huron Mission de la pointe de Montreal (Windsor, Essex, Ontario) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YW8-2M?i=2&wc=M6VY-76... 2 JUL 2016

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Vital Record Marriage record, Francois de Rouillard and Marie Anne Villers 13 Jan 1766 Detroit (south coast, current Windsor), Essex, Upper Canada online scan of original document https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYW8-R4?i=9&wc=M6VY-Z3... 1 JUL 2016

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Information received from Vicky Holly 32149 Genesee, Westland, MI 48186. It's from copies made from the book "Genealogy of the French families of the Detroit River Region 1701-1936", Vol 1 & 2, Author Rev. Fr. Christian Denissen