Rivard family papers, 1742-1890

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Rivard family papers, 1742-1890

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/630153567

Pioneer French family of Detroit. Includes land grants, marriage contracts, tax receipts, inventories of estates, and will of Charles Rivard.

0.5 linear ft. (1 box, 1 large manuscript)

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7882782

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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Jacques Campau was the first of four children born to Jean Louis Campau (1702-1774) and Marie Louise Robert. Jacques, born March 30, 1735 in Detroit (Mich.) married Catherine Menard (died in 1781 or 1782) on Aug. 17, 1761. They had twelve children. He married Francoise Navarre, a widow, on Jan. 5, 1784. They had no children together. He was a pioneer settler of Detroit (Mich.). During the disastrous battle of Bloody Run in 1763, Major Rogers and his soldiers hid in Campau's home. Campau served a...

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