Michel DUBOIS dit Brisbois

   Other names for Michel were Michael BRISBOIS and Michel BRISBOIS.

  Birth Notes:

abt 1 Oct 1759 based on death calculation

  Noted events in his life were:

• Education: college, 1775, Québec, Canada. In 1775, Michael was a student in a college at Quebec.

[Chapter 10 - First Settlement of the County.
Crawford County, Wisconsin History
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/wi/county/crawford/history/chap10.htm]

• Residence: Prairie des Chiens, 1781, Wisconsin Territory.

• Census: Prairie du Chien, 1820, Wisconsin Territory. 17 Brisbois, Michael
2 white males under 10 [b. 1810-1819] = George, ?
1 white males 10-15 [b. 1805-1820] = Bernard
1 white males 16-18 [b. 1802-1804] = ?louis
5 white males 19-25 [b. 1795-1801] = Antoine, Charles, Joseph, ?, ?
1 white males 26-44 [b. 1776-1794] = Michel Jr.
3 white males 45 & over [b. 1720-1775] = Michel (dad), ?, ?
3 white females under 10 [b. 1810-1819] = Marie, Marguerite, Caritine
3 white females 16-25 [b. 1795-1804] = Angellic, Sophie, ?mary
1 white females 45 & over [b. 1720-1775] = Domitelle (mom)

3 foreigners not naturalized
2 persons engaged in agriculture
3 persons engaged in commerce
4 persons engaged in manufactures

[http://members.tripod.com/~tfred/1820craw.html]

• Census: Prairie du Chien, 1830, Wisconsin Territory. Michael Brisbois 012221001 0011003
Julien Lariviere 101110000 2100110
Michel Lariviere 100110000 0000100
Pierre Lariviere 000210001 0001001
Marie Lapointe 000111000 1011010
Charles Lapointe 100052000 0010100
Joseph Brisbois 100001000 0001000


[http://kent.migenweb.net/census/1830/crawford.html]

• Census: Prairie du Chien, 1836, Wisconsin Territory.

Barnard W. Brisbroise, 4 (inc. 1 "forinor not naturalised")
George Brisbroise, 4
Joseph Brisbroise, 8 (inc. 1 "forinor not naturalised")
Michael Brisbroise, 6 (inc. 1 "who is blind")

[ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/crawford/census/1836census.txt]

• Cemetery: Brisbois Cemetery, 1837, Prairie du Chien, Crawford County, WI. Brisbois
Michael died Apr 1,1837,age 77 years,6 months
B. W. Oct 4,1808---June 15,1885
Therese Apr 27,1815---July 23,1849, wife of B. W.

[http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/crawford/cemeteries/brisbois.txt]

• Alt. Death, Jun 1837, Crawford County, WI.

• Notes. 1779 - Michilimackinac, Michel Brisbois (born about 1759/60 Maska, Québec , died June, 1837 Prairie du Chien son Joseph Dubois dit Brisbois and Catherine Therese Renou dit Lachapelle, born Yamaske, Québec; arrived Michil imackinac this year but by 1781 was settled at Prairie de Chien on the Up per Mississippi. He married 1785 Winnebago woman and had three Metis children, Angellic, Michel and Antoine; 2nd marriage August 8, 1796 Mackina w Domitelle (Madeline) Gautier de Verville daughter Charles Gautier de Verville.
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/dgarneau/metis22.htm
1785 - Prairie de Chien, marriage Michel Brisbois born about 1759/60 Mask a, Québec, died June, 1837 Prairie du Chien son Joseph Dubois dit Brisbois and Catherine Therese Renou dit Lachapelle, born Yamaske, Québec; arrived Michilimackinac 1779 but by 1781 was settled at Prairie de Chien on the Upper Mississippi; 1st marriage 1785 Winnebago Metis woman, 2nd marriage August 8, 1796 St. Ignace, Michilimackinac Domitelle Madeline Gauthier de Verville born 1781 daughter Charles Gauthier de Verville and Madelai ne Chevalier. First child born is Antoine Brisbois, Metis but no date listed (likely 1786) and likely at Prairie de Chien.
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/dgarneau/metis24.htm
1796 - Michilimackinac, marriage Michel Brisbois born about 1759/60 Québec, died June, 1837 Prairie du Chien son Joseph Dubois dit Brisbois and Catherine Therese Renou dit Lachapelle, born Yamaske, Québec; arrived Michi limackinac 1779 but by 1781 was settled at Prairie de Chien on the Upper Mississippi; 1st marriage 1785 Prairie de Chien a Winnebago Metis woman , 2nd marriage August 8, 1796 St. Ignace, Michilimackinac Domitelle Gauthier de Verville born 1781 daughter Charles Gauthier de Verville and Madelaine Chevalier. Charles is a notorious debaucher of slave women and has many Metis offspring.
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/dgarneau/metis30.htm
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Michael Brisbois I: (abt.1759 - 1837)
He was the son of Joseph Dubois dit Brisbois & Catherine-Therese Renou di t Lachapelle, born at Yamaske, Québec. Michel married 1st. to a Winnebag o woman (half-blood), about 1785 and married 2nd. to Domitelle Gaultier de Verville (daughter of Charles Gaultier de Verville & Madelaine Chevalier ), in 1796 at St. Ignace, Michilimackinac. His children were: Antoine, Michael II (abt. 1790-1820) (m . Cathyn Antaya), Angelique (abt.1793-abt.1827), Sophie (b. abt.1797), Charles (1798-1847), Joseph (abt.1800-1849) (m. Marie-Domitelle Fraser in 1826), Louis-Gabriel (b .1805) ( m. Judith Provost in 1827), Bernard W. (1808-1885) (m.Therese La chapelle in 1830), Mary, (m. Pierre Lachapelle), George-Pascal (b.1810) , Marie-Louise (b.1814), Marguerite-Domitelle (b.1816) & Caritine (b.1818 ).

Michel's grandmother was born as Mercy Adams, in Oyster River, Stafford C o., N.H. in 1673/74. On 19 July 1694 her father's home was attacked by ab out 240 Iroquois, accompanied by Father Thury and two other Frenchmen. They killed 104 British in the settlement (including Mercy's parents) and t ook 27 prisoners (including Mercy). She was adopted by the French military Commander (Charles-Antoine Plagnol) of the fort at St. Francois du Lac, Québec and baptized with the name of Marie-Ursule. In 1704 she marrie d Joseph-Marie Dubois dit Brisebois at Yamaska, Québec. Michel's other grandmother was the sister of Paul Marin, Sieur de Lamarque who was a French military Commander & trader in the west. Another relat ive, his great-uncle Jean-Francois Bri sebois Dubois had been in the wes t in 1701 & 1702 employe d in the fur-trade. Other possible relatives, Je an Bte., Jacques & Joseph Brisebois were employed at Michilimackinac in 1758.

Michel himself arrived in the west (Michilimackinac) in 1779 and by 1781 was at Prairie du Chien on the Upper Mississippi River. By 1805 he had app arently settled at Prairie du Chien where his son, Louis-Gabriel was born and in 1809 he was commissioned a lieutenant in the Prairie du Chien Militia by the Governor of Illinois. During the War of 1812 he seems to have remained relatively neutral, but sent his son (Charles) north with his brother-in-law (Henry M.Fisher ) who was also avoiding the conflict. In July of 1816, Michel Sr. was arrested for treason during that war by the American Commander at Fort Crawford, Brevt. Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Smith and taken to St. Louis, Missouri for trial by Col. Talbot Chambers. Michel was defended by Col. Thomas Benten and acquitted of the charges. Three years after his arrest for treason Michel was appointed Chief Justice for Crawford County by Michigan Territorial Gov. Lewis Cass. By 1836 Michel had grown blind and he died at Prairie du Chien in June of 1837.

[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rnelson&id=I31332]

• Reference: Crawford County, Wisconsin History, 1884, Crawford County, WI. Chapter 10 - First Settlement of the County

Michael Brisbois was born at Maska, below Montreal, in 1760. His grandfather emigrated from Normandy. His parents were Joseph and Marguerite Brisbois. In 1775, Michael was a student in a college at Quebec. In 1779 he was in Mackinaw. He reached the "Prairie des Chiens" in 1781, probably very soon after the arrival of Giard, Antaya and Ange.

About the year 1785, Brisbois married a fair and handsome Winnebago woman. By this marriage he had three children --- one was a daughter, Angellic; the others were boys, Michael and Antoine. On the 8th of August 1796, he was again married, this time at Mackinaw, to Domitelle Gautier de Verville, generally called Madelaine, daughter of Charles Gautier de Verville. Her mother, wife of De Verville, was, before her marriage, Madelaine Chevalier. The result of the marriage of Michael Brisbois to Domitelle Gautier de Verville, was a family of ten children; one of whom --- B. W. Brisbois --- is still a resident of Crawford county. The father died, in 1837 and is buried on the bluff overlooking the prairie.

[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/wi/county/crawford/history/chap10.htm]

Michel married Cham-Brey-Win-Kau about 1785.

Michel next married Domitelle GAULTIER de Verville, daughter of Charles GAUTIER de Verville and Magdaleine CHEVALIER, on 8 Aug 1796 in Mackinac, Mackinac County, MI. (Domitelle GAULTIER de Verville was born on 31 Aug 1781 in Prairie du Chien, Crawford County, WI and died after 1837.)