Charles Francois Fontaine
Born: May 27,1736, Ste. Jean, Isle Orleans
Married: Elisabeth Godfroy (Godefroi) (1754-1794) February 15,1768 Assumption, Sandwich, Essex County, Ontario, Canada
Copy of the names of the contracting parties and of the dates of the marriages celebrated at the Church of the Assumption, "La Pointe de Montreal du Detroit" (Sandwich), 176O-1781.
The priest who received the nuptial vows of the first settlers on the south shore of the Detroit River, was Father Peter Potier, the last of the Jesuit missionaries to the Huron Indians, 1744-1781. Father Potier survived the French Government in Canada, and under British rule exercised the functions of the first pastor of the parish of Our Lady of the Assumption, Sandwich.
The good priest died on July 16, 1781. "The body was interred in the choir of the church of this parish, on the Gospel side. The ceremony was witnessed by a very large concourse of people." In these words the funeral is described in the ancient records written by Rev. John Francis Hubert, pastor of Ste. Anne's Church, Detroit, and later the Rt. Rev. Bishop of Quebec, who sung the requiem mass over the venerable missionary of the Huron Indians of the Detroit. In 1846 Father Potier's remains were transferred from "the old church of the Hurons" to the final resting-place under the nave of the present church of the Assumption, Sandwich.
L'an de N. S. mil septcent soixante et le . . . . de May apres la publication des Bans . . . entre Franc. Morin, dit Valcour fils de d'une part, et de M. Magdelene Bouron, fille de d'autre part; et ne s'etant trouvé aucun empechement; Je susigné, prete, M.S.S. de la Comp. de Jesus, certifie avoir recu leur mutuel consentement et leur ai donne la benediction nuptiale, et ce en presence do J. B. Rau, de Pierre DesNoyers, de J. B. Giron, de Charl. La Mare, et de J. B. LaPointe, qui ont signe. Pi. POTIER, M. J.
J. B. RAU. PIERRE DESNOYERS. J. B. GIRON. CHARLES LAMARE. J. B. LAPOINTE.
May 1760. Franc. Morin dit Valcour and M. Magdelene Bonron.
Nov. 19th, 1764. Charles Bernier and Marie Louise Gaudet. [Godè, called Marentette.]
Jan. 7th, 1765. Charles Domnique Janson and Marie Anne Binau.
Jan. 7th, 1765. Jean Baptiste Giolette and Suzanne Patone. [Giolette or Ouellette, pronounced Willette.]
June 24th, 1765. Jean Baptiste, R.O., and Marie Jeanne Prud'homme.
July 15th, 1765. Charles Gravelle and Marie Joseph Dutan.
Jan. 7th, 1766. Claude Reaume and Genevieve Janis.
Jan. 13th, 1766. Francois de Rouillard and Marie Anne Villers.
Feb. 3rd, 1766. Etienne La Violette and Judith Prud'homme.
April 8th, 1766. Louis Susor and Marie Joseph Le Beau.
May 26th, 1766. Francois Le Beau and Marie Joseph Amable Binau.
June 7th, 1766. Simon Gendron and Genevieve Vanier.
Jan 7th, 1767. Bonaventure Reaume and Jeanne Deshetres.
May 11th, 1767. Thomas Pajot and Marie Louise Villers.
July 8th, 1767. Antoine Rivard and Felicite Sainte Marie.
Jan. 23rd, 1768. Jacques Charron and Jeanne Belle-Perche.
Feb. 9th, 1768. Jean Saliot and Magedilene Jourdaine.
Feb. 15th, 1768. Charles Fontaine and Elizabeth Godefroi.
The priest who received the nuptial vows of the first settlers on the south shore of the Detroit River, was Father Peter Potier, the last of the Jesuit missionaries to the Huron Indians, 1744-1781. Father Potier survived the French Government in Canada, and under British rule exercised the functions of the first pastor of the parish of Our Lady of the Assumption, Sandwich.
The good priest died on July 16, 1781. "The body was interred in the choir of the church of this parish, on the Gospel side. The ceremony was witnessed by a very large concourse of people." In these words the funeral is described in the ancient records written by Rev. John Francis Hubert, pastor of Ste. Anne's Church, Detroit, and later the Rt. Rev. Bishop of Quebec, who sung the requiem mass over the venerable missionary of the Huron Indians of the Detroit. In 1846 Father Potier's remains were transferred from "the old church of the Hurons" to the final resting-place under the nave of the present church of the Assumption, Sandwich.
L'an de N. S. mil septcent soixante et le . . . . de May apres la publication des Bans . . . entre Franc. Morin, dit Valcour fils de d'une part, et de M. Magdelene Bouron, fille de d'autre part; et ne s'etant trouvé aucun empechement; Je susigné, prete, M.S.S. de la Comp. de Jesus, certifie avoir recu leur mutuel consentement et leur ai donne la benediction nuptiale, et ce en presence do J. B. Rau, de Pierre DesNoyers, de J. B. Giron, de Charl. La Mare, et de J. B. LaPointe, qui ont signe. Pi. POTIER, M. J.
J. B. RAU. PIERRE DESNOYERS. J. B. GIRON. CHARLES LAMARE. J. B. LAPOINTE.
May 1760. Franc. Morin dit Valcour and M. Magdelene Bonron.
Nov. 19th, 1764. Charles Bernier and Marie Louise Gaudet. [Godè, called Marentette.]
Jan. 7th, 1765. Charles Domnique Janson and Marie Anne Binau.
Jan. 7th, 1765. Jean Baptiste Giolette and Suzanne Patone. [Giolette or Ouellette, pronounced Willette.]
June 24th, 1765. Jean Baptiste, R.O., and Marie Jeanne Prud'homme.
July 15th, 1765. Charles Gravelle and Marie Joseph Dutan.
Jan. 7th, 1766. Claude Reaume and Genevieve Janis.
Jan. 13th, 1766. Francois de Rouillard and Marie Anne Villers.
Feb. 3rd, 1766. Etienne La Violette and Judith Prud'homme.
April 8th, 1766. Louis Susor and Marie Joseph Le Beau.
May 26th, 1766. Francois Le Beau and Marie Joseph Amable Binau.
June 7th, 1766. Simon Gendron and Genevieve Vanier.
Jan 7th, 1767. Bonaventure Reaume and Jeanne Deshetres.
May 11th, 1767. Thomas Pajot and Marie Louise Villers.
July 8th, 1767. Antoine Rivard and Felicite Sainte Marie.
Jan. 23rd, 1768. Jacques Charron and Jeanne Belle-Perche.
Feb. 9th, 1768. Jean Saliot and Magedilene Jourdaine.
Feb. 15th, 1768. Charles Fontaine and Elizabeth Godefroi.
Children:
1. Marguerite Fontaine
Born: 1770 (Marguerite was 12 years old when her brother Jacques was born. Ancestry.ca)
Died: 1802
2. Jacques Fontaine
Born; July 17,1782
3. Francois Fontaine
Born: October 29, 1784, Assumption, Sandwich, Essex County, Ontario, Canada
Died: July 14, 1785, Assumption, Sandwich, Essex County, Ontario, Canada
4. Marie Josette Fontaine
Born: October 2,1786
5. Hyacinthe Fontaine
Born: February 27, 1789
Died: September 9, 1791
Charles Francois Fontaine Died: November 2, 1796, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
Elisabeth Godfroy
Born: November 23, 1754, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
Died: March 7, 1794, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
Marguerite Fontaine
Born: 1770
Parents: Charles Francois Fontaine (!736-1796), Elisabeth Godfroy (1754-1794)
Married: Guillaume Roy Desjardins III (1760-1840) July 31, 1797 L'Assomption deSandwich de Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Children:
1. Enfant Desjardins died March 8, 1799, Ste. Anne, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
2. Catherine Emerance Desjardins born January 16, 1800, Thames River, Ontario, Canada
3. Guillaume Desjardins IV born January 1802, Thames River, Ontario, Canada, died 1889, Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada
Marguerite Fontaine Died: 1802 during child birthing