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Re: Chevalier Family: Quebec, Michigan

CarrieChapple — 2012-01-27 06:10:43Z

Link doesn't work.

Corrections regarding various spellings of Chevalier, Shevalier, Shiverlear, etc.

CarrieChapple — 2012-01-27 06:09:00Z

The various entries when you do rootsweb search regarding Otto Darwin Shevalier/Shivilier/Shavalier, etc. are ALL wrong. My great grandfather was a French Breed whose name was misspelled on some censuses. His name was actually Otto Darwin Chevalier. He married Elizabeth Sales and one of his children was my grandmother, Marjorie, who grew up in Paincourt, Ontario, a small Metis community near to Chatham. Marjorie was married three times. She had two children from her first marriage to William (Bill) Barton. My mother, Deanne, was married two times. I am her only child, from her first marriage, to my father, who is still alive. Both my mother and her second husband, James Howard MacPhail, are deceased. Marjorie's son, my uncle Robert (Bob), was adopted by my grandmother's second husband, Gerald Myers, who also shared his last name with my uncle. All three of my grandmother's husbands are deceased. So is my uncle Bob, who had children from the first of his two marriages. I have four children and two grandchildren. I was recently given a Metis status card from the Painted Feather Woodland Metis Tribe of Ontario. My children are also eligible for Metis status. I am very concerned about the way my grandfather and his descendants are being reinvented as white when they are not. My children and I are proud of our aboriginal heritage. Shavalier/Shivalier etc. were errors made by people unfamiliar with the spelling of French names. Such errors should not be perpetuated. I am also very concerned that I have attempted to email the authors of such posts and no one has deigned to reply. I had professional geneologists do a search in order for me to qualify for my status card so I am on pretty solid ground here, folks. If you don't don't like having Indians in your background, well, you are just gonna have to live with it, instead of trying to hide it.

Re: Chevaliers from Pain Court, Ontario

CarrieChapple — 2012-01-27 05:57:54Z

The various entries regarding Otto Shevalier/Shivilier/Shavalier, etc. are ALL wrong. My great grandfather was a French Breed whose name was misspelled on some censuses. His name was actually Otto Darwin Chevalier. He married Elizabeth Sales and one of his children was my grandmother, Marjorie, who grew up in Paincourt, Ontario, a small Metis community near to Chatham. Marjorie was married three times. She had two children from her first marriage to William (Bill) Barton. My mother, Deanne, was married two times. I am her only child, from her first marriage, to my father, who is still alive. Both my mother and her second husband, James Howard MacPhail, are deceased. Marjorie's son, my uncle Robert (Bob), was adopted by my grandmother's second husband, Gerald, who also shared his last name with my uncle. All three of my grandmother's husbands are deceased. So is my uncle Bob, who had children from the first of his two marriages. I have four children and two grandchildren. I was recently given a Metis status card from the Painted Feather Woodland Metis Tribe of Ontario. My children are also eleigible for Metis status. I am very concerned about the way my grandfather and his descendants are being reinvented as white when they are not. My children and I are proud of our aboriginal heritage. Shavalier/Shivalier etc. were errors made by people unfamiar with the spelling of French names Such errors should not be perpetuated.

Re: more Native Chevaliers

CarrieChapple — 2011-12-19 20:42:29Z

It appears to be accurate.The greatest concentration of Metis in Canada are in southwestern Ontario, near to Detroit and Windsor.

Re: more Native Chevaliers

CarrieChapple — 2011-12-19 20:42:19Z

It appears to be accurate.The greatest concentration of Metis in Canada are in southwestern Ontario, near to Detroit and Windsor.

Re: more Native Chevaliers

BrTibbetts — 2011-12-17 22:10:13Z

I can only imagine what life was like for the Native wives. So sad for them and their children. There is a website called The Complete History of the Canadian Metis Culture which is broken down into years. Have you heard of this? If yes, can you tell me if it is a genuine history? There is a lot of information.

Re: more Native Chevaliers

CarrieChapple — 2011-12-17 18:57:30Z

epouse means spouse--country marriages were often set aside by Englishmen who would first take Native wives and then, when they had amassed sufficient wealth, would bring over English wives, casting out the Native wives who frequently had offspring. The men would then do what they could to expunge any records of the marriage and birth(s). Shameful! The French usually kept their Native wives. Thanks for the info.

Re: more Native Chevaliers

BrTibbetts — 2011-12-17 04:28:02Z

I also have this:

Michilimackinac, marriage Joseph Louis Ainse aka Hains (Hins) son Joseph Hins (Hains, Hines) alias Ainse (b 1717) to Constant Chevalier daughter Jean Baptiste Chevalier and Marie Frances Alavoine epouse Francois Louis Cardin; Joseph married 1795 at St. Ignace, Michilimackinac a Marie Delia Therese Bondy. Joseph had a country marriage about 1781, or he had an earlier wife. Son Joseph Ainse was baptized 1782 and living at Vareness, Therese Ainse baptised 1784, Margaret Ainse who married John Campbell born about 1790 and Ance Ainse, who was Metis, and became chief at the Straits of Mackinac and Pelagie Ainse.

There is also a Charles Chevalier Jr. on the 1870 Indian rolls of the Chippewa and Ottawa tribes. He is 39 years old, a member of the Mackinac Band of Chippewa Indians, and lives in Cheboygan, Mi.

more Native Chevaliers

CarrieChapple — 2011-12-17 01:18:26Z

Jean-Baptise Chevalier
+Marie Francoise daughter Charles Alavoine (a Menominee descendant)
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| Pierre Andre Renaud dit Locat
| +Francoise Desportes (would have been 58 when her son Pierre Renard dit Locas was born...)
| |-Pierre Renard dit Locas (Locat) (Local) b-1699 m 1737-39 (note: Renard = Fox Chippewa)
|-----+Marie-Josephte Chevalier b 1718 m Michilimackinac, New France (Michigan) July 21, 1739
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+Julienne Renault (aka "Julienne sa femme habitant cultivateur de Lachigan") (no parents listed on marriage record)

And here are some notes I've collated from various sources:

The following Voyagers are recorded at Michilimackinac, New France (Michigan), this year 1745 in the birth,
death and marriage records: Pierre Locat who married Josephe Chevalier.

The following voyagers are recorded at Michilimackinac, New France (Michigan), this year 1746 in the birth, death and marriage
records: Chevalier, Pierre Parent, Pierre Locat, voyageur, who is living Sault Ste Marie, New France
(Michigan/Ontario), with wife Josephe Chevalier

Marie Josette Chevalier (b. 26 ~ay 1718) married Pierre Locat, a voyageur. on 21 July 1739. Their children include:
-Joseph Renaud dit Locat (buried 10 May 1754)
-Josephne Renaud dit Locat (b. 1767, d. Nov 1793) married Charles Charly dit Wataps.
-Julienne (b. 1752 d. 16 Aug 1789) married Alexis Bresson.
-Louis (b. 17 Aug 1757 d. 30 Sep 1757).
-Marie (b. 9 Mar 1751 d. 7 Oct 1751).
-Elizabeth (b. 24 Aug 1745) married a Courville at Cahokia, Illinois, in 1760
-Therese (b. 29 Jan 1745) lived at Sault Ste Marie.

April 7, 1760: Marc Fush, a Cahokia Indian or Metis, married, Michillimakinac, New France (Michigan),
Marie Joseph Chevalier her 1st marriage 1739 Pierre Renard dit Locas b-1699.

Re: Genevieve Chevalier --possible links--names are close

CarrieChapple — 2011-12-17 01:15:28Z

In Detroit there is only one Joseph Chevalier that I can find in the census.
According to Denison’s book this Joseph Chevalier has a son Joseph (our
line) born in 1812. First wife was Geneveva Charbonneau born at Riviere au
Chien diocese of Quebec. They were married 10 Feb 1807 at Detroit- first
married without a priest at Cataracioui their one son Louis was born and
died in Detroit in 1809. His second wife’s name is Francis Cadoret and they
were married at Detroit 2 Aug 1811. He fought in the war of 1812 in
Dequindree’s Co of Riflemen and Audrain’s Co. of Spies. Through the
sources such as Detroit census, voters registrations, Naturalization
applications I have found a good deal of information, but not the name of
his mother or father.
From Tanguay, Volume 3, page 60
Chevalier, Luc, b. 1735, (son of Jean-Baptiste II)
Sauvagesse, Marie (marriage - 20 Jul 1786 Mackinac)
Their children:
Marguerite, b. 23 Dec 1778 Mackinac, bap. 20 Jul 1786
Joseph, b. 17 Apr 1782, bap 20 Jul 1786
Jean-Baptiste, b. 4 Feb 1785, bap 20 Jul 1786

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You should know that Marie Sauvagesse was the daughter of Chief Pontiac
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Re: Genevieve Chevalier

BrTibbetts — 2011-12-16 14:14:39Z

Links to my area http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayette_Historic_State
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_Peninsula

Re: Genevieve Chevalier

CarrieChapple — 2011-12-16 03:11:03Z

You just go to a web page and then highlight the web address at the top of the page, push the "CTRL" button and the letter "C" button and then go to your letter or post and push "CTRL" and then the letter "V" button to paste the link.

Glad to help. I have drinken through about one-third of the American states.

Re: Genevieve Chevalier

CarrieChapple — 2011-12-16 03:10:59Z

Re: Genevieve Chevalier

CarrieChapple — 2011-12-16 03:06:52Z

Haidas are Indians, like the Cherokee or Navajo. Metis are mixed Indian and European who have derived positive elements from both cultures and who do NOT consider themselves "white".

Re: Genevieve Chevalier

BrTibbetts — 2011-12-15 14:37:55Z

I guess if I had looked at the links first, I would have answered my own question. I am surprised to find that logging and commercial fishing are the bases of the economy because they are exactly that here also. I am on the Garden Peninsula of Michigan where the government bought out all non native fishermen and gave the rights back to the Indians per a treaty agreement made many years ago. That in itself would explain the rush for previous whites to try and show Indian heritage. The most prevalent tribes in this area are the Sault Sainte Marie Chippewa's and the Pottawamone. Our area is also dependant on tourism as part of the economy. We have Fayette State Park which was an iron smelting town in the 1860's. Many of the buildings have been restored. A campground was added in the 70's and with an abundance of shoreline there is plenty of boating, fishing and swimming. At the tip of the peninsula, about 3 miles from me, is a marina. That too is quite new and now our line of sight during the summer months, from our front window, is a steady stream of boats. I moved back to this area 10 years ago after my husband retired and we can see the difference from then to now. Some good, some not so good. If I knew how to send links to us I would. Maybe it's time I learned, right?

Re: Genevieve Chevalier

BrTibbetts — 2011-12-15 14:15:59Z

You made a distinction between Metis and Haidas. What are the cultural differences? May I add you have an extended knowledge base. Thank you for sharing and I'm off to check those links.

Re: Genevieve Chevalier

CarrieChapple — 2011-12-15 03:39:08Z

Many of the Scottish settlers in PEI took Native wives. The intermarriage aided the immigrants in their survival. Regrettably, the majority of Maritime Metis were driven out of Canda to, you guessed it, the USA.

I am actually from SouthWestern Ontario so Inuit doesn't enter into my heritage. Where I live, there are whites, Metis, and Haidas. Dr. David Suzuki has been adopted by the Haida and his daughter is married to one. People come from all over the world to see these islands.

Check these links for more info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haida_Gwaii

http://climaterealityproject.org/events/haida-gwaii/

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/canada/british-columbia/queen-ch...

Re: Genevieve Chevalier

BrTibbetts — 2011-12-14 13:32:19Z

My husband's ancestry includes some clans from the Scottish Highlands. Back in the day the catholic practioners were persecuted so the catholic church paid to take Scottish catholics to Prince Edward Island. And from my research I have found that the area was not very hospitable to farmers.Those immigrants were given supplies for 1 year and then they were on their own. Isn't it amazing that with all of the roadblocks and setbacks we, as in native and immigrants, survived? I do research for my local historical society in Michigan and find so many records where plagues went through our area. One family in particular lost 7 children to Scarlet Fever. Excuse my ignorance, and I mean no disrespect, but I'm never heard of your island. Are you considered Inuit/Metis? I think this is so interesting.

Re: Genevieve Chevalier

CarrieChapple — 2011-12-14 06:05:29Z

Metis dances were greatly influenced the Irish.

As to the land: In some cases, people who were hunters were moved onto farm lands where they had no idea how to subsist. I heard that one tribe in the states were given cattle. The Natives set the steers free and then whenever the tribe needed meat they mounted their mustangs and chased the cattle with bows and arrows. Here on Haida Gwaii, where I live (islands in the Pacific, north of Vancouver Island, on the way to Alaska) we have many wild cattle. When the government took land about a hundred years ago, they gave each family a cow. The Haida had no idea how to milk a cow, were fishermen and hunters, not farmers, so they set the cattle free and the cattle wandered off through the bush. The bears have kept the cattle population under control. I suppose one could go and bag a wild cow but I don't think anyone bothers with all the deer and seafood.

Re: Genevieve Chevalier

BrTibbetts — 2011-12-13 00:41:43Z

I was surprised at the broom dance as I was expecting a native dance. It was enjoyable none the less. I enjoy all your information on the Metis/French/Canadian roots. While researching other branches of my family specifically the English, I also found where many large tracts of land were given to immigrants with no regard to the natives living there. A great injustice to everyone involved.

Re: Genevieve Chevalier

CarrieChapple — 2011-12-12 23:56:23Z

Virtually every French Canadian can trace their roots to Trois Rivieres, Montreal or Quebec city with the majority having landed at Trois Rivieres. There were a great many crown grants for land given to settlers, usually in blatant disregard for Native or Metis prior claims, unfortunately. The Metis, in particular, were disenfranchised on a regular basis. Native women lost their status when they married a white man, although our Bill C-31 was recently revoked so there is a mad rush for people to reclaim the status lost due to marriage (that may be what is going on in Michigan)and if a Native person went to college or university they lost status as well, as it was deemed that their assimilation into the dominant culture was complete. The South African system of Apartheid was actually based on the Canadian reserve system.

Re: Genevieve Chevalier

BrTibbetts — 2011-12-12 23:32:30Z

My French Canadian roots are from the Trois Riviers area and include the LaBelle/Richard line. The Algonquin/Huron connection is on my Richard side dating back to Jean Prevost (Provost) in the 1700's. There was always a rumor that the LaBelle family had owned the land where Quebec now stands but after researching I believe it is because Father Antoine LaBelle was so important to the area. I was told by another researcher that Father LaBelle is in my ancestry but there are so many LaBelle's that I can't seem to fit him in. Anyway, this whole ancestry is so interesting to me that I just keep trying. Going to check out your link on youtube now. Thanks.

Re: Genevieve Chevalier

CarrieChapple — 2011-12-12 23:08:35Z

It is said that Canadians are a Metis nation. I do step-dancing which is part of our heritage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40i9wJkGE9M&feature=relat... Check out some of the other dances too. My great-grandfather,Otto Darwin Chevalier, died in Sarnia. Some of his family settled in Port Huron. I would really like to connect with some of them. Is that your line?

The Métis are descendants of marriages of Woodland Cree, Ojibway, Saulteaux, and Menominee aboriginals to French Canadians, Scots and English, and are one of three recognized Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Commonly pronounced /ˈmeɪtiː/ "MAY-tee" or "may-TEE" in English [3], IPA: [meˈtsɪs] in Quebec French, [meˈtis] in Standard French,[4] [mɪˈtʃɪf] in Michif, they are also historically known as Bois Brule, mixed-bloods, Countryborn (or Anglo-Métis). Their homeland consists of the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario, as well as the Northwest Territories. The Métis Homeland also includes parts of the northern United States (specifically Montana, North Dakota, and northwest Minnesota).[5]

Their history dates to the mid-seventeenth century. Historically, the Métis spoke or still speak either Métis French or a mixed language called Michif. Michif is a phonetic spelling of the Métis pronunciation of Métif, a variant of Métis. The Métis today predominantly speak English, with French a strong second language, as well as numerous aboriginal tongues. Métis French is best preserved in Canada, Michif in the U.S., notably in the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation of North-Dakota where Michif is the official language. The encouragement and use of Métis French and Michif is growing due to outreach within the provincial Métis councils after at least a generation of decline.

The word Métis (the singular, plural and adjectival forms are the same) is French, and a cognate of the Spanish word mestizo. It carries the same connotation of "mixed blood"; traced back far enough it stems from the Latin word mixtus, the past participle of the verb "to mix".

Countless Métis over time are thought to have been absorbed and assimilated into the surrounding populations making Métis heritage (and thereby Aboriginal ancestry) more common than sometimes realized. Recent research and DNA analysis has often shown forgotten Aboriginal lineages in many people of French Canadian and Acadian descent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tgXvvRr5FA&feature=relat... I come from Chatham Ontario but learned this style of dancing.

Best wishes!

Re: Genevieve Chevalier

CarrieChapple — 2011-12-12 23:08:02Z

Re: Genevieve Chevalier

BrTibbetts — 2011-12-12 22:21:50Z

Thanks for the info on the Metis card. I really have no intention of applying and after reading your post realize that even if I wanted to, I couldn't. I find this so interesting to think that my heritage includes First People. My grandkids are thrilled too. Here in Michigan where people previously hid their indian heritage, there seems to be a run to get cards.

Re: Genevieve Chevalier

CarrieChapple — 2011-12-12 20:28:58Z

I am living in British Columbia but I got my Metis card through Ontario which was where my grandmother was born. You can apply through wherever the Indian line originated however there is a second piece to be recognized as Metis; you must self-identify as Metis and have links to a Metis community. In my case, all of my children attended French first-language schools and we moved within Metis communities. Some provinces place more insistance on the community links than others. In Canada, under our revised Canada Constitution Act of 1982, we have three groups for whom a certificate of aboriginal status can be issued: 1)Inuit (formerly known as Eskimos) 2)Metis and 3)First Nations (formerly known as Indians and the only one of the three groups governed by the Indian Act). The Metis in Canda are a growing lobby group but we are having numerous court challenges to establish our aboriginal hunting and fishing rights. Only one of our provinces has Metis reserves, Alberta. Everywhere else the Metis have lived off reserve. There are not the same privileges or dependencies associated with being Metis. We don't get the same tax breaks, free reserve housing, free post-secondary education,etc. that First Nations folks get. However, there are Metis scholarships, we get priority for hiring with employers who have non-discrimination quotas, and we are slowly asserting our aboriginal food-gathering rights. Most importantly, we are regaining our identity and are no longer "The Forgotten People".

Re: Genevieve Chevalier

BrTibbetts — 2011-12-11 21:03:04Z

I had been doing research for a friend on the Boisvert end of her family. I have turned everything over to her as she needed it for an Indian tribe in Michigan. This particular tribe has not been federally recognized as of yet but somehow, someone, has gotten her a card. I'm not sure how that happened. Thanks for your interest.
As a side note, I have an Algonquin/Huron line on the Prevost side of my family. How difficult is it to be recognized as Metis with me living in the states?

Re: Genevieve Chevalier

CarrieChapple — 2011-12-11 18:02:49Z

You might be interested to know that I have just received my Metis status card based on the heritage from Marjorie Chevalier.

Any info you may have regarding Otto would be greatly appreciated.

Re: Genevieve Chevalier

BrTibbetts — 2011-12-11 14:04:59Z

I appreciate all your help. I'll pass this along to the Chevalier descendants.

Re: CHEVALIER/MASSEY TROY,NY

CarrieChapple — 2011-12-11 05:33:34Z

My great-grandfather's name was Otto Darwin Chevalier, which is some records was misspelled as Shivalier (not the right spelling). I have just gained Metis status. The Candian chevaliers came from Quebec, were Algonquins who intermarried with European settlers and other First Nations' peoples as they travelled west, following the waterways through New York, Michigan, Ontario and the Canadian prairies. there are many Chevaliers with meis status and an almost equal number who can claim Native status. Otto died in Sarnia. Some of the family live in the are around Port Huron. My grandmother was born in Paincourt, Ontario and moved to Sarnia. My mother died in Chatham and I am living in British Columbia. Hope this helps.

Re: Chevalier - Schivley

CarrieChapple — 2011-12-11 05:19:29Z

Often births were recorded by people who had limited literacy and, in the case of names in a language other than their own (French, German, etc) the likelihood of it being misspelled (phonetic!) was very high. I have come across records of my grandfather being listed as Shivley, Shivalier. I know for a fact that his name was properly spelled Chevalier. Btw, I have just been granted Metis status based on my grandmother, born Marjorie Chevalier, and daughter to Otto Darwin Chevalier. Something else that frequently happened here in Canada was that aboriginal children were renamed by the local priests when admitted into residential schools. Although Otto Darwin are not French names, My grandfather spoke French. As well, the Chevaliers came from Quebec, and most likely from one of two Algonquin reserves there. The other thing is that descendants sometimes altered the spellings in order to better assimilate with non-Native neighbours. Not everyone was comfortable with their heritage when exposed to intolerant neighbours.

Re: Genevieve Chevalier

CarrieChapple — 2011-12-11 04:57:09Z

I have just had a geneology search done by the Ontario Metis Council, based on my grandmother, Marjorie Chevalier. They found something as I just received my Metis status card yesterday. Hope this helps.

Helen M. Chevlier 1853 Eleria,Meigs,Ohio

patcartermorgan — 2011-12-11 04:47:10Z

I found on a Nebraska Marriage Index a marriage of my grandfather Martin L. Carter to Helen M. Chevlier 27,born Eleria,Meigs, Ohio, no parents listed for the bride.The date of marriage was 5 Oct. 1880 in Indianola,Red Willow, Nebraska. Would appreciate any info.Pat

Re: Clementine Chevalier/Charles d'Harlingue

tese1944 — 2011-11-27 23:50:01Z

Hi Yvonne,
Thanks for your quick reply. Can't wait to hear back from you. Hopefully we can help each other.
In case you don't receive my email - check your 'spam' box.
My email is 'tese@gorszwick.com'.
Tese

Re: Clementine Chevalier/Charles d'Harlingue

dywilder — 2011-11-27 12:15:44Z

Tese, you can email me directly at dywilder@hvc.rr.com. My name is Yvonne. I will share other personal information with you that way. Alfred E was my grandfather. We don't have any of his personal papers, although one of the cousins may. Someone has an interesting photo of Noel as a young boy. We were told the family fled France because of Napoleonic tyrany as well as the revolution, so I would have thought arrival was prior to 1850.
Our family base is still thought of as St. Louis and the surrounding area, but we have scattered. Googleing showed other branches in California, Texas and France. I just connected with an Englishman who may have given info on the start of the family in France in the 15th Century. Interesting stuff.
Hope to hear from you soon,
Yvonne

Re: Maurice Chevalier

tese1944 — 2011-11-27 05:13:10Z

My gg-grandmother was Clementine Chevallier/Chevalier, b 1830 in St. Germaine en Laye, Seine-Et-Oise, France. She married Charles d'Harlingue in 1848 in France. The sailed to New York in 1864 & settled in St. Louis MO. My grandmother told me many times that her grandmother was related to Maurice Chevalier. I have not been able to make this connection. Do you have any information in your Family Tree that 'fits' this family and location? Maurice had no sisters & I know nothing of his other 2 brother's families - to make a connection.
Look forward to your reply (either negative or positive). Thanks in advance.
Tese

Re: Clementine Chevalier/Charles d'Harlingue

tese1944 — 2011-11-27 03:00:58Z

I don't know your first name, so can't address you, but it is great to hear from you.
I don't know how much research (or how much family information/stories - or actual records - birth, marriage, death, etc) on the d'Harlingue family. I have learned quite a bit about them - tracing the d'Harlingue's & Chevallie families to about 1750. No where did I find that the Chevalliers (Chevaliers) & d'Harlingues were cousins. Have you made that connection?
I can dispel one of your family stories - the family did not go to Canada & down the Mississippi to St. Louis. Charles d'Harlingue came to the US/New York from France in Feb 1864 & Clementine came with their 4 children (one daughter died in 1860 - only several months old) in May 1864 to New York. Charles parents & his siblings arrived in New Orleans from France in 1849. I can not find any information about this (Joseph d'Harlingue) family after the 1850 census.
Your g(g?) grandfather Noel d'Harlingue (he is listed as Alfred - age 5) did come to the US/New York with his Mom & my g-grandmother (Irma d'Harlingue) in 1864 - as mentioned above.
I think it is your grandfather (Alfred Eldridge) who corresponded with my uncle - Tom Daniels - for many years. Wonder if you have any of my Uncle's letters to your grandfather. I do have several of Alfred's correspondence to my Uncle Tom.
Where do you live now - still in St. Louis area? I live in California.
Look forward to hearing from you - if you are interested in sharing information ~ Tese

Re: Clementine Chevalier/Charles d'Harlingue

dywilder — 2011-11-26 14:45:14Z

My maiden name is D'Harlingue, first of 4 daughters born to Arthur Roy and Martha Janette nee Johnston D'Harlingue of St. Louis, Mo. Granddaughter to Alfred D'Harlingue married to Cora Beckett 08/23/1885, g(g?) granddaughter of Noel D'Harlingue who was brought to this country as a 4 year old. We were told the family landed in Canada and came down the Mississippi to St. Louis, although a search does show a southern group with the same last name. We were told the Chevaliers were cousins.

Re: Chevaliers from Pain Court, Ontario

CarrieChapple — 2011-09-22 21:14:20Z

I have checked this link out as well as consulting with my father who recorded the names of my mother's parents. According to another census, Chevalier was the name, which my father (a serious geneologist) verifies. This other spelling is an Anglicised error, not uncommon when the census was done by an English speaker, unable to do French pronunciation.James had a son, also named James. He is the famous Christian rock musician, Jim Chevalier.

Re: Charles Chevalier

CarrieChapple — 2011-09-22 20:58:26Z

Unfortunately, listing as French versus Chippewa by no means disproves the connection. I have lived on several reserves and have discovered that there is a tendency to whitewash the aboriginal connections by mixed descendants. Many so-called French people from the region I am from are, in fact, Metis, often with far more First Nations' blood than French. The English neighbours were, and remain, far more willing to accept Frnch neighbours than Indian ones. There were Chevaliers in Quebec who intermarried with Algonquins and then migrated West, often continuing to intermarry with other tribes, which could make for full status while in no one negating the French blood. I live on reserve now and there are many people with full status here who have pale skin or blue eyes or blond or red hair, or combos of those features, all while speaking Haida and being raised with traditional Haida culture and values.

Re: Charles Chevalier

AikenCapstraw — 2011-09-15 17:45:07Z

Mary Capstraw and Joseph Chevalier contact capstraw12205@yahoo.com

Julian Chevalier ,and, Charles Isaac Havers ,* Marriage,1913,Clare, South Australia

KENNELLYMARKA — 2011-08-25 03:12:58Z

Australia Marriage .
Name: Edward Charles Isaac Havers
Father's name: Matthew Havers
Spouse Name: Frances Julian Chevalier
Spouse's Father's Name: Francis Edward Sevor Chevalier
Marriage Date: 13 Nov 1913
Marriage Place: Clare
Registration Place: Clare, South Australia

Re: Chevalier Family: Quebec, Michigan

CarrieChapple — 2011-07-31 17:16:10Z

Bad link.

Re: Chevalier and Campeau Family

CarrieChapple — 2011-07-31 17:04:59Z

Yes, Etienne IS Stephen.

Re: Chevalier Family

CarrieChapple — 2011-07-31 17:01:23Z

Hi. My grandmother was a Chevalier, raised in Paincourt and then moved to Sarnia. Her name was Marjorie, mother Elizabeth Sales and father Otto (might be a nickname for Ado or something else)Chevalier. Some people have suggested he might be the same as Otto Shavalier but my father is adamant that the spelling of his father-in-law's name was the French spelling. My mother went home for Easter weekend and did not return when I was just four years old and, in consequence, I do not know most of my maternal relatives. I have tried writing to several Chevaliers in the Sarnai area but no one has answered me. Which is the "original" family in Montreal? I have been told by the Metis Council that many Chevaliers ended up residing in two Algonquin Indian reserves in Quebec, whil numerous others travelled thw waterways, heading West through northern Michigan and Ontario to the prairies. Many misspellings of the name . . .

Re: Genevieve Chevalier

CarrieChapple — 2011-07-31 16:51:23Z

Some Chevaliers also came from the Channel islands in England and also from Switzerland. A great many Chevaliers took Native wives.

Re: Genevieve Chevalier

CarrieChapple — 2011-07-30 20:28:29Z

Not sure if she is connected but Marie Sauvagesse was a direct descendant (daughter, I think) of Chief Pontiac of the Ottowa Indians..

am trying to
find the parents of Joseph Chevalier, who lived in Detroit in the early
1800’s, born between 1782-1788, and fought in the war of 1812. I found
that Luc Chevalier, son of Jean-Baptist Chevalier did have a son Joseph and
that he died at his son’s house in Detroit in about 1807. From what I read
it was not his son named Jean-Baptiste, but the ‘other son” The only other
son I find is a Joseph. I have not found proof of the connection between
Joseph and Luc.

In Detroit there is only one Joseph Chevalier that I can find in the census.
According to Denison’s book this Joseph Chevalier has a son Joseph (our
line) born in 1812. First wife was Geneveva Charbonneau born at Riviere au
Chien diocese of Quebec. They were married 10 Feb 1807 at Detroit- first
married without a priest at Cataracioui their one son Louis was born and
died in Detroit in 1809. His second wife’s name is Francis Cadoret and they
were married at Detroit 2 Aug 1811. He fought in the war of 1812 in
Dequindree’s Co of Riflemen and Audrain’s Co. of Spies. Through the
sources such as Detroit census, voters registrations, Naturalization
applications I have found a good deal of information, but not the name of
his mother or father.

>From Tanguay, Volume 3, page 60
Chevalier, Luc, b. 1735, (son of Jean-Baptiste II)
Sauvagesse, Marie (marriage - 20 Jul 1786 Mackinac)
Their children:
Marguerite, b. 23 Dec 1778 Mackinac, bap. 20 Jul 1786
Joseph, b. 17 Apr 1782, bap 20 Jul 1786
Jean-Baptiste, b. 4 Feb 1785, bap 20 Jul 1786

Re: Chevalier Family: Quebec, Michigan

CarrieChapple — 2011-07-30 20:25:06Z

Link does not work.

Re: Genevieve Chevalier

achalut — 2011-07-06 15:25:43Z

Louis son of Alexis et Genevieve Godbout
Alexis son of Guillaume and Jeanne Gauthier
Guillaume son of René and Jeanne Langlois
rené son of rené and Marie Lucre of Channay sur lathan Anjou Maçon ,France
The info is from drouin red book
16 differents CHEVALIER came from france

Re: Chevalier Family: Quebec, Michigan

AikenCapstraw — 2011-06-10 01:29:02Z

My name is Tom Capstraw, I am a descendant of Akin Capstraw, Akin and family moved from LaPririe, Quebec in 1847, Aiken Jr, fought in the Civil War and was wounded. After the civil war the family moved to Cheboygan (Duncan) Michigan and worked in the lumber industry. Aikens daughter (Mary) Married into the Chevalier family. I have an extensive geneology on the ancestors of Aiken Capstraw- family plot Calvary Cemetery Onawa, Michigan- Waverly Township. If interested contact me at capstraw12205@yahoo.com