COUC - MiTE8AMEG8K8E - QUESNEL - THÉROUX
ANCESTRY

TWELFTH GENERATION

Marie MITE8AMEG8K8E, aka MITOUAMEGOUKOUE (French spelling)(pronounced: mee-tee-wa-mee-gou-kwee), an Algonquin native, was born around 1631-1632 in the "Nations des Ouionontateronon" (Huron word for Weskarini Band of the Algonkin Tribe), in the area between the Ottawa and the St-Maurice rivers in Québec. She was baptized 6 Nov 1650 in Montréal. She died on 8 Jan 1699 and was buried in Trois-Rivières, Québec.(4) The Burial Certificate No. 89562 does not contain her name. It lists Marie as "sauvagesse" - "a native woman or person of the woods". She married Pierre COUC on 16 Apr 1657 in Trois-Rivières, Québec. According to the Census 1681, Marie and her husband Pierre COUC(1624-1690)were living in St-François-du-Lac.

ELEVENTH GENERATION

Marguerite COUC dit LAFLEUR was born 1 Jun 1664 and baptized 5 Jun 1664, Trois-Rivières, St-Maurice, Québec. On the Baptismal certificate, her father is listed as Pierre COUC and mother as Marie MITEOUMIGOU. There were three witnesses: Jean PÈRE, Jeanne CREVIER and her husband BOUCHER, Governor. The officating priest was Jesuit Father François LE MERCIER. She is listed as 16 years old in the Census 1681. She married Jean FAFARD dit Jean FAFART dit Maconce or Macons (1657-1756) in 1682 in Sault Ste-Marie, Michigan. Jean FAFARD was a famous legal voyageur and interpreter.

TENTH GENERATION

Marie-Anne FAFARD MAGONCE married Louis JAVILLON before 1723. Louis, then a soldier, was documented at Fort Pontchartrain on 9 Jul 1713, where he served as godfather for a Huron (Ste-Anne). Marie-Anne was buried at Détroit on 29 Sept 1752, at age 55. Louis died on 20 Sept 1754 in Ste-Anne-de-Détroit.

NINTH GENERATION

ANGELIQUE Lafeuillade GAVILLON, daughter of Louis GAVILLON dit LAFEUILLADE & Marie Anne FAFARD MAGONCE, married MICHEL ANTOINE QUESNEL, born 25 October 1705 in Lachine, Penetanguishene, Québec, Canada on 9 April 1736 in Ste-Anne-de-Bellvue, Québec, Angélique died June 15, 1760 in Oka, PQC. Michel Antoine was a "commercant"-perhaps a fur trader.

Children (Michel-Antoine & unknown):
Louis Quesnel, d. date unknown.
Children Michel-Antoine & Angélique):
1.ANTOINE QUESNEL, b. 1737, d. date unknown.
2. LOUIS QUESNEL, b. September 05, 1745, Oka, PQC, d. date unknown.
3. Michel Quesnel, b. August 31, 1739, d. date unknown.
4. Jean Baptiste Quesnel, b. July 06, 1758, Oka, PQC, d. date unknown.

EIGHTH GENERATION

ANTOINE QUESNEL was born 1737, and died date unknown. He married ÉLIZABETH SÉGUIN on November 15, 1762 in Lac des deux Montagnes, Oka, PQC, daughter of Jean Baptiste (dit Laderoute) Seguin and Marie Catherine Raizenne DIT RISING.

Children (Antoine & Elizabeth):
1. Josephte Quesnel, b. Abt. 1763, d. date unknown.
2. Antoine Quesnel, b. 1764, d. date unknown.
3. Dominique Quesnel, b. 1767, d. date unknown.
4. Amable Quesnel, b. Abt. 1770, d. date unknown.
5. JEAN BAPTISTE QUESNEL, b. June 05, 1770, Oka, PQC, d. date unknown.
6. Catherine Quesnel, b. Abt. 1772, d. date unknown.

SEVENTH GENERATION

JEAN BAPTISTE QUESNEL was born June 05, 1770 in Oka, PQC, and died date unknown. He married GENEVIEVE dit Prete-a-boire BESNER/BEZANNAIRE on November 04, 1793 in Huntingdon, PQC (St. Anicet), daughter of Jean Bezenaire and Marie Anne Grousseline/Gruzelin.

Children (Jean Baptiste & Geneviève):
1. (JEAN BAPTISTE)JOHN LOUIS QUESNEL, b. 1802, St. Anicet, d. January 11, 1889, Red Lake County, Minnesota.
2. Antoine Quesnel, d. date unknown.
3. Louis Quesnel, d. date unknown.
4. Benjamin Quesnel, d. date unknown.
5. Joachim Quesnel, d. date unknown.
6. Marthe Quesnel, d. date unknown.
7. Ursule Quesnel, d. date unknown.
8. Amable Quesnel, d. date unknown.
9. Rose Quesnel, d. date unknown.
10. Angele Quesnel, d. date unknown.

SIXTH GENERATION

(JEAN BAPTISTE)JOHN LOUIS QUESNEL was born 1802 in St. Anicet, and died January 11, 1889 in Red Lake County, Minnesota. He married (1) Marguerite Dunn. He married (2) Josephte LeMay on 1825 in Quebec, Canada. He married (3) JULIE MARGUERITE JASMIN on January 23, 1833 in St. Anicet, daughter of Jean-Bapte Jasmin and Julie Chretian. It is believed that Jean Baptiste changed his name to John Louis when he followed his son to the USA in 1882. No records have been found that indicate that John Louis (JB) and Josephte were ever married. It is believed that the wedding on January 23, 1833 was in a protestant church in Ormston, as it was reconstructed on December 12, 1848 at St. Anicet. Many of his family are shown on p. 145 of the "History of Red Lake County", in a photo taken in 1888 with Stephen Quesnel and Elizabeth Chretian.

Children (John Louis & Marguerite Dunn):
1. Catherine Quesnel, b. 1829, d. date unknown.
2. Marguerite Quesnel, b. 1825, d. date unknown.
Children (John Louis & Josephte LeMay):
1. Jean Baptiste (John) Quesnel, b. 1829, Huntington County, Penetanguishene, Quebec, Canada, d. April 1904, Red Lake County, Minnesota.
Children (John Louis & Julie Jasmin):
1. Marceline Quesnel, b. 1832, St. Anicet, d. date unknown.
2. Joseph Quesnel, b. June 05, 1835, St. Anicet, d. date unknown.
3. Damase Quesnel, b. June 25, 1837, St. Anicet, d. 1885, Minnesota.
4. Julie Quesnel, b. 1840, d. date unknown.
5. ETIENNE (STEPHEN) QUESNEL, b. May 26, 1842, St. Anicet, d. May 09, 1922, Terrebonne, Minnesota.
6. Napolean Quesnel, b. 1843, d. date unknown.
7. Calixte Quesnel, b. January 1851, St. Anicet, d. August 06, 1897, Rush City, Minnesota.

FIFTH GENERATION

ETIENNE (STEPHEN) QUESNEL was born May 26, 1842 in St. Anicet, and died May 09, 1922 in Terrebonne, Minnesota. He married (1) ELIZABETH CHRETIEN on April 26, 1869 in St. Anicet, daughter of JOSEPH ALEXIS CHRETIEN and ELLEN (NALLY HELEN KERBY) KIRBY. He married (2) Annie LeMay Delorme on 1891 in Terrebonne, Minnesota, daughter of Francois Delorme and Anne Trudell.

Stephen's story reported in the "History of Red Lake County", published in 1976, co-authored by Anne Healy, Red Lake Falls, Minnesota.
Stephen was born and married to his first wife, Elizabeth, in Quebec, where he was a Captain of a ship on the St. Lawrence River, until 1882, when he took up a homestead in Terrebonne Township (then Polk County). Here he built a log cabin, where the family lived until they built a frame house in 1900. When Elizabeth died, he married the widow of Damien Quesnel, who had 6 children from him. They had the same last name because Damien was the half nephew of Stephen. Annie was the widow of Stephen's half nephew, Damien Quesnel.
Children (Etienne Stephen & Elizabther):
1. Elizabeth Quesnel, b. May 20, 1872, St. Anicet, Quebec, Canada, d. October 09, 1952, Brooks, Minnesota.
2. Celina Quesnel, b. January 31, 1873, St. Anicet, Quebec, Canada, d. October 02, 1939, Crookston, Minnesota.
3. Sarah Quesnel, b. October 23, 1875, St. Anicet, Quebec, Canada, d. August 05, 1955, Crookston, Minnesota.
4. Rose Quesnel, b. July 12, 1877, St. Anicet, Quebec, Canada, d. June 01, 1950, Crookston, Minnesota.
5. William Quesnel, b. January 12, 1881, St. Anicet, Quebec, Canada, d. February 20, 1912, Argyle, Minnesota.
6. Robert Louis Napoleon Quesnel, b. May 09, 1883, Terrebonne, Minnesota, d. March 13, 1960, Crookston, Minnesota.
7. Elsie Elizabeth Quesnel, b. April 09, 1887, Terrebonne, Minnesota, d. September 21, 1935, Spalding, Sask., Canada.
Children (Etienne Stephen & Annie Lemay Delorme):
1. Mabel Elizabeth Quesnel, b. July 10, 1893, Terrebonne, Minnesota, d. 1940.
2. LEAH MARIE QUESNEL, b. April 30, 1895, Terrebonne, Minnesota, d. July 07, 1983, Red Lake County, Minnesota.
3. Doria(Doris) Quesnel, b. November 25, 1896, Mentor, Minnesota, d. 1918, Aberdeen, South Dakota.

FOURTH GENERATION

LEAH MARIE QUESNEL was born April 30, 1895 in Terrebonne, Minnesota, and died July 07, 1983 in Red Lake County, Minnesota. She married JOSEPH THEROUX on February 12, 1917 in Terrebonne, Minnesota, son of Louis Theroux and Phelomen Vailancourt.

Children Leah Marie & Joseph):
1. CLINTON PAUL LEO THEROUX.
2. Rita Rose Marie Theroux.
3. Eva Mae Theroux.
4. Marvin Bernard Theroux.
5. Barbara Theroux.
6. Jean Marie Theroux, b. May 21, 1925, Terrebonne, Minnesota, d. July 21, 1926.
7. Paul Theroux.
8. Dorothy Rose Theroux, b. March 12, 1931, Terrebonne, Minnesota, d. April 04, 1989.
9. Marc Theroux, b. June 25, 1936, Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, d. September 20, 1936.
10. Gary Jean Theroux, b. July 01, 1938, Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, d. September 15, 1995, Winnetka, California.

THIRD GENERATION

CLINTON PAUL LEO THÉROUX He married PAULINE ROBIDOUX daughter of Calixte ROBIDOUX & Louise PARENTEAU

Children (Clinton & Pauline):
1. DOUGLAS THÉROUX.
2. Valerie Théroux.
3. Claudette Théroux.

SECOND GENERATION

DOUGLAS THÉROUX

FIRST GENERATION

MICHAEL THÉROUX

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(1)PRDH - Université de Montréal database.
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(3) Email from Michael Théroux, August 2008.