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Family: Leon (Leo) Laforet / Rosalie DROUILLARD (F1372)

• Father | Male Leon (Leo) Laforet

  
  

  Born	26 Jun 1819	Peche Island in the Detroit River
  Died	26 Sep 1882
  Buried	28 Sep 1882	From Ste. Anne, Tecumseh
  Married	16 Aug 1859	Ste. Anne, Tecumseh
  Father	Joseph Laforet | F1371 Group Sheet
  Mother	Felice Campau | F1371 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Rosalie DROUILLARD

  
  

  Born	17 Apr 1837	Walpole Island, Upper Canada
  Christened	23 Jul 1839	St. Peter, Thames River
  Died	09 Apr 1922	River Rouge, MI
  Buried	12 Apr 1922	St. Francis Xavier, Ecorse Twp, MI
  Father	Francois Drouillard | F631 Group Sheet
  Mother	Rosalie Gelina | F631 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male + Alfred (Fred) LAFORET

  
  

  Born	15 Aug 1860	Peche Island
  Christened	18 Aug 1860	Ste. Anne, Tecumseh
  Died
  Buried		Holy Cross, Detroit, MI
  Spouse	Evangeline Soumie | F4302
  Married	26 Nov 1888	St. Joachim

  
  

  Child 2 | Male + Charles Leon LAFORET

  
  

  Born	25 Sep 1861	Peche Island
  Christened	29 Sep 1861	Ste. Anne, Tecumseh
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Theresa Lang | F4303
  Married	About 1890

  
  

  Child 3 | Female + Sophie Rose LAFORET

  
  

  Born	03 Jan 1863	Peche Island
  Died
  Buried		St. Michael, Pinconning, MI
  Spouse	Honore (Henry) Huyet Dit Champagne | F4305
  Married	20 Nov 1882	Ste. Anne, Tecumseh
  Spouse	Anthony Dandrun | F4306
  Married

  
  

  Child 4 | Male + Ernest LAFORET

  
  

  Born	18 Jun 1865	Peche Island
  Died
  Buried		Michigan Memorial, Flat Rock, MI
  Spouse	Delima Soumie | F4307
  Married	17 Jun 1894	St. Francis Xavier, Ecorse, MI

  
  

  Child 5 | Male + Joseph MOISE LAFORET

  
  

  Born	17 Apr 1867	Peche Island
  Christened	22 Apr 1867	Ste. Anne, Tecumseh
  Died	10 Oct 1931
  Buried		St. Michael, Pinconning, MI
  Spouse	Isabelle Clouthier | F4309
  Married	01 Sep 1894	St. Francis Xavier, Ecorse, MI

  
  

  Child 6 | Male + Damase (Tom) Francois LAFORET (Laforest)

  
  

  Born	14 Dec 1868	Peche Island
  Christened	15 Dec 1868	Ste. Anne, Tecumseh
  Died
  Buried		St. Michael, Pinconning, MI
  Spouse	Elisabeth Nadeau | F4311
  Married	02 Jun 1902	St. Francis Xavier, Ecorse, MI

  
  

  Child 7 | Male Hubert Israel (Gilbert) LAFORET

  
  

  Born	01 Oct 1870	Peche Island
  Christened	02 Oct 1870	Ste. Anne, Tecumseh
  Died	27 Jul 1960	Detroit, MI
  Buried
  Spouse	Josephine LeBlanc | F7828
  Married

  
  

  Child 8 | Male + Henry Guillaume LAFORET

  
  

  Born	25 Mar 1872	Peche Island
  Christened	28 Mar 1872	Ste. Anne, Tecumseh
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Mary Nadeau | F4312
  Married

  
  

  Child 9 | Female + Felice ELEONORE LAFORET

  
  

  Born	30 Apr 1874	Peche Island
  Christened	03 May 1874	Ste. Anne, Tecumseh
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	August Cornelius Blanquart | F4314
  Married	12 Sep 1893	St. Francis Xavier, Ecorse, MI

  
  

  Child 10 | Male Joseph Baptist LAFORET

  
  

  Born	04 Jul 1876	Peche Island
  Christened	06 Jul 1876	Ste. Anne, Tecumseh
  Died	01 Feb 1911	River Rouge, MI
  Buried		St. Francis Xavier, Ecorse, MI

  
  

  Child 11 | Male Gilbert ALEXANDRE LAFORET

  
  

  Born	18 Jun 1878	Peche Island
  Christened	20 Jun 1878	Ste. Anne, Tecumseh
  Died
  Buried		St. Francis Xavier, Ecorse, MI

  
  

  Child 12 | Male Francois Hilaire ELI LAFORET

  
  

  Born	12 Sep 1880	Peche Island
  Christened	14 Sep 1880	Ste. Anne, Tecumseh
  Died
  Buried

  
  

• Notes

  REF: Dolores Swekel, The Laforests and the Curse on Peach Island" in Michigan's Habitant Heritage, 14, #1 (1993), pp 19-22. Married: Witnesses to the marriage were Louis Laforet and Francoise Drouillard.