Olivier (Oliver) Drouillard^[1]

1817 - 1886  (68 years)

• Name	Olivier (Oliver) Drouillard
  Born	03 Nov 1817
  Christened	05 Nov 1817	Assumption, Sandwich
  	GODPARENTS: Jean Baptiste Labadie and Marguerite Anna Prat
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Sailor, Lake Captain
  Died	24 Feb 1886	At his residence at 16 Beaubien Street, Detroit
  Buried	27 Feb 1886	Mt Elliott, Detroit
  	His burial was record at Ste. Anne, Detroit
  Notes	The Wyandotte Herald, July 31, 1891 The following information on Mt. Elliott cemetery was researched and compiled by Fern Freeman in preparation for a cemetery stroll July 12, 1981 sponsored by the Detroit Historical Society: Olivier Drouillard "Invented and received a patent for an apparatus for raising sunken vessels. In 1867 the invention was controlled by Inventors & Mechanics Manufacturing Co., which was negotiating with the Navy Dept. at Washington for raising the monitor Keokuk sunk in Charleston harbor & for other vessels sunk during the rebellion. The cost of this Invention was $35.000."
  Person ID	I1347	Drouillard
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2004

  
  

  Father	Simon Drouillard,   c. 27 Feb 1762, Assumption, South Coast of Detroit
  Mother	Marguerite Quevillon (Couvillon)
  Married	24 Nov 1800	Ste. Anne, Detroit
  	Witnesses to the marriage included his father, Simon Amable Drouillard.
  Family ID	F111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Emilie Tremblay,   b. 27 Jul 1824
  Married	09 Feb 1839	Ste. Anne, Detroit
  Children	1. Oliver Leon DROUILLARD,   b. 06 Sep 1841,   d. 27 May 1850, Detroit, MI  (Age 8 years)
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2004
  Family ID	F580	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Julia Hubert (Hebert),   b. 17 Jan 1821,   d. 16 Mar 1909, Wyandotte, MI  (Age 88 years)
  Married	Unknown
  Children	1. Helia DROUILLARD,   b. 18 Aug 1852,   d. Before 1860  (Age 7 years)   2. Aurela DROUILLARD,   b. 18 Aug 1852,   bur. 30 Aug 1854, Ste. Anne, Detroit  (Age ~ 2 years) + 3. Eli M. Drouillard,   b. Aug 1854,   d. May 1928  (Age ~ 73 years)   4. Maria (Rosalett) DROUILLARD,   b. 02 Nov 1855 + 5. Thomas David (Daniel) DROUILLARD,   b. 03 Aug 1858,   d. 23 Jan 1931  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2005
  Family ID	F583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Descendants of Simon Drouillard, Donald F. Drouillard, Norman W. Drouillard and Mark J. Drouillard, 5-55.