The city of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922; / Clarence M. Burton, editor-in-chief, William Stocking, associate editor, Gordon K. Miller, associated editor. [Vol. 2]

CITY OF DETROIT

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was buried September 29, 1751, aged eighty-eight years. The transformation
of French names is well illustrated by this person. His descendants are nearly
universally known here by the name of Delisle or DeLisle, and the surname of
two centuries ago is not uncommonly used today, as a Christian name, and we
frequently find Bienvenue, or Welcome, Delisles in our real estate records.
Bienvenue, Joseph, son of Francois Bienvenue above. Baptized March 5,
1704, and buried December 3, 1711.
Bienvenue, Marie, daughter of Francois Bienvenue, above. Baptized December 8, 1705. She married Jacques Roussel, April 7, 1725. She is named
Marianne in the marriage record.
Bienvenue, Marie Joseph, daughter of Francois Bienvenue. Born August
25, 1709.
Bienvenue, Rafael. Buried April 24, 1706, aged two years. Unless this is
the same person as Joseph Bienvenue, above, it is scarcely possible that Rafael
was a son of Francois Bienvenue. This is the first recorded death in Detroit,
though there is other evidence that a child of Alphonse de Tonty died before the
first church was burned, in 1703, and that Madam Bouche died in 1703.
Bizaillon (or Bisaillon), Michael, son of Benoit Bisaillon and of Louise
Blaye, of Clairmont, in Auvergne. He married Marguerite Fafard (dit DeLorme), June 30, 1710.
Bluteau, Agathe (in some places this name is spelled Bulteau), wife of
Francois Judith Contant, dit Rancontre.
Boilard, Jeanne, wife of Pierre Leger, dit Parisien.
Bombardier (called la Bombarde), Andre, a soldier and farmer. Left
Detroit after 1709.
Bombardier (called la Bombarde), Bernard Phillipe, son of Andre Bombardier, above. Born October 12, 1709.
Bombardier, Jean, son of Andre Bombardier, above. Born July 18, 1707.
Bone, Marie Anne. The name probably should be spelled Beaune. She
was the widow of Francois Lorry and daughter of Jean Bone and Mary
Magdelaine Bourigier. She married Martin Cirier June 12, 1710. She came to
Detroit April 18, 1707, under an agreement to serve Cadillac for three years at
eighty livres per year.
Bonne, Francois.
Bonnet, Guillaume (surnamed Deliard), Amorer, a native of the parish
of Charlesburg, near Quebec. He died January 13, 1709.
Bosne, Francois. Came April 13, 1709.
Bosseron, Francois (Tanguay spells the name Beauceron), farmer. He
was the husband of Marie Le Page (which name see).
Botquin, Pierre (called St. Andre), a soldier. Came October 19, 1706. An
inventory of goods that he carried to Detroit in 1710 includes fifty pounds of
powder at forty sols per pound, one hundred pounds of bullets at ten sols
per pound, and thirty-two pots (of two quarts each) of brandy at forty-five
sols per pot.
Boucher, Guillaume. His first wife was named Jeanne Beauvais, and after
her death, in 1703, he married Angelique Tholme, widow of Pierre Robert,
August 16, 1716.
Boncher, Pierre, Esquire sieur de Boucherville.
Bourbon, Pierre, voyageur. Came June 15, 1706. Married, in 1711, Marie
Anne Gouyon.