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

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daughter Catherine, born in Detroit in 1800, married Coll McAllister November 23, 1819.
Connor, Henry. Son of Richard Connor, and born in 1780. Came with his
parents and the Moravians traders and Christian Indians to Mount Clemens
in 1782. In 1808 Henry married Therese Trombly. Henry died September
15, 1840, and his wife died in 1872. They lived on Jefferson Avenue near the
banks of Connor's (or Trombly's) Creek. Henry Connor was on the tax list
for 1827. He was chosen a member of the Legislative Council March 9, 1826.
He was an Indian interpreter and his Indian name was Wahbeskendip (White
hair).
Cook, Levi. He was born in Massachusetts, December 16, 1792. He came
to Detroit as early as 1816 and was successful in business enterprises. He
was in co-partnership with Orville Cook (a distant relative) in 1819. He was
something of a politician, held many important offices and was mayor of the
city three terms. He held the office of council commissioner many times. He
was first lieutenant in militia on February 1, 1824, and captain May 24, 1824.
He was a very large man, over six feet in height and weighing about three
hundred pounds. He died at his home on the corner of Congress and Shelby
streets, December 2, 1866, leaving no children. His brothers were Fenner and
Olney Cook. His nephews were Levi B. Taft and Charles O. Ballou. His niece
was Eliza C. Bissell, wife of George W. Bissell. He was the son of Thadeus
Cook, and his sister Louisa married Ichabod Cook.
"In a small, wooden, one story building on the north side of Jefferson Ave.
about half way between Griswold Street and Shelby Street, a perfect, childless
old giant, some six feet three inches high, with a bald head and a wig always
awry." This is Levi Cook.
Levi Cook was born in Bellingham, Mass., December 16, 1792. Came to
Detroit in 1816. He married Elizabeth Stevens of Boston, May 21, 1818.
Cook, Orville. Levi and Orville Cook were partners in the grocery business
in 1820.
Dequindre, Antoine. There were two persons by this name, father and son.
It is possible that the father did not live on the American side of the river.
He had separated from his wife, Catherine Desriviere LaMorandiere Dequindre,
and she was occupying the land now called the Dequindre Farm, it being her
property. They had five children: Antoine, Peter, Adelaide, wife of Joseph
Campau, Catherine Edesse, wife of Peter Beaubien, Julia (born October 10,
1784), wife of Charles Moran.
The Antoine Dequindre in this item was a son of the above named Antoine and Catherine. He was born June 18, 1782, and died February 23, 1843,
leaving children, Antoine, Benjamin, Theodore, Alexander, Matilda (wife of
Josiah H. Cobb), Adeline (wife of John R. Wilcoxson), John and Lydia Ann,
who was married four times (1) - Stone, (2) Ezekiel McDonald, (3) Robert
Beaubien and (4) Charles A. Waldermar. (Antoine Dequindre, alderman
1826.)
Antoine Dequindre had a daughter, Caroline, who at the age of fourteen