Jacques-Alexis Gamelin: (1697 - 1730)
He was the son of Ignace Gamelin & Marie-Marguerite
Lemoine, born at Batiscan, Champlain, Quebec.
Ignace Gamelin Jr.: (1698 - ?)
He was the son of Ignace Gamelin & Marie-Marguerite
Lemoine, born at Batiscan, Champlain, Quebec. Ignace II married Marie-Louisa
Dufrost in 1731 at Montreal and their children were: Ignace III, Medard
(b.1733), Marie-Louise-Michelle (b.1734) (m.Etienne-Joseph Porlier in 1759),
Rene (b.1735), Marie-Josephe (b.1736), Louis-Christophe (b.1738), Catherine
(b.1737), Marie (b.1740), Basile-Alexis (b.1741), Renee-Ursule-Charlotte
(b.1743), Francois-Medard (1745-1778) (m.Angelica Cicotte in 1767), Charlotte-Elisabeth
(b.1744), Joseph-Antoine (b.1746) (m. Marie-Catherine Gamelin in 1766),
Paul-Jean Bte.-Mathurin (b.1749) & Pierre-Amable (b.1752).
Ignace II, was hiring voyageurs (Pierre Forestier
& Claude Dudevoir dit La Chine) for "poste des Miamis" in the late
1720's and hired Pierre Leduc for Michilimackinac in 1730. In 1732 Ignace
II is in partnership with Sieurs Moniere in financing Paul
Marin, who is the commander of the fort at Green Bay that year and
Ignace (fils) is found little in the records of hiring voyageurs for the
west until after the death of his father in 1738. In May of 1739 he hired
a number of men for Michilimackinac, "la mer du ouest", "poste de Kamanistigouia",
"pays du ouest", "lac Tekamamiouanne", "lac de la Pluye" & "poste du
lac des Bois" and continued hiring voyageurs through the 1740's. He seems
to have made a shift to the "post des Illinois in 1752 and continued to
hire until 1754.
Louis Gamelin: (1704 - ?)
He was the son of Ignace Gamelin & Marie-Marguerite
Lemoine, born at Batiscan, Champlain, Quebec. Louis was associated in the
fur trade with Pierre Gaultier, Sieur de la Verendrye de Varennes &
Zacherie Robutel, Sieur de la Naue in 1727 &
1728. In 1729 he was involved in the fur trade at the "poste des Folles
Avoines" with Paul Marin, Catherine Neveu & Alexis Lemoine Moniere.
In the spring & early summer of 1731 Pierre
Gaultier, Sieur de la Verendrye de Varennes was hiring men for his
mission to explore the far west, he & Louis Gamelin jointly hired Blaise
Richard, Jacques Lavallee, Antoine Lefebvre & Louis Mesnard for the
journey. The next year Louis is associated with Gaultier & his father
(Ignace) in hiring men for the "poste de Ouinepigon".
Pierre Gamelin Chateauvieux: (1667 - ?)
He was the son of Michel Gamelin dit Lafontaine
& Marguerite Crevier-Bellerive, born in Yamaska, Quebec. Pierre married
Marie-Jeanne Maugras in 1690 at Yamaska and their children were: Jacques-Joseph
(b.1691) (m.Jeanne-Angelique Giasson in 1720), Laurent-Eustache (1695-1771)
(m. Marie-Josephe Dudevoir in 1740), Pierre-Antoine (b.1697) (m.
Marie-Clemence Dufrost in 1735), Michel (b.1700) (m. Charlotte-Julie de
Catalogne in 1735), Antoine (b.1702) (m. Marie-Angelique
Hertel), Anne-Therese (1707-1733) (m.Pierre-Henri Solo/Saulau in 1727)
& Marguerite (1710-1756) (m.1st.Jean Bte.Petit in 1727 & m.2nd.Jean
Bte.Legras in 1733).
Jacques-Joseph Gamelin: 1691 - ?)
He was the son of Pierre Gamelin & Marie-Jeanne
Maugras, born at Saint-Francois-du-Lac, Yamaska, Quebec.
Pierre Gamelin (Maugra/dit Gauche) Jr.: (1697 - ?)
He was the son of Pierre Gamelin & Marie-Jeanne
Maugras, born at Saint-Francois-du-Lac, Yamaska, Quebec. Pierre II married
Marie-Clemence Dufrost (daughter of Francois-Christophe Dufrost & Marie-Renne
Gaultier) in 1735 at Saint Francois-du-Lac (she was the widow of Timothe
Sullivan married in 1720).
In 1724, Pierre hired Pierre Mongeaux to go
to Michilimackinac and the next spring hiring for "les pays d'en hault"
in partnership with de Clignancourt. Pierre shows up in the records again
in 1732 as hiring Louis Defosset & Alexis Provanche for "pays d'en
hault" and then in 1734 he & brother, Michel were hiring for Michilimackinac
& "poste de la riviere St.Joseph". He continued to hire voyageurs
in 1738 for the Illinois country, 1739 poste des Illinois & Michilimackinac,
1741 "poste du lac de Ounepigue", 1742 "poste du lac Bourdon"/"poste du
lac de la Pluye"/"poste du fort La Reine", 1743 "poste de la mer du ouest"/"poste
de la Riviere Postcoya", 1744 "poste du lac Bourbon" & "1745 Kamanistigouia".
Michel Gamelin (dit Mangras/Maugras/Gaucher): (1700 -
?)
He was the son of Pierre Gamelin & Marie-Jeanne
Maugras, born at Saint-Francois-du-Lac, Yamaska, Quebec. Michel married
Charlotte-Julie de Catalogne in 1735.
Michel was hiring for the "8iatanons" post
in 1738 and engaged to go to that post with Joseph Marie Lecuyer and Ustache
Gamelin (brother), for Alexis Lemoyne Moniere. He was hiring voyageurs
in 1741 for "Detroit et aux 8yastanons", 1743 for Detroit & poste
des Ouyas and continued hiring until 1754.
Laurent-Eustache (Ustache) Gamelin: (1695 - 1771)
He was the son of Pierre Gamelin & Marie-Jeanne
Maugras, born at Saint-Francois-du-Lac, Yamaska, Quebec. Laurent married
Marie-Josephe Dudevoir (daughter of Claude Dudevoir dit Bonvouloir &
Barbara-Elisabeth Cardinal) in 1740 at Detroit and their children were:
Marie-Josette (1741-1797), Marie-Jeanne (b.1743), Marie-Catherine (b.1744),
Agatha (b.1745) (m.Joseph Normand in 1768 at Detroit), Marie-Josephe (b.1746),
Joseph (b1748), Francois (b.1749/50), Pierre (b.1752), Hippolyte (b.1754),
Laurence Jr. (b.1755), Paul (b.1757) & Magdelene (b.1759).
In 1729 Ignace Gamelin Sr. financed his son
Joseph Gamelin (sending Thomas Blondeau to the west) & his nephew's
Michel & Laurent-Eustache Gamelin Chateauvieux to the Michilimackinac
trade. Laurent may have left his association with his brother (Michel)
by 1731, when he is found in partnership with Jean
Bte. Gaultier, Sieur de la Verendrye & Nicolas
Sarazin in the hiring of Antoine Lefebvre & Joseph le Gau Delaurier
for a trip to Michilimackinac. The next few years Laurent (Eustache/Ustache)
was hiring for "de la Manestigouia", "pays d'en haut", "la Mer du Ouest",
Michilimackinac, "poste du lac des Bois", "poste de Kamenitigouya" &
"le Nord" and in 1738 Laurent was hiring men for Detroit, "poste des 8iatanons"
& Michilimackinac..
Michel Gamelin dit Lafontaine III: (abt.1674 - ?)
He was the son of Michel Gamelin dit Lafontaine
& Marguerite Crevier-Bellerive, born in Yamaska, Quebec. Michel was
with Duluth in the west (to Michilimackinac)
in 1694-95 (with Jean Le Roy, Jacques Jobin, Jean Bte.Gastineau Duplessis,
Simon Baillarge & Charles Cusson).