Joseph Dupuis (?-?) and Françoise Creely (?-1826)

Joseph Dupuis

Born: ? in Canada.¹

Married: Françoise Creely, 13 May 1774 in Kaskaskia, Randolph, Illinois.¹

Died: Before 10 September 1784.²

Françoise Creely Parents Second marriage

Born: ? in Kaskaskia, Randolph, Illinois.¹

Died: 24 March 1826.³

Buried: 26 March 1826 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.³

Children

1. Joseph Dupuis (born 28 October 1774,⁴ and christened 29 October 1774 in Kaskaskia, Randolph, Illinois⁵).

Notes on Joseph Dupuis

Was the son of René Dupuis and Marianne Pinsonneau.¹
Was illiterate and signed with a mark.⁴

Notes on Françoise Creely

Was illiterate and signed with a mark.⁴
She was the godmother of Elizabeth Creely, her niece.⁵

Sources

1. Beauregard, Marthe F. La population des forts fraçais d'Amérique, v. 2, p. 88.

2. Register of Old Cathedral parish, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (marriage record, 10 September 1784). This is the record of his wife's second marriage, in which she is referred to as a widow.

3. Register of Old Cathedral parish, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (burial record, 26 March 1826).

4. Kaskaskia property records (translated), #918.

5. Beauregard, v. 2, p. 123.