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- Mary Helen Haines notes:
According to information I found from: http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/desrosiers/733/
The immigrant ancestor to our DeGuire family was Francois DeGuire Dit LaRose. He was born in 1641 in Aquitaine, France and was a weaver and farmer. He came to Canada in 1665 as a soldier. He married Marie Rose Colin in St. Ours, Quebec, Canada. He was given the nickname LaRose by the army and it was then passed down to his descendants. He died in 1699 in Montreal.
Next in line is Jean Joseph DeGuire dit LaRose, born 1674 in Quebec, married to Marie Catherine Menard dit St. Onge in 1701, died 1719 in Montreal, Quebec.
Next: Andre DeGuire dit LaRose, born 1692 (so how did that work with the marriage in 1701?), married Elizabeath Bourbonnis in Kaskaskia, Fayette, Illinois. Andre died in 1787 in Ste. Genevieve which was part of Spanish territory at that time.
Andre and Elizabeth are parents of Andre DeGuire dit LaRose, born 1729 in Fayette, Illinois. Married to Marguerite Govereau in 1759 at Fort de Chartres, Illinois Territory. Andre died 1799 in Ste. Genevieve
Andrew and Marguerite are parents ot Paul DeGuire, born 1766 in Ste Genevieve, married to Marianna Golliott Det Lachance in 1792 in Ste Genevieve. Paul died April 1824 in Fredericktown, Madison Co. MO. This is the Paul below.
From the research of a descendant of Marianna Golliott Dit Lachance at http://mjgen.com/colyott/1Nicholas.html
" In 1799, Ste. Genevieve had 949 people and St. Louis had 925. At that time Ste. Genevieve was the biggest trading post and people came from St. Louis to Ste. Genevieve to buy supplies. Also "in 1799 the inhabitants of Nouvelle Bourbon voluntarily made a patriotic war contribution to aid the King of Spain." These included Antoine Lachance, carpenter; Paul DeGuire, armorer; Pierre Chevalier, planter; Gabriel Lachance, planter; Joseph Lachance, carpenter. [History of Missouri, p. 367.]
May 12, 1799, in the Spring right after Nicholas Sr. died, a group of 13 families--mostly Caillots and DeGuires--petitioned Don Zenon Trudeau (Lieutenant Colonel, Captain of the regiment stationed in Louisiana and Governor of the Western part of the Illinois) for land. They had first expressed interest in this particular land to Don Trudeau by Jan., 1798. "In 1800, Francois Valle explained to Lt. Governor Delassus that he did not know what title 3 residents of New Bourbon--Paul Deguire, Francois Lachance, and Jerome Matisse--had to land near Mine La Motte upon which they had built a cabin, 'but I can tell you that their ancestors were old settlers at this post.' Tradition, family name, and customary rights counted heavily in the Illinois Country." [Colonial Ste. Genevieve, p. 154.]
Each man was granted 400 arpents of land (an arpent is about 4/5 of an acre) situated between the Saline River and Castor River (or Village Creek) in what in now Madison County, Missouri. These families moved there and began a settlement called St. Michael's. "Nicholas Calliot, the father of these men, had been a 'Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael' and this accounts for the name chosen for the new village." [History of Madison County, p. 10.]
From Nov. 1811 to March 1812 the whole area was affected by a series of powerful earthquakes that changed the course of the Mississippi River in some places. One eyewitness on the Illinois side said, "the ground would shake and then rock and roll in long waves." He said in these long continued rollings, the tall timber would weave their tops together, interlock their branches, then part and fly back the other way, and when they did this "the blossom ends of the limbs would pop like whip lashes; and the ground was covered with broken stuff." Large areas of land sank and were filled with water. (pictures of quake effects.) [See also: The New Madrid Earthquakes]
In 1814 flooding caused the original site of St. Michael's to be moved to higher ground and the name was changed to Fredericktown. [This area now is part of Madison Co, which was not formed until 1818, so records on them after their move will still be in Ste. Genevieve until 1818.]
The group that moved to St. Michael's (later, renamed Fredericktown):
1. Nicholas Caillot II & Judith (Boyer)
2. Antoine Caillot & Felicite (D'Amour dit DeLouviere)
3. Gabriel Caillot & Marie Ann (D'Amour-DeLouviere)
4. Francois Caillot & Pelagie (DeGuire) - daughter of Andre DeGuire
5. Joseph Caillot & Julie (LaCroix) - granddaughter of Andre DeGuire
6. Michel Caillot & Elizabeth (Roussell)
7. Paul DeGuire & Marie Ann (Caillot) - son of Andre DeGuire
8. Pierre Chevallier & Pelagie (Caillot)
9. Andre DeGuire dit LaRose - father-in-law of Francois Caillot & Marie Ann Caillot, & grandfather-in-law of Joseph Caillot
10. Baptist DeGuire - son (or brother) of Andre
11. Gabriel Nicholl
12. Jerome Matis
13. Pierre Viriat
In 1800 Spain ceded the land west of the Mississippi back to the French with formal possession made in 1802. It is interesting to note that after 40 years of Spanish rule, there was virtually no Spanish influence on the culture, customs and language of these people. They spoke a conglomerate dialect of French, Indian and English until about 1840 by which time the English had gradually overpowered, intermarried, and outnumbered them.
In 1803 the Louisiana Territory was sold to the United States and the Lewis & Clark Expedition took place in 1804. When Capt. Amos Stoddard took possession of Upper Louisiana from the Spanish on Mar. 9, 1804, the French settlers were both bewildered and troubled by these changes. One report declares that the "older inhabitants took it sadly to heart." Once again they had been traded away by their own countrymen. Stoddard described the reaction of the Creoles to the deal as follows: "they seemed to feel as if they had been sold in open market, and by this means degraded..."
Missouri Territory Land Claims mentioned two of Nicholas' sons: In 1803 "John B. Caillot" settled on the bayou 3-4 miles below the village in New Madrid County; and "Francois Caillot" settled in Jan., 1809 on the Big Marsh, Ste. Genevieve. (See: Early Settlers of Missouri as Taken from Land Claims in the Missouri Territory)
A few sources:
George Rogers Clark Adventure in the Illinois, by Seineke, 1981
The Story of Old Ste. Genevieve, by Franzwa, 1999
Colonial Ste. Genevieve, by Ekberg, 1996
History of Missouri, by Houck, 1908
History of Madison County, by H.C. Thompson, 1940
First Families of Louisiana, by Cinrad, 1969
History of Southeast Missouri: (Embracing Counties of Ste. Genevieve...Madison...), 1998
Early Settlers of Missouri as Taken from Land Claims in the Missouri Territory, by Lowrie, 1986"
my research:
I found a Paul DeGuire, who I assume is Francois's father. He claimed 640 acres between east fork of St. Francis river and Castor Creek, county of St. Genevieve on March 26, 1813 -(now the county of Madison). Witnesses swore that Paul DeGuire had a sugar camp on this tract in 1804 and had made sugar every year to this time. Another witness said that Paul Deguire was born in this country, then the province of Upper Louisiana, and that the claimant built a cabin on the land in 1803, had a wife and four or five children at the time, and that one Charles L. Byrd came in and pretended to have a concession there and compelled the claimant to give up the same. Record book F, page 95
I found DeGuires with deed records in this area (part of the Louisiana territory owned by Spain) dating back to 1768. There was an Andre DeGuire in 1768 record, a Jean Baptiste DeGuire in 1781, and a dit. LaRose DeGuire in 1788. Those records are in the Ste. Genevieve Colonial Court Records, FHL #1986739.
I also found these claims made for the Missouri Territory:
In 33 N, Range 7E, which is St. Michael, which becomes Fredericktown in Madison County
Francis DeGuire, on Jan. 24, 1837 for 156.38 acres
Francis B. DeGuire, in 1850 for 47.5 acres
Paul DeGuire in 1848 for 148.46 acres
I assume the Francis DeGuire is our guy. The other two would be relatives. When our Frances Paul DeGuire moves to Texas, his relatives stay and are found in census records there. The last time I found F.P. DeGuire was in the 1860 census when he was living with Jasper Newton DeGuire in Beat 4, Fannin County. They are living next to J.P. Eaton, the family of James R. Eaton who marries Mollie Cox.
I found a Paul DeGuire, who I assume is Francois's father. He claimed 640 acres between east fork of St. Francis river and Castor Creek, county of St. Genevieve on March 26, 1813 -(now the county of Madison). Witnesses swore that Paul DeGuire had a sugar camp on this tract in 1804 and had made sugar every year to this time. Another witness said that Paul Deguire was born in this country, then the province of Upper Louisiana, and that the claimant built a cabin on the land in 1803, had a wife and four or five children at the time, and that one Charles L. Byrd came in and pretended to have a concession there and compelled the claimant to give up the same. Record book F, page 95
I found DeGuires with deed records in this area (part of the Louisiana territory owned by Spain) dating back to 1768. There was an Andre DeGuire in 1768 record, a Jean Baptiste DeGuire in 1781, and a dit. LaRose DeGuire in 1788. Those records are in the Ste. Genevieve Colonial Court Records, FHL #1986739.
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1797 - 1876 (62 years)
