French Ancestors of Detroit

I have many French Ancestors on my moms side that  are from the Detroit River Region.

Some of them were farmers on Belle Isle.

Family names of DuCharme Charron, Rivard, & Reaume are some of my french farming families.

 

#1 List of Family names

My French Canadien Names [some more need to be added]

Achon

Aide Crequy

Amange

Amyot

Anceaume

Andieu

Andouin

Archambault

Aubert

Aubin

Aubuchon

Avrand

Baron

Beaudet dit DuCap which turned into DuCap

Belanger

Billot

BiVille

Bouchard

Bourdon

Brisson

Brunelle

Brunet

Bunel

Campeau

Caron

Chapacou

Chapitrelle

Charette

Charier

Charles

Charpentier  which lost its “h” so turned into Carpentier

Charron DuCharme

Chauvigneau

Chauvin

Chemereaux

Chevreau

Coignet

Dodier

Fortin

Gauron

Gille

Girard

Guertin

Guyon

Halay

Hebert

Huppe Lacroix

Jacques

Julien

Lecamus

LePicard

Lombrette

Luineau

Maillot dit LaViolette

Meunier

Milot

Niel

Paquet

Picaud

Racine

Ranger

Reaume

Regnaud

Saint Denis

Savignac

Sedilot

Sigouin

Simard

Spiegel spelling may vary

Sylvestre which turned into Sylvester

Tessier some family cousins use the spelling as Tacey

Testu Boisdon

Tremblay

Veronneu

Verville which was originally Boucher

Vezina