Francois Chauvin (1809 - 1870)

Ancestors

Husband of Francoise Desjarlais — married 15 Jan 1833 in St-Pierre, Raleigh, Tilbury East, Kent, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 15 Oct 1870 at age 61 in Pointe aux Roches, Tilbury West, Essex, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Francois was born on 3 Apr 1809. ^[1] He was the son of Pierre Chauvin and Angelique Dumais.

He was married Francoise Desjarlais in St-Pierre Church, Raleigh, Tilbury East on 15 Jan 1833 ^[2]

He was the founder and proprietor of the Goose Inn Tavern on the stagecoach road in St.Clair Beach, Pointe aux Roches, Essex, Ontario. ^[3]

In later years he abandoned his hotel and engaged in farming. One day, as he was crossing a rail fence in one of his corn fields, the discharge of a shotgun from quail hunters lodged in his face. The effect was immediate blindness and subsequent madness. ^[4]

He passed away on 15 Oct 1870. Cause of death was suicide by hanging. He was buried in the parish cemetery in Pointe aux Roches.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Ontario, Canada, Roman Catholic Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1760-1923; Diocese of London Archives, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. Filmstrip image 15of 517 https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/61505/images/FS_005107227_00019?pId=898560 Registre Paroisse St-Pierre (1802-1888), Raleigh, Tilbury East, Kent, Ontario, Canada. Citant: Francois Chauvin, baptisé 21 avril 1809, né 3 avril. Parents: Pierre Chauvin et Angelique Dumais.
2. ↑ https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogy=Francois_Chauvin&pid=1220969&lng=en&partID=1220970
3. ↑ https://alifeinessexcounty.wordpress.com/tag/st-joachim/ Rev Joseph Emery, wrote a history of St-Joachim in 1943, in which he wrote.. Beginning in 1827, a stage coach carried the mail from Chatham to Windsor, going by the Tecumseh Road, #39 Highway. To accommodate the travellers, some hotels were built. One hotel was the River Ruscom Hotel, of which Oscar Ray is the owner today; and the Goose House Inn at Stoney Point owned by Mr. Damphouse was another. (Francois Chauvin founded this Inn). The stage coach stopped at these places to change horses, and there the traveller could eat, sleep and refresh himself and warm himself in the winter. The Goose House Inn got its name from the number of wild geese which came there every autumn and which the proprietor killed and served at mealtime. About 1852 or 53 the construction of the first railway in Western Ontario was begun. It was the Great Western, which was called The Grand Trunk in 1882, and the Canadian National in 1922. The work was done with horses and men. The bridges and sleepers required a quanitity of oak to make them. The first railway was finished and the first train rolled triumphantly across the country to the future parish of St. Joachim, on January 17, 1854.
4. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-windsor-star-stoney-point-just-a-sh/84815632/ Stoney Point, Just a Shadow of Former village. The Windsor Daily Star, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Sat, Sep 9, 1933, Page 17 Article about the Pointe aux Roches Stoney Point.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223789886/francois-chauvin: accessed 25 November 2023), memorial page for Francois Chauvin (3 Apr 1809–15 Oct 1870), Find a Grave Memorial ID 223789886, citing Annunciation Cemetery, Stoney Point, Essex County, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Gilles Caron (contributor 48516724).

• Ontario, Canada, Roman Catholic Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1760-1923; mariage https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/61505/images/FS_005107227_00118?pId=899446

• 1861 Census of Canada; https://www.ancestry.ca/family-tree/person/tree/71250878/person/122530244303/hints

• Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1948; suicide by hanging https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/8946/images/ONMS935_2-0423?pId=863415

• Ontario, Canada, Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1802-1967; sepulture https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/1109/images/d13p_32220167?pId=807282

• A Scrapbook of our past, Pointe aux Roches / Stoney Point - articles collected and arranged by Mellissa Cowan Patrick. Citing article 3 Sept 1933, mentions Francois Chauvin, and the Goose Inn in Pointe aux Roches.

• https://www.morganlefay.ca/CD/Richards%20en/INDIs3/II1232.html