Pierre Ledoux was a Canadian First Peoples and member of the Metis Nation.
Son of Pierre Ledoux and Madeleine la Sauteuse (Indian).
Metis Roots
Scrip affidavit for Ledoux, Pierre; born: 1805; father: Pierre Ledoux (French Canadian); mother: Madeleine la Sauteuse (Indian); claim no: 1288; scrip no: 10232; date of issue: 21 August 1876; amount: $160. Note birth year of 1805 differs with Find a Grave source.[1]
The children of Pierre Ledoux and Susanne Short[2]:
Pierre Ledoux b. 15 Jan 1830, m. Marie Monet dit Belhumeur, m. Euphrosine Piche (daughter of Louis Piche and Angelique Lepine)
Magdelaine Ledoux b. 5 Nov 1832, m. Antoine Houle (son of Antoine Houle and Josephte Lauzon)
Marguerite Ledoux b. 5 Dec 1834, m. Francois Richard (son of Francois Richard and Marguerite, a Saulteaux woman)
Alexis Ledoux b. 16 Nov 1836, m. Madeleine Chalifoux (daughter of Michel Chalifoux and Francoise Piche (?)), m. Clemence Fleury
Louis Ledoux b. 10 Jan 1839, m. Adelaide Pepin (daughter of Narcisse Pepin and Marie Beaulieu)
Suzanne Ledoux b. 9 Nov 1841, m. Louis Larocque (son of Louis Larocque and Judith Guilbault) (brother to Flavie Larocque?)
Burial at St Eustache, St. François Xavier, Manitoba in 1885, Burial record here.
Glenbow Archives, Warren Sinclair's Metis Genealogy collection, University of Calgary. - Ledoux.
Marriage to Marie Louise Desjarlais, born abt 1822, daughter of Antoine Desjarlais (Indian) and Marie Alexis (Métis). 1870 Census with wife Marie, viewable here and here and Scrip Affidavit for Marie Louise viewable here.
Marriage to Susanna Short: Manitoba, Canada, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1834-1959; Provincial Archives of Manitoba, viewable here.
I worked to get it right the first time, but as we know... mistakes happen, times change and so does access to information. Please add to or correct this profile based on sourced fact. Thanks. Morgan Mulligan
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