Addendum: The Beaudoin Family (Bowdoin, Baudoin, Baudin, Bowden, Bodin) Colonial Settlement Jean Baudouin (? - 1733) Jesuit Missionary emigrated to America in 1667, and was referred to the Quebec as the Richelieu of old Count Frontenac. He became the Superior of all Jesuits in America and in later years was established in St. Louis and for a short while in New Orleans. I. Dr. Gervais Baudouin (? - 1728) emigrated from France to Quebec, New France November 6, 1683. During the Governorship of Frontenac, he served as the Governor's personal physician. In 1686, he married Anne Aubert, daughter of a French provincial Seigneur. He was granted by Frontenac two vast seignories, one of which was located in Canada and the other in Louisiana. Old records refer to him as Seigneur and legend states that his vast land holdings in Canada were located some 65 to 70 miles northwest of Montreal. His landholdings referred to as the Seignory of Saint Lissac were vast and he is said to have enjoyed mineral rights and trapping rights to more than a million and a half acres. The Chateau was situated on an island in the Saint Lissac Lake. His wife's brother was one of the Provincial Governors of Louyisiana. Issue: Marie Anne; Gervais; Genevieve; five other children died young; Andre (killed in boyhood); Louis (born in 1694, killed in the defense of Quebec); Elizabeth. II. Dr. Gervais Beaudoin (August 3, 1686 - 1752) son of Dr. Gervais and Anne Aubert married first Therese Guyon, a relative of the famous explorers, the Le Moynes. Issue: Anne Therese; Charles Louis (born 1717, became a Priest in 1742); Gervais; Jean Francois; Emmanuel Louis; Marie Angelique; Joseph Ignace; Louise Madeleine; Marie Agathe; Marguerite; one child died young. He married second Marthe Marcou. Issue: Marie Marthe. Dr. Gervais had an active career as a doctor and administrator. III. Emmanuel Louis Baudouin (Beaudoin) (1720 - ?) son of Dr. Gervais and Therese Guyon was a godson by courtesy of his uncle Andre (killed when a boy) and successfully laid claim to the Louisiana Seignory which apparently had been bestowed on Andre. The tract of land was situated in St. Charles and St. James Parishes. Emmanuel became the ancestor of the Beaudoins (Bowdoins, Bowdens) of Louisiana and of the south. III. Gervais Baudoin (1715 - 1790) son of Dr. Gervais and Therese Guyon married Angelique Du Bois in 1745. Issue: Francois; Charlotte; Antoine; Jean Baptiste (died young). IV. Colonel Andre Beaudoin son of Emmanuel Louis became an officer in the Spanis Provincial Government which took over Louisiana. He is said to have induced Captain Jean LaFitte, the famous Pirate Captain to join forces with General Andrew Jackson's Army which defeated the British on the fields of Chalmette below New Orleans in 1816. (The Pirates did an excellent job of sacking the British Fleet anchored in the New Orleans Harbor). One of Andre's sons became Mayor of New Orleans in the 1830's, but for the most part the family retired from the city to become farmers. IV. Francois Baudoin (1746 - January 10, 1790) son of Gervais (third) and Angelique Du Bois Baudoin married Marie Anne Aubry. Issue: Francois; Joseph. V. Francois Baudoin Jr. (Beaudoin) (1764 - ?) son of Francois and Marie Anne Aubry married Marguerite Descoteaux in 1791. Issue: Francois (third); Jean Baptiste. V. Joseph Beaudoin (1765 - ?) son of Francois and Marie Anne Aubry married Francoise Coltret. Issue: Frandois, Michel. VI. Francois Beaudoin (Third) (1794 - ?) son of Francois Jr. and Marguerite Descoteaux married Marie Louis D'Alembert in 1821 at Rochefort, Canada. Issue: Francois (fourth); six other children whose names are not listed.) VII. Francois Beaudoin (Fourth) (1827 - ?) son of Francois (third) and Marie D'Alembert married first --. Isue: 11 children (names not listed, heads of several Canadian branches and possibly of some of the Massachusetts branches of the family). He married second --. Issue: 7 children (names not listed, on of these is ancestor of midwestern branch of the family). He married third --. Issue: three children whose names are not listed. He married fourth Mary Smith a Embrun. Issue: Francois (born 1866, his descendants settled in Detroit, Michigan); Louis Napoleon; Francois Xavier (born in 1873, his descendants settled in Syracuse, New York). VII. Louis Napoleon Beaudoin (1870 - 1950) son of Francois (fourth) and Mary Smith a Embrun married Rose de Lima Bertschaume. In 1887, they removed from Hull, Canada to Cadillac, Michigan. Louis prospered in business and acquired considerable property. Issue: Napoleon Jr.; William Francois; Arthur; Emil; Lawrence; Josephine; Florence. IX. Napooleon Beaudoin Jr. (January 15, 1893 - 1928) son of Louis Napoleon and Rose Bertschaume married Margaret Mellon (second cousin of Andrew Mellon, financier and former Secretary of the Treasury of the United States). Napoleon served gallantly in the Navy in World War I. Issue: Edwin Thomas; Margaret; Richard. IX. William Francois Beaudoin (July 12, 1894 - ) son of Louis Napoleon and Rose Bertschaume married Edna Jacobs in 1921. Issue: William Jr.; Marilyn. IX. Arthur Joseph Baoudoin (September 29, 1896 - ) son of Louis Napoleon and Rose Bertschaume married Ruth Derrer Boyce in April 1913. Issue: Kenneth Lawrence. He removed to Memphis, Tennessee. IX. Lawrence Beaudoin (June 25, 1901 - ) son of Louis Napoleon and Rose Bertschaume married Gladys Jenkins in 1922. Issue: John; Lawrence Jr. He removed to Grand Rapids, Michigan. X. Edwin Thomas Beaudoin (February 3, 1919 - ) son of Napoleon Jr. and Margaret Mellon married Mary Lezotte. Issue: Robert J. (born May 15, 1945); Jame L. (born March 22, 1949). He served with distinction in World War II. X. Richard Beaudoin (April 3, 1927 - ) son of Napoleon Jr. and Margaret Mellon served with distinction in the U. S. Navy in World War II. He married Irene Swansey. Issue: Charles David (born March 13, 1945); Richarda Ann. X. William Francois Beaudoin Jr. (March 10, 1922 - ) son of William Francois and Edna Jacobs married Patricia Ann Daum. Issue: Patricia Ann; Gregory David (born February 14, 1947). William served in the U. S. Army in World War II. X. Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin (December 12, 1913 - ) son of Arthur Joseph and Ruth Boyce was born in Elmira, Michigan but was educated principally in Memphis, Tennessee. He graduated State College in 1935. He was editor of the Iconograph between 1940 and 1947.