Fran, The way he have given the details is how Marthe Faribault Beauregard also records the information in her transcription of records. However, when I looked at the records on microfilm, I noticed that the baptism record for _Pierre_ Bisaillon on 13 November 1703, has _no first name_ for the father, only a P for the Latin word for father. The mother's name is given as Marie Therese Osuresa. The priest performing the baptism was Father Gravier, s.j., and the godparents were Pierre Champagne and Elizabeth, no last name given There is no indication the birth is illegitimate. All other entries in this section also have a "P:" for father, most of the time followed by a first and last name. There is also a Marie Bisaillon, baptized 22 February 1699, no father's first name given, mother's name Marie Therese; godparents Antoine Baillargeon and Marie Aco, his wife. Father Julien Bineteau, s.j. Again, no indication the birth is illegitimate. Since _Michel_ Bisaillon can be documented in the Illinois - Kaskaskia area at the time and testified in 1714 that he had twice been married by Catholic priests, named Bineteau and Mermet, to Native women, who were both deceased prior to his next marriage, at least one of these above children with no father's first name is most assuredly Michel's, and most probably both of them are. Father Mermet served among the Ilinois and also at St. Joseph des Miamis (Niles, Michigan) Early records for this latter place are missing, but Michel Bisaillon was most assuredly there at some point in time. There is an illegitimate child named Michel Bisaillon, born in March, baptized 20 April 1712, no father's first name given, mother's name Akensamac8a; godfather Joseph Leris, godmother's name omitted. Signed by Jos. M. de Villers, captain. Father Gabriel Marest. Michel was definitely in the area at the time the child would have been conceived; then he led Natives to Detroit in the spring of 1712 to fight the Fox / Renards / Mesquakis when they attacked Fort Pontchartrain and the Native allies of the French there in May. Before that time Michel Bisaillon had married at Detroit on 30 June 1710 to Marguerite Fafard dite Delorme. You can read some of Michel's "justification" for his alleged mis-behavior among the Illinois and my citation of a judicial inquiry in 1714, at Roots, Racines, Késsinimek, Part 6, July 2003, and Part 10, November 2003, footnote 22. http://www.leveillee.net/roots/index.html Make your own mind up. I am positive the name _Pierre_ as father does not appear on the microfilm version of the Kaskaskia records I have copied. Suzanne Suzanne Boivin Sommerville In a message dated 4/4/2005 2:46:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, QUEBEC-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: X-Message: #1 Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 14:19:22 EDT From: WFrantastic@aol.com To: QUEBEC-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <1dc.3a2141ed.2f818daa@aol.com> Subject: Pierre Bisaillon Marriage Kaskaskia & Children Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Looking for some "official" documention of Pierre Bisaillon's Children and perhaps spouses this is what I was so graciously given and it is good material. I am wondering if any one has any thing to add to it. "Pierre Bisiallon and Marie Therese Osunesa were listed as the parents for their children Pierre and Marie. Michel is listed as fils illegitime [illegitimate son] of Pierre Bisaillon and Marie Asemgamesoua. This information comes from: Parish Records of Notre-Dame de l'Immaculee Conception des Kaskakias, 1695-1799 Registre Illinois: Kaskaskia Publication: Ottawa, ON: National Archives of Canada" Thanks for helping Fran Wilcox