Sherri,
I am deepy appreciative for your answering my query and I am amazed at the information about Francois Paille, who was the wife of Nicholas Bodin dit Miragouin. For years, I have been researching both, Nicholas and Francoise, and trying to connect Nicholas Bodin's Bodin family to the Bodin family of Gregoire Bodin, who lived in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. From my research, I find both, Nicholas and now Francoise, very, very amazing people. It is not wonder that one of their grandsons was Jean Lafitte, the pirate, and another grandson was Pierre Lafitte, who masterminded the whole masquarade and operation of the colorful brothers Lafitte. Actually, Nicholas and Francoise are some of the oldest settlers in Mobile. I know that by the year of 1760 that Francois Paille, who was then the widow of Nicholas Bodin dit Miragouin, was living in Pointe Coupee Parish, Loiusiana, and ironically there is a little town called, Miragouin, located just over the I 10 spillway going towards Baton Rouge, La from Lafayette, La. I wonder if that is not the place of her plantation. Then probably after the death of her daughter, Marie Ann Josephe Bodin dit Miragouin, who was the wife of Andre Claude Boutte, Francoise Paille is found livinging in New Orleans in the French Quarter with her son in law, Andre Claude Boutte, and his five sons, I think it is very proable to say that Francoise Paille came to live with the Boutte family to help raise the youngest son, Jean baptiste, after the death of his mother and also to run the Boutte household. Also, in the year of 1760, Andre Claude Boutte purchases a slave woman from his mother in law, Francoise Paille, and that slave woman, who was named Fanchon, and the real name of the slave woman was Francoise, became the mistress of Andre Claude Boutte and bore him four sons, Claude, Hilaire, Pierre, and Phillpeaux, and one daughter, Rosette, who became the mistress of Claude Frilot.
Also, the Juchereau family, which I am also familar with is related to the first Spanish Governor, don Antiono Ulloa as Ulloa married one of the Ramon girls, whose sister was married to Louis Juchereau, and the Juchereau family also goes by the name of St. Denys. And the Juchereau family is also related to the DeBlanc family from New Iberia, Louisina and Nachitoches, Louisiana.
My name is Kitty Courts and I live between the towns of New Iberia and Jeanerette, Louisiana on a sugarcane plantation. I do research and write books, and this is how I got led on to all these people.
I will check out that web site on the Canadians, and I thank you so much for telling me about it.
Also, you might want to read this novel as it is about Louis Juchereau Saint Dennis, which is really spelled St. Denys, and his career and finding, meeting, and marrying Manuela Ramon, whose sister was married to Ulloa. YOu might find this novel very interesting, the title of the novel is "River Temptress" and the author is Myra Rowe, and it was published by zebra books, kensington publishing company, and it was copyrighted in 1987, and the ISBN # is ISBN 0-8217-2227-1. Hope that you enjoy the book!
Thank you so very much for answering my query, I sincerely appreciate it very much, thank you, kitty courts