Pierre Cholette

1840 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Pierre Cholette
  Christened	4 Oct 1840	St. Polycarpe, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Additonal information	7 Jul 1845	St. Polycarpe, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada   [2]
  	Pierre, along with his brother Toussaint and cousin Pierre Doucet, was kidnapped. Pierre Doucet, age 6, Pierre Cholet, age 5 and Toussaint Cholet, age 4 years, were sold to a sea captain. Pierre Doucet died aboard ship on the way to France. Pierre and Toussaint Cholet spent their childhood in St. Malo, France before they were pressed into service as ship's boys. Pierre's name was changed to Louis Marin and Toussaint's to Toussaint Marin. At the age of 30, he and his brother Toussaint deserted ship at Labrador. Toussaint died shortly after they deserted. Pierre then began a ten year odyssey to find his parents. He did find them, when he was about 40 years old, in September of 1880, at St. Polycarpe.
  Name	Louis Marin
  Name	Peter Cholette  [3]
  _UID	CB6FA74961B544E98FAA501190B5A6322464
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I6705	Lirette Family Tree
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2019

  
  

  Father	Hyacinthe Cholette,   b. 13 Dec 1803, Les Cedres, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 5 Jan 1894, St. Polycarpe, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Angelique Andre dit St. Amand,   c. 17 Jun 1818, Les Cedres, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	16 Jan 1838	St. Polycarpe, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F215	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marie Anne Levacque,   b. 24 Aug 1860, St. Polycarpe, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 30 May 1889, Monrreal, Quebec, Canada  (Age 28 years)
  Married	20 Feb 1882	St. Raphael, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2019
  Family ID	F6042	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Kidnapped at about 5 years old

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Drouin Collection - Quebec, Gabriel Drouin, ((ancestry.com : 2008)), accessed 22 Jan 2010), 1840, Baptism - B 167; St. Polycarpe. (Reliability: 4), 22 Jan 2010. [S174] Pierre Cholet, Lost & Found, Jean Baptiste Proulx, (New York, New York: J. R. Koenig, 2007.) (Reliability: 4), 19 Dec 2012. [S264] Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1826-1937, Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ((www.ancestry.com : 2018)), accessed 10 Apr 2019), 1882 - Marriage, nbr 24 10947, of Peter Cholet and Hannah Leveque; 1882 - Marriages in St. Raphael, Glengarry County, Ontario. (Reliability: 3), 10 Apr 2019. [S34] Soulanges county, marriages, Hubert Agenor Houle, (H. A. Houle, 1977), 971.4265 K29h., 971.4265 K29h (Reliability: 4), 14 Nov 2002.