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Peter Dufour (son of Peter Mathew Dufour and Ann De La Rue) was born 1711, and died date unknown.He married Mary Charlotte Gloria, Dit Desrochers on 17 Jun 1737 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, daughter of Anthony Gloria, Dit Desrochere and Mary Charlotte Auger.
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Came to Canada and married.
Peter Dufour came to Detroit in the beginning of 1739.He settled afterwards on the South Coast in the parish of the Assumption of Sandwich.
Reference:French Pioneers of the Western District
Pierre Dufour or Bonvivant set out for Detroit on 12 Apr 1738.The following year his wife came to join him.He was born in St. Malo in Brittany, son of Pierre-Mathieu Dufour and Anne deLarue at Montreal.He married Charlotte Gloria on 13 Jun 1737.He worked at the fort for several years and in 1749 was granted land on the Canadian side.Three of his sons, Pierre, Louis and Joachim, went back to Montreal.Only one Jean-Baptiste-Mathieu, appears to have settled in Essex County.
More About Peter Dufour and Mary Charlotte Gloria, Dit Desrochers:
Marriage: 17 Jun 1737, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Children of Peter Dufour and Mary Charlotte Gloria, Dit Desrochers are:
  1. Peter Anthony Dufour, b. 19 Sep 1737, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, d. date unknown.
  2. +Mary Charlotte Dufour, b. 29 Oct 1739, Detroit, d. date unknown.
  3. Catherine Dufour, b. 24 Aug 1740, Detroit, d. 23 Dec 1777, Assumption, Sandwich, Canada.
  4. Mary Louisa Bridget Dufour, b. 11 Feb 1742, Detroit, d. date unknown.
  5. +John Baptist Mathew Dufour, b. 13 Sep 1743, Detroit, d. 07 Jul 1813, Assumption, Sandwich, Canada.
  6. Charles Dufour, b. 17 Oct 1745, Detroit, d. 15 May 1758, Detroit.
  7. Joachim Dufour, b. 05 Sep 1747, Detroit, d. date unknown.
  8. Louis Dufour, b. 27 Aug 1749, Detroit, d. date unknown.
  9. Jerome Dufour, b. 05 May 1751, Detroit, d. date unknown.
  10. John Baptist Dufour, b. 31 Aug 1752, South Coast of Detroit (Sandwich, Ontario, Canada), d. date unknown.
  11. Peter Dufour, b. 13 May 1754, Detroit, d. date unknown.
  12. Angelica Dufour, b. 18 Feb 1756, Detroit, d. 23 Jan 1760, Detroit.