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 1809 - 1858 (49 years)
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| Name |
Charles LaVoy |
| Suffix |
Sr. |
| Born |
10 Aug 1809 |
Detroit, Mi  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
4 Sep 1858 |
Erie Twp, MI |
| Person ID |
I00025 |
Tombeau Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
24 Feb 2007 |
| Father |
Francois LaVoy, II, b. 30 Oct 1776, St-Philippe-de-la-Prairie , d. 13 Sep 1852, Erie, MI (Age 75 years) |
| Mother |
Marie ("White Feather") Gouin, b. 8 Feb 1790, Detroit, MI , d. 9 Sep 1852, Erie, MI (Age 62 years) |
| Married |
5 Jul 1808 |
Detroit, MI (St. Anne Church) |
| Family ID |
F0041 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Catherine Robidou, b. 25 Nov 1814, St. Antoine, River Raisin, MI , d. Aft 1860, Erie, MI (Age > 47 years) |
| Married |
18 Oct 1831 |
Erie, MI (St. Joseph Catholic Church) |
| Children |
| + | 1. Charles S. LaVoy, b. 14 Aug 1832, Erie, MI , d. 8 Feb 1913, Monroe, MI (County Infirmary) (Age 80 years) |
| | 2. David LaVoy, b. 5 Dec 1833, Erie, MI , d. Bef 1860, Erie, MI (?) (Age < 26 years) |
| | 3. Benjamin LaVoy, b. Abt 1835 |
| + | 4. Toussaint LaVoy, b. 1 Nov 1836, Erie, MI , d. 24 Feb 1911, Erie, MI (Age 74 years) |
| + | 5. Francis C. LaVoy, J.P., b. 17 Mar 1838, Ohio , d. 17 Apr 1916, Erie, MI (St. Joseph Cemetery, Erie, MI) (Age 78 years) |
| + | 6. Hubert LaVoy, b. 1840, d. Bef 1924, Toledo, OH (?) (Age < 84 years) |
| + | 7. Moses LaVoy, Sr., b. 1841, Erie, Mi , d. 19 Dec 1929, Stateline Home (Toledo, Ohio) (Age 88 years) |
| + | 8. Mary LaVoy, b. 1845, Erie, MI , d. 27 Mar 1933, Ottawa Lake, Monroe Co, MI (Age 88 years) |
| + | 9. Esther LaVoy, b. 1848, Erie, MI , d. Aft 1920, Toledo, OH (Age > 73 years) |
| | 10. Stasilia Catherine LaVoy, b. 19 Apr 1852, Erie, MI , d. Bef 1858, Erie, MI (Age < 5 years) |
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| Family ID |
F0040 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Charles LaVoy, Sr: The First American-Born LaVoy
Charles LaVoy, Sr., was the first born of the nine known children of Francois LaVoy and Marie Gouin. He was born on 10 August 1809 at Detroit in his parent's home in the great swamp that has since become Grosse Pointe. He was baptized at Ste. Anne's by none other than the great Fr. Gabriel Richard, the Sulpician priest from Paris who helped found the University of Michigan, brought the first prining press to Michigan and served as a representative in Congress.
Charles LaVoy, Sr., was married on 18 October 1831 in St. Joseph's Church in Erie, MI, to Cathrine Robidou. She was the daughter of Louis Robidou and Archange Bernard and had been born at St. Antoine, River Raisin, which is the modern day Monroe. MI, on 25 November 1814.
(The writer holds an ancient French Bible given to him by his Great-aunt Julia LaVoy Deszell, who had it of her father Moses LaVoy, Sr., who in turn may have recieved it from a maternal uncle of the Robidou Family as the births of several Robidou children are recorded in it in both English and French.)
The membership of Charles and Catherine's family can be viewed in the 1850 Federal Census for Monroe County, Erie Twp., as it was on November 22, 1850 (p.313, 105):
Charles LaVoy, age 41, farmer, value of real estate: $2,000
Catherine LaVoy, age 36, wife
David LaVoy, age 17
Toussaint LaVoy, age 14
Francis LaVoy, age 12
Hubert, age 11
Moses, age 9
Mary, age 5
Esther, age 7
As Charles, Jr, is not mentioned in the above entry, it is assumed he was working as a farm hand on another man's farm at this time, as was the custom of the time for older children.
It is believed, based upon the statements of oral tradition made by Mrs. Esther Templin that the Charles LaVoy home was 8720 Suder Rd. in Erie Township. This home was discussed earlier in this history in the section on Charles' father.
Charles LaVoy died at the age of 49 in Erie on 4 September 1858. (Probate Records, Monroe County) His grandson, my great-uncle Frederick LaVoy, stated he had been killed by a reindeer jumping over his sleigh. Allowing for the distortions in the memory of a young child, when Uncle Fred may have been told of his grandfather's death, the essentials are still credible: that Charles LaVoy, Sr, was killed while in his horse-drawn vehicle when a deer jumped into it or upset it in early September. This would account for Charles Sr.'s premature death at age 49.
In addtion to farming, in an article that appeared in the September 9, 1957, Toledo News-Bee, one of his grandsons states that Charles was also an interpreter among northern Indian tribes.
Catherine Robidou died after 1870. She is found in the 1860 Federal Census managing her late husband's farm with her sons, Francis, age 21, Moses, age 19, and daughters Mary, age 15, and Esther, age 12. Subsequent to this it is believed that her son Francis bought and managed the family property.
In the 1870 Census Catherine is found living with her daughter Esther and her husband Alexander Poulin in Whiteford Township (Monroe County, MI).
As Catherine is missing from the 1880 Census, it is presumed she died in the 1870's in Monroe County, probably in Whiteford . She died between the ages of 57 and 67.
Charles LaVoy, Sr., and Catherine Robidou had ten known children: I-1: Charles S. LaVoy; I-2: David LaVoy; I-3: Benjamin (?) LaVoy; I-4: Toussiant LaVoy; I-5: Francis C. LaVoy; I-6: Hubert LaVoy; I-7: Moses LaVoy, Sr.; I-8: Mary LaVoy; I-9: Esther LaVoy; and I-10: Stasilia Catherine LaVoy.
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