René Bourassa (1718–1792)

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70. René Bourassa (1718–1792)
Direct son of René Bourassa dit La Ronde and Agnès Gagné, born at La Prairie on 1 June 1718. Contemporary Michilimackinac records call him René Bourassa, fils / the younger and identify Agnès as his mother. On 3 August 1744 he married Anne-Charlotte-Véronique Chevalier; the same record acknowledged their son René-François, with elder René as godfather. Their son Daniel was born at Michilimackinac on 8 October 1752. A historical note in the Mackinac Letter Book states that this René was buried at Detroit on 24 November 1792. He is not René-Clément Bourassa, the separate half-brother from elder René’s second marriage.