{"id":6193,"date":"2026-05-23T08:22:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T12:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp268347.wpdns.ca\/?page_id=6193"},"modified":"2026-05-23T08:23:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T12:23:41","slug":"michel-voyages-e","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/famillemessierfamily.org\/en\/michel-voyages-e","title":{"rendered":"Michel Voyages &#8211; E"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6193\" class=\"elementor elementor-6193\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c59cd16 e-flex e-con-boxed jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5c59cd16\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62ef4382 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"62ef4382\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Michel Messier<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47140fd6 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47140fd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">His travels<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bf35835 e-flex e-con-boxed jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6bf35835\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23b2a65d jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23b2a65d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Michel was absent from home several times during his life. There was of course the three times he was taken prisoner. One of his absences date in 1684 with the\u00a0Lefebvre de La Barre&rsquo;s expedition among the Iroquois. Our ancestor is at Fort Frontenac (now Kingston), where he is captain of the ship \u00ab\u00a0The General\u00a0\u00bb. He also had to order the militia during the French and the Iroquois wars.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\">\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">He made three voyages\u00a0for the fur trade. These processes were often leave of absence granted by the Governor to a less fortunate or generally to a lord in recognition of services rendered to the colony. His first leave was granted in spring 1685 and the second in 1688. The third is postponed when he was taken prisoner in May 1692. However, he takes the path of Michilimackinac in the spring of 1694. This is a trip that normally takes one to five weeks.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\">\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">These trips can last from five to six months. Here&rsquo;s a little history about what happened to the trip of the year 1685. During the spring\u00a0he gets authorization from the Governor to go for a trip to Michilimackinac\u00a0for the fur trade. On May 24, he hired Fran\u00e7ois Brunet. The next day he is at the notary to do his will. Then he buys goods for trade from the merchant Jean B. Migeon and left Montreal\u00a0for Michilimackinac.\u00a0He trades\u00a0with the Indians and\u00a0afterwards he takes the path\u00a0to return. Michel is in Montreal before winter. On February 3, 1686, he is in Boucherville for the Baptism of Augustin Hebert.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6690cb35 e-con-full e-flex jltma-glass-effect-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6690cb35\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-465d1af3 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"465d1af3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Text comes from the volume of :<\/p><p><em><strong>Gilles Messier. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Les Messier et leurs anc\u00eatres : 700 ans d&rsquo;histoire.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michel Messier His travels Michel was absent from home several times during his life. There was of course the three times he was taken prisoner. 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