That Ignorant Frenchman - Jean Baptiste Trotochaud
The Forgotten Origins of St. Francis Solanus Church on W. Lake St in Petoskey, Michigan which includes how this site got its name
- Article published in Petoskey News on 11 June 2005 about restoration efforts
- Variations of this surname used by this family. English rendition and the Odawa version used by some of J.B's descendants.
- Photo of St. Francis Solanus Church W. Lake St. Petoskey, built by John B. Trotochaud and dedicated by Bishop Baraga July 23, 1860 (This is a 300 kb file)
- Photo of a middle-aged man with two young children found among Lucy Trotochaud's personal effects in February 2006. From the context, this would be either Jean Baptiste Trotochaud or one of his two sons.
- 1908 Field Note page from Durant roll listing Descendants of John B. 'Tro-to-chow' known to Special Agent Durant(a 425 kb file) It will open very large in some browsers, this was done on purpose to increase legibility. You may prefer to download and print this.
- Marriage record for Jean Trotochaud & Sophie Anaquet from St. Anne's Parish on Mackinac Island 1836 You may prefer to download and print this if your browser doesn't display a useful image.
- Scan of Jean Trotochaud's baptismal record from the Drouin database It will also open very large in some browsers, this was done on purpose to increase legibility. This is a scanned image of a microfilm of records of St. Joseph Parish, Maskinonge, Province of Quebec. You may prefer to download and print this if your browser doesn't display a useful image.
- Known descendants of Jean Baptiste Trotochaud to his grandchildren (all now deceased)
- Trotochaud Homestead, originally located a distance west of St. Francis Church on shoreline, long since razed & replaced
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- Vizenor-Trotterchaud family of Minnesota
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