Downriver Endogamy: The Intermarriages of French Canadians with Janelle Asselin

Using the LeBlanc, Drouillard, and Cicotte families as a case study, learn about the ways the French Canadian residents of the Downriver area maintained a close knit – and closely related – community.  Similar to French Canadian communities in Quebec, the families who settled in areas like Ecorse beginning in the 18th Century intermarried frequently, making surnames like LeBlanc, Drouillard, Cicotte, Reaume, Bondie, Riopelle, common across many family trees.