Métis Marriages: Brissette & Boucher

On January 7, 1867, Georgian Bay Métis Community members Andrew Brissette and Judith Boucher were married in Tiny Township. 

Born in nearby Penetanguishene in 1847, Andrew Brissette was the son of Archange L'Hirondelle, Métis from the Lesser Slave Lake region of present-day Alberta, and Hyppolite Brissette, the fur-trader whose career was documented in A.C. Osborne's The Migration of Voyageurs From Drummond Island to Penetanguishene in 1828. 

Judith Boucher's mother, Rosette Boucher (nee Larammee), was a known Métis storyteller whose memories of her Métis community included their relocation from Drummond Island in the aftermath of the War of 1812.

Andrew and Judith's marriage was witnessed by Emerance Boucher, Judith’s sister, and Theophile Brissette, Andrew’s brother, further demonstrating the connections between these two Georgian Bay Métis Community families.

In 1895, Judith and Andrew’s daughter Cecelia Bressette stood as a witness at the marriage of Charles Robert Sayer in Sault Ste. Marie, himself a member of the well-known Métis Sayer family. This act stands as another testament to the bonds that unite the Upper Great Lakes Métis across generations.

See Our Sources

• Brissette-L’Hirondelle VMFL

• The Migration of Voyageurs from Drummond Island to Penetanguishene

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