Descendants of Benoit

Descendants of Benoit "Benedict" (DeRout) Darou

Generation No. 1

1.  BENOIT "BENEDICT" (DEROUT)1 DAROU was born 1788 in Flanders, France, and died 1861 in Lanark Co, Ontario, Canada.  He married ALICE WILLIAMS Abt. 1818.  She was born 1801 in Ireland, and died Bef. 1861 in Lanark Co, Ontario, Canada.

It has been said that Benoit tended toward laziness, preferring to fish or hunt, leaving Alice to run the farm.  Perhaps this is true, or perhaps it was of necessity, with all those mouths to feed, to supplement the dinner table. It is a well documented fact that military men did not adjust easily to domestic life.

More About BENOIT "BENEDICT" (DEROUT) DAROU:

Military service: 1816, Disbanded from deMeuron Regiment

Residence: 1842, Conc 6, Lot 22, Bathurst, Lanark Co, Ont., Canada

Settled: 29 Jun 1816, Land Grant - Lot 22, Conc 6, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co

Children of BENOIT DAROU and ALICE WILLIAMS are:

2.                i.    BENEDICT "RICHARD"2 DAROU, b. 1821, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont., Canada; d. 13 Mar 1894.

3.               ii.    JANE DAROU, b. 01 Jan 1821, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont, Canada; d. 03 Nov 1902, Perth, Lanark Co.

                 iii.    MARY DAROU, b. Abt. 1826; m. //NORTH.

                 iv.    SARAH DAROU, b. 29 Dec 1827; d. 01 Jul 1852,

4.               v.    SAMUEL DAROU, b. 11 Nov 1829, 6th Line, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont.; d. 12 Jul 1914, 11th Line Bathurst, Lanark Co, Ont., Canada.

5.              vi.    JAMES DAROU, b. 02 Dec 1831, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont.; d. 12 Jul 1904, Lanark, Ontario

6.             vii.    FRANCIS "FRANK" DAROU, b. 25 Oct 1833; d. 20 Oct 1917, Bathurst 9th line

               viii.    JOHN DAROU, b. Abt. 1835; m. MARY ANN ROBERTSON, 20 Aug 1855

                  ix.    ISABELLA DAROU, b. Abt. 1836; m. JAMES K LAKE, 21 Feb 1861.

                   x.    ALICIA "ALICE" DAROU, b. 24 Jul 1837.

                  xi.    ELIZABETH DAROU, b. Abt. 1838; d. 24 Mar 1900; m. GILBERT CROSBIE, 07 Jun 1865 Pt Huron, Michigan, USA

More About GILBERT CROSBIE: Residence: 1905, Malone, NY, USA

                 xii.    ANN DAROU, b. Abt. 1847.

Generation No. 2

2.  BENEDICT "RICHARD"2 DAROU (BENOIT "BENEDICT" (DEROUT)1) was born 1821 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont., Canada, and died 13 Mar 1894.  He married SARAH ANN BYGROVE 13 Jan 1851 in Perth, District of Bathurst, Canada West, dau of WILLIAM BYGROVE and JANET PADGETT.  She was born 06 Nov 1832 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont., Canada, and died 14 Jan 1867.

Children of BENEDICT DAROU and SARAH BYGROVE are:

7.                i.    JAMES3 DAROU, b. 30 Sep 1851, Harper, Lanark Co, Ont. d. 09 Feb 1927, Ardoch, Frontenac Co, Ont.

                  ii.    WILLIAM DAROU, b. Abt. 1852; d. Abt. 1852.

8.              iii.    BENEDICT "BENJAMIN" DAROU, b. 05 Jan 1854, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont.; d. 26 Jul 1945.

                 iv.    ALEXANDER DAROU, b. 17 Feb 1856, Oro, Bathurst Dist, Ont., Canada

9.               v.    WILLIAM DAROU, b. 31 Jul 1858, Oro, Bathurst Dist, Ont.; d. 10 May 1945, Kingston, Frontenac Co, Ont.

10.            vi.    SARAH JANE DAROU, b. 24 May 1861, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont.; d. 1892.

11.           vii.    ELIZABETH DAROU, b. 02 Jan 1864.

12.          viii.    EDWARD DAROU, b. Abt. 1866.

3.  JANE2 DAROU (BENOIT "BENEDICT" (DEROUT)1) was born 01 Jan 1821 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont., and died 03 Nov 1902 in Perth, Lanark Co, Ont. and died 18 Feb 1906.

More About JANE DAROU:

Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark Co, Ont.

More About SAMUEL CROSBIE:

Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark Co, Ont.

Residence: 1861, Lot 20, Conc 3, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont.               

Children of JANE DAROU and SAMUEL CROSBIE are:

                   i.    GILBERT3 CROSBIE, m. ELIZABETH DAROU, 07 Jun 1865, Pt Huron, Mich, USA, b. Abt. 1838; d. 24 Mar 1900.

13.             ii.    AGNES CROSBIE, b. Abt. 1844, South Sherbrooke Twp, Lanark Co, Ont.

                 iii.    CATHERINE CROSBIE, b. Abt. 1845.

                 iv.    ALICE CROSBIE, b. Abt. 1846.

                  v.    RICHARD T CROSBIE, b. Abt. 1848; d. Apr 1850.

14.            vi.    MARGARET JANE CROSBIE, b. 02 Jun 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont.; d. 28 Sep 1934, Perth, Drummond Twp, Lanark Co, Ont.

                vii.    THOMAS CROSBIE, b. Abt. 1853; d. 03 Aug 1921; m. //FULLER; d. Bef. 1921.

               viii.    SAMUEL CROSBIE, b. Abt. 1854.

                  ix.    WILLIAM CROSBIE, b. Abt. 1855.

                   x.    GILBERT CROSBIE, b. 03 Jun 1857; d. 18 Jun 1857.

                  xi.    JOHN CROSBIE, b. Abt. 1858; d. 10 May 1888

                 xii.    ME CROSBIE, b. Abt. 1860.

                xiii.    FRANCIS L "FRANK" CROSBIE, b. Abt. 1865.

4.  SAMUEL2 DAROU (BENOIT "BENEDICT" (DEROUT)1) was born 11 Nov 1829 in 6th Line, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont., and died 12 Jul 1914 in 11th Line Bathurst, Lanark Co, Ont.,  He married MARGARET CROSBIE 06 Jan 1852.  She was born 07 May 1823 in 8th Line, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont., and died 15 Jul 1914 in 11th Line Bathurst, Lanark Co, Ont.

Children of SAMUEL DAROU and MARGARET CROSBIE are:

15.              i.    CATHARINE3 DAROU, b. 20 Sep 1852, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont, Canada; d. 01 Aug 1944, Clyde Forks, Lanark Co, Ont., Canada.

16.             ii.    SAMUEL DAROU, b. Abt. 1854; d. 27 Feb 1893, 11th line, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont.

                 iii.    MARGARET JANE DAROU, b. 1857, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ontario, Canada; d. Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada; m. JAMES THORNTON.

17.            iv.    ALICE DAROU, b. 1859; d. 15 Apr 1935, Fallbrook, Lanark Co, Ont., Canada.

                  v.    THOMAS B DAROU, b. 1860, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ontario, Canada; d. 15 Nov 1892, Lanark Co, Ontario, Canada; m. ELIZABETH NICHOL MACHAN, 15 Sep 1892, b. 08 Jan 1870, Watson's Corners, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark Co, Ont.; d. 19 Dec 1947, Spencerville, Ont., Canada.

More About THOMAS B DAROU:

Cause of Death: Killed by a falling tree.

                 vi.    SARAH DAROU, b. 19 Jul 1863, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont.,  m. FREDERICK J JUDGE.

18.           vii.    FRANCIS WESLEY "FRANK" DAROU, b. 17 Oct 1865, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont., Canada; d. 19 Dec 1922, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

19.          viii.    MARY ANN "MINNIE" DAROU, b. Abt. 1868, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont., Canada.

20.             ix.    FREDERICK WILLIAM CROSBY DAROU, b. 22 Oct 1870, Fallbrook, Lanark Co, Ont., Canada; d. 26 Dec 1943, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont.

5.  JAMES2 DAROU (BENOIT "BENEDICT" (DEROUT)1) was born 02 Dec 1831 in BathurstTwp, Lanark Co, Ontario, Canada, and died 12 Jul 1904 in Lanark, Lanark Co, Ontario. He married RACHEL ELLIOTT Abt. 1854, daughter of JOHN ELLIOTT and ELIZABETH WHITE.  She was born 02 Oct 1835 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ontario, and died 27 Sep 1914 in Lanark Co, Ont., at the home of her daughter.

Children of JAMES DAROU and RACHEL ELLIOTT are:

21.              i.    ARCHIBALD ELLIOTT3 DAROU, b. 18 Jul 1856, Herron's Mills, Lanark Co, Ont., d. 29 Oct 1933, Carleton Place, Lanark Co, Ont.

22.             ii.    ALICE DAROU, b. 16 Dec 1858, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ontario, Canada; d. 06 May 1923, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada.

                 iii.    ELIZABETH JANE DAROU, b. 21 Dec 1860, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont.; d. 20 Sep 1863.

23.            iv.    RACHEL DAROU, b. 15 Sep 1862, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont., Canada; d. 1941.

                  v.    RICHARD DAROU, b. 15 Oct 1862; d. Bef. 1871.

24.            vi.    JAMES ALBERT DAROU, b. 13 Nov 1864, Balderson, Lanark Co, Ont.; d. 24 Feb 1935, Lanark, Ont.

                vii.    WILLIAM H DAROU, b. 12 Jan; d. 05 Jun 1942

25.          viii.    JOHN ALFRED DAROU, b. 20 Jan 1870; d. 09 Jul 1942.

                  ix.    ELIZABETH JANE DAROU, b. 26 Jan 1872; m. (1) GEORGE ARMSTRONG, 06 Jul 1892, Lanark, Lanark Co, Ont.; b. 1869, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; d. Aug 1936;  m. (2) A AFFLECK, 15 Jul 1892.

26.              x.    THOMAS HOWARD DAROU, b. 24 Nov 1875.

27.             xi.    MINNIE DAROU, b. 07 Aug 1880; d. 1963.

6.  FRANCIS "FRANK"2 DAROU (BENOIT "BENEDICT" (DEROUT)1) was born 25 Oct 1833, and died 20 Oct 1917 in Bathurst 9th line, at the home of his daughter.  He married (1) JANE WILSON.  She was born 1827, and died 25 Sep 1896.  He married (2) ELEANOR MILLER 16 Nov 1898 in Green Bush, Ont., daughter of JOSEPH MILLER and MARY HAWES.  She was born 25 Apr 1841 in Elizabethtown, Ontario

Children of FRANCIS DAROU and JANE WILSON are:

28.              i.    JAMES WILSON3 DAROU, b. 22 Jan 1858; d. 03 May 1936, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ontario, Canada.

                  ii.    EDWARD DAROU, b. Abt. 1860; d. Bef. 1861.

29.            iii.    LOUIS "BENJAMIN" DAROU, b. 01 Sep 1863, Bathurst Twp,  Lanark Co, Ontario, Canada; d. 17 Jan 1926, Elmsley Twp, Lanark Co, Ontario, Canada.

30.            iv.    ISABELLA M DAROU, b. Abt. 1870, Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ontario, Canada; d. 05 Mar 1943.

31.             v.    ROBERT FRANCIS DAROU, b. 25 Apr 1871; d. 31 May 1928, North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Generation No. 3

7.  JAMES3 DAROU (BENEDICT "RICHARD"2, BENOIT "BENEDICT" (DEROUT)1) was born 30 Sep 1851 in Harper, Lanark Co, Ont., and died 09 Feb 1927 in Ardoch, Frontenac Co, Ont.  He married MARGARET GEDDES 02 Jul 1879 in McDonald's Corners, Lanark Co, Ont., dau of DANIEL GEDDES and AGNES FERGUSON.  She was born 16 Feb 1859 in N Sherbrooke Twp, Ont., and died 05 Sep 1930 in Ardoch, Frontenac Co, Ont.,

8.  BENEDICT "BENJAMIN"3 DAROU (BENEDICT "RICHARD"2, BENOIT "BENEDICT" (DEROUT)1) was born 05 Jan 1854 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ontario, and died 26 Jul 1945.  He married SARAH ELEANOR CRAWFORD 23 Jun 1879, dau of WILLIAM CRAWFORD.  She was born 17 Aug 1855 in Ont., and died 14 Apr 1930 in Kansas, USA

9.  WILLIAM3 DAROU (BENEDICT "RICHARD"2, BENOIT "BENEDICT" (DEROUT)1) was born 31 Jul 1858 in Oro, Bathurst Dist, Ontario, and died 10 May 1945 in Kingston, Frontenac Co, Ontario.  He married ALMIRA BOTTING 09 Oct 1879, daughter of BENJAMIN BOTTING and ALMIRA//.  She was born 15 Feb 1860 in Bedford Twp, Frontenac Co, Ontario, and died 05 Feb 1950 in Kingston, Ontario

10.  SARAH JANE3 DAROU (BENEDICT "RICHARD"2, BENOIT "BENEDICT" (DEROUT)1) was born 24 May 1861 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont., and died 1892.  She married WILLIAM SYLVESTER 12 Feb 1884.  He was born Abt. 1861, and died Sep 1952.

More About SARAH JANE DAROU:

Cause of Death: Died in childbirth.

11.  ELIZABETH3 DAROU (BENEDICT "RICHARD"2, BENOIT "BENEDICT" (DEROUT)1) was born 02 Jan 1864.  She married EDWARD WEBSTER SYLVESTER 21 Dec 1887,  son of JOHN SYLVESTER and MARY//.  He was born Abt. 1866, and died 1960.

12.  EDWARD3 DAROU (BENEDICT "RICHARD"2, BENOIT "BENEDICT" (DEROUT)1) was born Abt. 1866.  He married TILLIE//. 

13.  AGNES3 CROSBIE (JANE2 DAROU, BENOIT "BENEDICT" (DEROUT)1) was born Abt. 1844 in South Sherbrooke Twp, Lanark Co, Ont.  She married EDWARD "NED" CONROY 11 Jul 1872, son of EDWARD CONROY and ROSE SHIELDS.  He was born Abt. 1833 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark Co, Ont., Canada.

14.  MARGARET JANE3 CROSBIE (JANE2 DAROU, BENOIT "BENEDICT" (DEROUT)1) was born 02 Jun 1851 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont, Canada, and died 28 Sep 1934 in Perth, Drummond Twp, Lanark Co, Ont., She married SAMUEL B WRATHALL 16 Dec 1874 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont.,  He died Bef. 1934.

15.  CATHARINE3 DAROU (SAMUEL2, BENOIT "BENEDICT" (DEROUT)1) was born 20 Sep 1852 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark Co, Ont.,  and died 01 Aug 1944 in Clyde Forks, Lanark Co, Ont.  She married HENDERSON CAMPBELL 24 Dec 1872 in Lanark Co, Ont., son of ROBERT CAMPBELL and CHARLOTTE HENDERSON.  He was born 05 Oct 1846 in Leeds Co, Ontario, and died 03 Jul 1914 in St Walburg, Saskatchewan

More About HENDERSON CAMPBELL:

Cause of Death: cause of death: Peritonitis as a result of ruptured appendix.


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