Antoine was born on 11 MAY 1757 in Détroit, Wayne Co. MI , the son of Louis Antoine Césaire Dagneau dit Fontenay and Louise Pawnee.
His wife is not known. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their only known child was François-Xavier (c1783-1828).
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Antoine Césaire Dagneau |
Louis Antoine Césaire Dagneau dit Fontenay |
Michel Dagneau de Douville |
Robert Daigneaux |
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Marie Lamy dit Defond |
Joseph-Isaac Lamy dit Defond |
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Marie-Madeleine Chevrainville dit Fontaine |
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Note 1
Metis Culture Webpage: 1757: May 11: Fort Detroit, New France (Michigan), birth/baptism, Antoine Cesaire, panis (slave) Indian son Louise a Pawnee Indian slave of Louis Cesaire Dagneau (1704-1767); some suggest this is Louis Dagneau Douville Dequindre b-1735. Louise Pawnee had three sons between 1757-1764 while in bondage. She was freed in 1766 with her son Antoine, but her two other sons remain the slaves of Louis Cesaire.