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Paget Brewster

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Jean-Gabriel Serré

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Paget Brewster — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 378 
  • Father:
  • Joseph Serré 
  • Mother:
  • Marie-Madeleine Picard   
  • Birth Date:
  • 22 May 1734 
  • Birth Location:
  • Montréal, Québec, Canada 
  • Christening Date:
  • 12 Aug 1734 
  • Christening Location:
  • Notre-Dame, Montréal, Québec, Canada 
  • Death Date:
  • 4 Apr 1805 
  • Death Location:
  • St. Louis, Missouri 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Catherine Giard
  • Marriage Date:
  • 24 Jan 1764 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Kaskaskia, Randolph, Illinois 
  • Child:

  Julie Serré (Ahnentafel No:189 )

  • Notes: 

  • Jean-Gabriel Serré's surname is also seen as Seré, Cerré and Ceré.

    The British tried to recruit Jean-Gabriel Serré during the American Revolution, but he became an asset for General George Rogers Clark instead. He was a leading citizen in the Kaskaskia and St. Louis areas and was often among the Indians. He was a leading merchant and fur trader.

• Sources for Jean-Gabriel Serré

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A023659.
  • ² Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968, Baptism record for Jean-Gabriel Serré.
  • ³ U.S., French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1695-1954, Marriage record for Antoine Pierre Soulard and daughter Julie Ceré.
  • ⁴ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #1843, Application for Paul Beckwith.
  • ⁵ Halpenny, Francess G., ed., Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Volume 5 (1801-1820), University of Toronto/Université Laval (1983), CERRÉ (Séré, Serré), JEAN-GABRIEL, (accessed 07/01/2016).
  • ⁶ Illinois State Historical Society, Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year, 1903 (Publication No. 8), Springfield, Illinois: Phillips Bros., State Printers (1904), 278, 286.
  • ⁷ Seineke, Kathrine Wagner, The George Rogers Clark Adventure in the Illinois and Selected Documents of the American Revolution at the . . ., New Orleans: Polyanthos, Inc. (1981), 85.
  • ⁸ Tanguay, Cyprien, Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Canadiennes, Septième Volume, Montréal, Canada: Eusebe Senécal and Fils (1890), pp. 171-172.

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