From St-Malo in Bretagne, the son of Pierre-Mathieu and of Anne La Rue took the nickname Bonvivant.
According to Guy Charpentier, a descendant of Pierre Dufour, by his mother
Jacqueline, this soldier would be arrived about 1728: So, " In
April 1729, a battery of the company of Blainville, Vidal Delair said
Lajeunesse, so known as "The Cat", sells window-panes to
Antoine Poudret, baker, then to Mrs. Repentigny. The husband of Mrs
Repentigny, Pierre Le Gardeur, thinks that they are stolen window-panes
to the castle of Callière. He goes to the Guard-House, finds the drummer
and gave him into custody. Mr Repentigny sends the window-panes to the guard of
the stores of the king, Rocbert. This guard requires an investigation of
general lieutenant Raimbault, held at once. The window-panes were well those of
the castle of Callière….
The following day April 13, Delair was examinated and the witnesses assigned. Among them, Marie Catherine Cavelier had received in gift four(4) window-panes from “Dufour, a soldier of the Company of Dubuisson”. When she had heard that its was a robbery of panes, she had immediately given them to Rocbert. Questioned about “Dufour of the Company of Dubuisson”, ...
On April 15, Delair is found guilty and condemned.
On April 28, Pierre Dufour said Bonvivant, soldier 17 year old of the Company of Dubuisson, appears. Pierre Dufour said Bonvivant acknowledges to have taken 4 window-panes in the castle of Callière, which it gave to Marie Catherine Cavelier, woman of Joseph Roy, a baker's assistant. He does not know Delair said Lajeunesse. Pierre Dufour is sent in prison. General lieutenant Raimbault assigns his accomplices Beausoleil and Saint-Pierre, also soldiers, and other witnesses. ...
On June 13, the prosecutor concludes that the addition of informations did not give any reason to change the judgement against Delair and the sentence of April 15 is maintained. Saint-Pierre is untraceable and it receives the same sentence as contumace."
Pierre Dufour will be only admonished and reproved" , because he affirmed to have given 4 window-panes to Marie Catherine Cavalier, which confirmed in her testimony.
After those events, Pierre Dufour said Bonvivant married Charlotte Gloria said Desrochers or Roc at Notre-Dame Montreal in 1737, and he immigrated to Fort Detroit, Michigan. This area was at this time a French possession in North America.
His three sons Pierre, Louis and Joachim stayed in Montreal and got married there. Their progeny is still in the Montreal region especially in the Châteauguay region, while their brother, Jean-Baptist-Mathieu, lives in the region of Detroit, USA, Windsor and Amherstburg in Ontario, Canada.
In 2002, at the time of Archaeological excavations with l' Townsend warehouse
[204, place d'Youville, Old Montreal, near the Fort of Callière, on the street
of the Old port], the archaeologists found well this artifact identified in the
name of " CHARLOTE ROC". (look at attentively) While going on
this site: [http://www.pacmusee.qc.ca/ecole/flash/fr/charlotte.html], you
will find l' history of this Charlotte Gloria says Desrochers says Roc - Roch.
But s' act-it rather of his/her mother, Charlotte Augé, who bore also the name
Charlotte Roc, because of her husband Antoine Gloria says Desrochers says
Roch-Rock
"
spécimen" signature of Pierre Dufour says Bonvivant appearing on several
acts: the lawsuit of 1729, its marriage certificate in 1737, etc
In this last Detroit and Windsor region, a small lineage tranlated litteraly his name "Du Four" for "Oven" (French word "Four" or "fourneau" became "Oven" in English !!!) . Their ancestor is John-Baptiste Dufour (son of Joseph D. and Catherine ? ) married to Elmira St-Jacques in St-Mary Church, Oswego, NY, June 15, 1850. All their sixteen children nicknamed "Oven" !!! .
They lived in Michigan state ....