Guillaume Baudry (2 October 1657 – 1732) was a gunsmith and gold and silversmith in

Lower Canada The Province of Lower Canada (french: province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the current Province of Quebec an ...

. Baudry, who was also written as Beaudry, also went by Des Butes, or Desbutes. He married an armourer’s daughter at

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

and they settled at

Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...

. They had fifteen children and ensured the future of their family in the area. One son,

Jean-Baptiste Jean-Baptiste is a male French name, originating with Saint John the Baptist, and sometimes shortened to Baptiste. The name may refer to any of the following: Persons * Charles XIV John of Sweden, born Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, was King ...

, became a gunsmith and was one of the first inhabitants of Detroit.

External links

Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
French Quebecers 1657 births 1732 deaths {{Quebec-bio-stub