Luc Chartrand was born December 21, 1822 to Pierre Chartrand, III and Hyppolite Pauline Brasseur, in St. Polycarpe, Soulanges, Quebec. Little is known about his childhood. The Chartrand family name was also spelled as Chartrain; Chartreau; and Chawtraw.
Luc married Marguerite Caskanette June 11, 1844 in St. Anicet, Huntingdon Co, Quebec. The couple were most likely married in their local Catholic church, and it seems their families knew each other as the couple's fathers settled in the same area of Greenock County at the same time.
Per "The History of the County of Bruce and of the minor municipalities therein, Province of Ontario, Canada"
BY NORMAN ROBERTSON
Treasurer of the County of Bruce
Secretary Bruce County Historical Society
1906:
"The price at which these lands were offered by the Crown was 7s. 6d. per acre. In the year 1849 lands were also taken up in Greenock, where the village of Riversdale now stands, by two French-Canadians, Joseph Chartrand and John Caskanette. These men were in the employ of A. P. Brough, P.L.S., during the survey of the Durham Road, the township of Brant and the Elora Eoad. The exact date of their settling on the lots they selected is uncertain. The author has conversed with them on the subject, but found their recollections lacking in definiteness. Goderich was their base of supplies, a point more than fifty miles distant."
By the 1851 Canadian census, the families were located in Greenock Township, Bruce Co., Ontario, lines 20-21:
Pierre and Paulette Chartrand, Luc and Margaret Chartrand and their first 3 children, along with Luc's sister Hester Chartrand (age 15) living together in a log shanty, 20'X18'. It is located on Range 1, Lot 27, and is as follows: 50 acres, 10 acres in crops, 40 acres in woods. On Lots 25/26, is a Raphael Chartrand, 100 acres, and 195 acres of wood. Lot 27 is Paulette Villaud (Valade), Luc's sister, with 50 acres. Lot 28 is Baptiste Castanette (spelled Castanah) with 50 acres.
Name: Luke Chartrand
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Estimated birth year: abt 1822
Birthplace: Canada
Born of Canadian Parents: Yes
Province: Canada West (Ontario)
DISTRICT: Bruce County
Sub-District: Greenock
Sub-District Number: 19
"Public Archives of Canada Microfilmed 1954)
1861 Census; of the Township of Greenock, in the County of Bruce
Page stamped # 6, Line #1:
Name: Sue Chartreau (name mistake, reads "Luc Chartreau in census)
Age: 37
Birth Year: 1824
Birthplace: Lower Canada
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Roman Catholic
living in a 1 story log home
Household Members: Name Age
Luc Chartreau 37
names difficult to read but appear to be:
Emma 36
Marguerite 15
Josette 13
Hariette 9
Angel 7
Judith 5
Esther 1
In 1861 Peter & Paulette Chartrand lived in their own house, Raphael on one side, Luc Chartrand on another, along with B. Caskagnet on the other side.
The 1861 Agricultural census of Bruce County shows that Luc had a log house, one story, along with: 100 acres total with 35 cultivated as follows: 1 acre orchard/garden; 65 in wood, for a cash value of $2000; farm implements & machinery worth $150. Luc had spring wheat on 11 acres, 200 bushels, peas on 3 acres, 60 bushels; 1 acre oats, 50 bushels; 1 1/2 acres of potatoes, 210 bushels; turnips on 3 1/2 acres, 100 bushels; 6,000lbs. of hay, 30 lbs.wool, maple sugar 200 lbs., flannel 14 yrds., 2 steers under 3 yrs., 3 milch cows, 2 horses over 3 years with a value of $120; 1 colt or filly under 3; 9 sheep; 5 pigs. Total value of livestock was $270. The census taker remarked that potatoes and wheat had been injured by frost.
Also in the census of 1861, Luc's sister, Polly Villnut (Valade) lists children Peter (19), Betsey (18), Joseph (15), and Andrew (13) as being born in the US. No state or town given.
In the 1871 census from Greenock Township, Raphael Chartrand is the only one of the original people still listed. Pierre is deceased, Hypolite (Paulette) is in St. Genevieve, Ile de Montreal. Luc is moving between Riversdale, Bruce Co., and Manitoulin Island. Raphael is a hotel keeper in Riversdale. Luc is listed as a farmer and lumberman, supplying much of the wood for the steamers from Sault St. Marie.
Schedule # 1; Nominal Return of the living
Handwritten page 7; Line # 4, Dwelling # 24
Name: Luke Chartrain
Gender: Male
Age: 48
Birth Year: abt 1823
Birth Place: Quebec
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Roman Catholic
Origin: French
Province: Ontario
District: Manitoulin
Household Members:
Name Age
Luke Chartrain 48
Margaret Chartrain 48
Margaret Chartrain 26
Josephine Chartrain 24
Harriet Chartrain 21
Angeline Chartrain 18 **
Jeanette Chartrain 15
Hester Chartrain 13
Elizabeth Chartrain 11
Peter Chartrain 9
Joseph Chartrain 5
Mary Chartrain 8 months
From page 8 of Manitoulin's Past: "The first white settler in the Kagawong, Ice Lake area of Manitoulin Island was a French-Canadian named "Chatreau", and his wife. Luc came as a trapper and a prospector about 1866, and built a shanty on the west side of Kagawong Lake. Luc built a cedar plank house around 1868 or 1869 on lot 8, Concession 4. Joseph "Crutch" (Kroetsch family) is listed as an earlier settler. He lived in Little Current a few years and had a sail boat, and brought some of the early settlers from Little Current to Mudge Bay and Gore Bay, as the steamers they came on only went as far as Little Current. Luc was a friend of the Henrys and worked at their mill for a few years."
From the Manitoulin Expositor: June 12, 1880: "Luke Chautreau, the first settler on Kagawong Lake, was buried at West Bay on Saturday last..." Luc died at the age of 57 at Gorebay, on Manitoulin Island, but is buried at Westbay, as is his wife Margaret Caskanette.
According to the Manitoulin Expositor he was buried June 12, 1880 on a Saturday.
They say the family left the Island in 1886 for Kansas.
Pam Marks 
