Elisabeth Chouinard

Elisabeth married Pierre-Laurent Caron on 18 Jan 1764 in L'Islet, Montmagny, Québec, Canada. Pierre-Laurent (son of Louis Caron and Marie Lemieux) was born in cir 1745. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Marie-Louise Caron was born in cir 1775.

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Julian Chouinard was recruited by Guillaume Fournier to serve with the American army during the Revolutionary War.

Julien married Marie-Reine Fortin on 16 Jan 1741 in L'Islet, Montmagny, Québec, Canada. Marie-Reine (daughter of Pierre Fortin and Gertrude Hudon) was born in cir 1720. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jacques Chouinard was from the parish of Saint-Martin de Beaumont-la-Ronce, France.

Jacques married Louise Jean on 2 Jun 1692 in Notre-Dame, Québec City, Québec, Canada. Louise (daughter of Pierre Jean and Marie Françoise Faverel) was born in cir 1670. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pierre married Gertrude Hudon on 4 Jul 1697 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada. Gertrude (daughter of Pierre Hudon and Marie-Françoise Gobeil) was born in cir 1675. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Elisabeth ValinTouraine, France. Elisabeth was born in cir 1640. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Pierre Jean was born on 19 February 1645. On 8 July 1668, at La Rochelle, the 23-year-old married Françoise Favreau or Faverel. The following year found the couple in the Québec City area; there, before notary Pierre Duquet, Charles Roger des Colombiers, a Québec City businessman, and his wife Marie Gachet rented to Pierre Jean and his brother Vivien a piece of land on the isle of Orléans, consisting of "[four arpents in width of arable land, meadows and woods, houses, barns and stable.]" Pierre Jean would appear regularly before notaries about contracts concerning land concessions. In 1671, he lived at Beauport; two years later, he was mentioned in a contract as living at Charlebourg. He would reside at La Trinité, la Canardière, and l'île aux Oies. According to a 1705 contract, he lived at Port-Joly, which is where he died between 1724 and 1727. Pierre Jean and Françoise Favreau had four children, three boys and a girl. Only one of the boys and the girl were married. Pierre "junior" married Marie-Madeleine Prinseau in 1700; she bore eleven children. Five months before his marriage, this Pierre, the son, had become the father of a child born out of wedlock, a girl whose mother was Marie-Anne Faye. As for Louise, she had been married eight years earlier to Jacques Chouinard, a Québec City carter; they had sixteen children.

From relatives: He settled and lived in Canada. His godparents were Pierre Jousmier (a wagon and coach builder) and Magdeleine Fresneau [Frigneau]. Pierre arrived in Quebec around the age of 16. He arrived first in Canada in 1663 and then he returned to France and returned with two of his brothers [Helie and Vivien] and came back to New France in 1669. A fourth brother, Guillaume, came to the new world in 1682 He helped to establish in Charlesbourg. He lived for nearly 30 years at L'Ille Aux-Oies facing L'Islet, then he established St. Jean Port-Joli and with his three sons, he became one of the largest land holders and land leasers. He became a Siegneur at Notre-Dame-des-Anges at Charlesbourg, which is a squire with more than 50 notarizations to his credit, of which thirt or more were either sold as farms or leased as land to build homes. Pierre and Francoise bought a 40 acre farm, situated on Charlesbourg, after the birth of their son, Vivien Jean. The northern shores of Toussaint at St. Jean Port-Joli still bear the name of Pierre Jean, making him a legendary figure for all times. Pierre and Francoise lived in St. Jean Port-Joli, Quebec, Canada. Our (Note: Duane Normant's) ancestor, Pierre Jean, according to the bulletin of (Historical Research) was a man endowed with enormous expertise and stamina displayed by his many extraordinary activities, thereby leaving his descendants a proud heritage to emulate in life. He married a second time at age 81 and died at the ripe old age of 83 in 1726.

Pierre married Marie Françoise Faverel on 8 Jul 1668 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France. Marie (daughter of Vivien Faverel and Isabelle Drouet) was born in 1642 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France; died on 6 Aug 1723 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, I'Islet, Québec, Canada; was buried on 6 Aug 1723 in L'Islet, Montmagny, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Francoise was a wet nurse for a doctor; she helped to deliver the doctor's twins, which were born on March 2, 1674. Francoise and Pierre's own child was born around this time.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: butcher

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Julien Fortin was from Notre-Dame-de-Vair, France.

Julien married Geneviève Gamache, dit Lamarre on 11 Nov 1652 in Notre-Dame, Québec City, Québec, Canada. Geneviève (daughter of Nicolas Gamache and Jacqueline Cadotte) was born in cir 1637 in Saint-Illiers-la-Ville, Orléanis, France; was christened on 3 Oct 1636; died on 5 Nov 1709 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada; was buried on 6 Nov 1709 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Geneviève Gamache was one of the women known in New France as the "Filles á Marier", or "marriageable girls".

Pierre married Marie-Françoise Gobeil on 13 Jul 1676 in Notre-Dame, Québec City, Québec, Canada. Marie-Françoise (daughter of Jean Gobeil and Jeanne Guyet) was born in cir 1655. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Vivien Jean family was from the parish of St-Vivien d'Ecoyeux. More than half-a-score Frenchmen named Jean immigrated to New France and were married there; three more lived in the Saint Lawrence valley without doing so. Among the more important forbears were the four sons of Vivien Jean, of Petit Fétilly, in Aunis. He was a master blacksmith at Ecoyeux, a place not far from Saint-Jean-d'Angély. He married Suzanne Hérault at La Rochelle c.1640. They had eight children, four boys and four girls. Whereas the four latter stayed in France, the four boys immigrated to New France.

Vivien married Suzanne HeraultLa Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France. Suzanne was born in cir 1625. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Vivien + Isabelle Drouet. Isabelle was born in cir 1620. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Julien married Marie Lavye on 26 Nov 1618 in Notre-Dame, Paris, France. Marie (daughter of Gervais Lavye and unknown) was born in cir 1595; was buried on 24 Nov 1628 in Notre-Dame-de-Vair, Perche, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Nicolas Gamache was from the parish of Saint-Hilaire de Saint-Illiers-la-Ville, France.

Nicolas married Jacqueline CadotteIlliers, Chartres, France. Jacqueline was born in cir 1610. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jean married Françoise DurantAnjou, France. Françoise was born in cir 1630. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The marriage contract of Jean Gobeil and Jeanne Guiet was drawn on 14 April 1654. Jean Gobeil was from the parish of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Saint-Liguaire, France.

Jean married Jeanne Guyet in 1654 in Niort, Poitou, France. Jeanne (daughter of Pierre Guyet and Gabrielle Roquier) was born in 1632; was christened on 15 Nov 1632. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Vivien + Martha Joslain. Martha was born in cir 1600 in France; died in 1646 in Aunis, Charente-Maritime, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Simon + unknown. unknown was born in cir 1565. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: innkeeper of the Cheval Blanc

Gervais + unknown. unknown was born in cir 1565. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pierre + Catherine Chaigneau. Catherine was born in cir 1600. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Pierre Guyet was from Notre-Dame d'Échiré, France.

Pierre + Gabrielle Roquier. Gabrielle was born in cir 1600. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]