Jeanne Bournier

Family/Spouse: Jean Boucher. Jean (son of Jean Boucher and unknown) died in Aug 1569 in Geneva, Switzerland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Françoise Roussin. Françoise (daughter of Martin Roussin and Michelle Morreau) was born in cir 1522. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacques-Jean married Françoise Paigne on 4 Jul 1582 in Orne, Mortagne, Perche, France. Françoise was born in cir 1562 in Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France; died before 30 Jul 1611. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Urbain Baudry. Urbain was born in cir 1563. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Julienne Du Baril's last name is also given as Barry. Marin Boucher came to New France about 1634: "établi à la Rivière St-Charles, sur les ci-devant terres de Récollets." His family is closely related, though exactly how is unknown, to the Boucher family, sieurs de Grosbois, founder and seigneurs of Boucherville across from Montreal. These Bouchers originated in the parish of Nôtre-Dame de Mortagne.

Marin married Julienne Du Baril on 7 Feb 1610/11 in Saint-Langis-lès-Mortagne, Orne, France. Julienne (daughter of Jean Baril and Raoulline Crete) was born in cir 1590 in Saint-Jean de Mortagne, Perche, Orne, France; died on 15 Dec 1622 in Saint-Langis-lès-Mortagne, Orne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marin married Périnne Malet on 29 Mar 1628 in Saint-Langis-lès-Mortagne, Orne, France. Périnne (daughter of Pierre Malet and Jacqueline Liger) was born in 1604 in Courtegout, Seez, Normandy, France; died on 24 Aug 1687 in Château-Richer, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gaspard married Nicole Lemaine in cir 1619 in France. Nicole was born in cir 1595. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jeanne married Thomas Hayot on 15 Jul 1629 in Saint-Jean, Soligny-la-Trappe, Orne, France. Thomas was born in 1609 in Soligny-la-Trappe, Mortagne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Guillaume Lecourt. Guillaume was born in cir 1612. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

François married Florence Gareman on 3 Sep 1641 in Notre-Dame, Québec City, Québec, Canada. Florence (daughter of Pierre Gareman and Madeleine Charlot) was born in cir 1625. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marie Mieliu. Marie was born in cir 1630. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jean-Galéran married Marie Marguerite Leclerc on 10 Oct 1661 in Château-Richer, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Marie was born in cir 1640. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Françoise married Jean Plante on 1 Sep 1650. Jean died on 29 Mar 1706 in Château-Richer, Montmorency, Québec, Canada; was buried on 30 Mar 1706 in Château-Richer, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pierre married Marie Anne St-Denis on 14 Apr 1663 in Château-Richer, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Marie (daughter of Pierre St-Denis and Vivienne Bunel) was born in cir 1650 in Dieppe, Rouen, Normandy, France; died on 23 Jan 1705 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada; was buried on 24 Jan 1705 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Madeleine married Louis Houde on 12 Jan 1655. Louis (son of Noël Houde and Ann Lefebvre) was born in 1617 in Marrou, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married Charles Gaudin on 6 Nov 1656. Charles was born in cir 1640. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Guillaume married Marguérite Thibaut on 21 Nov 1672. Marguérite was born in cir 1650. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BOUCHER, PIERRE, interpreter, soldier, governor of Trois-Rivi\'e8res, royal judge, founder and seigneur of Boucherville; son of Gaspard Boucher and Nicole Lemer (Lemaire); baptized 1 Aug. 1622 at Mortagne, in Perche (France); d. 19 April 1717 at Boucherville.\par
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In answer to the appeal of his fellow-countryman Robert Giffard* to settle in Canada, Gaspard Boucher sold his farm at Mortagne on 1 Feb. 1634. We have no written undertaking on Gaspard Boucher\rquote s part towards Robert Giffard, but iat Gaspard was one of a group which sailed for New France that same year. Some historians have expressed the opinion that on this first voyage he brought his wife, Nicole Lemer, and his children: Pierre the eldest, Nicolas, Marie, and Marguerite, who had all four been baptized at Mortagne; we do not know where his youngest daughter Madeleine was born, perhaps on the way over. Alfred Cambray, who supports the idea that the family arrived in 1634, thinks that they were on a ship commanded by Captain de Ville, which may also have carried Abb\'e9 Jean Le Sueur* and Jean Bourdon*. On the other hand, Madame Pierre Montagne states that these last two passengers accompanied Robert Giffard and his family on a ship commanded by Captain de Nesle. Madame Montagne also hints vaguely that the Boucher family was part of this group in 1634.\par
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In a report drafted in 1695 Pierre Boucher stated that he had been brought to Canada in 1635 at the age of 13. If Gaspard Boucher came over in 1634, he may have returned the following year to fetch his family and his belongings; it wg an this year that he is thought to have had an altercation with his compatriot Thomas Giroux. The act by Guillaume Tronquet, dated 12 Sept. 1638, that records this incident, specifies that Boucher and his family made the crossing on a ship commanded by Captain de Ville. Now the four ships that sailed in 1634 were commanded by Du Plessis-Bochart*, Nesle, Bontemps, and Lormel. Captain de Ville, however, may have commanded one of the \ldblquote eight large ships\rdblquote mentioned in the 1635 Relation under the date of 4 July, six of which anchored at Tadoussac before proceeding to Quebec.\par
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Gaspard Boucher, a carpenter by profession, was hired by the Jesuits to work on their farm at Notre-Dame-des-Anges. It has been affirmed that the religious took over the children\rquote s education, and in particular that of Pierre. Hons which concern them, the latter\rquote s sisters stated that they could neither write nor sign their name. Pierre was the Jesuits\rquote pupil particularly during his stay in Huronia, where he went in 1637 and where he remained until 1641 as an assistant to the missionaries. During these four years he shared the Indians\rquote life, observed their customs, and learned their dialects. On 11 April 1640, at T\'e9anaostaia\'e9 (St Joseph II), he was seriously wounded in one arm during a revolt by the Hurons, when Fathers Br\'e9beuf* and Chaumonot* were severely beaten and threatened with burning at the stake.\par
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As soon as the young man returned to Quebec, Governor Huault* de Montmagny took him into his service as a soldier, but especially as an interpreter and agent to the Indian tribes. In this capacity he took part in all the parleys of theh the Indians and acquired valuable experience which was to stand him in good stead all his life. He went everywhere with the governor, who obtained rapid promotion for him. From private he became corporal, and shortly afterwards sergeant. He is known to have been at Ville-Marie on 18 May 1642, when this post was established. On 20 August following, at the mouth of the Richelieu, he took part in the battle that the small French force had to fight with the Iroquois. Boucher admired greatly \ldblquote the courage and gallant bearing\rdblquote of the governor, as well as the latter\rquote s skilful diplomacy during the peace negotiations. In 1644 Boucher was appointed official interpreter and clerk at the fort of Trois-Rivi\'e8res, and quickly made himself indispensable. He played an active role, particularly on the occasion of the important discussions in 1645 in which the Mohawk chief Kiotseaeton* was the dominant figure. It was Pierre Boucher, accompanied by his brother-in-law Toussaint Toupin and a Mohawk, who on 23 Jan. 1646 brought to Quebec [see Kiotseaeton] the letters which refuted the false allegations made by the Huron Tandihetsi concerning the treaty just concluded, On 14 February Boucher brought back to Trois-Rivi\'e8res the Hurons who had carried to Quebec the account of the death of Father Anne de Nou\'eb*. He was already the key figure in the little town of Trois-Rivi\'e8res.\par
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Pierre Boucher\rquote s parents came to settle at Trois-Rivi\'e8res soon after his appointment. The first mention of Gaspard\rquote s presence there is on 21 March 1646, when the governor made him a land grant of 24 acres situated betweed by Jean-Paul Godefroy* and by \'c9tienne de La Fond. On 30 Jan. 1645, at Quebec, the latter had married Pierre Boucher\rquote s sister Marie. Incidentally it is surprising that no trace is to be found anywhere of the last years and death of Gaspard Boucher and his wife. Pierre Boucher himself never alludes to these details. On 19 June 1652 Nicole Lemer is referred to as being a godmother at Trois-Rivi\'e8res; subsequently there is no further mention of her. As for Gaspard, it has been asserted that he died in a fire that destroyed his house; this is based on a somewhat ambiguous statement made by his daughter Madeleine, who on 27 June 1668 affirmed that the title to the land grant of 1646 \ldblquote has been burned with the said Gaspard Boucher\rquote s house, in which it [he?] was . . .\rdblquote Whether she is talking about the title or the owner himself we do not know, although if it had been the latter the Relations or the parish register would have mentioned it. The last reference to Gaspard Boucher is on 20 May 1662, when he brought an action against Jacques Besnard. At that time Pierre Boucher was in France.\par
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From 1645 on, Pierre Boucher lived permanently in the little town of Trois-Rivi\'e8res. He took part in the defence of the fort, which was exposed to Iroquois attacks. In 1646 he went with his fellow-citizens, mostly improvised soldierere Puante (B\'e9cancour), where the presence of hostile Indians had been detected. \ldblquote We lost some men,\rdblquote he wrote later, \ldblquote the enemy having withdrawn without loss because of the poor leadership of our commanders.\rdblquote From then on his character as a leader, sharpened by the uninterrupted state of war, began to take shape. In 1648 and 1649 the little French colony on the banks of the St Lawrence was more than ever threatened with annihilation. Ville-Marie was no longer a sure outpost; one could count only on the town of Trois-Rivi\'e8res \ldblquote to stop the enemy from throwing himself upon a defenceless Quebec, the capture of which would spell the ruin of the country.\rdblquote The governor of Trois-Rivi\'e8res in those unhappy years was Jacques Leneuf * de La Poterie, who was more of a businessman than a soldier and who was, moreover, often absent. Louis d\rquote Ailleboust* had just replaced Montmagny as governor, and a rapid visit to Trois-Rivi\'e8res convinced him that Pierre Boucher was the real leader of the community. He appointed him \ldblquote captain of the town\rdblquote and had important discussions with him, as an outcome of which he asked him to prepare a plan of defence; the implementation of this plan was later to be the object of an official ordinance.\par
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Pierre Boucher\rquote s idea was to bring about as soon as possible a radical transformation of the settlers\rquote buildings, until then scattered at random, \ldblquote some here, some there, according to the desire and convenience ofsquote to quote the author of the Relation. Indeed a reconstituted plan of the land grants of the period shows that they covered approximately the area of the present lower town. This scattered population was too easy a target for Iroquois attacks. The suggestion made by Boucher, which the ordinance authorized him to carry out, was that the farms should be concentrated and the families enclosed within an enceinte of solid stockades; over these, guard-houses, which the governor had recommended should be set up, would keep a continuous watch. Each settler was to help in building the enceinte, practise handling weapons, and take his turn on the watch. Some of them, on various pretexts, tried to evade the orders. But the captain was relentless. Each man had to contribute his hours of corv\'e9e and all families had to resign themselves to living within the stockade. This initiative represents the first serious effort to organize the defence of the little town by its own settlers.\par
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On 6 June 1651 Pierre Boucher was confirmed in his post of captain of the town. Du Plessis-Kerbodot [Guillemot*] was its acting governor and at the same time commander of the flying column. The recent attacks, the corpses of settlers fhheir fields, and especially the deaths of four inhabitants of Cap-de-la-Madeleine, among them the notary Florent Boujonnier, revolted the governor, and he decided to launch a massive sortie to exterminate the Iroquois bands. Fearing a reverse, Captain Boucher was opposed to it, and he himself remained inside the fort with a few able-bodied men. This conflict of authority was to be resolved by the slaughter of 19 Aug. 1652, when 22 settlers and soldiers, including the governor, were massacred in the woods around the town.\par
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As a result of this defeat, the settlers thought the situation was hopeless. The majority of family heads had perished. Of the first 40 settlers of Trois-Rivi\'e8res not 10 remained. The whole colony, especially the population of Quebete authorities wondered whether they would not be forced to leave the country. Panic spread even to those who had put their trust in providence. Mother Catherine de Saint-Augustin [Simon*], speaking in the name of her community, wrote: \ldblquote We are not hastening to complete the rest of our buildings because of our uncertainty as to whether we shall stay here long.\rdblquote Marie de l\rquote Incarnation [Guyart*] was still more explicit: \ldblquote Plans are being made to leave everything,\rdblquote she wrote, \ldblquote and to bring ships from France to save those who escape falling into the hands of our enemies.\rdblquote Pierre Boucher himself echoed this possibility. An ordinance that he issued on 10 Aug. 1653 contains these lines: \ldblquote Despite the uncertainty of the times caused by the enemy, being in doubt as to whether we must vacate the country or not. . . .\rdblquote However, he himself refused to despair, and he was soon to have the opportunity to try out his system of defence, all the more because he received a commission as acting governor in the absence of Jacques Leneuf.\par
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On 23 Aug. 1653, one year after the massacre of Du Plessis-Kerbodot and his men, a force of 600 Iroquois, divided into three bands, encircled the post of Trois-Rivi\'e8res. The Indians employed their usual tactics. They carried off the ad the crops and the buildings outside the fort. Then they attacked the fort itself, where Pierre Boucher was mounting guard with the 40 or so able-bodied men, most of them adolescents and old persons, at his disposal. The defenders exercised unremitting vigilance, and each assault by the enemy was energetically repulsed. Consequently after nine days of siege the Iroquois, despairing of gaining possession of the fort, asked for peace negotiations. Fearing a trap, the governor went outside the fort alone, both to avoid exposing his improvised soldiers to a surprise attack and to keep concealed the weakness of his forces. We do not know the arguments that the shrewd commander may have used to induce the enemy chiefs to accept his own conditions. He wrote later: \ldblquote The peace was concluded on the conditions that they would hand over to me all the prisoners they had in their army, whether they were French or Indian, that they would go and get those whom they were holding in their villages and bring them back within 40 days, and that the most important among the Iroquois nations would come with presents to Quebec to seek peace from our governor M. de Lauzon, and to conclude it. This was carried out in every particular. And when they went away, they left me six of their children as hostages.\rdblquote When he learned of this unhoped-for victory, Governor Jean de Lauson* said to Pierre Boucher: \ldblquote It was fortunate that you held your post so well. For if the enemy had taken Trois-Rivi\'e8res, the whole country would have been lost.\rdblquote The writer of the Relation of that year hastened to note: \ldblquote This event was so sudden, this change in barbarian minds so surprising, that one must admit that a spirit superior to that of human beings guided this task.\rdblquote\par
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It was not until after this exploit, however, that Boucher officially received the title of commander of the fort which he had just saved. Lauson\rquote s ordinance bears the date of 23 August, the first day of the Iroquois\rquote attact sent by Boucher to the governor expressly mentions that his appointment was subsequent to the event, and that it was granted to him as a reward for his success on that occasion. Likewise his appointment as governor, which was dated 1 Oct. 1654 and bore the mention \ldblquote titular governor,\rdblquote was accorded to him after he had actually assumed the office. Meanwhile he had been entrusted with other responsibilities. From 1651 on he had been \ldblquote churchwarden in charge of charitable activities in the parish.\rdblquote On various occasions he performed the duties of civil and criminal judge, which obliged him to give rulings on disputes between neighbours, cheating at cards, and petty thefts. His unruffled outlook on life enabled him to realize that successive trials had not made his fellow-citizens any wiser. Trading in spirits became once more the major activity of the settlers, who abandoned their families and went off on business again. In short, the little town of Trois-Rivi\'e8res was far from being the place where Boucher\rquote s dream of establishing a seigneury in keeping with his ideas could be made a reality.\par
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In 1657, even though his fellow-townsmen had just elected him by vote \ldblquote king\rquote s councillor in the council established at Quebec,\rdblquote he requested permission from the governor to give up his official functions ande te called \ldblquote his property.\rdblquote He did in fact own some land grants in the region. He chose that of Sainte-Marie, at Cap-de-la-Madeleine, a domain of 200 acres in area. We realize, when we read the minutes of the notaries of the period, and particularly those of Claude Herlin, how much importance Pierre Boucher attached to the protection of the settlers who agreed to become his copyholders. Reference is continually made in these minutes to redoubts, bastions, and stockades. Boucher continued to protect his fellow-countrymen, even despite themselves, for the danger of Iroquois attacks still existed, especially in 1658 and 1659. The settlers of Cap-de-la-Madeleine were spared, and on 27 April 1660 the superior of the missions, Father J\'e9r\'f4me Lalemant*, pointed out \ldblquote the heavy expenditures made by the Sieur Boucher to support all Cap-de-la-Madeleine against the Iroquois, and the expenditures that he made to set himself up there.\rdblquote\par
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On his arrival at Quebec on 31 Aug. 1661, Governor Dubois* Davaugour was not slow to realize the deplorable state of the colony. He swiftly took two important decisions: he placed a Jesuit, Father Ragueneau*, \ldblquote at the head ofl cor the service of the king and the welfare of the country\rdblquote ; then he proposed to send a delegate familiar with the country to the new king, Louis XIV, to plead the colony\rquote s cause. The governor could not choose this special envoy himself, for he had just arrived. Although the historian Sulte has advanced a contrary hypothesis, it was by common agreement with the Jesuits and the colony\rquote s notables that the governor named Pierre Boucher, to whom he had just brought letters of nobility obtained by Lauson on his return to Paris. Indeed, Boucher knew the colony better than anyone. He had brilliant feats of arms to his credit. He had lived in close association with the governors, which had permitted him to acquire a certain distinction of manner and bearing. Furthermore, Davaugour gave him, as Boucher has noted himself, a \ldblquote Memorandum of instructions concerning the manner in which I was to behave and to whom I was to address myself, which I followed exactly.\rdblquote\par
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Pierre Boucher sailed for Paris on 22 October, bearing dispatches from the governor, one of which was an important letter addressed to the Prince de Cond\'e9. He also brought letters from the Jesuits in Canada to their house in Paris,f which was his old friend Father Paul Le Jeune*, who undoubtedly made his mission easier for him. We can accept, with Father L\'e9on Pouliot, that Father Le Jeune\rquote s \'c9p\'eetre au Roi, which introduces the Relation of 1661, and which received the imprimatur on 20 Jan. 1662, was inspired by Pierre Boucher\rquote s presence in Paris, and was intended to support the arguments of the young delegate. The lines that Boucher devotes to the royal audience in his \ldblquote M\'e9moire\rdblquote of 1695 are restrained: \ldblquote I had the honour of speaking to the king, who questioned me about the state of the country, of which I gave him an accurate account, and His Majesty promised me that he would help the country and take it under his protection; which he has done.\rdblquote Boucher also had interviews with various persons of the court, including the Prince de Cond\'e9 and Colbert; the latter asked him for a written report on the resources of this country and the reasons for keeping it for France.\par
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When he sailed again from La Rochelle on 15 July 1662, Boucher could count on the two ships, the 100 soldiers, the provisions, and the munitions promised by the king. He had himself recruited \ldblquote a hundred working men,\rdblquoteorney to pay for their crossing. The return journey was long and arduous; the Aigle d\rquote or and the Saint-Jean-Baptiste ran into fierce storms. Some 60 men, \ldblquote both soldiers and workmen,\rdblquote died at sea. The rumour spread that these people had died of the plague, which was false, but for a long time Boucher had to house his recruits himself. He made his report to Davaugour, who handed over to him his commission as governor of Trois-Rivi\'e8res.\par
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The success of Pierre Boucher\rquote s mission marks a turning point in the history of New France. His presence among the most influential persons of the kingdom resulted in much curiosity and sympathy being aroused for his country. Hi,riting of which he applied himself on his return, increased interest in New France. It was intelligent, sincere, rational propaganda, which reinforced on the human and economic level what was already known of this country through the Relations des J\'e9suites. The happiest outcome of this little work was the sending of the troops of the Carignan regiment and the coming of the Marquis de Tracy [Prouville*] and Intendant Talon*. At last France was taking the fate of its distant colony seriously.\par
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The new governor, Saffray* de M\'e9zy, confirmed Boucher in his post of governor. Almost at the same time, on 17 Nov. 1663, the Conseil Souverain conferred on him the office of royal judge, a position that he gave up the following yearrl Leneuf*. He had become the dominant figure in the colony, and successive governors and military leaders, as soon as they arrived, sought his opinions and his advice. The Marquis de Tracy in particular, whom he accompanied at the time of the famous 1666 expedition against the Mohawks, showed high esteem for him. But this man, who enjoyed all the honours and was favoured with the confidence of everyone, lofty or lowly, was not satisfied. This country, which was continually in a state of war, should be a country at peace. He wanted to set the example himself, and had, moreover, been thinking of it for a long time. In 1667, while he was still governor of Trois-Rivi\'e8res and seigneur of Sainte-Marie, he took a far-reaching decision which he persuaded the governor, R\'e9my* de Courcelle, and the viceroy, the Marquis de Tracy, to accept. He proposed to go and settle in the heart of the Indian country, on his seigneury of \'celes Perc\'e9es, later called Boucherville. He had just married his eldest daughter Marie to the brave officer Ren\'e9 Gaultier* de Varennes, to whom, with the agreement of the authorities, he entrusted his post as governor. Boucher enumerated the reasons for this decision in a document which has come down to us and which shows his greatness of mind and his strongly developed social sense. In it is discernible the disappointment that he felt when he saw his fellow-countrymen, for whom he had many times risked his life and of whom some were related to him, leading a life which did not conform to the ideal that he had set for himself. Indeed, Boucher\rquote s mother-in-law, Jeanne \'c9nard, widow of Christophe Crevier, and his two brothers-in-law, were deeply incriminated in the inquiries of the Conseil Souverain into the trade in spirits, and the man who replaced him as judge, Michel Leneuf, was not equal to his task. These incidents were doubtless the reason for his decision to have \ldblquote a place in this country where honest people may live in peace.\rdblquote\par
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He was 45 years old, and thus began the last, and also the longest and most peaceful stage in his career. Henceforth he would devote himself to the realization of his most cherished dream: to develop a seigneury according to his own co,tlers judiciously chosen and ready to accept a flexible discipline. On 4 April 1673 he assembled at the seigneurial manor-house the 37 copyholders who had proved their worth, and banded them the titles to their land grants. The seigneurial dues were trifling; just what was required to meet communal needs, for he farmed his lands himself. Peace and mutual help attended the growth of the seigneury. Children were born, and the Bouchers set the example. In the parish register, Jeanne Boucher heads the list of baptisms.\par
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In less than 15 years Boucherville became the ideal seigneury. It conformed in all particulars to the plan which Boucher had himself elaborated in his report to Colbert. The 1681 census lists the settlers, their families, their trades, tes being farmed. The seigneur himself had 100 acres under cultivation: he was not listed as having any servants, for his sons were old enough to work. This perfect organization commanded the attention of the authorities and of travellers. This seigneury \ldblquote is one of the finest and richest properties in the colony,\rdblquote remarked the intendant, Bochart de Champigny; and according to G\'e9d\'e9on de Catalogne its settlers \ldblquote are the most prosperous in the government of Montreal.\rdblquote\par
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Like Champlain* and Talon, Pierre Boucher believed in the possibility of creating a new people by the union of French men and Indian women. He gave the example himself by marrying, in 1649, a Huron girl, a pupil of the Ursulines of Quebenskoue, otherwise called Marie-Madeleine Chrestienne. The young woman died in December of the same year while giving birth to a child, who did not live. Boucher next married, in 1652, a fellow-countrywoman, Jeanne Crevier, who was the daughter of Christophe Crevier, the pioneer from Rouen, and who had come from France with her parents. Fifteen children were born of this marriage. The sons adopted various names, chosen for the most part by Pierre Boucher himself and inspired by his native Perche. They formed the Montarville, Montbrun, Grosbois, Grandpr\'e9, Montizambert, La Bru\'e8re, La Perri\'e8re, and Boucherville families. The daughters married into the Gaultier de Varennes, Legardeur, Daneau de Muy, and Sabrevois de Bleury families. By the interplay of marriages, the Montizambert branch became English and Protestant after the cession of 1763. Another line, the Montbruns, went to the Illinois country and gained renown in the fields of politics, the army, and medicine. Others settled in Mauritius, the West Indies, Louisiana, and France.\par
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Pierre Boucher\rquote s descendants are certainly among the most numerous left by the emigrants who came to settle in New France in the 17th century. This makes still more accurate the appreciation which Brisay de Denonville sent in 1686he minister of Marine and Colbert\rquote s son: \ldblquote It is the family that has worked the hardest for the good of the colony, having neglected nothing of what is required to further it. The father was one of the first founders of the colony under M. d\rquote Avaugour. Held in esteem by His Excellency your late father, he was for a long time governor of Trois-Rivi\'e8res. His seigneury is one of the finest in this country.\rdblquote\par
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During his old age, Pierre Boucher wrote his \ldblquote M\'e9moires,\rdblquote a chronological succession of the events in which he had been involved. It is a kind of record book, a series of notes which, although somewhat sketchy and ue filled with an abundance of small details that are not unimportant for a better knowledge of his period. The deep meaning that this man endeavoured to give to his life is revealed especially in his spiritual testament which he entitled \ldblquote My last wishes,\rdblquote and which has an original and touching simplicity. Tradition has it that for several years after his death the parish priests of Boucherville read the text of his testament from the pulpit on New Year\rquote s day. The parishioners recognized themselves in it. \ldblquote I do not leave you great wealth,\rdblquote he acknowledged, \ldblquote but the little that I do leave you has been very properly acquired. I have done what I could to leave you more, I have neglected nothing to that end, having indulged in no foolish expense, as you all know; but it did not please God, who is the master, to give me more. I leave you for friends many persons of rank and distinction and many honest people. I leave you no enemies for my part, as far as I know. I have done what I could to live without reproach; try to do the same.\rdblquote After this preamble, he had for his wife and children, whom he named in order of birth, an appropriate sentence, which was in accordance with the temperament of each one and which shows how united the family was. His principal piece of writing remains from certain points of view the propaganda work of 1663, of which we pointed out earlier the influence and the significance, but the serene philosophy revealed in the text expressing his last wishes and the text giving the reasons that prompted him to settle at Boucherville make us understand better the moral worth of this man and the secret of his influence on his contemporaries. Father L\'e9on Pouliot summed up in one sentence Pierre Boucher\rquote s exceptional life when he wrote that he was \ldblquote the most estimable and the greatest Canadian of his time; a distinction that none can take from him.\rdblquote\par
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He died in his manor-house at Boucherville on 19 April 1717 at the age of 95 years, 82 of which were spent in New France. He lived for 20 years under Louis XIII, 73 under Louis XIV, and 2 under Louis XV. He could have known the first 13e first 7 intendants of his country of adoption.\par
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Angelique married Louis Dube on 28 Jan 1697 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada. Louis was born in cir 1675. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Genevieve married Laurent Dube on 7 Jan 1706 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada. Laurent (son of Mathurin Dube and Marie Campion) was born in cir 1683; was christened on 20 Apr 1683 in Saint-Jean, Île d'Orléans, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Prisque married Marie Françoise Miville on 6 Apr 1712 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada. Marie (daughter of François Miville dit Le Suisse and Jeanne Sauvenier) was born in 1694; was christened on 20 Jan 1694 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married Isaac-Joseph Garnier on 17 Oct 1685 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Isaac-Joseph was born in cir 1660. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anne Rouleau. Anne was born in cir 1675. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Cathérine Denevers. Cathérine was born in cir 1675. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marie-Louise Baudet. Marie-Louise (daughter of Jean Baudet and Marie Grandin) was born on 13 Sep 1671 in Sillery, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles Lemay. Charles was born in cir 1675. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marie-Angélique Garnier. Marie-Angélique was born in cir 1675. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marie Frichet. Marie was born in cir 1675. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marie-Madeleine Lemay. Marie-Madeleine was born in cir 1685. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married Louis Goulet on 7 Sep 1682. Louis was born in cir 1660. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married Pierre Denys dit Lapierre on 8 Oct 1687. Pierre was born in cir 1660. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Géneviève married François Gariepy on 17 Oct 1689. François was born in cir 1670. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marguerite married Guillaume Tardif on 28 Apr 1687. Guillaume was born in cir 1665. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ursule married Denis Quentin on 24 Jan 1689. Denis was born on 16 Jul 1668. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Madeleine Perron. Madeleine was born in 1667. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Ursule Laisdon on 28 Aug 1736. Ursule was born in cir 1715. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married Jean Perron on 10 Nov 1698. Jean was born in cir 1675. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Catherine married Pierre Dumesnil on 22 Feb 1694. Pierre was born in cir 1670. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Madeleine married Jacques Desnoux on 10 Nov 1698. Jacques was born in cir 1675. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Madeleine married Pierre Chauvet on 15 Apr 1709. Pierre was born in cir 1685. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Angelique married Jacques Amelot on 12 May 1695. Jacques was born in 1673. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jean married Géneviève le François on 8 Jun 1705. Géneviève was born in cir 1680. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jean married Marie Anne Auge on 25 Apr 1746. Marie was born in cir 1725. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jean married Louise Glinet on 3 May 1751. Louise was born in cir 1730. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alexis married Madeleine Jacob on 1 Dec 1706. Madeleine was born in cir 1685. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louise married Charles Vezina on 27 Jul 1705. Charles was born in cir 1680. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charlotte married Vincent Guillot on 3 Nov 1717. Vincent was born in cir 1695. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Françoise married Martin Page on 17 Nov 1704. Martin was born in cir 1680. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Antoine married Catherine Jacob on 18 Jan 1712. Catherine was born in cir 1690. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Élisabeth-Ursule married Jacques Gaudrier on 11 Sep 1672 in Sillery, Québec, Canada. Jacques (son of Simon Gaudrier and Marie Aubé) was born on 4 Apr 1647 in Rouen, Normandy, France; was christened on 2 Jun 1647 in Saint-Vivien, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France; died on 2 Feb 1715 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gabriel Bérard. Gabriel (son of Pierre Bérard and Isabelle Guillermain) was born in cir 1660. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A gift of land to his sons, Louis and François. is recorded in 1757.

Nicolas married Marie-Josephte Lambert-Champagne on 3 Sep 1726 in Saint-Nicolas-de-Lévis, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte (daughter of François Lambert and Marguérite Pilote) was born on 10 Apr 1709. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gènevieve Fréchet. Gènevieve was born in cir 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marguérite Lambert. Marguérite (daughter of François Lambert and Marguérite Pilote) was born in cir 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Louise Marion. Louise was born in cir 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marie-Ursule Marion. Marie-Ursule was born in cir 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marie-Charles Houde. Marie-Charles was born in cir 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Philippe Dubois. Philippe was born in cir 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: François Marion. François was born in cir 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joseph Martineau. Joseph was born in cir 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joseph Demers. Joseph was born in cir 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Louis-François Bourgouin. Louis-François (son of Claude Bourgouin and Marie-Thèrése Magnan) was born in 1707; was christened on 3 May 1707. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marie-Catherine Lizotte. Marie-Catherine was born in cir 1690. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Simon married Marguerite Gaudin on 11 Jan 1738 in Rousselot, Québec, Canada. Marguerite (daughter of Pierre Gaudìn and Catherine Pellerin) was born in cir 1715. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Therese married Joseph Jourdain on 14 May 1739 in Québec, Canada. Joseph (son of Guilliame Jourdain and Jeanne Constantin) was born in cir 1697 in Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie-Angélique married Louis-François Bourgouin on 30 Apr 1731 in Saint-Antoine-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Louis-François (son of Claude Bourgouin and Marie-Thèrése Magnan) was born in 1707; was christened on 3 May 1707. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marie-Jeanne Clement. Marie-Jeanne was born in cir 1704. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clothilde married Guillaume Cote on 8 May 1719. Guillaume was born in cir 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marie Louise Nicolas. Marie was born on 13 Jun 1718. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Catherine Lemay on 14 Nov 1714 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Marie-Catherine (daughter of Michel Lemay and Marie-Catherine Jobin) was born in 1693. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pierre married Jeanne Déry on 27 Jul 1717 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada. Jeanne (daughter of Maurice Déry and Madeleine Phillippeau) was born in cir 1690. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charlotte Bougoin's surname is also given as Bourguignon.

Louis married Marie-Charlotte Bourgouin on 4 Apr 1758 in Saint-Nicolas-de-Lévis, Québec, Canada. Marie-Charlotte (daughter of Louis-François Bourgouin and Marie-Angélique Houde) was born in 1737; was christened on 25 Feb 1737. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Genevieve married Augustin St-Onge on 23 Jan 1774 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Sainte-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada. Augustin (son of Jacques St-Onge and Françoise Lacoursiere) was born in cir 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thèrése Gaudreau. Thèrése was born in cir 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Michael married Judith Vienneau in 1808. Judith was born in cir 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie-Josette married Pierre Jean on 14 May 1764 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnais, Québec, Canada. Pierre (son of Pierre Jean and Marie-Josette Mignier-Lagace) was born in 1742; died on 22 Apr 1792. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jacques Lafontaine. Jacques (son of Jean-Baptiste Lafontaine and Ange Latulippe-Guenet-Queret) was born in cir 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie-Charlotte married Louis Boucher on 4 Apr 1758 in Saint-Nicolas-de-Lévis, Québec, Canada. Louis (son of Nicolas Boucher and Marie-Josephte Lambert-Champagne) was born in cir 1735. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gènevieve Levasseur. Gènevieve was born in cir 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joseph Remillard. Joseph was born in cir 1730. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louis married Françoise-Josèphe Tessier on 20 May 1765 in Pointe-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Françoise-Josèphe (daughter of Joachim Tessier and Marire-Anne Magnan) was born in cir 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie-Angélique married Jacques-Jean Valois in 1750. Jacques-Jean (son of Jacques Valois and Marguerite Carpentier) was born in cir 1715. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louis married Marie Louise Bourré on 7 Nov 1796 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Sainte-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada. Marie (daughter of Joseph Bourré-Sanschagrin and Marie-Josèphte Brousson, dit Lafleur) was born in cir 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dominique married Veronique Pigeon on 11 Sep 1797 in Longueuil, Chambly, Québec, Canada. Veronique (daughter of Pierre Pigeon and Elizabeth Deniaux) was born in cir 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie-Anne married Charles Daudelin on 15 Oct 1798 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Vercheres, Québec, Canada. Charles (son of Jean-Baptiste Dodelin and Marie-Anne Favreau) was born in cir 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Firmin married Celeste Lavigne in 1829. Celeste was born in cir 1805. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1825, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, I'Islet, Québec, Canada

Augustin married Marie-Louise Caron on 27 Sep 1796 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, I'Islet, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise (daughter of Pierre-Laurent Caron and Elisabeth Chouinard) was born in cir 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Angelique married Louis Therrien on 10 Jan 1797. Louis (son of Louis Therrien and Marie Charles Audet) was born on 8 Jul 1755 in Saint-Jean, Île d'Orléans, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Etienne-Denis Tremblay. Etienne-Denis was born in cir 1739. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie-Rose married Gabriel Turcotte on 15 Nov 1790 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada. Gabriel (son of Jean-Baptiste Turcotte and Marie-Josephte Vérieul) was born in cir 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie-Angélique married Jean-François-Regis Parenteau on 26 Jan 1795 in Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska, Québec, Canada. Jean-François-Regis (son of Joseph Parenteau and Marie-Jeanne Jolicoeur-Poliquin) was born in 1766. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This may be the Marcel Boucher whose burial is recorded in the parish records of St-Charles-sur-Richelieu on 5 November 1863. His age was given as 65, and his spouse's name was Louise Arnois. This may have been a second marriage.

Marcel married Marie Louise Roy on 31 Jul 1820 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Sainte-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada. Marie (daughter of Jean-Baptiste Roy and Agathe Darcy) was born in 1802; was christened on 8 May 1802 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Sainte-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Victoire Adam. Victoire (daughter of Pierre Adam and Marie-Josette St-Michel) was born in cir 1805. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret Young. Margaret was born in cir 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louis married Esther Daignault, dit Laprise on 23 Nov 1827 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, I'Islet, Québec, Canada. Esther (daughter of François Daignault, dit Laprise and Julie Gaudreau) was born in cir 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louis married Elisabeth Patry on 17 Feb 1817 in Saint-Joseph, Levis, Québec, Canada. Elisabeth (daughter of Louis Patry and Elisabeth Turgeon) was born in cir 1800 in Saint-Jean, Île d'Orléans, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Antoine Boutin. Antoine (son of Louis-Barnabe Boutin and Josephe-Marie Blais) was born in cir 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alexis married Charlotte Prince on 29 Jul 1823 in Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand, Nicolet, Québec, Canada. Charlotte (daughter of Victor Prince and Marie-Esther Bourgeois) was born in cir 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marguerite married Joseph Martin on 2 Jun 1823 in Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska, Québec, Canada. Joseph (son of Joseph Martin and Marie Marguerite St-Germain) was born on 6 Oct 1796 in Yamaska County, Québec, Canada; was christened on 7 Oct 1796 in Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska, Québec, Canada; died on 2 Mar 1869 in Saint-Aimé-de-Richelieu, Richelieu, Québec, Canada; was buried on 4 Mar 1869 in Saint-Aimé-de-Richelieu, Richelieu, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Regis married Marie Hus-Millet on 29 Sep 1829 in Saint-Pierre-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Marie was born in cir 1805. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Narcisse married Angele Theroux-Laferte on 22 Aug 1837 in Saint-Aimé-de-Richelieu, Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Angele (daughter of Antoine Teroux and Madeleine Gingras) was born in cir 1815. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marguerite married John Grantford on 6 Oct 1846 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Sainte-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada. John (son of John Grantford and Josephte Larose) was born in cir 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Louisa
• Cause of Death: 14 Apr 1919, Four Corners, Fiskeville, Cranston, Rhode Island, USA; Acute interstitial nephritis and arteriosclerosis

Notes:

Louise Boucher Martin reportedly ran a boarding house in Providence after her husband's death. In the 1880 census of the village of Harris, Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island, there is a Martha Martin, age 49. Living with her were her daughter, Ida, age 15; son, Joseph, age 19 (a machinist); daughter-in-law Aggie, age 20, and; granddaughter Mary, age 1. If this is the same family, then it would appear that Joseph Martin had been married previously, before marrying Maria Jean. She was living at 499 N. Main Street, Providence, in 1885. Her son, Maxime, lived there as well. At the time of the 1900 Census, she was living at 376 Richmond Street, Providence, Rhode Island (Roll 1507, Book 1, Page 2a). She was still living at that address in 1907, as were Maxime Martin and David Plante, her son-in-law. At the time of the 1910 census, she was living on 276 Richmond Street, Providence. Living with her were son Maxim (age 56, widowed); son-in-law David Plante (age 47, widowed); her grandson David Plante, Jr. (age 24), and; her granddaughter Antoinette Plante (age 13). The census indicates that she emigrated in 1867. In the records of the Potvin Funeral Home, West Warwick, Rhode Island, her residence at the time of her death is given as Fiskeville.

Marie married Maxime Martin on 11 Oct 1852 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Sainte-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada. Maxime (son of Joseph Martin and Marguerite Parenteau) was born in Feb 1831 in Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska, Québec, Canada; was christened on 25 Feb 1831 in Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska, Québec, Canada; died in Apr 1880 in Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA; was buried in Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Phenix, West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marcel married Louise Bazinet on 11 Nov 1851 in La-Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge, Ste-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada. Louise (daughter of Pierre Bazinet and Marguerite Fortier) was born in cir 1830 in Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The place of residence of both Joseph Boucher and Eugenie Dupuis was given as the parish of Notre-Dame de Montreal in their marriage record.

Joseph married Eugenie Dupuis on 21 Nov 1866 in Saint-Anicet, Huntingdon, Québec, Canada. Eugenie (daughter of Benjamin Dupuis and Brigitte Duheme) was born in cir 1845. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Adeline married Cyprien Lemaire on 9 Jul 1844 in Saint-Gregoire-Le-Grand, Mont-Saint-Gregoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada. Cyprien was born in cir 1820. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Esther Vincent on 27 Oct 1846 in Saint-Gregoire-Le-Grand, Mont-Saint-Gregoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada. Esther was born in cir 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Julienne married Louis-Martial Breau on 8 Jan 1850 in Le-Saint-Nom-De-Marie, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada. Louis-Martial was born in cir 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Flavie married Henri-Liboire Hazen on 8 Jul 1852 in Le-Saint-Nom-De-Marie, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada. Henri-Liboire was born in cir 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Philomene married Georges Harris on 7 Jul 1857 in Le-Saint-Nom-De-Marie, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada. Georges was born in cir 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Ann Chamberlain. Mary was born in cir 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter
• Census: 1921, Arthabaska Village, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada

Notes:

The 1880 census shows Louis Jean living in Lincoln, Rhode Island, and working as a carpenter. The census also shows two nieces, Emilie and Mathilde Plamindon (?) living with the family. All his children, with the exception of Maria, were living with him. The baptismal record of his daughter, Maria, also gives his occupation as carpenter. Louis and his family returned to Canada, as his family is listed in the 1901 census of St. Norbert. The census indicates that they returned to Canada in 1882.

Louis married Célina Turcotte on 22 Nov 1859 in Saint-Norbert, Norbertville, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada. Célina (daughter of Alexis Turcotte and Charlotte Prince) was born on 20 Dec 1844; died in Jan 1914; was buried on 5 Jan 1914 in Saint-Norbert, Norbertville, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pierre-Paul married Marie Cecile Blanchet in 1856 in Saint-Patrice, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Flavie Levallee on 8 Nov 1842 in Notre-Dame, Québec City, Québec, Canada. Flavie (daughter of Jean-Baptiste Levallee and Angele Menard) was born in cir 1826. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Domitille married David LeBlanc on 21 Jul 1846 in Saint-Cyprien, Napierville, Québec, Canada. David (son of David LeBlanc and Sophie Brosseau) was born in cir 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Célina married Louis Jean on 22 Nov 1859 in Saint-Norbert, Norbertville, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada. Louis (son of Louis Jean and Esther Daignault, dit Laprise) was born on 8 Jul 1832; was christened on 8 Jul 1832 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, I'Islet, Québec, Canada; died on 7 Mar 1922 in Arthabaska, Québec, Canada; was buried on 13 Mar 1922 in Saint-Norbert, Norbertville, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Anthony Martin
• Occupation: farmer
• Census: 29 Jun 1870, Natick, Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA
• Census: 1881, Saint-Robert, Richelieu, Québec, Canada
• Census: 1891, Saint-Robert, Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Notes:

The Toussaint Martin family emigrated in March 1865.

Toussaint married Marguerite Bonenfant on 21 Sep 1847 in Saint-Aimé-de-Richelieu, Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marguerite (daughter of Michel Bonenfant and Josephte Lafleur) was born in cir 1829 in Québec, Canada; died after 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marguerite married Louis Potvin on 26 Oct 1847 in Saint-Aimé-de-Richelieu, Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Louis (son of Louis Potvin and Marie Bonenfant) was born in cir 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Maxime Auguste Martin
• Occupation: 1861; day laborer
• Residence: 1861, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Sainte-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
• Residence: 1870, Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA
• Occupation: 1882; Farmer

Notes:

The witnesses on Maxime's baptismal record were Antoine Valois and Agathe Valaing. The Maxime Martin family family was living at St. Charles-sur-Richelieu at the time of the 1861 Canadian census. Maxime was described in the census report as a "journeyman" (day worker). In the 1875 Rhode Island census, Maxime's name is given as Michael (age 45), and the family was living in Coventry. Also listed are Louisa B. (age 44), Michael (son, age 22), Aulet (age 21), Mary (age 14), Joseph (age 15), Ida (age 11), and Louisa (age 7), all born in Canada. The census of 1900 reports that Maxime and Louise Martin emigrated in 1868. The 1920 census record of Maxime's children, Marguerite Ashey and Maxime Martin, indicates that they emigrated in 1869. Maxime and Louise Martin's son, Alexander, was naturalized on 28 December 1891, at which time he stated that he arrived in the United States on 3 May 1869. In addition to the listed children, there may have been another daughter, Mary (1869-1880).

Maxime married Marie Louise Boucher on 11 Oct 1852 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Sainte-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada. Marie (daughter of Marcel Boucher and Marie Louise Roy) was born on 15 Sep 1829 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Sainte-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada; was christened on 23 Sep 1829 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Sainte-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada; died on 14 Apr 1919 in Four Corners, Fiskeville, Cranston, Rhode Island, USA; was buried on 16 Apr 1919 in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Arctic, West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Joseph Martin family was living in Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island, at the time of the 1880 census.

Family/Spouse: Julia Francoeur. Julia (daughter of Joseph Francoeur and unknown) was born on 12 Aug 1834 in Canada; died on 2 Oct 1922 in Arctic, West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA; was buried on 4 Oct 1922 in St. Mary Cemetery, West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charles and Christine Martin were living in Biddeford, York County, Maine, at the time of the 1870 census. Living with the family was Margaret Nadeau (age 90), who could have been Christina Martin's mother or grandmother. The family was living at Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts, at the time of the 1910 census. Living with them were their granddaughters, Ida (age 21) and Eva Martin (age 12). The census records that the girls were born in Massachusetts, as was their mother, and that their father was born in Maine. According to the 1900 census, Charles and Christine both emigrated in 1848. If this is correct, then this must not be the same Charles who was a son of Joseph Martin and Marguerite Parenteau.

Charles married Christine Nadeau in 1852. Christine (daughter of Edwin Nadeau and unknown) was born in 1823 in Canada; died on 15 Nov 1920 in Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; was buried on 17 Nov 1920 in St. Stephen's Cemetery, Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Narcisse married Hermine Fourquin-Leveillee on 18 Jun 1860 in Saint-Aimé-de-Richelieu, Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Hermine was born in cir 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Celina married Charles Desmarais on 3 Mar 1862 in Saint-Robert, Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Charles was born in cir 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emelie married Louis Jalbert on 1 Dec 1862 in Massueville, Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Louis was born in cir 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: cook and bartender
• Naturalization: 1917

Notes:

Maxime's name is given as Michael in the 1875 Rhode Island census. Maxime Martin was living with his sister, Marguerite Martin Achez, at the time of the 1920 census. It was reported that he immigrated in 1869 and was naturalized in 1917.

Maxime married Aglae (Bertha) Chapdelaine on 2 Aug 1875 in St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA. Aglae (daughter of Belanie Chapdelaine and Françoise ?) was born in cir 1862; died on 10 Jan 1897 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Alexander William Martin
• Occupation: barber
• Naturalization: 28 Dec 1891, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA

Notes:

Alexander Martin was naturalized in U.S. District Court, Providence, on 28 December 1891. In his application, he stated that he arrived in the United States on 3 May 1869. The Alexander Martin family was living at 145 Richmond Street, Providence, at the time of the 1900 census. He was a hairdresser. The 1900 census also reports that Alexander came to the U.S. in 1869.

Alexandre married Leocadie Parent on 23 Apr 1876 in St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA. Leocadie (daughter of François Parent and Sophronie ?) was born in May 1856 in Canada; died on 12 May 1928 in Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Naturalization: 1890
• Residence: 1920, Seven Mile Line Road, Cranston, West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA

Notes:

Marguerite Martin Ashey was living on Seven Mile Line Road, Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island (ED 99), at the time of the 1920 census. Living with her were son, John, and her brother, Maxime. The census reported that she immigrated in 1869 and was naturalized in 1890. The next family listed in the census was that of her daughter, Olivia (or Ida) Ashey Provost.

Marguerite married Jean-Baptiste Achez on 3 Aug 1873 in St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA. Jean-Baptiste (son of Pierre Achez and Rosalie Bourteau) was born on 23 Mar 1854 in Québec, Canada; died on 21 Sep 1917 in Fiskeville, Cranston, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA; was buried on 26 Sep 1917 in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Arctic, West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Joseph Arthur Martin
• Immigration: 3 May 1869
• Naturalization: 30 Oct 1894, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA

Notes:

Joseph's middle name on his baptismal record and marriage record is Hormisdas. The witnesses in the baptismal record were Joseph Boucher and Marie Duclos. At the time of his naturalization in 1894, Joseph Martin was living at 341 Case Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. At the time of the 1900 Census, the Joseph Martin family was living at 122 Whitney Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio (see 1900 Ohio Census, Cuyahoga County, Roll 1254, Book 2, Page 80a). Living at the residence were Joseph, his wife Mary, Eva M., William, and Irene Martin, and Florence Burrows, said to be Joseph's sister-in-law. In 1910, the family was living at 7540 Star Avenue, Cleveland. They were living on East 103rd Street, Cleveland, in 1920. He is probably the Joseph Martin listed in the 1930 census as an inmate at the Warrensville Correction Farm, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Joseph Martin died at his residence, 5144 Oakmont Drive, South Euclid, Ohio.

According to the Julian family, Joseph Martin fell off a bicycle and hit his head, causing him some mental problems, although he had been very bright before the accident. He always wore a Derby hat in bed and always wore long underwear.

Joseph married Marie Julie Oliva Jean on 18 Jun 1882 in St. Charles Borromeo Church, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA. Marie (daughter of Louis Jean and Célina Turcotte) was born on 16 Feb 1865 in Saint-Norbert, Norbertville, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada; was christened on 21 Feb 1865 in Saint-Norbert, Norbertville, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada; died on 26 Feb 1887 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Mary Jane Burrows on 12 Oct 1891 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of George Burrows and Elizabeth Dougherty) was born on 8 Oct 1868 in Sutton, York County, Ontario, Canada; died on 24 Sep 1940 in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Marie Olivine Martin

Notes:

Ida's name on her baptismal record was Marie Olivine, and it was Mary O. on her marriage record. In the marriage record of her son, David, her name is given as Olinne Martin.

Ida married David Plante on 22 Jan 1882 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA. David (son of Felix Plante and Meriam Sansoucie) was born on 4 May 1863 in Canada; died on 10 Sep 1927 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This Malvina (or Melvina) may have been the wife of Marcel Boucher's son, Gelase, rather than Marcel's daughter.

Gelase married Melvina Tellier on 4 Mar 1878 in Upton, Yamaska, Québec, Canada. Melvina was born in cir 1858 in Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zepherine married Louis Fontaine on 24 Feb 1879 in Saint-Theodore-d'Acton, Bagot, Québec, Canada. Louis was born in cir 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henri married Louise Caron on 21 Aug 1883 in Saint-Theodore-d'Acton, Bagot, Québec, Canada. Louise was born in cir 1863. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Alexina Cloutier on 15 Nov 1887 in Upton, Yamaska, Québec, Canada. Alexina (daughter of Fulgence Cloutier and Odile Cusson) was born in cir 1869. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: unknown. unknown was born in cir 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Louis Edouard Jean is not listed with the family in the 1871 census, so he may have died young.

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• Residence: 1882, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA

Notes:

The marriage record gives her name as Oliva Jean. Her death certificate lists "consumption" as the cause of death, but family tradition holds that she died in childbirth.

Marie married Joseph Hormisdas Martin on 18 Jun 1882 in St. Charles Borromeo Church, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA. Joseph (son of Maxime Martin and Marie Louise Boucher) was born on 6 Dec 1860 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Sainte-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada; was christened on 8 Dec 1860 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Sainte-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada; died on 14 Oct 1934 in Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 16 Oct 1934 in Knollwood Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ludger married Rosa Marcoux on 13 Feb 1893 in Notre Dame Catholic Church, Central Falls, Rhode Island. Rosa (daughter of Louis Marcoux and Euphemie Chagnon) was born in cir 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

An Alfred Jean married Mary McNulty on 20 October 1890, in Rhode Island.

Alfred married Mariann McNulty on 20 Oct 1890. Mariann was born in 1869 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Anna Marie
• Immigration: 1885

Notes:

On their marriage record, Louis' last name was spelled Ginther.

Marie married Louis C. Guenther on 30 Jun 1892 in St. Charles Borromeo Church, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA. Louis (son of Aloysius Guenther and Balbina Kimmich) was born on 21 Jan 1864 in Germany; died on 13 May 1940. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Napoléon Jean family may have been living on Brown Street, Atlleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts, at the time of the 1920 census. However, it appears that Napoléon returned to Canada with his parents, as he listed with them in the 1901 census of St. Norbert, in which his birth date is given as 12 June 1877.

Célanise married Henri Turcotte on 17 Dec 1896 in Saint-Norbert, Norbertville, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada. Henri (son of Guillaume Turcotte and Emma Noël) was born in cir 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Ariel

Notes:

Aurele Jean and Elisé Berube may have been the parents of Joseph Leonard. See his death record for further information.

Aurele married Elisé Berube on 24 Jan 1905 in Sainte-Victoire, Victoriaville, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada. Elisé (daughter of Charles Berube and Madeleine Jalbert) was born in cir 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Aurele married Exilia Lapierre on 6 Aug 1945 in Saint-Norbert, Norbertville, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada. Exilia was born in cir 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married Ludger Lavigne on 17 Feb 1908 in Saint-Norbert, Norbertville, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada. Ludger (son of Gédéon Lavigne and Virginie Houle) was born in cir 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]