Turgeon Maternal Genealogy
Roussin Family Line
Origin: French. Spelling variations include: Roussignhol, Roussignol, Roussinhol, Rossignol, Rousinole, Roussinol, Roussinole, Rousingnol, Rousingnhol, Rossinghol, Roussinhole and many more. This name was first found in Languedoc, where this illustrious family was seated since ancient times.
John William Smith
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Mary (Smith) Turgeon
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Phileas Turgeon
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Cesaire Turgeon
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Francois Xavier Turgeon
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Dorothee Baucher-Morency --- Spouse, Antoine Turgeon
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Joseph Baucher-Morency (Father)
Born: 19 May 1715 – Sainte-Famille, I.O., Montmorency, Quebec
Married: 27 Aug 1737 – L’Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Quebec
Died: April 1781 – Beaumont, Bellechasse, Quebec
Spouse: Genevieve Huot
Born: 11 Sept 1715 – L’Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Quebec
Died: Dec 1776 – Beaumont, Bellechasse, Quebec
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Marie-Madeline-Asselin
Born: 25 Aug 1679, Sainte-Famille, I.O., MontmorencyQuebec,
Died: 15 Aug 1715, Sainte-Famille, I.O., Montmorency, Quebec
Spouse: Guillaume Baucher-Morency
Born: 1666, Quebec
Married: 1694
Died: 1717, Quebec
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Louise Roussin
Born: 11 Mar 1642 – Tourouvre, Perche, France
Died: 12 Dec 1700 – Ste-Famille, I.O., Montmorency, Quebec
Spouse: Jacques Asselin
Born: About 1629 – France
Married: 29 July 1662 – Chateau-Richer, Montmorency, Quebec
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Jean Roussin
Born: 2 Oct 1597, Tourouvre, Perche, France
Married: 12 June 1622 – Tourouvre, Perche, France
Died: April 1681 – L’Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Quebec
Spouse: Madeleine Giguere
Born: 25 May 1605 – Tourouvre, Perche, France
Died: 1650, Tourouvre, Perche, France
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Pierre Roussin
Born: 1575 at St-Aubin, De Tourouvre, Mortagne, Perche, France
Died: 26 June 1603 in St-Aubin, De Tourouvre, Mortagne, Perche, France
Spouse: Jeanne (Jehanne?) Nyeulle
Born: 1575 at St-Aubin, De-Tourouvre, Mortagne, Perche, France
Died: 1636
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Pasquier Roussin
Born: March 5, 1548 at Orne, Tourouvre, France
Died: After 1567 at Tourouvre, Mortagne, Perche, France
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Martin Roussin
Born: Circa 1506 – 1510, Tourouvre, Perche, France
Died: Before 5 March 1548
Spouse: Progere Raison
Born: 1509 – 1522 Tourouvre, Perche, France
Died: After 11 April 1553
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Martin Roussin
Born: Circa 1476 – Tourouvre, France
Died: Before 4 March 1553
Spouse: Michelle Moreau
Born: Circa 1479 Tourouvre, France
Died: 9 April 1553
Roussin Family History
Our ancestor, Jean Roussin was baptized on October 3, 1597, at St-Aubin of Tourouvre. He was the son of Pierre Roussin and Jeanne Nyeullé. He married Madelein Giguère at Tourouvre on June 12, 1622. Madelein was baptized on May 26, 12605, at St-Aubin, and was the daughter of Jean Giguère and Madeleine Viette. On April 3, 1650, we find this family living in Tourouvre, and about ready to immigrate to New France. It is quite likely that Madeleine Giguère probably died before her husband left for New France.
Between 1623 and 1642, the couple raised five children in St-Aubin.
Jean’s children lived and married in New France. Our ancestress, Louise Roussin married Jacques Asselin in Ste-Famille Church in Montmorency, Quebec. Francoise Roussin.
On October 28, 1655, Jean Roussin married for the second time. He married Marie Letard but there were no children from this marriage. According to the 1667 census, Jean Roussin can be found at L’Ange-Gardien working as farmer for the Jesuits. Jean Roussin died at L’Ange-Gardien sometime after the census of 1681 where he was listed as living in Petit-Auvergne in Charlesbourg.
This plaque appears in St. Aubin church, built in the late 16th century, which is still standing. The plaque shows persons baptized in St. Aubin that immigrated to Canada. Note the 5 Roussin names: 1st column, 7th and last, 2nd column, 7th, 9th, and 3rd to the last names. Louise Roussin is our great ancestress.
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Giguere Family Line
Origin: French. Spelling variations include: Gigord, Gigorde, Gigorre, Gigorres, Gigort, Gigors, Gigorz, De Gigord, De Gigorde, De Gigorre, De Gigorres, De Gigort, De Gigors, De Gigorz, Gigorns, Guigorns, Gigorium, Guigorcium, Gigor, Gigo, Giger, Gigaud and many more. First found in Languedoc where this celebrated family was seated from very early times.
John William Smith
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Mary (Smith) Turgeon
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Phileas Turgeon
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Cesaire Turgeon
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Francois Xavier Turgeon
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Dorothee Baucher-Morency --- Spouse, Antoine Turgeon
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Joseph Baucher-Morency (Father)
Born: 19 May 1715 – Sainte-Famille, I.O., Montmorency, Quebec
Married: 27 Aug 1737 – L’Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Quebec
Died: April 1781 – Beaumont, Bellechasse, Quebec
Spouse: Genevieve Huot
Born: 11 Sept 1715 – L’Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Quebec
Died: Dec 1776 – Beaumont, Bellechasse, Quebec
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Marie-Madeline-Asselin
Born: 25 Aug 1679, Sainte-Famille, I.O., MontmorencyQuebec,
Died: 15 Aug 1715, Sainte-Famille, I.O., Montmorency, Quebec
Spouse: Guillaume Baucher-Morency
Born: 1666, Quebec
Married: 1694
Died: 1717, Quebec
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Louise Roussin
Born: 11 Mar 1642 – Tourouvre, Perche, France
Died: 12 Dec 1700 – Ste-Famille, I.O., Montmorency, Quebec
Spouse: Jacques Asselin
Born: About 1629 – France
Married: 29 July 1662 – Chateau-Richer, Montmorency, Quebec
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Madeleine Giguere
Born: 25 May 1605 – Tourouvre, Perche, France
Died: About 1650 – Tourouvre, Perche, France
Spouse: Jean Roussin
Born: 2 Oct 1597 – Tourouvre, Perche, France
Died: April 1681 – L’Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Quebec
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Jean Giguere
Born: Unknown
Died: Unknown
Spouse: Madeleine Viette
Born: Unknown
Died: Unknown
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Louis Turgeon Family Line
Louis Turgeon was the father of Antoine Turgeon, whose maternal family line was described above. This section describes the maternal family line descending from Louis Turgeon’s wife, Marie-Angelique Couture.
Eustache Couture Sieur de Bellerive Family Line
John William Smith
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Mary (Smith) Turgeon
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Phileas Turgeon
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Cesaire Turgeon
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Francois Xavier Turgeon
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Dorothee Baucher-Morency --- Spouse, Antoine Turgeon
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Antoine Turgeon
Born: 24 Feb 17736 – Beaumont, Bellechasse, Quebec
Spouse: Dorothee Baucher-Morency
Married: 1763
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Marie-Angelique Couture
Born: 28 Oct 1703 – Beaumont, Bellechasse, Quebec
Died: 15 Mar 1762 – Beaumont, Bellechasse, Quebec
Spouse: Louis Turgeon
Born: 19 April 1695 – Beaumont, Bellechasse, Quebec
Married: 28 April 1728 – Beaumont, Quebec
Died: 7 July 1776 – Beaumont, Bellechasse, Quebec
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Eustache Couture Sieur de Bellerive
Born: 1667, Quebec
Married: 1701
Died: 1745, Quebec
Spouse: Francoise Huard
Born: 23 Jun 1672
Died: 22 Jan 1745
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Guillaume Couture
Born: 1617, Rouen, Normandie, France
Married: 16 Nov 1649 – Quebec, Quebec
Died: 4 April 1701 - Quebec, Quebec
Spouse: Anne Aymard or Emard
Born: 22 Oct 1627 – Niort, France
Died: 17 Jan 1700 – Lauzon, Quebec
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Guillaume Couture
Born: 1587, Normandie, France
Married: Paris, France 1612
Died: Unknown
Spouse: Madeleine Malet or Mallett
Born: Unknown
Died: Unknown
Couture Family History
The Couture family in Canada can trace its roots to Guillaume Couture from Saint-Godard d' Rouen in Normandy. He was the son of a carpenter, Guillaume, and of Madeleine Mallet. His birth year is unknown to us; however, it is thought he was born sometime between 1608 and 1616. We do know Guillaume the younger arrived in New France about 1640, and was one of the earliest colonists to this new country. At this time young Guillaume made a decision to become a priest and devote his life to working with the Jesuits.
On June 26, 1641, Guillaume bequeathed to his mother and
his sister, Marie, the few goods that he still had in Canada. Then he departs
for the land of the Huronie for an adventure into the wilderness where he comes
close to death several times. He traveled to Huronie in 1642. Two companions
traveled with Guillaume – Isaac Jogues and Rene Goupil. They traveled aboard 12
boats and were accompanied by a small group of American Indians.
Guillaume becomes known as ‘Seam’. I still cannot find out why he
was given this name, but I believe it is a title of some sort. So I will refer
to him as Seam throughout this section.
Seam did not go far because shortly after they departed, he was soon captured by the Iroquois. His traveling companions, Goupil and Jogues, were also captured. Guillaume (Seam) had his finger sawn off, his nails torn and off and he was burned on his body in several places. Then our ancestor was given to the family of the Indian man he killed at the time of his capture. Seam was made a slave.
Rene Goupil is killed on September 29 of that year. Isaac Jogues escaped the following year. Three years passed and by this time Seam had learned their language. By this time Seam was made a member of the Indian council because of his ‘wisdom, spirit and logic’. (At least that is according to family’s lore.)
In 1645, a peace delegation came to Three-Rivers, Quebec, and at first Seam was not recognized. After all, by this time everyone thought he was dead. Guillaume Couture (Seam) did not play the role of a prisoner and played a lead role in establishing peace between the Iroquois and New France.
By this time Seam had made a decision not to become a Jesuit priest and wished to marry. Peace did not come right away. Although peace had come between New France and the Iroquois, the same was not true between the Iroquois and other tribes. Seam was asked to play the role of ambassador and interpreter to restore peace between two enemy tribes.
One tribe gave him the name ‘Jhandich’ and the other tribe gave him the name ‘Achirra’.
On May 16, 1647, the governor of Montmagny authorized Guillaume Couture to live at Point of Levy. Thus he became the first colonist of the seigniory of Lauzon. From his father, Guillaume learned the carpentry trade. He built a house on this land, and cleared some of the land. Then he sold this house to his neighbor, François Bissot. Once this transaction was completed, Guillaume began building another house.
In Paris on October 15, 1648, the lord of Lauzon granted Guillaume Couture his titles of concession and granted him the title of seigneuriales censitaire. He was given “twelve last of taxable quota for each arpent cleared and put out of arable land or in kind the previous one and to give to the hands of the tax prosecutor, also a quarter of salted and well conditioned eels.” I suspect the French were enthralled with eels.
In this new property, Guillaume built a new house and moved in on November 18, 1649. He married Anne Esmars or Aymard, who came from Niort, in Poitou. She had two sisters. Madelein married Zacharie Nailsmith, and Bores married Oliver Late.
There was a marriage contract made between Seam and his new bride. She gave him a bed of feathers and a milk cow. One year after their marriage, Anne bore the first of their 10 children. His name was Jean-Baptiste. Throughout this period Seam travels with other expeditions for meetings with other American Indian tribes.
As I mentioned earlier, Guillaume and Anne had 10 children. Anne was born in 1652 and she married Jean Coté. Marguerite was born in 1656 and she married Jean Marsolet. Charles was born in 1660 and he married Marie Huard, who will be the father of the Seam known as Lafrenaye. Guillaume was born in 1662 and married Marie-madeleine Côté. Louise was born in 1665 and married Charles-Thomas Couillard. Eustace was born in 1667 and married Marguerite Bégin. Marguerite died and Eustace married our great ancestress, François Huard, who became the ancestor of the Seam known as Cressionnière.
Thus, three of Jean Huard’s daughters entered the dynasty
of the Seam. Jean-Baptiste, the elder one of the Couture children, married Anne
Mariette Huard, and would become the ancestor of the Seam called Lamonde.
Anne Esmard was buried at Point of Lévy on January 15, 1700.
Guillaume died a few months later sometime before November 14, 1701. This is
the date when his goods were inventoried. He had seen this new country like few
before or after him. He worked as a servant, interpreter, carpenter,
ambassador, colonist, captain of the militia and notary.
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Jean Huard or Huart Family Line
John William Smith
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Mary (Smith) Turgeon
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Phileas Turgeon
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Cesaire Turgeon
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Francois Xavier Turgeon
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Dorothee Baucher-Morency --- Spouse, Antoine Turgeon
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Antoine Turgeon
Born: 24 Feb 17736 – Beaumont, Bellechasse, Quebec
Spouse: Dorothee Baucher-Morency
Married: 1763
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Marie-Angelique Couture
Born: 28 Oct 1703 – Beaumont, Bellechasse, Quebec
Died: 15 Mar 1762 – Beaumont, Bellechasse, Quebec
Spouse: Louis Turgeon
Born: 19 April 1695 – Beaumont, Bellechasse, Quebec
Married: 28 April 1728 – Beaumont, Quebec
Died: 7 July 1776 – Beaumont, Bellechasse, Quebec
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Eustache Couture Sieur de Bellerive
Born: 1667, Quebec
Married: 1701
Died: 1745, Quebec
Spouse: Francoise Huard
Born: 23 Jun 1672
Died: 22 Jan 1745
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Jean Huard or Huart
Born: About 1641 – France
Married: 30 Apr 1670 – Quebec, Quebec
Died: 4 Dec 1708 – Lauzon, Quebec
Spouse: Anne-Marie Amyot
Born: 27 Mar 1654 – Quebec, Quebec
Died: About 1720 – Lauzon, Quebec
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Marin or Martin Huard or Huart
Born: Unknown
Died: Unknown
Spouse: Julienne Bouillet
Born: Unknown
Died: Unknown
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Amyot Family Line
Miville Family Crest
John William Smith
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Mary (Smith) Turgeon
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Phileas Turgeon
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Cesaire Turgeon
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Francois Xavier Turgeon
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Dorothee Baucher-Morency --- Spouse, Antoine Turgeon
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Antoine Turgeon
Born: 24 Feb 17736 – Beaumont, Bellechasse, Quebec
Spouse: Dorothee Baucher-Morency
Married: 1763
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Marie-Angelique Couture
Born: 28 Oct 1703 – Beaumont, Bellechasse, Quebec
Died: 15 Mar 1762 – Beaumont, Bellechasse, Quebec
Spouse: Louis Turgeon
Born: 19 April 1695 – Beaumont, Bellechasse, Quebec
Married: 28 April 1728 – Beaumont, Quebec
Died: 7 July 1776 – Beaumont, Bellechasse, Quebec
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Eustache Couture Sieur de Bellerive
Born: 1667, Quebec
Married: 1701
Died: 1745, Quebec
Spouse: Francoise Huard
Born: 23 Jun 1672
Died: 22 Jan 1745
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Jean Huard or Huart
Born: About 1641 – France
Married: 30 Apr 1670 – Quebec, Quebec
Died: 4 Dec 1708 – Lauzon, Quebec
Spouse: Anne-Marie Amyot
Born: 27 Mar 1654 – Quebec, Quebec
Died: About 1720 – Lauzon, Quebec
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Mathieu Amyot
Born: About 1628, France
Died: Unknown
Spouse: Marie Miville
Born: About 1633
Died: Unknown
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Philippe Amyot
Born: Unknown
Married: About 1627
Died: Unknown
Spouse: Anne Couvent
Born: Unknown
Died: Unknown
Amyot Family History
Philippe was this family’s ancestor and lived near Soissons in France. It is thought he was born about 1600 A.D. and his parents are unknown. He came to New France in the summer of 1635 with his wife Anne Convent. Anne was the daughter of Guillaume Convent and Antoinette de Longval. Anne and Philippe were married in 1627 and had two children in France – Jean and Mathieu. A third child, Charles Amyot, was born in 1636 in Quebec. Jean was born later.
Philippe died about 1636. Anne Convent Amyot then married Jacques Maheu in 1639 and they had a daughter and two sons. Jacques died and she married again and this time to Etienne Blanchon on September 10, 1666, in Quebec. They had no children. She died on December 25, 1675.
Jean Amyot drowned opposite Three-Rivers on May 23, 1648.
Mathieu Amyot was born between 1627 and 1629 near Chartres. Mathieu worked a few years raising dairy cattle and served as an interpreter between the Huronie Indians and Jesuit priests. On October 2, 1649, Governor Louis D’Ailleboust gave him 5 arpents of land near Three-Rivers, but Mathieu sells this land within a couple of days.
Mathieu Amyot, known as Villeneuve, married Marie Miville in Quebec on November 22, 1650. She was the daughter of Pierre Miville, known as LeSuisse, and Charlotte Maugis. Her dowry was property that was located in the town of Quebec. In 1661, the Jesuits give him some land where he built a house.
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Zacharie Turgeon Family Line
Roy
Family Crest
Roy Family Line
‘Roy’ was formerly used to identify the ushers and the men whose function was to represent the king. Roy designated a humble task and ‘Roy’ was initially used as a nickname.
The Roy family of Normandy was given a lordship in Normandy and it is thought some may have been cousins to the king. One line of Roys traces their heritage to the old kings and queens of ancient times. I listed some of their descendents in a later section titled ‘Fact or Fiction’. Our family line comes from Normandy.
The birthday for Nicolas Le Roy is unknown; however, it is known he was baptized on May 25, 1639, in the Saint-Remy parish, Dieppe, diocese of Rouen department of Seine-Maritime in High-Normandy, France. Nicolas Le Roy is the son of Louis Le Roy and Anne Lemaistre who were married on April 27, 1638, in Dieppe. Louis Le Roy comes from Saint-Aubin in Normandy. Jeanne Lelievre is the daughter of Guillaume Lelievre de Saint-Leonard, which is close to Honfleur in Normandy. The mother’s name is unknown. One finds the baptism of their first two children in Saint-Remy of Dieppe.. Louis was baptized on November 26, 1658, and Nicolas was baptized on March 24, 1661. It is assumed that Nicolas and Jeanne were married in Normandy about 1658. Nicolas was born to a middle-class family in Dieppe. That is to say, he was possibly born to a family involved in commerce.
John William Smith
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Mary (Smith) Turgeon
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Phileas Turgeon
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Cesaire Turgeon
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Francois Xavier Turgeon
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Antoine Turgeon
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Louis Turgeon --- Spouse: Elisabeth Roy
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Elisabeth Roy
Born: May 24, 1671
Marriage: 25 Oct 1691
Spouse: Zacharie Turgeon
Birth: 7 May 1664, Quebec
Christening: 22 May 1664, Quebec
Death: 13 July 1743, Beaumont
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Nicolas Roy
Born: Unknown
Marriage: February 1658
Spouse: Jeanne Lelievre
Born: 22 Mar 1634 – St. Remy, Dieppe, Normandy
Died: January 11, 1728 – St-Vallier, Quebec, Canada
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Louis Roy
Born: Unknown
Marriage: 27 April 1638, France
Death: Unknown
Spouse: Ann Lemaitre
Birth: Unknown
Death: Unknown
The Roy Family Story
The following is taken from a web site discussing our Roy ancestors:
Jeanette Lelievre Le Roy lived from 1638 to 1728 to a ripe old age of 89. She was the brave woman who emigrated in 1661 from France to the New World with her husband Nicholas Le Roy and their three little children. They had sailed from the port of Dieppe on the coast of Normandy, aboard a ship commanded by Captain Laurent Poullet. After an awful two months at sea they landed at Terre Nueve, now known as Newfoundland. They remained there for nearly two years in bitter circumstances. The ship they sailed on was either the Golden Eagle (L ‘Aigle d’Or) or the Garden of Holland (Jardin de Hollande).
Finally, in New France they were reunited with Jeanne’s father, Guilleaume Lelievre, who emigrated around 1657. On the 8th of June, 1664, Nicolas officially acquired a land grant of two arpents in width (approximately three American acres). They were neighbors to Charles Garnier.
Their eighth and ninth children, Elisabeth and Jean, were both baptized at nearby L’Ange Gardien, on the Beupre coast. However, their tenth and last child, Jean-Baptiste, was baptized miles away on the other side of the St. Lawrence River, in the Seigneurie de la Durantaye. He was christened on October 20, 1678, fifteen years after his parents had initially been granted land on the Cote de Beaupre.
Why did Nicolas and Jeanne Le Roy leave an apparently successful farm from a place so blessed with beautiful scenery? The answer lies with a crime so vile that it evokes outrage to this day. Eugena Poulin, PhD., in her 1998 article “Crime and Seventeenth Century Women in New France wrote:
“Society considered some crimes so heinous that the death penalty appeared insufficient. In 1669, the court found Jacques Nourry guilty of raping four and a half year old Marie Le Roy. The latter was the daughter of Nicolas and Jeanne Lelievre. Nourry was hanged, his body mutilated, decapitated and his head displayed on a post. The fine added to his punishment amounted to three hundred livres to be awarded to the victim.”
Although Ms. Poulin does not recount it, Nourry was a single man aged 29, who farmed land next to the Le Roys. Later documents record that his land was confiscated by the High Court of Beaupre, and on September 7, 1669, and this farm was awarded to Charles Garnier.
The family again prospered at La Durantaye, far from the crime and its grisly punishment. Having sold his farm at Beaupre in 1679 for five hundred livres, Nicholas acquired twenty arpents of land at Durantaye. His eldest sons, Louis and Nicolas, would eventually own adjoining property. A third son, Noel, would buy land in 1688 in the adjoining Seigneurie de Berthier from Jean DAniau dit la Prise, of La Durantaye.
Little Marie grew up normally due to the love of her parents. On July 31, 1679, she wed Jean Gaudreau by whom she had three children. Following the loss of her first husband Marie married Jean Fournier and bore 10 more children.
Nicolas Le Roy’s passing sometime before October of 1691 was not as well documented as his wife’s death, whose burial record has been termed ‘bizarre’. Here is a translation of that account by the parish priest at the village of Saint Vallier:
“The year one thousand seven hundred twenty eight, the 11th of January, has been buried in the cemetery of this parish, by me, the undersigned priest, missionary of Saint Michael, the body of the late widow Roy, deceased at the age of 88 or 9 years without any illness. She had received a precaution eight days before from Saint Viatique. The entire parish assisted at her internment.
Quite obviously her neighbors of the day admired her faith and loved her. Of interest is the fact that she enjoyed good health right up to her last day. “…decedee a l’age 88 ou 9 ans sans aucune maladie” –when it was her time to die.
Jeanne and Nicolas sailed from old France to New France, leaving family and friends, familiar places and sights. Surely, this was an emotional parting and a spiritual up-rooting filled with a fear of the dangers ahead.
Essentially, they set an example for all the Roy generations that followed. In Quebec, the Roy sons were farmers, termed in French ‘cultivateurs’, who emigrated further westward, seeking fertile lands to farm. They followed the rivers which were the routes of exploration and easy travel into the interior of Quebec before there were roads.
The story of how our Roy ancestors became assimilated into American society is not without an awareness of the fact that they encountered some prejudices. Just as the Irish, Italians, and the Poles who arrived about the same time, they formed their own neighborhoods. They had their “petit Canadas”. As a key part of telling this history, it has been necessary to study the building of French parishes, an occupation which their priests undertook with real zeal. In fact, their organizations became a crusade of sort, called “la Survivance”, denoting a firm intention to preserve the Quebecois language and culture.
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Guillaume Lelièvre Family Line
John William Smith
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Mary (Smith) Turgeon
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Phileas Turgeon
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Cesaire Turgeon
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Francois Xavier Turgeon
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Antoine Turgeon
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Louis Turgeon --- Spouse: Elisabeth Roy
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Elisabeth Roy
Born: May 24, 1671
Marriage: 25 Oct 1691
Spouse: Zacharie Turgeon
Birth: 7 May 1664, Quebec
Christening: 22 May 1664, Quebec
Death: 13 July 1743, Beaumont
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Jeanne Lelievre
Born: 22 Mar 1634 – St. Remy, Dieppe, Normandie
Died: January 11, 1728 – St-Vallier, Quebec, Canada
Marriage: February 1658
Spouse: Nicolas Roy
Born: Unknown
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Guillaume Lelievre
Lelievre Family History
Nicolas Roy married Jeanne Lelievre about 1658 in Normandy, France.
Nicolas Leroy was a middle-class merchant from Dieppe, and arrived in New France with his wife, Jeanne, and his two children, Louis and Nicolas. Their passage was paid by the honorable Jean Gloria on June 17, 1661. They departed France on June 21, 1661, and arrived in New France on August 22, 1661. The ship that carried them to this new country was called theVaisseau d’Dieppe and its captain was Laurent Poulent. They were classified as ‘volunteers for 36 months’. The first colonists in Canada had a probation period of 36 months for a seigniory before being given land. This was according to a 1660 policy change made in the higher council of New France. The purpose was to increase the numbers of new colonists by obligating them to 36 months of work for which they were paid a wage and provided a home for 36 months. It was not a bad arrangement.
The parents of Nicolas Leroy were Louis LeRoy of St-Aubin and Anne Lemestre. They were married on April 27, 1638. Louis and Anne bore a son, Nicolas, who was baptized on May 25, 1639. Nicolas’s godparents were Jacques Baudouy and Francoise Priaux.
Later, Nicolas married Jeanne Lelièvre. Her parents were Guillaume Lelièvre and Antoinette Bougard. Guillaume was born between 1607 and 1616. We do not know Antoinette’s actual birth years but know she lived in Honfleur of the St-Leonard parish.
Nicolas and Jeanne initially were residents in the Seigniory of Bowsprit.
Nicolas Leroy and Jeanne Lelièvre had 10 children:
· Louis married to Marie Ledran on December 2, 1682, at Saint-Joseph-of-the-Point-of-Lévis.
· Nicolas married Madeleine Leblond on November 18, 1686 in Sainte-Famille, I.O. His second marriage was to Marie-Renee Desrivières on April 18, 1723, in Our-Lady-of-Quebec Catholic Church.
· Christian married to Jeanne-Thérèse Broken on April 27, 1690 at Saint-Joseph-of-the-Point-of-Lévis Church. His second marriage was to Marguerite Rabouin on April 27, 1700, in Sainte-Famille, I.O.
· Marie-Jean married to Jean Gotreau on July 31, 1679, in Our-Lady-of-Quebec Catholic Church. His second marriage was to Jean Baker about 1687-1688 in Cape-St-Ignace.
· Guillaume married to Angélique Bazin about 1689 .
· Anne was born on February 6, 1668 and died on July 8, 1670, as a result of a fire.
· Jean born on October 6, 1669, and was buried on July 13, 1670. His death was due to a fire.
· Élisabeth-Isabelle married Zacharie Turgeon on October 24, 1691 in Beauport.
· Jean married Catherine Nadeau on April 29, 1694, in the St. Lawrence I.O.
· Jean-Baptiste married Marie Bazin on November 17, 1698, in the Michaelmas de Bellechasse Church . His second marriage was to Claire Cadrin on October 17, 1701, in the same church.
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The Patry Family Line
The Patry line is the last to be reviewed. Not much is known about this family and the little I have found I include here. An early colonist of New France (Quebec) was Andre Patry from Puyravault, France. He married Henriette Cartois in St. Barthelemi Church on July 23, 1675 in Quebec City. Henriette was born in Paris France.
Another Patry arrived in New France at the end of the seventeenth century and he married Catherine Vanasse in Trois-Rivieres (Three Rivers), Quebec. Catherine was born in 1676 and was the daughter of Francois Noel Vanasse and Jeanne Fournier. They were natives of Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec. This couple had 10 children (7 daughters and 3 sons).
I found one Patry who lived in the mid eighteenth century in upper Quebec. He married an American Indian in upper Canada and spent most of his time as a trapper. Unfortunately, there is not a lot to be found on-line about this family. Below, I show the household for Merilda (Merida) Patry as shown in the 1881 Canadian census.
Household:
|
Name |
Marital Status |
Gender |
Ethnic Origin |
Age |
Birthplace |
Occupation |
Religion |
|
M |
Male |
French |
47 |
Q <Quebec> |
Cultivateur |
Catholique |
|
|
M |
Female |
French |
49 |
Q <Quebec> |
|
Catholique |
|
|
|
Male |
French |
23 |
Q <Quebec> |
Cultivateur |
Catholique |
|
|
|
Male |
French |
21 |
Q <Quebec> |
Cultivateur |
Catholique |
|
|
|
Male |
French |
19 |
Q <Quebec> |
Cultivateur Son |
Catholique |
|
|
|
Female |
French |
17 |
Q <Quebec> |
|
Catholique |
|
|
|
Female |
French |
15 |
Q <Quebec> |
|
Catholique |
|
|
|
Female |
French |
9 |
Q <Quebec> |
School |
Catholique |
|
|
|
Female |
French |
6 |
Q <Quebec> |
School |
Catholique |
Merilda (aka Merida) married Phileas Turgeon in February of 1883. Later that year she and Phileas moved to Dakota Territory and settled in Charles Mix County. At that time, Phileas had other brothers who also lived and homesteaded in this new land.
After Phileas drowned, Merida married Peter G. Delire, Jr., who also had family living in Charles Mix County. Pete’s parents lived in Armour. Merida and Pete lived in Kimball and Mitchell where Pete worked as a life insurance agent. Later he managed a life insurance office for New York Life. At some point the family left South Dakota and moved to California.