Francois Dubois dit Lafrance

1650 - 1712  (~ 62 years)

• Name	Francois Dubois dit Lafrance  [1]
  Christened	23 Feb 1649/50	Saint Potan, France   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	Abt 1668  [3]
  Residence	1668  [3, 4]
  	He was from paroisse de St. Potent, eveche de Brieux. The town of Saint-Potan is situated about 5 kilometers south-west of Guildo, in the department of Cotes-du-Nord in Brittany. St-Potan (Cotes-d'Armor) INSEE 22323
  First mentioned in Canada	1671  [5]
  Residence	1671	Pointe a Boyer, Quebec, Canada   [3]
  	On the south bank of the St. Lawrence , at a place then known as "Pointe-a-Boyer", it was situated at the mouth of the Boyer River, on the eastern boundary of today's parish of Saint-Michel de Bellechasse.
  Employment	8 Jul 1680	Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [3]
  	A contract was drawn up by notary Duquet which indicated that Francois Dubois dit Lafrance and Pierre Moler agreed to work for Guillaume Alvert. They were to burn and clear a piece of land with 8 days for the sum of 30 livres each and 10 minots of wheat.
  Census	1681	Beaumont, Quebec, Canada   [3, 6]
  	Francois Dubois, habitant, 30 years, married Anne Quelane, 30 years, married Anne Dubois, 8 years Marie Dubois, 6 years Jean Dubois, 2 years Le redacteur a inscrit Jean Plutot que Anne Dubois, comme la reconstitution des familles nous l'indique. They owned 6 arpents of land and a gun.
  Legal Matter	3 May 1681	Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [3]
  	Francois and Anne presented themselves at the Seminary of Quebec, before the grand vicar of the bishop, Henri de Bernieres, before the administrator Abbot Pierre Thury, and notary Gilles Rageot. The couple could no longer live decently in Beaumont. They came to the authorities to ask to "give them some work and occupation - a place to live in order to survive". They were given a place on the Lauzon coast across from the Cap-Rouge River, where they could cut wood, clear land, and fish "to their own benefit" for 5 consecutive years.
  Legal Matter	15 Nov 1688	Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [3]
  	Francois went to Msgr de Laval to ask for a lease on his concession at Saint-Nicolas. He had cleared and cultivated between 8 and 9 arpents, built a half-timbered house covered with planks with a masonry chimney, and a thirty-foot long shed. Laval owned these 28 arpents of land. Francois could lease the land for 100 livres a year, to be paid in silver, in products from the land or in fish, understood as eels. They could not sell firewood unless it was pine. Francois signed this contract along with Francois Genaple.
  _UID	3FA40EB3742F4E62AFA09AF1C8D64C03BEC0
  Died	9 Jul 1712	St. Nicolas, Quebec, Canada   [3, 7]
  	noted age 70 years
  Buried	10 Jul 1712	St. Nicolas, Quebec, Canada   [3, 7]
  Person ID	I4216	Lirette Family Tree
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Francois Dubois,   d. Bef 1671
  Mother	Claude Fayenne,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1791	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Guillaume,   b. Abt 1651, Saint Sulpice, faubourg Saint Germain de Pres, Paris, France ,   d. 29 Jan 1715/16, St. Nicolas, Quebec, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Marriage Contract	12 Oct 1671	Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [3, 8]
  	They met in the home of Madame Bourdon, in the presence of notary Romain Becquet, to sign their marriage contract. Anne brought 300 livres in property and a dowry of 50 livres from the King. Francois gave his future wife a gift of 300 livres. Anne signed her name but Francois could not. Witnesses were Jean Baptiste Gosset and Nicolas Metru.
  Married	19 Oct 1671	Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [4, 8, 9]
  Marriage Ceremony	19 Oct 1671	Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [10]
  	Present at the ceremony were Nicolas Deroissy and Francois Lapierre.
  Children	1. Anne Dubois,   b. 26 Jul 1673, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   bur. 8 Feb 1711/12, St. Nicolas, Quebec, Canada  (Age ~ 38 years)   2. Marie Dubois,   b. 1 Apr 1676, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 14 Jun 1745, Hotel Dieu de Quebec, Quebec, Canada  (Age 69 years)   3. Francoise Dubois,   b. 20 Dec 1678, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Jean Baptiste Dubois,   b. 10 Jan 1679/80, Pointe de Levy, Lauzon, Quebec, Canada ,   bur. 21 Jan 1727/28, St. Antoine de Tilly, Quebec, Canada  (Age ~ 48 years)   5. Philippe Dubois dit Lafrance,   b. 10 Jan 1681/82, Cap St. Ignace, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada ,   bur. 30 Sep 1743, St. Nicolas, Quebec, Canada  (Age ~ 61 years)   6. Francois Dubois,   b. 2 Dec 1685, Pointe de Levy, Lauzon, Quebec, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Nicolas Dubois,   b. 8 Dec 1687, Pointe de Levy, Lauzon, Quebec, Canada ,   bur. 29 Sep 1761, St. Nicolas, Quebec, Canada  (Age ~ 73 years)   8. Suzanne Dubois,   b. 3 Mar 1692/93, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	6 May 2014
  Family ID	F1778	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

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