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• Residence: Bef 1635, Saint Barthelemy, Pin la Garenne, France
• Immigration: 1635
• Occupation: 1635; brickmaker
• Employment: 25 Mar 1640, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 1641
• Legal Matter: 1642, Beauport, Quebec, Canada
• Employment: 14 Oct 1645
• Land: 17 Apr 1646
• Guardian: 1648; Daughters of Robert and Anne
• Additonal information: Aft 4 Feb 1647/48
• Land: 6 Jun 1651
• Land: 24 Mar 1652/53
• Confirmation: 1662, Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1666, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1667, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1681, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

Inventory of assets:
An inventory was made of his estate and he had goods worth 732 livres. Debts against the estate were 8 livres for the funeral, 15 to the church, 9 livres for the cost of the inventory, 65 livres of dower and 266 livres for half of the selling price of the house which went to Marie. With only 152 livres remaining to divide among five inheritors, suits and appeals were brought before the courts.

Residence:
He was from Saint-Barthelemy in Le Pin-la-Garenne (arrondissement of Mortagne, diocese of Sees), Perche, France.

Immigration:
He arrived in Quebec in the summer of 1635.

Occupation:
He was living at the home of Zacharie Cloutier, making bricks.

Employment:
Notary Piraude drew up a contract between Robert and the nursing order of the Dames Hospitalieres for the making of 7,000 bricks. He was to deliver them about 15 June, "on the shore of the river near Beauport just opposite his workyard" for the cost of "two poinsons of wheat" (about 39 ?i?Imperial ?/i?gallons).

Land:
The may of 1641, drawn up by surveyor Jean Bourdon, tells us that Robert's land was located to the west of Riviere-aux-Chiens, between the properties of Jacques Boissel and Claude Estienne.

Legal Matter:
Robert, along with some other people from Beauport, was accused of plotting to kill James Bourguignon. James had sued them in the court at Quebec. They were not prosecuted.

Employment:
Robert promised to "lease to Grouvel 200 bricks". During this time he also made planks, dry-docked the launch of Grouvel, and sowed the fields of his friends.

Land:
Robert received a land grant from Olivier Le Tardif that consisted of 6 arpents of frontage by 126 in depth. Notary Morel signed the document.

Guardian:
The guardianship of the two daughters of Robert and Anne Cloutier, Genevieve and Jeanne, were given to Anne's father Zacharie after her death. Over the years there were several legal battles over the girls and permanent guardianship was given to Zacharie.

Additonal information:
After the death of Anne Cloutier, Robert decided to leave the area. He gave Zachary Cloutier temporary guardianship of his two daughters, Genevieve ad Jeanne. Robert rented his land to Julien Perreault, who agreed to allow an arpent of land to return to nature each year, but to take good care of the two cows, the helfer, the ox and the four pigs.

Land:
Robert received a plot of land from the Jesuits that consisted of 2 arpents of frontage and a depth of 20 arpents. It was located between Jean Lanqueteau and Jean Poisson.

Land:
Robert lived "on the farm of the Jesuit Fathers, called Notre-Dame de Bon Secours". He was granted a concession of three arpents of frontage by 20 in depth.

Census:

Robert Drouin, briquetier, 60 years
Marie Chapellier, 42 years
Genevieve Drouin, 23 years
Jeanne Drouin, 20 years
Nicolas Drouin, 14 years
Pierre Drouin, 12 years
Marguerite Drouin, 10 years
Etienne Drouin, 8 years
Catherine Drouin, 6 years
Jean Baptiste Drouin, 4 years


Census:

Robert Drouin, habitant, 64 years
Marie Chappelier, 42 years
Nicolas Drouin, 15 years
Marguerite Drouin, 12 years
Etienne Drouin, 10 years
Catherine Drouin, 7 years
Jean Baptiste Drouin, 5 years

They owned 6 head of cattle and had 10 arpents of cleared land.

Census:

Robert Drouin, habitant, 40 years
Marie Chaplier, 60 years
Etienne Drouin, 27 years

Buried:
Present at burial were Jean Cloustier, Charles Cloustier and Jacques Cochon.

Robert married Marie Chapelier on 29 Nov 1649 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Marie (daughter of Jean Chapelier and Marguerite Dodier) was born about 1625 in Saint Etienne, Brie Comte Robert, Champagne, France; died on 18 Mar 1696/97 in Hotel Dieu de Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 18 Mar 1696/97 in Hotel Dieu de Quebec, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage Contract:
Notary Audouart drew up the contract that Marie signed but Robert could not. Present was her cousin Robert Hache, a ?i?donne?/i? of the Jesuits and clerk of the storehouse at Quebec City. A stipulation in the contract was that Robert was to find a place to live that was closer to Quebec City than his home in Riviere-aux-Chiens in Beauport.

Marriage Ceremony:
Present at the ceremony were Guillaume Couillart, Robert Hache and Robert Lecoq.

Marriage Contract:
Their marriage contract was adjusted.

1. Marie Drouin was christened on 18 Sep 1650 in Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 2 May 1664 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada.
2. Nicolas Drouin was born on 7 Jan 1651/52 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 1 Feb 1651/52 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; died on 5 Oct 1723 in Ste. Famille, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 7 Oct 1723 in Ste. Famille, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada.
3. Pierre Drouin was born on 1 Nov 1653 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 30 Nov 1653 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; died before 1667.
4. Marguerite Drouin was born on 23 Dec 1655 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 27 Dec 1655 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; died on 1 Jun 1692 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 2 Jun 1692 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada.
5. Etienne Drouin was born about 1658; and died.
6. Catherine Drouin was born on 2 Jan 1659/60 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 5 Jan 1659/60 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; died on 25 Mar 1734 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 26 Mar 1734 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada.
7. Jean Baptiste Drouin was born on 13 Feb 1661/62 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 14 Feb 1661/62 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada; died before 1681.
8. Marie Madeleine Drouin was born on 26 Nov 1664 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 27 Nov 1664 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 3 Feb 1664/65 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada.

Robert married Anne Cloutier on 12 Jul 1637 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Anne (daughter of Zacharie Cloutier and Sainte Dupont) was christened on 19 Jan 1625/26 in Mortagne-au-Perche, France; died on 4 Feb 1647/48 in Chandeleur, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 5 Feb 1647/48 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage Contract:
This marriage contract was the first of its kind in Canada. Anne was 10 1/2 years old. A stipulation was put into the contract that stated that Anne would continue to live at home with her parents until she was thirteen years old. The wedding ceremony took place when she was eleven years old and there was a two year wait.


Marriage Contract:
Notary Jean Guyon drew up the contract between Robert and Anne at the home of Seigneur Griffard. Since Anne was only 10 years old, the couple was to continue living at the home of her parents. The parents did want Anne to be confronted with marital responsibilities too soon.

Marriage Ceremony:
Present at the ceremony were Olivier Letardif and Francois Dere.

1. Agnes Drouin was born on 16 Jan 1640/41 in Beauport, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 25 Jan 1640/41 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 31 Jan 1640/41 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
2. Genevieve Drouin was christened on 19 Oct 1643 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; died on 4 Oct 1710 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 6 Oct 1710 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada.
3. Drouin was born in Nov 1641; was buried on 8 Nov 1641 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
4. Jeanne Drouin was born in Nov 1646 in Beauport, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 5 Feb 1646/47 in Riviere aux Chiens, Quebec, Canada; died on 24 Jun 1732 in Beauport, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 25 Jun 1732 in Beauport, Quebec, Canada.
5. Drouin was born in Nov 1642; was buried on 22 Nov 1642 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada.

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• Occupation: tuilier or tilemaker
• Residence: Pin la Garenne, Perche, France
• _UID: 61A86192D5A24A36838867FE4A9D4020AA2B

Notes:

Residence:
The family lived in the parish of Saint-Barthelemy, in the town of Pin-la-Garenne, in the Department of the Orne, District of Mortagne, Canton of Pervencheres, in the Province of Perche. The home, ?i?Les Tuileries?/i?, still exists on highway D938

Robert married Marie Dubois. Marie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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