Other Events:

• _UID: 9FA8950EA1B14AD3B281F7DDB5CEBFB95BC1

Other Events:

• _UID: A252B0DAA8824D9F8912B9D7BD354C5B5884
• Census: 1667, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1681, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

Census:

Pierre Maheust, habitant, 34 years
Jeanne Drouin, 20 years
Marie Maheust, 5 years
Charles Maheust, 14 months

They owned 4 head of cattle and had 10 arpents of land under cultivation.

Census:

Pierre Maheu, habitant, 57 years
Jeanne Drouin, 34 years
Charles Maheu, 15 years
Pierre Maheu, 12 years
Angelique Maheu, 10 years
Jeanne Maheu, 6 years

They had 1 gun, 5 head of cattle and had 25 arpents of land under cultivation.

Died:
died of smallpox

Charles married Marie Charlotte Garnier on 26 Apr 1688 in L'Ange Gardien, Quebec, Canada. Marie (daughter of Charles Garnier and Louise Vezina) was born on 30 Dec 1666 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 2 Jan 1666/67 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada; died on 4 Apr 1736 in Beauport, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 5 Apr 1736 in Beauport, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Marie Charlotte Grenier
• Name: Marie Garnier
• _UID: 581037D8472F465E8D25C75BE715312EC014
• Census: 1667, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
• Godparents: 2 Jan 1666/67, Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1681, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

Census:

Charles Garnier, habitant, 30 years
Louise Vezinat, 16 years
Marie Garnier, 7 months

Godparents:
Her godparents were Etienne Page and Marie Page.

Census:

Charles Garnier, habitant, 46 years
Louise Vesinas, 28 years
Marie Garnier, 15 years
Charles Garnier, 12 years
Josephe Garnier, 10 years
Anne Garnier, 8 years
Louise Garnier, 6 years
Louis Garnier, 3 years
Pierre Garnier, 1 year

Notes:

Marriage Contract:
Notary Etienne Jacob drew up the contract.

Other Events:

• Name: Pierre Maheut
• _UID: 335C64B4B01A494EBEA20339D92B07E6958C
• Engagement Contract (indentured servant): 22 May 1651
• Employment: 8 Sep 1655, Beauport, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 29 Sep 1657
• Election: 18 Oct 1664, L'Ange Gardien, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1666, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
• Occupation: 1666, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1667, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1681, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

Name:
Also called Pierre Maheu, Sieur des Hazards.

Engagement Contract (indentured servant):
Before notary, Master Choiseau, Pierre, along with Nicolas Hublin and Jacques Nourry, signed a contract for 5 years with Jean Juchereau. Juchereau promised to give Pierre 45 livres tournois per year salay and a single pair of shoes. Pierre stated he was from Feings, a town bordering Mortange-au Perche.

Employment:
Pierre and Jean Trudel appeared before notary Guilliaume Audouart in Quebec. They agreed to work for three years as farmers for Nicolas Juchereau, Sieur Saint-Denis. The farm had a stable, barn and house, 2 oxen, 4 cows, 3 sheep, and farming implements. They were given for their use some turnips, half of the harvest of cabbages in the garden, 50 minots of wheat and 25 of peas. They would receive 60 livres for each new arpent of land put into cultivation. On 12 Sept. , Pierre and Jean agreed to give 40 minots of wheat, 25 of peas and 20 of corn annually. Pierre signed and Jean did not. The contract began on 1 Oct. 1655 and would expire on 1 Oct. 1658.

Land:
Pierre obtained land from Jean Baptiste LeGardner, Sieur de Repentigny, 2 and 2/3 arpents of frontal land in the territorial domain of the fief of Charlesville, near neighbors Jean Trudel and Jacques Vauclin. This farm in located today in the municipality of Boischatel, detached from L'Ange-Gardien in 1925, about 31 arpents east of the Montmorency Falls.

Election:
Pierre was elected one of the first church wardens of L'Ange-Gardien along with Raymond Paget and Jacques Goulet.

Census:

Pierre Maheut, tisserand, habitant, 32 years
Jeanne Drouin, 19 years
Marie Maheut, 3 years

Occupation:
Pierre was a weaver.

Census:

Pierre Maheust, habitant, 34 years
Jeanne Drouin, 20 years
Marie Maheust, 5 years
Charles Maheust, 14 months

They owned 4 head of cattle and had 10 arpents of land under cultivation.

Census:

Pierre Maheu, habitant, 57 years
Jeanne Drouin, 34 years
Charles Maheu, 15 years
Pierre Maheu, 12 years
Angelique Maheu, 10 years
Jeanne Maheu, 6 years

They had 1 gun, 5 head of cattle and had 25 arpents of land under cultivation.

Pierre married Jeanne Drouin on 10 Nov 1659 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Jeanne (daughter of Robert Drouin and Anne Cloutier) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Jeanne Drouyn
• _UID: 7B44B343424E4FA7A50C2F75E140B77CE451
• Guardian: Aft 4 Feb 1647/48, 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
• Inventory of assets: 7 Jul 1717

Notes:

Christened:
Baptized at the home of Robert Drouin.

Guardian:
Ater the death of her mother, Anne Cloutier, her father, Robert Drouin, gave her grandfather, Zachary Cloutier, temporary guardianship of Genevieve and Jeanne. Robert left the area for a period of time. Zachary Cloutier did not trust the new stepmother, Marie Chappelier. "He feared that the said children were mistreated by this new woman." Therefore he took custody of his two grandchildren during the time his son-in-law lived at Trois Rivieres.

Census:

Jeanne was listed on the census for her father even though she was already married and living elsewhere.

Robert Drouin, briquetier, 60 years old
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:

Pierre Maheust, habitant, 34 years
Jeanne Drouin, 20 years
Marie Maheust, 5 years
Charles Maheust, 14 months

They owned 4 head of cattle and had 10 arpents of land under cultivation.

Census:

Pierre Maheu, habitant, 57 years
Jeanne Drouin, 34 years
Charles Maheu, 15 years
Pierre Maheu, 12 years
Angelique Maheu, 10 years
Jeanne Maheu, 6 years

They had 1 gun, 5 head of cattle and had 25 arpents of land under cultivation.

Inventory of assets:
Jeanne drew up the inventory of Pierre's assests after his death. She had 400 livres in liquid assets and spent half of it to have prayers said for him. On 23 Oct 1717, her children left her possession of the land at L'Ange-Gardien for as long as she lived. They also agreed to provide an annual pension of 14 minots of wheat, 4 of peas, 2 of oats, 50 bales of straw, 50 of hay and 16 pounds of oakum (to fill cracks?). After her death they would have 24 low masses celebrated for her.

Notes:

Marriage Contract:
Pierre was at the home of Zachary Cloutier when he agreed to the terms of his marriage contract with Jeanne. Jeanne lived under the protection of ther grandfather Cloutier since the remarriage of her father to Marie Chapelier on 29 Nov. 1649. Jeanne was 13 years old when she agreed to the contract. The dowry was 300 livres; preciput: 50 livres. Gifts from her father were 1 cow and some clothes according the her condition.

Marriage Ceremony:
Present at the ceremony were Guillaume Lelievre and Jacques Marette.

Other Events:

• Name: Charles Garnier dit Boisfontaine
• _UID: 34EF53072B15426BB65041C357594554BDE2
• Residence: Bef 1661
• Immigration: Abt 1661
• Confirmation: 1662, Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada
• Employment: 1662
• Land: 1 Jan 1663/64, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1666, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1667, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 7 Sep 1669
• Census: 1681, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 1686, L'Ange Gardien, Quebec, Canada
• Residence: 1704-1715, L'Ange Gardien, Quebec, Canada
• Residence: 23 Mar 1715/16

Notes:

Residence:
He was from Tournebu, diocese of Bayeux, department of Calvados, district of Falaise, Canton of Thury-Harcourt, Normandy, France.

Employment:
Charles was hired by Guillaume Couillard to clear the land on the Beaupre coast.

Land:
After the death of Guillaume Couillard, his widow, Guillaumette Hebert gave Charles four arpents of frontage on the Saint Lawrence River with 126 arpents in depth. The rights to hunt and fish within the boundaries of this concession were included. He was to pay rents each year of 20 sols and 12 deniers. The land was located just to the east of the Montmorency River.

Census:

Charles Garnier, habitant, 30 years
Louise Vezimard, 14 years

Census:

Charles Garnier, habitant, 30 years
Louise Vezinat, 16 years
Marie Garnier, 7 months

Land:
Charles was given land the Sovereign Council confiscated from Jacques Nourry, who was executed on 19 April 1669 for violated four year old Marie Leroy.

Census:

Charles Garnier, habitant, 46 years
Louise Vesinas, 28 years
Marie Garnier, 15 years
Charles Garnier, 12 years
Josephe Garnier, 10 years
Anne Garnier, 8 years
Louise Garnier, 6 years
Louis Garnier, 3 years
Pierre Garnier, 1 year

Land:
Charles purchased the farm next to his, that of Guillaume Paget, for 500 livres.

Residence:
Charles lived with his daughter Marie Angelique.

Residence:
Charles was living with his daughter Marie Angelique but could not longer care for him. A legal arrangement was met with his son Charles and stated "that Charles Garnier, senior, would live with Charles Garnier, junior, and that his sons and sons-in-law would pay the sums of money that they were olbliged to give for the maintenance and food of the said Garnier because of his lands which they were utilizing".

Died:
noted age 88 years

Buried:
Present at burial were Charles Garnier, son, and Pierre Garnier.

Charles married Louise Vezina on 21 Dec 1664. Louise (daughter of Jacques Vezina and Marie Boisdon) was born about 1649 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France; died in Oct 1704 in L'Ange Gardien, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Louise Vesina
• Name: Louise Vesinat
• Name: Louise Voisinas
• Name: Louise Voisinat
• _UID: 03F33957396C43C28B8F4E1D716FAE8FD258
• Residence: Bef 1659
• Immigration: 1659
• Census: 1666, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1667, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1681, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

Residence:
She was from St-Rogatien, Aunis, diocese of La Rochelle, France.

Immigration:
She came with her parents and siblings.

Census:

Charles Garnier, habitant, 30 years
Louise Vezimard, 14 years

Census:

Charles Garnier, habitant, 30 years
Louise Vezinat, 16 years
Marie Garnier, 7 months

Census:

Charles Garnier, habitant, 46 years
Louise Vesinas, 28 years
Marie Garnier, 15 years
Charles Garnier, 12 years
Josephe Garnier, 10 years
Anne Garnier, 8 years
Louise Garnier, 6 years
Louis Garnier, 3 years
Pierre Garnier, 1 year

Notes:

Marriage Contract:
Notary Claude Aubert drew up the contract. Louise's parents gave her a dowry of 200 livres along with "clothing and linens, dishes and household utensils".

Other Events:

• _UID: C1798C694F254D9C89E61DA78572D6AF3B35

Jean married Michelle Chauvin. Michelle and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: 1C6972D89A0D483286A238FE2AB7E69EB38F

Other Events:

• _UID: 3CCABA045728496BAB99F2D676F5192CB3D5
• 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 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]

Other Events:

• Name: Anne Cloustier
• _UID: 3A36829DD5CB46859D44DF5F984AF237242F
• First mentioned in Canada: 1634

Notes:

First mentioned in Canada:
She came with her parents and siblings.

Died:
She died at Chandeleur and was buried at Quebec. The Jesuit Journal tells about the arrival of the body at the Hospital of Quebec, where vespers were said before the interment.

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.

Other Events:

• Name: Guillaume Garnier
• _UID: 1F09D88EEDD9415C8893C0F6FA468965F076

Guillaume married Francois Challoux. Francois and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Francoise Deschallais
• _UID: 8DA3A24DAAB3428FAAF5A434606ABF63B0E4

Other Events:

• Name: Jacques Vesina
• Name: Jacques Voisinat
• Name: Jacques Voisnat
• _UID: E0996D9238374B77A6C89AF9CB65DA1DD1BE
• Residence: Bef 1640, Puyravault, France
• Occupation: 1655, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France; merchant and master cooper
• First mentioned in Canada: 1659
• Immigration: 1659
• Census: 1667, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1681, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

Residence:
He was originally from Ste-Trinite, Puyravault, France.

Occupation:
Jacques was a merchant and master cooper in La Rochelle in 1655.

Immigration:
He came with his wife and children.

Census:

Jacques Vezinat, habitant, 56 years
Marie Boydeau, 50 years
Marie Vezinat, 18 years
Francois Vezinat, 10 years
Cyprien Martin, domestique, 20 years

Census:

Jacques Vesinas, 72 years
Marie Boisdon, 64 years

Jacques married Marie Boisdon on 10 Jun 1640 in Saint Rogatien, La Jarrie, France. Marie (daughter of Jean Boisdon and Marie Barbin) was born about 1617; died on 28 Dec 1687 in L'Ange Gardien, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 31 Dec 1687 in L'Ange Gardien, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Marie Boidon
• Name: Marie Bouasdon
• Name: Marie Boydon
• Name: Marie Buidon
• _UID: 199D5F4B25524BADAABE231A2374A9762A8F
• Residence: Bef 1640
• First mentioned in Canada: 1659
• Immigration: 1659
• Census: 1667, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1681, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

Residence:
She was originally from St. Rogatien, France.

Immigration:
She came with her husband and children.

Census:

Jacques Vezinat, habitant, 56 years
Marie Boydeau, 50 years
Marie Vezinat, 18 years
Francois Vezinat, 10 years
Cyprien Martin, domestique, 20 years

Census:

Jacques Vesinas, 72 years
Marie Boisdon, 64 years

Died:
noted age 72 years