Other Events:

• Name: Pierre Dancause
• Reference Number: 1326
• _UID: 65129B6B2E004AE4B7FFB60BF4D49CE094E7
• Engagement Contract (indentured servant): 1662, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France
• Occupation: 1662, Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Canada; charron or cartwright and charpentier or carpenter
• Immigration: 17 Jun 1662, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France
• Immigration: 15 Jul 1662, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France
• Census: 1667, Comte de Champlain, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 19 Mar 1675/76
• Legal Matter: 9 Sep 1677, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1681, St. Denis de la Bouteillerie, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 28 Sep 1682, Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada
• Legal Matter: 18 Jul 1689, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Additonal information: Oct 1690, Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 24 Jun 1695
• Land: 10 Jun 1697

Notes:

Engagement Contract (indentured servant):
He signed a contract before notary Moreau.

Occupation:
He lived at Trois-Rivieres for three years and worked as an apprentice cartwright and carpenter.

Immigration:
List of Migrants:
Pierre Dancosse, 18 years, from La Rochelle
Pierre Boucher Degrosbois, residence Trois-Rivieres

Pierre Dancosse est engage trois ans "pour l'apprentissage de charron et de charpentier"

Immigration:
Pierre traveled aboard the ship Angle d'Or. The crossing took almost three months. Half of the immigrants fell ill while some died. Half of them were too sick to continue and were put ashore at Newfoundland. At the end of October, 150 more were dropped at Tadoussac.The Journal des Jesuites stated Pierre arrived at Quebec by small boat on 27 October. It was not until 12 November that everyone was brought to Quebec.

Census:

Pierre Daucosse, habitant, 22 years
Antoine Marsureau, 20 years

Land:
Seigneur Deschamps ceded Pierre frontal land 7 arpents by 12 deep.

Legal Matter:
Notary Pierre Duquet drew up a contract between Pierre and merchant Simon Mars of the Lower Town. The contract was a loan for 210 livres of merchandise.

Census:

Pierre Dancosse, habitant, 40 years
Madeleine Bouchard, 16 years
Marie Dancosse, 1 year

They owned 8 head of cattle and had seven arpents of land under cultivation.

Land:
Pierre donated 1 1/2 arpents of frontage on teh Ouelle River in order to build a chapel. He also gave "authority to take heating wood from their homestead for public use if it will be necessary". However, a church was not built on this property

Legal Matter:
Marie Madeleine presented notary Rageot a document signed by Pierre on 12 July authorizing her to act as his proxy. They owed a debt of 495 livres to merchant Hughes Cochran dit Floridor.

Additonal information:
Pierre, along with Michel Bouchard and his sons Etienne, Francois and Pierre, took part in the defense of Riviere-Ouelle against the English. Captain Phipps and his troops tried to capture Quebec City. When the English disembarked on the river opposite Riviere Ouelle, the citizens, who were warned of their arrival, were hiding in the woods. The each had a musket, some powder and a handful of bullets but they opened fire and drove the English back to their ships.


Land:
Pierre resold a piece of land that he had bought from Louise Cloutier to Etienne Janneau (notary and merchant) for 320 livres.


Land:
Pierre bought a large piece of land 12 arpents wide by a league deep on the Ouelle River from Marie Fayet. The rights to fish on the river at "la pointe" were included in the contract.

Pierre married Marie Madeleine Bouchard about 1679 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada. Marie (daughter of Michel Bouchard and Marie Trotinne) was born on 31 May 1665 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 2 Jun 1665 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada; died on 21 Nov 1755 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 22 Nov 1755 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Marie Madeleine Dancosse was born on 24 Jun 1680 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 30 Jul 1680 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; and died.
2. Anne Dancose was born on 7 Nov 1681 in L'Islet, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 20 Nov 1681 in L'Islet, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 29 Feb 1711/12 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
3. Marie Dancose was born about 1682; and died.
4. Catherine Dancose was born about 1684; and died.
5. Pierre Dancose was born about 1686; was buried on 2 Nov 1753 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada.
6. Genevieve Dancose was born on 26 Dec 1687 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 26 Dec 1687 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; died on 5 Feb 1744/45 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 6 Feb 1744/45 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada.
7. Marie Angelique Dancose was born on 17 Jun 1689 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 29 Jun 1689 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; and died.
8. Marie Francoise Dancose was born on 26 May 1691 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 10 Jun 1691 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 15 Nov 1741 in St. Roch des Aulnaies, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada.
9. Marie Elisabeth Dancose was born on 18 Mar 1692/93 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 30 Mar 1693 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 27 Mar 1698 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada.