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Francois Quemeneur dit Laflamme

Male Abt 1668 - 1728  (60 years)


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  • Name Francois Quemeneur dit Laflamme  [1] 
    Born Abt 1668  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence Bef 1693  Saint Yves, Ploudaniel, Bretagne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    • He was from St.-Yves, Ploudaniel, (Finistere) eveche de Lorient, Bretagne, France. Today it is a community in the canton of Lesneven, arrondissement of Brest, department of Finistere, in Brittany. The town of Ploudaniel is located about 20 kilomenters from Landerneau.
    First mentioned in Canada 1693  [2] 
    Will 29 Nov 1693  Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Since Francois had inherited 38,000 livres from his father, he had a will drawn up. He wanted to buried in the church of Recollets or "at the nearest place where his death occured". He bequeathed 32,000 livres to the community for helping him build a religious house at Ville-Marie. He promised to the poor hospital of Saint-Joseph 300 livres in annual income, the proceeds from a capitol of 6,000 livres. The executor of his estate would be his uncle, Father Louis Kermeneur, priest and grand-vicar of the diocese of Leon. Francois did not sign.
    Hospital 1 Oct 1694  Hotel Dieu de Quebec, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Francois was hospitalized for one week. He said he was 25 years old and from Brittany originally. He was registered under the name of Quereme dit Laflamme.
    Land 17 Aug 1703  La Durantaye, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • At the house of notary Louis Chambalon, Francois obtained an abandoned piece of land 3 arpents in width by 40 deep at La Durantaye, between neighbors Jean Baptiste Leroy and Rene Cauchon. He was given the right to fish, and to hunt, especially for partridge, for the price of 600 livres to be paid to the widow of Nicolas Leroy, Jeanne Lelievre. He gave 100 livres a year beginning on the next All Saint's Day. Special note: Francois would give the seigneur 20 sols, and "a good capon and a partridge as seigneurial rent and a sol for the cens for each arpent of frontage". Also each year he would bring "the first salmon which he caught" and one-fifthteenth of all other salmon and fish.
    Land 27 Jul 1707  La Durantaye, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • An order, issued by the Intendant, nullified the purchase of the land in 1703. The heirs said they were wronged. The widow would remain in possession of the land that was sold.
    Land 15 Feb 1707/08  [3] 
    surveyed 
    • The land of Ile d'Orleans, in the parish of St. Francois, was surveyed at the request of Dominique Gagne, Verieul and Francois Quemeneur. Francois had land that measured 4 1/2 arpents in frontage. The Quemeneurs lived on the eastern tim of the island, plot number 1, rear-fief of Argentay, towards the north channel between Louis Allaire and Pierre Lepage.
    Hospital 12 Jan 1715/16  Hotel Dieu de Quebec, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Francois stayed in the hospital for 19 days.
    Inheritance
    • Francois inherited 38,000 livres after his father's death. Quite a fortune at that time. His father was, at the end of his life, appointed royal notary to the parliament of Brittany.
    Name
    • In Brittany, someone who practicies the trade of tailor is called a "quemener". This name has now become a last name.
    Name Francois Quemeneur  [4] 
    Name Francois Quimeneur LaFlamme  [5] 
    Will 3 Jul 1728  [3] 
    • Notary Louis Pichet drew up a certificate for Francois and Marie "seeing themselves at the end of their course on earth, incapable of developing what property God had given them, especially because the said quemeneur was quite infirme". They decided to give half of their farm (2 1/4 arpents in frontage) to their son Jean Baptiste, who lived at Saint-Joachim, in the seigneurie of Beaupre. They also promised to grant half of the furniture and "personal effects". Jean Baptiste accepted the offer and promised to feed and support his parents, to help them in illness and "to pray to God for the repose of the soul of the last to die".
    Died 22 Aug 1728  St. Francois, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • 64 years old at time of death.
    Buried 23 Aug 1728  St. Francois, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 7] 
    Will 3 Nov 1728  Quebec, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Notary Boisseau introduced and recorded the contract. Francois had already passed away.
    _UID 8A299435AB35404C8A2DC8E22C8E587AD570 
    Person ID I6745  Lirette Family Tree
    Last Modified 4 Aug 2020 

    Father Herve Kemmeneur,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Francoise Joseph,   b. Abt 1633,   d. 18 Jun 1673, Ploudaniel, Bretagne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Married 7 Feb 1649/50  Ploudaniel, Bretagne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F2755  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marie Madeleine Chamberlan,   b. 29 Jan 1684/85, St. Francois, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1765, St. Francois, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Alt. Marriage 10 Oct 1700  St. Francois, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Situated between birth entry dated 3 Sep 1700 and burial entry dated 17 Nov 1700.
    Married 15 Nov 1700  St. Francois, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Marriage between 3 Sep. 1700 and 17 Nov. 1700.
      Francois stated he was 28 years old.
    Marriage 15 Nov 1700  St. Francois, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 7] 
    • Date of marriage listed in Fichier Origine, Our French-Canadian Ancestors and Tanguay.
    Children 
     1. Genevieve Quemeneur,   b. 7 Aug 1701, St. Francois, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 28 Aug 1701, St. Francois, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     2. Francois Quemeneur,   b. Aug 1702,   bur. 8 Feb 1702/03, St. Francois, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     3. Jean Baptiste Quemeneur,   b. 28 Dec 1703, St. Francois, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 7 Nov 1767, St. Francois de la Riviere du Sud, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years)
     4. Joseph Quemeneur,   b. 5 Apr 1706, St. Francois, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Marie Quemeneur,   c. 9 Dec 1708, St. Francois, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Sep 1775, St. Francois, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years)
     6. Antoine Quemeneur,   b. 2 Feb 1710/11, St. Francois, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1780  (Age 69 years)
     7. Therese Quemeneur,   b. 19 May 1713, Ste. Famille, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Pierre Charles Quemeneur dit Laflamme,   b. 8 May 1716, St. Francois, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 1774, St. Henri de Lauzon, Levis, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     9. Francois Quemeneur,   b. 14 Mar 1718/19, St. Francois, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Marie Genevieve Quemeneur,   b. 27 Oct 1721, St. Francois, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. Louis Quemeneur,   b. 15 Aug 1724, St. Francois, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 1750, St. Francois de la Riviere du Sud, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years)
    Last Modified 6 May 2014 
    Family ID F2754  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S8] R.A.B. du PRDH, Charbonneau, Hubert, and Jacques L, (Ga), Possession of Irene Lirette Gauthier., #37494 (Reliability: 4), 20 Feb 2007.

    2. [S11] Fichier Origine, Le Federation quebecoise des societes de genealogie and la Federation francoise de genealogie, #243424 (Reliability: 4), 20 Feb 2007.

    3. [S29] Our French-Canadian Ancestors, Thomas J. Laforest, (Palm Harbor, Florida: The LISI Press, 1985), Vol. XXIII, pages 149 -157 (Reliability: 4), 20 Feb 2007.

    4. [S8] R.A.B. du PRDH, Charbonneau, Hubert, and Jacques L, (Ga), Possession of Irene Lirette Gauthier., #37739 (Reliability: 4), 20 Feb 2007.

    5. [S8] R.A.B. du PRDH, Charbonneau, Hubert, and Jacques L, (Ga), Possession of Irene Lirette Gauthier., #138857 (Reliability: 4), 20 Feb 2007.

    6. [S8] R.A.B. du PRDH, Charbonneau, Hubert, and Jacques L, (Ga), Possession of Irene Lirette Gauthier., #38056 (Reliability: 4), 20 Feb 2007.

    7. [S39] Tanguay Collection, Cyprien Tanguay/Societe Genealogique Canadienne-Francaise, (image reprint, CD-ROM, \i The Tanguay Collection/La Collection Tanguay\i0 ), Vol. 6, Sect. 2: Per-Rob: 473. (Reliability: 3), 13 Apr 2013.

    8. [S8] R.A.B. du PRDH, Charbonneau, Hubert, and Jacques L, (Ga), Possession of Irene Lirette Gauthier., #37739 (Reliability: 3), 13 Apr 2013.


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