Quebec pioneer Gervais Buisson/Bisson aka St.Cosme
Hi, I am posting the data and notes that I have for some of my pioneer ancestors, in hopes that they may be of interest to some of you that are doing research on your ancestors.
Descendants of Gervais Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme
Compiled by Janet Manseau Donaldson
Use as a guide only
Generation No. 1
1.Gervais1 Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme was born about 1602 in St. Cosm deVair, Mamers, LeMans, Maine, France, and died 31 Jul 1674 in Québec City, QC.He married Marie Lheros/Lereau about 1640 in St. Come de Vair, Mamers, LeMans, Maine, France, daughter of Rene Lheros/Lereau and Marguerite Guillin.She was born about 1621 in St. Come de Vair, Mamers, LeMans, Maine, France, and died 13 Sep 1687 in Québec City, QC.
Notes for Gervais Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme:
It was in 1650 that Gervais made, alone, his FIRST voyage to New France. On September 19, 1650, he is a witness at the baptism of Étienne Gagnon, son of Jean Gagnon and of Marguerite Cochon, a fellow citizen from his native home. At that time he was employed as a domestic servant to Jean Cochon. However, he was back in Saint-Cosme-de-Vair the following autumn for the baptism of his own son, Jean, on October 1, 1651. Gervais must have been sufficiently impressed by the opportunities that he saw in New France because in July of 1652 he returns to New France, along with his wife Marie L'HéRaux/Rault (Lereau), his brother Florent and wife Jeanne Yvon. They arrived at Québec City aboard the ship commanded by Captain Jean Pointel or Poulet. Gervais and Marie had two children at that time; René-Gervais, 10 years old, and six year old Antoine... Jean having probably died in the crib; Florent and Jeanne were the parents of fourteen year old Mathurine and of Michel, born in 1640.
Inspired by the speeches of Robert Giffard at the Hôtel du Cheval Blanc (White Horse Inn) in Saint-Cosme-de-Vair, Simon L'HéRaux/Rault, Marie's brother, and the Bisson families had dreamed for a long time of leaving for New France. Several of their friends and fellow countrymen had been recruited and joined contingents which Robert Giffard had established on his lands at Beauport.
One document proves beyond any doubt that Florent Bisson was already in Québec in 1652. On October 23, he was a witness at the marriage contract of a fellow Percheron, Julien Fortin dit Bellefontaine, who agreed to marry Geneviève, daughter of Nicolas Gamache, one of the more notable colonists of this period.
As for Gervais and his family, their presence was noted at Québec on December 30, 1654, when they had their daughter Simone-Barbe baptized. On March 1st of the following year, Jean Bourdon ceded to this ancestor a piece of land in the seigniorial of Saint-François in the côte Saint-Jean locality, near Sillery. This lot measured one arpent in frontage by eight in depth. At that time Bourdon had been living at Québec for more than twenty years where he acted as General Prosecutor and Chief Engineer for the colony. It was he who, as a surveyor in 1641, had drawn the first map of French Canada. Widower of Jacqueline Potel, he married Anne Gasnier in the year 1655. She was the same lady who welcomed and chaperoned the "filles du roi", or King's Daughters, on their arrival in New France in the years between 1663 and 1673.
On August 10, 1659, Gervais Bisson, father and son, both received the sacrament of Confirmation from the hands of Mgr de Laval, himself only in Québec since the preceding June 16. "The Canada of 1659 was, wrote the historian André Vachon, to tell the truth, not very impressive. The population had not yet reached 2,000 Frenchmen, living in three widely separated centers, in an area more than 60 leagues long. The Québec region, formed by the actual town of Québec and the seigniorial of Beauport, Beaupré, l'Ange-Gardien and Lauson, presented the strongest concentration of about 1,200 inhabitants; a few hundred colonists were settled at Trois Rivières, or in the nearby seigniories of Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Sainte-Anne and Champlain, which had barely begun to develop; and that outpost of civilization, Ville-Marie on the island of Montréal, was the last center of habitation".
Our ancestor Gervais lived his whole life at Saint-François in the côte Saint-Jean locality. However, he owned at least two other pieces of land, one at côte Sainte-Geneviève, the other at côte Saint-Michel, in the seigniories of Sillery.
His holding at côte Sainte-Geneviève was sold to Romain Duval on July 8, 1663: It had an area of 50 arpents square and was situated between the properties of Jean Leclerc dit Le Bouteleux and Pierre Pinguet. He received the property at côte Saint-Michel on February 18, 1663, by a grant from the Rev. Father Jérôme Lallemant, the Jesuit Superior at Québec at that time. It measured two arpents in frontage by 30 in depth. This land was purchased from his join heirs by Gervais Bisson son, on February 10, 1689, for the price of 600 livres. It was then bounded by the properties of Gervais Buisson, father, to the NE, Mathurin Moreau to the SW, and of the Jesuits at each end.
Gervais Bisson and his family were enumerated in the censuses of 1666 and 1667. At that time our colonist, master carpenter, is about 65 years old and he owned four head of cattle and 12 arpents under cultivation. He had a domestic servant named Jacques Senson. Later on, he employed other "jack-of-all trades", notably Manuel Rodrigue and Pierre Brannelet.
Gervais must have been more than 70 years old when he was buried on August 1, 1674 in the cemetery of Saint-Joseph, nearby the Cathedral of Québec. His widow survived him for 13 years. She died September 13, 1687, and was buried the next day at Québec.
Children of Gervais Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme and Marie Lheros/Lereau are:
+ 2 i. Gervais2 Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme, born about 1642 in St. Come de Vair, Du Mans, Maine, France; died 07 Mar 1703 in Québec City, QC.
+ 3 ii. Antoine Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme, born about 1645 in St. Come de Vair, Mamers, LeMans, Maine, France; died 26 Jan 1705 in St. Antoine de Tilly, Lotbinière, QC.
+ 4 iii. Simone-Barbe Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme, born 29 Dec 1654 in Québec City, QC; died 12 Mar 1722 in Hôtel Dieu de Québec City, QC.
5 iv. Marie Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme, born 24 Oct 1657 in Québec City, QC; died 03 Jun 1732 in Charlesbourg, QC.She married Melanie-Melin Bonnet, (Jean & Jeanne Antigny) 24 May 1671 in Unknown, QC; born about 1641 in Poitiers, Poitou, France; died 30 Sep 1703 in Charlesbourg, QC.
6 v. Jean-Francois Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme, born 24 Nov 1660 in Québec City, QC; died 15 Mar 1712 in Québec City, QC.
Generation No. 2
2.Gervais2 Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme (Gervais1) was born about 1642 in St. Come de Vair, Du Mans, Maine, France, and died 07 Mar 1703 in Québec City, QC.He married Marie-Madeleine Boutet, King's Daughter 15 Sep 1664 in Québec City, QC (ct 11 Sep 1664 Duquet), daughter of Simon Boutet and Anne Villers.She was born about 1645 in St. Jacques du Hautpas, Paris, France, and died 17 Jan 1703 in Québec City, QC.
Notes for Gervais Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme:
He born in France between 1641 and 1643.He was about 10 years old when he arrived in New France with his parents and brother.
Gervais married in Québec City on September 15, 1664 (contract Duquet, September 11) to Marie-Madeleine Boutet, daughter of Simon and of Anne Vilers, from Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas, Paris.
Gervais (the son) can be found in the St. Jean's 1666 census with his wife.
An important land owner, Gervais appeared to have lived in several places, notably in Saint-François on the côte Saint-Jean locality, at côte Sainte-Geneviève, at Champigny, at Saint-Gabriel and at Petite-Auvergne. An esteemed citizen, he was a church warden at Sainte Foy in 1699, and three of his sons followed the missionaries down the Mississippi. He was buried at Québec on March 7, 1707.
Notes for Marie-Madeleine Boutet, King's Daughter:
"King's Daughters", page 110, Marie-Madeleine Boutet was born about 1645 in the parish of Saint -Jacques-du-Haut-Pas in Paris, the daughter of Simon Boutet and Anne De Vilers. She came to Canada in 1664 at about age 19, preceded to the colony by her uncle Martin Boutet, aunt Catherine Soulage and their two children.
On 15 September 1664, Marie-Madeleine married Gervais Bisson or Buisson in Québec City (contract 11 September, notary Duquet).
Marie-Madeleine Boutet died some time after her husband.
Children of Gervais Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme and Marie-Madeleine Boutet are:
7 i. Joseph3 Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme, born 21 Apr 1666 in Québec City, QC; died 02 Dec 1666 in Québec City, QC.
+ 8 ii. Joseph Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme, born 17 May 1667 in Québec City, QC; died 23 Apr 1711 in Ste. Foy, QC.
9 iii. Marie-Catherine Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme, born 15 Sep 1668 in Québec City, QC.She married Jacques Briault, (Claude & Antoinette Baquet) 13 Dec 1685 in Unknown, QC; born about 1668 in Paris, France.
10 iv. Romaine-Simone Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme, born 26 Mar 1670 in Québec City, QC; died 28 Oct 1735 in Hôtel Dieu de Québec City, QC.
Notes for Romaine-Simone Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme:
She became a professional nun on 18 July 1691.Her name was Sister St. Nicolas.
11 v. Marie-Anne Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme, born 01 Feb 1672 in Sillery, QC; died 04 Mar 1727 in Québec City, QC.She married Michael Laroche-dit-Lafontaine,(Nicolas&Clavier) 15 Feb 1688 in Unknown, QC; born 08 Nov 1662 in St. Vemamt de Ballan Miré, France; died 16 Apr 1735 in Québec City, QC.
12 vi. Jean-Francois Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme, born 05 Jul 1674 in Québec City, QC; died 06 Sep 1696 in Hôtel Dieu de Québec City, QC.
13 vii. Antoine Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme, born 26 Apr 1676 in L'Ancienne Lorette, QC; died 22 Apr 1745 in Ste. Foy, QC.He married Elisabeth-Isabelle-Marie Labadie 24 Jan 1701 in Ste. Foy, QC; born 16 Dec 1678 in Neuville, Portneuf, QC; died 25 Nov 1749 in Ste. Foy, QC.
14 viii. Simon Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme, born 01 Sep 1677 in L'Ancienne Lorette, QC; died 31 Aug 1721 in Hôtel Dieu de Québec City, QC.He married Marie-Francoise Labadie, (Francois & M.J.Hebert) 03 Sep 1708 in Neuville, Portneuf, QC; born 16 Nov 1687 in Neuville, Portneuf, QC; died 14 Mar 1765 in Beaumont, QC.
15 ix. Romain-Gervais Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme, born 03 Sep 1679 in L'Ancienne Lorette, QC.
+ 16 x. Marie-Anne Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme, born 10 Mar 1681 in L'Ancienne Lorette, QC; died 09 Mar 1714 in Cap St. Ignace, Montmagny, QC.
17 xi. Marie-Genevieve Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme, born about 1684 in Unknown, QC; died 16 Dec 1702 in Ste. Foy, QC.She married Joseph Ripoche/Repoche-dit-Ducharme 26 Sep 1702 in Ste. Foy, QC; born about 1681 in Unknown, QC.
18 xii. Etienne Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme, Rev., born 24 Apr 1687 in Sillery, QC.
3.Antoine2 Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme (Gervais1) was born about 1645 in St. Come de Vair, Mamers, LeMans, Maine, France, and died 26 Jan 1705 in St. Antoine de Tilly, Lotbinière, QC.He married Marie-Ursule Trut 24 May 1671 in Unknown, QC, daughter of Mathurin Trut and Marguerite Garman.She was born 02 Feb 1658 in Sillery, QC, and died 04 Dec 1710 in St. Antoine de Tilly, Lotbinière, QC.
Child of Antoine Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme and Marie-Ursule Trut is:
+ 19 i. Marie-Angelique3 Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme, born about 1685 in Unknown, QC; died 14 Jun 1732 in St. Antoine de Tilly, Lotbinière, QC.
4.Simone-Barbe2 Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme (Gervais1) was born 29 Dec 1654 in Québec City, QC, and died 12 Mar 1722 in Hôtel Dieu de Québec City, QC.She married Nicolas Gauvreau, (Pierre & Gabrielle Raimbault) 13 Jul 1668 in Québec City, QC.He was born about 1641 in Poitou, France, and died 20 Jan 1713 in Québec City, QC.
Notes for Simone-Barbe Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme:
She was a sage-femme (a mid wife).
Children of Simone-Barbe Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme and Nicolas Gauvreau are:
20 i. Pierre3 Gauvreau, born 07 Apr 1674 in Québec City, QC; died 04 Feb 1717 in Québec City, QC.He married Marie-Madeleine Menage 23 Nov 1705 in Québec City, QC; born 01 May 1686 in Québec City, QC; died 17 Apr 1726 in Québec City, QC.
21 ii. Genevieve-Marie-Anne Gauvreau, born 07 Sep 1678 in Québec City, QC; died 26 Dec 1702 in Québec City, QC.She married Charles Rajotte, Sieur of Saint Luc 23 May 1696 in Québec City, QC; born 11 Aug 1674 in Québec City, QC; died 18 Dec 1702 in Québec City, QC.
Generation No. 3
8.Joseph3 Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme (Gervais2, Gervais1) was born 17 May 1667 in Québec City, QC, and died 23 Apr 1711 in Ste. Foy, QC.He married (1) Marie-Madeleine Maufette, (Pierre & Marie Duval) 26 Feb 1690 in Unknown, QC.She was born 28 May 1676 in Sillery, QC, and died 19 Dec 1702 in Ste. Foy, QC.He married (2) Marie Sedilot 21 May 1703 in Ste. Foy, QC, daughter of Jean Sedilot and Marie-Claire DeLahogue.She was born 26 Dec 1680 in Québec City, QC, and died 17 May 1711 in Ste. Foy, QC.
Child of Joseph Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme and Marie-Madeleine Maufette is:
22 i. Marie-Madeleine4 Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme, born about 1695 in Unknown, QC; died 06 Nov 1775 in Ste. Foy, QC.She married Jean-Baptiste Langlois-dit-Traversy 10 Oct 1712 in Ste. Foy, QC; born 15 Jul 1688 in Beauport, Montmorency, QC; died 07 Mar 1767 in Ste. Foy, QC.
16.Marie-Anne3 Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme (Gervais2, Gervais1) was born 10 Mar 1681 in L'Ancienne Lorette, QC, and died 09 Mar 1714 in Cap St. Ignace, Montmagny, QC.She married Charles Saucier 06 Oct 1697 in Unknown, QC (ct Roger), son of Louis Saucier and Marguerite Gaillard-dite-Duplessis.He was born 31 Aug 1672 in Québec City, QC, and died 11 Jun 1723 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC.
Children of Marie-Anne Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme and Charles Saucier are:
23 i. Charles4 Saucier, born 03 Oct 1698 in Unknown, QC; died 11 Oct 1698 in Québec City, QC.
+ 24 ii. Charles Saucier, born 28 Sep 1699 in Ste. Foy, QC; died 26 Dec 1759 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC.
25 iii. Jean-Francois Saucier, born 04 Nov 1701 in Cap St. Ignace, Montmagny, QC; died 21 Feb 1725 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC.
26 iv. Joseph Saucier, born 03 Mar 1703 in Cap St. Ignace, Montmagny, QC; died 22 Jun 1703 in Cap St. Ignace, Montmagny, QC.
+ 27 v. Joseph Saucier, born 10 Jul 1704 in Cap St. Ignace, Montmagny, QC; died 07 Jan 1786 in Rivière du Loup, Louiseville, QC.
28 vi. Genevieve Saucier, born Jan 1706 in Cap St. Ignace, Montmagny, QC.
29 vii. Pierre Saucier, born 17 Apr 1709 in Cap St. Ignace, Montmagny, QC; died 11 Jan 1740 in Rivière Ouelle, Kamouraska, QC.He married Marie-Genevieve Berube 10 Nov 1732 in Rivière Ouelle, Kamouraska, QC; born 01 Jan 1713 in Rivière Ouelle, Kamouraska, QC; died 02 Jun 1751 in Rivière Ouelle, Kamouraska, QC.
30 viii. Marie-Louise Saucier, born Sep 1712 in Cap St. Ignace, Montmagny, QC; died 12 Jul 1733 in St. Pierre de l'Île d'Orléans, QC.
19.Marie-Angelique3 Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme (Antoine2, Gervais1) was born about 1685 in Unknown, QC, and died 14 Jun 1732 in St. Antoine de Tilly, Lotbinière, QC.She married Jean-Baptiste Dubois-dit-Lafrance 08 Aug 1707 in St. Antoine de Tilly, Lotbinière, QC, son of Francois Dubois-dit-Lafrance and Anne Guillaume.He was born 10 Jan 1680 in Point de Lèvy, Lauzon, QC, and died 21 Jan 1728 in St. Antoine de Tilly, Lotbinière, QC.
Child of Marie-Angelique Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme and Jean-Baptiste Dubois-dit-Lafrance is:
31 i. Charles4 Dubois-dit-Lafrance, born 02 Feb 1717 in Tilly, QC; died 09 Jun 1776 in St. Antoine de Tilly, Lotbinière, QC.He married Marie-Madeleine Paulet 17 Oct 1772 in St. Antoine de Tilly, Lotbinière, QC; born 04 Jul 1704 in St. Pierre de l'Île d'Orléans, QC; died 17 Mar 1775 in St. Antoine de Tilly, Lotbinière, QC.
Generation No. 4
24.Charles4 Saucier (Marie-Anne3 Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme, Gervais2, Gervais1) was born 28 Sep 1699 in Ste. Foy, QC, and died 26 Dec 1759 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC.He married Marie-Rosalie Bouchard 08 Jun 1722 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC (ct 07, Janneau), daughter of Gabriel Bouchard and Marie-Francoise Lizotte.She was born 21 Apr 1708 in Rivière Ouelle, Kamouraska, QC, and died 23 Dec 1784 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC.
Children of Charles Saucier and Marie-Rosalie Bouchard are:
32 i. Marie-Francoise5 Saucier, born 04 Oct 1723 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC; died 09 Feb 1783 in St. Roch des Aulnaies, QC.She married Joseph Caron 17 Jul 1742 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC; born 06 Jun 1716 in Ste. Anne de Beaupré, Montmorency, QC; died 27 Feb 1780 in St. Roch des Aulnaies, QC.
33 ii. Marie-Josephe Saucier, born 20 Feb 1725 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC; died 14 Oct 1767 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC.She married Joseph Lefebvre-dit-Duchouquet 29 Jan 1748 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC; born 11 Oct 1720 in Montréal, QC; died 28 Jul 1768 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC.
34 iii. Marie-Catherine Saucier, born 28 Dec 1726 in Ste. Anne de la Pocatière, QC; died 31 Aug 1765 in Ste. Anne de la Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC.She married Francois Miville-dit-Deschenes 21 Feb 1746 in Ste. Anne de la Pocatière, QC; born 18 Sep 1721 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC; died 05 Feb 1764 in St. Roch des Aulnaies, QC.
35 iv. Basile Saucier, born about 1729 in Unknown, QC; died 28 Dec 1749 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC.
36 v. Joseph-Marie Saucier, born 12 Apr 1731 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC; died 08 Feb 1814 in La Pocatière, QC.He married (1) Marie-Catherine Dupere-dit-Lariviere 05 Jan 1757 in Unknown,QC,; born 30 Jun 1725 in Québec City, QC; died 01 Mar 1767 in La Pocatière, QC.He married (2) Marie-Genevieve Gagnon 27 Jul 1772 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC; born 04 Jun 1744 in La Pocatière, QC; died 21 Jan 1774 in La Pocatière, QC.He married (3) Marie-Anne Lanoue, (Francois & M. Anne Neron) 28 Jan 1788 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC; born about 1731 in Unknown, QC; died 18 Apr 1815 in St. Roch des Aulnaies, QC.
37 vi. Marie-Rosalie Saucier, born 31 Jan 1733 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC; died 24 Nov 1759 in St. François de la Rivière du Sud, Montmagny, QC.She married Jean-Nicolas Patouel-dit-Desrosiers 24 Nov 1750 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC; born 22 Dec 1723 in Québec City, QC; died 10 Aug 1780 in St. Charles, Bellechasse, QC.
38 vii. Jean-Bernard Saucier, born 26 Nov 1734 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC; died Bef. 27 Oct 1794 in Unknown, QC.He married Marie-Felicite Ruelland 26 Jan 1761 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC; born 08 Oct 1745 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC; died 24 Dec 1806 in St. André, Kamouraska, QC.
39 viii. Marie-Anne Saucier, born 04 Dec 1736 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC; died 18 Jul 1832 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC.She married Joseph-Francois Grondin about 01 Sep 1760 in Unknown,QC; born 05 May 1721 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC; died 10 Sep 1798 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC.
40 ix. Marie-Charlotte Saucier, born 18 Nov 1740 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC.She married Alexandre Ayotte/Hayot, (Zacharie&M.J.Levasseur) 30 Mar 1761 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC; born 27 Nov 1735 in Kamouraska, QC.
41 x. Charles Saucier, born 10 Oct 1742 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC.
42 xi. Marie-Louise Saucier, born 10 Oct 1744 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC; died 14 Feb 1769 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC.She married Joseph-Francois-Marie Miville-dit-Deschenes 21 Jan 1766 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC; born about 1737 in Unknown, QC; died 25 Jun 1798 in St. Roch des Aulnaies, QC.
43 xii. Marie-Angelique Saucier, born 10 Apr 1747 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC; died 23 Feb 1809 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC.She married Francois-Maurice-Marie Pelletier 11 Jan 1768 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC; born about 1739 in Unknown, QC; died 19 Oct 1799 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC.
44 xiii. Henri Saucier, born 04 Aug 1749 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC.He married (1) Marie-Charlotte-Eulalie Pelletier 23 Oct 1775 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC; born 20 Mar 1751 in St. Roch des Aulnaies, QC; died 28 Apr 1783 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC.He married (2) Marie-Charlotte Migner-dit-Lagace 05 Jul 1784 in La Pocatière, Kamouraska, QC; born about 1758 in Unknown, QC.
27.Joseph4 Saucier (Marie-Anne3 Buisson/Bisson-dit-St.Cosme, Gervais2, Gervais1) was born 10 Jul 1704 in Cap St. Ignace, Montmagny, QC, and died 07 Jan 1786 in Rivière du Loup, Louiseville, QC.He married Marie-Madeleine Boucher 21 Sep 1726 in Unknown, QC, daughter of Pierre Boucher and Marie-Madeleine Dancosse.She was born 11 Oct 1706 in Rivière Ouelle, Kamouraska, QC, and died 08 Jun 1790 in Rivière du Loup, Louiseville, QC.
Child of Joseph Saucier and Marie-Madeleine Boucher is:
45 i. Marie-Anne-Josephe5 Saucier, born 01 Mar 1733 in Rivière Ouelle, QC.She married Pierre Lesieur-dit-Desaulniers 08 Feb 1751 in Rivière du Loup, Louiseville, QC; born 28 Oct 1724 in Yamachiche de Maskinonge, QC; died 08 Jan 1756 in Yamachiche de Maskinonge, QC.
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My resources are limited because I live in Oregon. I hope that you use this information only as a guide. I welcome corrections and additions from anyone that has access to the original files.
Originally I paid a genealogy society to trace the direct lines for 6 of my 8 great grandparents. They used the books that were compiled by volunteers for each parish. Because so many individuals had the same name, I eventually found some errors in these books. Then I used Tanguay and found out that he may be about 75% right and Jette (that goes to 1730) is about 90% right. Then just as I thought that I was finished, I found PRDH (University of Montreal) and I believe that they may be 98% right and still make corrections to their records. They go up to 1799 for marriage contracts and 1850 for some deaths. Some people have the luxury of having the original records at their disposal. I do not have that and with 17,000 individuals in my data base, I can not afford to pay for copies of all the originals. At that point I confirmed every that I had with the records at PRDH. Whenever I say “about” for a birth date it means that PRDH did not find it or if it is in the 1800s, I did not look it up because of my lack of resources.
PRDH uses the most common spelling variation for the names. This makes it easier to trace the families. They do not always use the original name that appears on the contracts or birth records. That is ok with me, because many individuals before the 1900s could not sign their names and did not even care how others spelt it. As a result the same person’s name took on a variety of spellings. I also kept the “dit” (aka) names because eventually brothers from the same family, picked a different aka name.
As for the pioneers, I also used Peter Gagné’s English books on the single girls that arrived in New France between 1634 & 1662 and his book on the single girls that are referred to as the King’s Daughters that arrived between 1663 & 1673. These girls were recruited and paid by the King to go to New France (Québec) to get married and colonize the area.
Most of my information for the 1800-1900s comes from people on the web. The program that I use does not allow for baptismal dates, so if I don’t have a birth date, I use the baptismal date. The same goes for death vs. burial dates and actual wedding vs. contract dates. The newer programs have these features, but I will not be going through 17,000 records to make the changes.
It is like I said in the beginning; use this information as a guide only. I view genealogy as a hobby and not as pure science.
As for the stories, I got them all in French on the web and I translated them for my grandchildren. I had not read or spoken French in over 40 years, so it was difficult and may not be the best translation.
Enjoy, Janet