Késsinnimek - Roots - RacinesThe Great Ignored One
by Jacques Dunant
by Jacques Dunant
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Introduction:
Some origins of names "noms de particule" (reference to possible nobility):
Pierre Boucher generally used the title of SIEUR/SIRE DE GROSBOIS, occasionally one used this one also SIEUR/SIRE DE BOUCHERVILLE, of which he is officially the LORD
His eldest son Pierre also used the title SIEUR DE BOUCHERVILLE
Lambert, the next son took the title of SIEUR DE GRANDPRÉ
Ignace, the next son took the title of his father SIEUR DE GROSBOIS
Philippe, priest, kept his original surname BOUCHER
Jean, the next son in line, took the title of SIEUR DE MONBRUN; his numerous descendants in the United States modified the spelling to Mumbrun, Monbreun, etc.., whereas in Canada the spelling was Montbrun.
René, the next son became the SIEUR DE LA PERRIÈRE, the name of a small village in Perche, France.
Nicolas, priest, did the same thing that his brother Philipe did
Jacques, SIEUR DE MONTIZAMBERT, took the name of a Provostship of Perche where the château of Montizambert was erected near Tigy, France.
Jean-Baptiste, the last son, took the title of SIEUR De NIVERVILLE
On can add that the brothers Rodolphe de Montizambert and Alexandre Aubin de Niverville who lived in Perche in 1643 explain the choice of Pierre Boucher for his two twin sons.Surnames and names of nobility in Pierre Boucher's family.
Pierre Boucher (1622-1717) le founder and first lord of Boucherville remains
THE GREAT IGNORED ONE
of the history of Canada. This distintion, not flattering, is shared with his family in spite of the uncontestable contribution of all its members during the difficult period of settling. Three examples will briefly illustrate the qualities of this contribution:
1. The defense of the fort at Trois-Rivières in 1653
2. The ambassadorship to king Louis XIV and his minister Colbert in 1661-1662.
3. The establishment of a first seignorie by a civilian in Montérégie in 1667-1668.
Pierre Boucher wrote in 1695 in his "Memoires" (1): Ma family is beautiful... I have nine sons, ... I also have six daughters." Most of the historians agree with him today, but that was not always the case. Mgr Tanguay inaugurated the first error by giving to the Boucher spouses a son Joachim born in 1659 and killed in a combat against the Iroquois on 12 July 1692. (2) It is useless to expand on this blunder of Tanguay since the other fifteen children are there.
One must recognize that it is not always easy to follow his descendants. The appearance of new family names and transfers of surnames can add to discourage he who concerns himself with the fifteen children of the founder.
The first surname of the Family is BOUCHER, this name will slowly disappear to finally be erased completely and replaced by names of nobility which will become the new surname applied to various branches of the family as we will mention below. We will begin by giving the names of nobility using the members of the family:
First Generation, that is, the first marriage of an individual of this family in New France
1 Pierre Boucher, sieur de (lord of) Grosbois and at time sieur de Boucherville, first lord and founder of Boucherville (As to our opinion, Pierre Boucher was rarely given the title of sieur de Boucherville. This title, Pierre Boucher gave it to his son Pierre. Others more qualified than we are wrote a lot about the first lord. Unfortunately, many committed errors in their research.
Second Generation:
1-1 Pierre Boucher of Boucherville, sieur de Boucherville, 1653-1740, second lord of Boucherville, firt lord of Montarville. Spouse of Charlotte Denis
1-2 Marie-Ursule Boucher, 1655-1733, spouse René Gaultier of Varennes.
1-3 Lambert Boucher, sieur de (lord of) Grandpré, 1656-1699, spouse of Marguerite Vauvril of Blason. .
1-4 Ignace Boucher, sieur de Grosbois, 1659-1699, spouse of Marie-Anne Margane de Lavaltrie.
1-5 Madeleine Boucher, 1661-1739, spouse of Pierre-Noël Le Gardeur de Tilly.
1-6 Marguerite Boucher, 1663-1698, spouse of Nicolas Daneau de Muy.
1-7 Philippe Boucher, 1665-1721, priest.
1-8 Jean Boucher, sieur de Monbrun 1667-1744, spouse Françoise-Claire Charest, then Michelle-Françoise Godefroy de Saint-Paul.
1-9 René Boucher, sieur de La Perrière, 1668-1742, spouse Marie-Françoise Mailhot .
1-10 Jeanne Boucher, 1670-1703, twin, spouse de Jacques-Charles Sabrevois de Bleury.
1-11 Louise Boucher, 1670-1756, twin, single.
1-12 Nicolas-Michel Boucher, 1672-1733, priest
1-13 Jacques Boucher, sieur de Montizambert, 1673-1688, twin
1-14 Jean-Baptiste Boucher, sieur de Niverville 1673-1740, twin spouse Marguerite-Thérèse Hertel de Cournoyer.
1-15 Geneviève Boucher, 1676-1766, Ursuline religious nun.
Third generation:
from Pierre Boucher, sieur de Boucherville, his descendants:de Boucherville, then appear again the name of nobility
de La Bruère, then de Montarville
de La Broquerie, today this lineage not longer exists
de Montarville, without descendants. The name switches over to Boucher de La Bruère
from Lambert Boucher, sieur de Grandpré his descendants:de Grandpré, today this lineage no longer exists
from Ignace Boucher, sieur de Grosbois his descendants:de Grosbois
de Batilly, without descendants
de L'îlebonne, without descendants
from Jean Boucher, sieur de Monbrun his descendants:de Monbrun, without descendants
de Saint-Laurent " "
de Nois " "
de Bon-Accueil " "
de La Soudraye " "
de Monbrun became (Montbrun)
from René Boucher, sieur de La Perrière his descendants::de La Perrière, today this lineage no longer exists
from Jean-Baptiste Boucher, sieur de Niverville his descendants:de Niverville, the de Montizambert
de Montizambert
The fourth generation will see the first serious separation of the family, Louis-René Boucher de Boucherville being in France in 1763, decides to remain at the service of the king of France. He will be sent to the Ile de France (Ile Maurice) where he will start a family. One Boucher de La Bruère will add the word Piedmont to his name.
At the fifth generaion, one de Boucherville will have the name Verchères preceed his name of nobility (the male descendants no longer exist). To my knowledge these are the only names of nobility used by the descendants of the illustrious ancestor. However, we do find today some male descendants who still carry the following surnames:
de Boucherville
de Grosbois
de La Bruère
de Montbrun (spelling varies especially in the USA)
de Niverville (indirect)
de Montizambert
..In order to develop our subject, we have adopted the recent or modern spelling. We will also use the abbreviations of René Jeté as follows:
n. birth/naissance
b. baptism/baptême
m. marriage/mariage
cm. marriage contract/contrat de mariage
d. death/décès
s. burial/sépulture
The list of abbreviations and references are in accord with Article 1-15, Geneva/Geneviève. The numbering follows the method of Jacques D'Abboville. (First marriage in Canada)
1-Pierre Boucher, sieur de Grosbois, (1622-1717) b. at Mortagne, France, 1 Aug 1622; d. at Boucherville 19 April 1717,(R.B) spouse Marie Chrétienne (Ouebadinskoué) 17 January 1649 (cm. of Guillaume Audouart). She gives him a son named Jacques at his baptism on 11 December 1649 in Trois-Rivières (PRDH). The destiny of these two persons is unknown; most of the historians are in agreement to declare that the two of them died shortly after the birth of Jacques, but the parish registers are silent.
Second marriage:
1-Pierre Boucher, one must assume that he is widowed, remarried on 9 July 1652 to Jeanne Creview, daughter of Christophe and Jeanne Évard (Énard). This marriage took place in Québec (PRDH) and a contract was written on 5 July 1652 before the notary Guillaume Audouart; there is no mention anywhere of the first wife of Pierre Boucher, nor of his son. From 1653 to 1676, Jeanne Crevier gave birth to fifteeen children, of which there were two sets of twins; Pierre Boucher was buried beneath his pew in the church at Boucherville on 21 April 1717. Jeanne Creview was buried on 11 December 1727 in Boucherville. (RB)
Their children:
1-1 Pierre Boucher de Boucherville (1653? -1740) sieur de Boucherville, lord de Boucherville, from 1717 to 1740 and lord of Montarville from 1710 to 1740 , n. (born) 18 August at Trois-Rivières (M.B.de L.B.). This birth was not registered at Trois-Rivières. He married in Québec, on 25 October 1683 Charlotte Denis (PRDH), widow of Pierre Dupas, lord Dubraché (3). She is the daughter of Simon Denis, deceased, and of Françoise Dutartre; marriage contract by Gilles Rageot on 23 Oct 1683 in Québec. Charlotte Denis born and baptized in Québec, on 30 August 1663 (PRDH), died (date unknown) and buried on 7 June 1740 in Boucherville (RB). There were twelve children from this marriage:1-1-1 Marie-Antoinette (1684-1757) Religious Nurse of Saint-Joseph (Hôtel-Dieu) in Montréal.
1-1-2 Madeleine-Charlotte (1686-1731) Religious Nurse of Saint-Joseph (Hôtel-Dieu) in Montréal.
1-1-3 François-Pierre (1689-1767) 3rd lord (11 children)
1-1-4 Marie-Jeanne (1691-1692)
1-1-5 Marie-Anne (1694-1772) Ursuline Religious at Québec, with the name Mother Saint-Ignace (Ignatius)
1-1-6 Joseph (1696)
1-1-7 Marie-Angélique (1697-1721) Religious C. N. D. (Congregation Notre-Dame) with the name Sister Sainte-Monique.
1-1-8 René (1699-1773) Branch of de La Bruère (13 children) then des de Montarville.
1-1-9 Joseph (1701-1762) Branch of de La Broquerie (8 children)
1-1-10 Louise (1702-1788) Religious C. N. D. with the name Sister Sainte-Monique. She took her vows after her sister Marie Angélique (above 1-1-7) died.
1-1-11 Charles (1704-1758) de Montarville (no descendants). This name will pass on to the de La Bruère.
1-1-12 Claire-Françoise (1705-1787) Two marriages (7 children)
1-1 Pierre Boucher de Boucherville rejoins his wife in the church of Boucherville, on 17 August 1740 (RB). He survived his wife by 2 months. The date of his death is unknown. Refer to his biographical notation further on.1-2 Marie-Ursule Boucher (1655-1733), baptized 8 March 1655 in Trois-Rivières (PRDH). At 12 1/2 years old, she married in Trois-Rivières lieutenant René Gaultier de Varennes. The contract is dated 22 September 1667 by Séverin Ameau, and the marriage took place on 26 September 1667 in Trois-Rivières (PRDH). (On finds in this contract many elements that are useful to study the beginnings of the seignoiry of Boucherville). René Gaultier, born in 1634, died on 4 June 1689 in Trois-Rivières; burial took place the next day (PRDH). His widow, 34 years old, did not remarry; she died in Montréal on the 13 and was buried on the 14 March 1733 (PRDH). Marie-Ursule Boucher gave birth to thirteen children with her husband, (M.d.V.) unfortunately many are not registered any place;
1-2-1 René (1669?)( This René could have been born in Boucherville in 1669 or 1670)The descendants of the de Varennes is imposing; it is made up of many persons which left their mark on the Canadian society, for example Sainte Marguerite d'Youville and Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye. Refer to the future notice devoted to Marie Boucher, Lady of Varennes et also refer to the work of Kathleen Mennie de Varennes.
1-2-2 Jeanne (1671?)
1-2-3 Louis (1673- around 1710)
1-2-4 Madeleine (1674-vers 1768)
1-2-5 Pierre (1675?)
1-2-6 Jacques-René (1676-1757) 2nd lord of Varennes.
1-2-7 Jean-Baptiste (1678?-1726) priest.
1-2-8 Marguerite (1680-after 1734)
1-2-9 Marie-Renée (1682-1758)
1-2-10 Anne-Marguerite (1684-1726)
1-2-11 Pierre (1685-1749) sieur de La Vérendrye.
1-2-12 Philippe (1687-1688)
1-2-13 Jean-Baptiste (1688?)1-3 Lambert Boucher (1656-1699), sieur de Grandpré, lord of Grandpré (or of Petit-Yamachiche). Born 12 August 1656 in Trois-Rivières, baptized 21 November (PRDH). He married on 13 August 1693 in Québec to Marie-Marguerite Vauvril of Blason (PRDH), daughter of Pierre-Charles, deceased, and Françoise LePellé, born and baptized on 30 June 1672 in Trois-Rivières (PRDH). Marriage contract signed the day before by Louis Chamballon, in Québec. Lambert Boucher died 3 April 1699 in Trois-Rivières and was buried the following day (PRDH); he left two living of three children. Marguerite Vauvril will remarry at Sorel on 13 November 1709 to Raymond Blaise of Bergères (02) (PRDH); this was his third marriage! According to PRDH, a certain Marguerite of Granpré, 57 years old, died on 7 and buired on 8 January 1730 in Trois-Rivières. Their childrens:
1- 3-1 Louis (1695-1763) left for Louisian.
1-3-2 Geneviève (1697-1754) two marriagess.
1-3-3 Pierre-Louis (1698) No descendants from the second marriage with Marguerite Vauvril. The descendants went to Louisiana, the name Grandpré no longer exists. Refer to his article.1-4 Ignace Boucher (1659-1699), sieur de Grosbois. born on 17 and baptized in Trois-Rivières on 18 January 1659 (PRDH). He married, in Montréal on 28 October 1697 (PRDH) to Marie-Anne Margane from Lavaltrie, daughter of Séraphin and Louise Bissot, born on 19 and baptized on 20 June 1668 in Québec (PRDH). Antoine Adhémar carried out the marriage contract on the same day in Montréal. Ignace de Grosbois diec on 25 October 1699 in Boucherville where he was buried on 27 October (RB). He left five children, one posthumously. His widow did not remarry; she was buried in the church of Sainte-Famille (Holy Family) of Boucherville on 4 October 1744 (RB). Their children:
1-4-1 Marie-Louise (1695-1758)
1-4-2 Ignace-Séraphin (1696-1697)
1-4-3 Charles-Séraphin (1698-1772)
1-4-4 Nicolas (1699-1780)
1-4-5 Ignace (1700-1761) His article will follow.1-5 Madeleine Boucher (1661?-1739), born and baptized ? (in Québec, on 1 March 1661 according to M.B.de L.B.) On 24 November 1680, she married at Boucherville (RB), Pierre-Noël Le Gardeur of Tilly (5), son of Charles and Geneviève Juchereau and widower of Marguerite Volant with a daughter Geneviève. Marriage contract of Jacques Bourdon of the same date. Madeleine Boucher will give birth to twelve children with this husband. They will leave for Québec in 1691 or 1692, after a stay in Boucherville then in Repentigny where his cousin Jean-Baptiste Le Gardeur had settled. He died after a long illness in 1720 in Québec and is buried at St-Antoine de Tilly on 13 August beneath his pew of the church.(PRDH). She died at Montréal on 3 and buried on 5 February 1739 (PRDH). .
1-5-1 Pierre (1681- ).Refer to his article.
1-5-2 Jeanne (1683-1691).
1-5-3 Marie-Angélique (1684- ).
1-5-4 Marie-Charlotte (1686- ).
1-5-5 Nicolas (1688- ).
1-5-6 Claude (1691)Bou.
1-5-7 Charles-Augustin (1692-1731)Que.
1-5-8 Louis-Marie (1694 )St-Lau.I.O.
1-5-9 Marie-Charlotte (1695- )Que.
1-5-10 Catherine-Delphine (1697- )Que.
1-5-11 Charlotte-Marie (1698-1776)Que.
1-5-12 Marie-Anne (1699- )Que.1-6 Marguerite Boucher (1663-1698), born and baptized on 26 June 1663 in Trois-Rivières (PRDH); she married Nicolas Daneau ofMuy (04), on 17 May 1687 in Boucherville (RB). The notary Antoine Adhémar wrote a contract on the same day. Marguerite died on 30 June 1698, and buried the following day in the church of Boucherville (RB). She gave birth to seven children.
1-6-1 Marguerite-Philippe (1688-1772)
1-6-2 Angélique (1689-1690)
1-6-3 Marie-Josette (1690-before 1708)
1-6-4 Marie-Madeleine (1691- )
1-6-5 Jacquette-Angélique (1693)
1-6-6 Marie-Charlotte (1694-1759)
1-6-7 Jacques-Pierre (1695-1758)A study of this family was the subject of two articles in Lustucru, Nos. 6 & 7. Refer also to "Les cahiers des Dix, vol. 18. "One reads in these "notebooks" that the De Muy settled on the upper coast in Boucherville in the former property of Prudent Bougret which Nicola had renovated to accomodate his family. His article will follow.
1-7 Philippe Boucher (1665-1721), born 19, baptized 20 December 1665 in Trois-Rivières.(PRDH) He was ordained a priest on 26 March 1689 in Québec (J.B.A.A.); died on 8 and buried on 9 April 1721 in Saint-Joseph de la Pointe-de-Lévis. (PRDH) Refer to his article.
1-8 Jean Boucher de Monbrun (1667-1744), sieur de Monbrun; born on 6 and baptized 7 February 1667 in Trois-Rivières (PRDH). He married twice, first of all in Saint-Joseph- de-la-Pointe-de-Lévis, where his brother officiated, on 24 November 1692 with Françoise-Claire Charest (PRDH). Marriage contract of Louis Chamballon of Québec on 16 Nov 1692. She was born on 4 and baptized on 11 March 1674 in Québec, daughter of Etienne and Catherine Bissot (PRDH). Following the death of his wife and burial on 20 December 1725 in Boucherville (RB), he married again in Trois-Rivières on 10 November 1729 with Michelle- Françoise Godefroy of Saint-Paul (PRDH). Pierre Petit wrote the marriage contract on the same day. This wife was the daughter of Amador and Francoise LePelé, born and baptized on26 August 1683 in Trois-Rivières (PRDH). From the first marriage, he had about 12 children; none from the second Jean Boucher was buried in the church at Boucherville on October 20, 1744.(RB) Françoise-Michelle Godefroy died on 4 February 1770. She was 88 and a half years old. There were no Boucher members at the ceremony. Children, all from the first marriage::
1-8-1 Jeanne (1693-Refer to his article.
1-8-2 Catherine (1697-
1-8-3 René (1699- ), sieur de Monbrun.
1-8-4 Jean-Baptiste (1700-1747), sieur de Saint-Laurent.
1-8-5 Françoise
1-8-6 Pierre-Joseph (1702-1736), sieur de Nois.
1-8-7 Francois (1704- ), sieur de Bonaccueil
1-8-8 Pierre (1706-
1-8-9 Marie-Anne (1708-1737)
1-8-10 Pierre (1710- )sieur de La Saudray
1-8-11 Marie-Angélique (1711-
1-8-12 Claude (1713) 1-8-13 Etienne (1714-1773)1-9 René Boucher de La Perrière (1668-1742), sieur de La Perrière, baptized on 18 June 1668 in Ville-Marie (Montréal) (PRDH). He married on 15 December 1705 in Montréal (PRDH) Marie-Françoise Mailhot, daughter of Jean and Madeleine Marchand ; She was baptized on 16 March 1689 in Montréal (PRDH); she died four days after having given birth to her second child; she was buried in Montréal on 26 April 1708 (PRDH). René Boucher, widower, died in Boucherville on 12 August 1742 (RB) and was buried in the church. Two children:
1-9-1 Marie-Madeleine(1707- )Refer to his article.
1-9-2 François-Clément(1708- )
These two children married into the family of Pécaudy of Contrecoeur.1-10 Jeanne Boucher (1670-1703), twin to Louise, was born and conditionally baptized on 5 December 1670; she was baptized on 8 April 1671(RB); her brother Pierre of Boucherville was her godfather; Catherine Primot, wife of Lemoyne, was her godmother. She married Jacques-Charles Sabrevois (6) on 16 November 1695 in Boucherville (RB). Marriage contract drawn up on 16 November 1695 by Adhémar. The husband is the son of the deceased Henri and Gabrielle Martin, born in 1667. Jeanne died on 8 and was buried on 9 July 1703 in Boucherville (RB). She left behind four children with her husband, who died as a widower and was buried on 19 January 1727 in Montréal (PRDH). Their children:
1-10-1 Marie-Joseph (1696-1777)Refer also to his article.
1-10-2 Charles (1697)
1-10-3 Charles (1699-1774)
1-10-4 Christophe (1701-after 1763 in France.)
1-10-5 Clément (1702-1781)
1-10-6 Anonymous (1703)1-11 Louise Boucher, twin to Jeanne Boucher, was born 5 December 1670, conditionally baptized 1 January 1671 in Boucherville (RB); godfather François-Marie Perrot, godmother her sister Marie-Ursule (1-2), wife of Gaultier of Varennes. She chose to remain celibate, helped to raise her numerous orphan nephews and nieces and died in Montréal on 24 October 1756, and was buried on 25, under the nmae of Louise Boucher de Montbrun (PRDH). Refer to her obituary.
1-12 Nicolas-Michel Boucher, was born on 14 and baptized on 15 November 1672 in Boucherville (RB). He was ordained on 6 June 1696 in Québec (J.B.A.A.). He died on 30 July 1733 at the l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (PRDH)with burial on the following day. Refer also to his article.
1-13 Jacques Boucher, sieur de Montizambert, twin to Jean-Baptiste Boucher, was born on 6 and baptized on 10 December 1673 in Boucherville (RB), killed accidently during a hunting expedition, on 10 and buried on 11 September 1688 in Boucherville (RB) Refer also to his article.
1-14 Jean-Baptiste Boucher, sieur de Niverville, twin to his brother Jacques above, was born 6 and baptized 10 December 1673 inBoucherville (RB). He married Marguerite-Thérèse Hertel on 10 February 1710 with a contract before the Notary Antoine Adhémar. She was the daughter of François Hertel and Marguerite de Thavenet, born on 17 and baptized on 23 October 1690 in Trois-Rivières (PRDH). There were twelve children from this marriage. She died in 1732 and was buried on 4 May 1732(RB). Jean-Baptiste de Niverville was buried in the church of Boucherville on 1 April 1748 (RB). Their children:
1-14-1 Jeanne-Marguerite (1710-1716)Refer to his article.
1-14-2 Charlotte-Ursule (1712-1793)
1-14-3 Thérèse-Louise (1713-1717)
1-14-4 Jean-Baptiste-Francois (1714-
1-14-5 Joseph-Claude (1715- 1804) Chevalier de Niverville
1-14-6 Thérèse (1717-
1-14-7 Marie-Madeleine (1720-
1-14-8 Pierre-Louis (1722-1802) from the family of Montizambert
1-14-9 Marie-Françoise (1723-
1-14-10 Pierre (1725)
1-14-11 Marie-Marguerite (1726-
1-14-12 François (1728-1764) Died in France1-15 Geneviève Boucher, born and baptized on 30 August 1676 in Boucherville (RB). A Religious sister of the Ursuline order in Québec, Mother Saint-Pierre died in Québec on 30 May 1766 (PRDH)??.(Louis Pelletier) Her article will follow.
Explanations of the references and cited sources:
(1) Les Mémoires de M. Boucher (Memoires of ) were published in part in the B.R.H. 1926, No. 7, p. 398 etc.
(2) Mgr Cyprien Tanguay : Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes, Vol. 1 , page 71.
(3) Pierre Dupas, sieur du Braché, son of Jean and Jeanne Legendre, of Champagne. Officer in the Carignan regiment. Holder of the fiefdom of l'île Dupas and adjacente îles and lands of the Chicot river on 3 November 1672. It appears that he did fur trading before this date, in July 1669 he was assaulted along with his two valets, Etienne Clémenceau dit Lachenaie and Pierre Dupineau by natives who were killed except for one who was arrested in Sorel. The Sovereign Counsel deliberated on this affair of the seized pelts at sieur Dupas... the sentence remained unsolved. He married on 7 November 1677 in Québec (RJ), Charlotte Denis daughter of Simon and Françoise Du Tartre. Becquet wrote up the contract the day before. He died on 20 December 1677, after 44 days of marriage. He was buried on 22 December in Sorel. The Notary Antoine Adhémar processed the inventory of his estate from the 10 to the 15 October 1678. Aubert de la Chenaye who was his creditor took possession of the land which he sold 10 November 1690 to Louis Dandonneau and to Jacques Brisset,for about 1500 pounds. No offspring.
These notes come from the Dict.généal. of René Jetté, Invent. des concessions en fief et seign. (Inventory of fiefdom and seignoiry concessions) of P.G.Roy, Dict. Lejeune, B. Sulte: Hist. des Canadiens Français, Jugements et délib. du Conseil Souverain (Judgments and Deliberations of the Sovereign Counsel) , Histoire de (History of )l'île Dupas of V. Plinguet and S. Laporte.
(4) Raymond Blaise des Bergères, officer in the troops accompanying the marquis de Denonville in 1685. He had married in France in 1677 to Anne Richard of Groigny (RJ). She died in shipwreck, coming to join her husband. He was commandat at Chambly (1689 à 1696). He remarried in Montreal on 8 November 1694 to Jeanne-Cécile Closse, widow of Jacques Bizard, who died in 1700. His third marriage in Sorel on 23 November 1709 to Marguerite Vauvril, widow of Lambert Boucher, sieur de Grandpré. Mr. des Bergères was buried in Montréal on 29 July 1711.
Notes from René Jetté, R. P. Louis Lejeune.
(5) Pierre-Noël Le Gardeur de Tilly:
The Le Gardeur are a group of about 15 persons, having arrived with thirty others in 1636 in Québec. They did not hesitate to take a lot of room, according to Benj. Sulte, they were arguers, autoritarians, but gifted for busines and active. The widowed mother came with two sons, Charles from Tilly and Pierre from Repentigny. Pierre-Noël Le Gardeur de Tilly is the son of Charles and Geneviève Juchereau, baptized on 24 Decembre 1652 in Sillery (R.J.), marriage contract on 11 August 1675 to Marguerite Volant, daughter of Claude and Françoise Radisson. She was buried on 23 November 1677 in Trois-Rivières leaving two daughters:
Françoise-Charlotte born and baptized in July 1676 at Cap-de-la- Madeleine, died before 1681. (R.J.)
Geneviève-Françoise born and baptized 12 September 1677 in Trois-Rivières. She died on 15 and was buried on 16 July 1690 (RB).
Pierre-Noël had 6 brothers and 8 sisters, one of whom became a religious sister and two boys who died as celibates. All the others married advantageously, and it is thus that Madeleine Boucher became the sister-in-law of : Saurel, Berthier, Rouer, D'Amours, Le Goues, Saint-Ours, Margane, de Gannes, Girard and Céloron.
(6)Nicolas Daneau, sieur de Muy. (Refer to Marguerite Boucher 1-6) Widower with five children, he remarried to Catherine D'Ailleboust, daughter of Charles and Catherine Le Gardeur in Montréal on 18 February 1702 (PRDH). Adhémar wrote the marriage contract the day before. Catherine D'Ailleboust was baptized in Montréal on 27 May 1669 (PRDH); she had two children with her husband and was buried on 13 March 1755 in Montréal(PRDH). Nicolas Daneau (1651-1708) was the son of Jacques, sieur de Muy and de Marguerite Driot; he died prematurely at La Havane on his way to assume his post as Governor of Louisiana. Notes taken from René Jetté, du PRDH; Refer also to Lustucru, 6.13 & 7.14 and D. B. C.
(7) Jacques-Charles of Sabrevois ( voir B.R.H.) and the instructions of his wife below no.(1-10)
(8) Jean-Baptiste Pommereau (Paumereau) born on 13 and baptized on 15 April 1702 in Montréal, son of Jacques-Pierre amd Françoise Nafrechou, the King's writer.
(9) Joseph-Michel LeGardeur of Croisille and of Montesson, son of Charles and Marie-Anne Robineau.
M.B. de L.B. Montarville Boucher de La Bruère, lawyer and journalist , then archivist and historian, he published numerous works on the family of Pierre Boucher, in particular in the Cahiers des Dix (Notebooks of the Ten), v.1, 1936 p. 233; v. 2, 1937 p. 237.; v. 3, 1938 p. 165; v. 4, 1939 p. 243,. He also accumulated an imposing documentation on the entire family. These documents were bequeathed to the Seminary at Trois-Rivières where they have been indexed and microfilmed.
PRDH - Programme de recherches en démographie historique de l' Université de Montréal (Research Program in historical demography of the University of Montéal).
RB - Parish Registre Boucherville (Sainte-Famille)
M.d.V. - Mennie de Varennes, author and genealogist.
R.J. - René Jetté, author of DGFQ - Dict. généalog des familles du Québec. (Genealogical Dictionary of the Families of Québec)
L.D. - Louis Dugas, French author, correspondant from Montarville
B. de La Bruère, father. He wrote:Pierre Boucher et les Boucherville. 3 volumes. (Pierre Boucher and the Boucherville, 3 vol.)
F.B.de L.B. - Fleurimont Boucher de La Bruère, author, son of Montarville. He wrote: Bref aperçu généalogique et historique de Pierre Boucher, de sa famille et des Boucher de La Bruère (A Brief Genealogical and Historical Essay on Pierre Boucher, his family and the Boucher of La Bruère)(Unpublished)
J.B.A.A - J.B.Arthur Allaire, Dict. du clergé. (Dictionary of the clergy)
L.P. - Louis Pelletier Autthor: Le clergé du Québec. (The Clergy of Québec)
Note: There are many works on Pierre Boucher et son era. Among the most important are:
Marcel Trudel, Initiation à la Nouvelle-France. (Initiation to New France)
Marcel Trudel, Le régime seigneurial (The siegnioral regime)
Messire Pierre Boucher, sieur de Grosbois by Estelle Mitchell, s.g.m. (Soeur Grice de Montréal)
s.g.m. - Pierre Boucher by Séraphin Marion: Une vieille seigneurie par Louis Lalande (An old siegniory by Louis Lalande)
Articles in several historical and genealogical reviews, such as Lustucru de la Société d'histoire des îles percées, Boucherville;
Mémoires de la Société généalogique Canadienne-française:
Bulletin des recherches historiques. (of historical research)
Mémoires de la Société Royale:
Les Cahiers des Dix: La revue d'Histoire de l'Amérique française: Pierre Boucher et les Boucherville par Louis Dugas (The Notebooks of the Ten: The review of the History of French American: Pierre Boucher and the Boucherville by Louis Dugas)
Bref aperçu des descendants de Pierre Boucher par Fleurimont B. de La Bruère. (Brief essay on the descendants of Pierre Boucher by ..)
Benjamin Sulte Histoire des Canadiens Français et Défense de nos origines. (History of the French Canadians and the Defense of our origins)
Despite all of this, Pierre Boucher, sieur de Grosbois still remains the great ignored one of the History of Canada.
Jacques Dunant, Boucherville, Octobre 2004.
Translated from the French by Norm Léveillée
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