Jean Brem of Boulogne sur mer, Picardie

LEBRUN

1. HENRI LEBRANT

Issue-

  • 2I. FRANCOIS- m. 15 June 1625 Amiens, MADELEINE DUBOIS LEROY, (bur. 23 July 1654 Wargnier), bur. 22 Mar. 1654 Wargnie, Amiens


    2I. FRANCOIS LEBRANT (HENRI 1)

    b.c.1602
    m. 15 June 1625 Amiens, MADELEINE DUBOIS LEROY (bur. 23 July 1654 Wargnie)
    bur. 22 Mar. 1654 Wargnie, Amiens

    Issue-

  • I. Jeanne- bpt. 20 Oct. 1627 Havernas, Somme, m. Jacques Riquier
  • 3II. JEAN- bpt. 1 Feb. 1629 Havernas, Somme, m. 31 Jan. 1661 St. Nicolas, Boulogne sur Mer, CATHERINE GOSTIER dite CAFFIER (bpt. 22 Mar. 1632 St. Joseph, Boulogne sur Mer, bur. 2 Sept. 1712 St. Joseph), bur. 9 Feb. 1699/00 St. Joseph de Boulogne
  • III. Maryse- bpt. 7 June 1632 Havernas


    3II. JEAN De BRESME (HENRI 1, FRANCOIS 2)

    bpt. 1 Feb. 1629 Reformed Church, Havernas, Somme
    m. 31 Jan. 1661 St. Nicolas, Boulogne sur Mer, CATHERINE GOSTIER dite CAFFIER (bpt. 22 Mar. 1632 St. Joseph, Boulogne sur Mer, bur. 2 Sept. 1712 St. Joseph)
    bur. 9 Feb. 1699/00 St. Joseph de Boulogne

    Most of the information on the Bresme/Carrier family is from the wonderful research by Denis Carrier of Notre Dame du Nord, PQ. Visit his web page at: http://www.reocities.com/denis_carrier.geo

    Boulogne- c.1600

    At the age of 41, Jean de Bresme became guettor of the belfry of Boulogne-sur-mer. The trade of guettor was quite old in Boulogne. We can trace it back to to the Roman era where Caesar built the "Tower of Order" to be used as a departure point for the conquest of Great Britain. This tower was restored under Caligula and was therefore sometime named Caligula's Tower. From the top of its twelve stories, it was possible to watch the english coast and the ships in the Channel. The Tower of Order collapsed in 1644, after sixteen centuries of good service. The verb to watch comes from the old germain wahtan which means to keep awake. The guettor was also named "Waite". (1) The account book for 1415-1416 compiled by Jehan Haigner�, clerk for the tresurer of Boulogne-sur-Mer, tells us that the guettor of the Tower of Order received 8 pounds a year while a maintenance man received one pound.(2)

    The service of guettor in Boulogne was a position of great importance. In the 16th century, it had been placed under the direction of seven distinguished men. The guettor of the belfry and his colleague from the Roman Tower of Order used to announce the arrival of men on horseback, the passage of ships and during troubled times, English pilferers. He also announced the curfew, the market time, that of communal assemblies, the sweeping of the sidewalks and the washing of the pavement in front of each one's house. He walked the whole city whenever he saw the smallest cloud of smoke or the least danger, while sounding the "gros bourdon". At the occasions of great events or great festivals, the guettors directed a team of brefmen and rang the bells. From 1685 on, the municipal budget made provision to give six "razi�res" of coal in addition to the normal wage allowed to the guettor.(3) Jean de Bresme worked as guettor for at least 29 years, from 1670 to 1700. On May 1st 1670, the death certficate of his daughter, listed his occupation as guettor. Later on, we find Jehan de Bresme on the paylist for the guettors of the belfry of Boulogne for the period from 1686 to 1699 (he died in January 1700 apparently on duty). On those paylists, we can see that his two fellow workers were Hierosome de Saint-George (from 1687 to 1692) and Robert du Vallon (from 1692 to 1699). (4)

    The Belfrey in 2000

    At the municipal level, the year began on Mairie's Day. There were therfore, three calendars: the municipal one which began with Mairie's Day, between September 14th and 21st; the religious calendar which began with Advent (four Sundays before Christmas); and the civil one which began on the New year's Day, January 1st. All these occasions where cause for rejoicing. Thus, on Mairie's Day, the guettor was honored with wine at the ceremonial of the renewal of the Law. The same applied to the day preceding All Saints Day (November 1st) and for Franche F�te (November 11,12 and 13). Christmas, December 25, was also the occasion for wine to the guettor as well as Epiphany on January 6, on Behourdi (5) (1st Sunday of the Lent) and on Quarimiaux at mid-Lent. Jean de Bresme used to sign his name with the inclusion of a "de" that could indicate a noble descent. The function of guettor was a position of trust which was not to be given to anybody.

    The belfry where our ancestor was guettor was built by Renaud de Dammartin between 1203 (the date he granted a Charter to Boulogne) and 1227 (his death). Renaud de Dammartin was the son of Alberic II, Count of Dammartin (born in 1135 in Dammartin, department of Seine-et-Loire, and died 19 September 1200 in London, husband of Maude de Ponthieu et Clermont). Renaud had married Ide de Flandre, Countesse de Boulogne, oldest daughter of Mathieu d'Alsace and Mahaut de Boulogne.(6) In 1263, Saint Louis, King of France, as a punishment for the murder of two of his officers, ordered the destruction of the belfry of Boulogne. According to Camille Enlart, (6) the belfry would not have been entirely destroyed. Sometimes, they only removed the bells making the belfry voiceless. The belfry of Boulogne-sur-Mer still exists today and has been included in the Town Hall. In the time when Jehan de Bresme was guettor, the belfry still had its original upper part or arrow. He used it as a cabin or loge. He reached the platform where he performed his rounds by the stone stairs located within the thickness of the wall. To warn of danger and probably also to announce each hour, the guettor rang an enormous bell named "l'estourmie" (the awakener). Today's bell is an exact copy of the one used since 1415. The guettor also used a horn. Even after the invention of the clock, the guettor continued to announce each hour with his horn and well as his voice. This practice was kept in order to ensure that the guettor stayed awake over night. So our ancestor needed good sight and a strong voice. The "huis" (special ancient door) was used to get out to the platform at the end of the 16th century and is still used today. It probably dates back to 1415 according to its hardware, its type of nails, lock and its wicket (Also named wicket in old french but the "W" being ponounced like a "v"). The water closet of that time is still there as well. It is important to remember that the whole Upper City has pratically stayed unchanged for the last 600 years. Following a fire in 1712, the top portion of the belfry (the spire) was destroyed from the "echaugrettes" up where the guettor's cabin was located. It was restored between 1720 and 1728 by replacing it with an octogonal stage that Camille Enlart described as "hideous".(7)

    Issue-

  • I. Gille- bpt. 10 Nov. 1661 St. Nicolas, Boulogne sur Mer
  • II. Antoine- bur. 19 Nov. 1664 St. Nicolas
  • 4III. NOEL- bpt. 22 Nov. 1665 St. Nicolas, m. 4 Feb. 1696/7 St. Jean, IO, ANNE BROCHU (bpt. 26 Mar. 1678 Ste. Famille, bur. 28 Dec. 1749 St. Vallier), bur. 15 Jan. 1756 Hotel Dieu de Quebec
  • IV. _____- bpt. & bur. 1 May 1670 St. Nicolas
  • II. Marie Jaquelline- bpt. 23 Sept. 1671 St. Joseph de Boulogne, m. 21 Jan. 1699/00 St. Joseph de Boulogne, Jean Le Seure of St. Germain des Pres, Paris

    Ref:

    (1) Une Cite Picarde au Moyen Age-A. de la Fons-M�licocq, p.34. In M. Battard: Beffrois, Halles Hotel De Ville dans le Nord de la France et la Belgique- Brunet library, Arras, 1948- page 33
    (2) Boulogne-Sur-La-Mer en 1415- Isabelle Clauzel- Soci�t� Acad�mique du Boulonnais, 2001- page 153
    (3) Article Il Y a Cinquante Ans, Mourrait Le Dernier Guetteur Du Beffroi De Boulogne, in Les dossiers de l'histoire boulonnaise- No. 27, May, June 1981- pp. 3, 4
    (4) Registre des deniers communs (municipality of Boulogne):
    - bundle n� 29 (year 1687-1688): Jean Bresme and Hierosme de Saint-Georges, folio 35 recto, folio 40 back.
    - bundle n� 30 (year 1688-1689): Jean Bresme and Hierosme de Saint-Georges, folio 34 recto-back; folio 39 recto.
    - bundle n� 31 (year 1689-1692): Jean Bresme and Hierosme de Saint-Georges, folio 39 recto-back, folio 43 back; folio 86 recto, folio 91 back; folio 142 recto-back, folio 147 back.
    - bundle n� 32 (year 1692-1693): Jean Bresme and Robert du Vallon, folios 43 back, 44 recto, folio 49 back.
    - bundle n� 33 (year 1693-1694): Jean Bresme and Robert du Vallon, folio 42 recto-back, folio 48 recto.
    - bundle n� 34 (year 1694-1695): Jean Bresme and Robert du Vallon, folio 37 recto, folio 40 recto.
    - bundle n� 36 (year 1695-1696): Jean Bresme and Robert du Vallon, folio 36 back, folio 40 recto-back.
    - bundle n� 38 (year 1696-1697): Jean Bresmes and Robert du Vallon, folio 41 recto, folio 45 back.
    - bundle n� 39 (year 1697-1698): Jean Bresme and Robert du Vallon, folio 29 back, folio 32 back.
    - bundle n� 40 (year 1698-1699): Jean Bresme and Robert du Vallon, folio 34 recto, folio 37 recto.
    Information obtained from Bruno Haffreingue, Boulogne-sur-mer.
    (5) Les Cahiers Du Vieux Boulogne, First semester 1997, no.40, page 20
    (6) Boulogne Monumental - C. Enlart- p. 20
    (7) M. Battard, BEFFROIS, HALLES et H�TELS DE VILLE dans le Nord de la France et la Belgique, Brunet Printer, Arras, 1948, page 41.

    LDS micrifilm no. 1861096 - Saint-Nicolas de Boulogne-sur-mer parish Records


    4III. NOEL BREM LEBRUN dit CARRIERE (HENRI 1, FRANCOIS 2, JEAN 3)

    bpt. 23 Nov. 1665 St. Nicolas, Boulogne sur Mer, Picardie
    m. 4 Feb. 1696/7 St. Jean, IO, ANNE BROCHU (bpt. 26 Mar. 1678 Ste. Famille, bur. 28 Dec. 1749 St. Vallier), d. of Jean Brochu and Nicole Saulnier
    bur. 15 Jan. 1756 Hotel Dieu, Berthier

    "Noel fils de Jean de bhram et de catherine cafi� est n� le 22 [novembre 1665] et a est� baptis� et nomm� par Noel gorrey [Gorr�] et Anne du sautson [Chaussoy] ses parren et mareine tous deux de cette paroisse. Signatures: Noel gorre, Anne du Chaussoy et De la Court [priest]"(1)

    Once in New France, he worked as a locksmith and cutting tool maker ("serrurier-taillandier" with a "taillandier" also making ploughs) for Intendant Bochart de Champigny. The addition of "dit Carrier" to his name was mentioned for the first time in his marriage contract on 8 July 1696. This contract, written by Fran�ois Genaple royal notary, was signed in Quebec City. Noel Brem was supposed to be tool maker for the employees of a quarry in the area of Quebec City. From here came the name Carrier (quarryman) given to his descendants. (2)

    Noel met Anne Brochu who was living in Saint-Jean on the Island of Orleans. Suitors were numerous at that time due to the imbalance between the emigration of men and women. Saint-Jean, which was among the oldest communities of the colony, had only 44 young women aged 15 or more of a total population of 618 according to the census of 1695.(3) The period of courting was certainly short, because at that time, long "frequentations" were not accepted. "It was necessary to declare your intentions to the father and mother at the end of the fourth visit. You must talk about marriage or end all frequentations in order to prevent any scandalmongering about both the parents and daughter". (4)

    On 8 July 1696, Noel and Anne had already promised mutual fidelity since we find them at notary Fran�ois Genaple in Quebec City writing their marriage contract. This document states that the groom had to receive the "approval, permission and assent of his employer Monseigneur de Champigny ". Noel and Anne were accompanied by their parents and their friends. The contract was witnessed by Jean Brochu, habitant (farmer/settler) from Saint-Jean, father of the future bride, Pierre Blin (or Blain) of the same county of Saint-Laurent, Jean Auger, habitant from the seigniory of La Durantaye and Charles Mossion dit La Mouche (Junior) friends of the Brochus. Also present were Pierre and Fran�ois Moreau. The engaged couple promised to share their goods: "will be one and common in goods and chattles, according to the Paris custom for the love and the affection they have one to the other".(5) Mr and Mrs Brochu on their behalf, promise to give the sum of four hundred pounds during the first year of the marriage as avancement d'hoirie . At the same time, Noel Brem promised to give the same amount in douaire to his future wife. This money would be used one year later to purchase their first house, the house of Laurent Tareau.

    In the mean time, on 9 Sept. 1696, Noel Brem (dit Lebrun and dit Carrier) rented a house at the cost of 72 pounds, from Timothee Roussel surgeon at Hotel-Dieu hospital in Quebec City.(6) This house was on Du Palais street and located between Henri Delaunay cartwright and Jean Bridault carpenter, near the Hotel-Dieu hospital.(7) The house included a room at street level ("de plein-pied") with a chimney, an additional room upstairs and an adjacent court. This is where Noel Brem first lived alone and later on with his young wife from their marriage on February 4th through the next summer when they moved to Saint-Vallier.

    Seven months after their marriage contract Noel Brem dit Lebrun et dit Carrier and Anne Brochu were married, on Monday 4 Feb. 1697.(8) The ceremony took place in the half-timbered church, dedicated to Saint-Jean, measuring 45 by 20 feet .(9) The marriage was probably celebrated by Father Damion. The bride was 18 years old and the groom 31.(10)

    There were strong incentives to push Noel to settle in Saint-Michel (the east end of Saint-Michel will become Saint-Vallier). The sum of four hundred pounds provided by his father-in-law was obviously used to pay for the house of Laurent Taureau and there was a need for the seigneur to develop his lands in St. Michel.(11) Probably for these reasons Noel left his job with Champigny and started his own business. However, in the contract to purchase the homestead we find that Noel Brem (dit Lebrun and dit Carrier, Senior) continued to work as a taillandier (cutting tool maker) in Quebec City between the time of his marriage and the purchase of the house from Laurent Tareau. In this transaction it states that: " the purchaser will give as epingle (to symbolically seal the transaction) of the said sale, a good axe [ made by himself ] .........". The indentification of Noel Brem as still being "a taillandier in the said town [of Quebec City] " at the date of the sale indicates that he continued to work his trade in Quebec City after his marriage.(12) Also Anne's parents would reside in Saint-Michel (Saint-Vallier part). We can find them in 1709 on the Catalogne map, the seventh neighbor from their son-in-law going towards the village of Saint-Michel.

    The contract signed with Laurent Tareau gives us some other interesting details. The lot had three arpents, 20 of frontage on the St. Lawrence river and forty arpents deep, of which "fifteen to sixteen were in culture and the remainder out of standing trees". In 1690, one square arpent (of Paris) measured one hundred square perches (poles) and a perche is a square of 18 feet (French) on the side. The dwelling was "a stone-built house with a roof made of boards and straw". The neighbor to the east was Noel Leroy and to the west was Jean Tanguay. Laurent Tareau had received the lot from de la Durantaye the previous year.(13) The seigneurial dues were three pounds and three chapons and the cens (feudal rent) was three sols. The dwelling and lot were acquired for 400 pounds paid in two payments : five to six weeks before the contract, Noel Brem (Lebrun dit Carrier, Senior) had given two hundred pounds to Laurent Tareau and on 13 July 1697 he paid an additional two hundred pounds "in monnaie de cartes having legal value in this country ". The "monnaie de carte" currency was a handwritten currency and showed the signatures of the Governor, the Intendant and the Commissaire-ordonnateur (Chief of police) . They evidently needed to do some repairs on the property as in Oct. 1697 Sr. de la Durantaye added a footnote to the contract expressing his satisfaction in the condition of the property following the sale.

    The seller, kept the grains, vegetables and what he had sowed and cultivated, a squared piece of yellow birch (which was used to make interior staircases) as well as a pile of stove wood to be used to pay the cens to the seigneur. He also retained the right to thresh and harvest his grain and asked for the axe already mentioned. In addition to Noel Brem (dit Lebrun and dit Carrier, Senior) and Laurent Tareau, were present: Sr Michel Pailleur, royal bailiff in Quebec City and Fran�ois Moreau (Junior) who was living on Nicolas street in Quebec City.

    The couple abandoned the security of Quebec City and moved in an area newly opened to colonization. "At that time, any new settler had to be ready for the call to arms and able to defend himself against the savages".(14)

    On 29 Mar. 1699, No�l Brem (Lebrun dit Carrier, Senior) was called by merchant Gabriel Duprat to testify in front of the Pr�v�t� de Qu�bec . He declared to not owing anything to Duprat but that his father-in-law, Jean Brochu owed 200 pounds.(15)

    In 1709 Sr. Gedeon de Catalogne assisted by Jean-baptiste Decouane drew a map of the seigniories from the Quebec City area.(16) We can see Noel's property facing the St. Lawrence river with a small river going through it. In 1721 this river was called: "Noel Lebrun dit Carrier's river". Today, the same river is called Riviere des Meres after the religious congregation "Les Meres Hospitallieres".(17) In the vicinity of Noel Brem (dit Carrier, S�nior), is Jean Brochu and several others whose names are familiar.

    Map of Sieur Gedeon de Catalogne- 1709

    In the spring of 1710 Noel Brem who was now 41, exchanged with Guillaume Leroy the lot he had received from his father-in-law for another lot close to him . The exchange was done in two steps. Initially, on Monday 28 Apr. 1710, there was a promise of exchange made between Noel Brem and Guillaume Roy. This first part of the exchange was written in a clear style by Mr Plante, priest in Saint-Michel with Pierre and Jacques Corriveau as witnesses. On Tuesday 6 May 1710 all persons concerned with this exchange of property gathered at the house of Guillaume Leroy who now lived in the seigniory of Beaumont. Those present were: the notary, de la Riviere; Guillaume Leroy; Noel Leroy; Angelique Basin his wife; Noel Brem (dit Lebrun and dit Carrier, senior), taillandier, living in the seigniory of La Durantaye; Anne Brochu his wife; Bernard Gontier; Sr. de Beaumont, seigneur of the place; and Nicole Saulnier widow of Jean Brochu and mother-in-law of Noel Brem. This document shows that once more, he indicated his preference for Brem rather than Carrier for his surname. It also shows that he was still working as taillandier. So, he was not a "habitant ". Thirdly, it shows that he no longer practiced the trade of serrurier (locksmith) as he did when employed by Intendant Bochart de Champigny. In this contract Guillaume Leroy gave to Noel Brem a lot located in the seigniory of La Durantaye, having one arpent of frontage by 40 of depth, limited at the short end ( North-West) by the St. Lawrence river, to the North-East by the lot of Jean-baptiste Leroy and to the south-east by a lot not yet granted. Noel Brem declared to have a good knowledge of the lot since Guillaume Leroy was his neighbor. Guillaume Leroy had inherited this lot from Pierre Bassin and Marquerite Leblond his wife's parents. Noel offered in exchange a lot of one half-arpent facing the St. Lawrence river by one mile of depth, located on the Island of Saint-Laurent (Island of Orleans). De la Riviere stated that Noel inherited this lot from his father-in-law with the following boundaries: south-eastern limit, the St. Lawrence river; north-eastern limit, the lot of Jean Laviolette; south-western limit, middle of the Island (of Orleans). Laplante had defined the same lot as: "a part of lot 35 measuring one half-arpent to be taken adjacent to the line of Laviolette, neighbor to the said lot". He declared both lots to be free of mortgages or other restrictons. The act of exchange that was written in Beaumont ended by the official transfer of the documents and property : "The said parties respectfully transported one to the other all and such rights of ownership." (18)

    Thursday 4 Aug. Joseph was baptized in Berthier. There was no surprise to see this baptism taking place in Berthier since the residents of Saint-Michel often go to Berthier or Beaumont for their religious activities. But there was often a matter of argument about the tithe! (19)

    The youngest of the family, Etienne was baptised on Sunday, October 7, 1714 at Saint-Vallier. His father was then 45 and his mother 36. Marie, the oldest was to be 17 in two months and the oldest boy, Noel, was just 10. This baptism as well as the marriages of the girls would all take place in Saint-Vallier whereas the preceding baptisms (except that of Joseph) had taken place in Saint-Michel. This did not mean that the Brem-Carriers had moved. The reason is that the part of the seigniory of La Durantaye located east of the Boyer river (La Durantaye river) was transferred from Sr Olivier Morel de la Durantaye to his son Louis-Joseph and Saint-Vallier became a distinct parish from Saint-Michel. Thus, on 29 Oct. 1714, Mgr de Saint-Vallier named this new parish Saint-Phillipe and Saint-Jacques. This double name was later changed to Saint-Vallier.(20)

    On Saturday morning 29 Apr. 1719 Noel received a grant from Louis-Joseph Morel. Under a contract written by Abel Michon and signed in Saint-Thomas-de-la Pointe-a-la-Caille (Montmagny) Sr. Morel conceded to Noel a lot that he received from his father Olivier Morel de la Durantaye. Louis Beaudoin tax collector and neighbor was the witness. The lot, located on the first concession road, measured three arpents from the St. Laurence river to the "small rivier" and, from this river, three arpents minus one perche to the end of the grant. Its north boundary was the river and the south one, the lots of the second concession. It was limited to the west by the lot of Louis Boutin. Noel Brem, who was still working as a taillandier, had to reside on this lot or at least "desert"(clear) what his neighbors would consider necessary. He would have to make and maintain the royal road. He would also have to bring his grain exclusively to the mill of Sr Morel. On this lot Noel had the right to hunt partridge, however, each year, the first salmon and the eleventh catch of all other species would go to his seigneur and he would have to deliver them to the seigneurial manor . Moreover, each year, he would have to pay twenty sols and bring him a "chapon en plume" (poultry) alive for each three arpents of frontage on his land grant, plus three sols of cens, the whole delivered at Saint Michaelmass. Noel would also have to give preference to Sr Morel whenever he had any wood to sell. Sr Louis Morel on his side reserved for himself the right to cut on the conceded lot all the timber he would need for his manor, the church and his flour mill and all the oak necessary to the construction of the vessels of His Majesty Louis XIV. This grant, added to the exchange with Guillaume Roy, made Noel the owner of three adjacent lots (or almost) in the first concession of Saint-Vallier. (21)

    We also know that in 1721 Noel still lived at the same house as in 1709 as Mathieu Benoist Collet, ecuyer(squire), Sr. de La Frontiere made his inquiry concerning "the convenience and inconvenience in each parish of New France". The parishioners from Notre-Dame de l'Assomption were asking for a residing priest "due to the difficulties of going to La Duranthye since we have two rivers to cross that is to say the Guillaume Lemieux river (Bellechasse river) and that of Noel Lebrun dit Carrier on which it is impossible to make bridges and that we can ford only at low tide. Moreover, these rivers cannot be crossed over on ice".(22)

    On 15 Jan. 1730 it was now Marie-Therese Lebrun dit Carrier, twin sister of Noel (Junior), who married Pierre Dodier, son of Ange Dodier and Marguerite Pare. They would have five children of whom Louis, the third, would marry in 1761 Marie-Josephte Corriveau who, two years later, on the night of Wednesday January 27, 1763, would brutally kill him in his sleep using a hatchet.(23) Marguerite Lebrun dit Carrier and Isabelle Veau dit Sylvain would be the main witnesses.

    Issue-

  • 5I. MARIE ANNE LEBRUN dite CARRIER- bpt. 13 Dec. 1697 St. Michel, m. 3 Feb. 1716 St. Vallier, MICHEL GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE (bpt. 24 Jan. 1695 St. Michel, Bellechasse, m.1. 25 June 1714 St. Etienne, Beaumont, Marie Anne Allaire (d.s.p., bur. 21 Sept. 1715 Beaumont), bur. 30 Dec. 1779 St. Michel de Bellechasse)
  • II. Marguerite- bpt. 20 Feb. 1700 St. Michel, m. 24 Aug. 1727 St. Vallier, Etienne Veau dit Sylvain, bur. 19 Oct. 1755 St. Vallier
  • III. Angelique Helene- bpt. 2 May 1702 St. Michel, m. 24 Nov. 1721 St. Vallier, Joseph Gautron (bur. 31 Jan. 1770), bur. 31 Oct. 1758
  • IV. Noel- bpt. 16 Sept. 1704 St. Michel, m. 6 Aug. 1743 St. Vallier, Marie Ursule Agnes Roy (bpt. 6 Sept. 1726 St. Vallier), bur. 22 Dec. 1749 St. Vallier
  • V. Marie Therese- bpt. 16 Sept. 1704 St. Michel, m. 15 Jan. 1730 St. Vallier, Pierre Dodier (bur. 4 Dec. 1749)
  • VI. Elisabeth- b. 1705, m. 31 Jan. 1729 St. Vallier, Jean Joseph Mercier (bur. 20 July 1769 Berthier), bur. 23 Apr. 1795
  • VII. Rene- bpt. 6 Mar. 1706/7 La Durantaye
  • VII. Louis- bpt. 19 May 1709 St. Michel, bur. 27 Mar. 1744
  • VIII. Joseph- bpt. 4 Aug. 1712 Berthier, m. 1737 St. Vallier, Genevieve D'Allaire, bur. 24 Dec. 1749 St. Michel
  • IX. Etienne- bpt. 7 Oct. 1714 St. Vallier, m.1. 1737 St. Vallier, Genevieve D'Allaire, 2. 27 June 1742 St. Joachim, Marguerite Bolduc, bur. 19 Nov. 1761 St. Michel

    Ref:

    (1) Saint-Nicolas de Boulogne-sur-mer Parish Records
    (2) Etude genealogique d'une famille Carriere de Montreal- in Memoires De La Societe Genealogique Canadienne-Francaise- vol. 18, No 4, pp 108-109
    (3) The census of 1695 by Champigny
    (4) La Civilisation Traditionnelle De L'Habitant Aux 17e et 18e Siecles- de La Honta, R. L Seguin, Fides editions, Montreal, 1973- p. 286
    (5) Set of laws written in 1580 under Henri III and applied to New France (Canada) at least from 1637. La Place Royale- Michel Guimond, Quebec, 1976- p. 28
    (6) Contract of renting ("Baillage") from Thimotee Roussel to Noel Lebrun taillandier- 9 Sept. 1696. Charles Rageot sr de St-Luc notary
    (7) The name of this street comes from the Intendant's Palace which was the converted brewery of Jean Talon. It burned in 1713. Rue Du Palais was later (in 1890) renamed "Cote du Palais"
    (8) The tradition folowed by the Carriers to get married on Mondays goes from Noel (Senior) in 1697 to Arthur in 1912
    (9) General state of the missions of Canada made in 1683. Commission of historic buildings of the province of Quebec- L'Ile D'Orleans, 1928- pp. 281-2
    (10) Dictionnaire Genealogiques Des Familles Canadiennes -Cyprien Tanguay- vol. 5, p. 232; Rapport Des Archives Canadiennes Pour L'Annee 1905, 1906- vol. 11, p. 341
    (11) In 1693 Sr de La Durantaye received an extension to his seigneurie east of the Boyer river
    (12) Sale from Laurent Tareau and Jeanne Gaboury, his wife, to Noel Brun dit Carrier, 13 July 1697- Fran�ois Genaple, notary
    (13) Concession from Sr de La Durantaye to Laurent Tareau, 1690, Quebec, Abel Michon, notary
    (14) St-Michel De La Durantaye, Notes et Souvenirs- Rev. Father Marie-Antoine Quebec, 1929- p. 27
    (15) Pr�v�t� de Qu�bec- Register 36, 29 Mar. 1699, folio 31 from Dictionnaire des anc�tres Qu�b�cois (1608-1700)- Michel Langlois, 2000- Vol. III, p. 170
    (16) Atlas De La Nouvelle-France - Marcel Trudel, Presses de l'universite Laval , 1968- pp. 164-5
    (17) Report De L' Archiviste De La Province De Quebec-1921-2- vol. 2, p. 337
    (18) The property of Jean Brochu dit Lafontaine is lot number 20. It has 3 arpents (in culture) in 1666 then 16 in 1689. Lot No. 38 west half, and 39 and 40. Census of 1666- page 82. Raport De L' Archiviste De Le Province De Quebec Ppir 1951-52 et 1952-53
    (19) St-Michel De La Durantaye, Notes et Souvenirs- Rev. Father Marie-Antoine Quebec, 1929- p. 56
    (20) Ibid- p.54
    (21) Written by notary Abel Michon, Montmagny, 29 Apr. 1719. Kept in Archives Nationales du Quebec, in Quebec City.
    (22) Raport De L' Archiviste De La Province De Quebec- 1921-22, vol.2, pp. 336-8
    (23) "Hatchet" in the original text in English or "broc" (a kind of pickaxe with three prongs) according to Philippe Aubert de Gaspe in Les Anciens Canadiens- 1897, page 227. Also, Le Triple Destin De Marie-Josephte Corriveau 1733-1763 (The Triple Destiny of Marie-Josephte Corriveau 1733-1763) - Luc Lacoursiere, in Les Cahiers des Dix- Montreal, No 33, 1968, pp. 213-42


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