Gervais-Marie RIVARD

Gervais-Marie married Marie-Anne LOISEAU on 6 Jan 1743 in Ile-Dupas, Berthier, Qc. Marie-Anne (daughter of Pierre LOISEAU and Marie HUS) was christened on 13 Feb 1722/1723 in Sorel, Qc. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jean-Baptiste RIVARD
2. Marie-Anne RIVARD

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Geneviève TROTTIER on 5 Sep 1703 in Batiscan, Qc. Marie-Geneviève (daughter of Jean-Baptiste TROTTIER and Geneviève LAFOND) was born about 1686. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Baptism, Parish of St. Aubin de Tourouvre, France, 17 June, 1617
Nicolas son of Pierre Rivard and Jeanne [Rivard] Mullard his wife, by me Toussaint Dangereux was baptized on the seventeenth of the aforesaid month and year; the godfather and godmother were Nicolas Boucher who has given his name, and Jeanne daughter of Macé Pichon.

Translation provided by Andre Dufresne. See Rivard Forum

Nicolas Rivard entered into for passage to New France March 6, 1648. To see copy of contract see Rivard Forum.

In the earliest documents of Trois-Rivières, dating back to 1651, Nicolas Rivard was referred to with the title “Sieur de la Vigne.” Nicolas, oldest son of Pierre Rivard, was the first of the family to arrive in New France in 1648. Nicolas’ mother, Jeanne Mullard, owned a small piece of land in Tourouvre, named “Clos de La Vigne.” This LaVigne location exits in Tourouvre to this day, where one of our cousins visited and kindly provided us with a picture of a local road sign. Nicolas’ oldest son Nicolas and youngest son Antoine also used the dit name LaVigne, but the dit name was not routinely used after the first three generations. While most families in this line retained Rivard, we have recently discovered numerous families in Quebec that dropped Rivard and kept Lavigne as surname. Many of the Lavigne families were from the Nicolet area.”

Occupation: Captain of Militia in Cap-de-la-Madeleine 1651 Trois-Riviéres, PQ Canada

Nicolas married Catherine ST-PÈRE on 24 Nov 1652 in Trois-Rivières, Qc. Catherine (daughter of Étienne ST-PÈRE and Noémie-Madeleine COUTEAU) was born on 26 Aug 1634 in France; was christened on 26 Aug 1634 in France; died on 27 Jun 1709 in Batiscan, Qc; was buried on 28 Jun 1709 in Batiscan, Qc. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Baptism Record: Parish of St. Jean d'Angély, France, August 26th, 1634, Catherine St Pere

On Saturday the twenty sixth of August one thousand six hundred and thirty four was baptized Catherine daughter of Estienne St. Père & of Jeanne Coustaud, and was godfather the venerable (illegible) Me Denis Carrolier parish priest of Courcelle and the godmother Catherine Barrault daughter of the late Jacques and Mathurine Garnault of this Parish, by me Parish priest of St. Jean d'Angély.
(signed) D Carrolier
Parish priest of Courcelle (signed) E Blondeau (paraph)

Jean-Baptiste married Geneviève LAFOND on 24 Jun 1667 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Qc. Geneviève (daughter of Étienne PÉPIN and Marie-Françoise BOUCHER) was born on 29 Feb 1652 in Trois-Rivières, Qc; died on 25 May 1703 in Batiscan, Qc. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pierre married Jeanne MULLARD on 11 Nov 1613 in France. Jeanne was born on 9 Jul 1597 in France; died on 4 May 1675 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Étienne married Noémie-Madeleine COUTEAU in 1626 in France. Noémie-Madeleine (daughter of Jean COUTEAU and Jeanne MORANT) was born in 1606/1607 in France; was christened in France; died on 9 Sep 1691 in Batiscan, Qc; was buried on 10 Sep 1691 in Batiscan, Qc. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gilles-Julius married Catherine LOISEAU in 1625 in France. Catherine was born in 1596 in France; died on 28 Jan 1656 in Trois-Rivières, Qc. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Étienne married Marie-Françoise BOUCHER on 30 Jan 1645 in Québec, Qc. Marie-Françoise (daughter of Gaspard BOUCHER and Nicole LEMAIRE) was born on 21 Jan 1629 in France; was christened in 1630; died on 29 Nov 1706 in Batiscan, Qc; was buried on 30 Nov 1706 in Batiscan, Qc. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]