Françoise LESIEUR

Françoise married Jean-Baptiste GÉLINAS-BELLEMARE on 30 May 1746 in Yamachiche, Qc. Jean-Baptiste (son of Jean-Baptiste GÉLINAS-BELLEMARE and Jeanne BOISSONNEAULT) was born on 3 Oct 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Josephte BELLEMARE was born about 1750.

Jean-Baptiste married Elisabeth RIVARD on 9 Jan 1707 in Batiscan, Qc. Elisabeth (daughter of Julien RIVARD and Elisabeth THUNAY) was born on 29 Sep 1689 in Batiscan, Qc; was christened on 29 Sep 1689 in Batiscan, Qc. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Françoise LAFOND on 1 Oct 1671 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Qc. Françoise (daughter of Étienne PÉPIN and Marie-Françoise BOUCHER) was born in May 1658; was christened in May 1658 in Trois-Rivières, Qc. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Julien married Elisabeth THUNAY on 3 Feb 1682 in Champlain, Qc. Elisabeth (daughter of Felix THUNAY and Elizabeth LEFEBVRE) was born in 1667 in __, Qc; died on 26 Mar 1734 in Yamachiche, Qc; was buried on 26 Mar 1734 in Yamachiche, 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]

Notes:

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]

Notes:

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)

Felix married Elizabeth LEFEBVRE in 1666. Elizabeth was born on 15 May 1651 in Trois-Rivières, Qc; was christened on 15 May 1651 in Trois-Rivières, Qc; died in Sep 1687 in Batiscan, Qc; was buried on 11 Sep 1687 in Batiscan, Qc. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]