Claude Bouchard dit LePetit
(abt. 1626 - 25 NOV 1699)

Claude Bouchard dit LePetit  (abt. 1626,  Le Mans, France  - 25 NOV 1699,  Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )   -- Age: 73
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Occupation: Tailor

Claude was the child of Jacques Bouchard and Noelle Touschard of France. Baptsim St Come De Vair, Le Mans, Maine, France

Ancestor's Life Events

Claude Bouchard   "Claude Bouchard, a tailor from Saint-Cosme-de-Vair in Maine, France, first settled on the coast of Beaupré to the east of Québec. He was nicknammed "little Claude" to distinguish him from a namesake and because of his stature. Claude Bouchard, no doubt influenced by his father in law, Louis Gasnier, decided to take his family and settle on the new lands of Petite-Rivière. On July 26 1682, he contracted to sell his farm at Château- Richerto Jean Boucher, also of Sainte-Anne. He did not go immediately and passed 1682 and 1683 at Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré. In fact, his daughter, Marguerite was married in November 1683 at Sainte-Anne. It is only in the summer of 1684 that Claude Bouchard and his family settled on their new farm at Petite-Rivière. Claude Bouchard lived the rest of his life at Petite- Rivière. His death certificate dated November 25 1696 shows him aged 70. His wife, Louise Garnier survided him by more than 24 years. She was buried in the Petite-Rivière cemetary on April 27, 1721. Twelve children were born from Claude Bouchard, six boys and six girls; from these seven more, four girls and three boys survived to adulthood and married. " Source: http:/www.leveillee.net/ancestry/histnotes.htm

Laforest, Thomas J., Our French Canadian Ancestors, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre, 1984 Page 35 "In March of 1650, at the White Horse Inn, situated near the county seat of Saint-Come, on the road leading to Rouperoux, Sir Robert Giffard, surgeon and Canadian colonizer, was giving lectures to attract settlers to America. Claude and his friend Julien Fortin answered the inviation and voluteered: They put their affairs in order and embarked for New France."

Laforest, Thomas J., Our French Canadian Ancestors, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre, 1984 Page 36 "After landing on Canadian soil, Claude and Julien went to the Seigneurie of Beauport to secure food and lodging…Claude was his father's heir and an accomplished tailor as well. He didn't come to Canada as an indentured servant, but under the protection of Giffard. He had the freedom to travel, which he did."

Laforest, Thomas J., Our French Canadian Ancestors, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre, 1984 Page 37 "Claude enjoyed life but had no stomach for a fight, espcially with the Indians. On 18 June 1661, the Mohawk Iroquois began to terrorize the region. They descended on Claude's farm too. At the same time, father-in-law Louis Gagne mysteriously disappeared from the land of the living. Shocked beyond belief, Claude and his family departed the area in haste."

Laforest, Thomas J., Our French Canadian Ancestors, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre, 1984 Page 37 "In the census of 1666, the family Bouchard was listed as having four children, living at Cap Tourmente, with the widow Gagne and her children nearby."

Habittans de Beaupré The first census of New France (1666) http://www.afhs.ab.ca/data/census/1666  Claude Bouchard - 40 tailleur d'habits Louise Gasnier - 24 Sa femme Marie Bouchard - 6 fille Jacques Bouchard - 4 fils Et Margueritte Bouchard - 4 mois fille

Laforest, Thomas J., Our French Canadian Ancestors, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre, 1984 Page 38 "…Claude seems to have lived at the Cap a Maillard. In 1681, the census shows him as being 55 years old, together with his wife Louise who was 40, his children..."

1681 Canadian Census Seigneurie de Beaupre   Claude Bouchard, 55 Louise Gagnier, sa femme, 40 enfants: Marie, 20 Jacques, 18 Marguerite, 14 Francois, 12 Louise, 11 Angelique, 9 Jean, 8 Rosalie, 7 Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

Ancestor's Marriage(s) and Child(ren)

married Louise Gagne (Gasnier) -- Date: 25 MAY 1654 Place:  Québec City, Québec, Canada Source:  Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) [database on-line]. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.  Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada "In the paternal house at Beaupre, in the presence of the missionary Paul Ragueneau on 25 May 1654, Louise, French by birth, married ancestor Claude Bouchard, who succeeded her father on the Saint-Charles farm. Her descendants are numerous in Charlevois. Louise was buried at Baie Saint-Paul on 27 April 1721." Thomas J. Laforest Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XII, Page 131

Family Group Record for Claude Bouchard dit LePetit and Louise Gagne (Gasnier)

Children: Marie Bouchard (11 Oct 1659, Québec City, Québec, Canada - 29 April 1739 , Montréal, Québec, Canada) Jacques Bouchard (1662,  - 14 Dec 1695, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada) Gilles Bouchard (8 Mar 1664, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada - Mar 1664, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada) Marguerite Bouchard (15 OCT 1665, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada - 6 APR 1731, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada) Louise Bouchard (abt. 1668,  - Dec 1696, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada) Anne Bouchard (20 Feb 1670, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada - 08 April 1731, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada) Genevieve Bouchard (25 Apr 1672, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada - 23 March 1754, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada) Francois Bouchard (8 Apr 1674, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada - 12 OCT 1756, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada) Rosalie Bouchard (6 Apr 1676, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada - , ) Claude Bouchard (14 Oct 1678, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada - 28 Oct 1678, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada) Louis Bouchard (12 Feb 1680, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada - , ) Antoine Bouchard (15 Oct 1682, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada - 24 Jan 1759, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada)

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