Etienne VOYER

(b. abt. 1717 , Angers, France d. 8 December 1785 , Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Etienne VOYER was born abt. 1717 in Angers, France

Etienne VOYER was the child of ? and ?

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Etienne married Madeleine DUPONT 7 February 1750 in Sainte-Marie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Madeleine DUPONT was born 6 April 1730 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Madeleine died 20 October 1812 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Madeleine was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPONT and Marie-Thérèse LEBLONDE.

Etienne VOYER died 8 December 1785 in Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada .

son of Etienne Voyer and Marie Belanger

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Occupation

Etienne VOYER was a Faux-saunier.
Historically, a saunier, or salt manufacturer, harvested salt in salt marshes. In New France, however, a saunier was a salt merchant. Because of the high taxes levied on salt in France, especially the gabelle, salt merchants faced intense competition from faux-sauniers, traders dealing in contraband. These traffickers traded in salt without paying the tax.

Hundreds of convicted salt traffickers in France were deported to the colony of New France in the 18th century to work as labourers. It's a little known fact that these salt smugglers made a significant contribution to the settlement of Canada.
Source: tfcq.ca

The Salty Tales of 18th Century New France: Life as a Saunier

Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Etienne VOYER married

Madeleine DUPONT-- Date: 7 February 1750 Place: Sainte-Marie, Canada, New France
Madeleine DUPONT was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPONT and Marie-Thérèse LEBLONDE

Children of Etienne VOYER and Madeleine DUPONT:

Julienne VOYER (b.24 August 1758, Sainte-Marie, Canada, New France d. 24 November 1830, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste FOUQUET 2 August 1779 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Jean-Baptiste VOYER (b.28 June 1766, Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 January 1838, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Louise DUMAY (DUMAIS) 5 October 1795 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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