Marie BOUCHER

(b. 22 January 1629 , Mortagne, Perche, France d. 29 November 1706 , Batiscan, Canada, New France )

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Marie BOUCHER was born 22 January 1629 in Mortagne, Perche, France

Marie BOUCHER was the child of Gaspard BOUCHER and Nicole LEMAIRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques BOUCHER and Françoise PAIGNE

Marie was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1634.

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

Marie married Étienne LAFOND dit PEPIN 30 January 1645 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 8 children. Étienne LAFOND dit PEPIN was born abt. 1615 in St-Laurent de la Barriere, Saintonge, France. Étienne died 15 September 1665 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers).

Marie BOUCHER died 29 November 1706 in Batiscan, Canada, New France .
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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.

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Family and Children of Marie BOUCHER

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Marie BOUCHER married

Étienne LAFOND dit PEPIN-- Date: 30 January 1645 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Notre-Dame-de-Quebec

"...This proceeding, written up that same day by the notary Martial Piraube, was the first mention of the presence of Etienne Pepin de Lafond in New France. There is no more news of him until the day of his wedding, 30 January 1645, in Quebec. Etienne, son of Pierre and of Francoise Prieur, was a thirty year old carpenter originally from Saint-Laurent-de-la-Barriere, in Saintonge (Charente-Maritime). He married fifteen year old Marie, daughter of Gaspard Boucher and of Nicole Lemere. Marie was the sister of Pierre Boucher, the future governor of Trois-Rivieres."

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume VI, Page 189

Children of Étienne LAFOND dit PEPIN and Marie BOUCHER:

Jean LAFOND (b.21 May 1646, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 10 May 1716 , Batiscan, Canada, New France )
m. Catherine SENECAL 12 October 1670 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)
m. Catherine Anne ANNENONTAK (ANENONTHA) 28 August 1697 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Marie LAFOND (b.25 October 1648, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. , , Québec Province, Canada )

Geneviève LAFOND (b.29 February 1652, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. abt. 1715, )
m. Jean-Baptiste TROTTIER 24 June 1667 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN (b.24 April 1655 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 7 January 1721, Batiscan, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Madeleine RIVARD 10 January 1677 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Françoise LAFOND (b.8 July 1658 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 2 October 1717, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Charles LESIEUR dit LAPIERRE 11 October 1671 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)
m. Louis FAFARD dit LONGVAL 19 July 1703 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Étienne LAFOND (b.5 October 1661 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 9 September 1689, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Madeleine DUBOIS 5 January 1685 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Jeanne LAFOND (b.abt. 1662, , Québec Province, Canada d. , , Québec Province, Canada )

Augustin LAFOND (b.14 May 1664 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. , )

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Origin of Surname
BOUCHER
(French) A butcher; a blood-thirsty man.
An etymological dictionary of family and Christian names - By William Arthur - 1857.

1629 Birth
22 January 1629
Mortagne, Perche, France

1645 Marriage / Partner
Marie BOUCHER and Étienne LAFOND dit PEPIN 30 January 1645, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 16 years old.

1646 Birth of Child
Jean LAFOND was born 21 May 1646, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie was 17 years old.

1648 Birth of Child
Marie LAFOND was born 25 October 1648, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie was 19 years old.

1652 Birth of Child
Geneviève LAFOND was born 29 February 1652, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie was 23 years old.

1655 Birth of Child
Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN was born 24 April 1655 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie was 26 years old.

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1658 Birth of Child
Françoise LAFOND was born 8 July 1658 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie was 29 years old.

1661 Birth of Child
Étienne LAFOND was born 5 October 1661 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie was 32 years old.

1664 Birth of Child
Augustin LAFOND was born 14 May 1664 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie was 35 years old.

1665 Death of Spouse/Partner
Étienne LAFOND dit PEPIN died 15 September 1665, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Les Trois Rivieres
Marie boucher - 36 veufve de feu estien ne de lafond

Jean de lafond - 21 fils

Genevieuve de lafond - 14 fille

pierre de lafond - 10 fils

françoise de lafond - 9 fille

Jeanne de lafond - 4 fille

Augustin de lafond - 2 fils

Charles - - 19 domestique

Pierre deshayes - 19 domestique
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1667 Marriage of Child
Geneviève LAFOND married 24 June 1667, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Jean-Baptiste TROTTIER

1668 Trois Rivieres
'... 1668 - Marie Boucher, widow of Etienne Pepin de Lafond as well for herself as for her children. The two lots had been granted to the sieur de Lafond in 1656 and in 1650, and the land in 1656.'

Title Report
Author Public Archives Canada
Published 1885
Page 50

1670 Marriage of Child
Jean LAFOND married 12 October 1670, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine) to Catherine SENECAL

1671 Marriage of Child
Françoise LAFOND married 11 October 1671, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine) to Charles LESIEUR dit LAPIERRE

1677 Marriage of Child
Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN married 10 January 1677 , Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine) to Marie-Madeleine RIVARD

1681 Canadian Census Le Cap
Marie Boucher, veuve Etienne Lafond, 51
enfants:
Pierre, 26
Etienne, 20
Augustin, 17
Pierre (Deshayes), domestique, 44

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

1685 Marriage of Child
Étienne LAFOND married 5 January 1685, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine) to Marie-Madeleine DUBOIS

1689 Death of Child
Étienne LAFOND died 9 September 1689, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie was 60 years old.

1697 Marriage of Child
Jean LAFOND married 28 August 1697, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Catherine Anne ANNENONTAK (ANENONTHA)

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1703 Marriage of Child
Françoise LAFOND married 19 July 1703, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Louis FAFARD dit LONGVAL

'Having lived for more than three-quarters of a century, Marie Boucher died peacefully at Batiscan, from where she was laid to rest on 30 November 1706. She was said to be 79 years old, but actually she was a bit younger than that at the time of her death.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume VI, Page 193

1706 Death
Death recorded at Saint-Francois-Xavier, Batiscan, Quebec
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783