Jean-Guillaume-Guy
VACHER dit LACERTE
(b.
21 April 1650
,
St-Pierre, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
d.
30 June 1720
,
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
)
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Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE was born 21 April 1650 in St-Pierre, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE was the child of ? and ?Jean-Guillaume-Guy was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1671.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Guillaume-Guy married Anne BARILLET 9 November 1671 in Québec, Canada, New France . Anne BARILLET was born abt. 1650 in France. Anne died September 1672 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).
Jean-Guillaume-Guy never married (2) Catherine GUESSELIN (GUICHELIN) abt. 1681 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine GUESSELIN (GUICHELIN) was born abt. 1653 in France. Catherine died 7 December 1733 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada.
Jean-Guillaume-Guy married (3) Marguerite BENOIT 26 November 1685 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Marguerite BENOIT was born October 1666 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Marguerite died 11 September 1728 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Marguerite was the child of Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Marie-Anne GUÉDON.
Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE died 30 June 1720 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France .
son of Guillaume Vacher and Guillemine Vinsonneau (Vessonneau)
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name?
When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated.
The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
Family and Children of Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE
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Anne BARILLET-- Date: 9 November 1671 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
"Upon arrival in New France, he settled in Quebec, where his presence was noted for the first time on the occasion of the signing of his marriage contract before Romain Becquet on 29 October 1671. On the following 9 November, still in Quebec, he married a King's daughter, Anne Barillet, daughter of Jean and of Anne Boudinier, of Saint-Sulpice in Paris... This young woman does not seem to have lived very long after the ordeal of the first birth, that of an anonymous child born on 22 September 1672, and buried the next day."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 247
Children of Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE and Anne BARILLET:
Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE never married Catherine GUESSELIN (GUICHELIN)-- Date: abt. 1681 Place:
They never married. They had a child out of wedlock.
Children of Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE and Catherine GUESSELIN (GUICHELIN):
Marie VACHER (b.30 November 1681, Sorel, Canada, New France d. 21 February 1727, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Jacques LABOSSÉE 3 February 1713 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE married Marguerite BENOIT-- Date: 26 November 1685 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Marguerite BENOIT was the child of Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Marie-Anne GUÉDON
Immaculee Conception, Trois-Rivieres, QC, Canada
Jean Guy Vache dit la Serte, age 34
Marguerite Benoit, age 19, daughter of Gabriel Benoit and Anne Guedon
"After a dozen years of the solitary life, Jean-Guillaume found a second wife, in Trois-Rivieres. On 11 May 1685, before notary Antoine Adhemar, he made a contract of marriage with Marguerite Benoist, born in 1666, daughter of Gabriel Benoist dit Laforest and of Marie-Anne Guedon. The nuptial ceremony took place on the following 26 November in the church which the bridegroom had helped to construct. The act says that our ancestor was 34 years old, and that Marguerite as 19 years old."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 248
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Children of Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE and Marguerite BENOIT:
Jean-Charles VACHER dit LACERTE (b.12 March 1686, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 11 September 1761, Yamachiche, Canada )
m. Marie-Claire BERGERON 5 November 1709 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Marie-Madeleine VACHER dite LACERTE (b.16 March 1689, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 27 January 1745, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Nicolas PERSONNE dit LAFOND 23 November 1716 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Marguerite VACHER dite LACERTE (b.2 July 1691, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 16 February 1777, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Philippe POIRIER 09 June 1710 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
m. Jean MAILLOT 25 July 1718 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
Guillaume VACHER dit LACERTE (b.25 September 1693, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 26 September 1758, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France )
m. Catherine-Charlotte DUPUIS 13 May 1732 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
m. Madeleine DARAGON dite LAFRANCE 11 January 1751 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)
Marie-Louise VACHER dite LACERTE (b.11 January 1696, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 20 April 1757, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Sébastien-Victor-Louis MALIDOR dit LASONDE 10 January 1722 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Marie-Agathe VACHER dite LACERTE (b.18 July 1697, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 11 September 1725, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Toussaint REBOUT dit LÉVEILLÉ 2 October 1724 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Marie-Anne VACHER dite LACERTE (b.abt. 1700, , Québec Province, Canada d. 4 July 1786, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Martial CHARRON 4 February 1726 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Anonyme VACHER (b.24 December 1701, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 24 December 1701, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France )
Marie VACHER dite LACERTE (b.27 December 1702, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 2 April 1734, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Gabriel LEBER dit YVON 28 December 1723 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Marie-Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE (b.12 January 1705, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 12 September 1787, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre COMPAIN dit LESPÉRANCE 9 June 1732 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Marie-Thérèse VACHER dite LACERTE (b.12 June 1707, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 4 July 1707, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France )
Jean-Baptiste VACHER dit LACERTE (b.17 October 1708, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 12 March 1772, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Françoise PROULX 3 June 1736 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
m. Marie Josephte DOUCET 2 July 1764 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Michel VACHER dit LACERTE (b.19 April 1711, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. , )
Anne BARILLET-- Date: 9 November 1671 Place: Québec, Canada, New France "Upon arrival in New France, he settled in Quebec, where his presence was noted for the first time on the occasion of the signing of his marriage contract before Romain Becquet on 29 October 1671. On the following 9 November, still in Quebec, he married a King's daughter, Anne Barillet, daughter of Jean and of Anne Boudinier, of Saint-Sulpice in Paris... This young woman does not seem to have lived very long after the ordeal of the first birth, that of an anonymous child born on 22 September 1672, and buried the next day."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 247
Children of Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE and Anne BARILLET:
Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE never married
Catherine GUESSELIN (GUICHELIN)-- Date: abt. 1681 Place: They never married. They had a child out of wedlock.
Children of Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE and Catherine GUESSELIN (GUICHELIN):
Marie VACHER (b.30 November 1681, Sorel, Canada, New France d. 21 February 1727, Montréal, Canada, New France )m. Jacques LABOSSÉE 3 February 1713 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE married
Marguerite BENOIT-- Date: 26 November 1685 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Marguerite BENOIT was the child of Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Marie-Anne GUÉDON
Immaculee Conception, Trois-Rivieres, QC, Canada
Jean Guy Vache dit la Serte, age 34
Marguerite Benoit, age 19, daughter of Gabriel Benoit and Anne Guedon
"After a dozen years of the solitary life, Jean-Guillaume found a second wife, in Trois-Rivieres. On 11 May 1685, before notary Antoine Adhemar, he made a contract of marriage with Marguerite Benoist, born in 1666, daughter of Gabriel Benoist dit Laforest and of Marie-Anne Guedon. The nuptial ceremony took place on the following 26 November in the church which the bridegroom had helped to construct. The act says that our ancestor was 34 years old, and that Marguerite as 19 years old."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 248
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Children of Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE and Marguerite BENOIT:
Jean-Charles VACHER dit LACERTE (b.12 March 1686, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 11 September 1761, Yamachiche, Canada )m. Marie-Claire BERGERON 5 November 1709 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Marie-Madeleine VACHER dite LACERTE (b.16 March 1689, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 27 January 1745, Montréal, Canada, New France )m. Nicolas PERSONNE dit LAFOND 23 November 1716 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Marguerite VACHER dite LACERTE (b.2 July 1691, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 16 February 1777, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada )m. Philippe POIRIER 09 June 1710 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
m. Jean MAILLOT 25 July 1718 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
Guillaume VACHER dit LACERTE (b.25 September 1693, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 26 September 1758, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France )m. Catherine-Charlotte DUPUIS 13 May 1732 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
m. Madeleine DARAGON dite LAFRANCE 11 January 1751 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)
Marie-Louise VACHER dite LACERTE (b.11 January 1696, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 20 April 1757, Montréal, Canada, New France )m. Sébastien-Victor-Louis MALIDOR dit LASONDE 10 January 1722 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Marie-Agathe VACHER dite LACERTE (b.18 July 1697, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 11 September 1725, Montréal, Canada, New France )m. Toussaint REBOUT dit LÉVEILLÉ 2 October 1724 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Marie-Anne VACHER dite LACERTE (b.abt. 1700, , Québec Province, Canada d. 4 July 1786, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )m. Martial CHARRON 4 February 1726 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Anonyme VACHER (b.24 December 1701, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 24 December 1701, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France ) Marie VACHER dite LACERTE (b.27 December 1702, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 2 April 1734, Montréal, Canada, New France )m. Gabriel LEBER dit YVON 28 December 1723 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Marie-Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE (b.12 January 1705, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 12 September 1787, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada )m. Pierre COMPAIN dit LESPÉRANCE 9 June 1732 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Marie-Thérèse VACHER dite LACERTE (b.12 June 1707, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 4 July 1707, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France ) Jean-Baptiste VACHER dit LACERTE (b.17 October 1708, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 12 March 1772, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada )m. Françoise PROULX 3 June 1736 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
m. Marie Josephte DOUCET 2 July 1764 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Michel VACHER dit LACERTE (b.19 April 1711, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. , )
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1650 Birth 21 April 1650
St-Pierre, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
'Who was this Jean-Guillaume Vacher dit Laserte, formerly known as Jean Guy? A descendant of this ancestor, Roger V. Lacerte, trace dhis French origins back to the great-grand-parents loated in Saint-Pierre d'Angers in Anjou (Maine-et-Loire). Mathurin Vacher and Perrine Chaveau were married about 1585 and died in 1613. Their son, Etienne, a bargeman, married Jeanne Fresneau, daughter of the late Jean and of Madeleine Gaultier at Saint-Pierre on 11 February 1613. At least three children were born of this union: Jean, baptized on 11 September 1615 Pierre baptized on 28 June 1618 and Guillaume, baptized on 24 February 1621. About 1643, the latter was married to Guillemine Vinsonneau, and was the father of four children baptized at Saint-Pierre: Jeanne, 11 August 1664 Guillaume, 12 September 1647 Guy, 31 January 1649, and Jean-Guillaume, the ancestor of the Canadian Lacertes, on 21 April 1650.'
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 246
1671 Marriage / PartnerJean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE and Anne BARILLET 9 November 1671, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
He was 21 years old.
1672 Death of Spouse/PartnerAnne BARILLET died September 1672, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1681 Birth of ChildMarie VACHER was born 30 November 1681, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 31 years old.
1685 Marriage / PartnerJean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE and Marguerite BENOIT 26 November 1685, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
He was 35 years old.
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1685 marriage (part 1)
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1685 marriage (part 2)
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1686 Birth of ChildJean-Charles VACHER dit LACERTE was born 12 March 1686, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 35 years old.
1689 Birth of ChildMarie-Madeleine VACHER dite LACERTE was born 16 March 1689, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 38 years old.
1691 Birth of ChildMarguerite VACHER dite LACERTE was born 2 July 1691, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 41 years old.
1693 Birth of ChildGuillaume VACHER dit LACERTE was born 25 September 1693, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 43 years old.
1696 Birth of ChildMarie-Louise VACHER dite LACERTE was born 11 January 1696, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 45 years old.
1697 Birth of ChildMarie-Agathe VACHER dite LACERTE was born 18 July 1697, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 47 years old.
1701 Birth of ChildAnonyme VACHER was born 24 December 1701, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 51 years old.
1702 Birth of ChildMarie VACHER dite LACERTE was born 27 December 1702, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 52 years old.
1705 Birth of ChildMarie-Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE was born 12 January 1705, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 54 years old.
1707 Birth of ChildMarie-Thérèse VACHER dite LACERTE was born 12 June 1707, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 57 years old.
1708 Birth of ChildJean-Baptiste VACHER dit LACERTE was born 17 October 1708, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 58 years old.
1709 Marriage of ChildJean-Charles VACHER dit LACERTE married 5 November 1709, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Marie-Claire BERGERON
1710 Marriage of ChildMarguerite VACHER dite LACERTE married 09 June 1710, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Philippe POIRIER
1711 Birth of ChildMichel VACHER dit LACERTE was born 19 April 1711, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 61 years old.
1713 Marriage of ChildMarie VACHER married 3 February 1713, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Jacques LABOSSÉE
1716 Marriage of ChildMarie-Madeleine VACHER dite LACERTE married 23 November 1716, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Nicolas PERSONNE dit LAFOND
1718 Marriage of ChildMarguerite VACHER dite LACERTE married 25 July 1718, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Jean MAILLOT
Death
'...On 30 June 1720, the Recollet missionary priest, Hyacinthe Pelfresne, ministering to the parish of Trois-Rivieres, mentioned the death of Jean Guy de la Certe in the parish records. He was bout 72 years old and had received the last rites of the Church.'
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 249
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'...On 30 June 1720, the Recollet missionary priest, Hyacinthe Pelfresne, ministering to the parish of Trois-Rivieres, mentioned the death of Jean Guy de la Certe in the parish records. He was bout 72 years old and had received the last rites of the Church.'
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 249
See it on familysearch.org
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