Nicolas  PETIT dit LAPRÉE

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Nicolas PETIT dit LAPRÉE was born abt. 1631 in Le Gué d’Alleré, Aunis, Charente Maritime, France

Nicolas PETIT dit LAPRÉE was the child of Nicolas LEPETIT   and   Catherine ANCELIN (ASSELIN)

Nicolas was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1656.

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

Nicolas  married  Marie POMPONNELLE 17 August 1656 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Marie POMPONNELLE  was born abt. 1630 in France.  Marie died 18 November 1700 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes).  Marie was the child of Jean POMPONNELLE and Michelle BOULET.

Nicolas PETIT dit LAPRÉE died 26 June 1697 in Varennes, Canada, New France .





Nicolas was buried in the original church in Varennes. Althiugh there is no written proof of that fact, in 1945 Mr. Gérard Morisette asserted that the church had to have been constructed if stones because religious buildings, in those days, had to be built of "good and honest stone work" and that the registers of the parish showed that on the 27 of June 1697 the body of Nicolas Petit was buried in the parish church, and people were only buried there if the vhurch was made of stone.

Source: Book published by Mario Filion as a souvenir album for the tricentennial of the parish of Sainte-Anne-de-Verennes.

Title of book:Paroisse Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes 1692-1992

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