Catherine Caron & Jacques Dodier

Catherine Caron (1649-1725)

Catherine Caron was born on November 23, 1649, in Québec, Canada, New France[1]. She was the daughter of Robert Caron and Marie Crevet[2].

Family Relationships

Parents:

  • Robert Caron
  • Marie Crevet

Siblings:

  • Marie Caron
  • Jean Baptiste Caron
  • Robert Caron
  • Joseph Caron
  • Pierre Caron
  • AymĂ©e Caron

Marriages:

  1. Jacques Dodier – married on November 30, 1662, in ChĂąteau-Richer, Canada, New France[3]
  2. Pierre Dupre – married on April 30, 1680, in Sainte-Anne-de-BeauprĂ©, Canada, New France[4]

Children:

  • Barbe Dodier
  • Anne Dodier
  • Ange Dodier
  • Claire Dodier

Catherine died on June 14, 1725, at the age of 75, in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France[5].

Jacques Dodier (c.1637-1677)

Jacques Dodier was born around 1637-1638 in the parish of Saint-MĂ©dard de Champaissant, located in the diocese of Le Mans, the natural region of Saosnois, and the former province of Maine, France[6][7][8]. He was the son of Fiacre Dodier and Catherine Moineau (or Maineau)[9].

He migrated to Canada around 1656. His first mention in the new country was on November 30, 1656, in Québec during a land purchase (notary: Audouart)[10][11][12].

On May 29, 1662, in Québec, he signed a marriage contract before notary Claude Aubert to marry Catherine Caron. The marriage took place on November 30, 1662, at Chùteau-Richer[13][14].

Jacques Dodier died on November 30, 1677, and was buried on December 7, 1677, at Beaupré[15][16].

Census Information

The family of Jacques Dodier appears in the Beaupré censuses of 1666 and 1667 as follows:

1666 Census:

  • Jacques Dodier, 28, habitant
  • Catherine Caron, 17, his wife
  • Barbe, 18 months[17]

1667 Census:

  • Jacques Dodier, 30
  • Catherine Carron (Caron), his wife, 18
  • Barbe, 3
  • 3 arpents in value (cultivated land)[18]

Legal Affairs

The 1667 Legal Case

Catherine Caron, along with Anne Saint-Denis, Marie Trotinne (Trotin), and Suzanne Rocheleau, was involved in a legal case against Nicolas Huot dit St-Laurent in 1667[19].

Court Documents Summary

  1. March 28, 1667 – Reception of appeal from Nicolas Huot Saint-Laurent, sergeant of the seigneury of BeauprĂ©, of a judgment rendered by the civil and criminal lieutenant of QuĂ©bec on March 8, 1667, in favor of Catherine Caron (wife of Jacques Dodier), Marie Trotin (wife of Michel Bouchard), Anne Saint-Denis (wife of Laurent Migneron), and Suzanne Rocheleau (wife of Jean Boutin)[20].

  2. July 2, 1667 – Judgment condemning Nicolas Huot Saint-Laurent to make honorable amends to the civil and criminal lieutenant for having used injurious terms against him in an appeal request presented to the Council[21].

  3. July 2, 1667 – Ruling accepting the withdrawal of appeal by Nicolas Huot dit Saint-Laurent and evocation of his case before one of the commissioned counselors for witness hearing[22].

  4. July 21, 1667 – Judgment convicting Catherine Caron (wife of Jacques Dodier), Suzanne Rocheleau (wife of Jean Boutin), Marie Trotin (wife of Michel Bouchard), and Anne Saint-Denis (wife of Laurent Migneron) of having beaten Nicolas Huot. They were sentenced to ask his forgiveness at the judge’s house in BeauprĂ© and to pay him 25 livres in damages[23].

  5. July 30, 1667 – Judgment quashing and annulling the opposition of Jacques Dodier and his wife Catherine Caron, Marie Trotin (wife of Michel Bouchard), Anne Saint-Denis (wife of Laurent Migneron), and Suzanne Rocheleau (wife of Jean Boutin) to the Council’s sentence of July 21, 1667, in favor of Nicolas Huot[24].

Children of Jacques Dodier and Catherine Caron

According to some sources, Jacques Dodier had an earlier relationship with Marie Guay dit Castonguay, with whom he had the following children[25][26]:

  • Louise
  • Barbe
  • Louis
  • Anne
  • Ange
  • Claire

However, these children are also listed as the children of Catherine Caron in other parts of the document, suggesting there may be some confusion in the historical records.

Sources

Bibliography

  • “État GĂ©nĂ©ral des Habitants du Canada en 1666,” compiled by SenĂ©cal (SenĂ©cal, Jean-Guy; Sep 27, 1998, OCR compilation of three Word documents available online, referring mainly to Volume IV & V, Chapter IV of Benjamin Sulte’s book Histoire des Canadiens-Française, 1977 edition.)
  • “Recensement de 1667 en Nouvelle-France,” compiled by SenĂ©cal
  • “Recensement de 1681 en Nouvelle-France,” compiled by SenĂ©cal
  • Carpin, Gervais (1999). “Le Reseau du Canada: Étude du mode migratoire de la France vers Ie Nouvelle-France (1628-1662)”
  • GĂ©nĂ©alogie QuĂ©bec 4621
  • JettĂ©, RenĂ© (1983). “Dictionnaire gĂ©nĂ©alogique des familles du QuĂ©bec. Des origines Ă  1730.” MontrĂ©al, Les Presses de l’UniversitĂ© de MontrĂ©al. xxx-1180 pages
  • Lesperance, Jerry (December 2002). “Le Perche,” Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society
  • Nos Origines 1954
  • perche-quebec.com
  • PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (membership): family: 85519 PRDH Family 85519
  • PRDH: Le Programme de recherche en dĂ©mographie historique (membership): Individual: 17350 PRDH Individual 17350
  • PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (free): Pioneer: 17350 PRDH Pioneer 12881
  • PREFEN 76091
  • Tanguay, Cyprien; 1871-1890, “Dictionnaire gĂ©nĂ©alogique des familles canadiennes,” 7 volumes

  1. PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (free): Pioneer: 76091 ↩

  2. Document mentions that Catherine Caron was the daughter of Robert Caron and Marie Crevet ↩

  3. Marriage – FamilySearch ↩

  4. Contract dated January 1, Gilles Rageot, notary ↩

  5. PREFEN File 12881, Life in New France ↩

  6. PREFEN File 12881, Origins ↩

  7. PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (free): Pioneer: 17350 ↩

  8. Historical and modern geography of birthplace: Compaissant is today attached to the French commune of St-CĂŽsme-en-Vairais located in the department of Sarthe in the Pays de la Loire region. ↩

  9. PREFEN File 12881 ↩

  10. PREFEN File 12881, Departure ↩

  11. Carpin 1999, Appendix D, p. 576 ↩

  12. Lesperance 2002 citing JettĂ© 1983, p. 355: “DODIER, Jacques (Laborer) from Champaissant.” ↩

  13. Marriage – FamilySearch ↩

  14. PREFEN File 12881, Life in New France ↩

  15. PREFEN File 12881, Life in New France ↩

  16. Burial – FamilySearch ↩

  17. SenĂ©cal, 1666 Census ↩

  18. SenĂ©cal, 1667 Census ↩

  19. BAnQ (BibliothĂšque et Archives nationales du QuĂ©bec) documents ↩

  20. March 28, 1667 Code: TP1,S28,P462 Fonds Conseil souverain – BAnQ QuĂ©bec Id 400042 ↩

  21. July 2, 1667 Code: TP1,S28,P491 Fonds Conseil souverain – BAnQ QuĂ©bec Id 400100 ↩

  22. July 2, 1667 BIS Code: TP1,S28,P492 Fonds Conseil souverain – BAnQ QuĂ©bec Id 400102 ↩

  23. July 21, 1667 Code: TP1,S28,P511 Fonds Conseil souverain – BAnQ QuĂ©bec Id 400141 ↩

  24. July 30, 1667 Code: TP1,S28,P522 Fonds Conseil souverain – BAnQ QuĂ©bec Id 400163 ↩

  25. GĂ©nĂ©alogie QuĂ©bec 4621 ↩

  26. PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (membership): family: 85519 PRDH Family 85519 ↩

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