Dessin de la ville de Québec en 1691 par le baron de Lahontan--- Cette œuvre est également dans le domaine public dans tous les pays pour lesquels le droit d’auteur a une durée de vie de 70 ans ou moins après la mort de l’auteur.

Jeanne Garnier & Pierre Gendreau

Jeanne Garnier (variation: Grenier)

Jeanne Garnier was baptized in the St-Pierre church of Fléac (now Fléac-sur-Seugne) on June 4, 1635, daughter of Bastien (Sébastien) Garnier and Marie Roux.[1][2]

Jeanne Garnier arrived in Quebec as an indentured servant with a 3-year contract in June 1657 aboard the ship “Taureau.” She signed her engagement contract before embarking in La Rochelle on April 10, 1657, before notary Cherbonnier.[3][4]

First Marriage

Marriage contract between René Maheut and Jeanne Garnier (July 22, 1657). Vol I pg 70, Notary Guillaume Audouart[5]

On July 30, 1657, at Notre-Dame de Québec, Jeanne Garnier, daughter of Sébastien Garnier and Marie Roux from the parish of St-Denis on the island of Oléron, married René Maheust, son of Zacharie Maheust and Léonarde Fouquet from Mortagne in Perche, in the presence of Jacques Maheust, Paul Vachon, and Charles Guillebourg, with Joseph Poncet as the officiating priest.[6][7]

Child with René Maheust

  • René Mahu, born April 30, 1658, baptized June 10 in Quebec (ND); married Barbe Boucher on November 16, 1682, in Château-Richer.[8][9]

René Maheust died between the birth of his son and April 20, 1659, the date of his wife’s second marriage contract.[9:1]

Second Marriage

Marriage contract between Louis de la Marre (called Gassion) and Jeanne Garnier, widow of René Maheut (April 20, 1659). Vol I pg 82, Notary Guillaume Audouart[5:1][10]

On April 21, 1659, at Notre-Dame de Québec, Louis de Lamare, son of Adrien de Lamare and Marie Lebec from the parish of Pitre, diocese of Rouen in Normandy, married Jeanne Gresnier from the diocese of La Rochelle, widow of Point-du-Jour, in the presence of Zacharie Maheut (father of her previous husband), Pascal Lemaistre, and Pierre St-Denys, with Claude Dablon as the officiating priest.[11][12]

Children with Louis Lamarre

  • Pierre de Lamare, born and baptized privately on January 10, 1660, in Château-Richer, and formally baptized on the 25th in Quebec (ND); Pierre Lamare married Marie Poulet on February 7, 1684, at St-Pierre, Île d’Orléans
  • Louis de Lamare, born around 1661 (5 years old in 1666, 6 in 1667); married Anne Quentin on January 14, 1686, in L’Ange-Gardien[13][8:1]

Louis de Lamare died before January 1663.[13:1]

Third Marriage

Marriage contract between Pierre Gendros and Jeanne Garnier, widow of Louis de la Marre (January 12, 1663). Notary Guillaume Audouart, Vol I pg 112[5:2]

On January 24, 1663, in Château-Richer, Pierre Gendrau (called Maton) from the parish of St-Denis d’Alleron, diocese of Xaintes, married Jeanne Guernier, widow of Gasion, from the parish of St-Denis d’Alleron, diocese of Xaintes (sic), in the presence of Jacques Goullet and Nicolas Durand, with Thomas Morel as the officiating priest.[14][15]

Children with Pierre Gendreau

  • Marie Gendreau, born September 2, 1663, baptized on the 4th in Château-Richer; married André Cassan on February 3, 1682, in L’Ange-Gardien
  • Anne Gandron (sic), born April 27, 1665, baptized on the 30th in Château-Richer; Anne Gendro married Jean Meriq on August 20, 1685, in L’Ange-Gardien
  • Jacques Gandron (sic), born February 7, 1667, baptized on the 8th in Château-Richer; married Marie Anne Dallerey on February 12, 1691, at St-Pierre, Île d’Orléans
  • Pierre Gendron, born in L’Ange-Gardien, baptized May 14, 1669, in Château-Richer; married Marguerite Barbeau in 1690
  • Catherine Gendrau, born February 10, 1671, baptized on the 15th in L’Ange-Gardien; married Jacques Delugre on November 15, 1688, in Château-Richer
  • Geneviève Gendros, born October 12, 1673, baptized on the 24th in Quebec (ND) (posthumous child of Pierre Gendros called Lapoussière); married Gabriel Loyer called Desnoyers on February 22, 1694, in L’Ange-Gardien[8:2][16]

Inventory of movable and immovable property from the estate of the late René Maheu (called Point-du-Jour) and his widow (Jeanne Garnier), current wife of Pierre Gendrau (Gendron) called Lapoussière (December 17, 1664). Vol I pg 128, Notary Claude Auber[5:3]

1666 Census: INHABITANTS OF BEAUPRÉ

Pierre Gendron, 36, mason; Jeanne Garnier, 36, his wife, widow in her third marriage; Marie, 3; Anne, 9 months; René Maheut, 8; Pierre Delamare, 6; Louis Delamare, 5.[17]

1667 Census: CÔTE DE BEAUPRÉ

Pierre Gendron, 37; Jeanne Garnier, his wife (widow of Louis de la Marre), 37; René Maheust, 10; Pierre Lamarre, 7; Louis Lamarre, 6; Marie Gendron, 4; Anne, 2; Jacques, 6 months; 4 livestock, 9 arpents under cultivation; Charles Henon, servant, 48; 19 arpents under cultivation.[17:1]

Pierre Gendreau died shortly before the birth of his daughter Geneviève in October 1673, in L’Ange-Gardien.[16:1]

Fourth Marriage

(Contract of) Marriage between Jacques Barbeau and Jeanne Garnier, widow of René Maheu (October 22, 1679). Vol I pg 144, Notary Claude Auber[5:4]

On February 9, 1681, in L’Ange-Gardien, Jacques Barbaut, son of the late Jacques Barbaut and Marie Trouvé, aged 60, from the parish of St-Pierre in the diocese of Poitiers, married Jeanne Garnier, widow of Pierre Gendre, in the presence of René Letartre, Charles Alein, Mathurin Huaut, and Jean Mathieu, with G. Gaultier as the officiating priest.[18][19]

Inventory of Jeanne Garnier, widow of the late René Maheu, Louis Delamare, and Pierre Gendreau (November 11, 1681). Vol II pg 64, Notary Paul Vachon[5:5]

No children with Jacques Barbeau[20]

1681 Census: Seigneurie de Beaupré

Jacques Barbault, clog maker, 54; Jeanne Garnier, his wife, 44; children: René 23, Pierre 22, Louis 20, Marie 18, Anne 16, Jacques 14, Pierre 12, Catherine 10, Geneviève 8; 1 gun; 2 oxen; 15 arpents under cultivation.[21]

Lease from Jeanne Garnier, widow of Jacques Barbot, to René Bertrand and Marye Gendro his wife (February 25, 1697). Notary François Genaple Vol VII pg 115[5:6]

On November 29, 1697, in L’Ange-Gardien, Jeanne Garnier was godmother to her granddaughter Geneviève Loyer.[8:3]

Death

The last records mentioning her alive are from 1697. According to Fichier Origine, she died in November 1703 in L’Ange-Gardien. No burial record has been found for her in the registers of this parish.[22] Her heirs made a sale on March 20, 1704:

Sale by the heirs of Jeanne Garnier to Gaspard du Fournel, priest, and Joseph Goullet (March 20, 1704). Notary Étienne Jacob Vol VII pg 255[5:7]

Notes

The marriage contract with Jacques Barbot was inserted into the Prévôté de Québec’s records in December 1687 by a notary. According to this insertion, among the witnesses present at this contract were her sons from her first and second marriages, among others. (document viewable at source) Marriage between Jacques Barbot (Barbeau), working and living in the coast and seigneurie of Beaupré, and Jeanne Garnier, widow in first marriage of the late René Maheux, in second of the late Louis de Lamarre, and in third of the late Pierre Gendreau called LaPoussière. Present were sieur Jean Mathieu, master Jacques Goulet, Robert de LaBerge, François Blouin, the son of the late Maheux and of said Garnier, Pierre and Louis de Lamarre, sons of said Garnier and of her second husband, Jacques Goulet, René Goulet, master Nicolas Roussin, Charles LeLentre? (or Charles Esnou/Énard?), relatives and friends of the future spouses. – October 22, 1679 [Document inserted on December 16, 1687][23]

In 1684, Jeanne Garnier was ordered to assemble friends and family of her minor children before the Beaupré judge to give their advice regarding the sale of a certain piece of land, originally brought to their marriage by René Maheu. She wished to retire from the country to the city with her husband (Jacques Barbault), as she was getting old. The main other party who had interest in this land was her minor grandson René Maheu (3rd of the name), whose mother Barbe Boucher was a widow. Decree ordering that Jeanne Garnier, now wife of Jacques Barbault and previously widow of René Maheu, assemble the relatives and friends of the minors before the judge of Beaupré, to give their opinion on the sale of a certain land. – March 20, 1684 Content scope: Transcription of the text with modernized spelling: “Having seen the petition presented to this Court by Jeanne Garnier, now wife of Jacques Barbault authorized by him, previously widow of René Maheu. Containing that by the marriage contract between said René Maheu and her, passed before Guillaume Audouart, then notary in this city on July 22, 1657. Said Maheu had brought into the community contracted between them a land and habitation belonging to him on the coast of Beaupré by contract passed before the same notary on September 3, 1656, on which land there were only four arpents cleared and plowed once with a hoe at the time of his death, as it appears by inventory, the remainder of the state in which it is presently having been cleared by the petitioner during her widowhood, and subsequently by the late Pierre Gendreau during his marriage with the said petitioner, who wishing to retire from the countryside to establish herself in this city, and for this purpose to build on a plot that said Barbault has acquired in the lower town and on which he is in the process of erecting a house frame. And to be able to have it built, wanting to sell her half of said land, it would have been divided and partitioned with Barbe Boucher, widow of René Maheu, son of said late René Maheu and the petitioner by Jean Guyon Dubuisson, sworn surveyor according to his minutes of May 4 last, because of a posthumous child she remained pregnant with after the death of said late René Maheu her husband, and of which child she has since given birth, and who is also named René, said Barbe Boucher having been assisted because of her minority by Pierre Boucher her father, but the petitioner and her said husband having wanted to sell said half of land as said above, the people who had presented themselves to acquire it having taken some Counsel fearing to be troubled in the property and possession of this half of habitation by said child and by the other children of the other marriages of the petitioner because the custom is rather rigid to second and other subsequent marriages to with much prudence and justice prevent those who thus remarry from making advantages that prejudice the children of their previous marriages, which the petitioner also has no intention of doing but only tries in her old age to withdraw from the pains and labors of the countryside by establishing herself in the city where her husband hopes to work at the trade he professes to live there with more rest and sweetness and who is even ready to affect and mortgage said house to stand in place in the future for the petitioner and her children after his death up to the amount of what will come to her from the money of the price of said land, this considered and seen the pieces above stated and dated by which it appears that the petitioner is owner of said half of land and that she should enjoy half of the other half for her dower, she begs this Court to order that she may on the authority of her said husband dispose by sale of said half of habitation for such price and to such person as she shall deem appropriate, to the offers that said Barbault will make to replace it on said house, and not to touch the money except in proportion as it will be built to help him build it, both for the security of the buyer and of the petitioner and of said children, as well as that she will enjoy for her dower half of the other half that belongs in said land to said Barbe Boucher because of her said child, said petition signed Jacques Barbot, seen said pieces. It has been said, before making right, that assembly of parents and friends of said minors neighbors of said land will be made before the judge of Beaupré in the presence of the prosecutor of the jurisdiction of said place, to give their opinions on the exposition in said petition, the result of which assembly will be recorded by said judge, which reported, and all communicated to the attorney general, together with said pieces and the inventory to be then made right. DEMEULLE.”[24]

PIERRE GENDREAU called LAPOUSSIÈRE

Pierre, son of Georges Gendron and Jeanne Coulon, was born on January 31, 1633, in Saint-Denis-d’Oléron, Saintonge, France.[25]

Origin: St-Denis, Île d’Oléron, diocese of Saintes, Saintonge (district of Rochefort, Charente-Maritime)[26]

Marriage

Marriage contract between Pierre Gendros and Jeanne Garnier, widow of Louis de la Marre (January 12, 1663).[27] Notary Guillaume Audouart, Vol I pg 112[28]

On January 24, 1663, in Château-Richer, Pierre Gendrau called Maton, from the parish of St-Denis d’Alleron, diocese of Xaintes, married Jeanne Guernier, widow of Gasion, from the parish of St-Denis d’Alleron, diocese of Xaintes (sic), in the presence of Jacques Goullet and Nicolas Durand, with Thomas Morel as the officiating priest.[29][30][31]

Children with Jeanne Garnier

  • Marie Gendreau, born September 2, 1663, baptized on the 4th in Château-Richer; married André Cassan on February 3, 1682, in L’Ange-Gardien
  • Anne Gandron (sic), born April 27, 1665, baptized on the 30th in Château-Richer; Anne Gendro married Jean Meriq on August 20, 1685, in L’Ange-Gardien
  • Jacques Gandron (sic), born February 7, 1667, baptized on the 8th in Château-Richer; married Marie Anne Dallerey on February 12, 1691, at St-Pierre, Île d’Orléans
  • Pierre Gendron, born in L’Ange-Gardien, baptized May 14, 1669, in Château-Richer; married Marguerite Barbeau in 1690
  • Catherine Gendrau, born February 10, 1671, baptized on the 15th in L’Ange-Gardien; married Jacques Delugre on November 15, 1688, in Château-Richer
  • Geneviève Gendros, born October 12, 1673, baptized on the 24th in Quebec (ND) (posthumous child of Pierre Gendros called Lapoussière); married Gabriel Loyer called Desnoyers on February 22, 1694, in L’Ange-Gardien[32][33]

Inventory of movable and immovable property from the estate of the late René Maheu called Point-du-Jour and his widow (Jeanne Garnier), current wife of Pierre Gendrau (Gendron) called Lapoussière (December 17, 1664). Vol I pg 128, Notary Claude Auber[28:1]

1666 Census: INHABITANTS OF BEAUPRÉ

Pierre Gendron, 36, mason; Jeanne Garnier, 36, his wife, widow in her third marriage; Marie, 3; Anne, 9 months; René Maheut, 8; Pierre Delamare, 6; Louis Delamare, 5.[34]

1667 Census: CÔTE DE BEAUPRÉ

Pierre Gendron, 37; Jeanne Garnier, his wife (widow of Louis de la Marre), 37; René Maheust, 10; Pierre Lamarre, 7; Louis Lamarre, 6; Marie Gendron, 4; Anne, 2; Jacques, 6 months; 4 livestock, 9 arpents under cultivation; Charles Henon, servant, 48; 19 arpents under cultivation.[34:1]

Pierre Gendreau died shortly before the birth of his daughter Geneviève in October 1673, in L’Ange-Gardien.[33:1]

Fichier Origine Information

GENDREAU / LAPOUSSIÈRE, Pierre 241736
Date of birth: 01-03-1633
Date of baptism: 01-03-1633
Place of origin: St-Denis-d’Oléron (Charente-Maritime) 17323
Parents: Georges GENDREAU and Jeanne Coulon
First mention in the country: 1656
Occupation upon arrival: Indentured servant (contract Moreau, La Rochelle, 30-03-1656)
Date of marriage: 24-01-1663
Place of marriage: Château-Richer
Spouse: Jeanne Garnier
Death or burial: Between 28-06-1673 and 24-10-1673
Remarks: In 1656, Pierre Gendreau/LaPoussière was hired for 3 years at 84 livres per year, with an advance of 86 livres and 3 sols. Two brothers and six sisters were born/baptized at Saint-Denis-d’Oléron (St-Denys): Jean, 17-09-1634; Marie-1, 22-04-1636; Artus, 03-10-1637; Marguerite, 13-12-1638; Jeanne, 14-04-1641; Marie-2, 03-01-1644; Isabelle, 30-09-1646 and Élisabeth, 07-11-1649.[35]

Sources/Footnotes

  1. 1635 Baptism Record (PermaLink), Archives départementales de Charente-Maritime, Archives en ligne: Registres paroissiaux, pastoraux et d’état civil, Paroissial baptêmes, Fléac-sur-Seugne, folio 196/216 ↩︎

  2. Wikipedia: Fléac-sur-Seugne ↩︎

  3. Guy Perron’s Blog #130: List of engagement contracts found in La Rochelle for New France in the 17th century ↩︎

  4. Guy Perron’s Blog: Jeanne Garnier, indentured servant ↩︎

  5. BAnQ Notarial acts index “Inventaire des greffes des notaires du régime français,” by Pierre Georges Roy and Antoine Roy; 27 Vol + index 1-8 ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  6. Marriage image IGD ↩︎

  7. 1657 Marriage 1 Record (FS) “Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979,” database with images, FamilySearch (16 July 2014), Québec > Notre-Dame-de-Québec > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1621-1679 > image 154 of 512; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal. ↩︎

  8. Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1997 – Drouin IGD ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  9. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec – René Jetté pg 753 (membership IGD) ↩︎ ↩︎

  10. FamilySearch: Guillaume Audouart, Actes, Dossiers 1-837 (15 sept. 1634, 1 février 1649 – 23 nov. 1659); Granite Mountain Record Vault, United States & Canada Film #2371066, Image Group Number (DGS) 8125038, pg 2337-2338/2642 marriage contract Louis de Lamarre – Jeanne Garnier, original ↩︎

  11. Marriage 2 image IGD ↩︎

  12. 1659 Marriage 2 Record (FS) “Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979,” database with images, FamilySearch (16 July 2014), Québec > Notre-Dame-de-Québec > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1621-1679 > image 158 of 512; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal. ↩︎

  13. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec – René Jetté pg 636 (membership IGD) ↩︎ ↩︎

  14. Marriage 3 IGD ↩︎

  15. 1663 Marriage 3 Record (FS) “Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979,” database with images, FamilySearch (16 July 2014), Château Richer > La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1661-1690 > image 85 of 129; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal. ↩︎

  16. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec – René Jetté pg 485 (membership IGD) ↩︎ ↩︎

  17. Wikisource: Recensements 1666-1667 Censuses according to Benjamin Sulte Histoire des Canadiens-français, Tome 4, chap. 4 ↩︎ ↩︎

  18. Marriage 4 IGD ↩︎

  19. 1681 Marriage (M4) Record (FS) “Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979,” database with images, FamilySearch (16 July 2014), L’Ange-Gardien > L’Ange-Gardien > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1670-1753 > image 50 of 518; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal. ↩︎

  20. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec – René Jetté pg 45 (membership IGD) ↩︎

  21. Wikisource Recensement 1681 Census according to Benjamin Sulte ↩︎

  22. Fichier Jeanne Garnier 2019 Fédération québécoise des sociétés de généalogie//Québec Federation of Genealogical Societies ↩︎

  23. Marriage between Jacques Barbot (Barbeau) and Jeanne Garnier, document inserted on December 16, 1687 ↩︎

  24. Decree regarding Jeanne Garnier, wife of Jacques Barbault, March 20, 1684 ↩︎

  25. 1633 Baptism Record, Archives départementales de Charente-Maritime Archives en ligne: Registres paroissiaux, pastoraux et d’état civil, Commune Collection E-Dépôt 8/347 GG9 Saint-Denis-d’Oléron Paroissial Baptêmes Mariages 1627 – 1668 ↩︎

  26. Pioneers PRDH ↩︎

  27. 1663 Marriage Contract, Actes de notaire, Dossiers; Audouart, Guilluame (23 nov. 1659 – 22 oct. 1663), FamilySearch.com, Image 1207/1431, (Film #008710879) ↩︎

  28. BAnQ Notarial acts index “Inventaire des greffes des notaires du régime français,” by Pierre Georges Roy and Antoine Roy ↩︎ ↩︎

  29. 1663 Marriage Record (Original), “Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979,” database with images, FamilySearch (16 July 2014), Château Richer > La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1661-1702 > image 167 of 219; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal. ↩︎

  30. Marriage IGD (Index Only, Image not available) ↩︎

  31. 1663 Marriage Record (Copy), “Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979,” database with images, FamilySearch (16 July 2014), Château Richer > La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1661-1690 > image 85 of 129; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal. ↩︎

  32. Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1997 – Drouin IGD ↩︎

  33. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec – René Jetté pg 485 (membership IGD) ↩︎ ↩︎

  34. Recensements de 1666-1667 en Nouvelle-France, referring to chapter IV of the book Histoire des Canadiens Français by Benjamin Sulte, compiled by Jean-Guy Sénécal on March 17, 1998 ↩︎ ↩︎

  35. Fichier Pierre Gendreau 2017 Fédération québécoise des sociétés de généalogie//Québec Federation of Genealogical Societies ↩︎

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