Claude Bouchard II-tanguay Collection Vol 1 page 69

Louise Gagné (Gasnier) & Claude Bouchard

Louise Gagné (Gasnier) (1642 – 1721)[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Daughter of Louis Gasnier and Marie Michel and goddaughter of Mathurin Bouillie and Renée Gueue, Louise Gasnier was baptized in France on January 21, 1642, at Igé in the Saint-Martin church of the diocese of Sées in the former province of Perche.[1:1][7][8][9]

It is estimated that she arrived in Canada with her parents around 1644[10][5:1][11] and is first mentioned in the country in 1644.[1:2][12] In 1653, the following family members joined them in Canada: her nephews, Louis Gasnier, Pierre Gasnier, and Nicolas Gasnier, her brother, Pierre Gasnier, and her sister-in-law, Marguerite Rosée.[10:1]

Louise Gasnier lived in Canada, New France.

Having signed a marriage contract on November 30, 1653, in Quebec before notary Claude Aubert, she married Claude Bouchard, son of Jacques Bouchard and Noëlle Touschard, originally from Saint-Côsme-de-Vair, on May 25, 1654, in Beaupré.[1:3][13][14][3:1]

She was confirmed on February 2, 1660, at Château-Richer.[14:1]

She was buried on April 27, 1721, at Baie-Saint-Paul.[1:4][14:2]

Louise Gasnier’s family appears in the 1666 census for Beaupré as follows:

  • Claude Bouchard, 40, tailor; Louise Gasnier, 24, his wife; Marie, 6; Jacques, 4; Marguerite, 4 months; Marie Michel, 4 months.[15]
  • Marie Michel, 40, widow of sieur Louis Gainier; Louise, 24; Marie, 22; Pierre, 20; Olivier, 18; Anne, 12; Louis, 10; Ignace, 8; Joachim, 6.[15:1]

Children

Union with Claude Bouchard:[16] :[17]

  1. Marie-Françoise Bouchard, born in Quebec, (1659 – 1739)
  2. Jacques Bouchard (~1662 – 1690)
  3. Gilles Bouchard, born in Château-Richer, (1664 – 1664)
  4. +Marguerite Bouchard, born in Château-Richer, (1665 – 1731)
  5. Louise Bouchard (~1668 – 1696)
  6. +Anne Bouchard, born in Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré, (1670 – 1731)
  7. +Geneviève Bouchard, born in Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré, (1672 – 1754)
  8. +François Bouchard, born in Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré, (1674 – 1756)
  9. +Rosalie Bouchard, born in Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré, (1676 – 1733)
  10. Claude Bouchard, born in Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré, (1678 – 1678)
  11. +Louis Bouchard, born in Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré, (1680 – 1727)
  12. +Antoine Bouchard, born in Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré, (1682 – 1759)

Claude BOUCHARD (Le Petit Claude) (1626 – 1699)[18][19][20][21][22][23]

Son of Jacques Bouchard and Noëlle or Nicole Touschard or Bouchard, Claude Bouchard was born in France around 1626 in Saint-Côsme-de-Vair in the diocese of Le Mans, the natural region of Saosnois, and the former province of Maine.[18:1][24][25]

It is estimated that he arrived in Canada in 1650, and he is first mentioned in the country when his marriage contract was signed.[26][22:1][27]

Claude Bouchard lived in Canada, New France.

Having signed a marriage contract on November 30, 1653, before master notary Claude Auber, he married Louise Gasnier, daughter of Louis Gagné and Marie Michel, on May 25, 1654, at Notre-Dame church in Quebec (see parish register extract).[18:2][18:3][28][29]

Claude Bouchard’s family appears in the enumerations for the coast or seigneury of Beaupré in the censuses of 1666, 1667, and 1681:

1666: Claude Bouchard, 40, tailor; Louise Gasnier, 24, his wife; Marie, 6; Jacques, 4; Marguerite, 4 months; Marie Michel, 4 months.[30]

1667: Claude Bouchard, 45; Louise Gasnier, his wife, 25; Marie, 8; Jacques, 6; Marguerite, 2; 7 livestock, 8 arpents in value.[31]

1681: Claude Bouchard 55; Louise Gagnier, his wife, 40; children: Marie 20, Jacques 18, Marguerite 14, François 12, Louise 11, Angélique 9, Jean 8, Rosalie 7; 2 rifles; 10 horned cattle; 6 arpents in value.[32]

He died on November 25, 1699, at Saint-François-Xavier de la Petite-Rivière and was buried on November 25, 1699, at Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, Baie-Saint-Paul.[18:4][28:1]

Research Notes

The unsourced January 1, 1626 birthdate shown appears to be speculative. The first or last day of the year is often used when the year is presumed but no specific date is known. In Claude’s case, the year is not even known with certainty. It has been marked as uncertain.

Notes from Original Sources

Fichier Origine

GAGNÉ / GASNIER, Louise 241617

  • Baptism date: 21-01-1642
  • Place of origin: Igé (St-Martin) (Orne) 61207
  • Current location: Igé
  • Parents: Louis GASNIER and Marie Michel
  • First mention in the country: 1644
  • Occupation upon arrival: Migrant arriving with her parents
  • Marriage date: 25-05-1654
  • Marriage location: Quebec (Notre-Dame)
  • Spouse: Claude Bouchard
  • Death or burial: Baie-St-Paul, 27-04-1721
  • Remarks: Her parents were married in Vieux-Bellême or Igé around 1638.[33]

Sources

Bibliography

  • Tanguay, Cyprien; 1871-1890, Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families, 7 volumes
  • IGD Civil status records and church registers of Quebec (Drouin Collection), 1621 to 1997 – Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection: Institut Généalogique Drouin (membership) https://www.genealogiequebec.com
  • Marriage with Louise Gasnier: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8993-F9SN-H?i=147&wc=9RLX-4WG%3A17585101%2C19508101%2C19508102&cc=1321742
  • Burial: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899M-1S56?i=32&wc=9RLQ-DP6%3A13625901%2C13625902%2C13625903&cc=1321742
  • Tree: Nos Origines
  • Tree: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124137400/claude-bouchard
  • PRDH – Research Programme in Historical Demography, University of Montreal
  • PREFEN – Research Programme on French Emigration to New France, University of Caen
  • 1666, General State of the Inhabitants of Canada, compiled by Senécal, Jean-Guy (senecal fmed.ulaval.ca); Sep 27, 1998, OCR compilation of three Word documents available online, these documents referring mainly to Volume IV & V, Chapter IV of the book History of French Canadians by Benjamin Sulte, 1977 edition.
  • 1667 in New France, Census of, compiled by Senécal, Jean-Guy (senecal fmed.ulaval.ca); Sep 27, 1998, OCR compilation of three Word documents available online, these documents referring mainly to Volume IV & V, Chapter IV of the book History of French Canadians by Benjamin Sulte, 1977 edition.
  • 1681 in New France, Census of, compiled by Senécal, Jean-Guy (senecal fmed.ulaval.ca); Sep 27, 1998, OCR compilation of three Word documents available online, these documents referring mainly to Volume IV & V, Chapter IV of the book History of French Canadians by Benjamin Sulte, 1977 edition.
  • Carpin, Gervais (2001). The Canada Network. Study of the migratory mode from France to New France (1628 – 1662). Sillery and Paris, Septentrion and Presses of the University of Paris-Sorbonne, pages vii-552
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  1. Fichier Origine 241617 ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. PREFEN Fiche 14420 ↩︎

  3. PRDH Family 3493 ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. Tanguay, vol. 1, p. 69 ↩︎

  5. Carpin 1999, Appendix D, p. 573 ↩︎ ↩︎

  6. Numbered #105 in Carpin’s list and in the list that can be seen on the Percheron Immigration Category page. ↩︎

  7. PREFEN Fiche 14420, Baptism certificate ↩︎

  8. PREFEN Fiche 14420, Origins ↩︎

  9. Igé (INSEE 61207) is today a French commune located in the department of Orne in the Lower Normandy region. ↩︎

  10. PREFEN Fiche 14420, Departure ↩︎ ↩︎

  11. Lesperance 2002 citing Jetté 1983, pp. 447-448: “GAGNE, Louis (Miller) from Ige, with wife Marie MICHEL & daughter Louise departed Ige 1643-44.” ↩︎

  12. Lesperance 2002 citing Jetté 1983, pp. 447-448: “GAGNE, Louis (Miller) from Ige, with wife Marie MICHEL & daughter Louise departed Ige 1643-44.” ↩︎

  13. perche-quebec.com ↩︎

  14. PREFEN Data sheet 14420, Life in New France ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  15. Senécal, Census of 1666 ↩︎ ↩︎

  16. Généalogie Québec 8905 ↩︎

  17. PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (membership): family: 840 PRDH Family 780 ↩︎

  18. PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (free): Pioneer: 3492 PRDH Individual 3492 ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  19. PREFEN File 12880 ↩︎

  20. Généalogie Québec 8906 ↩︎

  21. Tanguay, vol. 1, p. 69 ↩︎

  22. Carpin 1999, Appendix D, p. 575 ↩︎ ↩︎

  23. Numbered #173 in Carpin’s list and in the list that can be seen on the Percheron Immigration Category page. ↩︎

  24. PREFEN File 12880, Origins ↩︎

  25. Historical and modern geography of the place of baptism, PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (free): Pioneer: 3492 Date and place of birth according to PRDH: Date – c. 1626. Place – st-cosme-de-vair (now st-cosme-en-vairais), diocese of le mans, maine (ar. mamers, sarthe). ↩︎

  26. PREFEN File 12880, Departure ↩︎

  27. Lesperance 2002 citing Jetté 1983, p. 132: “BOUCHARD, Claude (Tailor) departed St-Cosme-de-Vair.” ↩︎

  28. PREFEN File 12880, Life in New France ↩︎ ↩︎

  29. PREFEN File 14420, Life in New France ↩︎

  30. Senécal, Census of 1666 ↩︎

  31. Senécal, Census of 1667 ↩︎

  32. Senécal, Census of 1681 ↩︎

  33. Fichier Origine Louise Gasnier 2013 Quebec Federation of Genealogical Societies ↩︎

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