Geneviève (Lafont) Lafond (1652 - aft. 1715)

Born 29 Feb 1652 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Wife of Jean Baptiste (Trotier) Trottier — married 24 Jun 1667 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, Nouvelle France

Descendants

Died after 1715 after age 62 in Canada, Nouvelle-France

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Biography

Geneviève (Lafont) Lafond lived
in Canada, Nouvelle-France.

Geneviève Lafont was baptized on 29 Feb 1652 in Immaculée-Conception parish of Trois-Rivières, Canada, Nouvelle-France. Her parents were Étienne Lafond (written in Latin, Stephano) and Marie Boucher. Godparents at the infant's baptism were Boucher and Geneviève Després. The officiating priest was René Ménard.^[1] Act lists her father's name as Stephano (act is in Latin), Étienne is French equivalent, English being Stephen.

Recensement 1667 Census PETIT CAP DE LA MADELEINE
Marie Boucher (veuve d’Étienne de Lafond), 38 ; Jean de la Fon, 21 ; Geneviève, 15 ; Pierre, 12 ; Françoise, 9 ; Étienne, 6 ; Augustin, 3 ; domestiques : Pierre de la Fin (de Lafond), 26 ; Deschamps, 40 ; Charles, 22 ; Deshayes, 19 ; 10 bestiaux, 20 arpents en valeur.^[2]

Marriage
Geneviève & Jean Baptiste Trottier

June 24, 1667

Cap-de-la-Madeleine,

Contrat de mariage de Jean-Bte Trottier, de Québec, fils de Jules Trottier et de Catherine Loyseau; et Geneviève de la Font, des T.-R., fille d’Etienne de la Font et de Marie Boucher (24 juin 1667). (No. 163.) Notaire Séverin Ameau^[3]

Recensement 1681 Census BATISCAN
Jean Trottier, charron, 38 ; Geneviève de Lafond, sa femme, 30 ; enfants : Marie 13, Madeleine 11, Catherine 7, Jean 5, Marguerite 3, Françoise 1½ ; 1 fusil ; 3 bêtes à cornes ; 10 arpents en valeur.^[4]

Geneviève was present at the marriage contract of her niece Marguerite de Lafond on 24 July 1703. She signs.^[5]

Her burial record hasn't been located, but it seems she was still living in 1715.

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Sources

1. ↑ Baptism IGD
2. ↑ Wikisource: Recensements 1666-1667 Censuses selon Benjamin Sulte Histoire des Canadiens-français, Tome 4, chap. 4
3. ↑ BAnQ Notarial acts index Inventaire des greffes des notaires du régime français, par Pierre Georges Roy et Antoine Roy; 27 Vol + index 1-8 Vol XI pg 82
4. ↑ Wikisource Recensement 1681 Census selon Benjamin Sulte Histoire des Canadiens-français, Tome 5, chap. 4
5. ↑ BAnQ: Daniel Normandin, Actes, 1 février 1703 - 20 décembre 1712 (2835 fichiers), pgs 89-94/2835 contrat de mariage Joseph Fafart - Marguerite de Lafond, original

• Actes d'état civil et registres d'église du Québec (Collection Drouin), 1621 à 1997 - Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection: Institut Généalogique Drouin IGD (membership) https://www.genealogiequebec.com
• Naissance, mariage, aucune date de décès: PRDH: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique (membership): Famille: 462 PRDH (Programme de Recherche en Démographie Historique) Université de Montréal
• Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles du Québec Author: Jetté, René
• Tree: Nos Origines

Acknowledgments

• Profile created by Davandra Cribbie through the import of G771204_2018_3_15.ged on Mar 15, 2018.
• Wendy Fisher, See the Changes page for the details of edits by Wendy and others.
• Merged profile Lanford-9 was created through the import of myfamily.ged on 23 March 2011.
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