Charles (Lesieur dit Duchene) Lesieur (1674 - 1739)

Born 30 Apr 1674 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Marie-Charlotte (Rivard dit Loranger) Rivard — married 9 Jan 1700 in Batiscan, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died 9 Feb 1739 at age 64 in Yamachiche, Canada, Nouvelle-France

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Biography

Birth

Charles Lesieur was born on 30 April 1674 and baptized the next day in Cap-de-la-Madeleine^[1]

Recensement 1681 Census: Batiscan

Charles Lesieur 34 ; Françoise de Lafond, sa femme, 21 ; enfants : Charles 7, Pierre 4, Julien 18 mois ; 5 bêtes à cornes ; 8 arpents en valeur.^[2]

Marriage

Charles Lesieur married Charlotte Rivart on 9 Jan 1700 in Batiscan^[3]

Note: There is another couple bearing the same names of Charles Lesieur married to Charlotte Rivard on 2 Mar 1778 in Yamachiche, that Charles is son of Pierre & Anne Geneviève Sicard, and that Charlotte is daughter of Joseph Rivard & Charlotte Lemaitre, not to be confused together.^[4]

There are several children born to them, including the following known children:

1. Charles, bapt 17 Oct 1700 Batiscan; presumed deceased soon after since another boy named the same the next year
2. Charles, bapt 28 Sept 1701 Batiscan; married Ursule Dupaul (Dupoleau) 9 Jan 1745 Yamachiche
3. Marie Françoise, b 1 Nov 1704 bapt 4 May 1705 Trois-Rivières; married Pierre Toutemps 25 Jan 1730 Yamachiche;
4. Marie Charlotte, b 14 Sept 1709 grande rivière Yamachiche, bapt 2 Oct Trois-Rivières; married Jean Baptiste Casobon 19 Apr 1750 Yamachiche; Charlotte Lesieur married François Rivar widower of Catherine Moreau 21 Nov 1757 Yamachiche, no mention of prior marriage for her
5. Marie Anne, b 4 Apr 1712 grande rivière Yamachiche, bapt 8 May Trois-Rivières; married Jean Baptiste Rivar 3 Feb 1749 Yamachiche
6. Marie, b c 1713; married Charles Lemaitre 16 Jun 1755 Yamachiche; died 1 Dec 1796 funeral 2nd Yamachiche, listed as Marie Lesieur, 83 year old widow of Charles Lemaitre dit Tellenoist (no apparent issue from their marriage)
7. Pierre, b c 1701; married Geneviève Sicard dite Derive 18 Apr 1746 Louiseville (St-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup); died and buried 3 Apr 1761 Yamachiche, aged estimated around 65 per the record, husband of Geneviève Sicard
8. Marie Josephe, b c 1722; married Louis Paquin 16 Aug 1746 Yamachiche^[4]

Julien and his brother Charles bought part of a seigneurie at the river Aucmatiche (Yamachiche)

Contrat de vente par M. et Demoiselle Boucher au sieur Charles et Jullien Le Scieur frères, d ’une part de Seigneurie seize à la rivière Aucmatiche (1er juillet 1702). Vol VIII pg 11 Notaire Marien Tailhandier^[5]

Charles and his widowed sister-in-law Simone Blanchet gave a concession of land to the Fabrique Ste-Anne d'Yamachiche (Ste-Anne of Yamachiche parish).

Concession par Charles Lesieur, seigneur d ’Yamachiche, et Simonne Blanchet, veuve de Julien Sieur, co-seigneur d’Yamachiche, à la Fabrique St-Anne d'Yamachiche, d'une terre de 3 arpents (1 mai 1724). Vol XXVII pg 195 Notaire Pierre Poulin^[5]

Death

Charles Lesieur died 9 Feb 1739, funeral the next day in Yamachiche^[6], listed as capitaine des milices de cette paroisse (militia captain of the parish) around 66 years old on the record.

Sources

1. ↑ baptism IGD
2. ↑ Recensements de 1666-1667-1681 en Nouvelle-France, référant au chapitre IV du livre Histoire des Canadiens Français de Benjamin Sulte, compilés par Jean-Guy Sénécal (senecal atulaval.ca) le 17 mars 1998
3. ↑ marriage IGD
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1997 - Drouin IGD
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} [1] BanQ Notarial acts index
6. ↑ funeral IGD

1674 Baptême Baptism: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99Q-QRTJ?i=11&wc=HC37-PTL%3A13627601%2C13627602%2C13627603&cc=1321742

Repository: http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?pid=36320

Acknowledgements

• Thank you to Mark Mcguire for creating WikiTree profile Lesieur Dit Duchene-2 through the import of 2hj84e_857376pf3v26m58a1b5355.ged on Mar 6, 2013.