René (Messier) Messier dit Duchesne et St-Michel (1681-1758)

René Messier dit Duchesne et St-Michel formerly Messier aka Duchesne, St-Michel

Born 20 Apr 1681 in Varennes, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Son of Michel (Messier) Messier de St-Michel and Anne Lemoyne

Brother of Catherine Messier, Jeanne Messier, Marie Anne Messier, Anne Messier, Anne Messier, Anne Marie (Messier) St-Michel, Gabrielle Messier, Jean Michel Messier, Marguerite Messier, Anonyme Messier and François Michel Messier

Husband of Marie Catherine (Bissonnette) Bissonnet — married 18 Jan 1706 (to 17 Jan 1715) in Varennes, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Husband of Marie Madeleine Guillet — married 25 Aug 1718 in Batiscan, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Father of René (Messier) Messier dit Duchesne, Catherine Messier Duchesne, Marie Anne Messier, Jean Baptiste Messier, Agathe Messier, Marie Agnès Messier, Marie Madeleine Messier and Augustin Messier

Died 22 May 1758 at age 77 in Varennes, Canada, Nouvelle-France

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1 Biography
2 Sources
3 Acknowledgements

Biography

René Messier, né 20 avril 1681 bapt. 21 à domicile (enregistré à Boucherville), fille de Michel Messier et Anne Lemoyne; ^[1]^[2]

Marié avec Catherine Bissonet 18 janvier 1706 Varennes^[3]^[4]

Baptism

Date: 21 Apr 1681

Place: at home, recorded in Boucherville, ^[5]^[6]

Recensement 1681: SEIGNEURIE DE VARÈNE
Michel Messier 41 ; Anne Lemoyne, sa femme, 41 ; enfants : Anne 12, Gabriel 9, Jean 7, Marguerite 5, François 2, René 1 ; 4 fusils ; 8 bêtes à cornes ; 30 arpents en valeur.^[7]

Marriage

René Messier marié avecMarie-Madeleine Guillet 25 Aug 1718, Batiscan, ^[8]

Marie-Agnès Messier

Note: Contrat de mariage entre René Messier, sieur DuChaine, veuf de Catherine Bissonnet, de Cap-Saint-Michel; et Magdelaine Guillet, fille de Louis Guillet, sieur de Saint-Marq et de Marie Trotier, de Batiscan (24 août 1718). Notaire François Trotain^[9]

Death and Burial

Death: 22 May 1758

Burial: 23 May 1758

Place: Varennes, ^[10]

avocation

Note: Militia captain

René was born 21 Apr 1680, baptism 21 Apr 1681 to Father Michel Messier, Mother Anne Lemoyne. He married 1st Catherine Bissonnet on 18 Jan 1706, 2nd Marie Madeleine Guillet on 25 Aug 1718. He passed away on 20 May 1758 in Varennes. He is buried in Ancien Cimetière Sainte-Anne de Varennes.

Sources

↑ Jetté, René, Dictionnaire Généalogiques Des Familles De Québec, Page: 802
↑ Baptême Rene Messier, 1681-04-21, "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9MB-PCH1 : 16 July 2014), Boucherville, Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville, Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1668-1789, image 36 of 2674; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
↑ Mariage Messier-Bissonet IGD
↑ Mariage: 18 janvier 1706, Rene Messier (fils de Michel Missier [Sieur de St Michel] et Anne Lemoine) et Catherine Bissonet (fille de Jacques Bissonet et de Marguerite Colet), "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99S-NDSK?cc=1321742&wc=HC38-BZ9%3A25106001%2C25106002%2C21952303 : 16 July 2014), Varennes > Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1693-1789 > image 132 of 2390; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
↑ Eglise catholque. Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville (Boucherville, PQ). Registres paroissiaux, 1668-1877, Page: 1288825
↑ Généalogie Québec, baptism act Drouin IGD
↑ Wikisource Recensement 1681 Census selon Benjamin Sulte Histoire des Canadiens-français, Tome 5, chap. 4
↑ Drouin, Gabriel Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français, 1608-1760, Page: 940
↑ 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 XXVII pg 186 #315
↑ Charbonneau, Hubert, Repertoire des Actes de Bapteme, Mariage, Sépult et des Recensements du Québec Ancien, Page: 41/511

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, décès: PRDH: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique (membership): Famille: 1113 PRDH (Programme de Recherche en Démographie Historique) Université de Montréal

Acknowledgements

Thank you to Nancy Cousins for creating WikiTree profile Messier-63 through the import of CussonHawkinsHillHughesSurrell.ged on Jul 29, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Nancy and others.

1680 Quebec, Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection), 1608-1890 Baptism of René Messier on 1681 in Boucherville. Father Michel Messier, Mother Anne Lemoyne, Spouse(s) Catherine Bissonnet; Marie-Madeleine Guillet. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/28816397/person/132339370983?msg=ntm&msgParams=%7c4%7c4%7c&mpid=132339370983&nec=1&mdbid=1091&mrpid=14631791

1680 Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 Baptism of René Messier b 20 Apr 1680, baptism 21 Avril 1681 at Boucherville, Québec, Canada; father Michel Messier, mother Anne Lemoine. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/28816397/person/132339370983?msg=ntm&msgParams=%7c4%7c4%7c&mpid=132339370983&nec=1&mdbid=1091&mrpid=14631791

1681 Quebec, Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection), 1608-1890 Baptism of René Messier on 21 Apr 1681; Father Michel Messier, Mother Anne Lemoine, spouses Catherine Bissonnet, m 18 Jan 1706 in Varennes; 2nd m Marie-. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/28816397/person/132339370983?msg=ntm&msgParams=%7c4%7c4%7c&mpid=132339370983&nec=1&mdbid=1091&mrpid=14631791

1681 Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 Baptism of Michel Rene Messier on 25 Avril 1681 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada; father Michel Messier, mother Anne Lemoine. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/28816397/person/132339370983?msg=ntm&msgParams=%7c4%7c4%7c&mpid=132339370983&nec=1&mdbid=1091&mrpid=14631791

1693-1730 Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 Marriage of Rene Messier, in Varennes, Varennes, Québec, Canada; father Michel Messier, mother Anne Albert, spouse Catherine Bissonnette. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/28816397/person/132339370983?msg=ntm&msgParams=%7c4%7c4%7c&mpid=132339370983&nec=1&mdbid=1091&mrpid=14631791

1706 Quebec, Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection), 1608-1890 marriage of René Messier and Catherine Bissonnet on 18 Jan 1706 in Varennes. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/28816397/person/132339370983?msg=ntm&msgParams=%7c4%7c4%7c&mpid=132339370983&nec=1&mdbid=1091&mrpid=14631791

1706 Quebec, Canada, Notarial Records, 1637-1935. Marriage Contract of Siner Duchaine and Catherine Bissonnet on 18 Jan 1706, in Montreal, Québec, Canada. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/28816397/person/132339370983?msg=ntm&msgParams=%7c4%7c4%7c&mpid=132339370983&nec=1&mdbid=1091&mrpid=14631791

1758 Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Rene Messier dit Duchene b 20 Apr 1681 d 20 May 1758 in Varennes, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada, Ancien Cimetière Sainte-Anne de Varennes; father Michel Messier dit Saint Michel, mother Anne Lemoine, spouse Marie-Madeleine Guillet dit Cinqmars. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/28816397/person/132339370983?msg=ntm&msgParams=%7c4%7c4%7c&mpid=132339370983&nec=1&mdbid=1091&mrpid=14631791

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with René by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with René:

~0.78% Eunice (Poland) Ballam : 23andMe + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #12946
~0.78% Doris (Wood) Stephens : 23andMe, GEDmatch ZX5701659 [compare]
~0.39% Nancy Lee (Hill) Cousins : 23andMe + AncestryDNA, Ancestry member leecousins
~0.39% Susan Ballam : 23andMe + AncestryDNA + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #11252
~0.39% Diane (Lefevre) Palmer : 23andMe, GEDmatch XQ8891551 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XQ8891551 [compare], Ancestry member nursepalmer1
~0.39% ~1.56% Francis LaPlante : 23andMe, GEDmatch M664159 [compare]
~0.39% ~3.12% Elgin Smith : 23andMe
~0.39% Michael Asselin : 23andMe + AncestryDNA + MyHeritage DNA
~0.39% Ron Wróblewski : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ronski
~0.39% S Birch : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A534667 [compare], Ancestry member magmojo
~0.39% Rosemary (Costello) Mattias : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A170351 [compare], Ancestry member RosemaryCostelloMattias
~0.39% Lenny (Lefebvre) Lefevre : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KW1053743 [compare], Ancestry member Lennylef
~0.39% Rita (Bourque) Gagnon : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A203913 [compare], Ancestry member rgagnon10
~0.39% Daniel Lefevre : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch jk7733601 [compare]
~0.39% Jean Gagnon : AncestryDNA + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #IN96248
~0.39% Jean-Guy Cyr : MyHeritage DNA

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Greg Lavoie

Messier Duchesne-2 and Messier-13 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate

posted Mar 28, 2023 by Greg Lavoie

[Living Gauvin]

Messier-63 and Messier-13 appear to represent the same person because: same name, dob, parents, death stats-he married both Marie-Madeleine Guillet and Marie-Catherine Bissonnette

posted Apr 17, 2014 by [Living Gauvin]

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René (Messier) Messier dit Duchesne et St-Michel (1681 - 1758)

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