Ignace Avare (1729 - 1798)

Born 7 Apr 1729 in St Jean, Ile d'Orleans, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Louise Baucher — married 28 Aug 1758 in Ste-Famille de l'Île d'Orléans, Canada, Nouvelle- France

Descendants

Died 18 Jul 1798 at age 69 in Île d'Orléans, Sainte-Famille, L'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec, Canada

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Biography

Ignace Avare served with French-Canadians Rendering Aid during the American Revolution.

Ignace was born in 1729.

In 1758 a simple marriage contract was written up by notaire J. Fortier Montmorency with Marie-Louise Baucher.

Tuesday, May 28, 1776 Île D’Orléans Ste Famille Parish

…Ignace Avare who, this last [winter] led thirty young men to the end of the island where they stood guard. He stayed with them for eight days and relentlessly tried to convince them that no relief would come for the town. In short, he greatly contributed to corrupting this parish. ^[1]

He passed away in 1798.

Sources

1. ↑ François Baby, Gabriel Taschereau, and Jenkin Williams with the English translation from, Quebec During the American Invasion, 1775-1776, Michael P. Gabriel, Editor. p16

• Marriage: genealogiequebec, Drouin Collection of Parish Records Marriage IGD-Drouin (forfait/paid service)

• Index to French Canadian Revolutionary War Patriots

• Canadian participants in the American Revolution, an index, by Virginia Easley DeMarce, page 53 (image 60)

• PRDH/ Repertoire des Actes de Bapteme, Mariage, et Sepulture, et des Recensements de Quebec Ancien XVIIe Siecle, Jacques Legare & Hubert Charbonneau, Les Presses de Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, (PRDH-IGD Family, Couples, Baptism, Individual, Burial and Marriage Records)

• Généalogie du Québec et d'Amérique française