François (Circe) Circé dit Saint-Michel (abt. 1656 - 1714)

Born about 1656 in Paris, Saint-Honoré, Île-de-France, France

Husband of Madeleine Berthelot — married 4 Jan 1680 in Notre-Dame de Québec, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died 24 May 1714 at about age 58 in La Prairie, Canada, Nouvelle-France

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Biographie

François (Circe) Circé dit Saint-Michel migrated from France to New France.

François est né en 1656. Fils de François et Anne Véron.

Occupation: Chirurgien et Soldat

Soldat de la garnison de Québec en 1680

Marriage
Contrat de mariage de François de Saint-Michel et Marie-Magdelaine Bertelot (3 janvier 1680). Notaire Romain Becquet Vol III pg 181^[1]

François (Circe) Circé dit Saint-Michel lived
in Canada, Nouvelle-France.

Recensement 1681 Census: HAUTE VILLE DE QUÉBEC
François Circé (dit Saint-Michel), 26 ; Madeleine Berthelon, sa femme, 18 ; enfants : (Pierre)-François 2, Jean 4 mois.^[2]

Biography

François was born in 1656. He is the son of François and Anne Véron.

Occupation: Surgeon and Soldier

Québec garrison soldier in 1680

Marriage
Marriage contract between François de Saint-Michel and Marie-Magdelaine Bertelot (January 3, 1680). Notary Romain Becquet Vol III pg 181.^[3]

On 4 January 1680 in Notre-Dame-de-Québec, François St-Michel, soldier of the garrison in the castle of Québec, aged around 24, son of François St-Michel and of Anne Véron, of the parish of St-Honoré in Paris, married Madeleine Berthelot, 18 year old daughter of Maurice Berthelot and of Marie Prévost, of the parish of St-Michel of Mortagne, Saintes diocese, in the presence of Pierre Prévost maternal uncle of the bride, Denis Lemaistre tailor, Jean Langlois & Pierre Recoquillé witnesses, Henry de Bernières celebrating. All sign except for Pierre Recoquillé.^[4]

The following month François took a lease in Québec city, where they are still found on 1681 census.
Bail de Charles Danets et Marie Des Hayes à François de St-Michel (7 février 1680). (N° 2028.) Notaire Gilles Rageot Vol IV pg 58^[1]

'Census 1681 Census' : UPPER CITY OF QUEBEC
François Circé (known as Saint-Michel), 26; Madeleine Berthelon, his wife, 18; children: (Pierre) -François 2, Jean 4 months.

The couple will have at least 12 or 13 children together, their first child is born in March 1680 in Québec. They are in Québec until at least February 1683, after which they are found in Batiscan for the births of 4 of their children, 1 dying there, the last born in February 1691; by December 1692 they are in Neuville, where they reside until March 1697; in February 1701 they have a child born in Champlain, and from there they move to Sorel area, the last two children of the marriage baptized there in 1703 and 1706. 5 of their children are known to marry.^[5]

Note François is only listed as François St-Michel until 1685, when he starts being listed as François Circé. Madeleine gets named Aubin on one baptism and one marriage of her children.^[5] Reason being that Madeleine's mother, the widow Marie Prévost married Michel Aubin, originally from Tourouvre, on June 11, 1670 at Ste-Famille on Île d'Orléans.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} BAnQ Notarial acts index Inventaire des greffes des notaires du régime français, par Pierre Georges Roy et Antoine Roy; 27 Vol + index 1-8
2. ↑ Wikisource Recensement 1681 Census selon Benjamin Sulte
3. ↑ Marriage IGD
4. ↑ Marriage image page 2 IGD
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1997 - Drouin IGD

• 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

• Tree: http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Jean-Baptiste_Circe&pid=87878&lng=fr

Acknowledgements

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