Françoise Loiseau (1638 - 1728)

Born 1638 in Compiègne, Soissons, Picardie, France

Ancestors

Wife of Mathurin Grégoire — married 7 Oct 1669 in Cap-Rouge, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died 28 Oct 1728 at about age 90 in Contrecoeur, Canada, Nouvelle-France

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Biographie

Françoise Loiseau a vécu
au Canada, Nouvelle-France.

Biography

Françoise Loiseau migrated from France to New France.

Françoise Loiseau was born about 1638 in Compiegne, Soissons, Picardie, France to to Nicolas Loiseau, and Françoise Feriege. Some time in early to mid 1669 Francoise was recruited as a Fille du Roi or a daughter of the king. This meant she was was among a group of women ordered by the King to be recruited and sent to New France to marry the colony's settlers.

Shortly after her arrival in the new world, Francoise married Mathurin Grégoire, the son of to Mathurin Grégoire, and Marguerite Testoin and a Carignan Soldier who had been sent to New France to combat the Iroquois. They were married on October 07, 1669 at Cap-Rouge, Quebec, New France. They are known to have had six children, evenly split between three boys and three girls. They must have lived at Sillery in 1670 and 1671 as their first two children were born there. This is an old area to the west of Quebec City that was eventually incorproated into the main city. The two middle children were baptized in Notre-Dame de Québec, but it is not known where the last two were born or baptized.

They must have moved to Contrecoeur as two younger children married there in 1710 and 1718. Françoise and her husband, Mathurin died only a day apart with Mathurin going first on Oct. 27, 1728 and Françoise the next day on the same day her husband was buried. She was laid to rest a few days later on Oct. 31, 1728. They both died at Contrecoeur. This seems to be quite the coincidence, but both their burial records have been found.

Sources

• Birth Date / Place: Rene Jette, Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles du Quebec, p525. Year approximated.
• Marriage Date / Place : La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan, Inc. & Jette, Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles du Quebec, p525.
• Marriage and Death: PRDH, (Research Programme in Historical Demography) at the Université de Montréal. https://www.prdh-igd.com/en/home Family #2868.
• Death Date & Place : "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-28021-27306-58?cc=1321742&wc=9RLF-DPK:13667601,13667602,17948801 : accessed 1 September 2015), Contrecoeur > Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur > Index 1681-1945 > image 14 of 301; nos paroisses de Église Catholique, Quebec (Catholic Church parishes, Quebec). [This is the index only. It indicates record is in Vol. III, page 41 – Could not be found at LDS Church site. Used Ancestry.] Ancestry.com: Quebec, Vital and Church Books, Drouin Records; Ste. Trinite de Contrecoeur 1723-1743 Vol. III - Page 41 261. Francoise Loiseau Died October 28, 1728 & buried Oct. 31, 1728 at Contrecoeur, Quebec.
• 1728 Burial Record "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch ( : 16 July 2014), Contrecoeur > Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1668-1697, 1701-1743, 1895 Recensement 1681, 1885-1886, 1890, 1895, 1898 > image 305 of 370; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
• Quebec Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes per l’Abbé Cyprien Tanguay. Vol. 1 1608-1700 Page 281 marriage of Mathurin Gregoire - Francoise Loiseau

Acknowledgements

Thank you to Darrell Parker for creating WikiTree profile Loiseau-53 through the import of Parker Family Tree 12.ged on Jul 25, 2013.