Jean Marie Roussel was born and baptized on 26 Jan 1759 in Notre-Dame-de-Liesse parish of Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, Nouvelle-France. His parents were Jacques Roussel and Geneviève Bérubé. Godparents at the infant's baptism were Jean Morest and Cécile Hémon. The officiating priest was Chevalier.[1]
Marriage
Jean Roussel married Marie Catherine Ouellet, daughter of the late Joseph François Ouellet and the late Marie Françoise Sirois, on 20 Nov 1780 in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Province of Québec. In the presence of known witnesses Jean Dibge, Jacques Roussel, François Lévesque, and Germain Lévesque.[2]
Death and Burial
Jean Roussel dit Davia, husband of Catherine Ouellet, passed away on 16 Nov 1812 being given the age of around 54 years on the record. His burial was the 18th in Notre-Dame-de-Liesse parish cemetery of Rivière-Ouelle, Bas-Canada.[3]
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Featured National Park champion connections: Jean is 16 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 21 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 16 degrees from George Catlin, 18 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 23 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 16 degrees from George Grinnell, 25 degrees from Anton Kröller, 16 degrees from Stephen Mather, 21 degrees from Kara McKean, 18 degrees from John Muir, 14 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 26 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
R > Roussel | R > Roussel dit Davia > Jean Marie (Roussel) Roussel dit Davia
Categories: Rivière-Ouelle, Bas-Canada | Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Province of Québec 1763-1791 | Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, Nouvelle-France