Pocket Imaginings: In My Genes

Date: 1608 [unknown]
Location: Montreal and Quebec
Surname/tag: Personal history

Years ago I wrote a story titled Pocket Imaginings: In My Genes Water Influenced Lives Timeline and Names of this story (an outline is shown here) The story was written in several versions. I will submit the actual story later to WikiTree. I realize this is not a proper format for geneology. I have not included all my research. 1608 Quebec City, at that time, was part of what was known as New France, according to the French Colonists. The First Nations indigenous people who lived in Quebec were Iroquois, Hurons, and Montagnais (since 1990 known as Innu). The Innu referred to the northeastern portions of the provinces of Quebec and western portions of Labrador as Nitassinan (“Our Land”). 1617 French settlers Francoise Langlois (died at 27) & Pierre Desportes, 10th great grandparents Their names are on a plaque on a monument as among the first pioneers of Quebec City 1620 b. Hélène Desportes, 9th Great Grandmother - the 1st European baby born in Quebec City Among the 1617 settlers of Quebec were Francoise & Pierre Desportes and the Gaudrys. 1621, Dec 8 Jacques Gaudry married Charlotte Chevalier, b.1601 (1st Gaudrys in Quebec, are my great grandparents). Their 2 sons: Nicolas Gaudry my 9th great grandpere & Jacques Gaudry. 1623 Augustin Hébert dit Jolicoeur, my eighth Great Grandpere was born Oct 23rd, 1623 in St. Barthelmi, Paris.

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1628 Englishmen David Kirke and his brothers fought for England against New France French 1629 Quebec was controlled by England for 3 years, 1632 was returned to France.

1632 Jeanne de Vouzy, from St.Pierre de Gallardon, Chartres, Beauce, France 8th Great Grandmere. 1637 her husband, Nicolas Pelletier, a carpenter, my 8th great grandpere, left on a ship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, to an unknown land. He worked from 1637 to 1640 as a “charpentier de l'Habitation de Quebec”.2 1637 Louis Hebert dit Jolicoeur, crossed the Atlantic Ocean to Ville Marie.

1634 October 1 Basilica Notre-Dame de Quebec, Guillaume Hebert marries Hélène (1st) husband 1639 September 23 Guillaume Hebert, son of Louis Hebert, Hélène’s first husband died

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1640 Jan 9 Noel Morin, Renee’s 9th Great Grandpere, marries in the Quebec Basilica, Hélène Desportes, who is my 9th Great Grandmother was born in 1620. 1641 January 21 Hélène’s and Noel’s daughter is born and baptised as Agnès Morin. She is Renee’s 8th great grandmere. 1642 Augustin Hebert dit Jolicoeur marries Adrienne DuVivier and with their 1st child make a voyage with Maissoneuve to establish the City of Montreal. 1653 November 17, at age 12, Agnès Morin is wedded to Nicolas Gaudry dit Bourbonniere, 20 years older and they had 8 children: (6th child in 1666 Agnes Marguerite died at 2 mo. old.) 1st child Helen married 1671, 2nd child Jacques m. Jeanne Guillory, 3rd child in 1677 Christine-Charlotte married Jean Hamel, 4th child 1678 Marie Francoise m Jean Pilote, 1687 Nicolas married Anne Pigeon, 1686 Agnes Madelaine married Joseph Lemay, Joseph Alphonse) 1666 1st census done by Jean Talon, 1st intendant of New France. 3215 people in New France, 538 separate families, see Wikipedia, there were 2,034 men and only 1,181 women. 1669 Agnes’s husband of only 12 years and father of five children died on June 22,1669. 1671 Agnes Morin married her 2nd husband, Ignace Bonhomme. 1673 Feb 6 Jacques Gaudry (whose parents were Jacques and Charlotte Chevalier) married Anne Poirier and they had 7 children: Jean born 1674-1681, Marie-Charolotte b.1676, Jacques b.1679, Andres b.1681, Marie-Angelique b April 12,1685, Anne Felicite b.1687, Jean born 1688

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1632 Jeanne de Vouzy, from St.Pierre de Gallardon, Chartres, Beauce, France 8th Great Grandmere. 1637 her husband, Nicolas Pelletier, a carpenter, my 8th great grandpere, left on a ship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, to an unknown land. He worked from 1637 to 1640 as a “charpentier de l'Habitation de Quebec”.2 1637 Louis Hebert dit Jolicoeur, crossed the Atlantic Ocean to Ville Marie.