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A statue stands in the park across from City Hall in Québec City honoring Louis Hébert, credited with being the first European to build a home in Canada and the first European to establish a farm in Canada. On the back of the statue is a plaque honoring the earliest families to establish themselves in Québec City. Among the forty-six husbands and wives commemorated are fifteen pioneer couples who are ancestors of Robert Perrault, grandson of Nazaire Perrault and Demerise Simoneau.
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Anc = Direct Ancestor of Nazaire Perrault (P) or Demerise Simoneau (S) |
Rel = Relationship to Robert Perrault Year = Year of arrival in New France |
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1Louis Hébert and Marie Rolet are our earliest known ancestors in North America. They arrived in Québec in July of 1617, three years before the Mayflower landed at Plymouth, Mass.
2Marie Langlois and Françoise Langlois were sisters.
3Hélène Desportes was baptized in Québec on 7 July 1620, making her the first European child born in New France.
4Robert Drouin's first marriage to Anne Cloutier, daughter of Zacharie Cloutier and Xaintes Dupont is commemorated on this plaque. Anne died in 1648, and Robert married Marie Chapelier in 1649. Our family is descended from the second marriage. "It is almost impossible to trace any French-Canadian genealogy without encountering Robert Drouin among the earliest ancestors." [Provost, Dictionary of Canadian Biography]
5Many other pioneer couples preceded Guillaume Fournier and Françoise Hébert, but they were mistakenly included on this commemorative plaque. Françoise was the granddaughter of Louis Hébert and Marie Rolet.
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SOURCE: Michael Robert, "Monument to Louis Hébert in Québec City," www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/6210/
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The direct ancestors of Robert Perrault include 10 pioneer couples who are considered to be among the 12 most prolific early pioneer couples. In 1730, the population of New France was 35,297, and the total number of descendants produced up to that point has been estimated at approximately 50,000. With 16,851 descendants attributed to these 12 couples, it seems that they were responsible for about one-third of all descendants produced by 1730!
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Anc = Direct Ancestor of Nazaire Perrault (P) or Demerise Simoneau (S) |
| Rel = Relationship to Robert Perrault |
| Year = Year of arrival in New France Desc = Descendants in 1730 |
| Name |
Anc |
Rel |
Origin |
Year |
Spouse |
Marriage |
Desc |
| Jean Guyon dit Du Buisson |
S |
9ggf |
St-Aubin de Tourouvre, Mortagne, Perche |
1634 |
Mathurine Robin dite Boule |
2 Jun 1615
Mortagne, Perche |
2,150 |
| Zacharie Cloutier |
S,P |
9ggf |
St-Jean de Mortagne, Perche |
1634 |
Xainte Dupont |
18 Jul 1616
Mortagne, Perche |
2,090 |
| Jacques Archambault |
P |
8ggf |
Dompierre-sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime |
ca. 1645 |
Françoise Tourault |
24 Jan 1629
St Philibert
Le Pont- Charrault,
Poitou
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1,825 |
| Marin Boucher1 |
S,P |
8ggf |
St-Langis-lès-
Mortagne, Perche |
1634 |
1) Julienne du Baril
2) Perrinne Mallet
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7 Feb 1611
St-Langis
29 Mar 1629
St-Langis
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1,454 |
| Nöel Langlois |
S |
9ggf |
Alençon, Perche |
1634 |
Françoise Grenier |
25 Jul 1634
Québec |
1,388 |
| Abraham Martin dit l'Ecossais |
S |
9ggf |
LaRochelle,
Charente-Maritime
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1620 |
Marguerite Langlois2 |
Bef 1620
France |
1,363 |
Pierre Miville
dit le Suisse |
S,P |
9ggf |
Fribourg, Suisse |
1649 |
Charlotte Maugis |
ca. 1630
Brouage, Saintonge |
1,331 |
| Pierre Gagnon3 |
- |
- |
Mortagne, Perche |
n/a3 |
Reneé Roger |
ca. 1597
France |
1,250 |
| Pierre Desportes4 |
S |
9ggf |
Lisieux, Normandie |
1619 |
Françoise Langlois2 |
ca. 1619
France |
1,117 |
| Louis Hébert4 |
S,P |
9ggf |
Paris |
1617 |
Marie Rolet |
ca. 1602
Paris |
1,053 |
| Nicolas Pelletier |
P |
8ggf |
St-Pierre de Gallardon,
arr. Chartres, Beauce |
1637 |
Jeanne de Voissy |
ca. 1632
St-Pierre de Gallardon |
939 |
Pierre Gareman1
dit le Picard
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- |
Bagneux,
arr. Soissons, Picardie |
ca. 1639 |
Madeleine Charlot |
ca. 1628
Bagneux |
891 |
| Total number of descendants in 1730 |
16,851 |
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1François Boucher, son of Marin Boucher from his marriage to Julienne du Baril, married Florence Gareman, daughter of Pierre.
2Marguerite Langlois and Françoise Langlois were sisters.
3Pierre Gagnon died in France; only his wife and 3 children came to Canada.
4Hélène Desportes, daughter of Pierre, married Guillaume Hébert, son of Louis; Hélène was baptized in Québec on 7 July 1620, making her the first European child born in New France. Eustache Martin, son of Abraham Martin and Marguerite Langlois, was born on 24 Oct 1621 in Québec; he was the first European male child born in New France.
SOURCE: Marcel Fournier, L'immigration européenne au Canada des origines à 1765, Mémoires de la Société généalogique canadienne-française, vol. 42, #3, p. 106-124 (1991). Compiled by Dr. Claude Bordeleau www.acpo.on.ca/claude/
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Numbers of descendants in 1730 can be compared to numbers in 1760 and 1800 for five of our most prolific early pioneer ancestors. We can only imagine the magnitude of the total number of descendants by 2005 that can be attributed to these five pioneers of New France and their wives!
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Anc = Direct Ancestor of Nazaire Perrault (P) or Demerise Simoneau (S) |
| Rel = Relationship to Robert Perrault |
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| Descendants of pioneer ancestors: 1730, 1760 & 18001 |
| Name |
Anc |
Rel |
Before 1730 |
Before 1760 2 |
Before 1800 3 |
| Jean Guyon dit Du Buisson |
S |
9ggf |
2,150 |
5,546 |
9,674 |
| Zacharie Cloutier |
S,P |
9ggf |
2,090 |
6,218 |
10,850 |
| Jacques Archambault |
P |
8ggf |
1,825 |
4,478 |
8,445 |
| Marin Boucher |
S,P |
8ggf |
1,454 |
4,751 |
8,502 |
| Noël Langlois |
S |
9ggf |
1,388 |
4,271 |
7,847 |
| Total descendants |
8,907 |
25,264 |
45,318 |
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1Number of descendants shown for 1800 includes married descendants only.
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SOURCE:
2 Mémoires de la Société généalogique canadienne-française, vol. 48, #2, p. 158 (1997). Compiled by Dr. Claude Bordeleau www.acpo.on.ca/claude/
3 Jacques Legare & Hubert Charbonneau, Programme de Recherche en Demographie Historique(Université de Montréal, PRDH Online)
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