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Claude Bouchard (c. 1626 – 1699) & Louise Gagné (Gasnier) (1642 – 1721)

This record details the lives of Claude Bouchard, a pioneer, tailor, and early settler of the Beaupré region, and his wife, Louise Gagné (Gasnier), who immigrated to New France as a young child with her parents.

Claude Bouchard dit Le Petit Claude

Detail Description
Parents Jacques Bouchard and Noëlle or Nicole Touschard (or Bouchard).
Birth Circa 1626 in Saint-Côsme-de-Vair (now St-Cosme-en-Vairais), Diocese of Le Mans, Maine (Saosnois region), France.
Arrival in NF Estimated arrival in Canada in 1650.
Profession Tailor.
Death & Burial Died and was buried on November 25, 1699, at Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, Baie-Saint-Paul.
Research Note The precise birth date (e.g., Jan 1, 1626) is likely speculative as the year is not certain.

Louise Gagné (Gasnier)

Detail Description
Variations Gasnier.
Parents Louis Gasnier (Miller) and Marie Michel.
Godparents Mathurin Bouillie and Renée Gueue.
Birth/Baptism Baptized January 21, 1642, at Saint-Martin church in Igé (Orne), Diocese of Sées, Perche, France.
Migration Arrived in Canada with her parents around 1644.
First Mention in NF 1644.
Confirmation Confirmed on February 2, 1660, at Château-Richer.
Death & Burial Buried on April 27, 1721, at Baie-Saint-Paul.

Marriage & Census Records

Marriage

Detail Description
Contract Date November 30, 1653, in Quebec before Notary Claude Aubert.
Ceremony Date May 25, 1654.
Ceremony Location Beaupré (or Notre-Dame church in Quebec).

New France Census Records (Beaupré Coast)

Year Head of Household Age Spouse & Age Children Listed (Ages) Assets
1666 Claude Bouchard 40 Louise Gasnier (24) Marie (6), Jacques (4), Marguerite (4 months). N/A
1667 Claude Bouchard 45 Louise Gasnier (25) Marie (8), Jacques (6), Marguerite (2). 7 livestock, 8 arpents (cultivated land).
1681 Claude Bouchard 55 Louise Gagnier (40) Marie (20), Jacques (18), Marguerite (14), François (12), Louise (11), Angélique (9), Jean (8), Rosalie (7). 2 rifles, 10 cattle, 6 arpents (cultivated land).

Children (12 Total with Claude Bouchard)

Name Born (Location) Years Notes
1. Marie-Françoise Bouchard Quebec 1659 – 1739
2. Jacques Bouchard ~1662 ~1662 – 1690
3. Gilles Bouchard Château-Richer 1664 – 1664 Died as an infant.
4. Marguerite Bouchard Château-Richer 1665 – 1731
5. Louise Bouchard ~1668 ~1668 – 1696
6. Anne Bouchard Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré 1670 – 1731
7. Geneviève Bouchard Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré 1672 – 1754
8. François Bouchard Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré 1674 – 1756
9. Rosalie Bouchard Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré 1676 – 1733
10. Claude Bouchard Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré 1678 – 1678 Died as an infant.
11. Louis Bouchard Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré 1680 – 1727
12. Antoine Bouchard Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré 1682 – 1759

Credits

Compiled by Mark Rabideau, Opa & Professional Genealogist.

Sources

Bibliography

  • Tanguay, Cyprien (1871–1890). Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families, 7 volumes.
  • IGD Civil status records and church registers of Quebec (Drouin Collection), 1621 to 1997 – Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection: Institut Généalogique Drouin.
  • Marriage with Louise Gasnier: FamilySearch Link
  • Burial: FamilySearch Link
  • Tree: Nos Origines
  • Tree: FindAGrave Memorial
  • PRDH – Research Programme in Historical Demography, University of Montreal.
  • PREFEN – Research Programme on French Emigration to New France, University of Caen.
  • 1666, General State of the Inhabitants of Canada, compiled by Senécal, Jean-Guy (referring to Volume IV & V, Chapter IV of the book History of French Canadians by Benjamin Sulte).
  • 1667 in New France, Census of, compiled by Senécal, Jean-Guy (referring to Volume IV & V, Chapter IV of the book History of French Canadians by Benjamin Sulte).
  • 1681 in New France, Census of, compiled by Senécal, Jean-Guy (referring to Volume IV & V, Chapter IV of the book History of French Canadians by Benjamin Sulte).
  • Carpin, Gervais (2001). The Canada Network. Study of the migratory mode from France to New France (1628 – 1662). Sillery and Paris, Septentrion and Presses of the University of Paris-Sorbonne, pages vii-552.
  • Gariép

Original Footnotes (1-33)

  1. Fichier Origine 241617
  2. PREFEN Fiche 14420
  3. PRDH Family 3493
  4. Tanguay, vol. 1, p. 69
  5. Carpin 1999, Appendix D, p. 573
  6. Numbered #105 in Carpin’s list and in the list that can be seen on the Percheron Immigration Category page.
  7. PREFEN Fiche 14420, Baptism certificate
  8. PREFEN Fiche 14420, Origins
  9. Igé (INSEE 61207) is today a French commune located in the department of Orne in the Lower Normandy region.
  10. PREFEN Fiche 14420, Departure
  11. Lesperance 2002 citing Jetté 1983, pp. 447-448: “GAGNE, Louis (Miller) from Ige, with wife Marie MICHEL & daughter Louise departed Ige 1643-44.”
  12. Lesperance 2002 citing Jetté 1983, pp. 447-448: “GAGNE, Louis (Miller) from Ige, with wife Marie MICHEL & daughter Louise departed Ige 1643-44.”
  13. perche-quebec.com
  14. PREFEN Data sheet 14420, Life in New France
  15. Senécal, Census of 1666
  16. Généalogie Québec 8905
  17. PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (membership): family: 840 PRDH Family 780
  18. PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (free): Pioneer: 3492 PRDH Individual 3492
  19. PREFEN File 12880
  20. Généalogie Québec 8906
  21. Tanguay, vol. 1, p. 69
  22. Carpin 1999, Appendix D, p. 575
  23. Numbered #173 in Carpin’s list and in the list that can be seen on the Percheron Immigration Category page.
  24. PREFEN File 12880, Origins
  25. Historical and modern geography of the place of baptism, PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (free): Pioneer: 3492 Date and place of birth according to PRDH: Date – c. 1626. Place – st-cosme-de-vair (now st-cosme-en-vairais), diocese of le mans, maine (ar. mamers, sarthe).
  26. PREFEN File 12880, Departure
  27. Lesperance 2002 citing Jetté 1983, p. 132: “BOUCHARD, Claude (Tailor) departed St-Cosme-de-Vair.”
  28. PREFEN File 12880, Life in New France
  29. PREFEN File 14420, Life in New France
  30. Senécal, Census of 1666
  31. Senécal, Census of 1667
  32. Senécal, Census of 1681
  33. Fichier Origine Louise Gasnier 2013 Quebec Federation of Genealogical Societies