Marie-Madeleine Roussin & Pierre Tremblay
This document outlines the lives of Marie Roussin, a native-born settler of New France, and Pierre Tremblay, the pioneer Seigneur of Les Éboulements.
Marie Roussin (1669 – After 1754)
Origins and Biography
Marie Roussin was born on November 25, 1669, in L'Ange-Gardien, Canada, New France. She lived a long life, surviving her husband by over 17 years.
- Status Note: Although the provided source states she was one of the Filles du Roi (King's Daughters), this is historically impossible, as the program ran from 1663-1673 and involved French immigrants, while Marie was born in New France in 1669. She was a native-born pioneer whose large family significantly contributed to the colony's growth.
- Marriage: She married Pierre Tremblay on November 15, 1685, in L'Ange-Gardien.[^4]
- Later Life: The last known record of Marie Roussin is from May 1754, at which time she was 84 years old.[^5]
Pierre Tremblay (1660 – 1736)
Origins and Role
Pierre Tremblay was the son of Pierre Tremblay and Ozanne Jeanne Achon.
- Birth/Baptism: He was baptized on August 12, 1660, in Quebec City, New France.[^5]
- First Marriage: On November 3, 1683, he first married Marie Madeleine Simard in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, with whom he had one child that died in infancy.
- Second Marriage: He married Marie Roussin in 1685.
- Role: He was the Seigneur of Les Éboulements, a municipality in the Charlevoix region.
- Death: He died on October 17, 1736, and was buried in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Charlevoix.[^4]
Children
Pierre Tremblay and Marie Roussin had 15 known children (14 surviving infancy, 13 of whom married and had families), in addition to the one child from his first marriage.
Children of Pierre Tremblay and Marie Madeleine Simard
| Name | Birth – Death Years | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Pierre Tremblay | 1684–1685 | Died in infancy. |
Children of Pierre Tremblay and Marie Roussin (15 Children)
| Name | Birth – Death Years | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Rosalie Tremblay | 1687–1711 | |
| Marie-Madeleine Tremblay | 1688–1755 | |
| Geneviève Tremblay | 1690–1690 | Twin; died in infancy. |
| Étienne Tremblay | 1690–1767 | Twin; later involved in legal dispute over seigneury. |
| Geneviève Tremblay | 1693–1726 | |
| Louis Tremblay | 1695–1772 | |
| Marie Tremblay | 1697–1764 | |
| Nicolas Tremblay | 1699–1748 | |
| Jean Tremblay | 1701–1783 | |
| François Xavier Tremblay | 1702–1790 | Received land via donation from parents. |
| Augustin Tremblay | 1704–1750 | Received land via donation from parents. |
| Joseph Tremblay | 1706–1792 | |
| Angélique Tremblay | 1708–1752 | |
| Marie Anne Tremblay | 1710–1750 | |
| Marie Josèphe Tremblay | 1712–1752 |
Notarial Records and Legal Disputes
Pierre Tremblay and Marie Roussin actively managed their assets through notarial acts, ensuring land passed to their children.
- Donation to François Tremblay (1729): On October 20, 1729, Pierre Tremblay and Marie Roussin donated a three-arpent piece of land in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François to their son François Tremblay and his wife, Marie-Reine Dufour.[^1]
- Donation to Augustin Tremblay (1735): On July 13, 1735, the couple donated a piece of land to their son Augustin Tremblay, to be detached from their property in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François.[^2]
- Legal Dispute (1753): On October 9, 1753, a legal dispute arose between Étienne Tremblay, the eldest son, and other heirs of Pierre Tremblay concerning the division of part of the Seigneury of Les Éboulements. The court ordered that the division be carried out by a notary.[^3]
Credits
Compiled by Mark Rabideau, Opa & Professional Genealogist.
Sources
[^1]: Donation to François Tremblay and Marie-Reine Dufour, October 20, 1729. Recorded on September 4, 1731 (Notary Louet). Link to document. [^2]: Donation to Augustin Tremblay, July 13, 1735. Recorded on July 15, 1735 (Notary Louet). Link to document. [^3]: Legal dispute involving Marie Roussin, October 9, 1753. Link to document. [^4]: Programme de recherche en démographie historique (PRDH), Université de Montréal. https://www.prdh-igd.com/. [^5]: Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec, René Jetté, 1983. [^6]: Filles du Roi, Canadian Encyclopedia. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/. [^7]: Ancestry.com, Tremblay Family Tree Records. https://www.ancestry.com/. [^8]: Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Registres paroissiaux catholiques 1621-1979. https://www.familysearch.org/. [^9]: Genealogy of the French families of the Detroit river region, by Christian Denissen, 1987. [^10]: Dictionnaire genealogique des familles Canadiennes, by Cyprien Tanguay, 1982.