Bertrand  CHENAY dit LAGARENNE (CHAINE, CHESNE)

1622 Birth
20 February 1622
Yffiniac, St-Brieuc, Bretagne, France

'Bertrand, son of Nicolas Chenay and Catherine Laringue, was born under the sky of Brittany, in the small village of Yffiniac, canton of Langueux, arrondissement and diocese of Saint-Brieuc, department of Cotes-du-Nord... Bertrand arrived in New France at about the age of thirty. His first official appearance was recorded in our Canadian registries in 1656.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XII, Page 87

1656 Marriage / Partner
Bertrand CHENAY dit LAGARENNE (CHAINE, CHESNE) and Marie-Madeleine BELANGER 7 August 1656, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 34 years old.

1658 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine CHENAY dite LAGARENNE was born 20 August 1658, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Bertrand was 36 years old.

1660 Birth of Child
Anne CHENAY was born 13 November 1660, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Bertrand was 38 years old.

1661 Birth of Child
Jean CHENAY was born 11 November 1661, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Bertrand was 39 years old.

1664 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne CHENAY (CHAINE) was born 7 October 1664, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Bertrand was 42 years old.

1666 Quebec
Bertrand Chesnay Sr. de la garenne...........40 marchant
Marie Magdelaine Bellanger ..................24 sa femme
Marie Chesnay ................................8 fille
Anne Chesnay ...........................18 mois fille
Jean Chesnay..................................4 fils
Robert Tourneroche...........................20 tailleur d'habits engagé
Et Anne Gaigneur.............................13 servante
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1667 Birth of Child
Joseph CHENAY (CHAINE) was born 19 April 1667, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Bertrand was 45 years old.

1669 Birth of Child
Marguerite CHENAY was born 15 January 1669, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Bertrand was 46 years old.

1670 Birth of Child
Nicolas CHENAY was born 6 January 1670, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Bertrand was 47 years old.

1671 Marriage / Partner
Bertrand CHENAY dit LAGARENNE (CHAINE, CHESNE) and Elisabeth AUBERT 4 February 1671, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

He was 48 years old.

1672 Birth of Child
Elisabeth CHENAY was born 1 January 1672, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Bertrand was 49 years old.

1673 Birth of Child
Charles-Bertrand CHENAY was born 22 February 1673, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Bertrand was 51 years old.

1674 Birth of Child
Anne-Madeleine CHENAY was born 22 July 1674, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Bertrand was 52 years old.

1675 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine CHENAY dite LAGARENNE married 16 September 1675, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU (BRUNO)

1675 Birth of Child
Françoise CHENAY was born 20 September 1675, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Bertrand was 53 years old.

1677 Birth of Child
Marie-Angélique CHENAY was born 20 April 1677, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Bertrand was 55 years old.

1678 Birth of Child
Louis CHENAY was born 26 August 1678 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Bertrand was 56 years old.

1681 Birth of Child
Marie-Agnes CHENAY was born 14 June 1681, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Bertrand was 59 years old.

'One misfortune often feeds on another: Fire is sometimes a cruel thief. On 4 August 1682, at 9:30 in the evening, the red-hooded bandit invaded the Lower Town of Quebec. Fifty-five buildings burned and as many families were thrown onto the narrow pavement. One of the last houses to catch fire was that of Seigneur Chenay. It was used as a home, a warehouse and a tavern, all at the same time. On 16 August, the master returned to the quay of Quebec in his large boat and beheld the disaster! The whole family had to move to the old manor house at Lotinville. It was there that Jean-Baptiste was born in November.

The Breton Chenay found this crushing blow too much for his sixty years to bear. He died on Wednesday, 16 January 1683, at the home of surgeon Jean de Mosny, in the Lower Town...'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XII, Pages 94-95

1682 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne CHENAY (CHAINE) married 8 January 1682, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Pierre LEMAITRE dit LOTTINVILLE

1682 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste CHENAY dit LAGARENNE was born 25 November 1682, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Bertrand was 60 years old.

1683 Death
16 January 1683
Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He died at the age of 60.