Nicolas
PELLETIER
Born
4 June 1596
,
St-Pierre-St-Paul, Gallardon, Chartres, Beauce, France
Died
9 November 1674
,
Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
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Born: 4 June 1596 in St-Pierre-St-Paul, Gallardon, Chartres, Beauce, France
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Nicolas was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1636.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Nicolas married Jeanne DEVOISY (ROUSSI) abt. 1631 in France . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Jeanne DEVOISY (ROUSSI) was born 27 April 1612 in St-Pierre-et-St-Paul, Gallardon, Chartres, Beauce, France. Jeanne died 12 December 1689 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).
Nicolas PELLETIER died 9 November 1674 in Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France .
son of Francois Pelletier and Simone Pichereau
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WORK & OCCUPATION
Occupation
Recorded occupation: Master Carpenter
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Spouse & Children of Nicolas PELLETIER
Nicolas PELLETIER married 
Jeanne DEVOISY (ROUSSI)
Marriage date: abt. 1631
Marriage place: , France
Jeanne DEVOISY (ROUSSI)Marriage date: abt. 1631
Marriage place: , France
Marriage notes:
"In 1632, Nicolas marries Jeanne de Voissy (de Vouzy) (de Roussy), age 18, at Saint-Pierre Church in Gallardon (Galardon). Gallardon is located in the Beauce region of France, southwest of Paris between Chartres and the forest of Orléans"
Source: pellgene.tripod.com
Children of Nicolas PELLETIER and Jeanne DEVOISY (ROUSSI)
Jean PELLETIERMarried: Marie-Geneviève MANOVELY DE RÉVILLE 21 August 1662 Place: Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)
François PELLETIER dit ANTAYAMarried: Dorothee UNKNOWN April 1660 Place: Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada
Married: Marguerite-Madeleine MORISSEAU 26 September 1661 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Marie PELLETIERMarried: Nicolas GOUPIL dit LAVIOLETTE 17 October 1650 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Married: Denis JEAN dit DENIS 30 August 1655 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Louise PELLETIERMarried: Jean HAYOT (AYOTTE) 17 November 1653 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Françoise PELLETIERBorn: 13 April 1642, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 16 July 1707, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 16 July 1707, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France
Married: Jean BERIAULT 17 August 1654 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Married: Sébastien LIÉNARD dit DURBOIS 11 October 1655 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Jeanne PELLETIERBorn: 19 March 1644, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 23 January 1715, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Died: 23 January 1715, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Married: Noel JEREMIE SIEUR DE LA MONTAGNE 29 January 1659 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Geneviève PELLETIERMarried: Vincent VERDON 5 November 1663 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Married: Thomas LEFEBVRE 8 September 1669 Place: Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)
Nicolas PELLETIER dit MAROLLESBorn: 30 April 1649, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 12 February 1729, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Canada, New France
Died: 12 February 1729, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Canada, New France
Married: Madeleine TEGOUSSI 1675 Place: Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada
Married: Françoise OUECHIPICHINOKOUE 3 June 1677 Place: Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada
Married: Marie OUTCHIOUANICH 5 August 1715 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
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Birth — 15964 June 1596
St-Pierre-St-Paul, Gallardon, Chartres, Beauce, France
1636-1645
'The family lives in Quebec City from 1636 to 1645. During this time, Nicolas is a 'charpentier menusier' or 'master carpenter', who specializes in the construction of houses. On one occasion, he along with another master carpenter, PierrePelletier, appraised the timber-frames of Louis Hébert's house, the first private home to be built outside the Québec fortification. He also constructed the steeple of Notre Dame du Quebec, and the next year, contructed the roof of Château Saint-Louis, the governor's residence. Over the next 2 decades he contracts himself out to frame and build several other houses and barns in and around Quebec.'
Source: www.geocities.com/ m_ruel/ biographies/ pelletier.html
'The family lives in Quebec City from 1636 to 1645. During this time, Nicolas is a 'charpentier menusier' or 'master carpenter', who specializes in the construction of houses. On one occasion, he along with another master carpenter, PierrePelletier, appraised the timber-frames of Louis Hébert's house, the first private home to be built outside the Québec fortification. He also constructed the steeple of Notre Dame du Quebec, and the next year, contructed the roof of Château Saint-Louis, the governor's residence. Over the next 2 decades he contracts himself out to frame and build several other houses and barns in and around Quebec.'
Source: www.geocities.com/ m_ruel/ biographies/ pelletier.html
1637 Birth of ChildMarie PELLETIER was born 3 April 1637, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Nicolas was 40 years old.
1640 Birth of ChildLouise PELLETIER was born 10 May 1640, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Nicolas was 43 years old.
1642 Birth of ChildFrançoise PELLETIER was born 13 April 1642, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Nicolas was 45 years old.
1644 Birth of ChildJeanne PELLETIER was born 19 March 1644, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Nicolas was 47 years old.
1645
'On September 12, 1645, Governor Charles Huault de Montmagny gives Nicolas fifty arpents, or acres, in the seigniory of Sillery, adjacent to St-François-Xavier Fort, near Cap Rouge, along the St-Lawrence River, and the family settles there shortly thereafter.'
Source: www.geocities.com/ m_ruel/ biographies/ pelletier.html
'On September 12, 1645, Governor Charles Huault de Montmagny gives Nicolas fifty arpents, or acres, in the seigniory of Sillery, adjacent to St-François-Xavier Fort, near Cap Rouge, along the St-Lawrence River, and the family settles there shortly thereafter.'
Source: www.geocities.com/ m_ruel/ biographies/ pelletier.html
1646 Birth of ChildGeneviève PELLETIER was born 6 April 1646, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Nicolas was 49 years old.
1649 Birth of ChildNicolas PELLETIER dit MAROLLES was born 30 April 1649, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)
Nicolas was 52 years old.
1650
'In 1650, his family is attacked by 2 Iroquois indians, but Nicolas successfully defends his family and the homestead against the intruders.'
Source: www.geocities.com/ m_ruel/ biographies/ pelletier.html
'In 1650, his family is attacked by 2 Iroquois indians, but Nicolas successfully defends his family and the homestead against the intruders.'
Source: www.geocities.com/ m_ruel/ biographies/ pelletier.html
1650 Marriage of ChildMarie PELLETIER married 17 October 1650, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Nicolas GOUPIL dit LAVIOLETTE
1653 Marriage of ChildLouise PELLETIER married 17 November 1653, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Jean HAYOT (AYOTTE)
1654 Marriage of ChildFrançoise PELLETIER married 17 August 1654, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Jean BERIAULT
1655 Marriage of ChildMarie PELLETIER married 30 August 1655, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Denis JEAN dit DENIS
1655 Marriage of ChildFrançoise PELLETIER married 11 October 1655, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Sébastien LIÉNARD dit DURBOIS
1659 Marriage of ChildJeanne PELLETIER married 29 January 1659, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Noel JEREMIE SIEUR DE LA MONTAGNE
1660 Marriage of ChildFrançois PELLETIER dit ANTAYA married April 1660, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada to Dorothee UNKNOWN
1661 Marriage of ChildFrançois PELLETIER dit ANTAYA married 26 September 1661, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Marguerite-Madeleine MORISSEAU
1662 Marriage of ChildJean PELLETIER married 21 August 1662, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery) to Marie-Geneviève MANOVELY DE RÉVILLE
1663 Marriage of ChildGeneviève PELLETIER married 5 November 1663, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Vincent VERDON
1667 Census - Ste. Foy, Quebec
Nicolas Pelletier, 77 years, married
Jeanne Devourtais, 53 years, married
Nicolas Pelletier, 18 years
Pierre Quartier, domestique, 18 years
Nicolas Pelletier, 77 years, married
Jeanne Devourtais, 53 years, married
Nicolas Pelletier, 18 years
Pierre Quartier, domestique, 18 years
1669-1677
'In 1669, Nicolas rents out a large portion of his property to his son Jean for five years , and in 1670, he joins his son François, who now is known as Pelletier-dit-Ontaya (or Anthaïa, later Antaya), and his family in Saurel (Sorel). In 1677, at the latest, Nicolas and his son acquire property across the St-Lawrence River at Dautray (Seignneurie d'Autray), near what is now Berthierville.'
Source: www.geocities.com/ m_ruel/ biographies/ pelletier.html
'In 1669, Nicolas rents out a large portion of his property to his son Jean for five years , and in 1670, he joins his son François, who now is known as Pelletier-dit-Ontaya (or Anthaïa, later Antaya), and his family in Saurel (Sorel). In 1677, at the latest, Nicolas and his son acquire property across the St-Lawrence River at Dautray (Seignneurie d'Autray), near what is now Berthierville.'
Source: www.geocities.com/ m_ruel/ biographies/ pelletier.html
1669 Marriage of ChildGeneviève PELLETIER married 8 September 1669, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery) to Thomas LEFEBVRE
Death — 16749 November 1674
Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
He died at the age of 78.
2005 - Dedication of Monument
'The Pelletier Association informed me that a Nicolas Pelletier monument will be dedicated Sept 12, 2005, about 2pm, on land that was part Nicolas' farm. Location of the 52' monument: 'La Maison Hamel-Bruneau', a large multi-cultural center belonging to the City of Quebec. Address: 2608, chemin Saint-Louis, Sainte-Foy (corner Côte du verger).'
Source: boards.ancestry.com/ surnames.berard/ 163.3/ mb.ashx
'The Pelletier Association informed me that a Nicolas Pelletier monument will be dedicated Sept 12, 2005, about 2pm, on land that was part Nicolas' farm. Location of the 52' monument: 'La Maison Hamel-Bruneau', a large multi-cultural center belonging to the City of Quebec. Address: 2608, chemin Saint-Louis, Sainte-Foy (corner Côte du verger).'
Source: boards.ancestry.com/ surnames.berard/ 163.3/ mb.ashx
N 46.46.005 W071.16.376
Source: http://association.pelletier.net/
GrandesFamilles/NicolasPelletier/
Monument.html
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Sillery, 12 Sept 2005 - Monument
Ce monument est situé :
2608, chemin St-Louis. Sillery (Québec)
N 46.46.005 W071.16.376
Source: association.pelletier.net/
GrandesFamilles/ NicolasPelletier/
Monument.html
Source: association.pelletier.net/
GrandesFamilles/ NicolasPelletier/
Monument.html
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