Jeanne
DEVOISY (ROUSSI)
Born
27 April 1612
,
St-Pierre-et-St-Paul, Gallardon, Chartres, Beauce, France
Died
12 December 1689
,
Sorel, Canada, New France
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Born: 27 April 1612 in St-Pierre-et-St-Paul, Gallardon, Chartres, Beauce, France
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Jeanne was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1636.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jeanne married Nicolas PELLETIER abt. 1631 in France . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Nicolas PELLETIER was born 4 June 1596 in St-Pierre-St-Paul, Gallardon, Chartres, Beauce, France. Nicolas died 9 November 1674 in Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery).
Jeanne DEVOISY (ROUSSI) died 12 December 1689 in Sorel, Canada, New France .
daughter of Barthelemy De Voisy and Jeanne Gardony
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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 Jeanne DEVOISY (ROUSSI)
Jeanne DEVOISY (ROUSSI) married 
Nicolas PELLETIER
Marriage date: abt. 1631
Marriage place: , France
Nicolas PELLETIERMarriage 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 — 161227 April 1612
St-Pierre-et-St-Paul, Gallardon, Chartres, Beauce, France
Jeanne Devoisy
Very interesting comments -- source archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ th/ read/ QUEBEC-RESEARCH/ 2004-07/ 1090248858 (see below):
'In a message dated 7/ 19/ 2004 9:50:50 AM Eastern Standard Time, ecarla@rogers.com writes:
On this site (below), Nicolas Pelletier and his wife Jeanne Roussy were
mentioned and refered to Jeanne as 'sauvagesse', and then refer to their
children, grandchildren, etc. as 'Metis' thereafter. As this couple is
part of my husband's ancestry, I am wondering if Jeanne Roussy was born
native and where to find that information. Other sites suggest that she
was born in France and is the sister of the first wife. Is there anywhere on the web to verify a person's Metis heritage? Before I put any of this info in my database, I want to make sure the info is accurate...I especially don't want to list children as Metis when they aren't. Also, I was wondering.....how far down the line can one consider themselves 'Metis' from the original 'white' father and 'native'...Read full story
Very interesting comments -- source archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ th/ read/ QUEBEC-RESEARCH/ 2004-07/ 1090248858 (see below):
'In a message dated 7/ 19/ 2004 9:50:50 AM Eastern Standard Time, ecarla@rogers.com writes:
On this site (below), Nicolas Pelletier and his wife Jeanne Roussy were
mentioned and refered to Jeanne as 'sauvagesse', and then refer to their
children, grandchildren, etc. as 'Metis' thereafter. As this couple is
part of my husband's ancestry, I am wondering if Jeanne Roussy was born
native and where to find that information. Other sites suggest that she
was born in France and is the sister of the first wife. Is there anywhere on the web to verify a person's Metis heritage? Before I put any of this info in my database, I want to make sure the info is accurate...I especially don't want to list children as Metis when they aren't. Also, I was wondering.....how far down the line can one consider themselves 'Metis' from the original 'white' father and 'native'...Read full story
1637 Birth of ChildMarie PELLETIER was born 3 April 1637, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Jeanne was 24 years old.
1640 Birth of ChildLouise PELLETIER was born 10 May 1640, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Jeanne was 28 years old.
1642 Birth of ChildFrançoise PELLETIER was born 13 April 1642, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Jeanne was 29 years old.
1644 Birth of ChildJeanne PELLETIER was born 19 March 1644, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Jeanne was 31 years old.
1646 Birth of ChildGeneviève PELLETIER was born 6 April 1646, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Jeanne was 33 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)
Jeanne was 37 years old.
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 Marriage of ChildGeneviève PELLETIER married 8 September 1669, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery) to Thomas LEFEBVRE
1674 Death of Spouse/PartnerNicolas PELLETIER died 9 November 1674, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)
1677 Marriage of ChildNicolas PELLETIER dit MAROLLES married 3 June 1677, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada to Françoise OUECHIPICHINOKOUE
Death — 168912 December 1689
Sorel, Canada, New France
She died at the age of 77.
 - Sillery, 12 Sept 2005 - Monument
Ce monument est situé :
2608, chemin St-Louis. Sillery (Québec)
N 46.46.005 W071.16.376
Source: http://association.pelletier.net/
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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: http://association.pelletier.net/
GrandesFamilles/NicolasPelletier/
Monument.html){kind=small}
Source: association.pelletier.net/
GrandesFamilles/ NicolasPelletier/
Monument.html
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