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HELP! Ancestor is complete! immigrant flag male ancestor  François  BELANGER

  (b. 7 October 1612 Lisieux, Normandie, France   d. abt. 1686 L'Islet, Canada, New France )  

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François BELANGER was born 7 October 1612 in Lisieux, Normandie, France. François BELANGER was the child of Francois BELANGER   and   Francoise HORLAYS

François was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1637.

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

François  married  Marie GUYON (GUION) 12 July 1637 in Québec, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 12 children. Marie GUYON (GUION)  was born 18 March 1624 in Mortagne, Perche, France (Mortagne-au-Perche).  Marie died 29 August 1696 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola).  Marie was the child of Jean GUYON and Mathurine ROBIN.

François BELANGER died abt. 1686 in L'Islet, Canada, New France .

Occupation: Seigneur Bonsecours L'Islet, Macon


Details of the family tree of François appear below.
Did You Know? Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From 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 MacDonald for providing this information.
Did You Know?Québec Généalogie - Did you know? In New France, children of fur traders and their Indian wives were known as Metis.
Did You Know? Québec Généalogie - The Seigneurial System (1627 - 1854)
The seigneurial system was a form of land settlement modeled on the French feudal system. It began in New France in 1627 with the formation of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés (or Company of 100 Associates), which was initially responsible for handing out land grants and seigneurial rights. The land was divided into five by 15 kilometer plots, usually along major rivers like the St. Lawrence. They were then further subdivided into narrow, but long lots for settlement. These lots were usually long enough to be suitable for faming, and they provided everyone who lived on them with equal access to neighbouring farms and the river. There were three main groups of people who lived off the land in this system: Seigneurs, Habitants and Engagés

François BELANGER was a seigneur.
Seigneurs were the most important colonists, as they were usually in the military or aristocracy prior to being a settler. These seigneurs then were charged with the task of subdividing large parcels of land into five by 15 kilometer concessions, then renting this land to a habitant. Under regulations set up by the French government in France, the seigneur could also set up a court of law, set up a mill on his land and organize a commune.

Source: Canada in the Making (www.canadiana.ca/citm/index_e.html)

François was a Seigneur Bonsecours L'Islet, Macon.
The maçon, or mason, was a person who worked in stone or brick construction. Also known as a brick mason, stone mason or bricklayer, the mason was a craftsman who laid bricks to construct brickwork, or who laid any combination of stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or similar pieces.
Source: tfcq.ca

Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of François BELANGER

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François BELANGER married Ancestor is complete!immigrant flag female ancestor Marie GUYON (GUION)-- Date: 12 July 1637 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
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Marie GUYON (GUION) was the child of Jean GUYON and Mathurine ROBIN


Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada


"On 27 July 1636, Francois Belanger was mentioned for the first time in New France... On 12 July of the following year, Francois took himself a wife. His union with the thirteen year old Marie Guyon, daughter of Jean and Mathurine Robin, was blessed by Father Charles Lallemant, acting as the curate of Notre-Dame-des-Anges. The marriage act, drawn up in 1640, tells us that Francois was a mason by trade."

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume VI, Page 23


Children of François BELANGER and Marie GUYON (GUION):

flag male ancestor Charles BELANGER (b.19 August 1640, Québec, Canada, New France   d. 14 December 1692, Château-Richer, Canada, New France )
m. Barbe-Delphine CLOUTIER 21 November 1663 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

flag female ancestor Marie-Madeleine BELANGER (b.15 February 1643, Québec, Canada, New France   d. bef. 21 January 1671, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France)
m. Bertrand CHENAY dit LAGARENNE (CHAINE, CHESNE) 7 August 1656 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

flag female ancestor Marguerite BELANGER (b.23 November 1645, Québec, Canada, New France   d. 22 January 1703, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Antoine BERSON dit CHATILLON 19 November 1663 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
m. Louis LEVASSEUR 13 December 1666 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

flag male ancestor Jean-François BELANGER (b.15 February 1648, Québec, Canada, New France   d. 5 February 1682, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France )
m. Marie CLOUTIER 17 November 1671 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

flag female ancestor Marie-Françoise-Charlotte BELANGER (b.25 June 1650 , Québec, Canada, New France   d. 3 October 1710, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Jean LANGLOIS 19 October 1665 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
m. Thomas ROUSSEAU 4 July 1691 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Ancestor is complete!flag female ancestor Mathurine BELANGER (b.11 June 1652, Québec, Canada, New France   d. 18 January 1698, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France )
m. Jean MAHEU 18 September 1673 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
m. Antoine DESERRE 2 October 1674 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
m. François GREGOIRE 26 April 1688 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

flag male ancestor Louis BELANGER (b.18 December 1654, Québec, Canada, New France   d. 1 October 1724, L'Islet, Canada, New France )
m. Marguerite LEFRANCOIS 3 November 1682 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Ancestor is complete!flag female ancestor Louise BELANGER (b.14 September 1657, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France   d. 5 July 1726, Château-Richer, Canada, New France )
m. Jean CLOUTIER 14 November 1679 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

flag female ancestor Geneviève BELANGER (b.abt. 1659, , Québec Province, Canada   d. ,  )
m. Guillaume FERTÉ (FRETE) 23 November 1682 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

flag baby boy ancestor Guillaume BELANGER (b.4 April 1661, Château-Richer, Canada, New France   d. 4 April 1661, Château-Richer, Canada, New France )

flag male ancestor Jacques BELANGER (b.24 July 1662, Château-Richer, Canada, New France   d. 17 August 1699, L'Islet, Canada, New France )
m. Elisabeth THIBAULT 22 November 1691 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Ancestor is complete!flag baby girl ancestor Anne BELANGER (b.26 July 1664 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France   d. 24 August 1665, Château-Richer, Canada, New France )


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1612 Birth
7 October 1612
Lisieux, Normandie, France
François BELANGER - Title	Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis
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Title Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie
Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie, Cyprien Tanguay
Author Cyprien Tanguay
Published 1871
Original from Oxford University
Digitized Jun 9, 2006
Page 38

1637 Marriage / Partner
François BELANGER and Marie GUYON (GUION) 12 July 1637, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1640 Birth of Child
Charles BELANGER was born 19 August 1640, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1643 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine BELANGER was born 15 February 1643, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1645 Birth of Child
Marguerite BELANGER was born 23 November 1645, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1648 Birth of Child
Jean-François BELANGER was born 15 February 1648, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1650 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise-Charlotte BELANGER was born 25 June 1650 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1652 Birth of Child
Mathurine BELANGER was born 11 June 1652, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1654 Birth of Child
Louis BELANGER was born 18 December 1654, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1657 Birth of Child
Louise BELANGER was born 14 September 1657, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)
1661 Birth of Child
Guillaume BELANGER was born 4 April 1661, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
1662 Birth of Child
Jacques BELANGER was born 24 July 1662, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
1664 Birth of Child
Anne BELANGER was born 26 July 1664 , Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
1665 Death of Child
Anne BELANGER died 24 August 1665, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
1666 Habittans de Beaupré
francois Bellanger - 54 habittant

Marie Dion - 40 sa femme

Jean françois Bellangér .17 fils

Mathurine Bellanger - 14 fille

Louis Belangér - 12 fils

Louis(e) bellangér - 9 fille

Geneviefve Bellangér - 7 fille

Jacques Bellangér - 4 fils

Noel Mureau - 24 Engaigé domestique

Et George Tasser - 26 aussy domestique Engaigé
The first census of New France (1666)
1667 Census - Montmorency County, Quebec
Francois Belanger, habitant, 55 years
Marie Guyon, 43 years
Jean Francois Belanger, 19 years
Mathurine Belanger, 16 years
Louis Belanger, 13 years
Louise Belanger, 10 years
Genevieve Belanger 9 years
Jacques Belanger, 5 years
Noel Mezereau, domestique, 25 years
1681 Canadian Census Seigneurie de Bellechasse
Francois Belanger, 60
Marie Guion, sa femme, 55
enfants:
Genevieve, 21
Jacques, 18
domestiques:
Jean de Lavoye, 17
Barthelemy Gobeil, 14
Pierre Lafaye, 56
Pierre Matule, 4

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
1682 Death of Child
Jean-François BELANGER died 5 February 1682, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)
1685
'ON 25 OCTOBER 1685, HE BEQUEATHED ALL OF HIS REMAINING PROPERTY TO HIS SON JACQUES, IN RETURN FOR GOOD AND LOYAL SERVICE. THIS DONATION INCLUDED HIS LANDS AT BONSECOURS, A HORSE, A BARN, A MILL, A MARE, THREE OXEN, THREE COWS, WAGONS, ETC. MARIE GUYON RATIFIED THIS ACT ON 25 APRIL 1687, IN A DOCUMENT WHICH INDICATED THAT SHE HAD BECOME A WIDOW. FRANCOIS HAD PROBABLY DIED THE PRECEDING WINTER WHILE MARIE WOULD LIVE FOR ABOUT ANOTHER TEN YEARS. THE REGISTRY OF CAP-SAINT-IGNACE MENTIONS HER BURIAL ACT, ON 1 OCTOBER 1696. SHE WAS THEN 78 YEARS OLD.'

THOMAS J. LAFOREST
OUR FRENCH-CANADIAN ANCESTORS : VOLUME VI, PAGE 27
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