Suzanne COIGNON (COGNON)

(b. abt. 1627 , Marans, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France d. 3 February 1704 , Montréal, Canada, New France )

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Suzanne COIGNON (COGNON) was born abt. 1627 in Marans, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Suzanne COIGNON (COGNON) was the child of ? and ?

Suzanne was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1660.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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

Suzanne married Elie-Joseph BEAUJEAN abt. 1655 in Marans, Aunis, France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Elie-Joseph BEAUJEAN was born 24 March 1624 in Puyravault, Ste-Trinité, Aunis, France. Elie-Joseph died 16 June 1683 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).

Suzanne COIGNON (COGNON) died 3 February 1704 in Montréal, Canada, New France .

daughter of Jacques Coignon and Marie Lusard

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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 Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Family and Children of Suzanne COIGNON (COGNON)

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Suzanne COIGNON (COGNON) married

Elie-Joseph BEAUJEAN-- Date: abt. 1655 Place: Marans, Aunis, France
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

PRDH has records of the baptisms of several of their children, the first one in Montreal in 1660

Children of Elie-Joseph BEAUJEAN and Suzanne COIGNON (COGNON):

Simon BEAUJEAN (b.31 October 1655, Marans, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France d. abt. 1659, , France)

Suzanne BEAUJAN (b.20 November 1656, Marans, Aunis, France d. 12 November 1723, La Prairie, Canada, New France )
m. Mathurin MOQUIN 29 February 1672 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jacques BEAUJEAN (b.26 October 1660, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 14 August 1732, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Marguerite MARTIN 31 July 1719 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Marguerite BEAUJAN (b.20 August 1663, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 15 February 1680, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* )
m. Jean-Francois-Baptiste VENNE (VOYNE) 15 November 1677 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Mathurine BEAUJAN (b.25 April 1666, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 7 July 1748, Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Leonard SIMON 29 October 1681 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Antoine BEAUJEAN (b.14 April 1668, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 22 May 1693, Montréal, Canada, New France )

René BEAUJEAN (b.26 December 1671, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 10 April 1742, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Elisabeth THUILLIER 24 November 1698 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1655 Birth of Child
Simon BEAUJEAN was born 31 October 1655, Marans, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1656 Birth of Child
Suzanne BEAUJAN was born 20 November 1656, Marans, Aunis, France

1660 Birth of Child
Jacques BEAUJEAN was born 26 October 1660, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1663 Birth of Child
Marguerite BEAUJAN was born 20 August 1663, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666
Eslie Beaujan 40 Habitant

Suzanne Cognon 39 Epouse

Suzanne Baujan 9 Fille

Jacques Baujan 5 Fils

Marguerite Baujan 2 Fille

Jacques Cognon 22 Frere de lad. Cognon
1666 Montreal Census
The History of Montréal: The Story of Great North American City

1666 Birth of Child
Mathurine BEAUJAN was born 25 April 1666, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1668 Birth of Child
Antoine BEAUJEAN was born 14 April 1668, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1671 Birth of Child
René BEAUJEAN was born 26 December 1671, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1672 Marriage of Child
Suzanne BEAUJAN married 29 February 1672, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Mathurin MOQUIN

1677 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BEAUJAN married 15 November 1677, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Jean-Francois-Baptiste VENNE (VOYNE)

1680 Death of Child
Marguerite BEAUJAN died 15 February 1680, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

1681
'Elie Beaugeau 58 ans, Suzanne Couloyne (Coignon) sa femme 54 ans, Jacques 21 ans, Mathurine 16 ans, Antoine 14 ans, René 10 ans, 1 fusil, 9 bêtes à cornes et 24 arpents en valeur.'
1681 Montreal Census
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1681 Marriage of Child
Mathurine BEAUJAN married 29 October 1681 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Leonard SIMON

1683 Death of Spouse/Partner
Elie-Joseph BEAUJEAN died 16 June 1683, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1693 Death of Child
Antoine BEAUJEAN died 22 May 1693, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Marriage of Child
René BEAUJEAN married 24 November 1698, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Elisabeth THUILLIER

1704 Death
Death found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

3 Feb 1704

Susanne Coignon Beaujan
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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