Helene  DESPORTES

Biography
DESPORTES, HÉLÈNE (Hébert; Morin), said to be the first white child born in New France, daughter of Pierre Desportes and Françoise Langlois; m. Guillaume Hébert in October 1634; m. secondly Noël Morin 9 Jan. 1640 at Quebec; d. 24 June 1675.

The date of Hélène’s birth has not been definitely fixed. Dionne says that she came to Quebec with her parents in 1613, Sulte that she was born in Quebec about 1622. Statistics from other sources indicate that she was 14 years old in 1634, 38 in 1659, 46 in 1666, and 48 in 1667. Anne Hébert, according to Champlain, had died in childbirth prior to 1620; but since there is no further mention of her child, it was presumably still-born. Eustache Martin was born in October 1621. If, however, we assume Hélène’s birthdate to be 1620, which seems most probable, her claim is established as being the first white child born alive in the St. Lawrence region. (Sulte, to be sure, claims for Guillemette Hébert the honour of being the first-born Canadienne, on...Read MORE...


Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003

1634 Marriage / Partner
Helene DESPORTES and Guillaume HÉBERT 1 October 1634, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1636 Birth of Child
Joseph HÉBERT was born 1 October 1636, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1638 Birth of Child
Françoise HÉBERT was born 23 January 1638, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1639 Birth of Child
Angélique HÉBERT was born 2 August 1639, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1639 Death of Spouse/Partner
Guillaume HÉBERT died 23 September 1639, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1640 Marriage / Partner
Helene DESPORTES and Noel MORIN 9 January 1640, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1641 Birth of Child
Agnes MORIN was born 21 January 1641, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1642 Birth of Child
Germain MORIN was born 14 January 1642 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1643 Birth of Child
Louise MORIN was born 27 April 1643, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1644 Birth of Child
Nicolas MORIN was born 26 April 1644 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1645 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MORIN DE ROCHEBELLE was born 22 May 1645 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1646 Birth of Child
Marguerite MORIN was born 29 September 1646 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1647 Birth of Child
Helene MORIN was born 29 September 1647 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1649 Birth of Child
Marie MORIN was born 19 March 1649, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1650 Birth of Child
Alphonse MORIN dit VALCOURT was born 12 December 1650, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1651 Marriage of Child
Françoise HÉBERT married 20 November 1651, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Guillaume FOURNIER

1652 Birth of Child
Noel MORIN was born 12 October 1652, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1653 Marriage of Child
Agnes MORIN married 17 November 1653, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Nicolas GAUDRY dit BOURBONNIÈRE

1654 Birth of Child
Charles MORIN was born 29 August 1654 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1656 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine MORIN was born 28 December 1656, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1659 Marriage of Child
Louise MORIN married 20 April 1659 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Charles CLOUTIER

1660 Marriage of Child
Joseph HÉBERT married 12 October 1660, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Charlotte-Marie POITHIER (POITIERS) dite DUBUISSON

1661 Death of Child
Helene MORIN died 9 May 1661, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1661 Death of Child
Joseph HÉBERT died 15 June 1661, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

1666 Sainct Jean, Sainct Francois & Sainct Michel
Noel Morin - 57 charron habittant

helleine desportes - 46 sa femme

Nicolas Morin - 22 fils

Jean Baptiste Morin - 21 fils

Charles Morin - 11 fils

Alphonse Morin - 15 fils

Marie Magdelaine Morin - 9 fille

Marie Charlotte de poyetiers - 25 vefve de joseph hebert

et Jean Ballié - 26 domestique Engaigé
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1667 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste MORIN DE ROCHEBELLE married 22 November 1667, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Catherine DE BELLEAU

1670 Marriage of Child
Alphonse MORIN dit VALCOURT married 10 February 1670, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Marie-Madeleine NORMAND

1671 Marriage of Child
Agnes MORIN married 12 January 1671, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Ignace BONHOMME dit BEAUPRÉ

1671 Death of Child
Charles MORIN died 4 October 1671, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1673 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine MORIN married 29 May 1673, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Gilles RAGEOT

1675 Death
'...This is the way things were when the generous and brilliant Helene Desportes, faithful wife, incomparable mother and valued mid-wife, died on the Sainte-Genevieve coast on Saint-Jean's Day 1675. Alas! her burial act was not recorded in the registry of Quebec. But her name appears there more than 20 times as godmother.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVI, Page 177