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Helene
DESPORTES
(b.
abt. 1620
,
Québec, Canada, New France
d.
24 June 1675
,
Montmagny, Canada, New France
)
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Helene DESPORTES was born abt. 1620 in Québec, Canada, New France . Helene DESPORTES was the child of Pierre DESPORTES and Françoise LANGLOIS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Guillaume-Jean LANGLOIS and Jeanne MILLET
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Helene married Guillaume HÉBERT 1 October 1634 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children. Guillaume HÉBERT was born abt. 1610 in Paris, France. Guillaume died 23 September 1639 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Guillaume was the child of Louis HÉBERT and Marie ROLLET.
Helene married (2) Noel MORIN 9 January 1640 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children. Noel MORIN was born abt. 1609 in St-Étienne, Paris, France. Noel died 10 February 1680 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire).
Helene DESPORTES died 24 June 1675 in Montmagny, Canada, New France .
said to be the first white child born in New France
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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...Read MORE...
www.biographi.ca 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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Guillaume HÉBERT died 23 September 1639, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)- 1639 Birth of Child
Angélique HÉBERT was born 2 August 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)
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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Helene DESPORTES
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Guillaume HÉBERT-- Date: 1 October 1634 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) [database on-line]. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.
Guillaume HÉBERT was the child of Louis HÉBERT and Marie ROLLET
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Children of Guillaume HÉBERT and Helene DESPORTES:
Joseph HÉBERT (b.1 October 1636, Québec, Canada, New France d. 15 June 1661, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Charlotte-Marie POITHIER (POITIERS) dite DUBUISSON 12 October 1660 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Françoise HÉBERT (b.23 January 1638, Québec, Canada, New France d. 16 March 1716, Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France )
m. Guillaume FOURNIER 20 November 1651 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Angélique HÉBERT (b.2 August 1639, Québec, Canada, New France d. , )
Helene DESPORTES married Noel MORIN-- Date: 9 January 1640 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
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Notre-Dame-de-Quebec
"We do not know when nor how Noel Morin arrived at Quebec. He made his first official appearance in our national history at the home of notary Martial Piarude, on Tuesday, 27 December 1639. All the important people of the capital gathered to celebrate the signing of Noel's marriage contract, from Jean Bourdon to Jean Jolliet, including Robert Giffard, Guillaume and Louis Couillard, Father Jean Leseur, not to forget their great ladies."
"Why such solemnity? The bride was none other than Helene Desportes, daughter of Pierre and of Francoise Langlois, niece of Abraham Martin. Helene, the first white child born at New France, had been baptized at Quebec on 16 July 1620, according to Rene Jette. She went to France with her parents in 1629 and returned to Canada in 1634. Guillaume Hebert, son of Louis and of Marrie Rollet, married to Helen Desportes on the first of October 1634, had died at Quebec on 23 September 1639, leaving his wife with 3 children, including two who survived: Joseph and Francoise."
"... On Monday, 9 January 1640, the Jesuit Nicolas Adam blessed this union in the presence of the witnesses Nicolas Pivert and Robert Giffard, surgeon and seigneur in New France."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVI, Pages 172-173
Children of Noel MORIN and Helene DESPORTES:
Agnes MORIN (b.21 January 1641, Québec, Canada, New France d. 30 August 1687, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Nicolas GAUDRY dit BOURBONNIÈRE 17 November 1653 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
m. Ignace BONHOMME dit BEAUPRÉ 12 January 1671 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Germain MORIN (b.14 January 1642 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 20 August 1702, Québec, Canada, New France )
Louise MORIN (b.27 April 1643, Québec, Canada, New France d. 28 April 1713, Château-Richer, Canada, New France )
m. Charles CLOUTIER 20 April 1659 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Nicolas MORIN (b.26 April 1644 , Québec, Canada, New France d. abt. 1667, , Québec Province, Canada )
Jean-Baptiste MORIN (b.22 May 1645 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 11 December 1694, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Catherine DE BELLEAU 22 November 1667 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Marguerite MORIN (b.29 September 1646 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 17 October 1646 , Québec, Canada, New France )
Helene MORIN (b.29 September 1647 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 9 May 1661, Québec, Canada, New France )
Marie MORIN (b.19 March 1649, Québec, Canada, New France d. 8 April 1730, Montréal, Canada, New France )
Alphonse MORIN dit VALCOURT (b.12 December 1650, Québec, Canada, New France d. 29 August 1711, Montmagny, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Madeleine NORMAND 10 February 1670 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
m. Angélique DESTROISMAISONS 24 November 1692 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)
Noel MORIN (b.12 October 1652, Québec, Canada, New France d. abt. 1666, , Québec Province, Canada )
Charles MORIN (b.29 August 1654 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 4 October 1671, Québec, Canada, New France )
Marie-Madeleine MORIN (b.28 December 1656, Québec, Canada, New France d. 21 July 1720, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Gilles RAGEOT 29 May 1673 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Guillaume HÉBERT-- Date: 1 October 1634 Place: Québec, Canada, New France Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) [database on-line]. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.
Guillaume HÉBERT was the child of Louis HÉBERT and Marie ROLLET
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Children of Guillaume HÉBERT and Helene DESPORTES:
Joseph HÉBERT (b.1 October 1636, Québec, Canada, New France d. 15 June 1661, , Québec Province, Canada )m. Charlotte-Marie POITHIER (POITIERS) dite DUBUISSON 12 October 1660 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Françoise HÉBERT (b.23 January 1638, Québec, Canada, New France d. 16 March 1716, Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France )m. Guillaume FOURNIER 20 November 1651 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Angélique HÉBERT (b.2 August 1639, Québec, Canada, New France d. , )Helene DESPORTES married
Noel MORIN-- Date: 9 January 1640 Place: Québec, Canada, New France View marriage record
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec
"We do not know when nor how Noel Morin arrived at Quebec. He made his first official appearance in our national history at the home of notary Martial Piarude, on Tuesday, 27 December 1639. All the important people of the capital gathered to celebrate the signing of Noel's marriage contract, from Jean Bourdon to Jean Jolliet, including Robert Giffard, Guillaume and Louis Couillard, Father Jean Leseur, not to forget their great ladies."
"Why such solemnity? The bride was none other than Helene Desportes, daughter of Pierre and of Francoise Langlois, niece of Abraham Martin. Helene, the first white child born at New France, had been baptized at Quebec on 16 July 1620, according to Rene Jette. She went to France with her parents in 1629 and returned to Canada in 1634. Guillaume Hebert, son of Louis and of Marrie Rollet, married to Helen Desportes on the first of October 1634, had died at Quebec on 23 September 1639, leaving his wife with 3 children, including two who survived: Joseph and Francoise."
"... On Monday, 9 January 1640, the Jesuit Nicolas Adam blessed this union in the presence of the witnesses Nicolas Pivert and Robert Giffard, surgeon and seigneur in New France."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVI, Pages 172-173
Children of Noel MORIN and Helene DESPORTES:
Agnes MORIN (b.21 January 1641, Québec, Canada, New France d. 30 August 1687, Québec, Canada, New France )m. Nicolas GAUDRY dit BOURBONNIÈRE 17 November 1653 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
m. Ignace BONHOMME dit BEAUPRÉ 12 January 1671 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Germain MORIN (b.14 January 1642 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 20 August 1702, Québec, Canada, New France ) Louise MORIN (b.27 April 1643, Québec, Canada, New France d. 28 April 1713, Château-Richer, Canada, New France )m. Charles CLOUTIER 20 April 1659 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Nicolas MORIN (b.26 April 1644 , Québec, Canada, New France d. abt. 1667, , Québec Province, Canada ) Jean-Baptiste MORIN (b.22 May 1645 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 11 December 1694, Québec, Canada, New France )m. Catherine DE BELLEAU 22 November 1667 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Marguerite MORIN (b.29 September 1646 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 17 October 1646 , Québec, Canada, New France ) Helene MORIN (b.29 September 1647 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 9 May 1661, Québec, Canada, New France ) Marie MORIN (b.19 March 1649, Québec, Canada, New France d. 8 April 1730, Montréal, Canada, New France ) Alphonse MORIN dit VALCOURT (b.12 December 1650, Québec, Canada, New France d. 29 August 1711, Montmagny, Canada, New France )m. Marie-Madeleine NORMAND 10 February 1670 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
m. Angélique DESTROISMAISONS 24 November 1692 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)
Noel MORIN (b.12 October 1652, Québec, Canada, New France d. abt. 1666, , Québec Province, Canada ) Charles MORIN (b.29 August 1654 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 4 October 1671, Québec, Canada, New France ) Marie-Madeleine MORIN (b.28 December 1656, Québec, Canada, New France d. 21 July 1720, Québec, Canada, New France )m. Gilles RAGEOT 29 May 1673 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
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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...Read MORE...
www.biographi.ca Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
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...Read MORE...
www.biographi.ca Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
1634 Marriage / PartnerHelene DESPORTES and Guillaume HÉBERT 1 October 1634, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1636 Birth of ChildJoseph HÉBERT was born 1 October 1636, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1638 Birth of ChildFrançoise HÉBERT was born 23 January 1638, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1639 Birth of ChildAngélique HÉBERT was born 2 August 1639, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1639 Death of Spouse/PartnerGuillaume HÉBERT died 23 September 1639, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1640 Marriage / PartnerHelene DESPORTES and Noel MORIN 9 January 1640, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1641 Birth of ChildAgnes MORIN was born 21 January 1641, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1642 Birth of ChildGermain MORIN was born 14 January 1642 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1643 Birth of ChildLouise MORIN was born 27 April 1643, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1644 Birth of ChildNicolas MORIN was born 26 April 1644 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1645 Birth of ChildJean-Baptiste MORIN was born 22 May 1645 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1646 Birth of ChildMarguerite MORIN was born 29 September 1646 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1647 Birth of ChildHelene MORIN was born 29 September 1647 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1649 Birth of ChildMarie MORIN was born 19 March 1649, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1650 Birth of ChildAlphonse MORIN dit VALCOURT was born 12 December 1650, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1652 Birth of ChildNoel MORIN was born 12 October 1652, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1654 Birth of ChildCharles MORIN was born 29 August 1654 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1656 Birth of ChildMarie-Madeleine MORIN was born 28 December 1656, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1661 Death of ChildHelene MORIN died 9 May 1661, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1661 Death of ChildJoseph 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) www.afhs.ab.ca/data/census/1666
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) www.afhs.ab.ca/data/census/1666
1671 Death of ChildCharles MORIN died 4 October 1671, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
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
'...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
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