Olivier
MICHEL dit TAILLON LETARDIF
Born
2 December 1645
,
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
Died
26 April 1699
,
Québec, Canada, New France
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Born: 2 December 1645 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
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Olivier was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1671.
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Olivier married Marie-Madeleine COCHON (CAUCHON) 24 November 1671 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 15 children.
Marie-Madeleine COCHON (CAUCHON) was born 16 February 1655 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Madeleine died 28 December 1698 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Jean COCHON (CAUCHON) and Madeleine MIVILLE.
Olivier MICHEL dit TAILLON LETARDIF died 26 April 1699 in Québec, Canada, New France .
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SON OF GILLES MICHEL AND BARBE MESNARD.
HE WAS NAMED ÉTIENNE AT BIRTH, AND HE HAD A TWIN, OLIVIER, WHO DIED AT THE ONE MONTH AGE. ÉTIENNE BECAME OLIVIER AT APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS OF AGE. HIS GODFATHER'S FIRST NAME WAS OLIVIER. THEY HAD 16 CHILDREN. AT 13 YEARS OF AGE, HIS MOTHER HAVING DIED AND HER FATHER NOT IN HIS RIGHT MIND (?), HE WAS ENTRUSTED TO THE SUPERVISION OF ZACHARIE CLOUTIER, HIS UNCLE. I AM UNCERTAIN WHETHER THE (UNACCEPTABLE) MALE RESPONSIBLE PARTY PROPOSED IS HER FATHER, OR HIS STEPFATHER, OLIVIER TARDIF, WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 58 WHEN HIS WIFE DIED, AND WHO DIED IN 1665. HIS OWN FATHER WAS LONG DEAD.
SOURCE: AUTHOR: RAYNALD DROUIN
TITLE: "GENEOLOGY FOR EVERYONE" PERSONAL DATABASE PUBLICATION: EPF.PLANETE.QC.CA
DIED AT HOTEL DIEUX, BEAUPORT, QC, CANADA
SON OF GILLES MICHEL AND BARBE MESNARD.
HE WAS NAMED ÉTIENNE AT BIRTH, AND HE HAD A TWIN, OLIVIER, WHO DIED AT THE ONE MONTH AGE. ÉTIENNE BECAME OLIVIER AT APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS OF AGE. HIS GODFATHER'S FIRST NAME WAS OLIVIER. THEY HAD 16 CHILDREN. AT 13 YEARS OF AGE, HIS MOTHER HAVING DIED AND HER FATHER NOT IN HIS RIGHT MIND (?), HE WAS ENTRUSTED TO THE SUPERVISION OF ZACHARIE CLOUTIER, HIS UNCLE. I AM UNCERTAIN WHETHER THE (UNACCEPTABLE) MALE RESPONSIBLE PARTY PROPOSED IS HER FATHER, OR HIS STEPFATHER, OLIVIER TARDIF, WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 58 WHEN HIS WIFE DIED, AND WHO DIED IN 1665. HIS OWN FATHER WAS LONG DEAD.
SOURCE: AUTHOR: RAYNALD DROUIN
TITLE: "GENEOLOGY FOR EVERYONE" PERSONAL DATABASE PUBLICATION: EPF.PLANETE.QC.CA
DIED AT HOTEL DIEUX, BEAUPORT, QC, CANADA
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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.
Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name?
When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated.
The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
Spouse & Children of Olivier MICHEL dit TAILLON LETARDIF
Olivier MICHEL dit TAILLON LETARDIF married 
Marie-Madeleine COCHON (CAUCHON)
Marriage date: 24 November 1671
Marriage place: Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Marie-Madeleine COCHON (CAUCHON) was the child of Jean COCHON (CAUCHON) and Madeleine MIVILLE
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Marie-Madeleine COCHON (CAUCHON)Marriage date: 24 November 1671
Marriage place: Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Marie-Madeleine COCHON (CAUCHON) was the child of Jean COCHON (CAUCHON) and Madeleine MIVILLE
Marriage notes:
groom's name: Oliver Michel
groom's birth date:
groom's birthplace:
groom's age:
bride's name: Magdeleine Cochon
bride's birth date:
bride's birthplace:
bride's age:
marriage date: 24 Nov 1671
marriage place: Chateau Richer, Montmorency I, Quebec
groom's father's name: Gilles Michel
groom's mother's name: Barbe Mesnard
bride's father's name: Jean Cochon
bride's mother's name: Magdeleine Miville
groom's race: White
groom's marital status: Single
groom's previous wife's name:
bride's race: White
bride's marital status: Single
bride's previous husband's name:
indexing project (batch) number: M01734-5
system origin: Canada-EASy
source film number: 1018161
reference number: P 147-148
"Canada, Marriages, 1661-1949," index, FamilySearch.org : accessed 05 Jan 2013), Oliver Michel and Magdeleine Cochon, 24 Nov 1671; citing reference P 147-148, FHL microfilm 1018161.
According to PRDH, Olivier Michel Tardif and Madeleine Cochon were married in 1671 at Chateau-Richer.
La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame, Chateau-Richer, QC, Canada
Olivier Michel, son of Gilles Michel and Barbe Mesnard
Magdeleine Cochon, daughter of Jean Cochon and Magdeleine Miville
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Children of Olivier MICHEL dit TAILLON LETARDIF and Marie-Madeleine COCHON (CAUCHON)
Marie-Madeleine MICHEL dite TAILLONBorn: 25 June 1674, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 25 December 1702, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 25 December 1702, Québec, Canada, New France
Married: Guillaume DUPONT dit LEBLOND 12 January 1693 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Jean-Michel MICHEL dit TAILLONBorn: 27 October 1675, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: abt. 1726, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: abt. 1726, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Married: Marie FORGET 5 February 1714 Place: Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)
Guillaume MICHEL dit TAILLONBorn: 28 December 1676, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 17 February 1729, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 17 February 1729, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Married: Anne GAGNON 11 November 1710 Place: Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
Joseph MICHEL dit TAILLONBorn: 16 January 1678, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 4 November 1733, La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Died: 4 November 1733, La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Married: Marie-Anne LEBEL 26 November 1708 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)
Louis MICHEL dit TAILLONBorn: 30 April 1681, L'Islet, Canada, New France
Died: 6 November 1727, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 6 November 1727, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Elisabeth-Agnes MICHEL dite TAILLONBorn: 16 June 1682, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Died: 12 November 1718, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France
Died: 12 November 1718, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France
Married: Louis DURAND 9 September 1698 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Françoise MICHEL dite TAILLONBorn: 14 March 1684, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Died: ,
Died: ,
Marie-Anne MICHEL dite TAILLONBorn: 11 June 1685, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Louis LOISEL (LOISELLE) 17 September 1704 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Pierre MICHEL dit TAILLONBorn: 17 December 1686, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Died: 20 March 1749, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Died: 20 March 1749, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Married: Marie-Jeanne BARON 09 November 1716 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
Agnes MICHEL dite TAILLONBorn: 15 September 1688, L'Islet, Canada, New France
Died: 20 March 1690, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 20 March 1690, Québec, Canada, New France
François MICHEL dit TAILLONBorn: 10 December 1690, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 11 January 1700, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 11 January 1700, Québec, Canada, New France
Jean MICHEL dit TAILLONBorn: 25 September 1692, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 3 July 1772, Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 3 July 1772, Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada
Married: Marie-Antoinette CHARLES dite LAJEUNESSE 20 November 1717 Place: Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)
Married: Josephte BRIERE 14 May 1753 Place: Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)
Ignace MICHEL dit TAILLONBorn: 24 May 1695, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 17 December 1749, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 17 December 1749, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephe MICHEL dite TAILLON Thérèse-Dorothee MICHEL dite TAILLONBorn: 25 July 1698, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 17 April 1726, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 17 April 1726, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Married: Charles GRAVEL 15 October 1723 Place: Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
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Birth — 16452 December 1645
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
1671 Marriage / PartnerOlivier MICHEL dit TAILLON LETARDIF and Marie-Madeleine COCHON (CAUCHON) 24 November 1671, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
He was 25 years old.
1674 Birth of ChildMarie-Madeleine MICHEL dite TAILLON was born 25 June 1674, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
Olivier was 28 years old.
1675 Birth of ChildJean-Michel MICHEL dit TAILLON was born 27 October 1675, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
Olivier was 29 years old.
1676 Birth of ChildGuillaume MICHEL dit TAILLON was born 28 December 1676, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
Olivier was 31 years old.
1678 Birth of ChildJoseph MICHEL dit TAILLON was born 16 January 1678, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
Olivier was 32 years old.
1681 Bellechasse
Olivier Michel, 30 ans; Marie-Madeleine Cochon, 27 ans; enfants: Marie, 8 ans, Jean, 7 ans, Guillaume, 6 ans, Joseph, 5 ans, Charles, 4 ans, Louis, 2 ans; 2 fusils, 6 betes a cornes, 4 arpents.
Title Déliberations et mémoires de la Société royale du Canada
Author Royal Society of Canada
Publisher Royal Society of Canada., 1895
Original from Indiana University
Digitized Oct 28, 2008
Page 14
Olivier Michel, 30 ans; Marie-Madeleine Cochon, 27 ans; enfants: Marie, 8 ans, Jean, 7 ans, Guillaume, 6 ans, Joseph, 5 ans, Charles, 4 ans, Louis, 2 ans; 2 fusils, 6 betes a cornes, 4 arpents.
Title Déliberations et mémoires de la Société royale du Canada
Author Royal Society of Canada
Publisher Royal Society of Canada., 1895
Original from Indiana University
Digitized Oct 28, 2008
Page 14
1681 Birth of ChildLouis MICHEL dit TAILLON was born 30 April 1681, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)
Olivier was 35 years old.
1682 Birth of ChildElisabeth-Agnes MICHEL dite TAILLON was born 16 June 1682, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)
Olivier was 36 years old.
1684 Birth of ChildFrançoise MICHEL dite TAILLON was born 14 March 1684, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)
Olivier was 38 years old.
1685 Birth of ChildMarie-Anne MICHEL dite TAILLON was born 11 June 1685, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)
Olivier was 39 years old.
1686 Birth of ChildPierre MICHEL dit TAILLON was born 17 December 1686, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)
Olivier was 41 years old.
1688 Birth of ChildAgnes MICHEL dite TAILLON was born 15 September 1688, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)
Olivier was 42 years old.
1690 Death of ChildAgnes MICHEL dite TAILLON died 20 March 1690, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Olivier was 44 years old.
1690 Birth of ChildFrançois MICHEL dit TAILLON was born 10 December 1690, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Olivier was 45 years old.
1692 Birth of ChildJean MICHEL dit TAILLON was born 25 September 1692, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Olivier was 46 years old.
1693 Marriage of ChildMarie-Madeleine MICHEL dite TAILLON married 12 January 1693, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Guillaume DUPONT dit LEBLOND
1695 Birth of ChildIgnace MICHEL dit TAILLON was born 24 May 1695, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Olivier was 49 years old.
1697 Birth of ChildMarie-Josephe MICHEL dite TAILLON was born 19 March 1697, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Olivier was 51 years old.
1698 Birth of ChildThérèse-Dorothee MICHEL dite TAILLON was born 25 July 1698, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Olivier was 52 years old.
1698 Marriage of ChildElisabeth-Agnes MICHEL dite TAILLON married 9 September 1698, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Louis DURAND
1698 Death of Spouse/PartnerMarie-Madeleine COCHON (CAUCHON) died 28 December 1698, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Death — 169926 April 1699
Québec, Canada, New France
He died at the age of 53.
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