Olivier
MICHEL dit TAILLON LETARDIF
(b.
2 December 1645
,
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
d.
26 April 1699
,
Québec, Canada, New France
)
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MICHEL dit TAILLON LETARDIF Family Genealogy

Olivier MICHEL dit TAILLON LETARDIF was born 2 December 1645 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France. Olivier MICHEL dit TAILLON LETARDIF was the child of ? and ?
Olivier was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1671.
Marriage(s) and Child(ren):
Olivier married Marie-Madeleine COCHON 24 November 1671 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 15 children. Marie-Madeleine COCHON 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 .
LOOK FOR THIS FAMILY IN LAFOREST VOLUME XXIV
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: HTTP:/ / EPF.PLANETE.QC.CA, 10/ 28/ 2001
DIED AT HOTEL DIEUX, BEAUPORT, QC, CANADA
Details of the family tree of Olivier appear below.

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.

Elspeth Deir et al., Canada: The story of our heritage, Grade 7 (Whitby, ON: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2000)

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
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