Pierre  MICHAUD

1637 Birth
May 1637
Notre-Dame de Fontenay, Poitou, France

Biography
From 'Our French Canadian Ancestors' Vol. 2 by Thomas J Laforest

'Our readers would be surprised to learn that the ancestor Pierre Michaud, for the better part of his life, carried the family name Michel. Michaud means 'little Michel.' Where did Pierre Michel come from? He was a Poitevan and originated from Fontenay-le-Comte, capital of the Department of the Vendee. The land surrounding this village, because of the excavations of flints and pot sherds, archaeologists believe to have been the home of prehistoric man, even before the time of Asterix the Gaul. It was only in 1242 that the specification of 'le-Comte' was added. Fontenay-le-Comte was a part of the Diocese of Maillezais for a long time but at the time of our ancestor, the episcopal seat was transferred to LaRochelle in Aunis by Pope Innocent X, in the year 1648. More than 30 people emigrated from Fontenay-le-Comte for Canada. Let's repeat the names of some of these: Jacques Bernier, Andre Bonnenfant, Jacques Manseau and...Read MORE...

Biography
MICHAUD - derived from MICHEL, from the Hebrew name 'Mikha'el' which means 'who is like God', evokes the Archangel Saint Michael who struck down Lucifer. Or, of 'Michot' which in language of oil indicated a man of not very open spirit. Pierre Michaud was born around 1637 in Notre-Dame, Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, France. Son of Antoine Michaud and Marie Train, he married Marie Ancelin-Asselin, daughter of René and Claire Rousselot, on October 2, 1667 in Château-Richer. Arriving in the country in 1656, he was hired by Jacques Pépin, a merchant from La Rochelle. He settled in Île-aux-Grues, then in Cap-St-Ignace. The date of his death, which occurred before the marriage of his daughter Elisabeth, on May 8, 1703, remains unknown.
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1667 Marriage / Partner
Pierre MICHAUD and Marie-Anne ANCELIN (ASSELIN) 2 October 1667, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

He was 30 years old.

1672 Birth of Child
Pierre MICHAUD was born 8 March 1672, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Pierre was 34 years old.

1674 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MICHAUD was born 3 January 1674, Isle-aux-Grues, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Pierre was 36 years old.

1676 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne MICHAUD was born 12 November 1676, Isle-aux-Grues, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Pierre was 39 years old.

1678 Birth of Child
Joseph MICHAUD was born 1 December 1678, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Pierre was 41 years old.

1681 Birth of Child
Pierre MICHAUD was born 2 February 1681, Isle-aux-Grues, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Pierre was 43 years old.

1685 Birth of Child
Marie-Elisabeth MICHAUD was born 10 November 1685, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Pierre was 48 years old.

1690 Birth of Child
Geneviève MICHAUD was born 25 November 1690, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Pierre was 53 years old.

1692 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine MICHAUD was born 14 February 1692, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Pierre was 54 years old.

1695 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne MICHAUD married 19 July 1695, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Pierre BOUCHER

1697 Marriage of Child
Pierre MICHAUD married 5 February 1697, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Madeleine THIBODEAU

1697 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste MICHAUD married 3 June 1697, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Marie VAILLANCOURT

1702 Death
'Pierre was enduring a cancer of the mouth, caused by pipe smoking. In 1701 Pierre and Marie made their will, with the consent of their children. The assets would go to the survivor of the two of them. Pierre died in 1702, sometime between the 28th of May and the 15th of September.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume II, Page 163