Michel  TREMBLAY

Translated from French:

Michel by marrying the girl of Claude Bouchard, the first colonist of theSaint-François-Xavier Coast, raised a family of fourteen children. Happier even as Pierre, it counted among them nine boys. All this household lived at theSaint-François-Xavier Coast where, since 1677, Michel had obtained by his father, of Mgr of Laval, a ground located not far from the Cape Maillard. The wire of Michel were even established for the majority with theSaint-Paul Bay, but some however were attracted with far, constituting the first swarm of Tremblay established in the area of the Large Lakes. Two among the youngest boys, Augustin and Ambroise, left after their marriage for Détroit, where they lived until their death (3). As for the other children of Michel, they were combined to the Pilot, of Québec, and in Simard, of the Saint-Paul Bay. The company of the masts interested Michel Tremblay largely. Wishes France to draw from Canada wood necessary to its building sites of

pierre Tremblé - 40 habittant

Anne Achon - 33 sa femme

Marie Tremblé - 7 fille

pierre Tremblé - 5 fils

Michel Tremblé - 3 fils

Jacques Tremblé - 20 mois Fils

Et Marguerite Tremblé - 4 mois fille

Pierre Tramblay, 60
Anne Achon (Ozanne), sa femme, 40
enfants:
Pierre, 20
Michel, 18
Jacques, 16
Denis, 17
Marguerite, 15
Louise, 10
Jeanne, 9
Jean, 7
Marie, 5
Dorothee, 3
Martin, domestique, 53

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

'In March of 1700, Louise (Gagne) gave her sons-in-law Rene Lavoie, Michel Tremblay, and Etienne Simard, each an arpent of grazing land...'