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Ancestor is complete! immigrant flag male ancestor  Jacques  VENNE

Born
29 November 1645 St-Antoine, Agouleme, France
Died
29 November 1700 Varennes, Canada, New France
Jacques  married  Marie-Marguerite PROVOST abt. 1671 in Québec Province, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marie-Marguerite PROVOST  was born abt. 1655 in France.  Marie-Marguerite died 20 February 1732 in Montréal, Canada, New France . 

Parents & Family of Jacques VENNE

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Jacques was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1671.


Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jacques  married  Marie-Marguerite PROVOST abt. 1671 in Québec Province, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marie-Marguerite PROVOST  was born abt. 1655 in France.  Marie-Marguerite died 20 February 1732 in Montréal, Canada, New France . 




see this book for more info on this family
Title Our French-Canadian ancestors, Volume XXIV
Our French-Canadian Ancestors, Gérard Lebel, ISBN 0914163000, 9780914163008
Editor Thomas J. LaForest

Arrived in Montreal in 1668?
WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: Domestique

The term domestique, or domestic servant, whether it was used in France or in New-France, was associated with: Servants working in a home; Agricultural servants; Personal servants; Any person at the service of another, without specifics.

Domestique also included all servants, of any type, working for religious communities and hospital staff, which represented an important group in the colony.
Source: tfcq.ca

A Day in the Life of a Domestique: Navigating 18th Century New France

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jacques VENNE

Jacques VENNE married immigrant Fille du Roi flag  Marie-Marguerite PROVOST
Marriage date: abt. 1671
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marriage notes:
PRDH has no record of this marriage, however there are records of the baptisms of their children, the first one being in Montreal in 1672.
Jacques Venne and Marie Marguerite Prevost

Children of Jacques VENNE and Marie-Marguerite PROVOST

flag baby boy ancestor 
Jacques VENNE (VOINE)
Born: September 1685, Île-Sainte-Thérèse, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Died: 10 March 1687, Île-Sainte-Thérèse, Montréal, Quebec, Canada


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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Early 1600s–1760
Canada, New France
1760–1763
Canada
1763–1791
Province of Québec
1791–1867
Lower Canada
1867–present
Québec, Canada

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BirthBirth — 1645
29 November 1645
St-Antoine, Agouleme, France
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9th August, 1672. — In consequence of a misunderstanding, between Francois Bailly and Jacques Voynes, with reference to the cutting of the hay in a certain meadow ; the latter is ordered to fulfil his engagements. This sentence is preceded by some of verses.

Sessional Papers: Volume 24, Issue 2
Quebec Province Legislature
January 1, 1890
1672 Birth of Child
Jean VENNE (VOYNE) was born 11 March 1672, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jacques was 26 years old.
1674 Birth of Child
Marguerite VENNE (VOYNE) was born 17 February 1674 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jacques was 28 years old.
1676 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine VENNE (VOYNE) was born 25 March 1676 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Jacques was 30 years old.
1678 Birth of Child
Barbe VENNE was born 3 October 1678, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Jacques was 32 years old.
1681 Canadian Census Ile Sainte-Therese
Jacques Voine, 35
Marguerite Prevost, sa femme, 26
enfants:
Jean, 10
Marguerite, 8
Marie, 5
Barbe, 2

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
1681 Birth of Child
Françoise VENNE (VOYNE) was born 19 October 1681 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Jacques was 35 years old.
1685 Birth of Child
Jacques VENNE (VOINE) was born September 1685, Île-Sainte-Thérèse, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Jacques was 39 years old.
1687 Death of Child
Jacques VENNE (VOINE) died 10 March 1687, Île-Sainte-Thérèse, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Jacques was 41 years old.
1692 Birth of Child
Louis VENNE (VOYNE) was born 25 August 1692, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Jacques was 46 years old.
marriage1694 Marriage of Child
Marguerite VENNE (VOYNE) married 22 November 1694 , Varennes, Canada, New France to Thomas CHARTRAN (CHARTRAND)
marriage1694 Marriage of Child
Marie-Catherine VENNE (VOYNE) married 22 November 1694, Varennes, Canada, New France to Joseph JOUET
1694 Death of Child
Barbe VENNE died 23 December 1694, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Jacques was 49 years old.
1695 Birth of Child
Marie-Barbe VENNE was born 17 June 1695 , Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Jacques was 49 years old.
1698 Death of Child
Marie-Catherine VENNE (VOYNE) died 5 January 1698, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Jacques was 52 years old.
marriage1698 Marriage of Child
Jean VENNE (VOYNE) married 24 November 1698, Montréal, Canada, New France to Catherine BOUSQUET
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