Jacques VENNE

(b. 29 November 1645 , St-Antoine, Agouleme, France d. 29 November 1700 , Varennes, Canada, New France )

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Jacques VENNE was born 29 November 1645 in St-Antoine, Agouleme, France

Jacques VENNE was the child of Jean VENNE (VOYENE) and Marie-Françoise MANSEAU

Jacques was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1671.

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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, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).

Jacques VENNE died 29 November 1700 in Varennes, 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?

Details of the family tree of Jacques appear below.

Occupation

Jacques VENNE was a 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

Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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 Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Family and Children of Jacques VENNE

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Jacques VENNE married

Marie-Marguerite PROVOST-- Date: abt. 1671 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

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:

Jean VENNE (VOYNE) (b.11 March 1672, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 22 February 1705, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Catherine BOUSQUET 24 November 1698 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marguerite VENNE (VOYNE) (b.17 February 1674 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 27 June 1754, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France)
m. Thomas CHARTRAN (CHARTRAND) 22 November 1694 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Marie-Catherine VENNE (VOYNE) (b.25 March 1676 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* d. 5 January 1698, Varennes, Canada, New France )
m. Joseph JOUET 22 November 1694 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Barbe VENNE (b.3 October 1678, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* d. 23 December 1694, Varennes, Canada, New France )

Françoise VENNE (VOYNE) (b.19 October 1681 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* d. 5 August 1734, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Jean SABOURIN dit CHAUNIERE 2 November 1701 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Jacques VENNE (VOINE) (b.September 1685, Île-Sainte-Thérèse, Montréal, Quebec, Canada d. 10 March 1687, Île-Sainte-Thérèse, Montréal, Quebec, Canada)

Louis VENNE (VOYNE) (b.25 August 1692, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* d. 8 October 1762, Sorel, Canada )
m. Jeanne CABASSIER (CABAZIER) 12 December 1718 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
m. Marie-Louise DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE 5 November 1736 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marie-Barbe VENNE (b.17 June 1695 , Varennes, Canada, New France d. 9 September 1737, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Etienne MÉTIVIER (METENIER) 20 November 1712 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1645 Birth
29 November 1645
St-Antoine, Agouleme, France

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

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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.

1694 Marriage of Child
Marguerite VENNE (VOYNE) married 22 November 1694 , Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Thomas CHARTRAN (CHARTRAND)

1694 Marriage of Child
Marie-Catherine VENNE (VOYNE) married 22 November 1694, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) 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 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Death of Child
Marie-Catherine VENNE (VOYNE) died 5 January 1698, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Jacques was 52 years old.

1698 Marriage of Child
Jean VENNE (VOYNE) married 24 November 1698, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Catherine BOUSQUET

1700 Death
Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes, Quebec
29 Nov 1700
Jacques Voine
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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