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Ancestor is complete! immigrant Fille du Roi flag   Marie-Françoise  DESPORTES

Born
abt. 1653 ,  Paris, France
Died
13 April 1736 ,  Grondines, Canada, New France
Marie-Françoise  married  Pierre-Andre RENAUD dit LOCAS (LOCAT) 5 November 1669 in Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Pierre-Andre RENAUD dit LOCAS (LOCAT)  was born 4 May 1641 in Leucate, Aude, France.  Pierre-Andre died 25 January 1713 in Grondines, Canada, New France . 
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Marie-Françoise was a Fille du Roi , arriving in New France by 1669.
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Marie-Françoise  married  Pierre-Andre RENAUD dit LOCAS (LOCAT) 5 November 1669 in Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Pierre-Andre RENAUD dit LOCAS (LOCAT)  was born 4 May 1641 in Leucate, Aude, France.  Pierre-Andre died 25 January 1713 in Grondines, Canada, New France . 




Born at St-Nicolas-des-Champs Paris France

She was the daughter of Jean Desportes and Elizabeth Isabelle De Gibruse.
It is believed that she contracted marriage with one or more men prior to her actual marriage to Pierre-Andre Renaud.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Françoise DESPORTES

Marie-Françoise DESPORTES married immigrant Carignan-Salières Soldier flag  Pierre-Andre RENAUD dit LOCAS (LOCAT)
Marriage date: 5 November 1669
Marriage place: Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marriage notes:
contract R. Becquet 1669 11 05
PRDH indicates that Pierre Renaud Locas and Francoise Desportes signed a contract of marriage in 1669 in an undetermined place in Quebec, Canada.


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Children of Pierre-Andre RENAUD dit LOCAS (LOCAT) and Marie-Françoise DESPORTES


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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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Marie Francoise Desportes
From freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
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'Francoise originally came to Canada as a 'fille du roi', or 'King's daughter' - women who agreed to travel to the new settlements in North America and marry a settler there in exchange for a 50 pound dowry from the French King. Of the nearly 1000 women who undertook the journey, about 800 made it to Canada. They made contracts of marriage with the men who had originally settled the New World and usually married within a few days or weeks of the contract signing. Often the women broke the contracts, only to remake them or make new contracts with other men. Francoise had second thoughts and broke her contract before finally marrying Pierre Andre Renaud dit Locat'
Invention 1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)
Invention 1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity


marriage1669 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Françoise DESPORTES and Pierre-Andre RENAUD dit LOCAS (LOCAT) 5 November 1669 , Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)
1671 Birth of Child
Jean RENAUD was born 27 October 1671, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1672 Birth of Child
Pierre RENAUD was born 15 December 1672, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)
1674 Birth of Child
Françoise-Elisabeth RENAUD dite LOCAS was born 17 January 1674, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)
1676 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite RENAUD was born 16 October 1676, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)
1680 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne RENAUD dite LOCAS was born 25 February 1680, Grondines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Grondines)
1681 Canadian Census Saint-Charles des Roches
Pierre Renault, 40
Francoise Despotes, sa femme, 29
enfants:
Francoise, 8
Marguerite, 6
Antoinette, 3
Marie 1

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
1684 Birth of Child
Louis RENAUD dit LOCAS was born 18 May 1684, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)
1689 Birth of Child
Jacques RENAUD dit LOCAS was born 15 April 1689, Grondines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Grondines)
1691 Birth of Child
Madeleine RENAUD dite LOCAS was born 10 January 1691, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)
1693 Birth of Child
François RENAUD dit LOCAS was born 17 January 1693, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)
marriage1694 Marriage of Child
Françoise-Elisabeth RENAUD dite LOCAS married 2 May 1694, Grondines, Canada, New France to Jean-François JOBIN dit BOISVERT
Invention 1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)
marriage1699 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne RENAUD dite LOCAS married 8 September 1699, Montréal, Canada, New France to François RIQUET dit LAVERDURE
1699 Birth of Child
Pierre RENAUD dit LOCAS was born 2 December 1699, Grondines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Grondines)
marriage1700 Marriage of Child
Marie-Antoinette RENAUD dite LOCAS married 18 October 1700, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France to Jean RICHARD
marriage1702 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marguerite RENAUD married 6 November 1702, , Québec Province, Canada to Raymond CHESNÉ dit LAGRAVE (CHAINE)
marriage1703 Marriage of Child
Marie RENAUD dite LOCAS married 14 June 1703, Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Jean-Baptiste MALBOEUF dit BEAUSOLEIL
marriage1706 Marriage of Child
Louise RENAUD dite LOCAS married 18 October 1706, Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Claude JODOUIN (JODOIN)
marriage1711 Marriage of Child
Pierre RENAUD married 15 September 1711, Québec, Canada, New France to Marie-Florence-Isabelle LAMBERT dite CHAMPAGNE
marriage1711 Marriage of Child
Louis RENAUD dit LOCAS married 26 November 1711, Boucherville, Canada, New France to Marie-Angélique DEMERS (DUMAIS)
1713 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre-Andre RENAUD dit LOCAS (LOCAT) died 25 January 1713, Grondines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Grondines)
marriage1715 Marriage of Child
Madeleine RENAUD dite LOCAS married 7 January 1715, Laval, Canada, New France to Pierre GAREAU
marriage1715 Marriage of Child
François RENAUD dit LOCAS married 2 May 1715, Laval, Canada, New France to Marie-Thérèse GAREAU dite ST-ONGE
marriage1715 Marriage of Child
Marie-Antoinette RENAUD dite LOCAS married 22 July 1715, Laval, Canada, New France to François BRUNET dit BELHUMEUR
Invention 1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard
marriage1724 Marriage of Child
Jacques RENAUD dit LOCAS married 13 January 1724, Grondines, Canada, New France to Madeleine GIPOULOU dite LAFLEUR
marriage1727 Marriage of Child
Marie-Jeanne RENAUD married 7 January 1727, Terrebonne, Canada, New France to Charles BIRON
Marie-Françoise DESPORTES - 1736 Death Saint Charles des Grondines, Grondines, Quebec
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