Simon  LEREAU (L'HERAULT)

NOTRE-DAME-DE-QUEBEC

"ON THE EVE OF ALL SAINT'S DAY IN 1655, ON THE NORTH COAST OF THE L'ISLE D'ORLEANS, ALMOST ACROSS FROM THE RIVIERE AUX DHIENS, THERE WAS A PARTY AT THE HOME OF MAURICE ARRIVE...SIMON L'HERAULT, ON THE BRINK OF HIS THIRTIETH YEAR AND IN FINE FETTLE, WAS THE FOCUS OF EVERYONE'S ATTENTION. THIS SON AND HEIR OF THE PERCHERON RENE HERAULT DESIRED TO MARRY SUZANNE JAROUSSEL, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE PIERRE JAROUSSEAU AND OF JACQUETTE TOURAUDE OF PERIGNY, A COMMUNE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE CHARENTE-MARITIME, TO THE EAST OF LA ROCHELLE...SUZANNE WAS PROBABLY 14 OR 15 YEARS OLD. FATHERLESS, SHE HAD COME TO CANADA WITH HER MOTHER TO JOIN HER AUNT FRANCOISE TOURAUD, THE WIFE OF JACQUES ARCHAMBAULT. HER MOTHER FOUND A SECOND HUSBAND AT QUEBEC, THE ANGOUMOIS JACQUES PREVIREAU, ON 21 JULY 1653, BUT HE DIED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. THE IT WAS THE MASON MAURICE ARRIVE, AN INHABITANT OF SILLERY, WHO WELCOMED JACQUELINE AS HIS WIFE AND SUZANNE AS HIS DAUGHTER, ON 26 AUGUST 1654."

THOMAS J. LAFOREST

OUR FRENCH-CANADIAN ANCESTORS : VOLUME IX, PAGES 160-161