Suzanne
JAROUSSEL
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24 January 1706
,
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
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Suzanne JAROUSSEL was born abt. 1641 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
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Suzanne was a Fille à Marier , arriving in New France by 1655. To learn more about the Filles à Marier, visit: Who were the Filles à Marier? The Filles à Marier: Pioneers of Love and Legacy in New France
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Suzanne married Simon LEREAU (L'HERAULT) 27 November 1655 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Simon LEREAU (L'HERAULT) was born 10 October 1624 in Igé, France. Simon died 12 November 1670 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).
Suzanne married (2) Robert COUSTARD (COUTARD) 9 February 1671 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Robert COUSTARD (COUTARD) was born 18 November 1641 in Vendôme, France. Robert died 25 January 1706 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada.
Suzanne JAROUSSEL died 24 January 1706 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France .
Parents: Pierre JAROUSSEAU and Jacquette TOURAUDE.
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Family and Children of Suzanne JAROUSSEL
Suzanne JAROUSSEL married 
Simon LEREAU (L'HERAULT)
Marriage date: 27 November 1655
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
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Simon LEREAU (L'HERAULT)Marriage date: 27 November 1655
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
See marriage record for Suzanne JAROUSSEL and Simon LEREAU (L'HERAULT)Marriage notes:
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
Children of Simon LEREAU (L'HERAULT) and Suzanne JAROUSSEL
Marie LEREAUBorn: abt. 1657, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: , , Québec Province, Canada
Died: , , Québec Province, Canada
Married: Jean GUY dit LEROUVIER 7 January 1671 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
Married: Étienne SICOTTE (SICOT) 7 July 1710 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
Pierre LEREAU (L'HERAULT)Born: abt. 1660, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 24 November 1711, Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 24 November 1711, Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France
Married: Marguerite BADEAU (BADAULT) 7 February 1689 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
Catherine LEREAUBorn: 6 March 1663, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 2 April 1663, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 2 April 1663, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Catherine LEREAUBorn: 3 May 1664, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 11 May 1664, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 11 May 1664, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Anne LEREAU (L'HERAULT)Born: 7 June 1665, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 20 July 1715, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Died: 20 July 1715, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Married: François FRECHETTE 18 January 1680 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
Sixte LEREAU (L'HERAULT)Born: 10 October 1667, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 13 August 1717, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 13 August 1717, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Married: Reine DEBLOIS 15 February 1694 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
Marie-Madeleine LEREAUBorn: 26 September 1669, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 5 February 1741, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 5 February 1741, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Married: Jean LAROCHE 19 July 1683 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Married: Louis LEDUC 3 July 1719 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
Suzanne JAROUSSEL married Robert COUSTARD (COUTARD)
Marriage date: 9 February 1671
Marriage place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
See marriage record for Suzanne JAROUSSEL and Robert COUSTARD (COUTARD)
Robert COUSTARD (COUTARD)Marriage date: 9 February 1671
Marriage place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
See marriage record for Suzanne JAROUSSEL and Robert COUSTARD (COUTARD)Marriage notes:
"On 5 February 1671, in the house of the late Simon, Suzanne signed a marriage contract with Robert Coutart, son of deceased parents, Francois and Anne Jolly, from the parish of Saint-Martin, in the town of Vendome, in Mans."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume IX, Page 165
Children of Robert COUSTARD (COUTARD) and Suzanne JAROUSSEL
Marie COUTARDBorn: 22 January 1672 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 1 April 1673, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 1 April 1673, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
François COUTARD dit LAROSEBorn: 31 May 1675 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 17 April 1716, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 17 April 1716, Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Thérèse COUTARDBorn: 15 July 1677 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 30 May 1717, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 30 May 1717, Québec, Canada, New France
Married: Bertrand-Pierre LART dit LARAMÉE 28 February 1699 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
Pierre COUTARDBorn: 24 November 1679 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 16 August 1699 , Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 16 August 1699 , Québec, Canada, New France
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'Suzanne Jaroussel was born about 1641 in Perigny, La Rochelle, Aunis, France the daughter of Pierre Jaroussel and Jacquette Tourault. She arrived in the Quebec Colony as a Filles A Marier, contracted to be the bride of Pierre Joinault. They were married August 30, 1654 in Ville De Quebec.'
'Pierre was born on September 24, 1629 in La Rochelle, Aunis, France and died soon after their wedding in Batiscan, Quebec. They had no children.'
'After the death of her first husband, Suzanne married Simon Lereau on November 27, 1655 in Ste-Famille, Ile De Orleans. Simon was born about 1626 at St. Come-de-Vair, Maine, France the son of Rene Lereau and Marguerite Guillin. He and Suzanne would have seven children before his death on November 12, 1679 in Ville De Quebec. Suzanne followed on November 01, 1694.'
'An additional note about Suzanne. Her mother alse arrived in Quebec as a Filles Marier widowed from Pierre Jaroussel and married twice more.'
Children:
'Marie Jaroussel Lereau...Read MORE...
'Suzanne Jaroussel was born about 1641 in Perigny, La Rochelle, Aunis, France the daughter of Pierre Jaroussel and Jacquette Tourault. She arrived in the Quebec Colony as a Filles A Marier, contracted to be the bride of Pierre Joinault. They were married August 30, 1654 in Ville De Quebec.'
'Pierre was born on September 24, 1629 in La Rochelle, Aunis, France and died soon after their wedding in Batiscan, Quebec. They had no children.'
'After the death of her first husband, Suzanne married Simon Lereau on November 27, 1655 in Ste-Famille, Ile De Orleans. Simon was born about 1626 at St. Come-de-Vair, Maine, France the son of Rene Lereau and Marguerite Guillin. He and Suzanne would have seven children before his death on November 12, 1679 in Ville De Quebec. Suzanne followed on November 01, 1694.'
'An additional note about Suzanne. Her mother alse arrived in Quebec as a Filles Marier widowed from Pierre Jaroussel and married twice more.'
Children:
'Marie Jaroussel Lereau...Read MORE...
1655 Marriage / PartnerSuzanne JAROUSSEL and Simon LEREAU (L'HERAULT) 27 November 1655, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1663 Birth of ChildCatherine LEREAU was born 6 March 1663, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
1664 Birth of ChildCatherine LEREAU was born 3 May 1664, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
1665 Birth of ChildAnne LEREAU (L'HERAULT) was born 7 June 1665, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
1666 Isle d'Orleans
Simon Laireau - 40 habittant
Susanne Jarousselle - 25 sa femme
Marie Laireau - 7 fille
pierre Laireau - 5 fils
Anne Laireau - 6 mois fille
Estienne Comptant - 23 tisseran en toille travaillant au mois
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Simon Laireau - 40 habittant
Susanne Jarousselle - 25 sa femme
Marie Laireau - 7 fille
pierre Laireau - 5 fils
Anne Laireau - 6 mois fille
Estienne Comptant - 23 tisseran en toille travaillant au mois
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1667 Birth of ChildSixte LEREAU (L'HERAULT) was born 10 October 1667, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
1669 Birth of ChildMarie-Madeleine LEREAU was born 26 September 1669, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
1670 Death of Spouse/PartnerSimon LEREAU (L'HERAULT) died 12 November 1670, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1671 Marriage / PartnerSuzanne JAROUSSEL and Robert COUSTARD (COUTARD) 9 February 1671, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
1671 Marriage of ChildMarie LEREAU married 7 January 1671, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Jean GUY dit LEROUVIER
1672 Birth of ChildMarie COUTARD was born 22 January 1672 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
1675 Birth of ChildFrançois COUTARD dit LAROSE was born 31 May 1675 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
1677 Birth of ChildMarie-Thérèse COUTARD was born 15 July 1677 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
1679 Birth of ChildPierre COUTARD was born 24 November 1679 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
1680 Marriage of ChildAnne LEREAU (L'HERAULT) married 18 January 1680, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to François FRECHETTE
1681 Canadian Census Seigneurie de Lauzon
Robert Cottar, 40
Suzanne Jarossel, sa femme, 40
enfants:
Francois, 7
Marie, 4
Pierre, 1 1/ 2
Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
Robert Cottar, 40
Suzanne Jarossel, sa femme, 40
enfants:
Francois, 7
Marie, 4
Pierre, 1 1/ 2
Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
1683 Marriage of ChildMarie-Madeleine LEREAU married 19 July 1683, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Jean LAROCHE
1689 Marriage of ChildPierre LEREAU (L'HERAULT) married 7 February 1689, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Marguerite BADEAU (BADAULT)
1694 Marriage of ChildSixte LEREAU (L'HERAULT) married 15 February 1694, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Reine DEBLOIS
'The Frechettes lived at Quebec until 6 January 1696, the day on which they gave two sons to the Seminary of Quebec. During the next summer, Madame Frechette and the children went to Saint-Nicolas to the Coutard home where Suzanne Jaroussel was getting along in years. We know from the records of the Sovereign Council that this mother of Anne Lereau died before July 1700.'
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume X, Page 113
1699 Marriage of ChildMarie-Thérèse COUTARD married 28 February 1699, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Bertrand-Pierre LART dit LARAMÉE
1699 Death of ChildPierre COUTARD died 16 August 1699 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
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