Bertrand VIAU
Married: Marie-Reine ROBIN dite LAPOINTE 7 April 1693 Place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
Jacques
VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE
Born
abt. 1641
,
La Trinite,-de-Clisson, Nantes, Bretagne, France
Died
14 September 1723
,
Longueuil, Canada, New France
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Jacques was a Carignan-Salières soldier, arriving in New France in 1665.
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WORK & OCCUPATION
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Recorded occupation: Carignan-Salières soldier - La Fredière Company
Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jacques VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE
Jacques VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE married 
Marie-Madeleine PLOUARD (PLOUART)
Marriage date: 21 January 1670
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Marie-Madeleine PLOUARD (PLOUART)Marriage date: 21 January 1670
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Marriage notes:
Marriage found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection
Jacques Viau and Marie Plouart
"Le 13 mai 1671 a este baptise, Bertrand, fils de Jacques Viau, habitant de Longueuil et de Madeleine Plouart (1), sa femme."
(1) D'apres le memes registres, Jacques Viau s'etait marie le 21 janvier 1670 avec Marie Madeleine Plouart; mail il est alors porte comme habitant de Montreal.
Title Histoire de Longueuil et de la famille de Longueuil
Authors Alex Jodoin, J. L. Vincent
Publisher Impr. Gebhardt-Berthiaume, 1889
Original from the University of Michigan
Digitized Mar 16, 2006
Length 681 pages
Page 51
Children of Jacques VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE and Marie-Madeleine PLOUARD (PLOUART)
Michel VIAU
Born: 4 December 1675, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: 17 February 1720, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: 17 February 1720, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Married: Helene CHARLES LAJEUNESSE 28 October 1698 Place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
Marguerite VIAU
Born: 2 December 1680, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: 11 November 1754, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: 11 November 1754, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Married: Pierre LUSSIER 13 September 1699 Place: Varennes, Canada, New France
Married: François BOUTEILLE (BOUTEILLER) dit BONNEVILLE 22 January 1722 Place: Longueuil, Canada, New France
Françoise VIAU
Born: 22 March 1682, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: 17 January 1744, Varennes, Canada, New France
Died: 17 January 1744, Varennes, Canada, New France
Married: Jean BRISETOUT dit LAVIGNE 9 June 1699 Place: Longueuil, Canada, New France
Married: Paul PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN 6 December 1719 Place: Varennes, Canada, New France
Jacques VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE married Marie-Thérèse ROBIN dite LAPOINTE
Marriage date: 14 November 1684
Marriage place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
See marriage record for Jacques VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE and Marie-Thérèse ROBIN dite LAPOINTE
Marie-Thérèse ROBIN dite LAPOINTE was the child of Jean ROBIN dit LAPOINTE and Jeanne CHARTON (CHARRETON)
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Marie-Thérèse ROBIN dite LAPOINTEMarriage date: 14 November 1684
Marriage place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
See marriage record for Jacques VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE and Marie-Thérèse ROBIN dite LAPOINTEMarie-Thérèse ROBIN dite LAPOINTE was the child of Jean ROBIN dit LAPOINTE and Jeanne CHARTON (CHARRETON)
Marriage notes:
Marriage is listed in the index for Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville, QC, Canada in Drouin Collection. 1684 detail records are missing.
groom's name: Jacques Viau Or Lesperance
groom's birth date: 1642
groom's birthplace:
groom's age: 42
bride's name: Theraise Robin
bride's birth date: 1668
bride's birthplace:
bride's age: 16
marriage date: 14 Nov 1684
marriage place: Boucherville, Chambly, Quebec
groom's father's name:
groom's mother's name:
bride's father's name: Jean Robin Or Lapointe
bride's mother's name: Jeane Charton
groom's race: White
groom's marital status: Widowed
groom's previous wife's name:
bride's race: White
bride's marital status: Single
bride's previous husband's name:
indexing project (batch) number: M01663-9
system origin: Canada-EASy
source film number: 1031703
reference number: P-29 M-2
"Canada, Marriages, 1661-1949," index, FamilySearch.org
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Children of Jacques VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE and Marie-Thérèse ROBIN dite LAPOINTE
Marie VIAU
Born: 18 October 1685, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: 7 May 1758, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: 7 May 1758, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Married: Nicolas CHARRON 15 January 1703 Place: Longueuil, Canada, New France
Jeanne VIAU
Born: 30 April 1688 , Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: 17 March 1726, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: 17 March 1726, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Married: Nicolas MONET dit BOISMENU 13 August 1708 Place: Longueuil, Canada, New France
Jacques VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE
Married: Marie-Anne-Antoinette GOGUET 7 November 1718 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Rose VIAU
Born: 30 November 1693 , Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: 3 December 1693, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: 3 December 1693, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Madeleine VIAU
Born: 8 November 1694, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: 28 March 1724, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: 28 March 1724, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Married: Jean GOGUET (GOYETTE) 07 November 1718 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Louis VIAU
Born: 7 November 1696, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: 12 February 1728 , Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: 12 February 1728 , Longueuil, Canada, New France
Marie-Angélique VIAU
Born: 20 October 1698, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: 23 February 1772 , Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 23 February 1772 , Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada
Married: Jean-Baptiste BARABÉ 6 April 1728 Place: Varennes, Canada, New France
Marie-Thérèse VIAU
Born: 7 October 1700, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: February 1701, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: February 1701, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Joseph VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE
Married: Marie-Anne BOUTEILLE (BOUTEILLER) dite BONNEVILLE 5 November 1731 Place: Longueuil, Canada, New France
RESEARCH CONTEXT
Québec Genealogy Notes
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Québec Place Names Through History
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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
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
What is a "dit/dite" Name?
When the first settlers came to Québec from France, it was a custom to add a "dit" nickname to the surname. The English translation of "dit" is "said." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.
A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
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Carignan-Salières Regiment Officers and Soldiers (who married Filles du Roi)
Viau, Jacques, dit L’Esperance, m. M. Madeleine Plouard, 21 Jan. 1670
Soldier, Company: La Frediere
Soldier, Company: La Frediere
1670 Marriage / PartnerJacques VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE and Marie-Madeleine PLOUARD (PLOUART) 21 January 1670, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
1671 Birth of ChildBertrand VIAU was born 3 May 1671, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
1673 Birth of ChildMarie-Magdeleine VIAU was born 11 June 1673, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
1675 Birth of ChildMichel VIAU was born 4 December 1675, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
1678 Birth of ChildJacques VIAU was born 5 March 1678, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
1680 Birth of ChildMarguerite VIAU was born 2 December 1680, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
1681 Longueuil
Jacques Vio, (4) 41 ans; Madeleine Plouart, sa femme, 28 ans; enfants: Bertrand, 10 ans; Marie, 8 ans; Michel, 6 ans; Marguerite, 9 mois; 3 fusils; 8 betes a cornes; 16 arpents en valeur.
Title Histoire de Longueuil et de la famille de Longueuil
Authors Alex Jodoin, J. L. Vincent
Publisher Impr. Gebhardt-Berthiaume, 1889
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized Dec 18, 2007
Length 681 pages
Page 64
Title Histoire de Longueuil et de la famille de Longueuil
Authors Alex Jodoin, J. L. Vincent
Publisher Impr. Gebhardt-Berthiaume, 1889
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized Dec 18, 2007
Length 681 pages
Page 64
1682 Birth of ChildFrançoise VIAU was born 22 March 1682, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
1684 Marriage / PartnerJacques VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE and Marie-Thérèse ROBIN dite LAPOINTE 14 November 1684, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
1685 Birth of ChildMarie VIAU was born 18 October 1685, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
1688 Birth of ChildJeanne VIAU was born 30 April 1688 , Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
1691 Birth of ChildJacques VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE was born 8 May 1691, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
1693 Marriage of ChildBertrand VIAU married 7 April 1693, Boucherville, Canada, New France to Marie-Reine ROBIN dite LAPOINTE
1693 Birth of ChildMarie-Rose VIAU was born 30 November 1693 , Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
1694 Birth of ChildMadeleine VIAU was born 8 November 1694, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
1696 Birth of ChildLouis VIAU was born 7 November 1696, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
1698 Birth of ChildMarie-Angélique VIAU was born 20 October 1698, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
1698 Marriage of ChildMichel VIAU married 28 October 1698, Boucherville, Canada, New France to Helene CHARLES LAJEUNESSE
1699 Marriage of ChildFrançoise VIAU married 9 June 1699, Longueuil, Canada, New France to Jean BRISETOUT dit LAVIGNE
1699 Marriage of ChildMarguerite VIAU married 13 September 1699, Varennes, Canada, New France to Pierre LUSSIER
1700 Birth of ChildMarie-Thérèse VIAU was born 7 October 1700, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
1701 Death of ChildMarie-Thérèse VIAU died February 1701, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
1702 Birth of ChildJoseph VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE was born 5 March 1702, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
1703 Marriage of ChildMarie VIAU married 15 January 1703, Longueuil, Canada, New France to Nicolas CHARRON
1704 Birth of ChildThomas VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE was born 9 December 1704 , Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
1708 Marriage of ChildJeanne VIAU married 13 August 1708, Longueuil, Canada, New France to Nicolas MONET dit BOISMENU
1718 Marriage of ChildJacques VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE married 7 November 1718, Montréal, Canada, New France to Marie-Anne-Antoinette GOGUET
1718 Marriage of ChildMadeleine VIAU married 07 November 1718 , Montréal, Canada, New France to Jean GOGUET (GOYETTE)
1719 Marriage of ChildFrançoise VIAU married 6 December 1719 , Varennes, Canada, New France to Paul PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN
1720 Death of ChildMichel VIAU died 17 February 1720, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
1720 Death of Spouse/PartnerMarie-Thérèse ROBIN dite LAPOINTE died 31 December 1720, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
1722 Marriage of ChildMarguerite VIAU married 22 January 1722, Longueuil, Canada, New France to François BOUTEILLE (BOUTEILLER) dit BONNEVILLE
Death
Name: Jeacques Viau Or Lesperance
Gender: Male
burial date: 15 Sep 1723
burial Place: St. Antoine De Longueuil, Chambly, Quebec
Death Date: 14 Sep 1723
death Place: Longueuil
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birthPlace:
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Race: White
Marital Status: Unknown
spouse's Name:
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father's birthPlace:
mother's Name:
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indexing project (batch) number: B03669-9
system origin: Canada-EASy
source Film Number: 1031703
reference number: P-10 S-12
'Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ F2PP-2HQ : accessed 04 Jan 2013), Jeacques Viau Or Lesperance, 14 Sep 1723; citing reference P-10 S-12, FHL microfilm 1031703.
Gender: Male
burial date: 15 Sep 1723
burial Place: St. Antoine De Longueuil, Chambly, Quebec
Death Date: 14 Sep 1723
death Place: Longueuil
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birthPlace:
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Race: White
Marital Status: Unknown
spouse's Name:
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father's birthPlace:
mother's Name:
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indexing project (batch) number: B03669-9
system origin: Canada-EASy
source Film Number: 1031703
reference number: P-10 S-12
'Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ F2PP-2HQ : accessed 04 Jan 2013), Jeacques Viau Or Lesperance, 14 Sep 1723; citing reference P-10 S-12, FHL microfilm 1031703.
1723 Death Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil, Longueuil, QC, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
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