Michel BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE

(b. 3 May 1645 , Poitiers, France d. 18 May 1712 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* )

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Michel BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE was born 3 May 1645 in Poitiers, France

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Michel was a Carignan-Salières soldier, arriving in New France in 1665.
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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Michel married Marie DUBOIS 3 November 1670 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children. Marie DUBOIS was born 20 March 1640 in Lisieux, Saint-Desir, Normandie, France. Marie died 27 September 1734 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles).

Michel BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE died 18 May 1712 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* .

Occupation: Carignan-Salières soldier

Born Goeux, Montmorillon, Poitiers, Poitou, France

Father: Jacques BROUILLET

Mother: Renée VAIZIÈRE

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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.

Québec Généalogie - 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'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

Family and Children of Michel BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE

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Michel BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE married

Marie DUBOIS-- Date: 3 November 1670 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

PRDH INDICATES THAT MICHEL BROUILLET AND MARIE DUBOIS SIGNED A CONTRACT OF MARRIAGE IN 1670 AT AN UNDETERMINED PLACE IN QUEBEC, CANADA.

"AFTER HIS MILITARY SERVICE, LAVIOLETTE REMAINED IN THE AREA, AT CHAMBLY. IT TOOK HIM TWO YEARS TO PREPARE FOR THE ARRIVAL OF HIS FUTURE WIFE, EVEN THOUGH HE HAD YET TO DISCOVER HER IDENTITY.

MARIE DUBOIS, A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE GUILLAUME AND OF ISABELLE LASOEUR, WAS A TWENTY-EIGHT YEAR OLD ORPHAN, PROTECTED BY THE SUN KING. HER NATIVE TOWN WAS LISIEUX...

THIS MARIE DUBOIS, AFTER HER ARRIVAL IN QUEBEC IN THE SUMMER OF 1670, MET ETIENNE REVELLOS WHO PROPOSED MARRIAGE... SUDDENLY, LOVER ETIENNE DISAPPEARED LIKE A BIRD OF PASSAGE, WHEREUPON MARIE WENT TO MONTERAL. ON 3 NOVEMBER, SHE WAS 'IN THE CHAMBER OF MONSIERU DE CHAMBLY' SEEKING APPROVAL HER MARRIAGE CONTRACT UNDER PRIVATE AGREEMENT TO MICHEL BROUILLET DIT LAVIOLETTE. A MISSIONARY FROM CHAMBLY BLESSED THEIR UNION, BUT THE DOCUMENT ITSELF HAS BEEN LOST."

THOMAS J. LAFOREST
OUR FRENCH-CANADIAN ANCESTORS : VOLUME XI, PAGE 9

Children of Michel BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie DUBOIS:

Bernard BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE (b.8 September 1671, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 1 December 1723, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* )
m. Marie CHARTIER 28 June 1697 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Jean BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE (b.5 November 1673, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 24 August 1732, Terrebonne, Canada, New France )
m. Francoise LECLERC 7 January 1707 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Gilles BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE (b.6 December 1674, Chambly, Canada, New France d. 3 October 1746, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* )
m. Marie BRICAULT dite LAMARCHE 7 January 1704 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Pierre BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE (b.28 February 1676, Sorel, Canada, New France d. 23 March 1752, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* )
m. Louise BOULARD dite CAMBRAI 22 November 1706 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Marie BROUILLET dite LAVIOLETTE (b.21 October 1677, Sorel, Canada, New France d. 9 December 1740, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* )
m. François VAUDRY 3 October 1693 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Marie-Françoise BROUILLET dite LAVIOLETTE (b.20 February 1679, Sorel, Canada, New France d. , )

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1645 Birth
3 May 1645
Poitiers, France

1645
'...MICHEL BROUILLET, SON OF JACQUES AND OF RENEE VAIZIERE, A POITEVIN BORN ON 3 MAY 1645 AT GOUEUX, A COMMUNITY SITUATED AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE BIG AND LITTLE BLOURDE RIVERS, FROM WHENCE THEY JOIN THE VIENNE.'

THOMAS J. LAFOREST
OUR FRENCH-CANADIAN ANCESTORS : VOLUME XI, PAGE 7

Biography
Michel Brouillet dit Laviolette was born 3 May 1645 in Gouex, Province of Poitou, France. His parents were Jacques Brouillet and Renée Vaizienne. He came to Canada as a soldier in 1665. He married Marie Dubois, daughter of Guillaume Dubois and Isabelle Lasoeur, 3 November 1670 in Chambly, Quebec. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Quebec, Indiana and Illinois.
Michel Brouillet Dit Laviolette and Marie Dubois: Pioneer Americans by M.A. Brouillette, 1979

Michel BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE - TITLE DICTIONNAIRE GÉNÉALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES CANADIENNES DEPUIS LA FONDATION DE LA COLONIE DICTIONNAIRE GÉNÉALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES CANADIENNES DEPUIS

TITLE DICTIONNAIRE GÉNÉALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES CANADIENNES DEPUIS LA FONDATION DE LA COLONIE
DICTIONNAIRE GÉNÉALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES CANADIENNES DEPUIS LA FONDATION DE LA COLONIE, CYPRIEN TANGUAY
AUTHOR CYPRIEN TANGUAY
PUBLISHED 1871
ORIGINAL FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY
DIGITIZED JUN 9, 2006
PAGE 92

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

'Volunteer or not, Michel Brouillet, strong and in good health, enlisted under his country's flag. About 1663 Louis XIV decided to assure the stability of New France. Thus he created the Sovereign Council and sent strong and capable girls called the Daughters of the King. In 1664, the Carignan-Salieres Regiment was sent over to subdue the arrogant Iroquois. It was here, during this unusual military hustle and bustle, that Michel Brouillet dit Laviolette first appears in Canada.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XI, Page 8

1665
Brouillet, Michel (La Violette), Company: Petit
La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan
The Good Regiment: The Carignan Salières Regiment in Canada, 1665-1668

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1670 Marriage / Partner
Michel BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie DUBOIS 3 November 1670, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 25 years old.

Carignan-Salières Regiment Officers and Soldiers (who married Filles du Roi)
Brouillet, Michel, dit LaViolette, m. Marie Dubois, 03 Nov. 1670
Soldier, Company: Petit

La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan
The Good Regiment: The Carignan Salières Regiment in Canada, 1665-1668

1671 Birth of Child
Bernard BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE was born 8 September 1671, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Michel was 26 years old.

1673 Birth of Child
Jean BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE was born 5 November 1673, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Michel was 28 years old.

1674 Birth of Child
Gilles BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE was born 6 December 1674, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Michel was 29 years old.

1676 Birth of Child
Pierre BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE was born 28 February 1676, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Michel was 30 years old.

1677 Birth of Child
Marie BROUILLET dite LAVIOLETTE was born 21 October 1677, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Michel was 32 years old.

1679 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise BROUILLET dite LAVIOLETTE was born 20 February 1679, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Michel was 33 years old.

1681 Saint-Francois-du-Lac (La Seigneurie de Saurel), QC, Canada
Michel Bruillet, (1) 36 ans; Marie Dubois, sa femme, 37 ans.
Enfants: Bernard 10, Jean 9, Gilles 8, Pierre 7, Marie 5. 1 fusil, 2 betes-a-cornes, 6 arpents.

Title Revue canadienne
Publisher Revue canadienne, 1886
Original from Oxford University
Digitized Sep 24, 2007
Page 398

1693 Marriage of Child
Marie BROUILLET dite LAVIOLETTE married 3 October 1693, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles) to François VAUDRY

1697 Marriage of Child
Bernard BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE married 28 June 1697, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles) to Marie CHARTIER

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1704 Marriage of Child
Gilles BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE married 7 January 1704, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles) to Marie BRICAULT dite LAMARCHE

1706 Marriage of Child
Pierre BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE married 22 November 1706, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles) to Louise BOULARD dite CAMBRAI

1707 Marriage of Child
Jean BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE married 7 January 1707, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus) to Francoise LECLERC

1712 Death
Death found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

18 May 1712

Brouillet dit Laviolette

'Michel Brouillet, our flour merchant ancestor, died on 16 May 1712. his funeral was celebrated two days later at Notre-Dame de Montreal, before Fathers Seguenot and Francois Citoys de Chaumaux. Yves Priat, a Sulpicien priest of Breton origin, presided at the Requiem Mass. Marie Dubois became the cherished family grandmother for more than twenty years. She died at Pointe-aux-Trembles on 27 September 1734 at the house of her daughter Marie, the wife of Francois Vaudry. She was indeed more than 90 years old.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XI, Pages 14-15
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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