François  ALLARD

ALLARD - contraction of Adélard, from the Germanic name Adalhard, which means 'ancient-noble and strong-hard'.

François Allard is the son of Jacques and Jacqueline Frérot of N.-D.-de-Blacqueville in Normandy, where he was born around 1637. He married in Quebec on November 1, 1671 Jeanne Languille, daughter of Michel and Étiennette Toucheraine of Touraine. They had eight children. Arrived in the country around 1666, he worked in 1667 as a hired worker before buying land in Bourg-La-Reine in 1670. He increased his assets by buying new land and then obtaining two concessions. Widowed in 1711, he disagreed on the division of his property with his children who refused, first to protect his future. He was buried in Charlesbourg on October 25, 1726.

Francois Allard came from Notre-Dame-de-Blacqueville (France) and settled in Charlesbourg which is not far from Quebec City. On November 1st, 1671 he married Jeanne Anguille / Languille and together they had eight children. Five of their children went on to establish families. The couple were among the first to clear land in New France.

Jeanne Anguille was a Fille du Roi. Her parents were Michel Anguille and Etienne Toucherin of Artannes-sur-Indres (St-Maurice, France). Five of their children went on to establish families. The couple were among the first to clear land in New France. Her maternal grandparents were Etienne Toucheran and Catherine Murnin.