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Ancestor is complete! immigrant Carignan-Salières Soldier flag male ancestor  Mathieu  GERVAIS LE PARISIEN

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Born: abt. 1648 in St-Maur-des-Fosses, Creteil, Paris, France

Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

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

Mathieu  married  Marie-Michelle PICARD 31 August 1676 in Montréal, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Marie-Michelle PICARD  was born 6 July 1661 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).  Marie-Michelle died 15 April 1710 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).  Marie-Michelle was the child of Jacques Hughes (Hugues) PICARD dit LAFORTUNE and Marie-Anne-Antoinette LIERCOURT.

Mathieu GERVAIS LE PARISIEN died 31 January 1728 in Longueuil, Canada, New France .



Son of Pierre Gervais and Catherine Saillard

Lived in district of Creteil, Paris (Val-de-Marne). Went to Canada in 1665 as a soldier in the French Army (Carnignan Seilles regiment), to fight the French Indian wars.
Marriage contract drawn 10 Aug. 1676 by Basset.
Source: Rootsweb

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WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: Carignan-Salières soldier - Grandfontaine Company

Did You Know? 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.

Spouse & Children of Mathieu GERVAIS LE PARISIEN

Mathieu GERVAIS LE PARISIEN married Ancestor is complete!flag female ancestor Marie-Michelle PICARD
Marriage date: 31 August 1676
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
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Marie-Michelle PICARD was the child of Jacques Hughes (Hugues) PICARD dit LAFORTUNE and Marie-Anne-Antoinette LIERCOURT

Marriage notes:
Marriage found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection
Mathieu Gervais and Michel Picard


So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Mathieu GERVAIS LE PARISIEN and Marie-Michelle PICARD

Ancestor is complete!flag female ancestor Jeanne GERVAIS

flag female ancestor Marie-Romaine GERVAIS
Born: 4 February 1681 , La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 15 December 1756, Longueuil, Canada, New France


flag male ancestor Jean-Baptiste-Mathieu GERVAIS
Born: 10 February 1683, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 5 September 1730, Longueuil, Canada, New France


flag female ancestor Marguerite GERVAIS

flag male ancestor Pierre GERVAIS
Born: 16 December 1686 , La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 17 July 1722, La Prairie, Canada, New France


flag female ancestor Marie-Catherine GERVAIS

flag female ancestor Anne GERVAIS

flag male ancestor Mathieu GERVAIS

flag female ancestor Marie-Anne GERVAIS

flag male ancestor Mathieu-Alexis GERVAIS



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marriage1676 Marriage / Partner
Mathieu GERVAIS LE PARISIEN and Marie-Michelle PICARD 31 August 1676, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
1679 Birth of Child
Jeanne GERVAIS was born 5 August 1679 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1681 Canadian Census Prairie de la Magdelaine
Mathieu Gervais, 35
Michelle Picard, sa femme, 20
Mathieu, leur fils, 1

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
1681 Birth of Child
Marie-Romaine GERVAIS was born 4 February 1681 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1683 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Mathieu GERVAIS was born 10 February 1683, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1684 Birth of Child
Marguerite GERVAIS was born 21 November 1684 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1686 Birth of Child
Pierre GERVAIS was born 16 December 1686 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1689 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine GERVAIS was born 7 May 1689 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1692 Birth of Child
Anne GERVAIS was born 21 June 1692 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1696 Birth of Child
Mathieu GERVAIS was born 13 May 1696, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1697 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne GERVAIS was born 17 March 1697, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1699 Birth of Child
Mathieu-Alexis GERVAIS was born 30 November 1699, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
marriage1700 Marriage of Child
Marie-Romaine GERVAIS married 25 November 1700, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Charles MARCIL (MARSIL)
marriage1701 Marriage of Child
Jeanne GERVAIS married 24 October 1701, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Jean-Baptiste LALONDE
marriage1708 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Mathieu GERVAIS married 11 June 1708, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Jeanne-Françoise RONCERAY
1710 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Michelle PICARD died 15 April 1710, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
marriage1714 Marriage of Child
Anne GERVAIS married 18 November 1714, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Jean PILON
marriage1716 Marriage of Child
Marie-Catherine GERVAIS married 23 February 1716, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Jean-Baptiste POUPARD (POUPART)
marriage1718 Marriage of Child
Marguerite GERVAIS married 9 October 1718, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Louis NEVEU
marriage1719 Marriage of Child
Mathieu GERVAIS married 30 October 1719, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Josephte ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX)
marriage1719 Marriage of Child
Pierre GERVAIS married 13 November 1719 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Marie-Catherine PLANTE
1722 Death of Child
Pierre GERVAIS died 17 July 1722, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
marriage1722 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne GERVAIS married 6 August 1722, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Noël LEFEBVRE dit LACISERAYE
1723 Death of Child
Marguerite GERVAIS died 22 November 1723 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)
Death
name: Mathieu Gervias
gender: Male
burial date: 01 Feb 1728
burial place: St. Antoine De Longueuil, Chambly, Quebec
death date: 31 Jan 1728
death place: St Antoine De Longueuil, Chambly, Quebec
age: 80
birth date: 1648
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race: White
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indexing project (batch) number: B03669-9
system origin: Canada-EASy
source film number: 1031703
reference number: S 2

'Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955,' index, FamilySearch.org : accessed 04 Jan 2013), Mathieu Gervias, 31 Jan 1728; citing reference S 2, FHL microfilm 1031703.
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