Jean PROULX

(b. 2 December 1646 , France d. 28 February 1703 , Montmagny, Canada, New France )

Am I Your Ancestor?
PROULX Family Tree – Connecting the Past to the Present!

What started out as our family is now your’s too!

Jean PROULX was born 2 December 1646 in France

Jean PROULX was the child of ? and ?

Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1673.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean married Jacquette FOURNIER 5 June 1673 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Jacquette FOURNIER was born 9 April 1659 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Jacquette died 22 January 1736 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Jacquette was the child of Guillaume FOURNIER and Françoise HÉBERT.

Jean PROULX died 28 February 1703 in Montmagny, Canada, New France .

son of Jean Proulx and Louise Vallee

Details of the family tree of Jean appear below.

Occupation

Jean PROULX was a domestique.
The term domestique, or domestic servant, whether it was used in France or in New-France, was associated with: Servants working in a home; Agricultural servants; Personal servants; Any person at the service of another, without specifics.

Domestique also included all servants, of any type, working for religious communities and hospital staff, which represented an important group in the colony.
Source: tfcq.ca

A Day in the Life of a Domestique: Navigating 18th Century New France

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.