Jacques Hughes (Hugues) PICARD dit LAFORTUNE

Born

abt. 1627 , St-Colombin du Pont-James, Nantes, Bretagne, France

Died

22 December 1707 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Jacques Hughes (Hugues) married Marie-Anne-Antoinette LIERCOURT 30 June 1660 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Anne-Antoinette LIERCOURT was born abt. 1633 in Ste-Marguerite, Beauvais, Picardie, Oise, France. Marie-Anne-Antoinette died 30 September 1707 in Montréal, Canada, New France .

Parents & Family of Jacques Hughes (Hugues) PICARD dit LAFORTUNE

Parents of Jacques Hughes (Hugues) PICARD dit LAFORTUNE

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Jacques Hughes (Hugues) was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1660.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

son of Gabriel Picard and Michelle Clavier

WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: Scieur de long

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jacques Hughes (Hugues) PICARD dit LAFORTUNE

Jacques Hughes (Hugues) PICARD dit LAFORTUNE married

Marie-Anne-Antoinette LIERCOURT
Marriage date: 30 June 1660
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France

See marriage record for Jacques Hughes (Hugues) PICARD dit LAFORTUNE and Marie-Anne-Antoinette LIERCOURT

Marriage notes:

Marriage record found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

Jacques Picard and Antoinette Liercourt

Children of Jacques Hughes (Hugues) PICARD dit LAFORTUNE and Marie-Anne-Antoinette LIERCOURT

Marie-Michelle PICARD

Born: 6 July 1661, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 15 April 1710, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Mathieu GERVAIS LE PARISIEN 31 August 1676 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Anne PICARD

Born: 3 November 1663, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 4 February 1697, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Married: Charles DIEL 31 August 1676 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France

Marguerite PICARD

Born: 16 February 1666 , Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 18 January 1727, Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Jean PARÉ 20 October 1681 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Gabriel PICARD

Born: 17 June 1669 , Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 26 March 1723, Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Madeleine-Angélique RAPIN 9 January 1696 Place: Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jacques PICARD

Born: 27 February 1672 , Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 22 January 1735, Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE 28 October 1697 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Jacques Hughes (Hugues)'s Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

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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Biography

PICARD - nickname given to someone who is from Picardy, a former province in northern France. They were nicknamed by this name when they arrived in Canada a long time ago. They were 18 siblings. We can also find the ''Picard-des-trois-maison''. In Picardy, there were 3 houses for Picardians and thus, there were two lines of the Picard family.

Hugues Picard-Lafortune was born around 1627 in St-Colombin-en-Marche, Loire-Atlantique, France. Son of Gabriel Picard and Michelle Clavier, he married the widow of Blaise Juillet, Anne-Antoinette de Liercourt, daughter of Philippe and Jeanne Patin, on June 30, 1660 in Montreal. The couple have 5 children. This sawyer arrived in Canada in 1653 aboard the Saint-Nicolas, settled in Montreal, then settled in Sault St-Louis. He testified several times for different causes, including one for theft from the king's store. In 1681, he owns 1 gun, 9 cattle and 30 acres of land. He died in Montreal and was buried there on December 22, 1707.

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

1660 Marriage / Partner
Jacques Hughes (Hugues) PICARD dit LAFORTUNE and Marie-Anne-Antoinette LIERCOURT 30 June 1660, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jacques Hughes (Hugues) PICARD dit LAFORTUNE - 1660 marriage

1660 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1661 Birth of Child
Marie-Michelle PICARD was born 6 July 1661, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1663 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne PICARD was born 3 November 1663, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1666 Montreal

hugues picard - 48 habitant

Anne de liercour - 32 sa femme ve blaise juillet

Marie Juillet - 13 fille

Charles Juillet - 9 fils

Louis Juillet - 7 fils

Michel Juillet - 4 fils

& anne picard - 2 fille

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The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Birth of Child
Marguerite PICARD was born 16 February 1666 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1669 Birth of Child
Jean-Gabriel PICARD was born 17 June 1669 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1672 Birth of Child
Jacques PICARD was born 27 February 1672 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1676 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne PICARD married 31 August 1676, Montréal, Canada, New France to Charles DIEL

1676 Marriage of Child
Marie-Michelle PICARD married 31 August 1676, Montréal, Canada, New France to Mathieu GERVAIS LE PARISIEN

1681 Canadian Census Ville de Montreal

Hugues Picard, 50
Antoinette Deliercour, sa femme, 48
enfants:
Marguerite, 15
Jean, 12
Jacques, 10
Louis Julliet, domestique, 22

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

1681 Marriage of Child
Marguerite PICARD married 20 October 1681, Montréal, Canada, New France to Jean PARÉ

1686

December 31, 1685 - Ordinance concerning the support of the military guard.

January 9, 1686 - In view of said ordinance, order is given to Jean Roy, Hughes Picard and Jean Gatteau to cart immediately the fire wood required by the said military guard.

Title Report
Author Québec (Québec). Secretary's Office
Published 1891
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized May 9, 2006
Page 175

1688

April 9, 1688 - Appearance of Hughes Picard

Title Report
Author Québec (Québec). Secretary's Office
Published 1891
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized May 9, 2006
Page 211

1692

April 19, 1692 - Examination of Hughes Picard and Antoinette de Liarcourt, his wife concerning the robbery at the king's stores.

Title Report
Author Québec (Québec). Secretary's Office
Published 1891
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized May 9, 2006
Page 255

1696 Marriage of Child
Jean-Gabriel PICARD married 9 January 1696, Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France to Madeleine-Angélique RAPIN