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Born
1 August 1622 ,  Mortagne, Perche, France
Died
19 April 1717 ,  Boucherville, Canada, New France
Pierre  married  Marie Madeleine OUEBADINOUKOUE dite CHRÉTIENNE 17 January 1649 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Madeleine OUEBADINOUKOUE dite CHRÉTIENNE  was born abt. 1622 in Canada.  Marie Madeleine died 11 December 1649 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . 
Pierre  married  Jeanne CREVIER 9 July 1652 in Québec, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 15 children.
Jeanne CREVIER  was born 4 June 1636 in Rouen, France.  Jeanne died 11 December 1727 in Boucherville, Canada, New France .  Jeanne was the child of Christophe CREVIER and Jeanne ENARD (ÉVARD) .
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Parents of Pierre BOUCHER

Father
Gaspard BOUCHER
Mother
Nicole LEMAIRE

Grandparents of Pierre BOUCHER

Paternal grandparents
Jacques BOUCHER Françoise PAIGNE
Maternal grandparents
Maternal grandfather not yet recorded Maternal grandmother not yet recorded

Pierre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1634.
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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre  married  Marie Madeleine OUEBADINOUKOUE dite CHRÉTIENNE 17 January 1649 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Madeleine OUEBADINOUKOUE dite CHRÉTIENNE  was born abt. 1622 in Canada.  Marie Madeleine died 11 December 1649 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . 

Pierre  married  (2) Jeanne CREVIER 9 July 1652 in Québec, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 15 children.
Jeanne CREVIER  was born 4 June 1636 in Rouen, France.  Jeanne died 11 December 1727 in Boucherville, Canada, New France .  Jeanne was the child of Christophe CREVIER and Jeanne ENARD (ÉVARD).






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Occupation

Recorded occupation: Seigneur de Boucherville, Governor of Trois Rivieres

Did You Know? Québec Généalogie - The Seigneurial System (1627 - 1854)
The seigneurial system was a form of land settlement modeled on the French feudal system. It began in New France in 1627 with the formation of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés (or Company of 100 Associates), which was initially responsible for handing out land grants and seigneurial rights. The land was divided into five by 15 kilometer plots, usually along major rivers like the St. Lawrence. They were then further subdivided into narrow, but long lots for settlement. These lots were usually long enough to be suitable for faming, and they provided everyone who lived on them with equal access to neighbouring farms and the river. There were three main groups of people who lived off the land in this system: Seigneurs, Habitants and Engagés

Pierre BOUCHER was a seigneur.
Seigneurs were the most important colonists, as they were usually in the military or aristocracy prior to being a settler. These seigneurs then were charged with the task of subdividing large parcels of land into five by 15 kilometer concessions, then renting this land to a habitant. Under regulations set up by the French government in France, the seigneur could also set up a court of law, set up a mill on his land and organize a commune.

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre BOUCHER

Pierre BOUCHER married flag Native American female ancestor Marie Madeleine OUEBADINOUKOUE dite CHRÉTIENNE
Marriage date: 17 January 1649
Marriage place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
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Marriage notes:
Pierre Boucher believed in the possibility of creating a new people by the union of French men and Indian women. He gave the example himself by marrying, in 1649, a Huron girl, a pupil of the Ursulines of Quebec, Marie Ouebadinskoue, otherwise called Marie-Madeleine Chrestienne. The young woman died in December of the same year while giving birth to a child, who did not live. Boucher next married, in 1652, a fellow-countrywoman, Jeanne Crevier, who was the daughter of Christophe Crevier, the pioneer from Rouen, and who had come from France with her parents. Fifteen children were born of the second marriage.

Children of Pierre BOUCHER and Marie Madeleine OUEBADINOUKOUE dite CHRÉTIENNE


Pierre BOUCHER married immigrant flag female ancestor Jeanne CREVIER
Marriage date: 9 July 1652
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
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Jeanne CREVIER was the child of Christophe CREVIER and Jeanne ENARD (ÉVARD)

Marriage notes:
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Boucher next married, in 1652, a fellow countrywoman, Marie-Jeanne Crevier, who was the daughter of Christophe Crevier, the pioneer from Rouen, and who had come from France with her parents.
Fifteen children were born of this second marriage. The sons adopted various names, chosen for the most part by Pierre Boucher himself and inspired by his native Perche. They formed the Montarville, Montbrun, Grosbois, Grandpré, Montizambert, La Bruère, La Perrière, and Boucherville families. The daughters married into the Gaultier de Varennes, Legardeur, Daneau de Muy, and Sabrevois de Bleury families. By the interplay of marriages, the Montizambert branch became English and Protestant after the cession of 1763. Another line, the Montbruns, went to the Illinois country and gained renown in the fields of politics, the army, and medicine. Others settled in Mauritius, the West Indies, Louisiana, and France.
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Canada, New France
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BOUCHER, PIERRE, interpreter, soldier, governor of Trois-Rivières, royal judge, founder and seigneur of Boucherville; son of Gaspard Boucher and Nicole Lemer (Lemaire); baptized 1 Aug. 1622 at Mortagne, in Perche (France); d. 19 April 1717 at Boucherville.

In answer to the appeal of his fellow-countryman Robert Giffard* to settle in Canada, Gaspard Boucher sold his farm at Mortagne on 1 Feb. 1634. We have no written undertaking on Gaspard Boucher’s part towards Robert Giffard, but it is possible that Gaspard was one of a group which sailed for New France that same year. Some historians have expressed the opinion that on this first voyage he brought his wife, Nicole Lemer, and his children: Pierre the eldest, Nicolas, Marie, and Marguerite, who had all four been baptized at Mortagne; we do not know where his youngest daughter Madeleine was born, perhaps on the way over. Alfred Cambray, who supports the idea that the family arrived in 1634, thinks that they were on a ship commanded
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Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
BirthBirth — 1622
1 August 1622
Mortagne, Perche, France
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1634 - Arrival in New France
Pierre Boucher (1622-1717) arrived this year Kebec with his family.
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1639
In the Huron Country are 13 Jesuit and 27 Frenchmen. Pierre Boucher (1622-1717) served this mission (1639-1643).
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1643 - Fort Kebec
Pierre Boucher (1622-1717) served as a soldier at Fort Kebec (1643-1645)
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marriage1649 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BOUCHER and Marie Madeleine OUEBADINOUKOUE dite CHRÉTIENNE 17 January 1649, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

He was 26 years old.
Pierre BOUCHER - 1649 Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec Cap de la Madeleine First land concessions 1649 The map above shows the first land concessions on the Cap. One s
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1649 Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec

Cap de la Madeleine
First land concessions 1649
The map above shows the first land concessions on the Cap. One sees Pierre and Mathurin's lots (5th and 6th from right). On a modern map of Cap de la Madeleine, Pierre's land was, according to Marcel Trudel, author of "Le Terrier du St Laurent en 1663", between Celina and Viviers steets and from the bottom of Erables street up to the first park on the street.

One also finds the lands of men that played role's in our ancestor's life and/ or are in our family tree: Claude Houssard dit le Petit Claude was his father-in-law, Nicolas Rivard was his brother-in-law (his great grandaughter married Pierre's grandson, Joseph - ancestral grandparents!), Pierre Boucher - his sister, Marie was the grandmother of Marie Trottier who married Pierre's son, Louis.
1 june 1649

I the undersigned superior of the residence of the Company of Jesus at 3 Rivieres declare that in virtue of the commission given to me by
my superiors in which Monsignor the Abbe of la Magdeleine gave the right and the power to distribute the lands that bear his name on the
Cap of 3 rivieres I have assigned fourteen concessions of two arpens each of waterfront on the great river, starting at the mouth of the
river tanneval at the bottom and twenty arpens in depth on each arpen by a line starting at the north-east of the said concessions given by
order to those that are marked below, under the charges and conditions dictated by the seigneur here ... the names in order in which the said concessions were granted are Francois Boivin, Jean Houdan, Claude Houssart, Jean Veron, Pierre Guillet, Mathyrin Guillet, Etienne de Lafond, Mathyrin Baillergeon, Pierre Boucher, Emerie Galteaux, Urbain bodrie, Jacques Aubuchon, Bertrand Farfard, Jean Aubuchon

Passed at 3 rivieres
On the 1st of Juin 1649

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1649 Birth of Child
Jacques BOUCHER was born 11 December 1649, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Pierre was 27 years old.
1649 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie Madeleine OUEBADINOUKOUE dite CHRÉTIENNE died 11 December 1649, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
The small post at Trois-Rivieres suffered a number of attacks... The Iroquois usually arrived by canoe in complete silence. Using harquebuses and tomahawks, they killed Frenchmen who were out hunting game.
On June 6, 1651, Pierre Boucher, in charge of the Trois-Rivieres post, was ordered to create small companies of militia.
Source / record details
History of Quebec for Dummies by Eric Bedard, published by John Wiley & Sons, Canada, Ltd.
marriage1652 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BOUCHER and Jeanne CREVIER 9 July 1652, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 29 years old.
1653 - Governor of Trois Rivieres
'Pierre Boucher (1622-1717) is made Governor of Three Rivers (1653-1658).'
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www.telusplanet.net/ public/ dgarneau/ french15.htm
1653 Birth of Child
Pierre BOUCHER was born 18 August 1653, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Pierre was 31 years old.
1655 Birth of Child
Marie-Ursule BOUCHER was born 8 March 1655, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Pierre was 32 years old.
The first historical mention of this denomination dates back to 1656 when Pierre Boucher (1622-1717), governor of Trois-Rivières, granted his son-in-law Étienne Seigneuret and Jean Sauvaget the “terre de la Pointe du lac St-Pierre”.
The descriptive name evokes a sandy point overlooking the northeast end of Lake Saint-Pierre and on which the locality is built. about ten kilometers southwest of Trois-Rivières and about 20 km from Louiseville.
Visit Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)
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Invention 1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)
1656 Birth of Child
Lambert BOUCHER was born 12 August 1656, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Pierre was 34 years old.
1659 Birth of Child
Ignace BOUCHER was born 17 January 1659, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Pierre was 36 years old.
1661 Birth of Child
Madeleine BOUCHER was born 11 March 1661, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Pierre was 38 years old.
1662 - Pierre Boucher meets King Louis XIV
...As soon as he arrived in the colony, Governor Du Bois d'Avaugour inspected the Trois-Rivieres and Montreal posts, which were the most exposed to Iroquois attacks. His verdict was a bombshell. France must immediately send 'powerful support.' To overcome the Iroquois 'rabble,' he said, at least 3,000 soldiers would be needed. with the aim of persuading the king and his court to move forward, the governor delegated Pierre Boucher, a former official of the Trois-Rivieres post, to go to France.

Only 12 when he arrived in New France with his family, Boucher had come to know the colony like the back of his hand. At an early age, he left on a mission with the Jesuits to learn Aboriginal languages and be an interpreter. After a first marriage to a Huron woman who died in childbirth, he later married Jeanne Crevier, settled in Trois-Rivieres, and courageously confronted the Iroquois.

Early in 1662, Boucher had a personal audience with the king and a long talk with Colbert. The listened
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History of Quebec for Dummies by Eric Bedard, published by John Wiley & Sons, Canada, Ltd.
1663 - Governor of Trois Rivieres
'Pierre Boucher (1622-1717) is again made Governor of Three Rivers (1663-1665). '
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www.telusplanet.net/ public/ dgarneau/ french18.htm
1663 Birth of Child
Marguerite BOUCHER was born 26 July 1663, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Pierre was 41 years old.
1665 Birth of Child
Philippe BOUCHER was born 19 December 1665, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Pierre was 43 years old.
1666 Les Trois Rivieres
Pierre Boucher escuyer sr de grosbois - 44 gouverneur dud. lieu des trois Rivieres

damoiselle Jeanne Gresnier (Crevier) - 30 sa femme

pierre Boucher - 13 fils

Marie Boucher - 11 fille

Lambert Boucher - 10 fils

Ignace Boucher - 7 fils

Magdelaine Boucher - 5 fille

Marguerite Boucher - 3 fille

Philipes Boucher - 3 mois fils

Thomas frerot dit la Chesnaye - 25 domestique engagé

Nicolas Neoveaux dl poictou - 25 domestique engagé

pierre Picard - 20 domestique engagé

pierre lefebvre - 19 domestique engagé

Jean deforme - 15 domestique engagé
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The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Invention 1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity
1667 Birth of Child
René-Jean BOUCHER dit MONBRUN was born 6 February 1667, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Pierre was 44 years old.
marriage1667 Marriage of Child
Marie-Ursule BOUCHER married 26 September 1667, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France to René GAUTHIER
1668 Birth of Child
René BOUCHER was born 18 June 1668, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Pierre was 45 years old.
1670 Birth of Child
Jeanne BOUCHER was born 5 December 1670, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Pierre was 48 years old.
1670 Birth of Child
Louise BOUCHER was born 5 December 1670, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Pierre was 48 years old.
1672 Birth of Child
Nicolas BOUCHER was born 14 November 1672, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Pierre was 50 years old.
1673 Birth of Child
Jacques BOUCHER was born 6 December 1673, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Pierre was 51 years old.
1673 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER DE NIVERVILLE was born 6 December 1673, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Pierre was 51 years old.
1676 Birth of Child
Geneviève BOUCHER was born 19 August 1676, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Pierre was 54 years old.
marriage1680 Marriage of Child
Madeleine BOUCHER married 24 November 1680, Boucherville, Canada, New France to Pierre-Noel LEGARDEUR
marriage1683 Marriage of Child
Pierre BOUCHER married 25 October 1683, Québec, Canada, New France to Marguerite-Charlotte DENIS
marriage1687 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BOUCHER married 17 May 1687, Boucherville, Canada, New France to Nicolas DANEAU (DANIAU)
1688 Death of Child
Jacques BOUCHER died 10 September 1688, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Pierre was 66 years old.
marriage1692 Marriage of Child
René-Jean BOUCHER dit MONBRUN married 24 November 1692, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France to Françoise-Claire CHAREST
marriage1693 Marriage of Child
Lambert BOUCHER married 13 August 1693, Québec, Canada, New France to Marie-Marguerite VAUVRIL DE BLASON
marriage1694 Marriage of Child
Ignace BOUCHER married 28 October 1694, Montréal, Canada, New France to Marie-Anne MARGANE
Invention 1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)
1698 Death of Child
Marguerite BOUCHER died 3 June 1698, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Pierre was 75 years old.
1699 Death of Child
Lambert BOUCHER died 3 April 1699, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Pierre was 76 years old.
1699 Death of Child
Ignace BOUCHER died 25 October 1699, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Pierre was 77 years old.
1703 Death of Child
Jeanne BOUCHER died 8 July 1703, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Pierre was 80 years old.
marriage1705 Marriage of Child
René BOUCHER married 15 December 1705, Montréal, Canada, New France to Françoise MAILLOT
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