Urbain
BROSSARD
Born
4 January 1633
,
Angers, France
Died
10 April 1710
,
Montréal, Canada, New France
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Born: 4 January 1633 in Angers, France
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Urbain was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1660.
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Urbain married Urbaine HODIAU 19 April 1660 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Urbaine HODIAU was born abt. 1645 in Angers, France. Urbaine died 15 July 1681 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).
Urbain BROSSARD died 10 April 1710 in Montréal, Canada, New France .
son of Mathurin Brossard and Michelle Bidaut
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WORK & OCCUPATION
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Recorded occupation: master mason
The maçon, or mason, was a person who worked in stone or brick construction. Also known as a brick mason, stone mason or bricklayer, the mason was a craftsman who laid bricks to construct brickwork, or who laid any combination of stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or similar pieces.Source: tfcq.ca
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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 Urbain BROSSARD
Urbain BROSSARD married 
Urbaine HODIAU
Marriage date: 19 April 1660
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Urbaine HODIAUMarriage date: 19 April 1660
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Children of Urbain BROSSARD and Urbaine HODIAU
Jeanne BROSSARDMarried: Henri-Nicolas CATIN 20 November 1679 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Catherine BROSSARDMarried: Jean SARAULT (SARRAULT) dit LAVIOLETTE 26 April 1689 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Marthe BROSSARDBorn: 12 March 1673, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 4 October 1745, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 4 October 1745, Montréal, Canada, New France
Married: Jean POUGET dit GRISDELIN 19 January 1699 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Madeleine BROSSARDMarried: François CAMPEAU 28 January 1698 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Claude BROSSARDBorn: 27 May 1681, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 26 December 1728, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 26 December 1728, Montréal, Canada, New France
Married: Barbe HEBERT dite LAROSE 14 June 1706 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
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Birth — 16334 January 1633
Angers, France
Biography
BROSSARD, URBAIN, master mason, son of Mathurin Brossard and Michelle Bidaut; b. 1633 or 1634 at La Flèche, province of Anjou; buried 10 April 1710 at Montreal.
Brossard came to Ville-Marie with the contingent of 1653. He had been engaged as a mason and settler and applied himself all his life to building and farming.
His first undertaking dates from 30 Nov. 1658, when he agreed to start the following May to build a house for Raphaël-Lambert Closse*. In 1660 François Bailly* took him into partnership for three years. Six years later, in association with Michel Bouvier he built a house for Pierre Chauvin. In 1672, with Gilles Devennes and Bouvier, he erected a vast house at Lachine for Jean Milot, a maker of edge-tools and merchant from Montreal. At the top of the contract a sketch signed by Brossard (his partners could not write) shows the lay-out of this building. It measured 50 feet by 25, had a pavilion roof, and comprised a ground floor and two upper storeys, two chimneys, a ...Read full story
Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
BROSSARD, URBAIN, master mason, son of Mathurin Brossard and Michelle Bidaut; b. 1633 or 1634 at La Flèche, province of Anjou; buried 10 April 1710 at Montreal.
Brossard came to Ville-Marie with the contingent of 1653. He had been engaged as a mason and settler and applied himself all his life to building and farming.
His first undertaking dates from 30 Nov. 1658, when he agreed to start the following May to build a house for Raphaël-Lambert Closse*. In 1660 François Bailly* took him into partnership for three years. Six years later, in association with Michel Bouvier he built a house for Pierre Chauvin. In 1672, with Gilles Devennes and Bouvier, he erected a vast house at Lachine for Jean Milot, a maker of edge-tools and merchant from Montreal. At the top of the contract a sketch signed by Brossard (his partners could not write) shows the lay-out of this building. It measured 50 feet by 25, had a pavilion roof, and comprised a ground floor and two upper storeys, two chimneys, a ...Read full story
Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
1660 Marriage / PartnerUrbain BROSSARD and Urbaine HODIAU 19 April 1660, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
He was 27 years old.
1663 Birth of ChildJeanne BROSSARD was born 17 June 1663, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Urbain was 30 years old.
1668 Birth of ChildCatherine BROSSARD was born 9 July 1668, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Urbain was 35 years old.
1673 Birth of ChildMarthe BROSSARD was born 12 March 1673, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Urbain was 40 years old.
1675 Birth of ChildMadeleine BROSSARD was born 23 November 1675, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Urbain was 42 years old.
1679 Marriage of ChildJeanne BROSSARD married 20 November 1679, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Henri-Nicolas CATIN
1681 Birth of ChildClaude BROSSARD was born 27 May 1681, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Urbain was 48 years old.
1681 Death of Spouse/PartnerUrbaine HODIAU died 15 July 1681, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
1689 Marriage of ChildCatherine BROSSARD married 26 April 1689, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Jean SARAULT (SARRAULT) dit LAVIOLETTE
1698 Marriage of ChildMadeleine BROSSARD married 28 January 1698 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to François CAMPEAU
1699 Marriage of ChildMarthe BROSSARD married 19 January 1699, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Jean POUGET dit GRISDELIN
1706 Marriage of ChildClaude BROSSARD married 14 June 1706, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Barbe HEBERT dite LAROSE
Death — 171010 April 1710
Montréal, Canada, New France
He died at the age of 77.
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