André SERRE dit ST-JEAN

Born

17 May 1680 , Saint-Martin-de-Villeréal, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France

Died

2 March 1766 , Joliette, Province of Québec, Canada

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Born: 17 May 1680 in Saint-Martin-de-Villeréal, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

André was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1706.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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André married Marie-Anne BOILARD 3 May 1706 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Marie-Anne BOILARD was born 5 November 1682 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Marie-Anne died 15 December 1769 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Marie-Anne was the child of Jean BOILARD (BOISLARD) and Jeanne MARANDEAU (MARANDA).

André SERRE dit ST-JEAN died 2 March 1766 in Joliette, Province of Québec, Canada .

son of Jean Serre and Marie Lamadeleine

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Recorded occupation: soldat

The soldat, or soldier, is the first military rank in the army, at the first level of military hierarchy.

Some of the first soldiers to set foot on Canadian soil were French or English men, hired by companies engaged in exploration or the fur trade. These companies were responsible for all costs associated with the soldiers: recruitment, overseas travel, equipment, maintenance and salary. The soldiers were responsible for protecting the expeditions and their interests.
Source: tfcq.ca

A Soldier's Tale: Life as a Soldat in 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.

Québec Généalogie - 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'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

A Glimpse into Everyday Life: The Average Man in 18th Century Quebec

Spouse & Children of André SERRE dit ST-JEAN

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André SERRE dit ST-JEAN married

Marie-Anne BOILARD
Marriage date: 3 May 1706
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Source: ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L993-F9QX-3

Marie-Anne BOILARD was the child of Jean BOILARD (BOISLARD) and Jeanne MARANDEAU (MARANDA)

Marriage notes:

Notre-Dame-de-Quebec

Andre Sere, son of Jean Sere and Marie Magdeleine St. Pere

M. Anne Boilard, daughter of Jean Boilard and Jeanne Marandeau

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

Children of André SERRE dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Anne BOILARD

Marie-Françoise SERRE dite ST-JEAN

Born: 2 September 1707, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 10 September 1747, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre-Charles HARDOUIN (ARDOUIN) 5 June 1724 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Denis SERRE dit ST-JEAN

Born: 31 July 1710, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 27 November 1789 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Veronique MORISSEAU 21 February 1735 Place: Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Angélique SERRE dite ST-JEAN

Born: 14 April 1712, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 23 January 1763, Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: François FOURNAISE dit LABOUCANE 17 August 1730 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Pierre-Andre SERRE dit ST-JEAN

Born: 28 June 1714, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 5 January 1801, Montréal, Lower Canada

Married: Angélique GAUTHIER 27 November 1741 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Married: Madeleine BONNIER dite LAPLANTE 22 April 1754 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Françoise SERRE dite ST-JEAN

Born: 5 March 1717, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 15 January 1791, Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

Married: Mathurin FUSEAU dit ROCH 23 January 1736 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Agathe SERRE dite ST-JEAN

Born: 3 June 1718, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 24 February 1719, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jeanne SERRE dite ST-JEAN

Born: 3 June 1718, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 11 October 1718, Montréal, Canada, New France

Pierre SERRE dit ST-JEAN

Born: 20 May 1720, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 15 October 1720, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Louise SERRE dite ST-JEAN

Born: 10 November 1721, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 18 March 1752, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Charles QUINTIN dit DUBOIS 28 June 1745 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne SERRE dite ST-JEAN

Born: 29 March 1724, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Joseph ROCHEREAU dit MORISSEAU 8 February 1745 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Married: Paul GOURDON dit LACHASSE 19 November 1748 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: Simon PERILLARD dit BOURGUIGNON 26 September 1751 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Marie-Charlotte SERRE dite ST-JEAN

Born: 26 May 1726, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 25 November 1787, Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Michel BERTHELOT dit ST-ONGE 1 July 1743 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: Andre SCOTT 23 May 1779 Place: Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

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Birth — 1680
17 May 1680
Saint-Martin-de-Villeréal, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1706 Marriage / Partner
André SERRE dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Anne BOILARD 3 May 1706, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 25 years old.

1707 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise SERRE dite ST-JEAN was born 2 September 1707, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

André was 27 years old.

1710 Birth of Child
Denis SERRE dit ST-JEAN was born 31 July 1710, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

André was 30 years old.

1712 Birth of Child
Angélique SERRE dite ST-JEAN was born 14 April 1712, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

André was 31 years old.

1714 Birth of Child
Pierre-Andre SERRE dit ST-JEAN was born 28 June 1714, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

André was 34 years old.

1717 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise SERRE dite ST-JEAN was born 5 March 1717, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

André was 36 years old.

1718 Birth of Child
Agathe SERRE dite ST-JEAN was born 3 June 1718, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

André was 38 years old.

1718 Birth of Child
Jeanne SERRE dite ST-JEAN was born 3 June 1718, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

André was 38 years old.

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1720 Birth of Child
Pierre SERRE dit ST-JEAN was born 20 May 1720, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

André was 40 years old.

1721 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise SERRE dite ST-JEAN was born 10 November 1721, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

André was 41 years old.

1724 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne SERRE dite ST-JEAN was born 29 March 1724, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

André was 43 years old.

1724 Marriage of Child
Marie-Françoise SERRE dite ST-JEAN married 5 June 1724, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Pierre-Charles HARDOUIN (ARDOUIN)

1726 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte SERRE dite ST-JEAN was born 26 May 1726, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

André was 46 years old.

1730 Marriage of Child
Angélique SERRE dite ST-JEAN married 17 August 1730, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada to François FOURNAISE dit LABOUCANE

1735 Marriage of Child
Denis SERRE dit ST-JEAN married 21 February 1735, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite) to Veronique MORISSEAU

1736 Marriage of Child
Marie-Françoise SERRE dite ST-JEAN married 23 January 1736, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Mathurin FUSEAU dit ROCH

1741 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Andre SERRE dit ST-JEAN married 27 November 1741 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles) to Angélique GAUTHIER

1743 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte SERRE dite ST-JEAN married 1 July 1743, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Michel BERTHELOT dit ST-ONGE

1745 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne SERRE dite ST-JEAN married 8 February 1745, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Joseph ROCHEREAU dit MORISSEAU

1745 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise SERRE dite ST-JEAN married 28 June 1745 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Charles QUINTIN dit DUBOIS

1747 Death of Child
Marie-Françoise SERRE dite ST-JEAN died 10 September 1747, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

André was 67 years old.

1748 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne SERRE dite ST-JEAN married 19 November 1748, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Paul GOURDON dit LACHASSE

1751 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne SERRE dite ST-JEAN married 26 September 1751, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Simon PERILLARD dit BOURGUIGNON

1752 Death of Child
Marie-Louise SERRE dite ST-JEAN died 18 March 1752, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

André was 71 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1754 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Andre SERRE dit ST-JEAN married 22 April 1754, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Madeleine BONNIER dite LAPLANTE

1763 Death of Child
Angélique SERRE dite ST-JEAN died 23 January 1763, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

André was 82 years old.

Death — 1766
2 March 1766
Joliette, Province of Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 85.

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