Catherine CLERICE

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5 November 1653 , Paris, France

Died

1 March 1715 , Varennes, Canada, New France

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Born: 5 November 1653 in Paris, France

Father: Unknown

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Catherine was a Fille du Roi , arriving in New France by 1671.
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Catherine married Jacques LUSSIER 12 October 1671 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Jacques LUSSIER was born abt. 1646 in Saint-Eustache, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Jacques died 12 June 1713 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).

Catherine CLERICE died 1 March 1715 in Varennes, Canada, New France .

daughter of Pierre Clerice and Marie Lefebvre

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Recorded occupation: Fille du Roi

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.

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Spouse & Children of Catherine CLERICE

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Catherine CLERICE married

Jacques LUSSIER
Marriage date: 12 October 1671
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Notre-Dame-de-Quebec

Jacques, widower of Charlotte La Marche

Catherine, daughter of Pierre Clerice and Marie Le Fieber

"At Quebec, he met the eighteen year old Catherine Clerice, another Parisian, a native of Saint-Sulpice and daughter of Pierre and of Marie Lefebvre... Romain Becquet recorded their marriage act on 4 October 1671 at the house of Anne Gasnier, the patroness of the Kings Daughters. The religious ceremony took place on the following 12 October at Notre-Dame de Quebec."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XI, Page 146

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

Children of Jacques LUSSIER and Catherine CLERICE

Christophe LUSSIER

Born: 3 October 1673, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 5 February 1752, Varennes, Canada, New France

Married: Catherine-Marie GAUTHIER 12 November 1696 Place: Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Pierre LUSSIER

Born: 20 May 1675, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 2 March 1720, Longueuil, Canada, New France

Married: Marguerite VIAU 13 September 1699 Place: Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Catherine LUSSIER

Born: 20 January 1677, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 10 August 1719, Boucherville, Canada, New France

Married: Jacques DAVID 11 October 1690 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Married: Pierre JOLY dit SAINT-ONGE 24 January 1713 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Jacques LUSSIER

Born: 15 September 1678, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 26 October 1744, Varennes, Canada, New France

Married: Marie SENECAL 10 July 1702 Place: Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Francois LUSSIER

Born: 9 July 1680 , Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 27 July 1680, Boucherville, Canada, New France

Madeleine LUSSIER

Born: 21 September 1681, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Died: 24 August 1759, Varennes, Canada, New France

Married: Michel PETIT 4 February 1699 Place: Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Married: Jacques JODOUIN (JODOIN) 22 April 1748 Place: Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Marguerite LUSSIER

Born: 3 September 1683, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 7 May 1748, Repentigny, Canada, New France

Married: Ignace TESSIER dit LAVIGNE 23 May 1703 Place: Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Isaac (Jean Baptiste) LUSSIER

Born: 11 August 1685, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 2 November 1708 , Varennes, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Françoise FOISY 28 October 1707 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Jean LUSSIER

Born: 1 March 1687, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 10 December 1687, Boucherville, Canada, New France

Marie-Louise LUSSIER

Born: 26 March 1689, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 22 January 1764, Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste BOUSQUET 21 November 1703 Place: Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Marie-Anne-Jeanne LUSSIER

Born: 20 February 1692, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 16 April 1749, Verchères, Canada, New France

Married: Antoine FOISY dit FRESNIÈRE 23 October 1707 Place: Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

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Birth — 1653
5 November 1653
Paris, France

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

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

Fille du Roi
Clérice, Catherine, m. Lussier, Jacques, Oct. 12, 1671

La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan
The Good Regiment: The Carignan Salières Regiment in Canada, 1665-1668

1671 Marriage / Partner
Catherine CLERICE and Jacques LUSSIER 12 October 1671, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 17 years old.

1671 marriage

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

1673 Birth of Child
Christophe LUSSIER was born 3 October 1673, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 19 years old.

1675 Birth of Child
Pierre LUSSIER was born 20 May 1675, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 21 years old.

1677 Birth of Child
Catherine LUSSIER was born 20 January 1677, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 23 years old.

1678 Birth of Child
Jacques LUSSIER was born 15 September 1678, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 24 years old.

1680 Birth of Child
Francois LUSSIER was born 9 July 1680 , Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 26 years old.

1681 Canadian Census Seigneurie du Varene
Jacques Lhussier, 35
Catherine Clery (Clerice), sa femme, 28
enfatnts:
Marie, 11
Christophe, 8
Pierre, 6
Catherine, 4
Jacques, 2

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

1681 Birth of Child
Madeleine LUSSIER was born 21 September 1681, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Catherine was 27 years old.

1683 Birth of Child
Marguerite LUSSIER was born 3 September 1683, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 29 years old.

1685 Birth of Child
Isaac (Jean Baptiste) LUSSIER was born 11 August 1685, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 31 years old.

1687 Birth of Child
Jean LUSSIER was born 1 March 1687, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 33 years old.

1689 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise LUSSIER was born 26 March 1689, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 35 years old.

1690 Marriage of Child
Catherine LUSSIER married 11 October 1690, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Jacques DAVID

1692 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne-Jeanne LUSSIER was born 20 February 1692, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 38 years old.

1696 Marriage of Child
Christophe LUSSIER married 12 November 1696, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Catherine-Marie GAUTHIER

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

1699 Marriage of Child
Madeleine LUSSIER married 4 February 1699, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Michel PETIT

1699 Marriage of Child
Pierre LUSSIER married 13 September 1699, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Marguerite VIAU

1702 Marriage of Child
Jacques LUSSIER married 10 July 1702, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Marie SENECAL

1703 Marriage of Child
Marguerite LUSSIER married 23 May 1703, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite) to Ignace TESSIER dit LAVIGNE

1703 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise LUSSIER married 21 November 1703, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite) to Jean-Baptiste BOUSQUET

1707 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne-Jeanne LUSSIER married 23 October 1707, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite) to Antoine FOISY dit FRESNIÈRE

1707 Marriage of Child
Isaac (Jean Baptiste) LUSSIER married 28 October 1707, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada to Marie-Françoise FOISY

1708 Death of Child
Isaac (Jean Baptiste) LUSSIER died 2 November 1708 , Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Catherine was 55 years old.

1713 Marriage of Child
Catherine LUSSIER married 24 January 1713, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Pierre JOLY dit SAINT-ONGE

1713 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jacques LUSSIER died 12 June 1713, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Death
'ANCESTRESS LUSSIER, AT THE AGE OF 68, WENT TO JOIN HER HUSBAND ON THE FIRST OF MARCH 1715.'

THOMAS J. LAFOREST
OUR FRENCH-CANADIAN ANCESTORS : VOLUME XI, PAGE 151