Dorothee BRASSARD (BRASSART)

(b. 30 July 1656 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 7 November 1738 , La-Pérade, Canada, New France )

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Dorothee BRASSARD (BRASSART) was born 30 July 1656 in Québec, Canada, New France

Dorothee BRASSARD (BRASSART) was the child of Antoine BRASSARD dit MASON (BRASSART) and Françoise MERY

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Dorothee married Pierre RICHER dit LAFLECHE 5 October 1671 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Pierre RICHER dit LAFLECHE was born abt. 1646 in Angers, France. Pierre died 3 May 1722 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade).

Dorothee BRASSARD (BRASSART) died 7 November 1738 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Dorothee BRASSARD (BRASSART) married

Pierre RICHER dit LAFLECHE-- Date: 5 October 1671 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Pierre Richer, son of Jean Richer and Marie Galander
Dorothee Brassart, daughter of Antoine Brassart and Francoise Mery

"Dorothee, born on 30 July and baptized at Quebec on the first of August 1656; buried at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade on 7 November 1738. Married at Quebec on 5 October 1671 (contract Duquet, 5 September), to Pierre Richer dit Lafleche (1646-1722), son of Jean and of Marie Galarde, from Saint-Pierre de Thouarce, near Angers, in Anjou (4 sons and 8 daughters). This family settled successively at la petite riviere Saint-Charles, Batiscan and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade."

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVII, Page 24

"Without parents, Dorothee was now free to take a husband. Pierre Richer dit La Fleche was the man of her choice. In the afternoon of 5 September, in the home of master cabinet maker Jean Lemelin, notary Duquet made known the terms of the marriage contract agreed upon by the parties. Pierre, inhabitant of riviere Saint-Charles, son of the late Jean Richer and of Marie Galar (sic), from the parish of Thourace, diocese of Angers, committed himself to marry Dorotee, daughter of the late Antoine Brassard and the late Francoise Esmery (sic). Since none of the parents were present, the young man and woman stipulated for themselves. Pierre was accompanied by the master tailor Julien Jamain and by his neighbor Jean Merienne. As for Dorothee, she had come with her brothers Guilluame and Louis, and her brother-in-law Jacques Hedouin, the Sieur de la Forge."

"...Exactly one month later, on 5 October 1671, Pierre and Dorothee became husband and wife in the presence of God and man. The union was blessed at Notre-Dame de Quebec by the curate Henry de Bernieres, in the presence of friends and relatives, including Guillaume and Louis Brassard, Jean Merienne and Francois Jacquet."

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVII, Pages 183-184

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Children of Pierre RICHER dit LAFLECHE and Dorothee BRASSARD (BRASSART):

Étiennette RICHER (b.17 July 1673, Québec, Canada, New France d. abt. 1681, , Québec Province, Canada )

Marie-Catherine RICHER dite LAFLECHE (b.1 July 1674, Québec, Canada, New France d. 8 June 1746, L'Assomption, Canada, New France )
m. Joseph PINEAU (PINEAULT) dit LAPERLE 12 October 1693 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Marie-Thérèse RICHER dite LAFLECHE (b.5 May 1676, Québec, Canada, New France d. 10 November 1746, Grondines, Canada, New France )
m. Jacques GRIGNON 12 February 1692 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Pierre RICHER dit LAFLECHE (b.17 January 1680, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 2 November 1755, La-Pérade, Canada, New France )
m. Marguerite HUBERT 12 October 1716 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
m. Marie-Charlotte HAMEL 4 May 1726 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Christine RICHER (b.3 May 1682, Champlain, Canada, New France d. 1 September 1688, Batiscan, Canada, New France )

Michel RICHER dit LAFLECHE (b.13 February 1686, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 21 February 1727, La-Pérade, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Louise-Charlotte PILOTE 4 November 1714 in Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)

Jean-Baptiste RICHER dit LAFLECHE (b.10 December 1688, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 4 November 1748, Grondines, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Jeanne-Françoise PILOTE 14 July 1715 in Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)

Marguerite RICHER dite LAFLECHE (b.23 May 1691, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 22 August 1761, La-Pérade, Canada )
m. Charles-Simon RICARD 7 March 1709 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Marie-Josephe RICHER (b.2 August 1693, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 8 November 1758, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France )
m. Michel FRENET (FRENETTE) 20 August 1714 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Marie-Thérèse RICHER (b.7 December 1697, La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 6 September 1747, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Jean-Baptiste HOUDE 7 January 1722 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Antoine RICHER (b.21 May 1698, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. , )

Marie-Anne RICHER (b.14 April 1700, La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 20 June 1741, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Simon LEMAY 14 August 1719 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

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1656 Birth
30 July 1656
Québec, Canada, New France

1656 - Baptism
Baptism - Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Aug 1656, Dorothee Brassart, b. 30 July 1656

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1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Quebec
Anthoine Broussard - 57 Masson habittant

Francoize Mery - 45 sa femme

Guillaume Broussard - 18 fils

Anthoine Broussard - 16 fils

Jean Baptiste Broussard - 14 fils

Louis Broussard - 12 fils

Dorotée Broussard - 9 fille
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1667 Census - Sillery, Quebec
Antoine Brassard, habitant, 58 years
Francoise Mery, 54 years
Guillaume Brassard, 20 years
Antoine Brassard, 18 years
Jean Brassard, 16 years
Louis Brassard, 14 years
Dorothee Brassard, 12 years

They owned three head of cattle and had twenty-seven arpents of land under cultivation.

1671 Marriage / Partner
Dorothee BRASSARD (BRASSART) and Pierre RICHER dit LAFLECHE 5 October 1671, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 15 years old.

1673 Birth of Child
Étiennette RICHER was born 17 July 1673, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Dorothee was 16 years old.

1674 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine RICHER dite LAFLECHE was born 1 July 1674, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Dorothee was 17 years old.

1676 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse RICHER dite LAFLECHE was born 5 May 1676, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Dorothee was 19 years old.

1680 Birth of Child
Pierre RICHER dit LAFLECHE was born 17 January 1680, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Dorothee was 23 years old.

1681 Canadian Census Batiscan
Pierre Richer, 34
Dorothee Brassard, sa femme, 24
enfants:
Catherine, 7
Marie, 5
Pierre, 2

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

1682 Birth of Child
Christine RICHER was born 3 May 1682, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Dorothee was 25 years old.

1686 Birth of Child
Michel RICHER dit LAFLECHE was born 13 February 1686, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Dorothee was 29 years old.

1688 Death of Child
Christine RICHER died 1 September 1688, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Dorothee was 32 years old.

1688 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste RICHER dit LAFLECHE was born 10 December 1688, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Dorothee was 32 years old.

1691 Birth of Child
Marguerite RICHER dite LAFLECHE was born 23 May 1691, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Dorothee was 34 years old.

1692 Marriage of Child
Marie-Thérèse RICHER dite LAFLECHE married 12 February 1692, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Jacques GRIGNON

1693 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe RICHER was born 2 August 1693, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Dorothee was 37 years old.

1693 Marriage of Child
Marie-Catherine RICHER dite LAFLECHE married 12 October 1693, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Joseph PINEAU (PINEAULT) dit LAPERLE

1697 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse RICHER was born 7 December 1697, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Dorothee was 41 years old.

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

1698 Birth of Child
Antoine RICHER was born 21 May 1698, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Dorothee was 41 years old.

1700 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne RICHER was born 14 April 1700, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Dorothee was 43 years old.

1709 Marriage of Child
Marguerite RICHER dite LAFLECHE married 7 March 1709, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade) to Charles-Simon RICARD

1714 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe RICHER married 20 August 1714, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade) to Michel FRENET (FRENETTE)

1714 Marriage of Child
Michel RICHER dit LAFLECHE married 4 November 1714, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery) to Marie-Louise-Charlotte PILOTE

1715 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste RICHER dit LAFLECHE married 14 July 1715, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery) to Marie-Jeanne-Françoise PILOTE

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1716 Marriage of Child
Pierre RICHER dit LAFLECHE married 12 October 1716, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Marguerite HUBERT

1719 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne RICHER married 14 August 1719, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade) to Simon LEMAY

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

1722 Marriage of Child
Marie-Thérèse RICHER married 7 January 1722, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade) to Jean-Baptiste HOUDE

1722 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre RICHER dit LAFLECHE died 3 May 1722, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

1726 Marriage of Child
Pierre RICHER dit LAFLECHE married 4 May 1726, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada to Marie-Charlotte HAMEL

1727 Death of Child
Michel RICHER dit LAFLECHE died 21 February 1727, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Dorothee was 70 years old.

1738 Death
''The seventh November one thousand seven hundred thirty eight, I buried in the cemetery of this parish of Sainte-Anne, near Batiscan, the body of Dorothee Brassard, widow of the late Pierre Richer-Lafleche, who died in her house in our said parish, after having received with piety all the sacraments, being about eighty-six years old, the ceremony having been made in the presence of several people from Sainte-Anne and among others Joseph Baril and Pierre Baribeau, who declared not to know how to write, according to the ordinance.''

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVII, Page 190

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