Antoine BRASSARD dit MASON (BRASSART)

Born

abt. 1609 , Normandie, France

Died

abt. 1669 , Québec, Canada, New France

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Born: abt. 1609 in Normandie, France

Father: Unknown

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Antoine was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1641.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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

Antoine married Françoise MERY 14 January 1637 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Françoise MERY was born abt. 1621 in Mortagne, Perche, France (Mortagne-au-Perche). Françoise died 11 July 1671 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).

Antoine BRASSARD dit MASON (BRASSART) died abt. 1669 in Québec, Canada, New France .

possibly the son of Antoine Brassard and Marie Fourment

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Recorded occupation: Maitre macon

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 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 17th-Century New France: Life of the Average Man

Spouse & Children of Antoine BRASSARD dit MASON (BRASSART)

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Antoine BRASSARD dit MASON (BRASSART) married

Françoise MERY
Marriage date: 14 January 1637
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada

"The first known mention of the presence of Antoine Brassard on Canadian soil was at his marriage at the very beginning of 1637 in the chapel of Notre-Dame de la Recourvrance... this act mentions neither the place of origin nor the names of the couple's parents. The reason is that the original registries had been destroyed in a fire at the chapel and the rectory on 15 June 1640, so it was necessary to reconstruct from memory each of the acts..."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVII, Page 14

Children of Antoine BRASSARD dit MASON (BRASSART) and Françoise MERY

Antoine BRASSARD

Born: 10 October 1639, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 12 April 1642, Québec, Canada, New France

Jeanne BRASSARD

Born: abt. 1641, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 20 December 1709, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Jacques HEDOUIN dit LAFORGE 7 February 1656 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Madeleine BRASSARD

Born: 1 June 1642, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 22 September 1712, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Louis FONTAINE 29 October 1656 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Married: Jean NORMAND 2 May 1703 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Alexandre BRASSARD

Born: abt. 1644, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 14 January 1688, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Marguerite BRASSARD

Born: 23 January 1646, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 25 July 1709, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Married: Jean LEMELIN dit LE TOURANGEAU 4 March 1658 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Guillaume BRASSARD

Born: 14 December 1647, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: , , Québec Province, Canada

Married: Catherine LOUVET 15 February 1672 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Antoine BRASSARD

Born: 13 October 1649, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: abt. 1683, Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BRASSARD

Born: 18 September 1651, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 21 February 1715, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Jeanne QUELVÉ 26 April 1672 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Louis BRASSARD

Born: 3 August 1653, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: , , Québec Province, Canada

Married: Simone MAUFAY 28 January 1680 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

Dorothee BRASSARD (BRASSART)

Born: 30 July 1656, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 7 November 1738, La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre RICHER dit LAFLECHE 5 October 1671 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1637 Marriage / Partner
Antoine BRASSARD dit MASON (BRASSART) and Françoise MERY 14 January 1637, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Return to France
'The historian Marcel Trudel states that Brassard returned to France in 1639. His son Antoine was born at the end of this same year at La Rochelle. The couple returned to Canada in 1641 with two children born in the mother country: Antoine, almost two years old, and three-month old Jeanne.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVII, Page 15

1639 Birth of Child
Antoine BRASSARD was born 10 October 1639, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1642 Death of Child
Antoine BRASSARD died 12 April 1642, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1642 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine BRASSARD was born 1 June 1642, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1646 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite BRASSARD was born 23 January 1646, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1647 Birth of Child
Guillaume BRASSARD was born 14 December 1647, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1649 Birth of Child
Antoine BRASSARD was born 13 October 1649, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1651 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BRASSARD was born 18 September 1651, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1653 Birth of Child
Louis BRASSARD was born 3 August 1653, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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

1656 Marriage of Child
Jeanne BRASSARD married 7 February 1656, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Jacques HEDOUIN dit LAFORGE

1656 Birth of Child
Dorothee BRASSARD (BRASSART) was born 30 July 1656, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1656 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine BRASSARD married 29 October 1656, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Louis FONTAINE

1658 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marguerite BRASSARD married 4 March 1658, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Jean LEMELIN dit LE TOURANGEAU

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.

Death unknown
'After three centuries, more or less, the deaths of several ancestors remain very mysterious, because we know neither the date nor the circumstances. This is especially the case with Antoine Brassard. His journey to eternity took place somewhere about the end of winter or the beginning of spring 1669.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVII, Page 19

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