Antoine BRASSARD dit MASON

(b. abt. 1609 , France d. abt. 1669 , Québec, Canada, New France )

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Antoine BRASSARD dit MASON was born abt. 1609 in France

Antoine BRASSARD dit MASON was the child of ? and ?

Antoine was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1642.

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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 died abt. 1669 in Québec, Canada, New France .
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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)

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Family and Children of Antoine BRASSARD dit MASON

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Antoine BRASSARD dit MASON married

Françoise MERY-- Date: 14 January 1637 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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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 and Françoise MERY:

Antoine BRASSARD (b.10 October 1639, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France d. 12 April 1642, Québec, Canada, New France )

Jeanne BRASSARD (b.abt. 1641, , France d. 20 December 1709, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Jacques HEDOUIN dit LAFORGE 7 February 1656 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Madeleine BRASSARD (b.1 June 1642, Québec, Canada, New France d. 22 September 1712, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Louis FONTAINE 29 October 1656 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
m. Jean NORMAND 2 May 1703 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Alexandre BRASSARD (b.abt. 1644, , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 January 1688, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France)

Marie-Marguerite BRASSARD (b.23 January 1646, Québec, Canada, New France d. 25 July 1709, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France)
m. Jean LEMELIN dit LE TOURANGEAU 4 March 1658 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Guillaume BRASSARD (b.14 December 1647, Québec, Canada, New France d. , , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Catherine LOUVET 15 February 1672 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Antoine BRASSARD (b.13 October 1649, Québec, Canada, New France d. , Québec, Québec, Canada )

Jean-Baptiste BRASSARD (b.18 September 1651, Québec, Canada, New France d. 21 February 1715, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Jeanne QUELVÉ 26 April 1672 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Louis BRASSARD (b.3 August 1653, Québec, Canada, New France d. , , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Simone MAUFAY 28 January 1680 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

Dorothee BRASSARD (b.30 July 1656, Québec, Canada, New France d. 7 November 1738, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France)
m. Pierre RICHER dit LAFLECHE 5 October 1671 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1637 Marriage / Partner
Antoine BRASSARD dit MASON 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, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

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)

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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 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)
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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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