François-Jean BAILLY dit LAFLEUR

Born

abt. 1627 , La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Died

25 July 1690 , Montréal, Canada, New France

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Born: abt. 1627 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

François-Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1661.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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François-Jean married Marie FONTENEAU abt. 1655 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie FONTENEAU was born abt. 1621 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France. Marie died 29 October 1692 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).

François-Jean BAILLY dit LAFLEUR died 25 July 1690 in Montréal, Canada, New France .
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Recorded occupation: master-mason

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

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François-Jean BAILLY dit LAFLEUR married

Marie FONTENEAU
Marriage date: abt. 1655
Marriage place: La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Children of François-Jean BAILLY dit LAFLEUR and Marie FONTENEAU

Marie BAILLY

Born: 9 September 1661, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 30 July 1720, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Jean PETIT dit BOISMOREL 10 January 1678 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Louise-Jeanne BAILLY dite LAFLEUR

Born: 16 November 1663, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 29 June 1699, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre CHESNÉ dit ST-ONGE LAVIOLETTE 29 November 1676 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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Biography
BAILLY, dit Lafleur, FRANÇOIS, master-mason; b. in France c. 1627 (1630 according to the census of 1681); d. 1690.

Bailly was hired by the Abbé Queylus [see Thubières] at La Rochelle 8 June 1659. With his wife, Marie, and his father-in-law, Jérémie Fonteneau, he arrived in Montreal the same year. Jeanne Mance soon engaged him to build a barn for the Hôtel-Dieu, inside Fort Ville-Marie, and on 4 April 1660, he entered into partnership with mason Urbain Brossard*. Later he worked in partnership with the other leading Montreal mason of the period, Michel Bouvier; the contract they jointly signed to build a bakery in 1683 calls them “architect-masons.” Bailly was in the militia of Sainte-Famille in 1663 and he was also a civic official, serving as sergeant-royal (huissier) from 1667 and prison warden (geôlier et concierge des prisons) from 2 July 1676 until his death. Bailly’s chief work, however, was on the parish church of Notre-Dame begun under the leadership of Dollier de Casson*...Read full story

Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003

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

1661 Birth of Child
Marie BAILLY was born 9 September 1661, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1663 Birth of Child
Louise-Jeanne BAILLY dite LAFLEUR was born 16 November 1663, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1676 Marriage of Child
Louise-Jeanne BAILLY dite LAFLEUR married 29 November 1676, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Pierre CHESNÉ dit ST-ONGE LAVIOLETTE

1678 Marriage of Child
Marie BAILLY married 10 January 1678, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Jean PETIT dit BOISMOREL