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Born
29 March 1621 Laleu, Aunis, France
Jean  married  Françoise BOUCHER 1 September 1650 in Québec, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Françoise BOUCHER  was born 22 June 1636 in Québec, Canada, New France .  Françoise died 18 April 1711 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France .  Françoise was the child of Marin BOUCHER and Perrine MALLET .

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Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1650.


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Jean  married  Françoise BOUCHER 1 September 1650 in Québec, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Françoise BOUCHER  was born 22 June 1636 in Québec, Canada, New France .  Françoise died 18 April 1711 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France .  Françoise was the child of Marin BOUCHER and Perrine MALLET.




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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean PLANTE

Jean PLANTE married flag female ancestor Françoise BOUCHER
Marriage date: 1 September 1650
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
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Françoise BOUCHER was the child of Marin BOUCHER and Perrine MALLET

Marriage notes:
PRDH indicates that Jean Plante and Francoise Boucher were married in 1650 in Quebec, QC, Canada
"Francoise (1636), married 14 years later to Jean Plante, the ancestor of the Plante families in Canada."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume IV, Page 64

Children of Jean PLANTE and Françoise BOUCHER


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BirthBirth — 1621
29 March 1621
Laleu, Aunis, France
Biography
PLANTE - from Old French 'plant' which designates a vine that has just been planted. Nickname given to a winegrower. Jean Plante was born around 1626 in St-Pierre de Laleu (now La Rochelle), Aunis (Charente-Maritime). Son of Nicolas Plante and Isabelle Chauvin, he married Françoise Boucher, daughter of Marin Boucher and Perrine Mallet, on September 1, 1650 in Château-Richer. From this union were born 13 children. He moved to Château-Richer on land given by his father-in-law. In 1681, he owned 2 cows and 10 acres of land. At the beginning of 1694, he and his wife donated their property to their son François on the condition that he take care of them. He died on March 29, 1706 in Château-Richer.
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marriage1650 Marriage / Partner
Jean PLANTE and Françoise BOUCHER 1 September 1650, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 29 years old.
1653 Birth of Child
Claude PLANTE was born 26 January 1653, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean was 31 years old.
1655 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise PLANTE was born 27 January 1655, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean was 33 years old.
1657 Birth of Child
Jacques PLANTE was born 7 October 1657, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean was 36 years old.
1661 Birth of Child
Jean PLANTE was born 6 June 1661, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Jean was 40 years old.
1664 Birth of Child
Thomas PLANTE was born 17 January 1664, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Jean was 42 years old.
1666 Birth of Child
Pierre PLANTE was born 7 April 1666 , Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Jean was 45 years old.
1668 Birth of Child
François PLANTE was born 3 December 1668, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Jean was 47 years old.
1671 Birth of Child
Geneviève PLANTE was born 20 April 1671 , Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Jean was 50 years old.
1673 Birth of Child
Angélique PLANTE was born 9 January 1673 , Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Jean was 51 years old.
1674 Birth of Child
Joseph PLANTE was born 15 December 1674 , Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Jean was 53 years old.
marriage1676 Marriage of Child
Marie-Françoise PLANTE married 18 November 1676, Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Nicolas PAQUIN
1678 Birth of Child
Louise PLANTE was born 7 February 1678 , Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Jean was 56 years old.
marriage1678 Marriage of Child
Claude PLANTE married 7 November 1678, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France to Marie PATENAUDE (PATENÔTRE)
1681 Canadian Census Seigneurie de Beaupre
Jean Plante, 60
Francoise Boucher, sa femme, 42
enfants:
Jacques, 24
Georges, 23
Thomas, 21
Jean, 17
Pierre, 15
Francois, 13
Genevieve, 10
Angelique, 9
Joseph, 7
Louise, 4


Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
marriage1685 Marriage of Child
Georges PLANTE married 5 November 1685, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France to Marguerite CRÉPEAU
marriage1686 Marriage of Child
Jacques PLANTE married 15 November 1686, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France to Françoise TURCOT (TURCOTTE)
marriage1687 Marriage of Child
Thomas PLANTE married 9 February 1687, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France to Marie-Marthe PAILLEREAU
marriage1687 Marriage of Child
Jean PLANTE married 14 April 1687, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France to Mathurine DELUGRE
marriage1689 Marriage of Child
Geneviève PLANTE married 18 April 1689, Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Jacques-Baptiste COCHON (CAUCHON)
marriage1690 Marriage of Child
Angélique PLANTE married 23 January 1690, Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Michel CHABOT
marriage1691 Marriage of Child
Pierre PLANTE married 06 November 1691 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France to Marguerite PATENAUDE
marriage1694 Marriage of Child
François PLANTE married 26 October 1694 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Louise BÉRARD
marriage1696 Marriage of Child
Jacques PLANTE married 6 February 1696, Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Geneviève DUCHESNE
marriage1700 Marriage of Child
François PLANTE married 25 October 1700, Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Marie-Anne COIGNAC dite GAGNON
marriage1702 Marriage of Child
Louise PLANTE married 6 June 1702, Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Pierre COIGNAC (COGNAC)
1703 Death of Child
Geneviève PLANTE died 1 February 1703, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Jean was 81 years old.
1706 Death Chateau Richer
Death recorded in Index for La Visitation de Notre Dame, Chateau Richer, Quebec in Drouin Collection.

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Death
Name: Jean Plante
Gender: Male
burial date: 30 Mar 1706
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Place: Chateau Richer, Montmorency I, Quebec
Death Date: 29 Mar 1706
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Place: Chateau Richer, Montmorency I, Quebec
Age: 84
Birth Date: 1622
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Race: White
Marital Status: Unknown
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indexing project (batch) number: B03757-9
system origin: Canada-EASy
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Film Number: 1018161
reference number: P-211 S-3

'Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ F2PB-Y6K : accessed 04 Jan 2013), Jean Plante, 29 Mar 1706; citing reference P-211 S-3, FHL microfilm 1018161.
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