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Pierre
BLAIS (BLAYE)
(b.
29 November 1639
,
France
d.
16 February 1700
,
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
)
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BLAIS (BLAYE) Family Genealogy

Pierre BLAIS (BLAYE) was born 29 November 1639 in France. Pierre BLAIS (BLAYE) was the child of ? and ?
Pierre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1669.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Anne PERRAULT 12 October 1669 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children. Anne PERRAULT was born 17 November 1647 in Paris, France. Anne died 29 June 1688 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean).
Pierre married (2) Elisabeth-Isabelle ROYER 5 June 1689 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children. Elisabeth-Isabelle ROYER was born 14 September 1669 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Elisabeth-Isabelle died 22 June 1715 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Elisabeth-Isabelle was the child of Jean ROYER and Marie TARGER.
Pierre BLAIS (BLAYE) died 16 February 1700 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France .
Details of the family tree of Pierre appear below.

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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Pierre BLAIS (BLAYE)
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Anne PERRAULT-- Date: 12 October 1669 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) [database on-line]. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.
Source: Our French-Canadian Ancestors by Thomas J. Laforest, Volume I, page 25
Sainte-Famille-de-L'Isle-d'Orleans, QC, Canada
Pierre Blais, son of Mathurin Blais and Francoise Denigaut?
Anne Perrot, daughter of Jean Perrot and Jeanne Nalt
"Pierre Blais married Anne Perrot (Perrault) on 12 October 1669, at the church of Sainte-Famille on the island. Anne, originally from Saint-Sulpice in Paris, was the daughter of Jean and Jeanne Valta. She was a King's Daughter and brought a dowry into the family estimated at 300 livres. From this first union, ten children were born - eight boys and two girls, of whom four died at an early age."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 42
Children of Pierre BLAIS (BLAYE) and Anne PERRAULT:
Martin BLAIS (b.27 August 1670, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. bef. 1681, , Québec Province, Canada )
Pierre BLAIS (b.4 March 1672, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 17 March 1672, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France)


Pierre BLAIS (b.2 February 1673, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 22 December 1733, Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France )
m. Françoise BEAUDOIN 9 November 1695 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)
Marie-Anne BLAIS (b.19 May 1675, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste GUILLEMET 7 October 1695 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Antoine BLAIS (b.21 February 1677, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 4 February 1734, Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France )
m. Jeanne LAMY 9 November 1705 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada
m. Ambroise-Françoise FOURNIER 10 February 1716 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada
Joseph BLAIS (b.abt. 1678, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
Jacques BLAIS (b.6 April 1682, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 24 December 1759, Yamachiche, Canada, New France )
m. Louise-Angélique CARTIER 30 June 1713 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
m. Marie-Anne-Jeanne SÉVIGNY dite LAFLEUR 17 February 1734 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)
Jean-Baptiste BLAIS (b.29 June 1685, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 27 March 1752, Yamachiche, Canada, New France )
m. Geneviève MARTIN 25 October 1709 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
m. Marie-Jeanne SENÉCAL 9 November 1728 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
Marguerite BLAIS (b.29 June 1688, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 6 May 1765 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Etienne LAMY 2 September 1714 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
Pierre BLAIS (BLAYE) married
Elisabeth-Isabelle ROYER-- Date: 5 June 1689 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Elisabeth-Isabelle ROYER was the child of Jean ROYER and Marie TARGER
"Pierre remained a widower with tow young infants... Pierre sought to reorganize his life, so on 18 April 1689 before Notary Paul Vachon, he nominated a guardian for his children, and had an inventory made of his possessions. On the following 5th of June, he married Elizabeth Royer at Saint-Jean. She was the daughter of Jean and Marie Targer."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 44
Children of Pierre BLAIS (BLAYE) and Elisabeth-Isabelle ROYER:
François BLAIS (b.27 May 1691, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 12 April 1753, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Marthe AMELOT dite SANSPEUR 7 January 1727 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Alexis BLAIS (b.8 April 1693, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 4 March 1723, Kaskaskia, Illinois Territory)
Marie-Anne BLAIS (b.abt. 1694, , Québec Province, Canada d. 9 December 1732 , Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Michel DUMANS 10 November 1715 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Louis-Charles BLAIS (b.6 March 1697, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 29 August 1760, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada)
m. Marguerite CADIEUX 8 November 1723 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*
Gabriel BLAIS (b.27 February 1699, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 27 July 1768, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Catherine LEBEAU dite VEAU 31 May 1718 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)





Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) [database on-line]. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.
Source: Our French-Canadian Ancestors by Thomas J. Laforest, Volume I, page 25
Sainte-Famille-de-L'Isle-d'Orleans, QC, Canada
Pierre Blais, son of Mathurin Blais and Francoise Denigaut?
Anne Perrot, daughter of Jean Perrot and Jeanne Nalt
"Pierre Blais married Anne Perrot (Perrault) on 12 October 1669, at the church of Sainte-Famille on the island. Anne, originally from Saint-Sulpice in Paris, was the daughter of Jean and Jeanne Valta. She was a King's Daughter and brought a dowry into the family estimated at 300 livres. From this first union, ten children were born - eight boys and two girls, of whom four died at an early age."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 42
Children of Pierre BLAIS (BLAYE) and Anne PERRAULT:








m. Françoise BEAUDOIN 9 November 1695 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)


m. Jean-Baptiste GUILLEMET 7 October 1695 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)



m. Jeanne LAMY 9 November 1705 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada
m. Ambroise-Françoise FOURNIER 10 February 1716 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada




m. Louise-Angélique CARTIER 30 June 1713 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
m. Marie-Anne-Jeanne SÉVIGNY dite LAFLEUR 17 February 1734 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)


m. Geneviève MARTIN 25 October 1709 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
m. Marie-Jeanne SENÉCAL 9 November 1728 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)


m. Etienne LAMY 2 September 1714 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
Pierre BLAIS (BLAYE) married


Elisabeth-Isabelle ROYER was the child of Jean ROYER and Marie TARGER
"Pierre remained a widower with tow young infants... Pierre sought to reorganize his life, so on 18 April 1689 before Notary Paul Vachon, he nominated a guardian for his children, and had an inventory made of his possessions. On the following 5th of June, he married Elizabeth Royer at Saint-Jean. She was the daughter of Jean and Marie Targer."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 44
Children of Pierre BLAIS (BLAYE) and Elisabeth-Isabelle ROYER:


m. Marthe AMELOT dite SANSPEUR 7 January 1727 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)




m. Michel DUMANS 10 November 1715 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)


m. Marguerite CADIEUX 8 November 1723 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*


m. Catherine LEBEAU dite VEAU 31 May 1718 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
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1639 Birth
29 November 1639
, France
'In the census of 1667 in New France, Pierre Blais is mentioned for the first time as living on the Ile d'Orleans and having been born about 1640, occupation laborer.'
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 42
1669 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BLAIS (BLAYE) and Anne PERRAULT 12 October 1669, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
1670 Birth of Child
Martin BLAIS was born 27 August 1670, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
1672 Birth of Child
Pierre BLAIS was born 4 March 1672, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
1673 Birth of Child
Pierre BLAIS was born 2 February 1673, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
1675 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne BLAIS was born 19 May 1675, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
1677 Birth of Child
Antoine BLAIS was born 21 February 1677, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
1682 Birth of Child
Jacques BLAIS was born 6 April 1682, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)
1685 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BLAIS was born 29 June 1685, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)
1688 Death of Spouse/Partner
Anne PERRAULT died 29 June 1688, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)
1688 Birth of Child
Marguerite BLAIS was born 29 June 1688, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)
1689 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BLAIS (BLAYE) and Elisabeth-Isabelle ROYER 5 June 1689, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)


1689 map
St-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, showing Pierre Blaye's residence
by ROBERT DE VILLENEUVE
Québec : Société de généalogie de Québec, 1976
1691 Birth of Child
François BLAIS was born 27 May 1691, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)
1693 Birth of Child
Alexis BLAIS was born 8 April 1693, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)
1697 Birth of Child
Louis-Charles BLAIS was born 6 March 1697, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)
1699 Birth of Child
Gabriel BLAIS was born 27 February 1699, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)
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29 November 1639
, France
Biography
'Pierre Blais probably left France from the port of La Rochell in the Province of Aunis in 1664, destination Canada. The Dutch ship, Noir, under the command of Captain Pierre Filly of Dieppe, had at least fifty men aboard. The twenty-four-year-old Pierre is mentioned on the crew manifest as coming from Chef-Boutonne, capital of the the Canton of Deux-Sevres. Pierre was the son of Mathurin Blais and Francoise Penigaut.'
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 41
'Pierre Blais probably left France from the port of La Rochell in the Province of Aunis in 1664, destination Canada. The Dutch ship, Noir, under the command of Captain Pierre Filly of Dieppe, had at least fifty men aboard. The twenty-four-year-old Pierre is mentioned on the crew manifest as coming from Chef-Boutonne, capital of the the Canton of Deux-Sevres. Pierre was the son of Mathurin Blais and Francoise Penigaut.'
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 41
Biography
BLAIS - variant of BLAISE, which comes from saint Blaise, martyr of the 4th century, from the Latin name 'Blasius'. Pierre Blais was born around 1640 in France (Angoulême). Son of Mathurin Blais and Françoise Pénigault, he married Anne Perreault, daughter of Jean Perreault and Jeanne Valta, on October 12, 1669 in Sainte-Famille, Île d'Orléans. From their union were born 10 children. Widowed, he married, in second marriage, Élisabeth Royer (19), daughter of Jean Royer and Marie Targer, on June...Read MORE...
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BLAIS - variant of BLAISE, which comes from saint Blaise, martyr of the 4th century, from the Latin name 'Blasius'. Pierre Blais was born around 1640 in France (Angoulême). Son of Mathurin Blais and Françoise Pénigault, he married Anne Perreault, daughter of Jean Perreault and Jeanne Valta, on October 12, 1669 in Sainte-Famille, Île d'Orléans. From their union were born 10 children. Widowed, he married, in second marriage, Élisabeth Royer (19), daughter of Jean Royer and Marie Targer, on June...Read MORE...
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'In the census of 1667 in New France, Pierre Blais is mentioned for the first time as living on the Ile d'Orleans and having been born about 1640, occupation laborer.'
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 42

Pierre BLAIS (BLAYE) and Anne PERRAULT 12 October 1669, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Martin BLAIS was born 27 August 1670, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Pierre BLAIS was born 4 March 1672, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Pierre BLAIS was born 2 February 1673, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne BLAIS was born 19 May 1675, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Antoine BLAIS was born 21 February 1677, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
1681 Canadian Census Comte de St.-Laurent
Pierre Bele (Blais), 40
Anne Perrot, sa femme, 35
enfants:
Pierre, 8
Marie, 6
Antoine, 4
Joseph, 3
Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
Pierre Bele (Blais), 40
Anne Perrot, sa femme, 35
enfants:
Pierre, 8
Marie, 6
Antoine, 4
Joseph, 3
Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

Jacques BLAIS was born 6 April 1682, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Jean-Baptiste BLAIS was born 29 June 1685, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Anne PERRAULT died 29 June 1688, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Marguerite BLAIS was born 29 June 1688, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Pierre BLAIS (BLAYE) and Elisabeth-Isabelle ROYER 5 June 1689, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)


1689 map
St-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, showing Pierre Blaye's residence
by ROBERT DE VILLENEUVE
Québec : Société de généalogie de Québec, 1976

François BLAIS was born 27 May 1691, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Alexis BLAIS was born 8 April 1693, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Louis-Charles BLAIS was born 6 March 1697, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Gabriel BLAIS was born 27 February 1699, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)
1700 Death
'Pierre Blais died suddenly on 16 February 1700 at about 60 years of age...'
Source: Our French-Canadian Ancestors by Thomas J. Laforest, Volume I, page 26
'Pierre Blais died suddenly on 16 February 1700 at about 60 years of age...'
Source: Our French-Canadian Ancestors by Thomas J. Laforest, Volume I, page 26
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