Jean LEROUGE

Born

abt. 1639 , Paris, France

Died

29 September 1712 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Jean married Jeanne POTAGNE (POITEVIN) 22 October 1659 in Paris, France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Jeanne POTAGNE (POITEVIN) was born abt. 1640 in Paris, France. Jeanne died 4 July 1714 in Sorel, Canada, New France .

Parents & Family of Jean LEROUGE

Parents of Jean LEROUGE

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Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1659.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

son of Gilles Lerouge and Cecile Joly

WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: mason and surveyor

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.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean LEROUGE

Jean LEROUGE married

Jeanne POTAGNE (POITEVIN)
Marriage date: 22 October 1659
Marriage place: Paris, France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marriage notes:

Baptisms of children of this couple are found in PRDH records. The first one is found in 1669 in Quebec, QC, Canada.

Jean Lerouge and Jeanne Poitevin

Children of Jean LEROUGE and Jeanne POTAGNE (POITEVIN)

Jeanne LEROUGE

Born: abt. 1660, Paris, France
Died: 19 February 1735, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Emmanuel LOPEZ dit MADÈRE 25 February 1675 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Barthélémy COTTON (COTON) 24 September 1691 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

Marguerite LEROUGE

Born: abt. 1666, Paris, France
Died: 25 March 1741, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Married: Robert CHORET (CHOURET) 7 February 1686 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

Marie LEROUGE

Born: 5 September 1669, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 17 September 1670, Québec, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine LEROUGE

Born: 22 July 1671, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 23 July 1671, Québec, Canada, New France

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Biography

LE ROUGE, JEAN, mason and surveyor; b. in France 1639; buried 30 Sept. 1712 at Charlesbourg.

It was Talon* who on 5 Nov. 1672 conferred upon Le Rouge “the office of surveyor in the [ . . . ] seigneurial jurisdiction of Quebec and in other parts of this country, to have, hold, and exercise the aforementioned office in conformity with the customary law of Paris.” Mason by trade, he was for many years Claude Baillif *’s partner.

The minute-books of the notaries Pierre Duquet* and François Genaple disclose the numerous contracts that were entrusted to Jean Le Rouge, who proved himself an ingenious artisan whose talents were often utilized.

These contracts are detailed; it is stipulated, for example, that a house shall be “built upon the former traces and foundations,” and that it “shall have two storeys in stonework above the ground floor.” Then there are details concerning the doors and windows: “There shall be two window frames to hold glass, and the others only to hold paper”;

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Source / record details
Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003

Biography

Name: Jean le Rouge
Relationship to Head: Chef de famille (Head)
Baptism Date: 1639
Spouse's Name: Jeanne Poitevin
Burial Date: 30 sept. 1712 (30 Sep 1712)
Burial Place: Charlesbourg

Ancestry.com. Quebec, Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection), 1608-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.
Original data: Tanguay, Cyprien. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'à nos jours. Québec, Canada: Eusèbe Senécal, 1871-1890. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada.

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