André SIRE (CYR)

Born

abt. 1650 , France

Died

22 August 1689 , Laval, Canada, New France

Cause of Death: killed by Iroquois

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Born: abt. 1650 in France

Father: Unknown

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André was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1679.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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André married Elisabeth CHARBONNEAU abt. 1679 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Elisabeth CHARBONNEAU was born 11 July 1664 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Elisabeth died 18 February 1738 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Elisabeth was the child of Olivier CHARBONNEAU and Marie-Marguerite GARNIER (GRENIER).

André SIRE (CYR) died 22 August 1689 in Laval, Canada, New France .

son of Pierre Sire and Jeanne Metayer

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Recorded occupation: Menuisier (Joiner)

The menuisier, or joiner, was an artisan who built things by joining pieces of wood, particularly lighter and more ornamental work than that done by a carpenter. He was primarily responsible for the manufacture of small works, as opposed to large works. The joiner made small wooden works, furniture and other objects intended for domestic use (doors, tables, cabinets, etc.). His main tools were the plane, the galley, the grooving/plow plane, the handsaw and the mallet.
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.

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André SIRE (CYR) married

Elisabeth CHARBONNEAU
Marriage date: abt. 1679
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Elisabeth CHARBONNEAU was the child of Olivier CHARBONNEAU and Marie-Marguerite GARNIER (GRENIER)

Marriage notes:

"Elisabeth Charbonneau had Elisabeth Gobinet as her godmother on 11 July 1664. At the age of fifteen she met Andre Sire, a Poitevin who arrived in Canada in 1668 as a roof slater and day laborer. Their wedding took place at Saint-Francois, Ile de Jesus, at the end of 1679...Andre was one of the numerous victims who fell to the Iroquois attack of 1689. Elisabeth was then remarried to ancestor Joseph Barbeau dit Poitevin at Lachenaie on 12 June 1690..."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume X, Page 70

Children of André SIRE (CYR) and Elisabeth CHARBONNEAU

Marie SIRE (CYR)

Born: 4 December 1684, Repentigny, Canada, New France
Died: 11 January 1741, Laval, Canada, New France

Married: François CORON 11 September 1702 Place: Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Joseph SIRE (CYR)

Born: 22 March 1687, Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Died: 4 August 1749, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Francoise BOUTHILLETTE (BOUTILLET) 7 January 1721 Place: Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Michel SIRE (CYR)

Born: 23 April 1689, Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Died: 31 December 1767, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marie CHARTRAND 20 November 1713 Place: Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Married: Marie BRAULT dite POMANVILLE 26 August 1737 Place: Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

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CYR - from 'sire', from the Latin 'senior' which means 'lord'. Ironic nickname given to someone who thinks he is a lord.

André Cyr-Sire was born around 1650 in Notre-Dame, Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée in France. Son of Pierre and Jeanne Métayer, he married Elisabeth-Isabelle Charbonneau, daughter of Olivier and Marie-Marguerite Garnier, before December 18, 1679 in St-François, île Jésus. From this union were born 5 children. In 1668, he committed himself to Pierre Gaigneur for 3 years. In 1671, we find him in St-Ours, he is a slate roofer. He was granted land in 1680 and 1689, both on Île-Jésus. He was killed in Lachenaie by the Iroquois and was buried on August 22, 1689 in St-François, Île Jésus.
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