Jean-Baptiste TROTTIER

(b. 27 July 1646 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 24 May 1703 , Batiscan, Canada, New France )

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Jean-Baptiste TROTTIER was born 27 July 1646 in Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste TROTTIER was the child of Julien Gilles (Jules) TROTTIER and Catherine LOISEAU and the grandchild of: (maternal) Julienne LEVESQUE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean-Baptiste married Geneviève LAFOND 24 June 1667 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 13 children. Geneviève LAFOND was born 29 February 1652 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Geneviève died abt. 1715 Geneviève was the child of Étienne LAFOND dit PEPIN and Marie BOUCHER.

Jean-Baptiste TROTTIER died 24 May 1703 in Batiscan, Canada, New France .
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Jean-Baptiste TROTTIER married

Geneviève LAFOND-- Date: 24 June 1667 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Geneviève LAFOND was the child of Étienne LAFOND dit PEPIN and Marie BOUCHER

According to PRDH, a marriage contract was signed between Jean Trottier and Genevieve Lafond at an undetermined place in Quebec, Canada in 1667.

"Genevieve, born in 1652 and married in 1667 to Jean-Baptiste Trottier, a miller and wheelwright at Batiscan."

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume VI, Page 193

"Jean-Baptiste (1646-1703), married in 1667 to Genevieve Lafond. he lived at the Cap and Batiscan. He was a cabinet maker and cartwright. His descendants number in the thousands."

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume VII, Page 211

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Children of Jean-Baptiste TROTTIER and Geneviève LAFOND:

Marie TROTTIER (b.abt. 1668, , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 June 1739, Batiscan, Canada, New France )
m. Louis GUILLET 18 January 1684 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Marie-Madeleine TROTTIER (b.abt. 1670, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 22 May 1747, Batiscan, Canada, New France )
m. Pierre VIEL dit DESNOYERS 18 January 1687 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)
m. Jean DESRANLEAU dit CHATEAUNEUF 21 August 1698 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Catherine TROTTIER (b.abt. 1674, , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 July 1701, Montréal, Canada, New France )

Jean-Baptiste TROTTIER (b.abt. 1677, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 23 November 1717, Grondines, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Madeleine RIVARD dite LORANGER 14 November 1698 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Marie-Marguerite TROTTIER (b.21 April 1678, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. , )

Françoise TROTTIER (b.14 April 1679, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 24 May 1683, Batiscan, Canada, New France )

Augustin TROTTIER (b.28 February 1682, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 2 January 1750, Batiscan, Canada, New France )
m. Angélique-Marie LEFEBVRE 24 November 1705 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Françoise TROTTIER (b.24 May 1683, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 9 February 1706, Batiscan, Canada, New France )
m. Mathurin RIVARD 20 April 1700 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Geneviève TROTTIER (b.abt. 1686, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 10 October 1740, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France )
m. Jean RIVARD dit PRÉVILLE 5 September 1703 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)
m. Jean-Baptiste DEBIDABE dit TROISVILLE 13 January 1733 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Anne-Charlotte TROTTIER (b.7 November 1688, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 29 April 1753, La-Pérade, Canada, New France )
m. Louis BARIL 4 February 1704 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Marie-Josephe TROTTIER (b.29 June 1691, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 15 August 1703, Batiscan, Canada, New France )

Elisabeth TROTTIER (b.30 June 1693, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. abt. 1729, )
m. Antoine-Étienne GERMAIN 11 February 1710 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Antoine TROTTIER (b.10 November 1695, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 1 September 1747, Batiscan, Canada, New France )
m. Catherine MASSICOTTE (MASSICOT) 12 August 1715 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

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1646 Birth
27 July 1646
Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Baptism
27 Sept 1646 - Baptism - Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1646 Baptism
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1667 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste TROTTIER and Geneviève LAFOND 24 June 1667, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 20 years old.

1678 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite TROTTIER was born 21 April 1678, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 years old.

1679 Birth of Child
Françoise TROTTIER was born 14 April 1679, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Jean-Baptiste was 32 years old.

1681 Canadian Census Batiscan
Jean Trottier, charron, 38
Genevieve de Lafond, sa femme, 30
enfants:
Marie, 13
Madeleine, 11
Catherine, 7
Jean, 6
Marguerite, 3
Francoise, 1 1/ 2

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

1682 Birth of Child
Augustin TROTTIER was born 28 February 1682, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Jean-Baptiste was 35 years old.

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1683 Death of Child
Françoise TROTTIER died 24 May 1683, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Jean-Baptiste was 36 years old.

1683 Birth of Child
Françoise TROTTIER was born 24 May 1683, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Jean-Baptiste was 36 years old.

1684 Marriage of Child
Marie TROTTIER married 18 January 1684, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade) to Louis GUILLET

1687 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine TROTTIER married 18 January 1687, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Pierre VIEL dit DESNOYERS

1688 Birth of Child
Anne-Charlotte TROTTIER was born 7 November 1688, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Jean-Baptiste was 42 years old.

1691 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe TROTTIER was born 29 June 1691, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Jean-Baptiste was 44 years old.

1693 Birth of Child
Elisabeth TROTTIER was born 30 June 1693, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Jean-Baptiste was 46 years old.

1695 Birth of Child
Antoine TROTTIER was born 10 November 1695, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Jean-Baptiste was 49 years old.

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine TROTTIER married 21 August 1698 , Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Jean DESRANLEAU dit CHATEAUNEUF

1698 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste TROTTIER married 14 November 1698, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Marie-Madeleine RIVARD dite LORANGER

1700 Marriage of Child
Françoise TROTTIER married 20 April 1700, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Mathurin RIVARD

1701 Death of Child
Catherine TROTTIER died 8 July 1701, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 54 years old.