Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE

Born

21 April 1650 , St-Pierre, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France

Died

30 June 1720 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

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Born: 21 April 1650 in St-Pierre, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France

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Jean-Guillaume-Guy was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1671.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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Jean-Guillaume-Guy married Anne BARILLET 9 November 1671 in Québec, Canada, New France . Anne BARILLET was born abt. 1650 in France. Anne died September 1672 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).

Jean-Guillaume-Guy never married (2) Catherine GUESSELIN (GUICHELIN) abt. 1681 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine GUESSELIN (GUICHELIN) was born abt. 1653 in France. Catherine died 7 December 1733 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada.

Jean-Guillaume-Guy married (3) Marguerite BENOIT 26 November 1685 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Marguerite BENOIT was born October 1666 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Marguerite died 11 September 1728 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Marguerite was the child of Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Marie-Anne GUÉDON.

Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE died 30 June 1720 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France .

son of Guillaume Vacher and Guillemine Vinsonneau (Vessonneau)

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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.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

Spouse & Children of Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE

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Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE married

Anne BARILLET
Marriage date: 9 November 1671
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France

Marriage notes:

"Upon arrival in New France, he settled in Quebec, where his presence was noted for the first time on the occasion of the signing of his marriage contract before Romain Becquet on 29 October 1671. On the following 9 November, still in Quebec, he married a King's daughter, Anne Barillet, daughter of Jean and of Anne Boudinier, of Saint-Sulpice in Paris... This young woman does not seem to have lived very long after the ordeal of the first birth, that of an anonymous child born on 22 September 1672, and buried the next day."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 247

Children of Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE and Anne BARILLET

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Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE never married

Catherine GUESSELIN (GUICHELIN)
Marriage date: abt. 1681
Marriage place:

Marriage notes:

They never married. They had a child out of wedlock.

Children of Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE and Catherine GUESSELIN (GUICHELIN)

Marie VACHER

Born: 30 November 1681, Sorel, Canada, New France
Died: 21 February 1727, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Jacques LABOSSÉE 3 February 1713 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE married

Marguerite BENOIT
Marriage date: 26 November 1685
Marriage place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marguerite BENOIT was the child of Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Marie-Anne GUÉDON

Marriage notes:

Immaculee Conception, Trois-Rivieres, QC, Canada

Jean Guy Vache dit la Serte, age 34

Marguerite Benoit, age 19, daughter of Gabriel Benoit and Anne Guedon

"After a dozen years of the solitary life, Jean-Guillaume found a second wife, in Trois-Rivieres. On 11 May 1685, before notary Antoine Adhemar, he made a contract of marriage with Marguerite Benoist, born in 1666, daughter of Gabriel Benoist dit Laforest and of Marie-Anne Guedon. The nuptial ceremony took place on the following 26 November in the church which the bridegroom had helped to construct. The act says that our ancestor was 34 years old, and that Marguerite as 19 years old."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 248

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE and Marguerite BENOIT

Jean-Charles VACHER dit LACERTE

Born: 12 March 1686, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 11 September 1761, Yamachiche, Canada

Married: Marie-Claire BERGERON 5 November 1709 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie-Madeleine VACHER dite LACERTE

Born: 16 March 1689, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 27 January 1745, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Nicolas PERSONNE dit LAFOND 23 November 1716 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marguerite VACHER dite LACERTE

Born: 2 July 1691, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 16 February 1777, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Philippe POIRIER 09 June 1710 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Married: Jean MAILLOT 25 July 1718 Place: Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Guillaume VACHER dit LACERTE

Born: 25 September 1693, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 26 September 1758, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Married: Catherine-Charlotte DUPUIS 13 May 1732 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Married: Madeleine DARAGON dite LAFRANCE 11 January 1751 Place: Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Marie-Louise VACHER dite LACERTE

Born: 11 January 1696, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 20 April 1757, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Sébastien-Victor-Louis MALIDOR dit LASONDE 10 January 1722 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Agathe VACHER dite LACERTE

Born: 18 July 1697, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 11 September 1725, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Toussaint REBOUT dit LÉVEILLÉ 2 October 1724 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Anne VACHER dite LACERTE

Born: abt. 1700, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 4 July 1786, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Martial CHARRON 4 February 1726 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Anonyme VACHER

Born: 24 December 1701, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 24 December 1701, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Marie VACHER dite LACERTE

Born: 27 December 1702, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 2 April 1734, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Gabriel LEBER dit YVON 28 December 1723 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE

Born: 12 January 1705, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 12 September 1787, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre COMPAIN dit LESPÉRANCE 9 June 1732 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Thérèse VACHER dite LACERTE

Born: 12 June 1707, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 4 July 1707, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste VACHER dit LACERTE

Born: 17 October 1708, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 12 March 1772, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Françoise PROULX 3 June 1736 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Married: Marie Josephte DOUCET 2 July 1764 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Michel VACHER dit LACERTE

Born: 19 April 1711, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: ,

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Birth — 1650
21 April 1650
St-Pierre, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France

'Who was this Jean-Guillaume Vacher dit Laserte, formerly known as Jean Guy? A descendant of this ancestor, Roger V. Lacerte, trace dhis French origins back to the great-grand-parents loated in Saint-Pierre d'Angers in Anjou (Maine-et-Loire). Mathurin Vacher and Perrine Chaveau were married about 1585 and died in 1613. Their son, Etienne, a bargeman, married Jeanne Fresneau, daughter of the late Jean and of Madeleine Gaultier at Saint-Pierre on 11 February 1613. At least three children were born of this union: Jean, baptized on 11 September 1615 Pierre baptized on 28 June 1618 and Guillaume, baptized on 24 February 1621. About 1643, the latter was married to Guillemine Vinsonneau, and was the father of four children baptized at Saint-Pierre: Jeanne, 11 August 1664 Guillaume, 12 September 1647 Guy, 31 January 1649, and Jean-Guillaume, the ancestor of the Canadian Lacertes, on 21 April 1650.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 246

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

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1671 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE and Anne BARILLET 9 November 1671, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 21 years old.

1672 Death of Spouse/Partner
Anne BARILLET died September 1672, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1681 Birth of Child
Marie VACHER was born 30 November 1681, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 31 years old.

1685 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE and Marguerite BENOIT 26 November 1685, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

He was 35 years old.

Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE - 1685 marriage (part 1)

1685 marriage (part 1)

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE - 1685 marriage (part 2)

1685 marriage (part 2)

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1686 Birth of Child
Jean-Charles VACHER dit LACERTE was born 12 March 1686, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 35 years old.

1689 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine VACHER dite LACERTE was born 16 March 1689, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 38 years old.

1691 Birth of Child
Marguerite VACHER dite LACERTE was born 2 July 1691, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 41 years old.

1693 Birth of Child
Guillaume VACHER dit LACERTE was born 25 September 1693, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 43 years old.

1696 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise VACHER dite LACERTE was born 11 January 1696, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 45 years old.

1697 Birth of Child
Marie-Agathe VACHER dite LACERTE was born 18 July 1697, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 47 years old.

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

1701 Birth of Child
Anonyme VACHER was born 24 December 1701, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 51 years old.

1702 Birth of Child
Marie VACHER dite LACERTE was born 27 December 1702, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 52 years old.

1705 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE was born 12 January 1705, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 54 years old.

1707 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse VACHER dite LACERTE was born 12 June 1707, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 57 years old.

1708 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste VACHER dit LACERTE was born 17 October 1708, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 58 years old.

1709 Marriage of Child
Jean-Charles VACHER dit LACERTE married 5 November 1709, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Marie-Claire BERGERON

1710 Marriage of Child
Marguerite VACHER dite LACERTE married 09 June 1710, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Philippe POIRIER

1711 Birth of Child
Michel VACHER dit LACERTE was born 19 April 1711, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Guillaume-Guy was 61 years old.

1713 Marriage of Child
Marie VACHER married 3 February 1713, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Jacques LABOSSÉE

1716 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine VACHER dite LACERTE married 23 November 1716, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Nicolas PERSONNE dit LAFOND

1718 Marriage of Child
Marguerite VACHER dite LACERTE married 25 July 1718, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Jean MAILLOT

Death
'...On 30 June 1720, the Recollet missionary priest, Hyacinthe Pelfresne, ministering to the parish of Trois-Rivieres, mentioned the death of Jean Guy de la Certe in the parish records. He was bout 72 years old and had received the last rites of the Church.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 249