Pierre BOUCHER dit DESROCHES

Born

29 September 1648 , Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France

Died

10 March 1702 , Québec, Canada, New France

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François BOUCHER Marie-Josephe-Florence GAREMAN dite LEPICARD

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Pierre BOUCHER dit DESROCHES was born 29 September 1648 in Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France

Pierre BOUCHER dit DESROCHES was the child of François BOUCHER and Marie-Josephe-Florence GAREMAN dite LEPICARD

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Marin BOUCHER and Julienne BARIL (DUBARIL) (maternal) Pierre GAREMAN dit LEPICARD and Marie-Madeleine CHARLOT

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Pierre married Helene GAUDRY 13 December 1671 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Helene GAUDRY was born 5 March 1656 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Helene died 22 November 1712 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Helene was the child of Nicolas GAUDRY dit BOURBONNIÈRE and Agnes MORIN.

Pierre BOUCHER dit DESROCHES died 10 March 1702 in Québec, Canada, New France .
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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)

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Pierre BOUCHER dit DESROCHES married

Helene GAUDRY-- Date: 13 December 1671 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Helene GAUDRY was the child of Nicolas GAUDRY dit BOURBONNIÈRE and Agnes MORIN

notary Gilles Rageot (Sillery)

PRDH indicates that Pierre Boucher and Helene Gaudry signed a contract of marriage in 1671 at an undetermined place in Quebec, Canada.

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Children of Pierre BOUCHER dit DESROCHES and Helene GAUDRY

Ignace BOUCHER (b.25 May 1673, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 6 April 1741, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Françoise POUILLOT 17 November 1699 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Jeanne-Elisabeth BOUCHER (b.29 July 1675, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 20 January 1703, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France )

Marie-Helene BOUCHER (b.11 August 1678, Québec, Canada, New France d. 4 February 1748, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France )
m. Jean-Baptiste LEMAY dit LARONDIERE 1700 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Agnes BOUCHER (b.14 March 1681 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France d. abt. 1684, , Québec Province, Canada )

François BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS (b.4 March 1684, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 23 October 1760, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada)
m. Thérèse MARIÉ (LEMARIÉ) 28 November 1709 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Joseph BOUCHER (b.abt. 1685, , Québec Province, Canada d. 5 May 1766, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Anne FRECHETTE 28 April 1716 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
m. Angélique BONNEAU 3 April 1758 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Marguerite BOUCHER (b.21 September 1688 , Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 16 January 1745, L'Assomption, Canada, New France )
m. Pierre HOMIER (AUMIER) dit POITIER 2 November 1716 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Pierre BOUCHER (b.abt. 1688, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 16 January 1718 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France )
m. Anne HÉBERT 12 February 1714 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Marie-Madeleine BOUCHER (b.22 July 1692, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 22 April 1759, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France)
m. Jacques-Philippe HORNÉ (DESHARNAIS) dit LANEUVILLE 1720 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada
m. Jacques BARON 29 August 1734 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Françoise-Thérèse BOUCHER (b.15 January 1698 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 25 March 1703, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France )

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1648 - Birth
Baptism recorded in Drouin Collection at Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery, Quebec
1648 - 29 Septembre Pierre fils de Frs Boucher et de Florence Gareman - Pierre Soumande et Anne Archambault
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Pierre BOUCHER dit DESROCHES - 1648 Baptism Sillery, Quebec

1648 Baptism
Sillery, Quebec

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

1666 Sillery
francois Boucher - 40 habittant

florence garman - 37 sa femme

Benoist Boucher - 21 fils

pierre Boucher - 18 fils

Marie Boucher - 13 fille

Magdelaine Boucher - 11 fille

Charles Boucher - 7 fils

denis Boucher - 6 fils

Charles Boucher - 8 fils

michel Boucher - 4 fils

francois Boucher - 2 fils

Et - - 22 domestique engaigé
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1671 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BOUCHER dit DESROCHES and Helene GAUDRY 13 December 1671, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 23 years old.

1673 Birth of Child
Ignace BOUCHER was born 25 May 1673, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Pierre was 24 years old.

1675 Birth of Child
Jeanne-Elisabeth BOUCHER was born 29 July 1675, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Pierre was 26 years old.

1678 Birth of Child
Marie-Helene BOUCHER was born 11 August 1678, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Pierre was 29 years old.

1681 Canadian Census Seigneurie de Lauzon
Pierre Boucher (dit Desroches), 30
Helen Gaudry, sa femme, 25
enfants:
Ignace, 7
Jeanne, 5
Marie, 3
Agnes, 6 mois

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

1681 Birth of Child
Agnes BOUCHER was born 14 March 1681 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 32 years old.

1684 Birth of Child
François BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS was born 4 March 1684, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Pierre was 35 years old.

1688 Birth of Child
Marguerite BOUCHER was born 21 September 1688 , Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Pierre was 40 years old.

1692 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine BOUCHER was born 22 July 1692, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Pierre was 43 years old.

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

1698 Birth of Child
Françoise-Thérèse BOUCHER was born 15 January 1698 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 49 years old.

1699 Marriage of Child
Ignace BOUCHER married 17 November 1699, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Marie-Françoise POUILLOT

1702 Death
Died at Hotel-Dieu de Quebec, Quebec, QC, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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