Simon SOUPIRAND

Born

abt. 1670 , France

Died

9 February 1724 , Québec, Canada, New France

Simon married Marthe BÉLANGER 26 August 1700 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marthe BÉLANGER was born 23 November 1661 in Québec, Canada, New France . Marthe died 17 March 1741 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France . Marthe was the child of Nicolas BÉLANGER and Marie DERAINVILLE .

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Parents of Simon SOUPIRAND

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Simon was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1700.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: barber-surgeon to the hospital and public of Quebec, senior churchwarden of Notre-Dame de Québec parish

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Simon SOUPIRAND

Simon SOUPIRAND married

Marthe BÉLANGER
Marriage date: 26 August 1700
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Marthe BÉLANGER was the child of Nicolas BÉLANGER and Marie DERAINVILLE

Marriage notes:

Children born in Quebec City, Quebec:

Marie Louise Soupiran born September 9, 1701.

Francoise Petronille Soupiran born October 22, 1702.

Simon Soupiran born February 5, 1704.

Louis Francois Soupiran born January 25, 1706.

Charles Soupiran born September 15, 1708.

Children of Simon SOUPIRAND and Marthe BÉLANGER

Françoise-Petronille SOUPIRAND

Born: 22 October 1702, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 7 December 1747, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre MAUFILS 8 February 1728 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

Simon SOUPIRAND

Born: 5 February 1704, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 16 June 1764, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Jeanne AVICE 26 June 1736 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

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

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Biography

SOUPIRAN, SIMON, barber-surgeon to the hospital and public of Quebec, senior churchwarden of Notre-Dame de Québec parish (c. 1716); b. 1670 in Saint-Michel parish, Saint-Sever, province of Gascony; son of Antoine Soupiran and Catherine Laborde; d. 9 Feb. 1724 in Quebec.

This royal notary’s son probably came to Canada as a ship’s surgeon. The witnesses to his marriage at Quebec on 26 Aug. 1700, acting in lieu of family, were all crew members of the Bien-Aimé, a vessel anchored off Quebec. Soupiran’s bride was Marthe Bélanger, a widow with five children who was to present him with five more. From 1700 to 1712, the couple lived in a rented house along Rue Cul-de-Sac, near the harbour of Quebec’s Lower Town.

Surgeons in New France like Soupiran were subject to the surveillance of the local representative of the king’s first barber-surgeon, who was replaced as supervisor in the early 18th century by the king’s physician at Quebec. Although surgery was officially elevated from manual

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Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003