Louis COUILLARD

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29 November 1658 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

15 May 1728 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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Louis COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY Geneviève DESPRÉS

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Born: 29 November 1658 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Louis COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY

Mother: Geneviève DESPRÉS

Paternal grandparents: Guillaume COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY , Marie-Guillemette HÉBERT

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Louis married Marie FORTIN 4 May 1688 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie FORTIN was born abt. 1670 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie died 26 February 1710 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marie was the child of François FORTIN and Marie JOLLIET.

Louis married (2) Marguerite BELANGER 7 November 1712 in L'Islet, Canada, New France . Marguerite BELANGER was born 20 December 1696 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marguerite died 4 July 1715 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marguerite was the child of Louis BELANGER and Marguerite LEFRANCOIS.

Louis married (3) Marguerite FORTIN 21 June 1716 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . Marguerite FORTIN was born 10 February 1694 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marguerite died 24 April 1717 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marguerite was the child of Eustache FORTIN and Louise CLOUTIER.

Louis married (4) Louise NOLIN 31 January 1719 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise NOLIN was born 3 September 1678 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Louise died 26 September 1754 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Louise was the child of Jacques NOLIN dit DESCHÂTELETS and Françoise CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR).

Louis COUILLARD died 15 May 1728 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France.
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WORK & OCCUPATION

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Recorded occupation: coseigneur of Rivière-du-Sud

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.

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Québec Généalogie - The Seigneurial System (1627 - 1854)
The seigneurial system was a form of land settlement modeled on the French feudal system. It began in New France in 1627 with the formation of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés (or Company of 100 Associates), which was initially responsible for handing out land grants and seigneurial rights. The land was divided into five by 15 kilometer plots, usually along major rivers like the St. Lawrence. They were then further subdivided into narrow, but long lots for settlement. These lots were usually long enough to be suitable for faming, and they provided everyone who lived on them with equal access to neighbouring farms and the river. There were three main groups of people who lived off the land in this system: Seigneurs, Habitants and Engagés

Louis COUILLARD was a seigneur.
Seigneurs were the most important colonists, as they were usually in the military or aristocracy prior to being a settler. These seigneurs then were charged with the task of subdividing large parcels of land into five by 15 kilometer concessions, then renting this land to a habitant. Under regulations set up by the French government in France, the seigneur could also set up a court of law, set up a mill on his land and organize a commune.

Source: Canada in the Making (www.canadiana.ca/citm/index_e.html)

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Spouse & Children of Louis COUILLARD

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Louis COUILLARD married

Marie FORTIN
Marriage date: 4 May 1688
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Marie FORTIN was the child of François FORTIN and Marie JOLLIET

Children of Louis COUILLARD and Marie FORTIN

Elisabeth COUILLARD

Born: 31 March 1691, Montmagny, Canada, New France
Died: 27 March 1725, Montmagny, Canada, New France

Married: Louis COTE 28 April 1716 Place: Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Marie-Simone COUILLARD

Born: 28 May 1697, Montmagny, Canada, New France
Died: 27 October 1732, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Alexis-Jean GUYON 11 October 1719 Place: Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Joseph COUILLARD

Born: 17 September 1701, Montmagny, Canada, New France
Died: 22 May 1778, L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Marthe BELANGER 19 November 1725 Place: L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Paul COUILLARD

Born: 9 September 1707, Montmagny, Canada, New France
Died: 21 October 1750, Montmagny, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Josephte COUTURE 10 November 1732 Place: Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Louis COUILLARD married

Marguerite BELANGER
Marriage date: 7 November 1712
Marriage place: L'Islet, Canada, New France
Marguerite BELANGER was the child of Louis BELANGER and Marguerite LEFRANCOIS

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Louis COUILLARD married

Marguerite FORTIN
Marriage date: 21 June 1716
Marriage place: Montmagny, Canada, New France
Marguerite FORTIN was the child of Eustache FORTIN and Louise CLOUTIER

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Louis COUILLARD married

Louise NOLIN
Marriage date: 31 January 1719
Marriage place: Montmagny, Canada, New France
Louise NOLIN was the child of Jacques NOLIN dit DESCHÂTELETS and Françoise CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR)

Children of Louis COUILLARD and Louise NOLIN

Marie-Anne COUILLARD

Born: 15 August 1721, Montmagny, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Louis LAVALTRIE dit MARGANNE 22 June 1739 Place: Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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Birth — 1658
29 November 1658
Québec, Canada, New France

1658 Baptism
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec
Louys Couillart
29 November 1658
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Biography
COUILLARD DE LESPINAY, LOUIS, coseigneur of Rivière-du-Sud; baptized 29 Nov. 1658 at Quebec, son of Louis Couillard*, Sieur de Lespinay, and of Geneviève Després; buried 15 May 1728 at Saint-Pierre du Sud.

Louis Couillard de Lespinay gradually built up a large fief. On 4 Aug. 1671 he received from his father, as a settlement of portion by anticipation, an arriere-fief of “four arpents in the said seigneury of Rivière-du-Sud, fronting on the St Lawrence River and extending to a depth of 40 arpents.” On 29 Nov. 1685, conjointly with his brother Jacques, he inherited half of the Rivière-du-Sud seigneury of which his mother had had possession since her husband’s death in 1678; this part became his completely when he bought out his brother Jacques in 1690.

During all these years, Louis Couillard proved to be a good administrator. In 1700 he won a sensational lawsuit against Isaac (Alexandre) Berthier, seigneur of Bellechasse, over the boundaries of his seigneury. Under his stimulus,...Read full story

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

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Quebec

Louis Couillard Sr. de Lespinay .............34 bourgeois
Geneviefve Desprez ..........................27 sa femme
Jeanne Couillard ............................12 fille
Jean baptiste Couillard ......................8 fils
Louis Couillard ..............................7 fils
Geneviefve Couillard .........................6 fille
Jacques Couillard ............................1 fils
Et pierre Cretel ............................25 Cordonnier Engaigé
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1688 Marriage / Partner
Louis COUILLARD and Marie FORTIN 4 May 1688, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 29 years old.

1691 Birth of Child
Elisabeth COUILLARD was born 31 March 1691, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Louis was 32 years old.

1697 Birth of Child
Marie-Simone COUILLARD was born 28 May 1697, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Louis was 38 years old.

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

1701 Birth of Child
Joseph COUILLARD was born 17 September 1701, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Louis was 42 years old.

1707 Birth of Child
Paul COUILLARD was born 9 September 1707, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Louis was 48 years old.

1710 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie FORTIN died 26 February 1710, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

1712 Marriage / Partner
Louis COUILLARD and Marguerite BELANGER 7 November 1712, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

He was 53 years old.

1715 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite BELANGER died 4 July 1715, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1716 Marriage / Partner
Louis COUILLARD and Marguerite FORTIN 21 June 1716, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 57 years old.

1716 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth COUILLARD married 28 April 1716, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Louis COTE

1717 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite FORTIN died 24 April 1717, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

1719 Marriage / Partner
Louis COUILLARD and Louise NOLIN 31 January 1719, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 60 years old.

1719 Marriage of Child
Marie-Simone COUILLARD married 11 October 1719, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Alexis-Jean GUYON

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1721 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne COUILLARD was born 15 August 1721, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Louis was 62 years old.

1725 Death of Child
Elisabeth COUILLARD died 27 March 1725, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Louis was 66 years old.

1725 Marriage of Child
Joseph COUILLARD married 19 November 1725, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Marie-Marthe BELANGER

Death — 1728
15 May 1728
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
He died at the age of 69.

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