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immigrant flag male ancestor  Robert  DROUIN

Born
16 August 1607 Mortagne, Perche, France
Robert  married  Anne CLOUTIER 12 July 1637 in Québec, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Anne CLOUTIER  was born 19 January 1626 in Mortagne, Perche, France .  Anne died 3 February 1648 in Québec, Canada, New France .  Anne was the child of Zacharie CLOUTIER and Xainte (Sainte) DUPONT .
Robert  married  Marie CHAPELIER 29 November 1649 in Québec, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marie CHAPELIER  was born 6 January 1621 in France.  Marie died 15 March 1697 in Québec, Canada, New France . 

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Robert was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1635.


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Robert  married  Anne CLOUTIER 12 July 1637 in Québec, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Anne CLOUTIER  was born 19 January 1626 in Mortagne, Perche, France .  Anne died 3 February 1648 in Québec, Canada, New France .  Anne was the child of Zacharie CLOUTIER and Xainte (Sainte) DUPONT.

Robert  married  (2) Marie CHAPELIER 29 November 1649 in Québec, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marie CHAPELIER  was born 6 January 1621 in France.  Marie died 15 March 1697 in Québec, Canada, New France . 

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Robert DROUIN

Robert DROUIN married immigrant flag female ancestor Anne CLOUTIER
Marriage date: 12 July 1637
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783


Anne CLOUTIER was the child of Zacharie CLOUTIER and Xainte (Sainte) DUPONT

Marriage notes:
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada
"As the friendship between the 29-year-old Robert and the Cloutier family grew stronger, he sought the hand in marriage of the 10-year-old daughter of his employer. Anne Cloutier was born in Perche in January of 1626, the daughter of Zacharie and Xainte Dupont... The marriage was to take place as soon as possible, however, the newlyweds were to continue to live in the Cloutier home for a period of three years... Their marriage was celebrated on 12 July 1637, in the church of Notre-Dame de Quebec, but their first child, Agnes, did not come into the world until January of 1641, after those three years of parental surveillance."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume II, Page 66
"A sad event occured in 1648! Anne Cloutier died at la Chandeleur and was buried at Quebec on 4 February... Robert left the area. He gave his in-laws temporary custody of his two orphan daughters, Genevieve and Jeanne..."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume II, Page 67-68
"Anne, 19 January 1626, married the brickmaker Robert Drouin in 1637. They had six children, all but two died in infancy. Anne herself died on 4 February 1648. Robert remarried in 1649 to the widow Marie Chapelier who was not accepted by the Cloutiers and, as a result, Zacharie and Xainte raised their granddaughters, Genevieve and Jeanne Drouin, as their own."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 59

Children of Robert DROUIN and Anne CLOUTIER


Robert DROUIN married immigrant Fille a Marier flag  Marie CHAPELIER
Marriage date: 29 November 1649
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marriage notes:
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec
29 Nov 1649
Robert Drouin and Marie Chapelier
"On 26 November 1649, Robert penned his mark to the bottom line of his second marriage contract. Marie Chappelier, widow of Pierre Petit, a native of Compte-Robert-en-Brie, daughter of Jean and of Marguerite Dodier, accepted him as her husband... Old Zacharie Cloutier did not trust stepmother Chapelier. 'He feared that the said children were mistreated by this new woman.' He took custody of his two grandchildren during the time his son-in-law lived at Trois-Rivieres (around 1650)."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume II, Page 68

Children of Robert DROUIN and Marie CHAPELIER


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Biography
DROUIN, ROBERT, pioneer on the Beaupré shore; baptized 6 Aug. 1607 at Pin-la-Garenne, Perche, son of Robert Drouin and Marie Dubois; d. 1 June 1685 and was buried at Château-Richer the next day.

The date of Drouin’s arrival in Canada is not known, but it is certain that he was here by 1636. In 1641 he already had a farm near the Rivière aux Chiens on the Beaupré shore, although he did not receive the concession for it until 17 April 1646. By his marriage with Anne Cloutier, which was celebrated on 12 July 1637 in the parish of Notre-Dame de Québec, he had three daughters; by his second marriage, with Marie Chapelier, which was celebrated on 29 Nov. 1649 in the same place, he had eight more children.

It is almost impossible to trace any French-Canadian genealogy without encountering Robert Drouin among the earliest ancestors. That would seem to us to be his greatest claim to fame. It is also to be noted that his marriage contract with Anne Cloutier (which preceded by nearly a
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Dictionary of Canadian Biography (www.biographi.ca)
Biography
Robert Drouin

Robert Drouin was a native of the parish Pin, Perche. He was the son of Robert Drouin and Marie Dubois. He came to New France as a master briqueleur.

On 12 July 1637, he married Anne Cloutier, daughter of Zacharie Cloutier and Xainte Dupont...

Anne died prematurely on 2 February 1648...

Robert Drouin married Mary Lachapelle, daughter of Jean Chapelier and Marguerite Dodier, the parish of St-Etienne, Comte-Robert-en-Brie. In their marriage contract passed before the notary Guillaume Audouart, 26 November 1649, we learn that Mary was the widow of Pierre Petit. Robert and Mary had eight children, four sons.

Robert Drouin departed this world on June 1, 1685.

Two of his sons founded a family and left a descent in America.

Source: Le Centre de généalogie francophone d'Amérique
BirthBirth — 1607
16 August 1607
Mortagne, Perche, France
1635 - Arrival in New France
'...in 1635, Robert Drouin joined with Francois Aubert, Philippe Amyot, Jean Cote and Martin Grouvel, who left from the port of Dieppe in their turn, to go out to the colony.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume II, Page 65
1636
'He was in Canada in 1636 and in 1641, he already had a farm near the Rivière aux Chiens (river of dogs). His marriage contract of July 27 1636, (one year after the religious ceremony) which was concluded in the house of Robert Giffard and executed by Jean Guyon du Buisson in the absence of a notary, is the oldest marriage document preserved in the original in Canada. It seems that he is the ancestor of all Drouin in the country. '

Source: www.leveillee.net/
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marriage1637 Marriage / Partner
Robert DROUIN and Anne CLOUTIER 12 July 1637, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 29 years old.
1641 Birth of Child
Agnes DROUIN was born 21 January 1641, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Robert was 33 years old.
1643 Birth of Child
Geneviève DROUIN was born 19 October 1643, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Robert was 36 years old.
1646 Birth of Child
Jeanne DROUIN was born 5 November 1646, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Robert was 39 years old.
1648 Death of Spouse/Partner
Anne CLOUTIER died 3 February 1648, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
marriage1649 Marriage / Partner
Robert DROUIN and Marie CHAPELIER 29 November 1649, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 42 years old.
Robert DROUIN - 1649 Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec  Cap de la Madeleine First land concessions 1649 The map above shows the first land concessions on the Cap. One s
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1649 Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec

Cap de la Madeleine
First land concessions 1649
The map above shows the first land concessions on the Cap. One sees Pierre and Mathurin's lots (5th and 6th from right). On a modern map of Cap de la Madeleine, Pierre's land was, according to Marcel Trudel, author of "Le Terrier du St Laurent en 1663", between Celina and Viviers steets and from the bottom of Erables street up to the first park on the street.

One also finds the lands of men that played role's in our ancestor's life and/ or are in our family tree: Claude Houssard dit le Petit Claude was his father-in-law, Nicolas Rivard was his brother-in-law (his great grandaughter married Pierre's grandson, Joseph - ancestral grandparents!), Pierre Boucher - his sister, Marie was the grandmother of Marie Trottier who married Pierre's son, Louis.
1 june 1649

I the undersigned superior of the residence of the Company of Jesus at 3 Rivieres declare that in virtue of the commission given to me by
my superiors in which Monsignor the Abbe of la Magdeleine gave the right and the power to distribute the lands that bear his name on the
Cap of 3 rivieres I have assigned fourteen concessions of two arpens each of waterfront on the great river, starting at the mouth of the
river tanneval at the bottom and twenty arpens in depth on each arpen by a line starting at the north-east of the said concessions given by
order to those that are marked below, under the charges and conditions dictated by the seigneur here ... the names in order in which the said concessions were granted are Francois Boivin, Jean Houdan, Claude Houssart, Jean Veron, Pierre Guillet, Mathyrin Guillet, Etienne de Lafond, Mathyrin Baillergeon, Pierre Boucher, Emerie Galteaux, Urbain bodrie, Jacques Aubuchon, Bertrand Farfard, Jean Aubuchon

Passed at 3 rivieres
On the 1st of Juin 1649

guilletcinqmarsfamily.homestead.com/ CapdelaMadeleinedoc.html

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1650 Birth of Child
Marie DROUIN was born 18 September 1650 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Robert was 43 years old.
1652 Birth of Child
Nicolas DROUIN was born 7 January 1652, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Robert was 44 years old.
1653 Birth of Child
Pierre DROUIN was born 10 November 1653, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Robert was 46 years old.
1655 Birth of Child
Marguerite DROUIN was born 23 December 1655, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Robert was 48 years old.
marriage1656 Marriage of Child
Geneviève DROUIN married 24 April 1656 , Québec, Canada, New France to Romain TREPANIER (TRÉPAGNY)
marriage1659 Marriage of Child
Jeanne DROUIN married 10 November 1659, Québec, Canada, New France to Pierre MAHEU dit HAZARD
1660 Birth of Child
Catherine DROUIN was born 2 January 1660, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Robert was 52 years old.
1662 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DROUIN was born 13 February 1662, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Robert was 54 years old.
marriage1662 Marriage of Child
Marie DROUIN married 28 November 1662 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Nicolas LEBEL
1664 Death of Child
Marie DROUIN died 2 May 1664, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Robert was 56 years old.
1664 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine DROUIN was born 26 November 1664, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Robert was 57 years old.
1665 Death of Child
Marie-Madeleine DROUIN died 3 February 1665, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Robert was 57 years old.
1666 Census - Montmorency County, Quebec
Robert Drouin, briquetier, 60 years
Marie Chapellier, 42 years
Genevieve Drouin, 23 years
Jeanne Drouin, 20 years
Nicolas Drouin, 14 years
Pierre Drouin, 12 years
Marguerite Drouin, 10 years
Etienne Drouin, 8 years
Catherine Drouin, 6 years
Jean Baptiste Drouin, 4 years
1667 Census - Montmorency County, Quebec
Robert Drouin, habitant, 64 years
Marie Chappelier, 42 years
Nicolas Drouin, 15 years
Marguerite Drouin, 12 years
Etienne Drouin, 10 years
Catherine Drouin, 7 years
Jean Baptiste Drouin, 5 years

They owned 6 head of cattle and had 10 arpents of cleared land.
marriage1670 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DROUIN married 26 October 1670, Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Jean GAGNON
marriage1674 Marriage of Child
Nicolas DROUIN married 6 November 1674, Québec, Canada, New France to Marie LOIGNON
marriage1676 Marriage of Child
Catherine DROUIN married 24 November 1676, Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Michel ROULOIS
marriage1682 Marriage of Child
Étienne DROUIN married 3 November 1682, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France to Catherine LOIGNON
Robert DROUIN - 1685 Death. La Visitation du Notre Dame, Chateau-Richer, Quebec  name: Robert Drouin gender: Male burial date: 02 Jun 1685 burial place: Chateau
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1685 Death. La Visitation du Notre Dame, Chateau-Richer, Quebec

name: Robert Drouin
gender: Male
burial date: 02 Jun 1685
burial place: Chateau Richer, Montmorency I, Quebec
death date: 01 Jun 1685
death place: Chateau Richer, Montmorency I, Quebec
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race: White
marital status: Unknown
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indexing project (batch) number: B03757-9
system origin: Canada-EASy
source film number: 1018161
reference number: p 46 s 5

"Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955," index, FamilySearch.org

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
DeathDeath — 1685
1 June 1685
Château-Richer, Canada, New France
He died at the age of 77.
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La Visitation de Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer, Quebec, Canada
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