Jean DUBOIS

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abt. 1659 , France

Died

23 September 1738 , Champlain, Canada, New France

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Born: abt. 1659 in France

Father: Unknown

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Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1693.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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Jean married Catherine JEAN dite DENIS 7 September 1688 in Québec, Canada, New France . Catherine JEAN dite DENIS was born 20 October 1670 in Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery). Catherine died 24 November 1689 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Catherine was the child of Denis JEAN dit DENIS and Marie PELLETIER.

Jean married (2) Jeanne RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) 23 November 1693 in Champlain, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Jeanne RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) was born abt. 1677 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jeanne died 7 January 1709 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Jeanne was the child of Alexander RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) and Marie DESROSIERS.

Jean married (3) Antoinette LIMOUSIN 17 January 1713 in Champlain, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoinette LIMOUSIN was born 3 August 1689 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Antoinette died 27 January 1715 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Antoinette was the child of Hilaire LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT and Marie-Antoinette LEFEBVRE.

Jean DUBOIS died 23 September 1738 in Champlain, Canada, New France .

son of Michel Dubois and Marie Michelle Tessier

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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Jean DUBOIS married

Catherine JEAN dite DENIS
Marriage date: 7 September 1688
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Catherine JEAN dite DENIS was the child of Denis JEAN dit DENIS and Marie PELLETIER

Children of Jean DUBOIS and Catherine JEAN dite DENIS

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Jean DUBOIS married

Jeanne RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT)
Marriage date: 23 November 1693
Marriage place: Champlain, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Jeanne RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) was the child of Alexander RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) and Marie DESROSIERS

Marriage notes:

"Jeanne (1677-1709), married in 1693 to Jean Dubois, a mason originally from Saint-Bonnet, diocese of Limoges in France. He was remarried in 1713 to Antoinette Limosin. This family lived in the village of Laborde at Champlain."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume VII, Page 192

Children of Jean DUBOIS and Jeanne RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT)

Pierre DUBOIS

Born: 23 October 1695, Batiscan, Canada, New France
Died: 18 January 1750, Champlain, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Françoise RIVARD 24 May 1736 Place: Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Married: Madeleine-Marguerite RIVARD 31 January 1745 Place: Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Marie-Josephte DUBOIS

Born: 13 October 1697, Batiscan, Canada, New France
Died: 7 April 1777, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT 25 November 1718 Place: Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Marie-Jeanne DUBOIS

Born: 29 January 1700, Champlain, Canada, New France
Died: 7 October 1751, Champlain, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre RIVARD 24 November 1727 Place: Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Marie-Charlotte DUBOIS

Born: 10 May 1702, Champlain, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Joseph DUBOIS

Born: 3 June 1704, Champlain, Canada, New France
Died: 18 April 1760, Champlain, Canada

Married: Marie-Anne DESROCHES 24 January 1735 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Married: Genevieve-Catherine AYOTTE 24 July 1747 Place: Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Marie-Anne DUBOIS

Born: 7 April 1707, Champlain, Canada, New France
Died: 25 March 1748, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France*

Married: Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BÉLISLE 9 November 1739 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean DUBOIS married

Antoinette LIMOUSIN
Marriage date: 17 January 1713
Marriage place: Champlain, Canada, New France
Antoinette LIMOUSIN was the child of Hilaire LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT and Marie-Antoinette LEFEBVRE

Children of Jean DUBOIS and Antoinette LIMOUSIN

Jean-Baptiste DUBOIS

Born: 21 May 1714, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Genevieve DUBORD dite LATOURELLE 8 February 1740 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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DUBOIS - nickname given to someone who lives near the woods. Or, nickname given to the one who comes from 'Le Bois', name of several localities in France.

Jean-Baptiste Dubois was born around 1665 in Saint-Bonnet-de-Bellac, Haute-Vienne, France. Son of Michel Dubois and Michelle Tessier, he married Catherine Jean on September 7, 1688 in Quebec. From this union was born 1 child. Widowed in 1689, he married Marie-Jeanne Raux, daughter of Alexandre and Marie Desrosiers, on November 23, 1693. From this union were born 6 children. Widowed again in 1709, he married Antoinette Limousin on January 17, 1713 in Champlain. From this union were born 2 children. Arrived in the country around 1683, this master mason settled in Quebec, then in Champlain. The date of his death, which occurred before November 9, 1739, remains unknown.
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1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1688 Marriage / Partner
Jean DUBOIS and Catherine JEAN dite DENIS 7 September 1688, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1689 Death of Spouse/Partner
Catherine JEAN dite DENIS died 24 November 1689, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1693 Marriage / Partner
Jean DUBOIS and Jeanne RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) 23 November 1693, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

1695 Birth of Child
Pierre DUBOIS was born 23 October 1695, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

1697 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte DUBOIS was born 13 October 1697, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

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

1700 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne DUBOIS was born 29 January 1700, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

1702 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte DUBOIS was born 10 May 1702, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

1704 Birth of Child
Joseph DUBOIS was born 3 June 1704, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

1707 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne DUBOIS was born 7 April 1707, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

1709 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jeanne RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) died 7 January 1709 , Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

1713 Marriage / Partner
Jean DUBOIS and Antoinette LIMOUSIN 17 January 1713, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

1714 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DUBOIS was born 21 May 1714, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

1715 Death of Spouse/Partner
Antoinette LIMOUSIN died 27 January 1715, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

1718 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte DUBOIS married 25 November 1718, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Joseph LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT

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

1727 Marriage of Child
Marie-Jeanne DUBOIS married 24 November 1727 , Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Pierre RIVARD

1735 Marriage of Child
Joseph DUBOIS married 24 January 1735, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Marie-Anne DESROCHES

1736 Marriage of Child
Pierre DUBOIS married 24 May 1736, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Marie-Françoise RIVARD

Death — 1738
23 September 1738
Champlain, Canada, New France

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