Denis BRIERE

Born

abt. 1631 , France

Died

24 April 1700 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

Denis married Françoise-Marie BIGOT 8 May 1658 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Françoise-Marie BIGOT was born 17 May 1631 in La Ventrouze, Normandie, France. Françoise-Marie died 9 August 1706 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France.

Parents & Family of Denis BRIERE

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Denis was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1658.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Denis BRIERE

Denis BRIERE married

Françoise-Marie BIGOT
Marriage date: 8 May 1658
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, Quebec, Canada

Children of Denis BRIERE and Françoise-Marie BIGOT

Denis BRIERE

Born: abt. 1660, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 20 June 1718, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Elisabeth MARIER (LEMARIÉ) 23 November 1688 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

Françoise BRIÈRE

Born: abt. 1662, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 8 August 1739, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France

Married: Michel MARIÉR (LEMARIÉ) 27 February 1680 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

Sebastien LABRIERE

Born: 28 January 1664, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: abt. 1664, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France

Etienne BRIERE

Born: 19 April 1666, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 19 April 1666, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BRIERE dit LABORDE

Born: 21 May 1668, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 17 October 1745, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Married: Françoise BRASSARD 23 November 1712 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

Charles BRIERE

Born: 24 April 1671, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 19 February 1703, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France

Joseph BRIERE

Born: 10 March 1674, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: ,

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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

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1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1658 Marriage / Partner
Denis BRIERE and Françoise-Marie BIGOT 8 May 1658, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1664 Birth of Child
Sebastien LABRIERE was born 28 January 1664, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)

1666 Sillery

denis Briere - 35 habittant

francoise Bigot - 34 sa femme & precl vefve de Guilleboust

denis Briere - 6 fils

francoise Brière - 4 fille

marie guilleboust - 15 fille

Charles guilleboust - 12 fils

Margueritte guilleboust - 9 fille

et pierre Campaignard - 22 domestique Engaigé'

Source / record details
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Birth of Child
Etienne BRIERE was born 19 April 1666, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)

1668 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BRIERE dit LABORDE was born 21 May 1668, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)

1671 Birth of Child
Charles BRIERE was born 24 April 1671, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)

1674 Birth of Child
Joseph BRIERE was born 10 March 1674, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)

1680 Marriage of Child
Françoise BRIÈRE married 27 February 1680, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France to Michel MARIÉR (LEMARIÉ)

1681 Canadian Census Signeurie de Maure

Denis Briere (dit La Briere), 50
Francoise Bigot, sa femmme, 50
enfants:
Charles, 27
Denis, 22
Jean, 13
Charles, 10
Joseph, 7

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

1688 Marriage of Child
Denis BRIERE married 23 November 1688 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France to Marie-Elisabeth MARIER (LEMARIÉ)

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