Jacques ROUSSEAU

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13 April 1645 , France

Died

11 May 1711 , Québec, Canada, New France

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Jacques ROUSSEAU was born 13 April 1645 in France

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Jacques was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1677.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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Jacques married Marguerite GUILLEBOUT (GUILBAULT) 28 July 1677 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Marguerite GUILLEBOUT (GUILBAULT) was born 11 June 1656 in Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery). Marguerite died 15 December 1729 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Marguerite was the child of Charles GUILLEBOUT (GUILBAULT) and Françoise-Marie BIGOT.

Jacques ROUSSEAU died 11 May 1711 in Québec, Canada, New France .

Son of Pierre Rousseau and Marie Dillard

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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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Jacques ROUSSEAU married

Marguerite GUILLEBOUT (GUILBAULT)-- Date: 28 July 1677 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marguerite GUILLEBOUT (GUILBAULT) was the child of Charles GUILLEBOUT (GUILBAULT) and Françoise-Marie BIGOT

According to PRDH, a marriage contract was signed between Jacques Rousseau and Marguerite Guilbault at an undetermined place in Quebec, Canada in 1677.

Children of Jacques ROUSSEAU and Marguerite GUILLEBOUT (GUILBAULT)

Charles ROUSSEAU (b.14 September 1678, Québec, Canada, New France d. 31 March 1731, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France)
m. Marie-Charlotte-Judith JEREMIE 23 November 1705 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Denis ROUSSEAU (b.8 March 1681, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 17 November 1764, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Angélique-Hyacinthe ROUER 7 June 1736 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne ROUSSEAU (b.27 May 1683, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 9 September 1726, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France)
m. Joseph JEREMIE dit DOUVILLE 30 September 1706 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Marie-Thérèse ROUSSEAU (b.abt. 1685, , Québec Province, Canada d. 6 May 1712, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Louis JEREMIE dit LA MONTAGNE 25 February 1710 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

René ROUSSEAU (b.31 December 1687, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 13 December 1744, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Ursule FRECHETTE 18 July 1723 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
m. Marie-Catherine BORDELEAU 9 September 1737 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Marie-Catherine ROUSSEAU (b.abt. 1691, , Québec Province, Canada d. 18 January 1726, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France)
m. Jean BOURASSA 13 November 1724 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Michel ROUSSEAU (b.abt. 1692, , Québec Province, Canada d. 4 January 1723, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Madeleine COCHU 17 September 1714 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Ursule ROUSSEAU (b.abt. 1694, , Québec Province, Canada d. 6 June 1770, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste FRÉCHETTE 16 August 1718 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Pierre ROUSSEAU (b.20 September 1696 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 15 May 1759, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Charlotte FRECHETTE 17 January 1735 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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1645 Birth
13 April 1645
France

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ROUSSEAU - nickname given to someone with reddish hair.

Jacques Rousseau was baptized on April 13, 1645 in Ste-Catherine, Loix in Charente-Maritime in France. Son of Pierre and Marie Drillard, he contracts marriage with Marguerite Guillebourg, daughter of Charles and Françoise Bigot, before the notary Gilles Rageot on July 28, 1677. From this union are born 9 children. This pioneer arrived in the country around 1665 as an employee on board the ship Le Cat de Hollande. Subsequently, he became a landowner and cultivated the land in the Quebec region. In 1681 he lived in the seigneury of Maure and owned 2 cattle and 16 acres of land. He died on May 11, 1711 at the Hôtel de Dieu in Quebec.
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1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1677 Marriage / Partner
Jacques ROUSSEAU and Marguerite GUILLEBOUT (GUILBAULT) 28 July 1677, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

He was 32 years old.

Jacques ROUSSEAU - Title Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis

Title Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie
Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie, Cyprien Tanguay
Author Cyprien Tanguay
Published 1871
Original from Oxford University
Digitized Jun 9, 2006
Page 830

1678 Birth of Child
Charles ROUSSEAU was born 14 September 1678, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jacques was 33 years old.

1681 Canadian Census Signeurie de Maure
Jacques Rousseau, 37
Marguerite Guillebon (Guillebout), sa femme, veuve de Antoine Pouillot, 26
enfants:
Jeanne Pouillot, 10
Marie, 7
Denis Rousseau, 6 mois

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

1681 Birth of Child
Denis ROUSSEAU was born 8 March 1681, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Jacques was 35 years old.

1683 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne ROUSSEAU was born 27 May 1683, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Jacques was 38 years old.

1687 Birth of Child
René ROUSSEAU was born 31 December 1687, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Jacques was 42 years old.

1696 Birth of Child
Pierre ROUSSEAU was born 20 September 1696 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jacques was 51 years old.

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

1705 Marriage of Child
Charles ROUSSEAU married 23 November 1705 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Marie-Charlotte-Judith JEREMIE

1706 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne ROUSSEAU married 30 September 1706, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Joseph JEREMIE dit DOUVILLE

1710 Marriage of Child
Marie-Thérèse ROUSSEAU married 25 February 1710 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Louis JEREMIE dit LA MONTAGNE

'Jacques Rousseau from the parish of Saint-Nicolas died at the Hotel-Dieu of Quebec on 11 May 1711. He was 64 years old according to hospital records. As for Marguerite Guillebout, she survived her husband by a number of years. She was buried at Saint-Nicolas on 15 December 1729 at the age of 74.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume X, Page 174