Jean FAFARD

Born

18 September 1657 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Died

21 September 1756 , Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)

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François FAFARD Marie RICHARD (RICHAUME)

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Born: 18 September 1657 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Father: François FAFARD

Mother: Marie RICHARD (RICHAUME)

Paternal grandparents: Jean FAFARD , Marie-Antoinette LEVERDIER

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Jean married Marguerite COUC dite LAFLEUR February 1688 in Sorel, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marguerite COUC dite LAFLEUR was born 1 June 1664 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Marguerite died abt. 1722 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marguerite was the child of Pierre COUC dit LAFLEUR and Marie MITEOUAMIGOUKOUÉ (MITE8AMEG8K8E).

Jean FAFARD died 21 September 1756 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan).
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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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Marguerite COUC dite LAFLEUR
Marriage date: February 1688
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada, New France
Marguerite COUC dite LAFLEUR was the child of Pierre COUC dit LAFLEUR and Marie MITEOUAMIGOUKOUÉ (MITE8AMEG8K8E)

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"Jean dit Maconce or Macons (1657-1756), married to Marguerite Couck. He was a famous coureur-des-bois who finally settled at Detroit where he died at the age of nearly one hundred."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume VII, Page 88

Children of Jean FAFARD and Marguerite COUC dite LAFLEUR

Marguerite FAFARD

Born: abt. 1692, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean-Baptiste TURPIN 5 May 1710 Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Jean-Baptiste FAFARD dit MACOUCE

Born: abt. 1693, , Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marguerite QUEROTI 4 November 1715 Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Marie-Madeleine FAFARD

Born: abt. 1694, , Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Anne FAFARD

Born: abt. 1702, Pay en-haut, Canada
Died: 29 September 1752, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)

Married: Louis JAVILLON dit LAFEUILLADE 15 April 1723 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1657
18 September 1657
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Baptism
Baptism found at Immaculee Conception, Trois Rivieres in Drouin Collection
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Canadian Census - Trois Rivieres
françois fafard - 36 habitant

Marie Richard - 30 sa femme

Jean fafard - 9 fils

françois fafard - 6 fils

Joseph fafard - 4 fils

Jeanne fafard - 16 mois fille

& Claude Sauvageau - 20 domestique
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1688 Marriage / Partner
Jean FAFARD and Marguerite COUC dite LAFLEUR February 1688, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 30 years old.

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

1710 Marriage of Child
Marguerite FAFARD married 5 May 1710, Detroit, Michigan, USA to Jean-Baptiste TURPIN

1715 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste FAFARD dit MACOUCE married 4 November 1715, Detroit, Michigan, USA to Marguerite QUEROTI

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

1723 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne FAFARD married 15 April 1723, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Louis JAVILLON dit LAFEUILLADE