flag male ancestor  Jean  FAFARD

  (b. 18 September 1657 Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France   d. 21 September 1756 Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan) )  

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Jean FAFARD was born 18 September 1657 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Jean FAFARD was the child of François FAFARD   and   Marie RICHARD (RICHAUME) and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean FAFARD and 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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Did You Know? 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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Family and Children of Jean FAFARD

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Jean FAFARD married flag female ancestor Marguerite COUC dite LAFLEUR-- Date: February 1688 Place: Sorel, Canada, New France
Marguerite COUC dite LAFLEUR was the child of Pierre COUC dit LAFLEUR and Marie MITEOUAMIGOUKOUÉ (MITE8AMEG8K8E)


"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:

flag female ancestor Marguerite FAFARD (b.abt. 1692, , Québec Province, Canada   d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste TURPIN 5 May 1710 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

flag male ancestor Jean-Baptiste FAFARD dit MACOUCE (b.abt. 1693, , Canada  d. , )
m. Marguerite QUEROTI 4 November 1715 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

flag female ancestor Marie-Madeleine FAFARD (b.abt. 1694, , Canada  d. , )

flag female ancestor Marie-Anne FAFARD (b.abt. 1702, Pay en-haut, Canada  d. 29 September 1752, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan))
m. Louis JAVILLON dit LAFEUILLADE 15 April 1723 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada



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birth1657 Birth
18 September 1657
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
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
marriage1688 Marriage / Partner
Jean FAFARD and Marguerite COUC dite LAFLEUR February 1688, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 30 years old.
marriage1710 Marriage of Child
Marguerite FAFARD married 5 May 1710, Detroit, Michigan, USA to Jean-Baptiste TURPIN
marriage1715 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste FAFARD dit MACOUCE married 4 November 1715, Detroit, Michigan, USA to Marguerite QUEROTI
marriage1723 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne FAFARD married 15 April 1723, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Louis JAVILLON dit LAFEUILLADE
1752 Death of Child
Marie-Anne FAFARD died 29 September 1752, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Jean was 95 years old.
death1756 Death
21 September 1756
Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)

He died at the age of 99.
Added: 7/29/2008 12:00:00 AM - Updated: 12/9/2013 4:21:23 PM

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