Nicolas PELLETIER dit MAROLLES

Born

30 April 1649 , Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France

Died

12 February 1729 , Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Canada, New France

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Nicolas PELLETIER Jeanne DEVOISY (ROUSSI)

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Born: 30 April 1649 in Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Nicolas PELLETIER

Mother: Jeanne DEVOISY (ROUSSI)

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Nicolas married Madeleine TEGOUSSI abt. 1675 in Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine TEGOUSSI was born abt. 1649 in Canada. Madeleine died 24 March 1677 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).

Nicolas married (2) Françoise OUECHIPICHINOKOUE 3 June 1677 in Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Françoise OUECHIPICHINOKOUE was born abt. 1649 in Canada.

Nicolas married (3) Marie OUTCHIOUANICH 5 August 1715 in Québec, Canada, New France . Marie OUTCHIOUANICH was born abt. 1678 in Canada.

Nicolas PELLETIER dit MAROLLES died 12 February 1729 in Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Canada, New France.
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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Nicolas PELLETIER dit MAROLLES married

Madeleine TEGOUSSI
Marriage date: abt. 1675
Marriage place: Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Canada, New France

Children of Nicolas PELLETIER dit MAROLLES and Madeleine TEGOUSSI

Marie-Jeanne PELLETIER

Born: 10 December 1675, Sorel, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Nicolas PELLETIER dit MAROLLES married

Françoise OUECHIPICHINOKOUE
Marriage date: 3 June 1677
Marriage place: Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Canada, New France

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Children of Nicolas PELLETIER dit MAROLLES and Françoise OUECHIPICHINOKOUE

Charles PELLETIER

Born: 20 May 1679, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Madeleine OUIKOUEKI 17 July 1700

Married: Marie-Madeleine OUITICHAN 2 July 1720 Place: Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Genevieve PELLETIER

Born: 13 June 1682, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Canada, New France
Died: 20 June 1763, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre JANSON dit LAPALME 26 January 1704 Place: Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy)

Marie PELLETIER

Born: 24 March 1685, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Canada, New France
Died: 5 March 1719, Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Jeanne PELLETIER

Born: January 1688, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Canada, New France
Died: 9 January 1703, Québec, Canada, New France

Dorothee PELLETIER

Born: June 1690, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Nicolas PELLETIER

Born: December 1692, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Francois-Bonaventure PELLETIER

Born: 14 July 1695, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Marie-Josephe PELLETIER

Born: December 1697, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Charles KAORATE OUTAOUABANOUN AOUAKACHIT 12 July 1721 Place: Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Louis PELLETIER

Born: abt. 1701, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Paul PELLETIER

Born: July 1705, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Marie PELLETIER

Born: abt. 1706, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Canada, New France
Died: 14 November 1755, Berthierville, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre CLUSEAU dit LORANGE 24 September 1731 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Married: Louis BABIN dit POLLET 9 January 1731 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Nicolas PELLETIER dit MAROLLES married

Marie OUTCHIOUANICH
Marriage date: 5 August 1715
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Birth — 1649
30 April 1649
Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France

Baptism
Baptism recorded in Drouin Collection at Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery, Quebec

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

Biography
'Nicolas Peltier dit Marolles (1649-1729), the youngest of the family, lives at the trading post at Tadoussac, at the mouth of the Saguenay River, and is the first white pioneer to permanently settle in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region. Inspired by l'Histoire du Saguenay, Claire Domey's Ilinishu recounts the lives of Nicolas Peltier dit Marolles and his son, Charles, called 'Ilinishu' in the novel, as pioneers of Lac Saint-Jean. Elsewhere, Arthur Buis imagined a fantastic character and asked himself whether this Pelletier was a coureur des bois - independent fur trader -, a philosopher, or a hermit.'

Source: www.geocities.com/
m_ruel/ biographies/ pelletier.html

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

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1675 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne PELLETIER was born 10 December 1675, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Nicolas was 26 years old.

1677 Marriage / Partner
Nicolas PELLETIER dit MAROLLES and Françoise OUECHIPICHINOKOUE 3 June 1677, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

1677 Death of Spouse/Partner
Madeleine TEGOUSSI died 24 March 1677, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

1679 Birth of Child
Charles PELLETIER was born 20 May 1679, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 30 years old.

1682 Birth of Child
Genevieve PELLETIER was born 13 June 1682, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 33 years old.

1685 Birth of Child
Marie PELLETIER was born 24 March 1685, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 35 years old.

1688 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne PELLETIER was born January 1688, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 38 years old.

1690 Birth of Child
Dorothee PELLETIER was born June 1690, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 41 years old.

1692 Birth of Child
Nicolas PELLETIER was born December 1692, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 43 years old.

1695 Birth of Child
Francois-Bonaventure PELLETIER was born 14 July 1695, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 46 years old.

1697 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe PELLETIER was born December 1697, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 48 years old.

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

1703 Death of Child
Marie-Jeanne PELLETIER died 9 January 1703, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Nicolas was 53 years old.

1704 Marriage of Child
Genevieve PELLETIER married 26 January 1704, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy) to Pierre JANSON dit LAPALME

1705 Birth of Child
Paul PELLETIER was born July 1705, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 56 years old.

1715 Marriage / Partner
Nicolas PELLETIER dit MAROLLES and Marie OUTCHIOUANICH 5 August 1715, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 66 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1719 Death of Child
Marie PELLETIER died 5 March 1719, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Nicolas was 69 years old.

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

1720 Marriage of Child
Charles PELLETIER married 2 July 1720, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada to Marie-Madeleine OUITICHAN

1721 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe PELLETIER married 12 July 1721, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada to Charles KAORATE OUTAOUABANOUN AOUAKACHIT

Death — 1729
12 February 1729
Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Canada, New France
He died at the age of 79.

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