Alexander RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT)

(b. 18 December 1633 , Deyrançon, France d. 5 January 1692 , Champlain, Canada, New France )

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Alexander RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) was born 18 December 1633 in Deyrançon, France

Alexander RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) was the child of ? and ?

Alexander was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1664.

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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Alexander married Marie DESROSIERS 19 February 1664 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Marie DESROSIERS was born 16 June 1650 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Marie died 28 November 1722 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Marie was the child of Antoine DESROSIERS and Anne LENEUF DU HÉRISSON.

Alexander RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) died 5 January 1692 in Champlain, 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
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Alexander RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) married

Marie DESROSIERS-- Date: 19 February 1664 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie DESROSIERS was the child of Antoine DESROSIERS and Anne LENEUF DU HÉRISSON

NOTE: Marriage not found in Drouin Collection for this date-place.

PRDH has record of a marriage between Alexandre Raux and Marie Desrosiers in 1664 at Trois-Rivieres.

"On 19 January 1664, our ancestor went to see Severin Ameau, with his young fiancee, Marie Desrosiers, who was born at Trois-Rivieres on 16 June 1650, eldest daughter of Antoine and of Anne du Herisson. The notary informed posterity that Alexandre was the son of the late Louis Raoul, who had been a merchant at Dey in Aunis, and of Jacqueline Robin... The nuptial ceremony took place in the parish church at Trois-Rivieres on the following 19 February."

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume VII, Page 190

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Alexander RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) and Marie DESROSIERS:

Joseph-François RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) (b.abt. 1669, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Françoise DUBOIS 21 June 1695 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Marie-Anne RAUX (RAOUL) (b.abt. 1672, Champlain, Canada, New France d. 30 July 1734, Champlain, Canada, New France )
m. Nicolas TOUTANT 18 August 1686 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Claire RAUX (RAOUL) (b.abt. 1672, , Québec Province, Canada d. 26 January 1756, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France )
m. Pierre DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE 9 January 1702 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Jean RAUX (RAOUL) (b.abt. 1676, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Jeanne RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) (b.abt. 1677, , Québec Province, Canada d. 7 January 1709 , Champlain, Canada, New France )
m. Jean DUBOIS 23 November 1693 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Marie-Madeleine RAUX (RAOUL) (b.abt. 1682, , Québec Province, Canada d. abt. 1682, , Québec Province, Canada )

Michel RAUX (RAOUL) (b.22 May 1684, Champlain, Canada, New France d. 17 April 1750, Champlain, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Renee BILLY 11 January 1712 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Madeleine RAUX (RAOUL) (b.25 February 1686, Champlain, Canada, New France d. 27 February 1686, Champlain, Canada, New France )

Marie-Françoise RAUX (RAOUL) (b.6 December 1687, Champlain, Canada, New France d. 12 March 1688, Champlain, Canada, New France )

Alexis RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) (b.18 February 1691 , Champlain, Canada, New France d. 23 April 1762, Champlain, Canada )
m. Anne-Charlotte BAUDOIN (BEAUDOIN) 22 September 1716 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

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1633 Birth
18 December 1633
Deyrançon, France

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

1664 Marriage / Partner
Alexander RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) and Marie DESROSIERS 19 February 1664, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

He was 30 years old.

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Trois Rivieres
Alexandre Raoul - 30 charpentier habitant
& Marie desroziers - 15 sa femme
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1681 Canadian Census Champlain
Alexandre Raoul (Rheault), charpentier, 50
Marie Des Rosiers, sa femme, 31
enfants:
Joseph, 12
Marie, 8
Jean, 5
Jeanne, 3
Claire, 2

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

1684 Birth of Child
Michel RAUX (RAOUL) was born 22 May 1684, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Alexander was 50 years old.

1686 Birth of Child
Madeleine RAUX (RAOUL) was born 25 February 1686, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Alexander was 52 years old.

1686 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne RAUX (RAOUL) married 18 August 1686, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Nicolas TOUTANT

1687 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise RAUX (RAOUL) was born 6 December 1687, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Alexander was 54 years old.

1691 Birth of Child
Alexis RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) was born 18 February 1691 , Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Alexander was 57 years old.

'Our pioneer from Champlain did not live to see the eighteenth century. Curate Gaspard Dufornel recorded his death in the registry of that parish on the date of 6 January 1692 under the name of Alexandre Raux.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume VII, Page 191