Nicolas
MARSOLET
(b.
abt. 1587
,
Rouen, France
d.
15 May 1677
,
Québec, Canada, New France
)
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Nicolas MARSOLET was born abt. 1587 in Rouen, France
Nicolas MARSOLET was the child of ? and ?Nicolas was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1637.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Nicolas married Marie BARBIER 19 March 1637 in Rouen, France . The couple had (at least) 10 children. Marie BARBIER was born 20 May 1619 in Rouen, France. Marie died 21 February 1688 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).
Nicolas MARSOLET died 15 May 1677 in Québec, Canada, New France .
Occupation: Bourgeois et Coureur Des Bois
One of the first settlers of Quebec
Details of the family tree of Nicolas appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Family and Children of Nicolas MARSOLET
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Marie BARBIER-- Date: 19 March 1637 Place: Rouen, France
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
PRDH does not have record of this marriage, however there are records of the baptisms of their many children, the first one in Quebec in 1637
Children of Nicolas MARSOLET and Marie BARBIER:
Marie-Marguerite MARSOLET (b.22 February 1638, Québec, Canada, New France d. 24 November 1711, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Mathieu DAMOUR (D'AMOURS) dit DESCHAUFOURS 30 April 1652 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Louise MARSOLET (b.17 May 1640 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 18 April 1712, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Jean LEMIRE 20 October 1653 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Joseph MARSOLET (b.31 May 1642 , Québec, Canada, New France d. , , Québec Province, Canada )
Geneviève MARSOLET (b.10 August 1644, Québec, Canada, New France d. 17 December 1702, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France )
m. Michel GUYON 4 September 1662 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Marie-Madeleine MARSOLET (b.27 September 1646, Québec, Canada, New France d. 5 May 1734, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. François GUYON 4 September 1662 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Louis MARSOLET (b.30 September 1648, Québec, Canada, New France d. , )
Jean MARSOLET (b.20 April 1651, Québec, Canada, New France d. 6 March 1715, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Marguerite COUTURE 19 February 1689 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
m. Marie-Anne BOLDUC 28 May 1690 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Anne MARSOLET (b.10 June 1653, Québec, Canada, New France d. , , Québec Province, Canada )
Elisabeth MARSOLET (b.29 September 1655, Québec, Canada, New France d. , , Québec Province, Canada )
Marie MARSOLET (b.20 July 1661 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 22 February 1671, Québec, Canada, New France )
Marie BARBIER-- Date: 19 March 1637 Place: Rouen, FranceLe Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
PRDH does not have record of this marriage, however there are records of the baptisms of their many children, the first one in Quebec in 1637
Children of Nicolas MARSOLET and Marie BARBIER:
Marie-Marguerite MARSOLET (b.22 February 1638, Québec, Canada, New France d. 24 November 1711, Québec, Canada, New France )m. Mathieu DAMOUR (D'AMOURS) dit DESCHAUFOURS 30 April 1652 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Louise MARSOLET (b.17 May 1640 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 18 April 1712, Québec, Canada, New France )m. Jean LEMIRE 20 October 1653 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Joseph MARSOLET (b.31 May 1642 , Québec, Canada, New France d. , , Québec Province, Canada ) Geneviève MARSOLET (b.10 August 1644, Québec, Canada, New France d. 17 December 1702, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France )m. Michel GUYON 4 September 1662 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Marie-Madeleine MARSOLET (b.27 September 1646, Québec, Canada, New France d. 5 May 1734, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France )m. François GUYON 4 September 1662 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Louis MARSOLET (b.30 September 1648, Québec, Canada, New France d. , ) Jean MARSOLET (b.20 April 1651, Québec, Canada, New France d. 6 March 1715, Québec, Canada, New France )m. Marguerite COUTURE 19 February 1689 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
m. Marie-Anne BOLDUC 28 May 1690 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Anne MARSOLET (b.10 June 1653, Québec, Canada, New France d. , , Québec Province, Canada ) Elisabeth MARSOLET (b.29 September 1655, Québec, Canada, New France d. , , Québec Province, Canada ) Marie MARSOLET (b.20 July 1661 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 22 February 1671, Québec, Canada, New France )Add Share the History, Life Events, and Stories of Nicolas MARSOLET
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MARSOLET DE SAINT-AIGNAN, NICOLAS, interpreter, clerk in the fur trade, ship’s master, trader, and seigneur, coming from the neighbourhood of Rouen – perhaps from Saint-Aignan-sur-Ry, as his name suggests; b. 1587, if the burial certificate is to be believed, or 1601, according to the 1666 census; d. 15 May 1677 at Quebec.
Historians do not agree as to the date of Marsolet’s arrival in New France: some favour 1608, others 1613 or 1618. The only affirmation that is at all explicit comes from Champlain; recounting the events of 1629, he wrote of Pierre Raye, Étienne Brulé, and Marsolet that he had taken them “upon our expeditions over fifteen or sixteen years before.” Now we know that Champlain had in fact left France in 1613 for a sixth stay in Canada, during which time he went up the Ottawa River as far as Allumette Island in the Algonkin country. In our opinion it was in this year that Marsolet, a future interpreter of the Montagnais and Algonkin languages, landed in the colony,...Read MORE...
Dictionary of Canadian Biography (www.biographi.ca)
MARSOLET DE SAINT-AIGNAN, NICOLAS, interpreter, clerk in the fur trade, ship’s master, trader, and seigneur, coming from the neighbourhood of Rouen – perhaps from Saint-Aignan-sur-Ry, as his name suggests; b. 1587, if the burial certificate is to be believed, or 1601, according to the 1666 census; d. 15 May 1677 at Quebec.
Historians do not agree as to the date of Marsolet’s arrival in New France: some favour 1608, others 1613 or 1618. The only affirmation that is at all explicit comes from Champlain; recounting the events of 1629, he wrote of Pierre Raye, Étienne Brulé, and Marsolet that he had taken them “upon our expeditions over fifteen or sixteen years before.” Now we know that Champlain had in fact left France in 1613 for a sixth stay in Canada, during which time he went up the Ottawa River as far as Allumette Island in the Algonkin country. In our opinion it was in this year that Marsolet, a future interpreter of the Montagnais and Algonkin languages, landed in the colony,...Read MORE...
Dictionary of Canadian Biography (www.biographi.ca)
1637 Marriage / PartnerNicolas MARSOLET and Marie BARBIER 19 March 1637, Rouen, France
1638 Birth of ChildMarie-Marguerite MARSOLET was born 22 February 1638, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1640 Birth of ChildLouise MARSOLET was born 17 May 1640 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1642 Birth of ChildJoseph MARSOLET was born 31 May 1642 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1644 Birth of ChildGeneviève MARSOLET was born 10 August 1644, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1646 Birth of ChildMarie-Madeleine MARSOLET was born 27 September 1646, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1648 Birth of ChildLouis MARSOLET was born 30 September 1648, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1651 Birth of ChildJean MARSOLET was born 20 April 1651, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1652 Marriage of ChildMarie-Marguerite MARSOLET married 30 April 1652, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Mathieu DAMOUR (D'AMOURS) dit DESCHAUFOURS
1653 Birth of ChildAnne MARSOLET was born 10 June 1653, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1653 Marriage of ChildLouise MARSOLET married 20 October 1653, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Jean LEMIRE
1655 Birth of ChildElisabeth MARSOLET was born 29 September 1655, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1661 Birth of ChildMarie MARSOLET was born 20 July 1661 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1662 Marriage of ChildGeneviève MARSOLET married 4 September 1662, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Michel GUYON
1662 Marriage of ChildMarie-Madeleine MARSOLET married 4 September 1662, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to François GUYON
1666 Quebec
Nicolas Marsollet ...........................65 bourgeois
Marie Le Barbier ............................47 sa femme
Jean Marsollet ..............................14 fils
Marie Marsollet ..............................4 fille
Et Jean Belleville ..........................22 domestique engaigé
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Nicolas Marsollet ...........................65 bourgeois
Marie Le Barbier ............................47 sa femme
Jean Marsollet ..............................14 fils
Marie Marsollet ..............................4 fille
Et Jean Belleville ..........................22 domestique engaigé
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1671 Death of ChildMarie MARSOLET died 22 February 1671, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1677 Death - Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, QC, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1677 Death 15 May 1677
Québec, Canada, New France
Added: 9/8/2009 2:51:50 PM
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