JEAN TRUDEL (1629 - 1699) and MARGUERITE THOMAS (1634 - 1694)

Jean Trudel -- a 7th Great Grandfather to Vernon Parent and his brothers/sisters. He was a weaver of linen and canvas. For many generations, one of Canada’s national industries was this weaving and your ancestor Jean Trudel was one of those who contributed in its development.

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By Thomas J. Laforest

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In the spring of 1655, two linen weavers arrived from Perche, France. They were the two inseparable friends: Jean Trudel and Pierre Maheust of the Hasards. That year of 1655 was a particularly difficult one for the young colony; several inhabitants were massacred, in spite of the tenuous peace reached the preceding year with representatives of the Five Iroquois Nations. Among them, the treacherous and disloyal Mohawk were the only ones not to keep their word. Wrote Father Francois LeMercier, in a letter to the Jesuit administrator on 13 October 1655: "These barbarians attacked us in several places: but were defeated on their side as much as we were ours. They killed everywhere, and everywhere they were killed."

Jean Trudel

Braving the bloody marauders, Jean Trudel and Pierre Maheust several months after their arrival, were not afraid to take a three-year lease on a rear-fief situated in the Seigneury of Beauport. This domain of about 52 arpents, behind the Montmorency River, had been ceded on 8 July 1651 to Nicolas Juchereau de Saint-Denys. On 8 September 1655, the two partners leased it form Juchereau. There was a house measuring forty-two feet in length, a barn wit a 50-foot façade and a stable measuring 20 square feet, as described in the local census of 14 April 1659. This land, known as "la Chesnaye" also included a garden, some workable soil and a great deal of forest. Jean Trudel needed nothing more in order to throw himself into a matrimonial adventure. On 3 November 1655, he presented himself at the home of notary Francois Badeau at Quebec in order to put in black and white the terms of his marriage contract with Marguerite Thomas. This document reveals that Jean was the son of Jean Trudelle and of Marguerite Royer from the parish of Parfondeval, near Mortagne in Perche (Orne). As for Marguerite Thomas, she was the daughter of Jean Thomas and Marguerite Fredeux (also spelled Fredray, Frédy and other variants), from the parish of Stadau, near Leige in Belgium. The nuptial ceremony took place in the church of Quebec the next day.

FROM THE FIEF OF LA CHESNAYE TO THE BEAUPRE COAST

On 27 September 1657 the Trudels relinquished their temporary homestead in the la Chesnaye fief to go to live on the Beaupre coast on a piece of land with two and two-thirds arpents in frontage facing the river, by 126 arpents in depth, which was ceded to them by Jean-Baptiste Legardeur de Repentigny. The immediate neighbors of our ancestor were Marc Barreau to the northeast, and his inseparable friend, Pierre Maheust to the southwest.

On the same day the latter had obtained a piece of land with the same dimensions as Trudel’s. They both found themselves within the limits of the parish of Chateau-Richer when it was formed in 1661. Then three years later, the western part of this territory became L’Ange-Gardien. Once again, the Trudels changed parishes without moving. On 18 October 1664, Jean offered his house so the election of the first churchwardens could be held there and the first Mass was celebrated at the Trudel home. This family was mentioned in the three large censuses of New France in the XVII century, still on the Beaupre coast. In 1666 our ancestor was said to be 37 years old and his wife 32; their children were Jeanne, Pierre, Madeleine, Nicolas, and Antoine. A young servant, 24 year old Michel Bigot, lived under the same roof. IN 1667, Philippe was added to the brood; in addition we may note the presence of nine heads of cattle and fourteen arpents of land under cultivation. Finally, in 1681, the family began to break up; from the group of 1667, only Nicolas and Philippe remained, but Jean, Marguerite and Francois had come to join them. In order to defend the home and to hunt, there were two guns, and eight heads of cattle grazed in the meadow not far from the thirty arpents of land already cleared.

THE GREAT REQUEST AT THE AGE OF ELEVEN

In New France, many young girls were barely out of childhood when they were requested in marriage. Such premature adventure happened to Jeanne, the eldest daughter, baptized at Quebec, on 27 July 1656. Eleven years and a few months old, on 12 September 1667, a soldier asked for her hand in marriage. Here is the love story as recounted by Father Julien Deziel: "At the time of the birth of the seventh Trudel child, Philippe de Vernon, the Sieur de la Fouille, Captain of a Carignan Regimental Company, was selected as godfather. It seems that this Company Commander had a young officer under his command who was originally from Saint-Paul in Liege, Belgium. He too was a nobleman, as were most of the military officers of that time, named Jean de Gerlaise, Sieur de Saint-Amant, son of Ferdinand de Gerlaise, Sieur de Hameteaux. Did his Captains introduce the young man into the Trudel home? Or was he attracted to this family by the desire to relate to a fellow countrywoman? We may recall that Marguerite Thomas was also from that same area in Belgium, around Stavelot. The fact remains that he fell in love with the eldest Trudel daughter and he asked for her hand in marriage. Even thought Jeanne was but eleven, her father consented and the ceremony took place in September 1667. A document has preserved for us the list of the gifts received by the bride at the marriage from her parents, a list touching in it simplicity. It tells of the value which even the least of these objects had during an era when stores were rare, where factories and mass production did not exist, where each person made for himself and religiously passed on to his descendants the most useful objects." This list included a few animals, some fodder, a straw canvas pallet, a new and a used blanket, two tin dishes, some plates and a half-dozen spoons, a frying pan, an axe, a churn, mittens, stockings, underwear, shoes, etc. Were Jeanne and Jean actually married in 1667? There is some doubt since their marriage act has been lost and no children appeared before 1673.

PROPERTY CEDED TO THE CHILDREN

On 5 December 1683, Jean offered a lease and made a donation to his son Nicolas. On 4 June 1685, both requested an official survey of the boundary lines of their properties. On 8 November 1693, Jean Trudel and Marguerite Thomas made a donation to their son Joseph, on condition that he provide for their needs for the rest of their days. Joseph did not meet these responsibilities adequately and his parents had to break their contract with him and proceed instead with a simple sale to their son Jean and his wife Louise Mathieu. Therefore, little by little, feeling their end approaching, our ancestor and his wife distributed their property for the benefit of their children. Marguerite Thomas lived just long enough to witness the last transaction with her son Jean. On 30 August 1695, she gave up her soul at the age of 62. On 6 February 1697, the heirs sold their portion to Jean, his father’s successor to the family property. Four years later, the registry of L’Ange-Gardien reported the death of our ancestor on 25 November 1699 in the communion of our Holy Mother Church. The burial was done in the presence of Jean Huot and Jules Vezina. Five weeks more of life would have allowed Jean Trudel to cross the barrier into the XVIII century, but Providence decided otherwise.

FIRST INHABITANTS OF THE MANEREUILLE RIVER

Eight of the eleven children of Jean Trudel and of Marguerite Thomas had offspring, Jeanne, the oldest daughter, spent most of her life at Riviere-du-Loup (Louiseville). Married very early to ancestor Jean-Jacques de Gerlaise, she is among the first inhabitants of the Manereuile River, the future Louiseville. Just like Gerlaise, Jacques-Theodore Cosineau, Sieur de Manereuille, was one of the officers in the de la Fouille Company of the Carignan Regiment. We can easily understand how the first Seigneur of Riviere-du-Loup, the Sieur de Manereuille, attracted his companions-in-arms there.

Name: Jean Trudel
Sex: M
Occupation: "Tisserand en toile"
Baptism: ABT 1629 Parfondeval, Perché, Orne, FRA
Death: 25 NOV 1699 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, CAN
Burial: 26 NOV 1699 L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, CAN

Father: Jean Trudel b: in Parfondeval, Perché, Orne, FRA
Mother: Marguertie Noyer

Marriage 1 Marguerite Thomas b: 1633 in Stavelot, Liege, BEL
Married: 14 NOV 1655 in Québec, CAN
Children
 Nicolas Trudel b: 4 APR 1662 in Château-Richer, Montmorency, Québec., CAN
 Jeanne Trudel-Tavanelle b: 22 JUL 1656 in Québec, CAN
 Pierre Trudel b: 6 DEC 1657 in Québec, CAN
 Madeleine Trudel b: 15 JUN 1659 in Québec, CAN
 Antoine Trudel b: 15 SEP 1663 in Château-Richer, Montmorency, Québec., CAN
 Philippe Trudel b: 26 MAR 1667 in Château-Richer, Montmorency, Québec., CAN
 Jean Trudel b: 28 JUN 1669 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, CAN
 Marguerite Trudel b: APR 1671 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, CAN
 Joseph Trudel b: JAN 1676 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, CAN

Ancêtres des Trudel d'Amérique

JEAN Trudel, fils de Jean Trudel et de Marguerite Noyer, baptisé à Parfondeval, Perché (Orme), FRANCE, vers 1629; arrivé à Québec, Canada, en 1645 (d'après Mgr Tanguay), mais plus vraisemblablement au printemps de 1655, comme tisserand; d'abord fermier à Beauport, puis concessionnaire et agriculteur en la future paroisse de L'Ange-Gardien, Côte de Beaupré.

Confirmé à l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, le 3 juin 1664, à 34 ans, par S. G. Mgr François de Montmorency-Laval, premier évêque du Canada.

Marié le 14 novembre 1655, par Paul Ragueneau, Jésuite, dans la maison de Robert Giffard, seigneur de Beauport, près de Québec, (Contrat: Badeau, 13 novembre 1655) à

MARGUERITE THOMAS, fille de Jean Thomas et de Marguerite Frédry, baptisé à Stavelot, diocèse de Liège, BELGIQUE, vers 1634; sépulture à L'Ange-Gardien, 1er décembre 1695 (âge non indiqué).

Sépulture, L'Ange-Gardien, 26 novembre 1699 (âge non indiqué au registre).

Le contrat de mariage du 13 novembre 1655

Furent présents en leurs personnes Jean Trudelle, fils de Jean Trudelle et de Marguerite Nouïer, ses père et mère, tous deux vivants en la paroisse de Parfondeval de Mortagne au Perché, pour lui et en son nom, d'une part; et Marguerite Thomas, fille de Jean Thomas et de Marguerite Frédry, de la paroisse de Stabau, au pays de Liège, pour elle et en son nom, d'autre part. Lesquelles parties de leur bon gré et volonté, reconnurent et confessèrent avoir fait les traités et promesses de mariage qui suivent. C'est à savoir: que ledit Jean Trudelle, futur époux, promet prendre ladite Marguerite Thomas pour sa femme et épouse; comme aussi ladite fille le promet prendre pour son mari et époux. Et ledit mariage sera fait et solemnisé en face de l'Église catholique apostolique et romaine, le plus tôt qu'il se pourra et qu'il sera avisé et délibéré entre eux et leurs amis, pourvu que Dieu et notre dite mère Sainte Église y consentent et l'accordent, et qu'aucun légitime empêchement entre eux n'y intervienne. Pour être uns et communs en tous biens meubles, acquest et conquest, immeubles, suivant la coutume de Paris.

En faveur duquel futur mariage et pour parvenir à celui-ci, la future épouse portera la somme de cinq cents soixante livres tournois, à laquelle somme ses meubles, habits et autres commodités ont été aimablement estimés entre lesdites parties.

Sera la future épouse douée de la somme de trois cent livres tournois de douaire préfix à payer une fois seulement... Le préciput sera réciproque de la somme de trois cent livres tournois. La future épouse pourra, advenant la dissolution de la dite communauté, renoncer à icelle; et ce faisant, reprendre ce qu'elle aura apporté à son dit futur époux, son douaire et préciput tels que dessus, et tout ce que, pendant et durant ledit mariage, lui sera advenu et échu par succession, donation et autrement; le tout franchement et équitablement, sans payer aucune dette de ladite communauté, encore qu'elle y fût obligée et condannée.

Et ont été les points et conditions ci-dessus, en présence du R. père Paul Ragueneau et de Jean Lebay prêtre; et de Robert Giffard, écuyer, seigneur de Beauport, et de madame Marie Renouard, sa femme; de messire Charles de Lauzon, écuyer, seigneur de Charny, et de mamdame Louise Giffard, son épouse; du noble Jean Juchereau, sieur de Maure, de Jean Juchereau, écuyer, sieur de Laferté, et de damoiselle Marie Giffard, sa femme; de Nicolas Juchereau, écuyer, sieur de Saint-Denis; et de Zacharie Dupuy, aussi écuyer, comme amis des dits futurs époux. Car ainsi a été le tout accordé et stipulé entre parties, promettant etc., obligeant etc., et chacun en droit, foi, renonçant etc.

Fait et passé en la maison seigneuriale de Beauport, ce treizième jour de novembre mil six cent cinquante-cinq après-midi; en présence des témoins ci-dessus nommés, qui ont signé ci-dessous, à la réserve dudit futur époux et de ladite future épouse, lesquels ont déclaré ne savoir écrire ni signer, de ce interpellés suivant l'ordonnance.

Sources
Texte: Généalogie de la famille Trudel(le), compilée par le R. P. Paul-Eugène Trudel, O.F.M., publiée par La Famille Trudel(le) Incorporée, le 14 novembre 1955 (Montréal). Pages 51-52 et 113. Iconographie: Les anciennes familles du Québec, compilées pour la Brasserie Labatt Limitée, page 68 (s.l., s.é., s.d.)

Liens
La famille Trudel(le) Généalogie et histoire familiale (ANQ), Le Musée virtuel de la Nouvelle-France, Généalogie et héraldique (Formatic 2000)

http://membres.tripod.fr/claude/index.html

On November 24, 1909, a few members of the Trudel family met to discuss the erection of a commemorative monument on the very foundations of the house of Jean Trudelle. It was decided to submit the project to his descendants and ask them to contribute to its realization. The plot of ten square feet situated on lot #196 of the land-registry of L'Ange-Gardien was donated by its owner, gentleman François Doyon.

Mr. Alfred Trudelle, formerly an architect with the Québec government, conceived the monument and had it built and erected by Laforce Brothers, marble workers in Québec. Work began August 23, 1910 and was completed two weeks later, September 1st. The helmet topping the structure was sculpted by Georges Trudelle.

While excavating for the base of the monument, they dug into the very foundations of the house of Jean Trudelle; all the stones retrieved were used again. Before beginning the work , the small wooden cross that had been placed on the lot in 1873 was deposited under the new construction. The cost of the construction rose to one thousand dollars ($1000.00).

The monument stands twenty-five feet above its base which is itself four feet in height. Including the helmet, the total height of the structure is thirty (30) feet and the approximate weight is thirty-two tons.

Here is the significance of each of the emblems on the monument: The cross: symbolizes the faith. The ax: symbolizes the colonist. The scythe: symbolizes the harvest. The sheaf: symbolizes abundance. Year 1645: arrival of Jean Trudelle in Canada. Ad Sum: motto of the Trudel family. The chalice: recalls the first mass in L'Ange-Gardien. 1664: year of this first mass. The Coat of Arms: armories of the family originating from Adrien Trudelle, of France, who was ennobled in 1696. The helmet: that of a gentleman.

Trudel Monument

The monument can be seen on highway #138 along the St Lawrence River. If you are going east from Ville de Québec, turn left at the Lemieux street traffic lights (just before the power line with red and white pylons crossing the river. Just across from a Honda dealer). After crossing the railroad track, turn left on rue Dugal; the monument is a few hundreds meters away. Coming west from Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, turn right on Lemieux after the power line. Cross the railroad track and turn left on the Rue Dugal.

The Trudel family society web site is at http://membres.lycos.fr/ancetre/TrudelJ.htm in French and English. They provided the following Annals of the Trudel (le) Family in Canada:

Important events and their place in history

Nov. 14, 1655 Marriage of Jean Trudelle and Marguerite Thomas in the house of Robert Giffard, of the seigniory of Giffard.

July 22, 1656 Birth of Jeanne, first child of the Trudelle-Thomas couple.

Dec. 6, 1657 Birth of Pierre, first son of the Trudelle-Thomas couple.

Sept. 29, 1657 Purchase of the first site of paternal land in l’Ange-Gardien.

Sept. 1, 1695 Death of Marguerite Thomas

Nov. 26, 1699 Death of Jean Trudelle.

1873 Erection of a cross by father Charles Beaumont, parish priest of l’Ange-Gardien, in the ruins of Jean Trudelle’s house the foundations of which were still visible. He was assisted by Ambroise Trudel, descendant and direct heir of the ancestor.

1899 Father René-Charles Casgrain replaces the deteriorating cross planted in 1873.

1909 Joseph Trudelle, historian and Québec Parliamentary librarian, launches the idea of a family fund raising campaign to erect a monument in memory of Jean Trudelle, on the site of his original house.

Dec. 3, 1909 Mr. François Doyon, owner of the ancestral land, donates by deed of covenant, a ten (10) square feet plot of land on the precise site of the first house of Jean Trudelle.

Aug. 26, 1910 Setting of the corner stone containing a small, lead sealed, wooden casket containing various documents.

Sept. 1, 1910 The erection of the monument is completed.

Sept. 3, 1911 Blessing of the Trudelle monument by Mgr Paul-Eugène Roy at a largely attended family reunion.

Nov. 17, 1946 At a general meeting in Trois-Rivières, it is proposed that the Trudel (le) Family be legally incorporated.

March, 1947 Publication of the first edition of  the bulletin “The Trudel (le) Family in Canada”

“This journal, as its name indicates, will be your journal, if you so wish. All persons which are named Trudel or its variants and which are descendants of the ancestor Jean Trudelle, all allies of Trudels, are part of this great Trudel family. Hubert Trudel” Vol. 1, No. 1 March 1947, pg.1.

May 23, 1950 Filing of the request for incorporation, by Dr. Marc Trudel, upon the secretary general of Québec.

June 12, 1950 The request for incorporation of the Trudel (le) Family is registered and appears in the official Gazette of Québec.

April 8, 1956 Publication of the genealogy at a large reunion in Trois-Rivières. First delivery of the Red Book to those who had reserved their copy at a cost of  $20.00. The sale price was fixed at $25.00 as of July 1956.

April 17, 1956 Arrival from France of a second Trudelle. Michel Trudelle is invited to attend the celebrations of the 300th wedding anniversary of Jean Trudelle and Marguerite Thomas. (Michel seemed to have settled in Canada. Searches to locate him again were fruitless.)

1958 300th anniversary of ownership of the farm at l’Ange-Gardien by the ancestor Jean Trudelle.

July 1961 Father Paul-Eugêne announces he has neither the health nor the strength to continue to edit the Family journal. He passes the responsibility to a sub-committee made of Maurice Trudel, Thérèse Trudel, Micheline Trudel, Louise Trudel and Miss Doris Trudelle.

March 4, 1962 Father Paul-Eugène Trudel dies at 74 years of age.

Summer 1976 As requested by the city of Boischatel, (widening of the street) the monument was relocated 50 feet to the north. During this work, it was discovered that, in the centre of the monument, there was a sealed lead box containing some coins of the era 1910, religious medals, and an edition of the Québec newspaper l'Évènement. Before the box and its contents were put back in place, we added some coins from 1976, a page of Le Soleil newspaper and a word from the current President of the Association, Father Jean-Marie Trudel.

In 2005 350th wedding anniversary of Jean Trudelle and Marguerite Thomas.

In 2008 350th anniversary of ownership of the farm in l’Ange-Gardien.

In 2010 100th anniversary of the erection of the Trudelle Monument.

Dictionnaire Genealogie des Francais Canadiennes vol 1, p. 574; vol 7, p. 365;

Québec 3 vol. l, p. 574.

From Time Magazine, September 3, 1945:

QUEBEC

The Trudels
The Trudels had a party at Quebec City last week. About 2,500 of them from near and far witnessed a pageant honoring their most renowned ancestor, attended high mass in the cathedral, heard speeches, went picnicking in suburban Boischatel. It was the 300th anniversary of the first Trudel's arrival in New France. The Trudels were not the first French Canadian family to hold a tercentenary celebration nor would they be the last* But their party was noteworthy because the story of the Trudels is, in a sense, the story of French Canada.

Arpents and Offspring. When Jean Trudel arrived at Quebec in 1645 he was just 16, a weaver by trade, and poor as Job. In his first ten years in New France, he worked for an apothecary, tilled the soil, fought Indians. When he had learned all the tricks necessary for survival in a frontier land, he was given the traditional 30 arpents of land (one arpent: approximately one and a half acres), and was on his own. He cleared away the forest, built a house, then married a Netherlander named Marguerite Thomas.

Quebec's records tell the rest. The 1681 census discloses that Jean and Marguerite owned two guns, their 30 arpents, eight cattle, and had four children at home. Church records reveal that practically every other year for more than 30, they became either parents or grandparents. All told, they had eleven children, who produced 60, who in turn produced 226 more. One Trudel had 16 children, ten of whom married; the ten begot no less than ten children each, and one had 21.

Soldiers and Legends. In St. Augustin de Portneuf there is a farm that has been tilled continually by Trudels for 200 years. Scores of Trudels became priests or nuns, and a few were bishops. Trudels fought the Americans in 1812, the Boers in 1899-1902, the Germans in 1914-18; there were 300 Trudels in Canada's armed services in World War II, and probably almost as many in U.S. uniforms. One Trudel, Anselme, was a Canadian Senator (1873-90). Another, George, was recently mayor of Manchester, N.H. The Trudels even have their own Paul Bunyan -- Daniel, who lived in Berthier County and whose knack for playfully hoisting horses into trees is a Trudel legend.

In 300 years, the Trudels have become so numerous they have begun to lose count of themselves. Though 2,500 last week managed to get to Quebec (some from as far away as Miami, Chicago, Philadelphia and western Canada), there were 17,500 other known descendants of the original Jean and Marguerite who could not make it.

*Other Canadian families which have celebrated tercentenaries: The Bellemares, Dions, Gagnons, Gravels, Lemires, Poulins.

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See also: http://membres.lycos.fr/ancetre/TrudelJ.htm

JEAN TRUDEL

Jean Trudel, fils de Jean Trudel et de Marguerite Noyer, est né vers 1629, à Parfondeval, près de Mortagne, au Perche, en France.

Au printemps de 1655, arrivent du Perche, deux tisserands en toile, deux amis inséparables : Jean Trudel et Pierre Maheust, dit des Hasards. Cette année 1655 est particulièrement difficile pour la jeune colonie; plusieurs habitants se font massacrer, malgré la paix précaire conclue l'année précédente avec les représentants des cinq nations iroquoises. Parmi elles, les perfides déloyaux Agniers sont les seules à ne pas tenir parole.

Bravant les rôdeurs sanguinaires, Jean Trudel et Pierre Maheust ne craignent pas, quelques mois seulement après leur arrivée, de louer pour trois ans un arrière-fief situé dans la seigneurie de Beauport. Ce domaine d'environ 52 arpents adossé à la rivière Montmorency. Le 8 septembre 1655, les deux associés le prennent à bail de Juchereau. Il y a une maison de 42 pieds de longueur, une grange de 50 pieds de façade et une étable de 20 pieds en carré. Cette terre appelée "la Chesnaye" comprend aussi un jardin, du sol labourable et... beaucoup de forêt.

Le 13 novembre 1655, il se présente chez le notaire François Badeau, à Québec, pour son contrat de mariage avec Marguerite Thomas. Ce document révèle que Marguerite Thomas, née en 1634, est la fille de Jean Thomas et de Marguerite Fredray de la paroisse de Stavelot, près de Liège, en Belgique. La cérémonie nuptiale se déroule dans l'église de Québec, dès le lendemain.

Le 29 septembre 1657, les Trudel délaissent leur habitation temporaire du fief de la Chesnaye pour aller habiter à la côte de Beaupré sur une terre de deux arpents et deux tiers de front, face au fleuve, sur 126 arpents de profondeur, que lui concède Jean-Baptiste Legardeur de Repentigny. L'ancêtre a alors pour voisins immédiats, au nord-est, Marc Barreau, et au sud-ouest, son inséparable ami Pierre Maheust. Ce dernier a obtenu, le même jour, une terre de mêmes dimensions que celle de Trudel. Tous deux se retrouvent dans les limites de la paroisse de Château-Richer lorsque celle-ci est formée en 1661. Puis trois ans plus tard, la partie ouest de ce territoire devient l'Ange-Gardien. Encore une fois, les Trudel changent de paroisse sans déménager. Le 18 octobre 1664, Jean offre sa maison pour y tenir l'élection des premiers marguilliers, la première messe est même célébrée chez les Trudel.

Huit des onze enfants de Jean Trudel et de Marguerite Thomas ont fait souche, dont deux fils ont des liens dans cette généalogie et une fille.

Le premier, Pierre Trudel, né le 6 décembre 1657 et baptisé à Québec le 24 mars 1658. Dans un premier mariage à Château-Richer, le 26 février, il épouse Françoise LeFrançois, et ils ont trois fils et sept filles, mais elle décède en décembre 1701. Dans un second mariage à l'Ange-Gardien, le 30 avril 1702, il épouse Marguerite Jacob, fille d'Étienne Jacob, notaire royal, et de Jeanne Fresset. La famille s'établit à l'Ange-Gardien et a quinze enfants, dont deux filles nous concernent. Geneviève, née en 1707 qui épouse en 1729, François Valin, fils de Nicolas Valin et Anne Tru. La deuxième, Marguerite, née en 1713, devient l'épouse en 1739, de François Côté, fils de Joseph Côté et de Thérèse Huot.

La fille de l'ancêtre, Marie-Madeleine Trudel, née le 15 juin 1659, devient l'épouse de Pierre Lefebvre, en 1674, à L'Ange-Gardien.

Le troisième, l'autre fils, Nicolas Trudel, est né le 4 avril 1662 et est baptisé à Château-Richer, le 12. Il épouse à L'Ange-Gardien, le 7 janvier 1684, Barbe Letartre, fille de l'ancêtre René Letartre et de Louise Goulet (trois fils et sept filles). Nicolas a séjourné au lac Saint-Jean avant son mariage. Il devient le propriétaire du fief Charleville, à la côte de Beaupré.

La famille de Jean Trudel est mentionnée dans les trois grands recensements de la Nouvelle-France au XVIIe siècle, toujours à la côte de Beaupré. En 1666, l'ancêtre est dit âgé de 37 ans et sa femme de 32. En 1667, on y note en plus, la présence de neuf bestiaux et la mise en valeur de quatorze arpents. Enfin, en 1681, la famille a deux fusils, et huit bêtes à cornes, non loin des trente arpents déjà défrichés.

Le 5 décembre 1683, Jean Trudel offre un bail et fait cession à son fils Nicolas. Le 4 juin 1685, tous deux demandent le procès-verbal du bornage de leurs propriétés.

Marguerite Thomas rend l'âme, à l'âge de 62 ans, le 30 août 1695. Quatre ans plus tard, les registres de l'Ange-Gardien rapportent la mort de l'ancêtre. Il est décédé le 25 novembre 1699.

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