MARIN-GALÉRAN BOUCHER (1589-1671)
and
PÉRINNE MALLET (1606-1687)
Among the founders of
Marin-Galéran Boucher played a
prominent role in the establishment of the town of
Marin Boucher was born at Langy in
1589 in the beautiful town of
He married twice before coming as a settler to "Nouvelle-France"
(
After the birth of their second child in 1634, Marin and Périnne came to Kebec
(the Indian word for the place at the narrowing of the river).
They arrived with all nine of Marin's children on
In a short time, the settlers went off to build a house for
their seigneur, Robert Giffard,
and then more modest ones for themselves. They
proceeded then to clear the land and sow their first crops. Marin
immediately opted for a lot on the Rivière-Saint-Charles
(
However, we know almost nothing else about the first four
years of Marin Boucher and his family in
Marin Boucher must have greatly appreciated this legacy from
Champlain, because we know how much our ancestors, who were
for the most part very poor, attached importance to any
clothing, be it also threadbare and worn out.
On
On
Later, Boucher and his family lived on the Beaupré coast.
Marin then sold his former farm of 3 arpents
in frontage on the
On
Later, near the end of his life, he moved to
In 1667 he's in Beaupré (Château-Richer) as a mason. He had
reached the age of 80 and was listed with 8 head of cattle
and 20 arpents under
cultivation.
While alive, he distributed a good share of his possessions
among his numerous children. He died a good Christian as
noted in his death certificate. His epitaph in the registry of
Château-Richer, dated
"In the year of our Lord Jesus-Christ one thousand six
hundred and seventy one March 29, died Marin Boucher after
receiving all sacraments and final rights and
was buried in the
"In the year of Our Lord Jesus Christ 1671, on the 29th
of March died Marin Boucher after having lived as a good
Christian and received the Holy sacraments of
Eucharist, penance, and the last rights of extreme unction,
was buried in the cemetery of Château-Richer by Monsieur Morel, accompanied by
the Reverend Father Nouvelle and by me doing priestly functions for them on the
coast of
Death Record of Marin
Boucher (1671)
This document records the death of Marin Boucher on
A monument to Louis Hebert and the original Québec settlers
honors among others, Marin Boucher and his wife Perrine
Mallet. This
Sources:
1. http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/madore/bio/Marin_Boucher.html
2.
First Canadian Ancestors (from the "Ancestors of Jean-Guy Coté" Database)
http://www.leveillee.net/ancestry/histnotes.htm
3. Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Canadiennes, vol 1.
---------------
The following information from: J Philippe Huppe de LaGroye <huppe@uniserve.com>
Name: Marin BOUCHER
Sex: M
Occupation: Mason
Occupation: Maçon et Habitant
Birth: ABT. 1588 in Mortagne, Chartres, Perché, France 1
Death: 25 03 1671 in Château-Richer, Québec, New France 2
Burial: 29 03 1671 Château-Richer, Québec, New France 3
Ancestral File #: AG-Or, AGA,
AGFNF
Census: 1666 Beauport, Québec, Québec
Note:
Recensement 1666 Beauport
Marin Boucher ...........................77 Maçon et
Habitant
Perrine Mallet
...........................60 sa femme
& Guillaume Bouchér
........................18 Fils
Father: Jacques BOUCHER b: ABT.
1565 in Orne, Mortagne, Perché, France
Mother: Françoise PAIGNÉ b: ABT.
1552 in Mortagne, Perché, France
Marriage
1 Julienne DE BARIL b: ABT. 1586 in St. Langis les
Mortagne,
Orne, France
Married: 02 07 1611 in St. Jean de
Mortagne, Perché, France
Children
Nicole BOUCHER
Jehan BOUCHER
Louise BOUCHER
François BOUCHER
Étienette
BOUCHER
Charlotte BOUCHER
Marie BOUCHER
? BOUCHER b: ABT. 1628 in St. Langis
les Mortagne, Perché, France
Marriage
2 Perrine MALLET b: ABT. 1598 in Courgeon, Mortagne, Perché, France
Married: ABT. 1629 in St. Langis les Mortagne, Perché,
France
Children
Marin MALLET
Jean-Galleran
BOUCHER
Françoise BOUCHER
Pierre BOUCHER DIT PITOCHE
Marie-Madeleine BOUCHER
Marie BOUCHER b: 11 04 1644 in Beaupré, Montmorency, Québec,
New France
Guillaume BOUCHER
Sources:
1. Text: C-002, Joe Collette,
2. Text: R-011, Info received from Alexis Rivet who
researches the Rivet family. He can be
reached at hdeom13736@aol.com
3. Text: F-003, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du
Québec des origines
à 1730, by René Jetté,
Printed in 1983 by Les Presses de l'Université de
Montréal, C.P. 6128, succ 'A', Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7, Pages
135,136.
Note dans Tanguay:
** 1625 **
BOUCHER, Marin, b 1589 à Langy,
évêché de Mortagne ; établi à la Rivière
St-Charles, sur les ci-devant terres des Récollets, s
29 mars 1671, au Château-Richer.
Même si Giffard devient seigneur de Beauport, il n'obtient
pas pour autant le droit de faire la traite des fourrures.
Robert Giffard, pour peupler sa seigneurie,
devient agent recruteur pour la Nouvelle-France. Le 14 mars 1634, il signe un
contrat d'engagement avec Jean Guyon du Buisson et
Zacharie Cloutier. Ces deux nouveaux colons "s'engagent à
cultiver" Source: "Histoire populaire
du Québec" Tome #1 page 65 de Jacques Lacoursière
See also:
Complément #2 à Tanguay de J. Arthur Leboeuf, CD-ROM,
Note: page 55.
Périnne Malet
One of the founders of
Two
of their children were born in
In
1666, 67, and 81 she was in Château-Richer.
In
1681 she was listed in the census along with Antoine Voilon,
a tailor, who seems to have been in her employ.
1634
Immigrated to Québec with her family in the first group of settlers.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/madore/bio/Perinne_Malet.html
Text: F-003, Dictionnaire
généalogique des familles du Québec des origines à 1730, by René Jetté, Printed in 1983 by 'Les
Presses de l'Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succ
'A', Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7, Page: 136
Dictionnaire
Genealogique Des Familles Canadiennes, volume 1, LDS Records Batch 8569204 Film 1396077
Notes for PERINNE MALLET:
Birth, death: Renee Jette, "Dictionnaire Genealogique
des Familles du Québec" 1983, Univ of Montréal,
Montréal, QC, Page 136. She was said to be 82 when she
died. She answered that she was 60 or 62 at the recording of 1666, 62 at the
recording of 1667, and 77 at the recording of 1681 and in Château-Richer,
confirmed
1 Jean Boucher b: ABT. 1521
2 Jacques Boucher b: ABT. 1565 d: BEF. 30 JUN 1611
+ Françoise Paigné b: ABT. 1570 d: 30 JUL 1611
3 Marin-Galéran Boucher b: 1589 d: 25 MAR 1671
+ Périnne Mallet b: MAR
1605/06 d: 24 AUG 1687
4 Marie Boucher b: 11 APR
1644 d: BEF. 18 JAN 1710/11
+ Charles Gaudin b: 1632
5 Angélique Gaudin b: 24 JUN
1677 d: 13 FEB 1717/18
+ Jacques Amyot b: 1669 d:
7 SEP 1729
6 Marie-Angélique Amyot b: 13 JUL
1701 d: 5 MAR 1736/37
+ André
Marcoux b:
7 Marie-Louise
Marcoux b:
+ Nicolas
Parent b:
8 Pierre-Nicolas Parent b: 13 NOV 1764
+ Marie-Madeleine Baillargeon b: ABT.
1770
9 Pierre Parent b: ABT.
1795
+ Marie-Louise Bédard b: ABT.
1800
10 Charles Parent b: 1833 d:
23 DEC 1906
+ Emélie Audet b: 1835 d:
2 MAR 1910
11 Alphonse Joseph Parent b: 8 APR 1860 d: 17 MAR 1932
+ Joséphine Lavoie b:
12 Joseph
Anthony Parent b: 2 MAY 1893 d:
+ Dorthea Rebecca Frost b:
