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redraw by Robert Rouleau. Text drawn by Yves Rouleau from Gabriel
Rouleau, his life, its descent, AFRA, July 12, 1997. Translated
from French to English by Robert Rouleau with babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate.
Last corrections made
by Marc A. Rouleau and Yves Rouleau
 .GABRIEL
ROULEAU (1613-1673)
......The ancestor Gabriel, possibly born in 1613, could
be a descendant of Sebastien Rouollo (Rouleau) and of Catherine
Sauvage who lived in Tourouvre, a small locality of the province
of Perche in Normandy, in the North-West of France. Tourouvre
is located at approximately 150 kilometers west of Paris.
......Since so few people could read
or write at that time, names were often recorded inconsistently
- as they sounded to each priest or magistrate. Later, because
of all the wars and invasions in this part of France, many records
and official documents were lost or destroyed. Hence, the archival
information from that time in France, like many other places,
is scantily available and not entirely accurate where it exists.
......We find very little documentation
on the comings and goings of ancestor Gabriel. At the census
of 1667, he declared to be 54 years old and at his death in 1673
he was given the age of 60.
......Pierre Boucher, a person in charge
of the store in the garrison of the Trois-RiviËres, recruited
colonists and among them, the list showed Gabriel Rouleau, lately
arrived from France in 1649. Gabriel had to battle against the
Indians and at the same time had to provide for all kinds of
needs for the garrison. It was during this period of skirmishes
with the Indians that Gabriel inherited his nickname of "
Sanssoucy ", or "without worry". It is probably
within this garrison that Gabriel met his future wife Mathurine
LeRoux. Anyway, we find Gabriel and Mathurine, on August 16,
1652, in front of the notary Audouart, in Quebec city, to sign
a marriage contract. Gabriel, "usually living in Trois-Rivières",
promised to marry Mathurine LeRoux, a 16 year old girl, originating
from the town of LaRochelle in France. Gabriel was then 40 years
old.
......Around 1652 Gabriel Rouleau was
granted by Robert Giffard, Lord of Beauport, a land where he
hastily built a log house. On August 12, 1653, his first born
daughter, Louise, was baptized in Quebec city. A first boy named
Jean is also baptized in Quebec city on March 14, 1655.
......The war between rival Indian tribes
intensified so much that at the end of August 1656, a fire, presumably
caused by hostile Indians, burned down the Rouleau house and
two children of the couple perished in the flame.
......Little time after this harsh misfortune,
the Rouleau couple decided to establish a new household in Ste-Famille,
Ile d' Orleans, on a land conceded by Charles de Lauzon, Lord
of Charny-Lirec. Gabriel built a house there and undertook the
clearing of the ground. It is in this new residence that was
born Jean Rouleau, baptized in Quebec city on November 22, 1656.
......(One does not find any more trace of this Jean
after 17 years of age). Gabriel finally received the deed of
his land on June 26, 1657.
The couple Gabriel
and Mathurine
had
many other children
......Anne,
baptized in Quebec on August 13, 1658, died 4 years later.
Pierre, baptized in Chateau-Richer on April 5, 1661,
deceased around the age of 12.
......Guillaume,
a twin baptized in Chateau-Richer, May 3, 1662. He married Catherine
Dufresne, February 3, 1688. They settled on a farm in St-Laurent,
I.O. and had 5 children.
......Anne,
a twin baptized in Chateau-Richer, May 3, 1662. She married Jean
Houde on August 23, 1678, and died on January 15, 1703 in St-Antoine-de-Tilly.
......Catherine,
born on April 3, 1664, deceased on April 6 of the same year.
Gabriel, baptized on July 15, 1665 in Chateau-Richer,
married in first wedding, the widow Jeanne Dufresne, November
25, 1685. He settled on Jeanne's farm in St-Laurent, le d'Orleans,
which has since been always in possession of his descendants.
He had 7 children. He married in second wedding, Catherine Roulois,
February 6, 1713. They had 5 children.
......Marie,
born on July 1, 1667, married Pierre DuSault on November 2, 1687.
......Claude,
baptized on February 16, 1669 in Ste-Famille, I.O., but we do
not find any more trace of him.
......Joseph,
baptized on May 13, 1672 in Ste-Famille, I.O., buried on May
23, of the same year in Ste-Famille.
......Pierre,
baptized on July 10, 1673 in Ste-Famille, I.O., deceased on July
13 of the same year in Ste-Famille.
......Gabriel Rouleau
died at the age of 60 and was buried in the cemetery of Ste-Famille,
I.O., February 23, 1673.
......Mathurine Leroux remarried on February 5, 1674 with Martin Mercier.
She died in St-Laurent, I.O., at the age of 73 and was buried
in the parochial cemetery on February 1, 1708.
..LOUIS ROULEAU (1654-1722)
......(Drawn from: Louis Rouleau, his origins, his life,his
descent, AFRA, March 1996)
......The ancestor Louis was born in Missé, a
small borough of the department of Deux-Sèvres located
near Thouars, in France. Missé dates from the Xth century
and is part of old province of Poitou which has been split into
three departments: Deux-Sèvres, Vendée and the
Vienne.
......Louis was baptized in the parish of St-Pierre de
Missé on January 23, 1654, according to his baptismal
certificate. He was the only son of Michel ROULLEAU and Renee
Bougier or Bouquère who were married in the same parish
on January 14, 1653. He however lost his mother a few days only
after his birth, that is to say on February 3, 1654. It is not
known if Michel Rouleau remarried and had other children.
......One finds the trace of Louis on January 23, 1695.
The ancestor Louis, a resident of Montreal, signed a marriage
contract with Marie Magdeleine Demouchel in front of the notary
Claude Maugue. Two days later, by mutual agreement, they canceled
the contract.
......On February 26, 1696, Louis signed another marriage
contract in front of the same notary, this time with Francoise
Geoffrion. The marriage took place on March 5, 1696 in the church
Notre-Dame of Montreal.
......On June 28, 1716, by authenticated contract, Louis
Rouleau received from the Sulpiciens, lords of the island of
Montreal, a concession on Côte St-Michel, carrying the
cencive number 1047. With proof to support this, we can however
affirm that Louis had the censive 1047 in his possession since
at least 1712. On November 16, 1716, by authenticated contract,
Louis sells his concession to FranÁois Morel. After some
researches, censive 1047 is now known under lot number 425 of
the town of St-Léonard. Lot number 425, of a near rectangular
form, in full urban environment, is bounded in a discontinuous
way by Jarry East, Vérone, Mennereuil streets and Boulevard
de L'Assumption.
An commemorative tablet
unveiled in St-Léonard, at the time of the annual gathering
of Association on August 31, 1996, was installed on the front
wall of a public building located at the 5540, Jarry east; exactly
within the northern limit of the land of the ancestor Louis.
The ancestor
Louis Rouleau had 12 children
and 88 grandchildren.
Marie, baptized on February 23, 1697
in the church of Notre-Dame of Montreal, married François
Ménard dit Partenay, July 18, 1721. She died in Montreal
on March 6, 1730. She had 6 children but only Marie-Joseph survived.
Charlotte
Gertrude, baptized
on January 12 1699 in the church of Notre-Dame of Montreal, married
Jean-Baptiste Huberdeau dit Lafrance, July 27, 1722. She had
16 children; eight of them died in low age and one finds trace
of marriage for only two survivors.
Marie-Francoise, baptized on August 25, 1700 in
the church Notre-Dame of Montreal, married in first wedding Thomas
Hust, February 18, 1718. She had 14 children. On November 19,
1742,she remarried in the church of Sault-aux-Récollets
with Jean-Baptiste Leblanc. She had two children of this second
marriage.
Louis, baptized on January 13, 1703
in the church of Notre-Dame of Montreal, married Marie-Jeanne
Plouf. Of the 6 children resulting from this union, 4 girls will
contract marriage.
Jean-Baptiste, baptized on October 21, 1704
in the church of Notre-Dame of Montreal, married in first wedding
Marie-Francoise Bourg dit Lachapelle, June 16, 1727 in River-des-Prairies.
He had 3 children and only one girl will survive and contract
marriage. He remarried on May 3, 1734 in St-Laurent with Francoise
Rapidieu. There are 8 children resulting from this second marriage;
three died in low age, 4 boys will marry and the trace of the
last one will be lost.
Joseph-Marie, baptized on May 31, 1706 in the
church of Notre-Dame of Montreal, married in first wedding, Catherine
Brunet, in Point-Claire. He remarried on January 21, 1737 in
River-des-Prairies with Anne Lauzon. There are 15 children resulting
from this second marriage.
Alexi, baptized on September 23, 1708
in the church of Notre-Dame of Montreal, married Marie Ranci
or Gascon. They left no posterity.
Marie-Anne, baptized on June 17, 1710 in
the church of Notre-Dame of Montreal, married in first wedding,
Rene Bieot dit Lajeunesse, October 29, 1736. They had 9 children:
three of them died in low age and two of the three survivors
contracted marriage. She remarried on August 28, 1752 in the
church of Notre-Dame of Montreal with Louis Corbière dit
Languedoc. The couple had one child.
Marie-Josephe, baptized on January 22 1712 in
the church of Notre-Dame of Montreal, married Jacques Leblanc,
in Notre-Dame, November 5, 1736. The couple had 8 children of
which 6 contracted marriage.
Marie-Madeleine, baptized on April 31, 1714 in
Notre-Dame, died on October 5, 1733.
Michel, baptized on 4 October 1717 in Notre-Dame, deceased
on October 21, 1717.
Henri
(Jacques), baptized
on October 17, 1719 in Notre-Dame. He was an adventurer and after
1754, one loses his trace.
..PIERRE
ROULEAU
(Rullot or Ruelos) (1720-1790)
and
JEAN-BAPTISTE
ROULEAU
(Rullot or Ruelos) (1722-1794)
Pierre and Jean-Baptiste were born
in Bacilly, commune of Normandy in France. Their marriage contracts
present them as being the sons of Rene Rouleau and lisabeth Pholin
whereas their baptismal certificates present them as the children
of Pierre "Ruelos". It is noted however that all the
other patronyms are abandoned in favor of "Rouleau"
as of the second generation.
One does not know exactly when
these two ancestors arrived in New-France but the documents indicate
that the two brothers lived in Ste-Anne-de-la-PocatiËre
since 1747. The two brothers each had a farm and were neighbors
to each other. The farm of Jean-Baptiste remained in the Rouleau
family until 1967.
Pierre contracted a first marriage
with Marie-Joseph Boucher dit St-Pierre, in Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatière,
January 12, 1748. The ancestor Pierre married three times and
his first two wives carried the same first and last names. These
two unions produced 12 children of which 11 married to continue
the descendance. Among those, 3 were boys who contributed to
the survival of the Rouleau patronym.
Pierre died on March
8, 1790
The children
of Pierre are:
Marie-Angélique
(m2), born around 1762,
in La Pocatière, married François Sirois-Duplessi,
in La Pocatière, January 12, 1778. She died on March 2,
1812 in La Pocatière.
Marie-Catherine (m1), born on July 28, 1753, in La Pocatière,
married Louis Bérubé, in La Pocatière, January
10, 1780. She died April 25, 1828, in La Pocatière.
Charles (m2), married Rose Sirois-Duplessi, in LaPocatière,
July 6, 1801. They had 2 girls and 7 boys. He died April 23,
1828, in La Pocatière.
Marie-Charlotte (m2), born on August 10, 1761, In La
Pocatière, married Joseph Ouellet, in La Pocatière,
October 27, 1783. She died around 1803, in La Pocatière.
Marie-Euphrosine (m2), born on March 12, 1873, in La
Pocatière, married Jean-Baptiste Miville-Deschesnes, in
La Pocatière, February 13, 1797. Date of death unknown.
Marie-Geneviève (m1), born on March 28, 1752, deceased
April 1, 1761.
Jean-Baptiste (m2), born on November 15, 1766, in
La Pocatière, married, in first wedding, Louise St-Pierre-Dessaints,
in La Pocatière, August 10, 1795. He married, in second
wedding, Marie-Genevieve Émond, in La Pocatière,
February 19, 1810. He married, in third wedding, Josette Ouellet,
in LaPocatière, January 30, 1832. From these 3 unions,
were born 3 girls and 2 boys.
Marguerite (m1), born on October 31, 1754, in La Pocatière,
married Charles-François Pelletier, in LaPocatière,
January 17, 1780. Date of death unknown.
Marie-Anne (m1), born on November 11, 1748, in La Pocatière,
married, in first wedding, François Lizotte, in LaPocatière,
November 9, 1772. She married, in second wedding, Pierre Millet,
in Pocatière, November 4, 1799. (On her second wedding,
her surname was Madeleine). Date of death unknown.
Marie-Josephte (m1), born on August 17, 1750, in La
Pocatière, married, in first wedding, François
Boucher-Larivière, in Kamouraska. She married, in second
wedding, Pierre Meunier, in La Pocatière, October 10,
1796. She died on February 1, 1817, in La Pocatière.
Pierre-Joseph (m2), born on September 1763, in La
Pocatière, married Charlotte Lafrance-Pinel, in La Pocatière,
January 17, 1785. They had 2 girls and 2 boys. Date of death
unknown.
Marie-Victoire (m2), born on August 29, 1775, in La
Pocatière, married Joseph Mignier-Lagacé, in La
Pocatière, October 20, 1794. She died on March 1853, in
La Pocatière.
Rosalie (m2), born around 1759, in La Pocatière, died
April 17, 1780. She was single.
Henri-Marie (m2), born on February 28, 1765, In La Pocatière,
died on July 24, 1797, in La Pocatière. He was single.
Geneviève (m2), born on May 14, 1771, in La Pocatière,
died August 24, 1799, in La Pocatière.
Marie-Constance (m2), born on March 22, 1777, in La
Pocatière, died on December 22, 1797. She was single.
......As for the second brother, Jean-Baptiste Rouleau,
one knows that he was present in New-France at the summer of
1747 since he was a witness at the marriage of his brother Pierre.
He contracted union only once and it was with Marguerite Langevin,
in Rivière-Ouelle, January 26, 1754. From this union were
born at least 6 children including 3 boys and 3 girls. Two of
his sons married and ensured the descendance.
......Jean-Baptiste deceased, in LaPocatière,
August 16, 1794.
The known children of
Jean-Baptiste are:
Barthelemy, born on March 21, 1775, in La Pocatière,
died on December 21, 1796, in La Pocatière. He was a witness
at the marriage of his brother Jean-Baptiste. No one knows if
he was married.
Marie-Charlotte, born on November 20, 1769, in
La Pocatière, married Nicolas Ouellet, in La Pocatière,
November 14, 1791. She died on June 18, 1804, in La Pocatière.
Jean-Baptiste, born on August 19, 1760, in La
Pocatière, married Marie-Anne Ouellet, in La Pocatière,
October 23, 1786. They had a girl and 4 boys. He died on February
24, 1840, in La Pocatière.
Joseph-Marie, born on November 13, 1767, in
La Pocatière, married Marie-Marthe Pelletier, in La Pocatière,
August 27, 1792. From this union, were born 14 children: 6 boys
and 8 girls.
Marie-Louise, born around 1756, in La Pocatière,
married Jean-François Ouellet, in La Pocatière,
February 15, 1779. She died on september 17, 1825, in La Pocatière.
Marie-Perpétue, born on November 8, 1754, in
La Pocatière, married Raphael Martin, in La Pocatière,
August 3, 1778. She died on August 9, 1844, in La Pocatière.
Pierre-Antoine, born on January 4, 1764, in La Pocatière,
died in 1766.
Marie-Josephte, born on September 15, 1765, died on September
27, 1787, in La Pocatière. She was single.
A commemorative tablet,
in honor of these two valorous ancestors was set up in the cemetery
of LaPocatière during the annual meeting of September
1995, in LaPocatière.
..CHARLES
ROULEAU
......This Rouleau was a native of Bellème, in
Perche. Son of Jean Rouleau and Jeanne Josey, it is probable
that he was already in the colony for some years, when he married
in Quebec city, January 23, 1662 (it is the date of marriage
contract, not of the celebration) Marie Fayette, a Parisian,
daughter of Etienne Fayette and Anne de Coche. It is all what
we know about this couple which did not have any children.
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