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Forestier Étienne[1]

Male Abt 1644 - 1724  (80 years)

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  • Name Forestier Étienne 
    Birth Abt 1644  Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Saintonge, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 04 Aug 1724  Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Notes 
    • [[Category:Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France]]
      [[Category:Varennes, Canada, Nouvelle-France]]
      [[Category:Migrants de Saintonge au Canada, Nouvelle-France]]
      == Biography ==
      {{Carignan-Salières Regiment|lang=fr}}Étienne the son of [[Forestier-16|Étienne Forestier]] and [[Fonton-1|Judith Fonton]] was born about 1644 in or near Saint-Jean-d'Angély in the former province of Saintonge, France. A soldier in the Carignan-Salières regiment and also a master-baker Étienne was first mentioned in New France in 1665.[https://www.fichierorigine.com/fr/repertoire/forestier/-lafortune Fichier Origine entry for Étienne Forestier]
      On 23 November 1672 Étienne married 13 year-old [[Lauzon-17|Marguerite Lauzon]], daughter of [[Lauzon-14|Gilles Lauzon]] and [[Archambault-61|Marie Anne Archambault]] in Montréal.[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89MB-DQDK?cc=1321742&wc=HZ9G-7M9%3A16470801%2C23492102%2C27804603 1672 Marriage Record Forestier and Lauzon] "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (16 July 2014), Montréal > Notre-Dame > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1642-1699 > image 257 of 1937; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal. The couple would have 15 children, the first born in 1675.{{PRDH|famille|4033|lang=fr}}

      The family is recorded on the 1681 census in Montreal:Étienne Forestier, chapelier (Hat Maker), 32 ; Marguerite Lauzon, sa femme, 22 ; enfants : Louise 4, Antoine 2, Catherine 6 mois ; 1 fusil ; 4 bêtes à cornes ; 10 arpents en valeur.[https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Histoire_des_Canadiens-fran%C3%A7ais,_Tome_V/Chapitre_4 Recensement 1681 - Benjamin Sulte+Histoire des Canadiens-français, Tome V]
      On 13 November 1699 Marguerite Lauzon, Étienne's wife of 27 years, died in Montréal.[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MB-JJDJ?cc=1321742&wc=HZ9G-7M9%3A16470801%2C23492102%2C27804603 1699 Burial Record (Marguerite Lauzon) ]"Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (16 July 2014), Montréal > Notre-Dame > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1642-1699 > image 1920 of 1937; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
      On 20 November 1701, Étienne remarried to the former fille du Roi, Marie Marguerite Provost, age 46 the widow of Jacques Venne (Voyne) in Montreal.[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99S-NDCQ?cc=1321742&wc=HC38-BZ9%3A25106001%2C25106002%2C21952303 1701 Marriage Record Forestier and Provost] "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (16 July 2014), Varennes > Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1693-1789 > image 90 of 2390; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
      On 13 juillet 1705 a petition presented by René Douillard dit Laprise, husband of Louise Forestier and guardian of the minor children of Étienne Forestier dit Lafortune and Marguerite Lauzon, to hold an assembly of relatives and friends to deliberate on what will be more advantageous to do for the conservation of the property of the minors; the minutes of the assembly and the conclusion of the king’s prosecutor.[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/archives/52327/3384549 Tutelle des enfants mineurs de feu Étienne Forestier dit Lafortune et de feu Marguerite Lauzon], 13 juillet 1705, Archives nationales à Montréal, Fonds Juridiction royale de Montréal, 06M,TL4,S1,D849, Accessed 2025/07/16 Note: Presumably Etienne was still alive.
      Étienne Forestier died on 4 August 1724 in Montreal, New France. [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99W-6826?cc=1321742&wc=HC81-6TL%3A16470801%2C23492102%2C29350303 1724 Burial Record for Étienne Forestier] "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch ( : 16 July 2014), Montréal > Notre-Dame > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1710-1730 > image 484 of 734; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.

      ==Research Notes==*PRDH lists 16 children for Family #4033. Louise is listed twice. The first is with a birthdate of 1677-10-11 in Point-Aux-Trembles (baptized St.-Enfant-Jesus), the second with a birthdate of 1677-10-12 in Montreal (baptized Notre-Dame-de-Montreal). This is a duplicate registration (IGD).[https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/acte/99574 1677 Baptism Record (99574)], Genealogy Quebec, Drouin Institute, 2022, LAFRANCE '''Comment:''' Although they are different records both do in fact read ''douziéme''.*Étienne's age was not given on either of the two marriage records; the 1644 date is estimated from the age of about 80 years reported on his 1724 burial record.

      == Sources ==
      *[http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2021541?docref=_Qh3ao9Lx_86aIPjZYEbgQ BAnQ: Tanguay, Cyprien, ''Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'à nos jours''; Montréal, 1887 (7 volumes) Vol 1 pg 235]*[https://archive.org/details/dictionnaireg01tang/page/234/mode/2up Achives.org: Tanguay, Cyprien, ''Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'à nos jours''; Montréal, 1887 (7 volumes) Vol 1 pg 235]* [https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L66C-R8J Étienne Forestier on Family Search]* [http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogy=Etienne_Forestier&pid=4485&lng=en Étienne Forestier on Nosorigines]*''R.A.B du PRDH (1621-1765)''', Morin, Gactan, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1998 (paid membership required)

      == Acknowledgements ==* WikiTree profile Forestier-15 created through the import of Bonneau_2012_Oct_04.ged on Oct 5, 2012 by [[Bonneau-93 | Earl Bonneau]].
    Person ID I61472  Freeman-Smith
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Father Forestier Étienne,   b. Abt 1610, Saintonge, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1672, Saintonge, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 63 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Fonton Judith,   b. Abt 1620, St. Jean, Angely, Xaintes, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1672, St. Jean, Angely, Xaintes, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1644  St. Jean, Angely, Xaintes, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F27244  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lauzon Marguerite,   b. 24 May 1659, Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1699, Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Marriage 23 Nov 1672  Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Forestier Francoise,   b. 20 Apr 1675, Montreal, Canada, New France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Dec 1677, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montreal, Canada, New France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Forestier Louise,   b. 11 Oct 1677, Riviere-des-Prairies, Canada, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1737, Montreal, Canada, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Forestier Antoine,   b. 26 Sep 1679, Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jan 1703, Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Forestier Catherine,   b. 13 Mar 1681, Riv. d'Prairies, Montreal, New France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1724 (Age < 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Forestier Marie-Madeleine,   b. 28 Apr 1683, Riviere-des-Prairies, Canada, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 Dec 1760, Assomption, Canada, Nouvelle France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Forestier Françoise,   b. 13 Feb 1685, Pointe-aux-Trembles de Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1754, Berthier-en-Haut, Canada, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Forestier Jean,   b. Abt 1686, Lieu indéterminé (au Québec) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1687, Montreal, Point aux Trembles, Canada, Nouvelle France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. Forestier Étienne,   b. 18 Sep 1687, Montreal, Point-Aux-Trembles, Canada, Nouvelle France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Mar 1688, Montreal, Point-Aux-Trembles, Canada, Nouvelle France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     9. Forestier Marie Marthe,   b. Abt 1688, Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1749, Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     10. Forestier Marguerite,   b. Abt 16 Mar 1689, Lieu indéterminé (au Québec) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1689, Montreal, Canada, Nouvelle France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     11. Forestier Charles,   b. 22 Nov 1691, Notre-Dame, Montreal, Canada, New France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Nov 1691, Notre-Dame, Montreal, Canada, New France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     12. Forestier Anne Marguerite,   b. 26 Jul 1693, Montreal, Canada, Nouvelle France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 06 Mar 1777, Montréal (Hôpital général de Montréal), Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     13. Forestier Jacques,   b. 01 Jan 1695, Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Jun 1747, Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     14. Forretier Barbe,   b. 22 Aug 1696, Montreal, Canada, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1772, Châteauguay, Province de Québec Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     15. Forestier Marie Josèphe,   b. 17 Jan 1699, Montreal, Canada, New France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1699, Montreal, Canada, New France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F27294  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Family 2 Provost Marie Marguerite,   b. Abt 17 Aug 1655, Aucey, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1732, Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 20 Nov 1701  Varennes, Canada, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F27276  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1797] Merged from MartinBissonAnc_1 on 6-Jan-2026 at 22:16.


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