 1665 - Bef 1691 (< 25 years)
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| Name |
Verdon Jeanne |
| Birth |
14 Feb 1665 |
Château-Richer, Canada, Nouvelle-France  [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
Bef 1691 |
Lavaltrie, Canada, Nouvelle-France [1] |
| Notes |
- [[Category:Lavaltrie, Canada, Nouvelle-France]]
[[Category:Québec, Canada, Nouvelle-France]]
[[Category:Basse Ville de Québec en 1681]]
[[Category:Château-Richer, Canada, Nouvelle-France]]
== Biography ==
{{Canada_Nouvelle-France}}'''Jeanne Verdon''' was born on 14 February 1665, baptized on the 16th in Château-Richer, daughter of [[Verdon-45|Vincent Verdon]] and of [[Pelletier-209|Geneviève Peltier]]; her godfather was [[Berson-16|Antoine Berson]], her godmother [[DeVouzy-5|Jeanne de Vouezy]] wife of Nicolas Peltier, her grandmother.[[https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/acte/28937 Bapt. IGD]]
On 15 February 1678 Jeanne was godmother of her half-sister [[Lefebvre-766|Anne Lefebvre]] in Sillery.[Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1997 - Drouin IGD]
'''Recensement 1681 Census''': BASSE VILLE DE QUÉBEC
Thomas Lefebvre, tonnelier, 34 ; Geneviève Pelletier, sa femme, 34 ; enfants : Jeanne 16, Geneviève 15, Jean-(François) 11, Pierre 8, Magdeleine 7, Thomas et Thérèse-Angélique 6, Anne 5, Claire (Françoise) 2, Thimotée 1 ; 2 fusils ; 6 arpents en valeur.[[https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Histoire_des_Canadiens-fran%C3%A7ais,_Tome_V/Chapitre_4 Wikisource Recensement 1681 Census selon Benjamin Sulte]]
'''Marriage'''
''Contrat de mariage de François Cottu de la Valtrie et Jeanne Verdon (s. d. novembre 1682).(undated, in November 1682)'' Notaire/Notary: Pierre Duquet[[http://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/2431906 BAnQ Notarial acts index ''Inventaire des greffes des notaires du régime français'', par Pierre Georges Roy et Antoine Roy; 27 Vol + index 1-8]] (vol II page 216)
Jeanne Verdon, daughter of the late Vincent Verdon and of Geneviève Peltier, married François Cotu, resident of Lavalterie, 31 year old son of Antoine Cotu and of Marguerite Patou, of the parish of St-Clou, diocese of Amiens, on 4 November 1682 in Notre-Dame de Québec, in the presence of Séraphin Margane major sieur de Lavalterie, Thomas Lefebvre step-father of the bride, Sébastien Liénard dit Durbois maternal uncle of the bride, and Claude Challé, Henry de Bernières, ''curé'' of Québec celebrating. All signed with the priest.[[https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/img/acte/67255 Marriage image IGD]][[https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/img/tag/d1p_31410898.jpg Marriage image page 2 IGD]]
'''Children of the marriage'''#Louise Cottu, born 9 May 1684 Lavaltrie bapt 23rd Contrecoeur; she married Jean Baptiste Riel 21 Jan 1704#Charles François Cottu, born 13 July 1687 bapt. 14th in Lavaltrie (recorded in Contrecoeur) (no other trace found of him)
Jeanne Verdon was godmother of Étienne Gibeau on 10 Nov. 1683 in Lavaltrie and of Marie Jeanne Butaud on 24 June 1686 in Lavaltrie (both recorded in Contrecoeur)
'''Death'''
Her date of death is unknown. her husband's next marriage is in 1691 or thereabouts, his first child with his second wife was born in April 1692. The last record found with her living was the baptism of her son Charles François in July 1687.
Inventaire des biens de feu (sic, vivant/living) François Cottu et Louise Lesiège, sa femme, et Louise Cottu, sa fille; et de Jeanne Verdon, sa première femme (28 mars 1699). Notaire Antoine Adhémar Vol V pg 320
== Sources ==
* Actes d'état civil et registres d'église du Québec (Collection Drouin), 1621 à 1997 - Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection: Institut Généalogique Drouin IGD (''membership'') https://www.genealogiequebec.com* Societe de Genealogie Les Patriotes Inc. for Index des mariages de la region de Sorel, Quebec, Canada.
:Under COTTU name -
: Francois COTTU\LAVALTRIE(DE) (Antoine COTTU m. Marguerite PATOU)
: Jeanne VERDON m. 04 NOV 1682, Ct Duquet, Quebec, QC
* ..PRDH...... http://www.genealogie.umontreal.ca/en/acces.htm - Programme de recherche en démographie historique (PRDH) of the Université de Montréal.
: Couple Marriage: 1682-11-04 Quebec
: of FRANCOIS COUTU and JEANNE VERDON
: Father : VINCENT VERDON / Mother : GENEVIEVE PELLETIER
* http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogy=Jeanne_Verdon&pid=1219&lng=en
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| Person ID |
I61662 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Father |
Verdon Vincent, b. Abt 1635 d. Bef 28 Jul 1665 (Age < 30 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Pelletier Geneviève, b. 06 Apr 1646, Québec, Canada, Nouvelle-France d. 16 Dec 1717, Québec, Canada, Nouvelle-France (Age 71 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
05 Nov 1663 |
Sillery, Canada, Nouvelle-France [2] |
| Family ID |
F26868 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Father |
Lefebvre Thomas, b. 16 Mar 1645, Rouen, Normandie, France d. Bef 1715, Acadie, Nouvelle-France (Age < 69 years) |
| Relationship |
Stepchild |
| Mother |
Pelletier Geneviève, b. 06 Apr 1646, Québec, Canada, Nouvelle-France d. 16 Dec 1717, Québec, Canada, Nouvelle-France (Age 71 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Family ID |
F27422 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Cottu François, b. Abt 1651 d. 13 May 1729 (Age 78 years) |
| Marriage |
04 Nov 1682 |
Notre-Dame de Québec, Canada, Nouvelle-France [1] |
| Family ID |
F27420 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
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| Sources |
- [S1808] Merged from MartinBissonAnc_1 on 7-Jan-2026 at 21:00.
- [S1749] Merged from Branchaud-718755_1 on 6-Jan-2026 at 21:00.
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