MORNIEAU Francis

Family/Spouse: MARCHAND Louis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Religion: Catholic

THE COUNTRYWOMAN

Arriving in Canada from Saint-Martin on the Ile de Re in the Diocese
of La Rochelle, Louis Marchand and his wife Francoise Morineau were
accompanied by
five sons and two daughters. One of the Marchand girls, Marie, born
about 1651 on the Ile de Re, became engaged to Laurent Levasseur on
19 November
1669.

The marriage was not celebrated until the following spring, on 30
April 1670 at Notre-Dame de Quebec, most likely because Laurent
needed the time to chink,
caulk, and furnish his cabin on the south bank. In the meantime,
Marie lived in Quebec, filling her hope chest and waiting to move in.

Marie married LEVASSEUR Laurent on 30 Apr 1670 in Notre Dame De Quebec, PQ, Canada. Laurent (son of Le VAVASSEUR Jean and MAHEU Margueritte) was born about 1646; died on 25 Dec 1726 in Quebec, PQ, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Baptism: Apr 4, 1671, Quebec, New France
Marie-Francoise, born 30 March at Lauzon, baptized at Quebec 4 April
167 1, died and was buried at Lauzon on 13 June 1719.

Notes:

Occupation: Ursuline Nun (Oct 7, 1691, Domestic Nun) (Aug 5, 1694,
Vows)
Religion: Catholic
Alias: Caludine; Sister of the Visitation

Marie-Claude, born on 3 March 1672 and baptized 17 days later at
Quebec, entered the Ursuline Convent at the age of 19 as a domestic
nun on 7 October
1691. She took the name of "Sister of the Visitation", when she made
her vows on 5 August 1694. She was sent to Trois-Rivieres in August
1699 where
"she was at one and the same time, nurse, cook, laundry woman,
gardener, and keeper of the chicken coop." When she became blind
toward the end of
her days, she still found the means to render service to the
community while not missing a single day without making her devotions
to the Virgin in the
Chapel of the Saints. She died in 1745 at the age of 73.

When daughter Marie-Claude, called "Claudine" by Notary Chambalon,
entered the Ursuline Convent, her father was supposed to pay the nuns
a dowry
which he neglected to do. Somewhat embarrassed, the sisters asked
the notary to look into this delicate matter, which he did. Papa paid
up by 4 August
1694.

Died:
Marie Claude Levasseur is buried under the chapel of the Urseline convent in Quebec.

Notes:

Laurent (2), born 29 May 1674 at Lauzon and baptized the following
day at Quebec, died and was buried at Lauzon on 3 June of the same
year.

Notes:

Laurent (3), born 22 May 1675 at Lauzon and baptized four days later
at Quebec, was mentioned in the register of the Hotel-Dieu of Quebec
on 3 July
1695. After that we lose all trace of him.

Notes:

Genevieve, born 13 March 1677 at Lauzon and baptized the following
day at Quebec, died at Lauzon the 27th and was buried at Quebec on 30
November
1686.

Notes:

Pierre, born 2 January 1679 at Lauzon and baptized six days later at
Quebec, married Marie-Elisabeth Michaud on 8 May 1703 at Riviere-
Ouelle. They had
four children; all girls.

Pierre married MICHAUD Marie-Elisabeth on 08 May 1703 in Cap-St-Ignace, Quebec. Marie-Elisabeth (daughter of MICHAUD Pierre and ANCELIN Marie) was born in 1685. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Baptism: Mar 19, 1681, L'islet, PQ, Canada
Alias: Sister of Saint-Joseph
Occupation: Ursuline Nun (Novice, Oct 15, 1705) (Vows, Apr 21, 1708)
Religion: Catholic
Angelique dite Genevieve, born 20 February at Lauzon and baptized 19
March 1681 at L'Islet, was received into the Ursuline Order as a
novice on 15
October 1705. She took her vows on 21 April 1708 under the name
Sister of Saint-Joseph. She died in November 1749 and was interred in
the crypt of the
convent under the chapel.

Notes:

Jean-Baptiste (1), born 10 June 1682 and baptized eight days later at
Lauzon, left no further trace.

Notes:

Marie, baptized 21 January 1686 at Lauzon, also left no further
trace.

Notes:

Louis, born and baptized 4 September 1687 at Quebec, married
Genevieve Huard on 19 November 1716 at Lauzon. They had seven
children; three boys
and four girls.

Louis married HUARD Genevieve on 19 Nov 1716 in Lauzon, PQ, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Baptism: Dec 2, 1691 Lauzon, PQ, Canada

Claire-Francoise, born 26 November and baptized 2 December 1691 at
Lauzon, married Louis Michaud on 22 October 1708. They had one son
named
Andre. She married a second time to Jean-Francois Autin on 31 May
1719 at Kamouraska. They had two children; a boy and a girl.

Claire-Francoise married MICHAUD Louis on 22 Oct 1708. Louis (son of MICHAUD Pierre and ANCELIN Marie) was born about 1683. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Claire-Francoise married AUTIN Jean-Francois on 31 May 1719 in Kamouraska, Kamouraska, PQ, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marie-Renee, baptized 21 February 1694 at Lauzon, left no further
trace.

Marie-Renee Levasseur was only 14 when her wealthy uncle, Louis
Marchand, willed her, effective 19 June 1707, a piece of land of 240
square arpents at
Beaumont, located between that of Noel and of Pierre Boissel. It was
like a gift from heaven for the Levasseur family! The father of the
minor girl put the
domain up for sale. It was bought by Jean-Baptiste Nadeau for 1,000
livres, "600 of which would be paid in paper money now in
circulation." Later on,
the Church of Sainte-Etienne de Beaumont would be built on this
property. Louis Marchand had himself, on 2 December 1693, given to
Msgr de
Saint-Vallier, "an arpent of frontal land by two arpents in depth"
without counting the right to cut 20 cords of wood a year off the
land to heat the church
and rectory.

Notes:

Religion: Catholic

Jean-Baptiste (2), born II May 1695 and baptized the following day at
Quebec, married Charlotte Jourdain on 22 October 1722 at Lauzon. They
had five
children; three girls and two boys. He married a second time to
Madeleine Marchand on 6 August 1748.

Jean-Baptiste married JOURDAIN Charlotte on 22 Oct 1722 in Lauzon, PQ, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jean-Baptiste married MARCHAND Madeleine on 06 Aug 1748. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]