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Rousseau's of Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

Rousseau's of Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

Posted: 9 Oct 2009 6:29PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Rousseau, Morin, Mercier, Theberge, Cadrin, Boutin, Pellerin, Laclair, Brooks

I have created a 70+ page file for descendents of Guillaume Rousseau born November 21, 1777, died Dec. 10, 1862 and his wife Marie Louise Morin born 1789. They were married Feb. 4, 1812 at Montmagny, Quebec, but all of their children were born at St. Vallier, Bellechasse. Some of these families lived at Armagh, Bellechasse.

I have names of 13 children for them including FIVE distinct daughters all with given name MARIE. Some people have posted online that one or more of these daughters was married multiple times but that information is wrong.

For example, their daughters:

Marie Anne Rousseau born about 1812 married Etienne Cadrin and had at least 13 children. She died in March 1894.

Marie Rousseau born abt. Dec. 14 1821 died and was buried Dec. 26, 1821. She was 12 days old when she died.

Marie Leocadie Rousseau was born about 1823 and died August 1906; was married to Thomas Theberge, at least 13 children.

Marie Rousseau born March 1824, died July 1873 was married to Francois Xavier Morin and had at least 7 children.

Another Marie Rousseau was born in same family August 7, 1826, unless this is Marie Leocadie wife of Thomas Theberge? (If so, then there were only four daughters named Marie.)

Another of Guillaume Rousseau and Marie Louise Morin's children was Francois Xavier Rousseau born 1815, married to Marie Reine Mercier. I cannot find a date of death for this Francois, but his wife Reine re-married on October 18, 1859 to Pierre BOUTIN, a man who was only four years older than her eldest Rousseau son. I have not yet found a date of death for Reine either. She and Pierre were at Armagh, Bellechasse in year 1901 for the census.

Does anyone have a date of death and place of death for Francois X. Rousseau, Marie Reine Mercier or Pierre Boutin?

Does anyone know if Reine Mercier and Pierre had children together?

I have names of TWELVE children for Marie Reine Mercier and Francois Xavier Rousseau, including two sons who died in Minnesota- Francois Xavier Rousseau 1839-1914, and Michel Elzear Rousseau 1847-1920.

At least two of the children went to Vermont and may have died at Bennington- I do not have dates of death for them yet: Sophie Rousseau born Jan. 1846 married to Francois Claude (Frank) Pellerin; they had at least 11 children, most of them born in Vermont, and Guillaume Napoleon Rousseau born November 1844 whom I believe is the direct ancestor of one of my sons in law.

Guillaume went by the name Napoleon or Paul, and in one census was recorded with the surname BROOKS. His wife was Lena Laclair, daughter of Stephen and Mary Laclair. I have names of eight children for Paul and Lena, most of them born in Vermont. Paul and Lena were still alive in 1920 at Bennington.

If anyone else researching these specific families or if anyone has additional information, or questions, please post here or contact me directly.

Thanks from Nora


Re: Rousseau's of Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

Posted: 6 Jan 2011 6:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
Bonjour Nora:

You do not seem to have received a reply to your query. A few notes that may be useful still.

Marie-Louise Morin wife of Guillaume Rousseau went by the given names of Louise or Luce or Marie in the marriage records of her children.

Guillaume was mentioned as Gaudiose in the marr. record of his Daughter Marie-anne to Cadrin.

I have in Quebec, found marr. records for only two sons of Guillaume and Marie-Lse:

Narcisse to Léocadie St-Ours, 4 Feb 1856 at St-Maurice and

F.X to Reine Mercier, 28 Aug 1838, St-Vallier

Death dates: are difficult to obtain ; no central registry for that period.

For marriage records, I suggest the BMS2000 database for your research. Here is a short guide.

BMS2000 basic instructions.

BMS2000 is a database of baptisms, marriages and deaths («S« stands for «sepulture» or «burials») records for the province of Quebec, a little from Ontario. The data were taken from parish or counties repertories. English and French versions of instructions are available. More marriages than B and D because B- and D repertories were produced for no more than 10 % of the Quebec parishes and few or none from the Montreal area. Given that the data are taken from repertories, one has to be aware that if the repertory was produced in 1980 and for which there has not been any update, the marriages for the post-1980 period are not available in BMS2000. To make up for it, we in Quebec use the marriage and death database of the Quebec Statistics Bureau or Statistics covering the period of 1926 to 1996. Now avail. on line. Register if you want to make research in Quebec. 25 free queries. Thereafter, you may deposit some funds. about 10 cents per query. No charge if you do not get the full details of the record. I suggest that you search with surnames of the couple only (no given names). If the surname of a partner has numerous variations, use the surname of the other partner and one or two given names (bride and groom). Rather easy to use. To search for a marriage: select: SPOUSES (in the upper right corner section) and type in only the surnames of the partners. Click on the applicable line to see marriage data. If you want the name of the married male children of a couple, from the parents’ marriage data, click on CLOSE (bottom right of the screen), select: GROOM's parents. A line with names will appear for each son. Click on each line one at a time to get details . To get the names of the married female children of a couple, go back to the line with the parents’ names (step 1), select: Bride's parents (because when the daughters of a couple get married, they are brides) .Again, click on every line to reveal the name of the daughters and their marriage data. This may sound complicated but it is not after a few attempts. Contact me if you need more info. I have no financial interest in BMS2000.

Unless a birth and death repertory have been prepared from the parishes registries, it is difficult to obtain the info.

The other option is with Ancestry.Com and you have to access Drouin's database for the Quebec parishes. I will try to find a more complete link name and will send it to you. What you do in fact is that you access the applicable church registry.

Jean-Marie (John)



Re: Rousseau's of Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

Posted: 6 Jan 2011 6:10PM GMT
Classification: Query
Nora:

With Ancestry.com
your have to access: Quebec Vital Church Records 1621 to 1967.

JEan-Marie

Re: Rousseau's of Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

Posted: 6 Jan 2011 6:14PM GMT
Classification: Query
Nora:

Correction:

Quebec Vital Church Records Drouin Collection 1621-1967.

http://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=1091

Jean-Marie
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