Dans un Petit Village

I ended the last post on François Voyer (1774 - 1851) with the death of Madeleine Vandal on July 9, 1815. At that time François was a resident of L'Ancienne Lorette and as a 'cultivateur' or farmer, he had a farm in the seigneury of Gaudarville. In just over a year after the death of Madeleine Vandal, François married Judith Bertrand on July 30, 1816. They were married in Quebec City  at the Notre-Dame-de-Quebec. In the marriage record François and Judith's residence was in Quebec City. In the document that I will discuss in a little while François' residence is stated as L'Ancienne Lorette. I cannot explain this discrepancy. At the time of their marriage Judith parents were deceased. Her father, Jean Bertrand was a 'journalier' or 'labourer'. and Judith's mother was Félicité Trépanier. Judith Bertrand was born on September 27, 1779 in Neuville. Judith was 37 years old when she married François Voyer. Considering the time period, 37 was o

François Voyer was born on January 7, 1774 and baptised on January 9, 1774 in L'Ancienne Lorette . François's father, Pierre Voyer, his grandfather, Pierre Voyer and his grandmother, Ursule Moisan were all in attendance at his baptism in L'Ancienne Lorette. To put his birth in historical perspective, François was born just eleven years after the conquest of Nouvelle France. The Quebec Act would not be passed by the parliament of Great Britain for another six months on June 22, 1774. An explanation of the Quebec Act would be appropriate at this point. The Quebec Act would expand the territory of Quebec by three times of its current size. It would include an area that would now be Southern Ontario, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. The Quebec Act would restore the right to religious practice to Quebec. Canadiens who held a political office had to renounce Catholicism. The Quebec Act would permit Canadiens who were in a political position to retain