The Saucier Family - Page 4
THE SAUCIER FAMILY OF CANADA
Charles Saucier II was the first born of the two sons born to Louis Saucier and Marguerite Gaillard. Charles was born on Wednesday August 31, 1672, in Sillery, Quebec, Canada and died in Quebec, Canada on Friday June 11, 1723, at the age of fifty years. Charles was baptized at Notre Dame de Quebec Catholic Cathedral in Quebec City the day after his birth, September 1, 1672, by Cure Henry de Bernieres, the priest of the parish of Notre Dame de Quebec. His godfather was Charles Bazise and his godmother was Elizabeth Boucher. Charles was the grandson of Charles Saucier and Charlotte Clairet of Paris, France. On September 29, 1693, Charles at age twenty-one entered into an apprenticeship for four years with Etienne Dubreui, a master shoemaker, to learn that trade. The contract was signed by Charles and notarized by Notary Louis Chambalon. Since his mother Marguerite Gaillard would have been still living and Charles not yet of age, it is most likely she also signed the documents giving permission for his apprenticeship. Charles was married three times, his first marriage on October 6, 1697 in Quebec, Canada at the age of twenty-five was to Marie Anne Bisson, age sixteen years. She was born on Sunday March 10, 1681, in Quebec, Canada and died on Friday March 9, 1714, in Cape St Ignace, Quebec, Canada at the age of thirty-two years. Marie Anne was the daughter of Gervais Bisson of Pouvrai, France and Marie Madeleine Boutet of Paris, France and residents of Quebec. Marie Anne’s mother Marie Madeleine had come to Quebec as a Fills du Roi as had Charles’ mother Marguerite Gaillard. Charles and Marie Anne Bisson had eight children, Charles, Charles Francois, Jean Francois, Joseph, Joseph Marie, Genevieve, Pierre, and Marie Louise Saucier before her death in 1714. About three months after the death of his first wife Marie Ann, Charles married his second wife Marie Magdeleine Saint Denis on June 25, 1714, in Quebec, Canada. At the time of this marriage Charles was forty-one years of age and Marie Magdeleine was thirty-eight years old and the widow of Pierre Courteau. Marie Saint Denis was born on Wednesday March 25, 1676, in Quebec, Canada and died on Friday January 19, 1720, in Quebec, Canada at the age of forty-three. She was the daughter of Pierre Saint Denis and Magdeleine Thiberge of France and residents of Quebec. Charles and Marie Saint Denis had three children before her death in 1720, Louis Joseph, Joseph, and Pierre Saucier. After the death of his second wife, Charles now age forty-seven, married his third wife, twenty-four-year-old Marie Francoise Lebel on June 3, 1720, in Quebec. She was born on Wednesday January 4, 1696, at Riviere Ouelle, Quebec, Canada and died on Thursday December 21, 1780, at Sainte Anne de la Pocatiere, Quebec, Canada, at the age of eighty-four. She was the daughter of Jean Lebel and Anne Soucy of Riviere Ouelle, Quebec, Canada. Charles and Marie Francoise had three daughters before his death in 1723, Marie Angelique, Marie Madeleine, and Marie Francoise Saucier. Three years after Charles’ death Marie Francoise Lebel, age twenty-eight, remarried on May 13, 1725 to Pierre Martin, age twenty-four, and they had five additional children, Genevieve, Marie Louise Francoise, Pierre, Marguerite Ursule, and Joachim Martin.
According to the French language records of the National Library and Archives of Quebec, Charles' occupation was that of a farmer and he leased a farm on November 20, 1700, from Pierre Becard de Grandville for a period of five years on the Ile aux Grues. The lease called for half of all fruits and profits of the farm to be paid to Grandville. On April 2, 1708, Grandville again leased the farm and all its buildings to Charles for another five years. Charles’s occupation could have been both merchant and farmer. The records state he did not own land at this time in Quebec but later in the 1720’s Charles owned four arpents next to the four arpents of his son Charles Francois. Charles’ other sons, Jean Francois and Joseph owned land to the east of their father in Sainte-Anne, whereas their brother Louis was the owner of land in Kamouraska that was deeded to him by his father-in-law in 1746.
On March 24, 1721, Charles Saucier II represented the farmers of La Pocatiere in the investigation of the Presbyterian House of Sainte Anne in an investigation led by prosecutor Collet on Convenience and Inconvenience of the churches of Riviere-Quelle, Sainte Anne de la Pocatiere, and Saint Roch-des-Aulnaies.
Starting around 1855 many descendants of Charles Saucier II and his wives began emigrating to the United States, settling in the New England States. They mostly settled in the states of Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts and surrounding areas, building their homes and raising large families. Today there are many descendants of Charles Saucier II residing on the East Coast.
According to the French language records of the National Library and Archives of Quebec, Charles' occupation was that of a farmer and he leased a farm on November 20, 1700, from Pierre Becard de Grandville for a period of five years on the Ile aux Grues. The lease called for half of all fruits and profits of the farm to be paid to Grandville. On April 2, 1708, Grandville again leased the farm and all its buildings to Charles for another five years. Charles’s occupation could have been both merchant and farmer. The records state he did not own land at this time in Quebec but later in the 1720’s Charles owned four arpents next to the four arpents of his son Charles Francois. Charles’ other sons, Jean Francois and Joseph owned land to the east of their father in Sainte-Anne, whereas their brother Louis was the owner of land in Kamouraska that was deeded to him by his father-in-law in 1746.
On March 24, 1721, Charles Saucier II represented the farmers of La Pocatiere in the investigation of the Presbyterian House of Sainte Anne in an investigation led by prosecutor Collet on Convenience and Inconvenience of the churches of Riviere-Quelle, Sainte Anne de la Pocatiere, and Saint Roch-des-Aulnaies.
Starting around 1855 many descendants of Charles Saucier II and his wives began emigrating to the United States, settling in the New England States. They mostly settled in the states of Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts and surrounding areas, building their homes and raising large families. Today there are many descendants of Charles Saucier II residing on the East Coast.