In this month's COUSINS:
- What's New
- This month's Feature:
Marie-Charlotte PEPIN and her husband Etienne CAMPION
dit LABONTÉ
- Tanguay Says What . . . ?
- Ramblings From the Editor
- NewsLetter info
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WHAT'S NEW
Let's start
things off with the Good News: I don't have cancer.
Those two
pesky little white spots were the end product of entirely
too much stress on a nervous system that can all too
easily be compared with a chopped Triumph motorcycle a
buddy of mine once owned.
Those spots
could have eventually become cancer, and were in fact
caused by the same virus that the ever omnipotent They
says is responsible for cervical cancer, but the doctor
has every confidence that they won't become cancerous,
either, though she did recommend I keep a close eye on
them for a year or so. I can do that.
Oh, I am SO relieved. Now I can
proceed with the quest to reduce the stress. Part
of this will involve a change of residence.
By August,
I will be living in British Columbia, Canada. A
girlfriend who lives just outside of Vancouver has made
me a very sweet offer -- a considerable reduction in
housing costs in a home that's not visibly rusting away
-- and I'm taking her up on it. What makes this
possible is that the Social Security Administration's
Disability people have a short list of countries a
disability recipient can live in and still receive
his/her income. Also, my friend's house is on a
quiet residential street, a pleasant change from living
40 feet off Washington state's Highway 99. I will
gladly trade the nocturnal growl of jake brakes and
incessant wail of sirens for barking dogs and playing
neighbor kids.
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THIS MONTH'S FEATURE:
Marie-Charlotte PEPIN and her husband Etienne CAMPION dit
LABONTÉ.
Remember:
double check this info before casting it in stone.
Last month
we looked at Marie-Joseph, her husband Charles LOISEL,
and their 4 children.
Marie-Joseph is the youngest of Jean Pepin and
Marguerite Moreau's 16 kids. In order the 16 are:
| |
Name |
Sex |
Baptism |
Burial |
| 1. |
Marie-Jeanne |
F |
25
January
1696 |
12
February
1703 |
| 2. |
Marie-Marguerite |
F |
9 May 1697 |
29 March 1745 |
| 3. |
Jean-Hilaire |
M |
15
September
1698 |
29
January 1703 |
| 4. |
Charles |
M |
27 April 1700 |
24 January 1703 |
| 5. |
Louis |
M |
25
July
1702 |
after
28 June
1737 |
| 6. |
Jean-Baptiste |
M |
25 March 1704 |
unknown |
| 7. |
Charles |
M |
18
September
1705 |
after
13 April 1750 |
| 8. |
Marie-Jeanne |
F |
13 June 1707 |
after 3 July 1751 |
| 9. |
Marie-Thérèse |
F |
3 February
1709 |
after
7 February
1757 |
| 10. |
Louis-Joseph |
M |
7 September 1710 |
after 6 May 1763 |
| 11. |
Marie-Fránçoise |
F |
27
February
1712 |
after
24 April
1750 |
| 12. |
Jean-Pierre |
M |
27 May 1714 |
11 September 1714 |
| 13. |
Pierre |
M |
29
August
1715 |
after
6 February 1756 |
| 14. |
Pierre-Françoise |
M |
19 December 1717 |
unknown |
| 15. |
Marie-Marguerite |
F |
10
March
1720 |
after
12 April 1764 |
| 16. |
Marie-Joseph |
F |
13 October 1721 |
30 August 1756 |
|
I think
it's kinda cool that both Jean AND Marguerite lived to
see their surviving children marry and have some time
with their grandchildren.
We now move
on to Jean's younger brother, Robert and his family.
Robert
Pepin, second surviving child and son of Robert Pepin and
Marie Crete, was baptized in 1677. On 16 November
he married Elisabeth Royer at St. Jean, d'Ile d'Orléans.
Elisabeth
Royer, baptized 14 September 1669; buried 22 June 1715,
Montréal, is the daughter of 1st generation Jean ROYER
and wife Marie TARGER. This is Elisabeth's second
marriage. Her first was to Pierre BLAIS, 5 June
1689 at St. Jean, d'Ile d'Orléans, with whom she had 4
children. (It was Pierre's second marriage; his
first was to Anne Perrot in 1669.)
Robert
Pepin and Elisabeth Royer had 7 children, the eldest of
which is Marie-Isabelle PEPIN, baptized 23 September 1701
at St. Jean, d'Ile d'Orléans. Since this is the
only information I have about Marie-Isabelle, we'll move
on to her younger sister, Marie-Charlotte and husband
Etienne CAMPION.
Marie-Charlotte
(2Robert1Robert), baptized 1 September 1703 at
"côte St-François", married Etienne CAMPION
dit LABONTÉ on 26 August 1732 in Montréal.
Etienne CAMPION dit LABONTÉ is
the First North American generation of his line.
Son of Claude CAMPION and Anne PATRON, Etienne was
baptized in 1702 "de la Ballance, diocèse des
Cornouailles" on the east side of the Atlantic.
Etienne was buried after 1754, presumably some
where on the west side of the Atlantic.
Marie-Charlotte and Etienne had
7 children.
1. Thérèse-Charlotte,
baptized 14 January 1734; married Pierre-Ignace
DUBOIS 4 February 1754. No children listed.
2. Marie-Joseph, baptized 6
January 1736
3. Etienne-Charlotte,
baptized 15 January 1737
4. Françoise, baptized 15
January 1737
5. Françoise, baptized 7
April; buried 29 July 1739
6. Alexis, baptized 8 March
1741
7. Marie-Charlotte,
baptized 11 May 1745
If you know
something about Marie-Charlotte's sibs, e-mail me and
tell me about it.
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TANGUAY SAYS WHAT?
Remember, b=baptized, s=buried, and the number is
the individual's record number in the Monster Data base.
Tome 1, p. 154,
I--Mathieu D'AMOURS, b 1618, s 9 oct 1695 (#15694).
Says the footnote attached to his name, "Seigneur des
Chaufours. -- De la Morandière."
And then it goes
onto say, "Mathieu Damours était
père de Madame Louis-Théandre Chartier de
Lotbinière.--L'un de ses Frères, Gabriel Damours,
était, en, 1664, aumônier de Sa Majesté.--L'autre,
Pierre Damours, était Chevalier, Maréchal des camps et
armée de Sa Majesté. Il a été possible à
l'auteur du Dictionnaire Généalogique de retracer
jusqu'en 1496, cette famille qui, aujourd'hui, a des
branches tres-nombreuses au Canada."
Looks to me like he's saying that besides Matt and
Jacques each being pretty important men, both are also
responsible for many family lines -- des branches
tres-nombreuses --
in Canada.
Tome 1, p 190,
II--Michel DESORCY b 1657, s 1723 (#15903). Says
his burial (s 1723) footnote, "Election de
tutelle à ses enfants, 18 juillet 1723. -- Edits et
Ordonnances, t. III, p. 202."
Tome 3, p 396,
Marguerite AUBUCHON b 1671, s 11 sep 1757 (#15927). Says
her burial footnote, "L'acte de sépulture
ci-haut est ainsi formulé: Avons inhumé la veuve
Desrosiers, ágée d'environ 92 ans."
And it goes on to
say, "Quel est son nom? De quel
Desrosiers est-elle venve? Voila les deux questions
que nous nous sommes posées. Nous croyons pouvoir
les résoudre par les données mêmes de l'acte.
"1. Elle
résidait aux Trois-Rivières.
"2. Elle était veuve
"3. Elle était née
vers 1665
"Or Marguerite
Aubuchon est la seule personne qui réunti toutes ces
conditions. De là nous pouvois conclure que l'acte
de sépulture entré au registre d'une manière si
obscure est bien l'acte de sépulture de la dite
Marguerite veuve Pierre Desrosiers."
My guess here is that they aren't sure just exactly
who Marguerite is.
Tome 3, p 381,
I--Gabriel DESMAISONS, b 1707, s 22 fev 1742 (#16001).
Says his name footnote, "Hydropique sous
les soins du docteur Phlem."
Gabriel suffered from Dropsy.
Tome 1, p 177,
II--Pierre DELPÉE, b 12 dec 1688, s 15 août 1691
(#16217). This is a curious one.
Jean DELPUÉ and Renée LORION are shown with a
child named Pierre, baptized 12 dec 1688. A
footnote attached to this Pierre's baptizm info says:
"Le 15 août 1691, se sont
noyé les fils de Jean Delpué. (Note du Registre);. Ces
fils doivent être Jean et Nicolas."
Then, in Tome 3, p 325, it shows Jean and Renée's
boy Pierre getting married 1716 to Suzanne Gareau.
And I think to myself, "Wait a minute, something's
not right here."
Perhaps I'm misreading it, but if Pierre drowned in
1691 -- how can he get married 15 years later? So I
flip back one page to see if the second listing for Jean
and Renée's boy Pierre.
It does; it says that Pierre married Suzanne GAREAU
5 oct 1716.
There is
a listing for a François DELPÉE and Marie-Angélique
COUC who had a son named Pierre, but this Pierre is
baptized and buried on the very same day: 29 juin 1688.
But 1688 is a few years off of 1691.
So who drowned?
Tome 3, p 332,
I--Jean DENEAU b 1630, s 12 août 1695 (#16271).
Says his burial footnote, "Tué par les
Iroquois, en même temps que sa femme."
Jean was killed by the Iroquois, and, I'm guessing,
so was his wife. They are shown as being buried on
the same day.
Tome 3, p 438,
I--François DOUCET s after 1763 (#16387). Says his
name footnote, "Se belle-mère, Acadienne,
est inhumée, le 4 oct. 1761, aux Trois-Rivières,
àl'age de 70 ans; pas de nom."
François' mother-in-law (or step-mother, but I'm
guessing mother-in-law on this one) was
"Acadienne" and buried 4 oct 1761 in
Trois-Rivières, at the age of 70 . . . but they don't
know what her name was.
Tome 1, p 199,
I--Jean DOYON, b 1619, s 27 avr 1664 (#2424). Says
his burial footnote, "Mort comme un saint.--
Registre de Château-Richer."
Because of the individual meanings of the words,
I'm not sure how to interpret this, so I turn to you, O
faithful readers, to help translate this one.
Tome 1, p 381,
I--Michel LENEUF b 1601, s after 1642 (#15931).
Says his name footnote, "Sieur du
Hérisson, frère ainé de Jacques de la Poterie."
Tome 1, p 381,
I--Jacques LENEUF, b 1606, (#16446). Says the footnote
attached to his occupation, "Mr. de Mésy
avait nommé le Sieur Leneuf, son lieutenant, au Conseil
supérieur. Le Conseil refuse de lui reconnaitre ce
pourvoir, et ne lui reconnût que le pouvoir de
lieutenant an ce qui regardait la milice, mais non la
justice, police ni finance.-- Edits et Ordonnances, vol.
II, page 25."
These last two guys are brothers. I know this
because of a footnote.
Sometimes Taguay would add a "frère du
précedant"
aka "brother of the previous guy", but, as with
Michel and Jacques, some of these links are mentioned
only in the footnotes. One in particular is
ancestor Robert Pepin.
Tanguay is real good about telling us who Robert's
parents are - Jean Pepin and Jeanne Dumont, but it took
reading footnote to find out that the widow of Robert's
brother Louis -- Catherine CRAMPON -- came to New France
and married Pierre VOYER 1 Dec 1662 at Château-Richer.
Though there are no specific dates, I think it's a
fair guess that Louis was older than Robert -- though
probably not by much -- AND that as she came over
*before* Robert, it may have been through her that he
thought to give it a try himself. The other thing
I'm a little curious about is did Catherine and Louis
have any children? If so, did they come with her?
I've seen no mention of he/she/them in Tanguay's
dictionnaire.
I wonder . . .
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RAMBLINGS FROM THE
EDITOR
Contrary to popular belief there are a number of
truly wonderful people in the World today. Some of
them are reading this right now. I thank each of
you for your payers and kind words, they did make a
difference. Between health problems and
relationship problems, this last six months has been a
rough ride, but thanks in large part to you, I've seen it
through. Funny thing, that.
He who just moved out was of the opinion that
"People are no damn good. Can't rely on
nobody, not even family." Now maybe he can't
rely on his family -- or just thinks he can't -- but I
know that isn't true with mine, and for this I am
thankful. I'm relieved that he and his negativity
are no longer a part of my life, but I'm also a bit sad
-- for him -- pray that he finds what he wants, and that
what he wants is what he needs.
And with a green light on the health front, I am
moving. I'm looking forward it, actually. A
change of scenery, a breaking away from old habits and
old attitudes, the opportunity to Do Something other than
simply survive. This isn't the first time I've
looked forward to a move -- that was when I was 18 -- but
it will be the first time I've given it careful thought.
And I can go with a clear conscience. When I
told my youngest brother about it, his was puzzled
because I hadn't done it a long time ago. He's seen
the glow I come back from visits to Canada with.
If all goes even close to The Plan, there will only
be a slight delay in the newsletter AND I should
gradually get better about answering personal
correspendence. It was tough to keep up on the latter,
what with everything else that was going on, besides
[insert goofy, lop-sided grin HERE] *I* was getting tired
of listening to me whine.
So <she says, hefting a cyber-glass of
cyber-champagne> here's to Family, here's to the
Higher Powers that makes us family, here's to New
Beginnings . . . and here's to *you*.
Salut!
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