Marchand | French Canadian Pioneers: The Marchands of Quebec

QUEBEC SURNAMES: Marchand + Bouchard, Groleau, Guatreau, Labauve, Leneuf, Levasseur, Marchand Kahnawake, Marchand Native Metis, Marchand Native Mi'kmaq, Morineau, Robutel, Rocheron, Sauvage LOCATIONS: Montreal, Quebec, Acadie, Cap-St-Ignace, St-Martin-de-Re, Pointe-de-Levy, Baie-St-Paul | Historic view of Cap St. Ignace - the eastern part of the village in 1894

Constant Marchand / de Lignery | Anne-Francoise Robutel

November 19^th, 1691, Montreal (Notre-Dame)

[Occ. mil., troupes de la Marine]

Francois Marchand | Madeleine Groleau

September 30^th, 1669, Quebec (Notre-Dame)

[Occ. Engage]

Madeleine Groleau was a Fille du Roi (see 2nd note below).

Georges Marchand / Le Marchand | Marie-Ursule Labauve

July 14^th, 1733, St-Pierre-du-Nord (Acadia)

[Occ. farmer]

Jacques Marchand | Marguerite Guatreau

August 1^st, 1699, Cap-St-Ignace

[Occ. settler, arrived with parents]

Louis Marchand | Francoise Morineau

About 1644, St-Martin-de-Re (France)

[Occ. settler, arrived with wife] [Baptismal record]

Louis Marchand | Genevieve Rocheron dit Rochon

June 16^th, 1693, Pointe-de-Levy

[Occ. settler, arrived with parents]

Nicolas Marchand / Lemarchand | Charlotte Bouchard

April 30^th, 1759, Baie-St-Paul

[Occ. mil., troupes de la Marine, Lotbiniere]

[Baptismal record]

Pierre Marchand | Marie Sauvage

November 13^th, 1740, Trois-Rivieres

[Occ. Forges du St-Maurice – see link below]

Pierre (Pierre-Louis) Marchand | Marguerite Noel

November 21^st, 1740, Quebec (Notre-Dame)

[Occ. settler]

Honore Martel dit Lamontagne | Marie Marchand

November 3rd, 1707, Quebec (Notre-Dame)

[Baptismal record]

Laurent Levasseur | Marie Marchand

April 30^th, 1670, Quebec (Notre-Dame)

[Occ. Engage, servant]

Mathieu Leneuf | Jeanne Marchand / Lemarchand

December 5th, 1599, Caen

[Occ. settler]

Marchand Variations and Associated Surnames

Albert

Barbezieux – Bélanger

DeLignery – Fiset – George

Germain – Harrry

Lamazure

Lapierre – Laramée

Lebon – Lemarchand

Mamazure

Marchant – Marichaud

Ménard

This series of Early French Canadian Pioneers microposts is dedicated to the earliest settlers of Quebec. If you are new to the genealogy of French-speaking Canadians, please be aware that the earliest French settlers can also descend from the Acadian pioneers who originally settled in what are now Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. In addition, please note that any Native related links refer back to other posts citing census, marriage or other documents with indigenous or Metis individuals of that surname, however those individuals do not necessarily descend from these particular French Canadian settlers. All these posts are intended as Finding Aides – a place to find possible clues and start your own research!

Filles du Roi is the name that’s been given to about 700/800 women who emigrated from France to Quebec in the middle of the 17^th century. They were called the King’s Daughters because Louis XIV (King of France) had sponsored their trips to the New World. Each Fille received her passage, a hope chest and room and board until her marriage (read further at The Canadian Encyclopedia).

Madeleine Groleau was a Fille du Roi. She was born about 1653 and her parents were Jean Groleau and Marguerite Gaultier. They were from St-Vivien (Charente-Maritime), France and had been married on October 18th, 1639. Madeleine died or was buried on September 5th, 1703 in Quebec (Hotel-Dieu). [for Quebec information see above]