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Hi, I am posting the notes that I have for some of my pioneer ancestors, in hopes that they may be of interest to some of you that are doing research on your ancestors. Enjoy, Janet
Descendants of Noel Levasseur
Generation No. 1
1. Noel1 Levasseur was born about 1600 in Paris, France. He married Genevieve Gaucher/Gauche, daughter of Giles Gauge and Jeanne Baudellet. She was born about 1600 in Paris, France.
Notes for Noel Levasseur:
He was a master woodworker (maître menuisier).
Children of Noel Levasseur and Genevieve Gaucher/Gauche are:
+ 2 i. Jean2 Levasseur-dit-Lavigne, born about 1620 in St. Leu et St. Gilles, Paris, France; died 31 Aug 1686 in Québec City, QC.
+ 3 ii. Pierre Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born about 1627 in St. Leu et St. Gilles, Paris, France; died 12 Mar 1694 in Hôtel Dieu de Québec City, QC.
4 iii. Jeanne Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born about 1630 in Paris, France. She married Christophe Drolet about 1654 in Paris, France; born about 1628 in Paris, France.
Generation No. 2
2. Jean2 Levasseur-dit-Lavigne (Noel1 Levasseur) was born about 1620 in St. Leu et St. Gilles, Paris, France, and died 31 Aug 1686 in Québec City, QC. He married Marguerite Richard, (Nicolas & Jeanne Bonnet) 23 Apr 1646 in Paris, France (ct. LeCat & LeSemelier). She was born about 1629 in St. Nicolas des Champs, Paris, France, and died 20 Apr 1708 in L'Ancienne Lorette, QC.
Child of Jean Levasseur-dit-Lavigne and Marguerite Richard is:
5 i. Marie-Therese3 Levasseur-dit-Lavigne, born about 1659 in Québec City, QC; died 26 Mar 1731 in L'Ancienne Lorette, QC. She married Nicolas Bonhomme 14 Jan 1676 in Beaupré de Québec City, QC; born 05 Feb 1653 in Québec City, QC; died 17 Mar 1711 in L'Ancienne Lorette, QC.
3. Pierre2 Levasseur-dit-Lesperance (Noel1 Levasseur) was born about 1627 in St. Leu et St. Gilles, Paris, France, and died 12 Mar 1694 in Hôtel Dieu de Québec City, QC. He married Jeanne Chaverlange 25 Oct 1655 in Québec City, QC, daughter of Antoine Chaverlange and Marthe Guerin. She was born about 1637 in St. Ursin, Bourges, Beny, France, and died Bef. 1681 in Québec City, QC.
Notes for Pierre Levasseur-dit-Lesperance:
A master woodworker, Pierre was born about 1627 in the parish of Saint-Leu-et-Saint-Gilles in Paris, the second of three children of Noel Levasseur-dit-Lesperance and Genevieve Gauche or Gauge. (The Dictionary of Canadian Biography gives her last name as "Grange.") His father was also a master woodworker and his mother is the daughter of Gilles Gauge & Jeanne Baudellet. Pierre is noted in Québec City as early as 11 August 1654. He is one of the founders of the Confrérie de Sainte-Anne at Notre-Dame de Québec.
In 1674, Pierre was working in the woodworkers' shop attached to the church in Beauport and was paid by the parochial council. In the 1681 census, this family can be found living in the haute ville of Québec City, by this time his wife Jeanne had died. Pierre died at Hôtel Dieu in Québec City. This was a hospital for the very sick or dying.
Pierre first settled on the island l'Île d'Orléans near Québec City where he worked in good faith and in the hope of being given concession of the said land, according to a notarized act. In 1663, he abandoned this way of life due to hardships he and his family encountered and they returned to Québec City. He was a carpenter and became a renowned sculptor in wood.
Pierre Levasseur-dit-Lesperance dit Lespérance died 12 March 1694 at the Hôtel--Dieu de Québec.
To him and his brother Jean (John) we owe the formation of the first union in Québec, "the brotherhood of carpenters of Madame St. Anne." The objective of brotherhoods was to regroup workers of a same trade. Many carpenters came to Québec in the early days of colonization to construct buildings; since they were members of brotherhoods in France, they established similar groupings in their new homeland.
Only one of Pierre's sons had children, Pierre II. His two other sons, Antoine (Anthony) and François (Francis) were soldiers.
Notes for Jeanne Chaverlange:
"Filles à Marier", page 88, Jeanne Chaverlange was born about 1637 in the parish of Saint-Ursin in Bourges, Beny, the daughter of Antoine Chaverlange and Marthe Guérin.
On 25 October 1655, Jeanne married Pierre Levasseur-dit-Lesperance dit Lespérance in Québec City. No marriage contract has been found for this couple. It is not known whether Jeanne could sign her name, but her husband could.
Jeanne Chaverlange died at Québec City some time before the 1681 census.
Children of Pierre Levasseur-dit-Lesperance and Jeanne Chaverlange are:
6 i. Francoise-Madeleine3 Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 23 Jul 1656 in Québec City, QC; died 28 May 1733 in Montréal, QC. She married (1) Jean-Baptiste Gosset-dit-Buisson,(Guill.&Drouet) 10 Jun 1677 in Québec City, QC; born 03 Oct 1645 in St. Ouen de Pont Audemer, Normandie, France; died Bef. 1681 in Québec City, QC. She married (2) Pierre Busson, (Leonard & Elisabeth LaPlaine) 28 Apr 1689 in Montréal, QC; born about 1644 in Bourges (Indre); died 21 Apr 1724 in Montréal, QC.
+ 7 ii. Marguerite Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 22 Dec 1658 in Québec City, QC; died Aft. 11 May 1713 in Québec City, QC.
+ 8 iii. Pierre Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 30 Apr 1661 in Québec City, QC; died 03 Mar 1731 in Québec City, QC.
9 iv. Jeanne Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 20 Mar 1664 in Québec City, QC; died 18 Jun 1711 in Québec City, QC. She married Jean Rouillard-dit-Lariviere 04 Nov 1685 in Unknown, QC; born 23 Aug 1654 in Québec City, QC; died 23 Aug 1711 in Hôtel Dieu de Québec City, QC.
10 v. Felicite Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 20 Mar 1667 in Québec City, QC; died 14 May 1740 in Ste. Foy, QC. She married Pierre Hamel, (Jean & Marie Auvray) 17 Oct 1688 in Unknown, QC; born 14 Mar 1664 in Québec City, QC; died 25 Nov 1722 in Québec City, QC.
Notes for Pierre Hamel, (Jean & Marie Auvray):
In the 1666 Sillery census there is a 2 year old Pierre Hamel whose parents were Jean Hamel and Marie Auvray. His father Pierre and uncle Charles arrived in Canada in 1656 with their wives. Charles first wife died in France.
11 vi. Antoine Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 03 Sep 1669 in Québec City, QC; died Aft. 1681 in Unknown, QC.
12 vii. Francois Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 04 May 1672 in Québec City, QC; died 02 Mar 1711 in Ste. Foy, QC. He married Marie-Madeleine Larue, (Jean-Bap. & Jacq. Pin) 19 Dec 1694 in Unknown, QC; born 09 Feb 1673 in Sillery, QC; died 28 Oct 1727 in Unknown, QC.
Notes for Francois Levasseur-dit-Lesperance:
This couple did not have any children.
Generation No. 3
7. Marguerite3 Levasseur-dit-Lesperance (Pierre2, Noel1 Levasseur) was born 22 Dec 1658 in Québec City, QC, and died Aft. 11 May 1713 in Québec City, QC. She married Maximilien Chefdeville-dit-LaGarenne 06 Oct 1676 in Québec City, QC. He was born about 1644 in Orleanais, France, and died Aft. 11 May 1713 in Québec City, QC.
Child of Marguerite Levasseur-dit-Lesperance and Maximilien Chefdeville-dit-LaGarenne is:
13 i. Jacques4 Chefdeville-dit-LaGarenne, born 20 May 1686 in Montréal, QC; died 06 Oct 1754 in Québec City, QC. He married Marie-Anne Caille, (Jean Bap.& Marie Anne Hamel) 11 May 1713 in Québec City, QC; born 15 Feb 1685 in Québec City, QC; died 17 Feb 1751 in Québec City, QC.
8. Pierre3 Levasseur-dit-Lesperance (Pierre2, Noel1 Levasseur) was born 30 Apr 1661 in Québec City, QC, and died 03 Mar 1731 in Québec City, QC. He married (1) Marie-Madeleine Chapeau 28 Nov 1686 in Notre Dame de Québec City, QC (ct 03, Gilles Rageot), daughter of Pierre Chapeau and Madeleine Duval. She was born 11 Nov 1662 in Sillery, QC, and died 30 May 1695 in Québec City, QC. He married (2) Marie-Anne Menage 18 Mar 1696 in Notre Dame de Québec City, QC (ct 17, Genaple), daughter of Pierre Menage/Mesnage and Marie-Anne Leblanc. She was born 07 Nov 1676 in Québec City, QC, and died 28 Mar 1738 in Québec City, QC.
Notes for Pierre Levasseur-dit-Lesperance:
Pierre Levasseur-dit-Lesperance dit L'Espérance II was baptized on April 30, 1661. He married Madeleine Chappeau in Québec City on November 28, 1686. Together they had three children. Pierre II was widowed and remarried Anne Mesnage on March 18, 1696. Together they had 17 children and nearly half the Levasseur-dit-Lesperance family in North America owe their being to this couple.
Like his father, Pierre II was a carpenter. During the early years of Québec, Pierre II became a reputed sculptor. Other famous sculptors from the same family included Pierre-Noël (son of Pierre II and his first wife) Noël, Jean-Baptiste, Antoine and François-Noël, descendants of Pierre II. The Levasseur-dit-Lesperances frequently worked in collaboration with each another. In the account books of those years, one can read "paid to the Levasseur-dit-Lesperance for a tabernacle, a statue . . . " Noël Levasseur-dit-Lesperance's masterpiece is the Ursulines Chapel in Québec City which still remains today; the tabernacle and pulpit were carved in the early 1700's. Many other religious statues and church interiors in Québec City and l'Île d'Orléans were carved by the Levasseur-dit-Lesperance family and can be visited to this day.
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Marriage contract of Pierre Levasseur-dit-Lesperance II and Madeleine Chappeau: Before Gilles Rageot, notary, scrivener to the King (1), our Monarch, in the provost of Québec in New France, there were present in person, Pierre Chappeau, living in this country, inhabitant of this city, on St. Louis street; Madeleine Duval, his wife, duly and properly authorized for the purpose of these presents, in the name of and stipulating for Madeleine Chappeau, their daughter present herewith and consenting, on the first part; and Pierre Levasseur-dit-Lesperance. master joiner, living on St. Louis street, for himself and in his name, on the second part. Which parties acknowledge of their own free will in the presence and with the consent of their parents and friends assembled for this purpose, to wit : on the part of the said Chappeau, Duval and their daughter, Jean-Pierre Juineau, the mother's brother, Jean Chappeau and Romain Chappeau brothers of the said Madeleine Chappeau, Pierre and Joseph Maufet first cousins. On the part of the said Pierre Levasseur-dit-Lesperance : Pierre Levasseur-dit-Lesperance dit l'Espérance his father, Antoine Levasseur-dit-Lesperance his brother, Guillaume Roger (2) esquire and first bailiff of the Sovereign Council of this country first cousin through his wife, Noël et Charles Le Vasseur first cousins, Charles Hamel a cousin also through his wife; have recognized, avowed and entered into a treaty, promise and convention as follows, to wit : the said Pierre Chappeau and Duval his wife have promised and promise to give in name and law in marriage, the said Madeleine Chappeau, their daughter, present and accepting, to the said Pierre Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, who promised to take her as his wife and lawful spouse. As also the said Madeleine Chappeau promises to take as her husband and lawful spouse the said Pierre Levasseur-dit-Lesperance. This said marriage will be celebrated and solemnized before our Mother Holy, Catholic, Apostolic and Roman Church at their earliest convenience, having advised and deliberated amongst themselves, their said parents and friends. Should God and our Mother the Holy Church consent and agree thereto, the future married couple promise and obligate themselves to be one and common (3) in all the property they now have or which could come about, the immovable property they own on the day of their wedding according to the Custom of Paris (4) adopted in this land, the future spouses taking each other together with all their rights, names, reasons and actions, they presently have or which may become theirs through inheritance and donations. They will not be bound one or the other by debts incurred before the marriage. The future wife will be endowed with the customary jointure (5) or a one-time payment of four hundred livres (pounds) dowry, of her choosing. The said Chappeau and his wife have agreed, the one for the other, the one alone for all, without discord nor discussion, to the disclaimers needed in favour of the said marriage and as an advance to the said Madeleine Chappeau, their daughter, within six months from the date of their nuptials, the sum of one hundred and fifty livres in kind or notes, according to their possibilities, and this to be hers personally. By these presents, the said future spouses have made and make one to the other, the said daughter authorized by her parents who consent, have made and do make the promise of giving mutually "inter vivos" (6), all property acquired or to be acquired and owned by themselves on the day of their death to the survivor for him or her to enjoy or dispose as his or her own, as acquired legally, in the event no children are born from the marriage. The presents to be recorded within four months, according to the ordinance. The said parties have made and established their special and general attorney, the bearer of these presents, to whom they give authority and to require copy. Thus promising etc., obligating etc., waiving etc.
Done and passed in the said Québec in the house of the said Chappeau and his wife, in the afternoon of the third day of November, sixteen hundred and eighty-six, in the presence of Pierre Biron and Nicolas Métru, Hr (7) of the said provost, witnesses living in Québec, who, with the said future spouses, L'Espérance, Roger, the said Le Vasseur, Hamel, Jean Chappeau and we notary have signed, and the said Pierre Chappeau, Duval, Pierre Maufet, Romain Chappeau, etc. stated they could not write nor sign, after having been so questioned, according to the ordinance.
Translator's Notes
1. Note taker
2. Mgr is the abbreviation reserved in French for Monseigneur, a title used by a bishop, which Guillaume Roger is not. Also used as an honorary title appended to the name of one regarded as gentleman by birth, position or education. Hence the use of "esquire" here.
3. Co-ownership, mariage en communauté de biens in French modern parlance, is said more specifically about the partnership of property mutually held between husband and wife. The effect of the co-ownership is, that husband and wife mutually own personal property and real estate acquisitions taking place during the marriage and all personal property debts contracted before or during the mariage. In the common law of Paris and some others, it is stipulated in the marriage contracts that a certain sum of the dowry amounts, will become part of the co-ownership. The husband is the master of the co-ownership. A widow can waive co-ownership or can continue it with her children. It is necessary to compile an inventory of it, if it is desired to dissolve a co-ownership.
4. It was the Paris common law which was used in New France, but at that period, there were several other common laws in France, including those of Berry, Bourbonnais, Britanny, Maine, Normandie, etc.
5. The douaire or jointure is a sum of money which the husband assigns to his wife on marrying her, to be enjoyed by her (usufruct), during her life, its ownership to devolve on her children. Usufruct of a certain portion of the property of the husband, which the wife must take when she survives. The douaire coutumier or customary jointure is half of all the property which the husband has on the day of his marriage, and which obtains when no predetermined jointure has been stipulated.
6. The donation mutuelle (mutual gift) or entre vifs (between living persons) is one which the future husband and wife make to the survivor, out of pure liberality and without constraint. Such gifts are subject to being recorded (insinuation) within four months, by the ordonnances. Acceptance is of the essence where such inter vivos gifts are involved; without this formality, they are null and void.
7. Probably abbreviation for "huissier" (bailiff).
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One of Pierre II's sons, father François-Ignace was a priest. He practiced his ministry in Lotbinière, Champlain, Cap-de-la-Madeleine and l'Ange-Gardien.
Another son, Denis-Joseph was responsible for most of the Levasseurs who are from the Trois Rivières area. Like his father and grandfather, Denis-Joseph was a carpenter. However, since business was not very good in Québec, he moved to Trois Rivières where his brother was a priest. He married Jeanne-Charlotte Couturier from Saint-François-du-Lac on February 4, 1738. Together they had nine children.
Denis-Joseph realizing that his trade as a carpenter was not as rewarding as in his first years in Trois- Rivières, encouraged his children to become farmers. One of his boys, Joseph settled in Bécancour; François went to Saint-Angèle de Laval across the St. Lawrence River from Trois Rivières and Jean-Baptiste settled in St. Grégoire. Denis-Joseph died in Trois Rivières on October 15, 1792.
Another of Pierre II's sons, François-Louis dit Borgia, was a major builder. Many individuals whose name is Borgia owe their being to François-Louis Levasseur. It was customary in those days to name a newborn for a prominent saint. That is how the Borgia name came about in Canada.
Notes for Marie-Madeleine Chapeau:
She may be the daughter of Pierre Chapeau and Magdeleine DuVal in the 1666 Sillery census. If so she was 3 years old.
Children of Pierre Levasseur-dit-Lesperance and Marie-Madeleine Chapeau are:
14 i. Pierre4 Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 21 Aug 1687 in Québec City, QC; died 07 Jan 1691 in Québec City, QC.
15 ii. Marie-Madeleine Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 31 Aug 1689 in Québec City, QC; died 21 Nov 1711 in Québec City, QC.
16 iii. Pierre-Noel Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 28 Nov 1690 in Québec City, QC; died 12 Aug 1770 in Québec City, QC. He married Marie-Francoise-Agnes Lajoue 07 Jan 1719 in Québec City, QC; born 13 Jun 1700 in Québec City, QC; died 13 Oct 1773 in Québec City, QC.
Children of Pierre Levasseur-dit-Lesperance and Marie-Anne Menage are:
17 i. Marie-Anne4 Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 12 Feb 1697 in Québec City, QC; died 13 Jan 1703 in Québec City, QC.
18 ii. Marie-Jeanne Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 30 Oct 1698 in Québec City, QC; died 04 Jan 1703 in Québec City, QC.
19 iii. Francois Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 29 Jul 1700 in Québec City, QC; died 04 Jul 1747 in Québec City, QC. He married Marie-Madeleine Legris-dit-Lepine 05 Apr 1728 in Québec City, QC; born 05 Oct 1699 in Québec City, QC; died 16 Dec 1763 in Québec City, QC.
20 iv. Anne Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 05 Mar 1702 in Québec City, QC; died Bef. 1718 in Québec City, QC.
21 v. Pierre-Jacques Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 19 Nov 1703 in Québec City, QC; died 28 Feb 1779 in Boucherville, QC. He married (1) Marie-Anne Benard-dit-Carignan-Bourjoly 14 Nov 1729 in Boucherville, QC; born 03 Aug 1704 in Boucherville, QC; died 05 Jan 1731 in Boucherville, QC. He married (2) Marie-Anne Papin 26 Feb 1732 in Boucherville, QC; born 04 Nov 1702 in Boucherville, QC; died Bef. 28 Nov 1744 in QC. He married (3) Jeanne Lupien-dit-Baron 28 Nov 1744 in Montréal, QC; born about 1724 in Montréal, QC; died Bef. 02 Oct 1758 in QC.
22 vi. Barthelemy Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 15 Jan 1705 in Québec City, QC; died 08 Oct 1744 in Boucherville, QC. He married Marie-Louise Favreau-dit-Deslauriers 28 Apr 1732 in Boucherville, QC; born 30 May 1710 in Boucherville, QC; died 13 Aug 1787 in Boucherville, QC.
23 vii. Marie-Anne Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 16 Mar 1706 in Québec City, QC; died 20 Mar 1706 in Québec City, QC.
24 viii. Francois-Louis-Borgia Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 04 Apr 1707 in Québec City, QC; died 07 Feb 1780 in Québec City, QC. He married (1) Marie-Helene Moreau 02 May 1730 in Québec City, QC; born 02 Mar 1712 in Québec City, QC; died 15 May 1744 in Québec City, QC. He married (2) Marie-Josephe Gatien-dit-Tourangeau 27 Aug 1744 in Québec City, QC; born 29 Aug 1723 in Québec City, QC; died 23 Apr 1770 in Québec City, QC.
Notes for Francois-Louis-Borgia Levasseur-dit-Lesperance:
He was a major builder. Many individuals whose name is Borgia owe their being to François-Louis Levasseur-dit-Lesperance. It was customary in those days to name a newborn for a prominent saint. That is how the Borgia name came about in Canada.
25 ix. Francois-Ignace Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 03 Sep 1708 in Québec City, QC; died 20 Jul 1765 in L'Ancienne Lorette, QC.
Notes for Francois-Ignace Levasseur-dit-Lesperance:
He was a priest ordained on 18 Oct 1734. He practiced his ministry in Lotbinière, Champlain, Cap-de-la-Madeleine and l'Ange-Gardien.
26 x. Augustin-Alexis Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 26 Nov 1709 in Québec City, QC; died 13 Nov 1720 in Québec City, QC.
27 xi. Etienne Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 06 Jan 1711 in Québec City, QC.
28 xii. Denis-Joseph Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 11 Feb 1712 in Québec City, QC; died 14 Oct 1792 in Trois Rivières, St. Maurice, QC. He married Marie-Charlotte Couturier-dit-Labonte 04 Feb 1738 in St. François du Lac, Nicolet, QC; born about 1710 in St. François du Lac, Yamaska, QC; died 11 Oct 1797 in Trois Rivières, St. Maurice, QC.
Notes for Denis-Joseph Levasseur-dit-Lesperance:
Like his father and grandfather, Denis-Joseph was a carpenter. However, since business was not very good in Québec, he moved to Trois Rivières where his brother was a priest. He married Jeanne-Charlotte Couturier from Saint-François-du-Lac on February 4, 1738. Together they had nine children.
Denis-Joseph realizing that his trade as a carpenter was not as rewarding as in his first years in Trois- Rivières, encouraged his children to become farmers. One of his boys, Joseph settled in Bécancour; François went to Saint-Angèle de Laval across the St. Lawrence River from Trois Rivières and Jean-Baptiste settled in St. Grégoire. Denis-Joseph died in Trois Rivières on October 15, 1792.
29 xiii. Marie-Anne-Therese Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 25 Feb 1713 in Québec City, QC; died 08 Nov 1738 in Ste. Foy, QC. She married Philippe Hamel, (Charles & Angelique Levasseur) 10 May 1734 in Ste. Foy, QC; born 13 Apr 1702 in Ste. Foy, QC; died 13 Apr 1750 in Ste. Foy, QC.
Notes for Marie-Anne-Therese Levasseur-dit-Lesperance:
She had a child Naturel (out of marriage). Pierre born 30 Jan 1729 Québec City that died 23 July 1730. Its father was unknown.
30 xiv. Marie-Madeleine Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 23 Jul 1714 in Québec City, QC; died 04 Aug 1714 in Québec City, QC.
31 xv. Jean-Baptiste Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 19 Sep 1715 in Québec City, QC; died 03 Jun 1745 in Contrecoeur, QC. He married Marie-Angelique Favreau-dit-Deslauriers 02 May 1742 in Boucherville, QC; born 16 Dec 1720 in Boucherville, QC; died 30 Jun 1790 in Verchères, QC.
32 xvi. Francois-Didace Levasseur-dit-Lesperance, born 20 Oct 1717 in Québec City, QC; died 12 Jan 1744 in Québec City, QC.
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