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THE BOISSONNEAU FAMILY
All of the information on this website is cited where possible. When it is not vetted there will be no citation and that information is a theory. If anyone is able to prove or disprove the information stated, I am most happy to make changes as long as that information can be verified.
For those of you who are francophones please understand. I have used google translate to put the information into french as it is not my maternal language and, therefore there are most certainly linguistic errors. I wanted to share my research to those who might benefit. Most of you are probably french speaking so it might make it easier to comprehend. I hope you are not offended by my translations, and benefit from my research.
St-Surin-d'Uzet - Moulin
​​​JEAN BOISSONNEAULT (1615-1669)
Occupation: Farmer
Jean Boissonneault and his wife, Jeanne Cochin were the parents of Vincent Boissonneault and the family's last link to France. Vincent, Jean's son came to Quebec in 1665, and never returned to his family and his birthplace.
Jean was born in the parish of Saint-Seurin de Montagne France, Diochese of Saintes in 1615. Saintes was in the historic region known as Saint Onge situated in the Bordeau region and close to a river and the Atlantic Ocean. This is where Vincent took his "dit name".
Jean had died before Vincent's wedding in 1669 according the notaries statement, therefore not long after his son had sailed for Nouvelle France.
A descendant went to St-Surin d'Uzet (France) in June, 1998 and I discoverd what he described as a beautiful village. A small maritive village in the province of Saint Onge, it is the "caviar" capital .
Vincent Nicolas Boissonneault left for Canada in 1665 never to return. In 1674 the original village burned to the ground taking with it all the parrish registers.
Charante Maritime -- France
JEANNE COCHIN
(1605-1669)
Jeanne Cochin was born April 12, 1605, to Michelle Guillon and Jean Cocquen (Cochin). Her parents were twenty-one and twenty-five at the time of the birth.
Her birth is recorded in St Surin de Mortagne, France, and her baptism in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France.
Jeanne and Jean Boissonneau were married in Duzey, Meuse, France in 1635 when she was thirty years of age.
Their son Vincent Nicolas Boissonneau dit Saintonge was born in 1637 in Duzey, Meuse, France.
At the age of sixty-three and after thirty-four years of marriage Jeanne was widowed in 1669. Her mother Michelle also passed away the same year, in Acigné, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France, at the age of 86.
On October fourteenth in 1669 Jean died in St Seurin Duzet, Gironde, Saintonge, France at the age of sixty four years.
Citations
(1) M. Boissonneau Jean/Cochin Jeanne Quebec, Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection), 1608-1890 Volume: Vol. 1 Sect. 1 : A-Hel; Page: 64
(2) B.1605 Cochin JeanneUpper Brittany, France Births & Baptisms, 1501-1907 ABGH Parchemin; Rennes, France; B_Rennes_St Germain_1.xls
Also mentioned: Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec (René Jetté, Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 1983) Vol 1 Sect. 1 : A - Hel Image Image 108 (husband and family) and 180 (as wife of Vincent).
Any evidence of the Boissonneault heritage has long since disappeared.
Some of the information in the life of Jeanne Cochin below cannot be vetted as to the death of Jean Boissonneau or his parents.