{"id":565,"date":"2017-07-10T18:40:41","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T18:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.familyhistory.bluenotegarden.com\/?p=565"},"modified":"2019-07-18T17:30:09","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T17:30:09","slug":"pierre-and-anne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/pierre-and-anne\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierre and Anne"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-os139-e15bd659c482bb6b8bb742d94047f9ca\">\n.avia-section.av-os139-e15bd659c482bb6b8bb742d94047f9ca{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/SableBourg-1030x423.jpg);\nbackground-position:0% 0%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-os139-e15bd659c482bb6b8bb742d94047f9ca main_color avia-section-no-padding avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  avia-full-stretch avia-bg-style-scroll av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-30 av-height-percent  container_wrap sidebar_right'  data-section-bg-repeat='stretch' data-av_minimum_height_pc='30' data-av_min_height_opt='percent'><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-565'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-565'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-njcal-dd79d31cf819fa5593e85fcb229a8ecb\">\n.flex_column.av-njcal-dd79d31cf819fa5593e85fcb229a8ecb{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-njcal-dd79d31cf819fa5593e85fcb229a8ecb av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-79ud1-8aa0087cf56ff357a8dea50be76a04ee\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-79ud1-8aa0087cf56ff357a8dea50be76a04ee{\npadding-bottom:10px;\nfont-size:36px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-79ud1-8aa0087cf56ff357a8dea50be76a04ee .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-79ud1-8aa0087cf56ff357a8dea50be76a04ee .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:36px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-79ud1-8aa0087cf56ff357a8dea50be76a04ee .av-subheading{\nfont-size:14px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-79ud1-8aa0087cf56ff357a8dea50be76a04ee .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-79ud1-8aa0087cf56ff357a8dea50be76a04ee .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-79ud1-8aa0087cf56ff357a8dea50be76a04ee av-special-heading-h3 blockquote classic-quote  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-inherit-size'><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Pierre and Anne<\/h3><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>1 February 2017<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-aa3ql-072597cf933f91e850543606d0291d19 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock image-border'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Our ancestor, Pierre Papin, arrived in New France with what is called La Grande Recrue\u2014The Great Recruitment\u2014of 1653. It is thought that without this dramatic expeditionary force, the new French settlement of Ville Marie\u2014what would become Montr\u00e9al\u2014would have failed.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_473\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Recrue_traversee350.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-473\" class=\"wp-image-473 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Recrue_traversee350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Recrue_traversee350.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Recrue_traversee350-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Recrue_traversee350-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Recrue_traversee350-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Recrue_traversee350-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A painting of the ships\u2019 passage for La Grande Recrue from France, across the Atlantic Ocean and then down the St. Lawrence River to Ville Marie, present-day Montr\u00e9al.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The fledgling colony was in dire straits by 1653. The group of 94 young recruits were strong and able-bodied, but illiterate, and most of them likely had poor prospects in France at the time. Louis XIV\u2014later the famous Sun King who built Versailles and other gilded royal palaces\u2014was still in his minority, and there were many civil and foreign wars and heavy tax burdens on the population. (Indeed, many years later the unrest would eventually erupt into the French Revolution in 1789, not too long after the American Revolution in 1776.)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Essentially, our ancestors were indentured economic migrants looking for a better future outside of France.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">However, in the New World, too, life as a combination soldier\u2014constantly fighting the Iroquois and later the British\u2014and land-clearer\/farmer was very hard, and quite a few of those original 94 either returned to France after their 3- or 5-year term of service was over, or they did not survive their years of service. Ultimately, only about 64 would be left in Canada to become the founding families from whom the great majority of French Canadians are descended.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_468\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MaisonGab_Interior.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-468\" class=\"wp-image-468 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MaisonGab_Interior.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MaisonGab_Interior.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MaisonGab_Interior-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MaisonGab_Interior-768x303.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MaisonGab_Interior-705x278.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MaisonGab_Interior-450x178.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An interior dormitory photo of the restored Maison St Gabriel in Montr\u00e9al.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_467\" style=\"width: 262px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MaisonGab_Ext.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-467\" class=\"wp-image-467 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MaisonGab_Ext.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An old photo of Maison St Gabriel before renovation and while still in operation as a working farm.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Soon, France realized that they would need to recruit women to also be settlers or their recruits would not stay to protect and farm the colony. Anne Pelletier dite Passavant, came on a ship carrying 102 women\u2014the first contingent of an estimated total of 700 Filles du Roi\u2014provided with dowries from the French King and under the guardianship of religious nuns. The women, mostly poor orphans or \u201cspare\u201d children from large, destitute families, stayed for varying lengths\u00a0 of time at Maison Saint-Gabriel under the tutelage of the teaching and nursing nuns who had earlier come to Quebec.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Pierre wasted no time: Anne arrived in Ville Marie in October of 1665 and he married her in December. They had 8 children in 16 years.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It would appear that our father, Paul Emile Pepin, was a veritable and true son of his family line. Like his ancestor, Pierre, he also turned out to be a land clearer and he constantly traded property and debts on land and labor\u2014if not crops and livestock\u2014both with others and with his own family members to pay the bills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Also like Paul Emile, Pierre was peripatetic\u2014he liked to move on to the next challenge\u2014so he dragged his 8 children with him to Ville Marie (today\u2019s Old City in Montr\u00e9al), then to the east near the fort of Pointe-aux Trembles, then across to the Isle St Th\u00e9r\u00e8se, and then across to the southern shore of the St Lawrence River in Boucherville where his son Gilles served as the Royal Surveyor. After his wife died, and he had secured guardianship and tutoring for his minor children, there is evidence in old records that he tried again to return to France to live out his last days, perhaps doing so in 1696. We cannot tell whether he ever did that for sure, but if he did, he came back again across the Atlantic and was later buried in Boucherville at the age of 86 in 1715. A tough old guy for sure!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_466\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/La_Grande_Recrue_de_1653.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-466\" class=\"wp-image-466 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/La_Grande_Recrue_de_1653-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/La_Grande_Recrue_de_1653-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/La_Grande_Recrue_de_1653-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/La_Grande_Recrue_de_1653-773x1030.jpg 773w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/La_Grande_Recrue_de_1653-529x705.jpg 529w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/La_Grande_Recrue_de_1653-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/La_Grande_Recrue_de_1653.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The plaque on the wall of the Chateau Ramezay in Place de La Dauversi\u00e8re in Vieux Montr\u00e9al, commemorating the 350th anniversary of La Grande Recrue in 2003.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The following is an excerpt, translated from the French by Lise Pepin Shostak, from a chapter on \u201cBiographies of Recruits of 1653\u201d from the published history Montr\u00e9al 1653: La Grande Recrue by Michel Langlois, Septentrion, 2003.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Papin, Pierre (1629 \u2013 1715)<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Papin sometimes written as Pappin or Pepin<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Baptized Sunday January 14, 1629 in the church of Notre-Dame of Sabl\u00e9-sur-Sarthe, diocese of Mans in Maine, France, son of Fran\u00e7ois Papin and Michelle Laigneau, from the borough of St-Nicolas of Sabl\u00e9-sur-Sarthe, this land clearer commits himself for 5 years in La Fl\u00e8che in front of notary De La Fousse, April 25, 1653, for recompense of 60 French pounds a year.\u00a0 He declares in front of notary Belliotte on June 20th that he has received from the Company of Montr\u00e9al 107 French pounds and 9 cents and 8 deniers in advance on his earnings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He departs St-Nazaire on April 30 and arrives in Montr\u00e9al on November 16, 1653. On September 1st, 1655 he receives from Monsieur de Maisonneuve 500 French pounds by promising to settle in Montr\u00e9al. At the end of his commitment he makes a deal with Lambert Closse. He promises that he will clear two acres of his land for 81 French pounds payable in his name to Monsieur de Maisonneuve and 39 French pounds extra for his labor. He tries to escape Montr\u00e9al in 1659 but is caught and returned to serve out his promise. On October 4, 1660, Lambert Closse leases all of his lands to him for six years for 60 bushels of wheat, 20 bushels of peas and corn and 10 bushels of barley per year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On Monday, December 14, 1665, Papin marries Anne Pelletier dit Passavant, daughter of Mathurin Pelletier and Catherine Lagneau from the parish of St-Pierre of Dreux. Eight children are born from this union. On December 29, 1666, Father Gilles Perrot sells to him a land of 30 acres near the [Mont Royal?] mountain for 40 French pounds. The 1667 census shows that he owns two acres of land. On September 25, 1667, he sells the land bought from one Pierre Richer to Urbain Tessier for 20 French pounds.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_471\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/pointe-aux-trembles-moulin-a-vent.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-471\" class=\"wp-image-471 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/pointe-aux-trembles-moulin-a-vent-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/pointe-aux-trembles-moulin-a-vent-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/pointe-aux-trembles-moulin-a-vent-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/pointe-aux-trembles-moulin-a-vent.jpg 485w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The oldest remaining windmill in the Montr\u00e9al area, at Pointe-aux-Trembles.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Afterwards he settles on land in Pointe-aux-Trembles. On June 30, 1675, he sells a three to four year old ox to Pierre Mallet in return for 14 days of work with 4 oxen for a period of three consecutive years. The 1681 census shows that he owns one rifle, four horned animals and ten\u00a0 acres of land. On October 10, 1684, he negotiates with Pierre Perthuis an annual payment of 8 French pounds, 1 cent and 6 deniers to cover the amount of 161 French pounds and 10 cents that he owes him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He buys a 60-acre concession on Ile Sainte-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se from Andr\u00e9 Trajot for 300 French pounds (that he promises to pay to Pierre Perthuis in the name of the seller) on May 30, 1685.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On December 12, 1686, his wife is buried in Pointe-aux-Trembles. On February 12, 1688, he sells his land on Ile Sainte-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se to his son for 460 French pounds.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On April 19, 1689, Papin is called to testify in a case involving Fran\u00e7oise Nadrot, wife of Michel Andr\u00e9 dit Saint-Michel, and the wife of Simon Davaux dit Boutentrain. On September 12, 1689, he owes Pierre Perthuis 289 French pounds, 7 cents and 4 deniers for some goods. On the same day he makes a request to appoint a guardian for his minor children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On September 13, 1689, he declares that when his wife died he had done an inventory of his possessions. He had among other things, 9 horned animals, 2 dozen poultry, 150 bushels of wheat, 40 bushels of peas and 60 bushels of oats. On the following September 30, Andr\u00e9 Demers, the guardian of Pierre Papin\u2019s two minor children, evaluated the goods at 1,142 French pounds and 4 cents and proceeded to the division of the estate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">His eldest, unmarried son, Pierre, is killed by the English in October 1690. On November 15, 1690, he sells the land on Ile Sainte-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se, previously owned by Pierre, to his son Gilles for 600 French pounds. On January 9, 1691, he gives his house and land in Pointe-aux-Trembles to his son Gilles on condition that he takes care of his sisters Susanne and Isabelle and his brother Fran\u00e7ois until they reach 14 years of age and to also take care of him until his death. A further condition is that Gilles bequeath his brother and each of his minor sisters and brothers 166 French pounds, 13 cents and 4 deniers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The following June 18, Papin reaches an agreement with his son Gilles regarding the yearly pension that he must pay him. His son agrees to give him an annual amount of 105 French pounds. However, they cancel this agreement on January 8, 1696 and revert back to the original agreement of January 9, 1691. Following this agreement, they settle their accounts, and his son only owes him 10 French pounds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On January 18, 1706, Raymond Martel, Lord of Lachenaie orders the seizure of Gilles\u2019 assets which Papin contests. The next day, Papin gives power of attorney to the \u201cbearer\u201d(?)\u00a0 to administer his affairs. On September 29, 1709, Papin and his son Gilles rent their land in Boucherville to Jean-Paul Lalouette for 3 years for half of his grains and a lien on his animals and vegetables.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Papin dies in Boucherville on April 8, 1715 where he is buried the next day at the age of 86 according to the Register.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_459\" style=\"width: 1040px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2006_Boucherville_eglise.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-459\" class=\"wp-image-459 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2006_Boucherville_eglise.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2006_Boucherville_eglise.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2006_Boucherville_eglise-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2006_Boucherville_eglise-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2006_Boucherville_eglise-705x520.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2006_Boucherville_eglise-450x332.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of historic quarter of Boucherville today across from Montr\u00e9al on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It is difficult to picture the distances between locations where Pierre and Anne worked and lived because the old maps from that time are difficult to read. However, below is a map from a later time that shows in a relatively clear way the most important sites in their lives:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/BestMapLate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-543 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/BestMapLate-1030x840.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/BestMapLate-1030x840.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/BestMapLate-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/BestMapLate-768x627.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/BestMapLate-705x575.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/BestMapLate-450x367.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/BestMapLate.jpg 1070w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To the right center is Ville Marie, today\u2019s downtown Montr\u00e9al, where Pierre and Anne married in the Notre Dame Church. Further up into the right hand corner is Pointe-aux-Trembles (\u201ctrembles\u201d in English are aspen trees\u2014as in \u201cquaking aspens\u201d); its parish church L\u2019Enfant Jesus where Anne and her eldest son Pierre are buried; the stone mill tower pictured earlier (Moulin), the Isle of Sainte Th\u00e9r\u00e8se; Boucherville on the opposite shore of the St Lawrence river across from the Pointe-aux-Trembles (where Pierre Papin is buried and Jean-Michel lives today); and the Maison Saint Gabriel just south of Ville Marie where Anne would have first stayed after her journey and before her marriage. The shaded, oval shapes near Ville Marie are prominent landmarks on the island, the Mont Royal mountains; and St. Laurent is to the north-west.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Keep in mind that when Pierre and Anne arrived there were less than 150 people in Ville Marie. By the time Anne died in 1686 there were nearly 1,000 and by the time Pierre died in 1715 there were over 2,000.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">While life was difficult, the sharp growth of the population meant there were many opportunities. By 1820 there were over 25,000 people and by 1885 approximately 150,000. During the 20th century growth continued at an even faster pace until Montr\u00e9al counted 1,500,000 inhabitants in 2001. The city celebrates its 375th anniversary in 2017.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Looking back with a few more photos, this is a recent photo of a typical house from the 17th century in the historic sector of Boucherville, perhaps something like Pierre and Gilles may have built for their families:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Boucherville_History.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-462 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Boucherville_History.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"357\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Boucherville_History.jpg 357w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Boucherville_History-300x118.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/a>Humble, yes, but solid and long-lasting as the rocks they were built with. At the same time, they would have also been able to remember some very grand structures from their childhoods in Europe, which possibly helps explain the impulse towards building the many great churches in Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nave of Anne\u2019s parish church in Dreux, France, not far from the Chartres Cathedral, is below. Built during the 13th-17th centuries, many of the stained glass windows, as well as the baptismal font, and organ breastwork\u2014and many gargoyles!\u2014were there when Anne attended Mass.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/eglise_st_pierre_dreux_c_jean_cardoso.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-464 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/eglise_st_pierre_dreux_c_jean_cardoso.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/eglise_st_pierre_dreux_c_jean_cardoso.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/eglise_st_pierre_dreux_c_jean_cardoso-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/eglise_st_pierre_dreux_c_jean_cardoso-768x687.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/eglise_st_pierre_dreux_c_jean_cardoso-705x631.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/eglise_st_pierre_dreux_c_jean_cardoso-450x403.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/AnneGargoyle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-460 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/AnneGargoyle-773x1030.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/AnneGargoyle-773x1030.jpg 773w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/AnneGargoyle-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/AnneGargoyle-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/AnneGargoyle-529x705.jpg 529w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/AnneGargoyle-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/AnneGargoyle.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DreuxStPierre.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-463 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DreuxStPierre.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DreuxStPierre.jpg 356w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DreuxStPierre-178x300.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The neighborhood Pierre was born in is very close to the church and the River Sarthe. It remains marked with the name of faubourg St. Nicholas as it was in his time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/SableBourg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-474 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/SableBourg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/SableBourg.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/SableBourg-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/SableBourg-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/SableBourg-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/SableBourg-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a>Pierre\u2019s parish church in Sabl\u00e9-sur-Sarthe is gone because of structural deterioration but many of the stained glass dating from his time there are in the church that stands on the same site.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PierreChurch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-469 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PierreChurch-773x1030.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PierreChurch-773x1030.jpg 773w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PierreChurch-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PierreChurch-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PierreChurch-529x705.jpg 529w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PierreChurch-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PierreChurch.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PierreStainedGlass.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-470 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PierreStainedGlass-773x1030.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PierreStainedGlass-773x1030.jpg 773w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PierreStainedGlass-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PierreStainedGlass-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PierreStainedGlass-529x705.jpg 529w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PierreStainedGlass-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PierreStainedGlass.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Still there, too, is the great abbey of Solesmes\u2014but that is another story for another time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Solesmes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-475 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Solesmes-1030x773.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Solesmes.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Solesmes-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Solesmes-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Solesmes-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Solesmes-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Anne, and her eldest son Pierre, were buried in Pointe-aux-Trembles, in the cemetery of the Church of L\u2019Enfant Jesus\u2014she in 1686 and he in 1690 . There is unlikely to be any marker of the burial site but that might be worthwhile to confirm. The church that was built in 1705 to replace an earlier wooden structure\u2014the building where Anne and her children would have attended Mass and other services\u2014burned in 1937. (More wood was used in construction in outlying settlements like Pointe-aux-Trembles than in Montr\u00e9al where stone became the material of choice due to concerns of fire in the dense urban districts.) In the accompanying photo below you can see the stone ruins after the fire and, in the near distance, the St. Lawrence River.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/EnfantJesus_Point-a-T.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-465 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/EnfantJesus_Point-a-T.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/EnfantJesus_Point-a-T.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/EnfantJesus_Point-a-T-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/EnfantJesus_Point-a-T-450x314.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>Pierre Papin was buried in the crypt or cemetery of the Church of Sainte-Famille of Boucherville. Again, it is unlikely that there is any marker remaining of his burial site but that might be worthwhile to confirm. The present church, built in 1801, is the third on the same site. In a survey dated 1724, the lands Pierre and Gilles owned in Boucherville are close by.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ste-Famille_crypte.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-477 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ste-Famille_crypte-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ste-Famille_crypte-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ste-Famille_crypte-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ste-Famille_crypte.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ste-Famille_crypte-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ste-Famille_crypte-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ste-Famille_Boucherville.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-476 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ste-Famille_Boucherville-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ste-Famille_Boucherville-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ste-Famille_Boucherville-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ste-Famille_Boucherville-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ste-Famille_Boucherville-450x444.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ste-Famille_Boucherville.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our ancestor, Pierre Papin, arrived in New France with what is called La Grande Recrue\u2014The Great Recruitment\u2014of 1653. It is thought that without this dramatic expeditionary force, the new French settlement of Ville Marie\u2014what would become Montr\u00e9al\u2014would have failed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pepin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1747,"href":"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565\/revisions\/1747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bluenotegarden.com\/familyhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}