Ancestors who came from France
ADRIEN ROUSSEL
Native of Cliponville in Normandy. Son of Adrien and Marie Marchand, born
about 1724. Marired Catherine Beaudry on 6-09-1757 in Montreal. Children:
Catherine (26-03-1758) died on 21-09-1758, Luc-Joseph (02-07-1759), Adrien
(13-12-1761) died on 07-06-1762, Adrien (31-10-1762), died on 02-02-1763
CHARLES
ROUSSEL
Native
of Lamballe in Brittany. Soldier of the Berry regiment, Prayseau company.
Died on 6-09-1757 at the Quebec General Hospital.
CHARLOTTE ROUSSEL
She was born about 1646 . Her parents
were Thomas Roussel and Barbe Poisson. She was a King's daughter. She
married Pierre Gauthier dit Saguingoira on November 12, 1668 after a marriage
contract was received by notary Benigne Basset on November 3, 1668. Pierre
and Charlotte had eight children and on August the 4th, 1689 when the Lachine
massacre occured, Charlotte was abducted by Iroquois and was never seen again.
She probably died in captivity.
ÉTIENNE ROUSSEL
Native of Saint-Jouan-des-Guérêts
in Brittany. He was sailor on the St. Lawrence River. We find him in the burials
register of Quebec City on 17-08-1748.
FRANÇOIS
ROUSSEL dit TRANCHEMONTAGNE
Was
born in Beaumont-le-Roger in Normandy, son of Jacques Roussel and Madeleine
Beauregard. On April 7, 1671 he married Marie Lafont (Madeleine) Pepin, daughter
of Guillaume and Jeanne Mechin, in Three Rivers. In 1681, they were living
in Boucherville, QC. Their daughter, Marie Marie born on 26-11-1676, married
to Gabriel Benoit dit Laforest, on 23-11-1693 in Three Rivers.
JEAN ROUSSEL
Native
of St. Malo in Brittany, son of François Roussel and Renée Legrand. Died on
31-07-1796 at the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec hospital and buried in the cimetary
of the poors the next day.
JEAN ROUSSEL dit LATULIPPE
Native
of Montauban in Brittany. Soldier in the company of Monsieur de Lavaltrie.
Died in Hotel Dieu hospital in Montreal on 25-08-1699.
LOUIS ROUSSEL
Native
of St. Malo in Brittany. He came to Ile Royale (Cape Breton island) and married
Marguerite Morice daughter of Louis and Catherine Rousseau in Louisbourg on
May 20, 1724. Il settled in La Baleine. The couple had many children: Toussaint
(13-07-1727), Pierre (13-11-1728), Antoine-Joseph 16-06-1730), Claude (12-06-1732
Décédé le 27-04-1752), Marie-Louise (14-12-1733). We know that the mother,
Marguerite Morice died in 1755 at La Baleine but we have not found any descendants
of that family.
MARGUERITE ROUSSEL
She
was born in 1656 in Mesnière en Bray (Rouen). She came to New France in 1670
with her parents Jean-Baptiste Roussel and Louise Meni and she was a King's
daughter. She married the first time in Québec City on September 29,
1673 to a soldier of the Carignan regiment named Mathurin Duchiron dit Deslauriers.
She engaged in a second marriage in Cap-St-Ignace on November 10, 1682 with
Etienne Burel a pastry cook. They had 5 children on Isle-aux-Grues and they
returned to France but after a few years, the family emigrated to Louisiana.
MATHIEU ROUSSEL
Native
of Rouen, Normandy. Son of Philippe and Genevieve Montpellier
Married on 30-08-1762 in Montreal to Marie-Angelique Morin
Married on 30-07-1771 to Geneviève Pineau. Originaire de Rouen en Normandie.
PIERRE ROUSSEL
Native of
Ouville-la-Riviere in Normandy. Born about 1642 1642, son of Pierre and Jacqueline
Patre. He married Barbe Loisel daughter of Louis and Madeleine Charlot. This
marriage was annuled on 25-09-1688 then he married Françoise Legantier en
1689.
YVES ROUSSEL
Native
of St. Malo in Brittany. Married to Elizabeth Couture in Quebec on 15-02-1779.
A certificate was delivered to him by Messire Hubert, Prieuré général of the
King as a proof of his freedom.