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• Name: Jean Vredon
• _UID: 857B6B7EB52C43FC90E2BD2A4FADAA38405C
• Residence: Bef 1667, Souvigne, France
• Census: 1667, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Occupation: 1672, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 24 Jul 1673, LaPrairie, Quebec, Canada
• Death: Bef 20 Dec 1678
• Occupation: 1689, Lachine, Quebec, Canada
• Residence: 1689

Notes:

Residence:
His family was from Souvigne (either in the arrondissement and diocese of Angouleme, Angoumois or in the arrondissement of Niort, diocese of Poitiers, Poitou).

Census:
He is found in the household of Jacques LeBer at Montreal. Jean Vredon is a servant and 25 years of age.

Occupation:
He was a plowman.

Land:
The Jesuit Jacques Fremin, head of the administration of Prairie de la Magdeleine, granted to Jean Verdon an area of forty arpents, comprising about two arpents in frontage by twenty deep, beginning at the standing wood, His neighbors were Antoine Rolleau (Rousseau) and the south side and Jean Inard on the north.
Jean had to pay to the administration of Laprairie two liards (half -farthings) per year for each of the forty arpents, this being twenty sols in land rent and two live capons or their value, and two deniers for the cens for the whole concession. He had to build lodging, clear constantly and incessantly, maintain the public roads deemed necessary and to have his grain ground at the seigneurial mill. The administration also stated "and when the said Verdon asks for a day off work to cut wood in order to build we will give him permission with respect to the spot which he will mark and as there is a prairie between the standing wood and the great river all along the said coast to being at a place called the marigot, we give the said prairie to being at the said marigot in common into perpetuity to all the residents of the said coast of saint Lambert on condition that they pay us every years on the first day of december five sols per beast that they pasture there, the calves of seven or eight months excepted.."
The notary only indicated where it began; at "le marigot" or the small marsh formed by a stream whose mouth is lost in the middle of the fruit trees and wild oats, twenty-five arpents from the river Saint-Jacques.

Death:
It is indicated in a rider to a contract made by Pierre Richer dated 2 March 1705 and recorded in the margin of act written by Antoine Adhemar on 23 August 1699, that Jean Verdon died before 20 December 1678, the date of the inventory of his property.

Occupation:
He was a "labourer".

Residence:
Prairie de la Madeleine

Jean married Marguerite Richer on 19 Sep 1672 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Marguerite (daughter of Pierre Richer and Anne Maricourt) was born about 1650 in Saint Martin sur Renelle, Rouen, Normandy, France; died before 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Additonal information: Lachine, Quebec, Canada
• _UID: 01EC6ABE510D4388A0C47577AB7572C0E033
• Godparents: 10 Jan 1676/77, LaPrairie, Quebec, Canada
• Adopted: 24 Jun 1679

Notes:

Additonal information:
Marie Marguerite was living in Lachine, never having followed her adoptive parents to Bout-de-l'Isle (Saint-Anne-de-Bellevue). Her adopted father, Mathurin Lievre, died in 1683 and her adopted mother, Marguerite Jasselin, had remarried in 1684 to Nicolas Lemoine.

Godparents:
Her godparents were Pierre Poupar and Marie Mothier.

Adopted:
Marie Marguerite's father's death left his family without resources. On 17 June 1679 the following act of adoption was signed by Claude Maugue.

The year one thousand six hundred seventy-nine the seventeenth day of June appeared in our study in our presense Jean Baptiste Migeon bailiff of the island of Montreal, Mathurin Le Lievre of the upper island of Montreal and resident of the upper Island on his concession, who is motivated and driven by Christian and charitable desire, stated to us that because he saw Marie-Marguerite Verdon, daughter of the late Jean Verdon resident of the coast of Saint-Lambert belonging to Laprairie de la Magdeleine a young orphan being only about three years old and abandoned and relinquished by her mother in flight and nearly all others and having little property is in the care of Jean Magnan who has had the said minor at his home for five or six months, came to us to complain that he could neither feed her nor support her not having any sous and that he himself had a rather large family, that he was in the process of adopting her and keeping her in his house as if she were his own daughter permitting us to take care of raising her feeding and supporting and instructing her in our Catholic apostolic and roman religion and even if he could to send her to school in order to give her the best education that will be possible for her and that through this charity and also when she will have been separated from their care by marriage or otherwise to continue to provide for her so favorably that he will advance to her the old clothes and this as his own daughter and to treat her in this capacity until the said time since God did not give him any children for the three years that he is committed in the marriage and that he believes that his wife will not have any.
One week later, Marguerite Jasselin, thirty years old and wife of Mathurin Le Lievre, came to ratify the act of adoption herself and promised that she would take good care of Marguerite Verdon who until that day was in the care of the tailor Jean Magnan.

Died:
noted age 88 years

Marie married Jean Desforges dit St. Maurice on 14 Feb 1688/89 in Lachine, Quebec, Canada. Jean (son of Jean Desforges dit St. Maurice and Anne Bernard) was born about 1654; was buried on 26 Nov 1734 in Montreal (Basilique Notre Dame), Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 75A3FF6E8A3A4AD0AF3B48F2B3D6C1CA9BA8
• Legal Matter: 30 Jul 1699, Ville Marie, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

Adopted:
Pierre, like his sister Marguerite, had been left in the care of neighbors, Jean Magna dit Lesperance and Marie Moitie, after the death of his father Jean Verdon and the departure of his mother.

Legal Matter:
At the ratification of an agreement between the Jesuit seigneurs and the heirs of Jean Verdon, concerning the land at la prairie Saint-Lambert, Jean Desforges, appearing with Marguerite Verdon, acted as the guardian of his brother-in-law Pierre

Pierre married Marie Anne Laverti on 6 Nov 1702 in Lachine, Quebec, Canada. Marie died on 18 Feb 1759 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 19 Feb 1759 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Marie married Jean Baptiste Prevert on 16 Nov 1710 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Jean and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married Francois Picard on 25 Jan 1727/28 in New France. Francois and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married Pierre Stebre on 24 Nov 1729 in New France. Pierre and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Marie Anne Desforges
• _UID: 89A8E3CABDB0413384275C080297BF496FEA

Notes:

Died:
noted age 80 years

Anne married Pierre Lefoureur on 9 Sep 1718 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Pierre and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Jean Claude Desforges
• Reference Number: 852
• _UID: 337DD896267640AEAFAB4490F72BA5892626
• Godparents: 6 Oct 1696, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

Godparents:
His godparents were Claude Pothier and Louise Maignan dit Lesperence.

Died:
noted age 72 years

Jean married Marie Madeleine Menard on 3 Nov 1722 in Boucherville, Chambly, Quebec, Canada. Marie (daughter of Catherine Menard) was born on 7 Aug 1698 in Boucherville, Chambly, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 9 Aug 1698 in Boucherville, Chambly, Quebec, Canada; died on 26 Dec 1776 in Lachine, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 28 Dec 1776 in Lachine, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

Christened:
Conditionally baptized at home by his grandfather Pierre Richer.

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• _UID: C0A880DB814C4C3F8ACF22CAA4124181D8F6

Notes:

Died:
26 years old at time of death.

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• _UID: B4FCA83CB44647C1AB9925B001E4DA88F602

Notes:

Birth:
Born on the coast of Notre-Dame des Neiges.

Buried:
12 years old at time of death.

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• Name: Paul Desforges
• _UID: DEFD8EA8DB7B49EA85B282F677AE6077459D

Notes:

Birth:
Born on the coast of Notre-Dame des Neiges.

Died:
noted age 68 years

Paul married Marie Jeanne Tartre dit Lariviere on 12 Jul 1726 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Marie died on 26 Mar 1779 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 27 Mar 1779 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 0BA75851D4F94DA5A0F21B436E5AB70A93A5

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Died:
noted age 60 years

Marie married Bernard Bondit Rochefort on 7 Jan 1725/26 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Bernard and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married Nicolas Genot dit Lagrenade on 26 Oct 1761 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Nicolas and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Francoise Madeleine Desforges
• Name: Marie Madeleine Francoise Desforges
• _UID: CC1B1D84F8574D269CEDF4D08C9F0306CB90

Notes:

Died:
noted age 100 years

Madeleine married Jean Baptiste Laporte on 3 Oct 1738 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Jean and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: AC4EF7E3A6694A7FB4A84284B839DD43DFE1

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Died:
noted age 30 years

Genevieve married Hugues Pierre Huart on 17 Jul 1731 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Hugues and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Pierre Desforges
• _UID: CD2844C587F64E02B9759A42265557A047AB

Notes:

Died:
noted age 78 years

Pierre married Marie Anne Cardinal on 1 Jul 1748 in Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada. Marie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 13DAAD3A48754EDE9946F738B55DE808CDF6

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• Name: Jean Marie Desforges
• _UID: 5BF789B69D494E7483573A26735AAA3B2580

Notes:

Died:
noted age 68 years

Jean married Marie Louise Riviere on 3 Feb 1738/39 in Boucherville, Chambly, Quebec, Canada. Marie (daughter of Jacques Riviere and Catherine Menard) was born on 23 Dec 1715 in St. Francois de Sales, Ile Jesus, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 24 Dec 1715 in St. Francois de Sales, Ile Jesus, Quebec, Canada; died on 27 Aug 1781 in St. Eustache, Deux Montagnes, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 28 Aug 1781 in St. Eustache, Deux Montagnes, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 4D735A5563C1443EB1F46CEBD6A62ECD8855

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• _UID: 61B8520F0F4949D4928394D17920E8E5CFE7

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• Name: Jean Desforges dit St. Maurice
• Name: Jean Francois Desforges
• Reference Number: 426
• _UID: 95785C78357A40FCABB5208F163D712ECD83
• Godparents: 11 Aug 1723, Boucherville, Chambly, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

Godparents:
His god parents were Francois Riviere and Francois Benar.

Francois married Marie Josephe Martin dit Ladouceur on 27 Jan 1743/44 in St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada. Marie (daughter of Jean Baptiste Martin dit Ladouceur and Anne Gauthier) was born on 20 Aug 1722 in St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 24 Aug 1722 in St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: A00FDF91D07C495F91F5BD06FC824D96BD22

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• _UID: CEC0CBCB774D42C690E15FB808F9419B5597

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Christened:
L'act est date du mois de juin mais d'apres le contexte il s'agit manifestement d'une erreur.