Genealogy of the French in North America

Main reference, state of the art, credits

ABBADIE de SAINT-CASTIN, Jean Vincent

MADOKAWANDO, Mathilde (a native woman)

To be tested

ADHÉMAR de LANTAGNAC, Gaspard

MARTIN de LINO, Geneviève Françoise

Fully documented

DGO, vol. 1

AMIOT, Mathieu

MIVILLE, Marie

See Couvent, Anne

BAILLON, Catherine

MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES, Jacques

Fully documented

• MSGCF, vol. 48, no. 3, p. 190-216 (fall 1997), De Catherine Baillon à Charlemagne, by René Jetté, John Patrick DuLong, Roland-Yves Gagné, Gail F. Moreau

• Table d'ascendance de Catherine Baillon, by René Jetté, John P. DuLong, Roland-Yves Gagné, Gail F. Moreau and Joseph A. Dubé
  
  Those lines were rejected: by Marle only, by Thiembronne and by Braque and Montmorency.  The new proposed lines are well documented.

• Lines in the database were accepted

BAZIN, Marie Louise Élisabeth

AMIOT, Jean Baptiste

Fully documented (line based on that of Catherine de Baillon)

BAZIN, Pierre

FORTIER, Thérèse

Fully documented (line based on that of Catherine de Baillon)

BELLEAU (de), Catherine

MORIN, Jean Baptiste

Looks like correct

BOILEAU, Marguerite

Jean SERREAU dit SAINT-AUBIN (1663)

Fully documented

MSGCF, vol. 74, no 2, p. 91-108; L'Ancêtre, vol. 50, no 344, p. 17-24

• MSGCF, vol. 74, no. 2, p. 91-108 (Summer 2023), "Les soeurs Boyleau, descendantes de Pierre de Portebise", Jonathan Chénier-Daoust, Paul Delaney, and John P. DuLong;

• L'Ancêtre: Revue de la Société de généalogie de Québec, 50, no. 344, p. 17-24 (Fall 2023):. "Ascendance des sœurs Boyleau jusqu'à Henri III d'Angleterre", Jonathan Chénier-Daoust, Paul Delaney, and John P. DuLong,

BOILEAU, Marie

Isaac DELAVANT (1667); Pierre CHAUVIN (1668); Simon CHAMBERLAN (1669); Jean JOLIN (1690)

Fully documented, see her sister Marguerite Boileau

MSGCF, vol. 74, no 2, p. 91-108; L'Ancêtre, vol. 50, no 344, p. 17-24

BRISAY de DENONVILLE (de), Jacques René

COURTIN, Catherine

Looks like correct

CHAUVIGNY (de), Marie Madeleine (Madame de la Peltrie)

Charles de GRUEL (1622)

Fully documented

See Catherine de Corday

CORDAY (de), Catherine

René LEGARDEUR du TILLY (1599)

Fully documented

MSGCF, vol. 73, no 3, p. 175-188

MSGCF, vol. 73, no 3, p. 175-188 (Fall 2022), "Généalogie ascendante de Catherine de Corday à Louis VII, roi de France", Jonathan Chénier-Daoust and John P. DuLong.

COUAGNE (de), Charles (4021)

According to Claude Crégheur who found the baptism in Clion, all the De Coigne of that time and area are from the same family. According to Denis Beauregard, this lineage reaches later the Sully and Guillaume le Conquérant. Under study in 2021.

COUVENT, Anne

AMIOT, Philippe

Fully documented

MSGCF, vol. 58, no. 1, p. 17-58

MSGCF, vol. 58, no. 1, p. 17-58 (Spring 2007), Les origines de Philippe Amiot (Hameau), de son épouse Anne Couvent et de leur neveu Toussaint Ledran, by Roland-Yves Gagné and Laurent Kokanosky

The lineage by Jean-Antoine de LONGUEVAL, chevalier d'Haraucourt, and Anne de MARIDOR is rejected.

Lineages in the database were accepted

D'AIGNEAUX D'OUVILLE, Michel

LAMY, Marie

Fully documented

MSGCF, vol. 52, no. 2, p. 95

MSGCF, vol. 52, no. 2, p. 95 (Summer 2001), L'ascendance de Michel d'Aigneaux d'Ouville, by Roland-Yves Gagné, Paul Leportier

D'AILLEBOUST, Charles

LE GARDEUR, Catherine

To be tested

MSGCF, vol. 51, no. 1, p. 71-85

A line by the Picquigny to Louis VI was proposed in 2002.

The line by the Menteith is not continuous and thus deleted. See MSGCF, vol. 51, no. 1, p. 71-85 (Spring 2000), Qui était Jehan de Monteth, écuyer, seigneur d’Argentenay, ancêtre des d’Ailleboust ? (Roland-Yves Gagné)

D'AILLEBOUST, Louis

BOULLOUGNE (de), Barbe

To be tested

See Charles D'AILLEBOUST

D'AMOURS, Élisabeth

CHARTIER, Louis Théandre

To be tested

MSGCF, vol. 32, no. 2, p. 95

MSGCF, vol. 32, no. 2, p. 95 (April, May, June 1981), Y-a-t-il des personnages historiques parmi nos ancêtres?, by Aimé Trottier

D'AMOURS, Mathieu

MARSOLAIS, Marie

To be tested

MSGCF, vol. 32, no. 2, p. 95 (see Élisabeth D'AMOUR)

DANDURAND dit MARCHE-À-TERRE, Antoine

Marie VÉRIEUL (1696)

Fully documented

Web Site https://conversationsancetres.wordpress.com/ articles 180-185; Gilles Brassard; Jonathan Chénier-Daoust; Martin Goyette; Stéphane Delanoue

FALKENBERG, Baron Gehrard Knut Alfrid, general consulate of Sweden and Norway in Québec (1819-1873), x 1842-07-17

KIMBALL, Elizabeth (1814-1877)

To be tested

Received from Jean Bunot, according to the web site of Tim Falkenberg

GANNES, François de

NAFRECHOU, Marguerite

Looks like correct

DGO, vol. 1, p. 41

DGO, vol. 1, p. 41, from works by Jean-Marie Germe, more particularly AGCF, no. 1, 1995, p. 36.

GANNES, Georges de

COUAGNE, Marguerite de

Looks like correct

DGO, vol. 1, p. 41 (see François de Gannes)

GANNES, Louis Joseph de

DENIS, Barbe; LEGARDEUR, Louise; LENEUF, Marguerite

Looks like correct

DGO, vol. 1, p. 41 (see François de Gannes)

GARNIER, Charles

VÉZINA Louise (1664)

Fully documented

MSGCF, vol. 71, no 2, p. 91-107 (table p. 103) (Summer 2020), Les origines de Charles Garnier (Grenier) 8e partie, by Roland-Yves Gagné

GUÉRET dit DUMONT, Jacques

TARDIF, Anne

Looks like correct, reliable searcher

Internet Message

Message De Meherenc de Montmirel royal gateway- new, posted to the newsgroup news:soc.genealogy.medieval by  Jean Bunot, Date: 26 Jan 2004 08:46:40 -0800
(newsgroups are available from Google groups)

This follows a search published in The Genealogist (6) 37-39, by Vivian Santerre then DGO, vol. 1, continued by an article in MSGCF, vol. 52, no 2 (Summer 2001), De Dumont à Bouchard de Méhérenc!, by Alain Contant

HOTESSE, Paul

WABERT, Marie Élisabeth; TOUPIN, Madeleine;

CARON, Marie Anne

To be tested

Some Web sites, RD600

LACORNE de CHAPT (de), Jean Louis

Marie PÉCAUDY de CONTRECOEUR (1695)

Probable

LAVAL (de), Mgr François

(unmarried)

Probable

LEDRAN, Toussaint

MENACIER, Louise

See Couvent, Anne, his aunt.

LEGARDEUR de REPENTIGNY, Marguerite

Jacques LENEUF (1630)

Fully documented

See Catherine de Corday

LEGARDEUR de REPENTIGNY, Pierre

Marie FAVERY (1629)

Fully documented

See Catherine de Corday

LEGARDEUR du TILLY, Charles

Geneviève JUCHEREAU de MAURE (1648)

Fully documented

See Catherine de Corday

LEGOUÈS, Louis Joseph

LEGARDEUR de LISLE ou de TILLY, Marguerite

Looks like correct

Jean Bunot

LE MARCHAND, Jeanne

LE NEUF, Mathieu

Fully documented

MSGCF, vol. 51, no. 3, p. 209-226

MSGCF, vol. 51, no. 3, p. 209-226 (Fall 2000), Les Le Neuf : état des connaissances, by René Jetté, Roland-Yves Gagné, John Patrick DuLong, Paul Leportier

LE NEUF, Anne

DESROSIERS, Antoine

Fully documented

MSGCF, vol. 51, no. 3, p. 209-226 (see Jeanne LE MARCHAND)

LE NEUF, Jacques

LE GARDEUR, Marguerite

Fully documented

MSGCF, vol. 51, no. 3, p. 209-226 (see Jeanne LE MARCHAND)

LE NEUF, Marie

GODEFROY, Jean

Fully documented

MSGCF, vol. 51, no. 3, p. 209-226 (see Jeanne LE MARCHAND)

LE NEUF, Marie Anne

ROBINEAU, René

Fully documented

MSGCF, vol. 51, no. 3, p. 209-226 (see Jeanne LE MARCHAND)

LE NEUF, Michel

Unknown (likely a child born out of wedlock)

Fully documented

MSGCF, vol. 51, no. 3, p. 209-226 (see Jeanne LE MARCHAND)

LEPOUTREL, François

(never married)

Fully documented

MSGCF, vol. 51, no. 3, p. 209-226 (see Jeanne LE MARCHAND)

LEPOUTREL, Guy

(never married)

Fully documented

MSGCF, vol. 51, no. 3, p. 209-226 (see Jeanne LE MARCHAND)

LEPOUTREL du COLOMBIER, Marie Madeleine

(never married)

Fully documented

MSGCF, vol. 51, no. 3, p. 209-226 (see Jeanne LE MARCHAND)

LEVRAULT de LANGIS, Léon

TROTTIER, Marguerite

JARRET, Catherine-Gabrielle

To be tested

Traité de généalogie, by René Jetté

MARTIN, Marie

FÉVRIER, Christophe

To be tested

MSGCF, vol. 51, p. 71-85 (see Charles D'AILLEBOUST)

MOTIN, Anne

LE CREUX, Nicolas

To be tested

See Jeanne MOTIN

MOTIN, Jean

(priest)

To be tested

See Jeanne MOTIN

MOTIN, Jeanne

MENOU (de), Charles

SAINT-ÉTIENNE de LA TOUR (de), Charles Amador de

To be tested

Not yet published

Genealogy based on an unpublished research by René Jetté (using Histoire de Bresse et du Bugey) completed by my personal works

MOTIN, Nicolas

Françoise BOURRELIER (1630)

To be tested

See Jeanne MOTIN

OTIS dit JASMIN, Jean Baptiste

Cécile POULIN (1703); Marie Françoise GAGNÉ (1733)

To be tested

Some Web sites, RD600

OTIS, Françoise

POITEVIN, Jean

To be tested

Some Web sites, RD600

RASTEL de ROCHEBLAVE (de), Philippe François

MARIÉ dit DUFRESNE, Marie

To be tested

Not yet published

RASTEL de ROCHEBLAVE (de), Pierre Louis

DUPLESSIS, Marie Josèphe or Marie

MALLET, Marie Louise

To be tested

Not yet published

RÉMY, Daniel, sieur de COURCELLES

D'ABANCOURT, Marie

Probably (the searcher is reliable)

Pierre Bétourné

RIGAUD de VAUDREUIL, Philippe

JOYBERT, Louise Élisabeth de

Fully documented

DGO, t. 1

SAINT-ÉTIENNE de la TOUR, Charles

A native woman, MOTIN, Jeanne and JACQUELIN,  Françoise Marie

Considered as safe (the link to the Salazar is documented and those Salazar have known high nobility)

Traité de généalogie, by René Jetté

SAINT-OURS (de), Pierre

MULOIS, Marie

Fully documented

Not yet published

SAINT-VINCENT de NARCY (de), Pierre

Marie Antoinette DUGARD ou DUGAL (1692)

To be tested

Not yet published

SICARD de CARUFEL, Jean

RATÉ, Geneviève

To be tested

Web sites

Many sites have published a part of that genealogy.  The problem is that most of them have no source or have another site as the source.  Moreover, one site that examined many other sources had a lot of chronological errors.

At this time, it is not possible to know who was the first to assembly all those pieces together but it seems it was based on works about the ancestors of Honoré de Balzac.

TARRAGON (de), Anne Élisabeth

COUTURIER, Gilles

Fully documented but the marriage record of the immigrant is lost. Parents are presumed because the name is not common.

Message posted by Jean Bunot in the newsgroup soc.genealogy.medieval (see below). Unpublished works by Roland de Tarragon who found the true baptism of Anne Élisabeth.

VOYER (de), Pierre, vicomte D’ARGENSON

Fully documented

See de GANNES which are cousin.

A reader is reporting a problem with the ancestors for the following couple appearing in some lines. This case will be studied more deeply later.

[133839] TOSCANE (de), Adalbert Ier (Boniface II .. & .. ..), marquis de Toscane

* married about 851

ITALIE (d'), Rothilde (Guy de SPOLÈTE & Adélaïde d'ITALIE [133904])

BILLY, Jean François de

LAMARCHE, Catherine Marguerite de

While the De Billy families in Quebec are probably descending from one of the noble De Billy families and the line from them to a king is documented in Père Anselme, the links to the parents of Jean-François is not proven.  The demonstration of René Jetté in his traité can be considered as meaningful as it says something like (p. 591) "...if the migrant Jean François de Billy is actually the son of  François de Billy, seigneur de Baricourt:  "... si l'immigrant français Jean François de Billy était bien fils de François de Billy, seigneur de Baricourt..."

Jean François would be from Saint-Nicolas des Champs in Paris, a parish where there is a Louis de Billy in 1622, and François in 1626. In 1659, there is a Jean François learning bakery and son of Jérôme, merchant and Anne Le Breton. Actually, there are many De Billy in Paris.
https://www.famillesparisiennes.org/patro/bil.html.

TG 585-592

CARAFFE, Jean-Baptiste de

DU TREMBLE, Marie-Louise

The migrant told to his children he was the natural son of Louis XV, then one child repeated that to a priest and this later to the author of the BRH article.  Can't be proven without DNA testing

BRH, vol. 30, p. 220ss

COUTU, François

VERDON, Jeanne

LESIÈGE, Marie Louise

Controversy, no reliable documentation

LAVERGNE, François

LEFRANÇOIS, Françoise

Erronous (confusion with another person having the same name as his father)

DGO, t. 1

L'ESPÉRANCE (de), Léopold Éberard

DANGEAC, Marguerite

Likely if he is the son of the prince of Montbéliard, but his marriage record (Ottawa's copy) doesn't say that.

LIPPÉ, Ernst ou René

FUSEAU dit ROCH, Françoise

A searcher pretends Ernst is the same as Philipp II Ernst Lippe, a German prince.  The problem is this claim is based on a secret document.  Moreover, the signatures of the immigrant and the prince are different.

MSGCF, vol. 25, p. 228-244 and vol. 59, p. 30 (signatures)

MOREL de LA DURANTAYE, Olivier

DUQUET, Françoise

In the current version of this genealogy, there is no continuous line to a royal ancestor.

MSGCF, vol. 60, no. 2, p. 93-110, no. 3, 211-230 and no. 4, 275-296, L'ascendance d'Olivier Morel de la Durantaye, by Roland-Yves Gagné

POITIERS du BUISSON, Jean Baptiste de

JOSSARD, Élisabeth

Royal ancestry through Catherine de Vualpergue or Walpergue according to Janko Pavsic.  Never published.

SÉVIGNY (de), Julien Charles

ROGNON, Marguerite

The proof is not strong enough to show that Gilles de Sévigné, married to Gillette de Foy, is also the husband of Marie de Keraldanet .

From Les Bretons en Amérique française 1504-2004, by Marcel Fournier, then follow the Montmorency line.  Search by Célestin Denis.