Towards French parents of Nicolas and Robert
Nicolas Rivard, Sieur de la Vigne (1617 - 1701)
Nicolas Rivard dit Lavigne was baptized at St. Aubin Tourouvre, June 10, 1617. On March 6, 1648, pledged to come serve in New France on behalf of the brothers Juchereau for a period of three years. He stayed there until the end of his days.
Having kept the nickname "The Vine" from his mother, he married in 1652 in Trois-Rivieres, Catherine Pope, an orphan and widow of 18 years, daughter of Stephen Pope, pastry, and Madeleine Cousteau was born in Saint-Jean d'Angely, Poitou. Catherine Pope had just lost her husband, slain by the Iroquois, August 18, 1652. Then 34 years old, in good and generous man, Nicolas Rivard 's equipment was rescued from the widow he married Catherine, shortly after the tragedy.
Nicolas Rivard dit La Vigne obtained a concession in Saint-François-Xavier de Batiscan March 23, 1666. There was a farmer, militia captain and warden.
Batiscan He died where he was buried on 1 July 1701, aged 84. For her part, Catherine Pope was also buried in Batiscan at age 75, June 28, 1709.
At Historical Park Old Rectory, Batiscan, unveiled a monument by AIFR, commemorates the memory of Nicolas Rivard dit Lavigne. Nearby, near the island of St Eloi, archaeologist Rene Levesque has undertaken surveys and believes he located the remains of his house which was used at the very beginning, chapel to the missionaries of passage, before the construction of the first church (1670 1674). Pastoral visit and tour confirmations, Bishop washed, first bishop of Quebec, have stayed there in 1669. Ten children were born from the marriage of Nicolas Rivard dit Lavigne, Catherine Pope, September
son who almost all have adopted nicknames (names) and three daughters.
Link to a brief bibliography of Nicolas:
Robert Rivard, "said Loranger (1638 - 1699)
Robert Rivard has come join his brother Nicolas, in New France as a volunteer some 14 years later, that is to say in 1662. Baptized at
Tourouvre July 10, 1638, he married Marie-Madeleine Guillet, daughter of Pierre Guillet dit Lajeunesse, and Jeanne Pope, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, to October 28, 1664.
Jeanne was the sister of Catherine, wife of Nicolas. The marriage contract was signed in Trois-Rivieres before the notary Jacques touching (registers 1664-1669).
Robert Rivard was first established in the footsteps of his brother, as a settler
Cap-de-la-Madeleine (1664), then Batiscan (1666). But he mainly worked, especially in 1695 as runner timber engaged in the fur trade at the "upper country".
is probably because of his red hair he inherited the nickname of the "Orange" or Loranger.
His marriage to Mary Magdalene Guillet gave him 12 children, seven son and five daughters. Because of nicknames used by them and their descendants as well as household names because of his daughters, "said Robert Rivard is the ancestor of Loranger Loranger of Feuilleverte, the Montendre of Bellefeuille of Maisonville of LeSieur and Dumontier, etc..
The ancestor Robert Rivard said Loranger has been buried Batiscan, May 11, 1699, aged 61. Marie-Madeleine Guillet joined him in his final resting place, 37 years later, April 27, 1736. The
Feuilleverte its progeny have notably contributed to the founding of the city of Detroit
A Batiscan, is believed to have located the land of Robert Rivard Loranger said. In 2004 a monument was unveiled in effect along Highway 138 along the river on the property of Eric Labissonnière. The historian Maurice Loranger, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, one of his most illustrious descendants, co-chaired the event with Monique Tessier-Loranger.
Link to a brief bibliography of Robert
