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- Immigration: 1665, Ange-Gardien, New France Age 13
But by the end of the summer of 1667, on 2 October, Pierre is present
in the home of Claude Auber, in order to amend the text of his
marriage contract. The notary wrote:
"Pierre Michel, habitant of Sainte-Anne-du-Petit- Cap, coast and
seigneurie of Beaupre. " This contract was never signed.
For some unknown reason, the celebration of the marriage of Pierre
was delayed for about 3 years. His dearly beloved lived at Ange-
Gardien with her father and
stepmother. She was Marie Ancelin, daughter of the thread-mill
worker Rene Ancelin and the late Claire Rousselot. She first saw the
light of day at LaRochelle, parish of
Notre-Dame, in May 1654. Her father, three and a half years after
the death of his first wife at La Rochelle, remarried to Marie Juin
on 19 January 1665.
The following spring they emigrated to Canada, bringing little 11-
year-old Marie with them. At first the Ancelins lived-at Ange-Gardien
where, in 1667, they owned 2 head
of cattle and 6 arpents of cultivated land. Their neighbors were
Abraham Fiset -and Jacques Achon.
On 18 May 1669, Marie Ancelin was godmother at the baptism of her
half-sister, Marie, at Ange-Gardien. At this time she was not yet
married to Pierre Michaud.
ON THE ISLE OF ORLEANS
According to Leon Roy, Pierre Michaud obtained a land grant of 3
arpents of river frontage on the Ile d'Orleans from Msgr de Laval in
June 1667. It was within the
boundaries of Saint-Jean parish, between neighbors Robert Boulay and
Louis Bibet.
On 18 November 1670, we learn from the records of Notary Pierre
Duquet, that Pierre Michaud, habitant of the Ile of Orleans, owed a
debt of 21 livres 10 sols to Louis
Boussot dit Laflotte.
His young fiancee now lived on the island, along with her parents.
On 26 March 1670, Marie Ancelin appeared as a godmother to the infant
of Antoine Pepin-Lachance and
Marie Tetu. Were Pierre and Marie married by this time? There is
nothing to prove it. The opinion is that probably the marriage had
taken place between 1669 and 1671, on
the Ile of Orleans, where they both lived. The missionary priest
must have simply forgotten to record the act in the register of Notre-
Dame de Quebec.
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