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First known ancestors from France.
FIRST GENERATION:
Husband : Honoré Rousseau
Born : About 1600-1605 at Oroux, Parthenay, Poitiers, Poitou, France.
Married : About 1625 at Oroux, Parthenay, Poitiers, Poitou, France.
Died : After 05 Oct. 1667 at Oroux, Parthenay, Poitiers, Poitou, France.
Father : Unknown
Mother : Unknown
Wife : Marie Boillerot (Boilerot/Billerot)
Born : About 1606 at Oroux, Parthenay, Poitiers, Poitou, France.
Died : Before 05 Oct. 1667 at Oroux, Parthenay, Poitiers, Poitou, France.
Father : Unknown
Mother : Unknown
Only one child was born out of this union.
Thomas.
SECOND GENERATION:
He came from France to Nouvelle-France (Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada) in 1662 or 1664.
Husband : Thomas Rousseau
Born : About 1626 at Oroux, Parthenay, Poitiers, Poitou, France.
Married his first wife : On 05 Oct. 1667 at Notre Dame, Quebec, Canada.
Married his second wife : On 04 Jul. 1691 at St-Pierre, Riviere-du-Sud,Quebec.
Died : After 27 July 1716 at St-Pierre, Riviere-du-Sud, Quebec, Canada.
Father : Honoré Rousseau
Mother : Marie Boillerot (Boilerot/Billerot)
First wife : Madeleine Olivier
Born : About 1636 at Caudebec-en-Caux, Rouen, Normandie, France.
Died : On 21 Apr. 1690 at St-Laurent, Ile d'Orléans, Quebec, Canada.
Father : Jean Olivier
Mother : Louise Prévost
Eleven children were born out of this union.
Anne-Catherine (Born 1668;Died 1749), Marie (Born 1670;Died 1686),
Genevieve (Born 1671;Died 1708), Martin (Born 1673;Died 1715),
Pierre (Born 1673;Died 1684), Marguerite (Born 1676;Died 1730),
Marie (Born 1679;Died 1680), Thomas (Born 1680;Died after 1681),
Louise (Born 1682;Died 1759), Antoine (Born 1684;Died 1761),
Jean-Baptiste (Born 1686;Died ????).
Second wife : Charlotte-Francoise Bélanger
Born : On 25 Jun. 1650 at Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
Died : Before 11 Oct. 1707 at Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada.
She was the widow of Jean Langlois dit Boisverdun.
She had ten children of her own when she married Thomas.
Father : Francois Belanger
Mother : Marie Guyon
Only one child born out of this union.
Guillaume (Born 1694;Died 1715)
THIRD GENERATION:
Husband : Antoine Rousseau
Born : On 03 Apr. 1684 at St-Laurent, Ile d"Orleans, Quebec, Canada.
Married : On 09 Apr. 1709 at St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada.
Died : On 05 July 1761 at St-Charles, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada.
Father : Thomas Rousseau
Mother : Madeleine Olivier
Wife : Anne-Catherine Bouffard
Born : On 08 May 1688 at St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada.
Died : On 14 Oct. 1748 at St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada.
Father : Jacques Bouffard
Mother : Anne Leclerc dit le Bouteleau
Twelve children were born as a result of this union.
Genevieve, Antoine I, Clement, Catherine, Jacques, Marie, Agnes,
Antoine II, Marie-Angelique, Jean-Baptiste, Jean and Therese.
FOURTH GENERATION:
Husband : Jacques Rousseau (Rousso)
Born : On 21 Aug. 1716 at St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada.
Married : On 16 Nov. 1744 at St-Pierre-du-Sud, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada.
Died : At age 55 in 1771 at an unknown location.
Father : Antoine Rousseau
Mother : Anne-Catherine Bouffard.
Wife : Marie-Veronique Bussiere
Born : On 21 Mar. 1727 at St- Pierre-du-Sud, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada.
Died ; On 09 Apr. 1798 at Baie-Paul, Quebec, Canada.
Father : Jean Bussiere Jr.
Mother : Francoise Dupille (Dupile, Dupil)
Twelve children were born as a result of this union.
Ignace, Marie-Josephte, Jacques, Marie-Veronique, Jean-Baptiste,
Ignace, Marie-Genevieve, Francois, Laurent, Agathe, René and Antoine.
FIFTH GENERATION:
Husband : Ignace Rousseau
Born : on 04 Aug. 1750 at St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada.
Married : On 16 Jul. 1781 at Les Ecureuils (Donnacona), Quebec, Canada.
Died : Unknown date and location.
Father : Jacques Rousseau
Mother : Marie-Veronique Bussiere
Wife : Francoise Richard
Born : On 07 July 1753 at Cap Sante, Quebec, Canada.
Died : Unknown date and location.
Father : Francois Richard
Mother : M.Anne Pagé
Four children were born as a result of this union.
Ignace, Jean, Isabelle and Francoise.
It's unknown if they had any other children.
SIXTH GENERATION:
Husband : Ignace Rousseau
Born : On 27 Apr. 1782 at St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada.
Married : On 29 Sep. 1806 at Ste-Marie, Marieville,Rouville,Quebec, Canada.
Died : On 17 Jan. 1865 at Marieville, Quebec, Canada.
Father : Ignace Rousseau
Mother : Francoise Richard
Wife : Marie-Angelique Benoit dit Livernois
Born : On 30 Sep.1786 at Vercheres, Quebec, Canada.
Died : Unknown date and location.
Father : Joseph Benoit dit Livernois
Mother : Marie-Angelique Patenaude
Ten children were born as a result of this union.
Marie-Angelique, Ignace, Grégoire, Angele, Flavie, Euzebe, Etienne,
Thomas-Isaac, Marie-Onésime, Marie-Libert.
SEVENTH GENERATION:
Husband : Etienne Rousseau
Born : On 09 Apr. 1818 at Marieville, Quebec, Canada.
Married : On 18 Aug. 1840 at Ste-Marie, Marieville, Rouville, Quebec, Canada.
Died : On 27 Nov. 1886 and buried in Winooskie, Vermont, U.S.A.
Father : Ignace Rousseau
Mother : Marie-Angelique Benoit dit Livernois
Wife : Libert Plouffe (Ploufe)
Born : Unknown date and location.
Died : Unknown date and location.
Father : Janvier Plouffe
Mother : Reine Lemaire
Eight children were born as a result of this union.
Ignace, Etienne, Joseph-Felix, Marie-Libert (died at birth),
Marie-Libert, Marguerite-Emma, Julie-Louise and Frederic.
EIGHTH GENERATION:
Husband : Ignace(Enos)Rousseau (Brooks)
Born : On 19 May 1841 at Ste-Marie, Marieville, Rouville,Quebec,Canada.
Married : On 08 Feb. 1864 at St- Joseph, Burlington, Vermont, USA.
Died : On 26 Apr. 1893 at Winooski, Vermont, USA.
Father : Etienne Rousseau
Mother : Libert Plouffe (Ploufe)
Wife : Délia Godin (Gordon)
Born : On 01 Jul. 1843 at Addison, Vermont, USA.
Died : On 09 Feb. 1895 at Winooski, Vermont, USA.
Father : Joseph Godin (Gordon)
Mother : Mathilde Robert
Eight children were born out of this union under the name of Rousseau (Brooks).
Celia L.(Born 1865;Died 1865), Malvina E.(Born 1866;Died 1876)
Frederick D.(Born 1869;Died ????), Frank E.(Born 1871;Died 1949),
Louis D.(Born 1873;Died 1960), Mary Lena(Helen)(Russell)(Born 1877;Died 1966),
George O.(Born 1879;Died 1909), Delia L.(Mayo-O'Hagan)(Born 1882;Died 1949).
Only Louis D. and Delia L. (Mayo-O'Hagan) had descendants.
NOTE : When Ignace moved to Vermont in the United States, he changed his name from
Ignace Rousseau TO Enos Brooks. All his children were born under the name of
Rousseau in the church records and under Brooks in the civil records.
My Great grandfather & Great grandmother.
Photo of Ignace (Enos) & Délia ROUSSEAU married in 1864.
NINTH GENERATION:
Husband : Louis (Lewis)Dustin Rousseau (Brooks)
Born : On 12 Nov. 1873 at Winooski, Vermont, USA.
Married : On 23 Jan. 1892 at North Grosvenordale, Connecticut, USA.
Died : On 05 Apr. 1960 at North Troy, New York, USA.
Father : Ignace(Enos)Rousseau (Brooks)
Mother : Délia Godin (Gordon)
Wife : Luce Cloutier
Born : On 19 Mar. 1873 at Hebertville (Lac St-Jean), Quebec, Canada.
Died : On 02 Jan. 1965 at Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Father : Belone Cloutier
Mother : Marie Bolduc
Twelve children were born out of this union and they all went back to the
name of Rousseau at birth.
Louis R.(Born 1893;Died 1976), George(Enos)(Born 1895;Died 1980),
Anna(Rivard) (Born 1897;Died 1948), Eva(Taranto)(Born 1899;Died 1975),
Edouard (Born 1900;Died 1991), Theodore (Born 1902;Died 1997),
Alfred (Born 1904;Died 2000), Paul (Born after 1904 & before 1908),
René (Born 1908;Died 1908), Roméo (Born 1908;Died 1991),
Bernadette(Nielson)(Born 1909;Died 1983), Beatrice(1911;Living).
My grandfather & grandmother.
Photo of Louis (Lewis)D. & Luce ROUSSEAU married in 1892.
TENTH GENERATION:
Husband : Louis Rosario Rousseau
Born : On 27 Mar. 1893 at North Grosvenordale, Connecticut, USA.
Married his first wife : On 15 May 1917 at Montmorency, Quebec, Canada.
Married his second wife : On 22 Jun. 1935 at Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Died : On 08 Jan. 1976 at Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Father : Louis (Lewis)Dustin Rousseau (Brooks)
Mother : Luce Cloutier
First wife : Angéline Levesque
Born : On 16 Jun. 1898 at St-Gregoire, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada.
Died : On 29 Dec. 1931 at Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Father : Émile Levesque
Mother : Léontine Ouellet
Six children were born out of this union. Four died under the age of two.
Louis G.(Born 1918;Died 1918), Emile (Born 1919;Died 1921),
Rolland (Born 1920;Living), Marguerite (Born ????;Died????),
Simone(Charron)(Born 1923;Living), possibly another unknown boy (Born????).
My father and his first wife.
Photo of Louis R. & Angéline ROUSSEAU married in 1917.
Second wife : Albina Doyon
Born : On 11 Nov. 1901 at Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Died : On 08 May 1965 at Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Father :Amedee Doyon
Mother :Marie Sergerie
Three children were born out of this union. One died as an infant.
Jocelyne(Jackson)(Born 1936;Living), Marc-André (Born 1940;Living),
Nicole (Born 1943;Died 1944).
My father & mother.
Louis R. & Albina ROUSSEAU married in 1935.
ELEVENTH GENERATION:
Husband : Marc-André Rousseau
Born : On 03 Feb. 1940 at Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Married : On 09 Sep, 1961 at Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Died : Still living.
Father : Louis Rosario Rousseau
Mother : Albina Doyon
Wife : Monique Mongeau
Born : On 13 Nov. 1941 at Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Died : Still living.
Father : Leopold Mongeau
Mother : Yvonne Morissette
Three children were born out of this union. Two boys and one girl.
Daniel(Born 1962;Living), Mark (Born 1964;Living),
Linda(Mantha)(Born 1972;Living).
My wife & I
Photo of Marc-André & Monique ROUSSEAU married in 1961.
TWELFTH GENERATION:
Husband : Daniel Rousseau
Born : On 23 Oct. 1962 at Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Married : On 01 Sep. 1990 at Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada.
Died : Still living.
Father : Marc-André Rousseau
Mother : Monique Mongeau
Wife : Louise Beausoleil
Born : On 22 Dec. 1961 at Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada.
Died : Still living.
Father : Cecillien Beausoleil
Mother : Nicole Proulx
One child was born out of this union. One girl.
Marie-Josée(Born 1993;Living).
Our oldest son & his wife. Their daughter - Marie- Josée
Photo of Daniel ROUSSEAU & Louise BEAUSOLEIL married in 1990.
AND
Single : Mark Rousseau
Born : On 25 Jun. 1964 at Pembroke, Ontario, Canada.
Married : Single
Died : Still living.
Father : Marc-Andre Rousseau
Mother : Monique Mongeau

Our youngest son.
Photo of Mark ROUSSEAU
AND
Wife : Linda (Rousseau) Mantha
Born : On 21 June 1972 at Pembroke, Ontario, Canada.
Married : On 25 May 1996 at Pembroke, Ontario, Canada.
Died : Still living.
Father : Marc-Andre Rousseau
Mother : Monique Mongeau
Husband : Daniel Mantha
Born : On 11 Jan. 1970 at North Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Died : Still living.
Father : Marcel Mantha
Mother : Claire Mathurin
No children born out of this union.

Our daughter & her husband.
Photo of Linda (ROUSSEAU) & Daniel MANTHA married in 1996.
THIS IS A SHORT ARTICLE ABOUT OUR FOREFATHER " THOMAS ROUSSEAU " WHO WAS THE FIRST IN OUR ROUSSEAU LINE TO COME TO NOUVELLE-FRANCE (CANADA) FROM POITOU, FRANCE.
Fils d'Honoré Rousseau et de Marie Boillerot, Thomas Rousseau est né en 1626 à la paroisse de Gourgé, diocèse de Poitiers, au Poitou, en France.
Thomas Rousseau arrive en Nouvelle-France, en 1662 et est confirmé par Mgr de Laval, le 23 mars 1664. Travailleur et jeune fermier, il jette son dévolu, sur l'une des filles du roi arrivée de l'un des navires venus de France, tout au long de l'été 1667.
Madeleine Olivier, née vers 1636, fille de Jean Olivier et Louise Prévost, de la paroisse et ville de Caux de Becq (Caudebec), diocèse de Rouen, en Normandie. L'union est bénite le 5 octobre de la même année.
Thomas Rousseau, pionnier de l'Ile d'Orleans, nous paraît plus instruit que la moyenne des Français venus peuplés la Nouvelle-France, au XVIIe siècle. Il signe tous les acted notariés qu'il fait rediger. Son écriture est ferme, son nom bien moulé et parfois accompagné d'un paraphe, marque distincte des gens de qualité de cette époque.
Deux des douze enfants du couple Olivier/Rousseau nous tracent des rameaux dans la présente généalogie.
La première, Anne-Catherine Rousseau, née le 19 juillet 1668, à l'Ile d'Orleans, s'est mariée en 1691, avec Simon Fournier, l'arrière-petit-fils de Louis Hébert par sa mère, Françoise Hébert, mariée à l'ancêtre Guillaume Fournier.
Le deuxième enfant, Antoine Rousseau, né et baptisé à Saint-Laurent, le 3 avril 1684, s'est marié à Saint-Laurent, en 1709, avec Anne-Catherine Bouffard, fille de l'ancêtre Jacques Bouffard et d'Anne Leclerc dit le Bouteleau.
Antoine Rousseau devient l'héritier de la terre ancestrale de Saint-Laurent.
En 1739, il fait donation à son fils Jacques Rousseau, marié en 1744 à Marie-Véronique Buissière.
Finalement à la quatrième génération, leur fille, Marie-Josephte Rousseau, épouse en 1785, Étienne Tremblay.
L'ancêtre Thomas Rousseau s'est remarié le 4 juillet 1691, avec Charlotte-Françoise Bélanger, mère d'une dizaine d'enfants, fille de François Bélanger et de Marie Guyon, veuve de Jean Langlois, dit Boisverdun, décédé en 1687.
L'ancêtre Thomas Rousseau est mort après 1707.
This article was researched and written by Robert Rochon. For additional information about this article, please check his Thomas Rousseau page at
http://www.multimania.com/ancetre/RousseauT.htm
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