A number of articles have been written about Philibert Couillaud dit Roquebrune. We find these writings in libraries but nowadays it is especially on the Internet that people do research on their ancestors. Several Web sites give birth to Philibert Couillaud in Gascony which is false. The information on this page, without being revisionist, puts a little order in this pile of documents, to share between what is true and what is false, what is doubtful and most important, the documents of archives about Philibert Couillaud that still exist and that I put on this WEB site. I also made a compilation of documents written by Robert de Roquebrune who are often the source of false tracks when the ancestry of our ancestor in France. On the right of this page (on the red banner) you will find the link "The myth of the nobility of Philibert Couillaud".  If you are interested in the history of our ancestor, I invite you to read the following. Hyperlinks will lead you to references.

ow, what do we really know about Philibert Couillaud dit Roquebrune. Three colleagues contributed to the research concerning our grandfather. Rejean Larocque furious Internet in search of a Philibert Couillaud in France. Michel Larocque has combed through the National Archives of Quebec and the bank of notarial contracts (Parchment) looking for contracts as well as religious acts in P.R.D.H. (Research Program in Historical Demography). Marcel Larocque has raked the Robert de Roquebrune background at the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa.

                    If we trust the document of his confirmation Philibert Couillaud says Roquebrune would be born in Nevers
around 1641, a town in the center of France, and at the 1681 census he states that he is 40 years old. The Nivernais provided few settlers for the colony of New France, less than 1% of the total for France. We know the names of about thirty settlers who came to Canada from this province between 1650 and 1750. Five of them were women who found husband in Canada. Philibert Couillaud was not the first to come to this region. Click here to see a table that lists the name of these Nivernois. . Click on this link and take a short visit to Nevers.
In this year of 1641 the Thirty Years' War was to last until 1648 and it was Louis XIII who reigned over France. He was to die in 1643. His son Louis (Louis XIV) was only five years old when his father died. Mazarin took charge of the affairs of France until he died in 1661. Louis XIV was then 22 years old and became king, painted by Charles Lebrun the same year (image on the right). Around the 1650s these were dark years for France, the plague and famine wreaked havoc across the country

           On May 21, 1669 Philibert Couitteau (sic) of Nevers was confirmed by Monsignor François de Montmorency-Laval at Fort St. Louis in Chambly. It is from this paper that we can conclude that Philibert was from Nevers or its diocese. Also, to learn more about this illustrious regiment you can go to a WEB site that tells the story of this regiment, the company of Contrecoeur, those who were enrolled and a historical description of these soldiers and Marsal, place of departure for Canada and many other items of interest, but come back to us.

             In France, he is engaged in the Carignan Regiment in the company of Contrecoeur. Before coming to Canada his regiment was in Marsal in Lorraine in the north east of France. City of Roman origin, Marsal erected the first ramparts
in the 13th century, as a stronghold for the control of salt works in the region. After being owned by the bishops of Metz, the city passes under the control of the Duchy of Lorraine. It was at this time that she received her first modern works by Jean-Baptiste Stabili and the Lorraine entrepreneur named Marchal. An enclosure with seven bastions surrounds the town. The governor's hotel, the hospice and the place d'armes are built from 1625 to 1650. Disputed by the kingdom of France and the Duchy of Lorraine, it is ceded by the Duke of Lorraine to Louis XIV in 1662. The monarch seeks to strengthen the link with Metz and Alsace. The Porte de France
was probably under construction when our ancestor was confined to Marsal. In the photo on the right we have an aerial view of Marsal where we can see the Porte de France in the background. A view from Google Earth
shows that the bastions are still visible.

          The Royal Council had decided to send an army corps to Canada to reassure the settlers and protect them from the constant attacks of the Iroquois.

"In December 1664 the Carignan regiment, which was at Marsal in Lorraine, received orders from the minister to go to one of the ports of Brouage or La Rochelle and to embark on the time deemed necessary for the service by the Intendant Colbert de Terron, in April or May (1665). This expedition was due 15 to 16 months.

           The Carignan-Sallière regiment had been in Marsal in Lorraine (Moselle) for two years. Having received the order to go to New France the regiment left for La Rochelle on January 3, 1665 and crossed France from east to west (route map) a journey of about 175 leagues or about 850 km. These troops numbered 20 companies of 50 men each and were to go to Saint-Jean-d'Angély before going to La Rochelle. The 850 km were completed in three weeks and arrived at Saint-Jean-d'Angély on January 25th. The soldiers walked 30 to 40 kilometers a day and slept among the peasants. As this trip consisted of about a thousand men, it required a large organization to feed and accommodate all these soldiers. These troops were to embark four months later in LaRochelle about fifty kilometers from Saint-Jean-d'Angély.

Above, en engraving of the harbour of LaRochelle about 1700

           1665   On Wednesday May 31, 1665, the two ships La Paix and L'Aigle d'Or set sail for Canada from LaRochelle. The company of Contrecoeur travels aboard the ship La Paix.La Paix is a royal flute that measures about 300 barrels. The Golden Eagle arrived in Quebec City on August 18, 1665 and the next day, it was the turn of La Paix with the company of Monsieur de Contrecoeur to throw the ink in New France. (List of passengers on the ship La Paix.)  In 1665 Quebec City was a city of about 800 inhabitants and one can imagine the impact on this city the arrival of a hundred soldiers from the metropolis may have been. On its return to France the ship La Paix was wrecked on Septembre 26, 1665 on the Saint Lawrence River right across from Matane (Lower Saint Lawrence River). After research in the book of Régis Roy and Gerard Malchelosse entitled "The Regiment of Carignan, Officers and soldiers who settled in Canada" (1925) this book makes no mention of our ancestor. Forget or omission? His name is also not on the handwritten document titled "Le Rolle des Soldats du Régiment de Carignan Salière". According to the historian Marcel Trudel the list or the "rolle" of Soldiers who made themselves colonists "in Canada" seems to have been drawn up when the regiment returned to France in 1668. The travelers were asked to name those who were not on the ship to draw up the list of those left behind in Canada. There are several names that appear twice, once under their name and once under their nickname as Pierre Audoin dit Sansoucy mentioned under Audoin and then under Sansoucy. Several names are missing like that of our ancestor and people of importance like Monsieur de Contrecoeur himself. A "fresher" copy was written in France and the copyists themselves made transcription errors, for example writing Lafouche for Latouche or Saluart for Salvaye to name only these two.
On September 2, 1665, Mr. de Tracy ordered Colonel de Salières to build a fort at the entrance to Lake Champlain. On the first of October, 1665, the companies were sent to their destination. On October 15 a rudimentary fort was built on Ste-Thérèse Island. The Carignan Regiment had been ordered to build this fort on the Richelieu River, which the Iroquois of the Lake Champlain region used to mount. The Iroquois took the Richelieu to attack the colonists of Montreal and elsewhere in the new colony.

          Would our ancestor still be a Soldier of the Contrecoeur Company when his name is among those confirmed by Monseigneur Laval at Fort Chambly on May 21, 1669. The confirmation document is kept at the Archdiocese of Quebec archives.
On September 2, 1665, Mr. de Tracy ordered Colonel de Salières to build a fort at the entrance to Lake Champlain. On the first of October, 1665, the companies were sent to their destination. On October 15 a rudimentary fort was built on St. Therese Island. The Carignan Regiment had been ordered to build this fort on the Richelieu River, which the Iroquois of the Lake Champlain region used to navigate toward the French colony. The Iroquois used the Richelieu river to attack the Montreal settlers.

           1666-1667  The Carignan regiment went to Montreal to spend the winter of 1666-1667. When the summer of 1667 came, Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecoeur led his troops in the various campaigns undertaken by the Carignan regiment around Montreal. During those years, it is likely that Philibert Couillaud lived on the Côte-Saint-Martin (Côte or Coast: place near a watercourse). Thus we called Côte-Saint-Martin the lands located below (to the east) de la Côte ou domaine Sainte-Marie (en vert),
"Click here to better locate the two place of Côte Sainte-Marie and Saint-Martin" both places nowadays would lie somewhere between rue Joliette on the west and on the east a place west of Viau Street, an area of about 1.6 kilometers along the Saint-Lawrence River south of the Olympic Park.
Philibert Couillaud had been in Canada for two years when his name appeared on a document for the first time in this country. His name is inscribed on a notarized document passed before the royal notary Bénigne Basset on September 24, 1667. This notarized document had been drawn up for the sale of land by Urbain Boudreau and his wife Mathurine Juillet to Pierre Pigeon. The document states that a lease had been granted by the sellers for a period of three years to the names Rocbrune and Le Vallon (Joseph Denis dit Le Vallon) and we are asking for the continuity of this lease. The document does not state when the lease began and when it expired. Baudereau (Boudreau) and his wife had lived on the Côte Saint-Martin for some time and he had acquired this land on November 17, 1665.(Note: At the 1666 census in Montréal, Urbain Baudreau is 33 years old is a trusty and Marguerite Juillet is 17). At the date of the sale, our 26-year-old ancestor and Le Vallon were still soldiers in the Régiment de Carignan. Did this arrangement have two strategic purposes; firstly, to land a strong hand to the inhabitants to cultivate their land, and secondly, to provide a sense of security and to counter the incessant attacks of the Iroquois in the surrounding areas. It may well be that the lease was paid for by the state. Philibert would probably have remained there until his regiment was disbanded. Details of the sale of the Baudereau concession to Pigeon follow.

          The name of Philibert Couillaud does not appear in the censuses of 1666 or that of 1667 because he was probably still a soldier in the colony (the troops were not counted as he had not yet become a colonist). In 1669, would our ancestor have been a soldier in the Contrecoeur company when he was among those confirmed by Monsignor Laval at Fort Chambly on May 21? The document confirming Chambly by Bishop Laval is still kept in the archives of the Archdiocese of Quebec. It is therefore there, at the Fort Chambly, formerly called Fort St. Louis,
that Philibert Couillaud receives the sacrament of confirmation with eight other soldiers from the fort. The previous day, May 20, 66 adults had been confirmed. Why did they wait until the next day to confirm these eight soldiers? Possibly these eight soldiers were elsewhere and that the good bishop had spent the night in Chambly to ensure that these eight soldiers were confirmed the following day. We know that Bishop Laval was in Montreal from May first to May 12 to confirm people before making the trip to Chambly. We can deduce that Philibert resided in Chambly at the beginning of May or at least was there temporarily. Philibert's whereabouts after 1669 remain a mystery. In Montreal he and Jacques de Laporte were practically neighbours, the first lived on the Sainte-Marie coast and Philibert, the Côte-Saint-Martin a few acres to the east. We know that Jacques Laporte Saint-Georges and Nicole Duchesne, the parents of his future wife, had lived in Montreal at least since 1657, when the couple married. In 1667 Antoine Pécaudy, Sieur de Contrecœur, captain of the regiment of Carignan-Salières, founded an establishment in Contrecœur. In 1672, Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur officially received this seigniory from the King of France, from the hands of Intendant Jean-Talon. Was it that year that Philibert decided to "live" in Contrecoeur? The Laporte family had left Montreal and lived in Sorel from 1674. I elaborate here the circumstantial facts that would have led Philibert to reconnect with the family of his future wife.

View of Montreal about 1800

e find the LaPorte family for the 1666 census
in Montreal. They have 5 children aged from 7 years to 3 months. Jacques was 40 years of age and Nicole said that she is 30. Jacques de Laporte (official WEB page of the Laporte family) was born in Nocé in the Perche area of France (west of Paris, Chartres area) in 1627 son of Jacques and Marie Hamelin (see also the Généalogy of Catherine Laporte, maps, mariage certificate, etc. )    Jacques Laporte St-Georges marries Nicole Duchesne in Montreal on September 3, 1657. We can see the marriage certificate of Jacques Laporte and Nicole Duchesne by clicking on the link above. Among the names on the marriage certificate are Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve. We can locate the home of Jacques LaPorte
on a map of Montreal made around 1660. The place is marked in yellow. In 1666 the Laporte had 5 children aged between 7 years and 3 months. Jacques was 40 years old and his wife was 30 years old. Catherine Laporte was baptized
October 12, 1663.

           At the dissolution of the Carignan-Salières Regiment, Contrecoeur chose to remain in Canada. Antoine de Pécaudy, born in Vigneu near Saint-Chef in Dauphiné, wife in Quebec on September 17, 1667 Barbe Denys De La Trinité then aged 15, he has 71. Despite the advanced age of father Antoine and Barbe will have when even 3 children: Louis, Marie and François-Antoine, the latter having inherited the Lordship at the death of his father. In 1668 was inscribed a first mention in the parochial register of Contrecœur. It would be the baptism of two boys, the two sons of the Lords of Contrecoeur and the other son of the Lord of St-Ours both named Louis in honor of King Louis XIV. It is believed that these two children were baptized at their parent's residence. At the 1681 census Louis de Contrecoeur and Louis de St-Ours are 13 years old. It was not until 1672 that Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur officially received his lordship from the King of France from Intendant Jean-Talon. It is a concession two leagues wide, along the river, and two leagues deep. the south shore of the St. Lawrence
30 miles east of Montreal (one league or lieue in French convert to about 3 miles, 4,9 km).

           1675    Philibert in Canada for ten years and have decided to follow his Captain regiment to settle in the new seigniory of Contrecoeur. We do not know when he would have left Montreal or when he would have acquired his first concession in this seigniory. Philibert and Jacques de Laporte probably knew each other when they lived in Ville-Marie (Montreal). Several indications suggest that the family lived Gate Contrecoeur well before 1675. An act of marriage between Mathieu Binet
 and Marie-Anne LeRoy on October 21, 1670 indicates that Jacques de la Porte lives in Contrecoeur. (See Inventory after the death of Jacques de LaPorte) . The act of baptism Seraphin Guibaut in June 1675 to Lavaltrie says Nicole Duchesne, wife of Jacques Laporte, is her godmother. Lavaltrie is just across the river opposite Contrecoeur. Subsequently, the family of Jacques LaPorte would go live Boucherville since it is there that we find in the census of 1681.

Also in 1675, a wooden chapel of 30 feet by 20 feet was erected on the banks of the St. Lawrence River. A commemoratif monument indicates the site of the first chapel.
This chapel was erected along the Marie-Victorin road ( at 6130 Route 132 ). This first chapel, if one relies on the historians of the place, could have been further east. This remains to be followed as historical excavations.   On December 1st, 1675, Philibert Couillaud, in the study of the notary Pierre Mesnard in Contrecœur, serves as a witness for the market which had been passed between Anthoine Emery dit Codaire and Jean Duval master-carpenter , for the construction of the chapel mentioned above. At the bottom of this contract we can see the X marked by Philibert Couillaud
which would indicate that he could not sign his name. The first church as such bearing the name of the Holy Trinity (in honor of the wife Barbe Denis de la Trinité) was built in 1705 Contrecoeur located between the presbytery and City Hall, opposite the present church where is the monument to the pioneers that I mention below.

           1675 - 1676     The marriage of Philibert Couillaud and Catherine Laporte St Georges. It was around 1676 that Philibert Couillaud dit Roquebrune married Catherine Laporte. The marriage certificate has never been found. At this marriage Catherine Laporte should have been at least 12 years old, the minimum age for a girl according to canon law. The marriage could have taken place after October 12, 1675, the date Catherine reached this age. In 1675 Philibert was around 34 or 35 years old. The 1681 census indicates that the Couillaud couple already had 2 boys, Jean aged 5, therefore born in 1676 and we also know that Baptiste (Jean-Baptiste), was 3 years old in 1681, and born on October 15, 1677 according to the certificate of his baptism. Having had two children in such a short period, one might believe that the marriage took place during the fall of 1675 and that Catherine would have become pregnant with Jean shortly after. She gave birth to their first child towards the end of the summer of 1676. The demographer Hubert Charbonneau tells us, according to his research, that at 12 years old approximately 17% of young girls were pubescent. Everything suggests that this marriage was celebrated in the newly built Contrecœur chapel. It is possible that the couple signed a marriage contract before a notary since it is mentioned in a notarial deed dated 1728 concerning an argument between Antoine Couillaud and his brother Philibert (son). A document indicates that certain registers of religious acts carried out at the Contrecoeur chapel between 1687 and 1699 were burned. A document indicates that some registers of religious acts passed in the chapel of Contrecoeur between 1687 and 1699 would have burned. The marriage certificate of Philibert and Catherine could not have been lost in this fire.

           One would think that the couple Roquebrune would have enjoyed a certain notoriety and respect from his peers. On January 16, 1677 Philibert is godfather of Philibert Masseau son of a neighbor whose name is given. It is not only Philibert who is entitled to these honors. Catherine Laporte is asked to be the godmother of René Hilaire Cuillerier born May 4, 1690. September 8, 1679 our grandfather serves as a witness for a cancellation of sale between Nicolas Bonnain and Louis Jean. On October 25, 1681 Philibert is godfather baptism Eustache Masseau ( Brother Philibert Masseau ). July 23, 1682, Philibert Couillaud is witness to the marriage contract past the Pierre Menard notary. Still Contrecoeur Philibert witnesses marriage of Jean Faiolle August 13, 1682. On January 24, 1684 Philibert witnesses to the     funeral of Marie-Madeleine Brunet daughter of Jean Brunet age 5 buried in Contrecoeur.    He is also present on August 14, 1684 at   funeral of Angélique Laporte   14 years old, the sister of his wife.   He is also a witness in the study of Notary Pierre Mesnard February 28, 1690 for an obligation on the part of Michel Meusnier towards Jacques Hubert dit Le Parisien on a debt. For a list of documents relating to Philibert Couillaud, go to the end of this text and click on the image of a stack of documents. 

             Since his arrival at Contrecoeur Philibert dit Roquebrune and his family occupies a concession on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. These first concessions stretched along the river westward from the domain of Monsieur de Contrecœur. Philibert Couillaud's first concession was to measure three arpents wide by 30 deep. We do not know exactly when he acquired this concession but it could have been before 1676. This land he will keep during his lifetime and the heirs will continue to own it until 1735 year when it was finally sold outside the Larocque family. Click on the map below this paragraph. The plan shows where our ancestor's land was located and how we came to these conclusions.

             On February 12, 1680 our ancestor acquires another 2 arpents of land adjacent to the concession he already owns and on the other side to the one belonging to Pierre Favreau dit Deslauriers. As I mention earlier, we haven't been able to find the document of the first acquisition or its dimensions. On the left, on the red banner, you can see the monument to Contrecoeur's pioneers. Click on it to see the plaque. Pierre Carrot as he is inscribed on the plaque is actually Pierre Favreau.

           At the 1681 census
 the lordship counts 69 souls. Couillaud claims to be 40 years old and Catherine to be 17 with 2 young children; Jean 5 years old, and Jean-Baptiste 3 years old. We also mention with this family Jean-François Gazaille aged one year who is the child of a neighbor, Jean Gazail and Jeanne Rougé. On the document it is said that Philibert owns a house and a rifle. He has 5 "horned beasts" and has cleared "five arpens" in value. The ancestor Larocque declares to be plowman but one could also add that he was probably trapper during the long winter months. See the hand written document of the Seigneurie de Contrecoeur census in 1681 . (In French)

           At that time the settlers, like all of us today, had to obtain goods of all kinds or even buy food that they did not grow. In 1687 Philibert borrowed 150 pounds from Marguerite Sedillot and the following year in 1688 he again borrowed another amount from Charles Couagne, the sum of 118 pounds. After the death of Philibert, Catherine Laporte had the Sedillot-Aubuchon family sued her for the full amount on March 8, 1701 (150 pounds), and the next day, March 9, she took out a new loan of 195 pounds from Charles Couagne. He mentions in the lawsuit that she also owes the unpaid amount of 118 pounds for the loan made in 1688 and which had not yet been repaid. If the calculations are correct she owed her creditors more than 463 pounds. The seizure made in 1707 represented part of this debt. Unfortunately Philibert does not appear to have repaid any sum representing these two loans.

 Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecoeur had a mill erected in 1686, the year during which a decree of the sovereign council transformed this duty of the lords into law and fixed the deadline for the construction of the mills at one year, failing which the lord lost his right banality. In 1695, the Contrecoeur mill was dismantled due to its poor condition. The censitaires had to wait fifty years before a second mill was erected in the same place. It was about one kilometer east of the second mill that can still be seen from Highway 132. (I read that the mill of 1741 was built in the same place as the first mill. Historian who live in Contrecoeur say otherwise. You can read more about the Contrecoeur windmill with information copied from "Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec ). The mill tower of Contrecoeur  located near Highway 132 was built around 1741. Life was difficult and Native Americans often burned homes and crops so much so that ten years later the number of inhabitants increased from 69 to 54 in 1692 and 44 in 1695. Of the first fourteen pioneer families enumerated in 1681, only four of these families survived in 1692, including that of our ancestor Philibert Couillaud. We could deduce that our ancestor was not afraid of adversity.

          The Seigneur Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecoeur died in 1688. Two years later an inventory of his property was drawn up and it can be read on this document that our ancestor and censor in this seigniory, which is called Rochbrune here, owed a rent .

Philibert lived in Canada between 1665 and the end of the year 1700. Click here to discover a list of locations who are still in Montreal or in the surrounding area. It is possible that he was familiar with these places.

           It is reported that Philibert probably died before February 27, 1701 when Catherine Laporte was declared a widow. When Catherine became a widdow half his children were aged 11 or less.
After the death of Philibert, Catherine Laporte remarries in Varennes October 9 1706 with Jean Charpentier. who himself was a widdower of Marie Magdeleine Tisseran. Catherine died in Varennes
where she is buried on April 11, 1737. The act says she is about 80 years old but she is 73 years old.   After the death of Philibert Couillaud, Joseph Aubuchon and other heirs asked the court to decide about an old debt incurred by the deceased. The judgment ordered Catherine Laporte to pay the sum of 150 livres to the heirs. In 1711 many legal papers were presented to the Royal Montreal jurisdiction concerning Ancestral Land from Philibert Couillaud to Contrecoeur.

Well know people descendant of our ancester who have an other family name, actors, comedians, sport celebrity, politicians, signer, you will be surprised.

Click on the pile of document to access archives papers relatiing to Philibert Couillaud dit Roquebrune.

Methodology used to determine the chronological births of the Couillaud Children ..

See as well legal and other archival documents relating to each children of Philibert Couillaud dit Roquebrune attached with name of each one. Many thanks to Michel Larocque (son of Gérard and Jeanne-d'Arc Pépin) for the archival documents and the costs interpretations by professional paleographers.

ean(1) born about 1676 if we go by the 1681 census where it is said that he is 5 years old.  Perhaps died at a young age but a document of the registers of the parish of Contrecoeur indicates that in 1691 several children and two soldiers were abducted by Indians. Would Jean have been a victim of this abduction? (See the document )

ean Baptiste (2) was born in Contrecoeur on October 15, 1677 and baptized on October 20th. He married Anne Deslauriers (dit Célerier) in Varennes September 11 1704. Anne Deslauriers could have been the adopted daughter of Jean Seleurier and Anne Rivière. It is for this reason that many of their descendants took the name of Céleurier, Célerier and Celeurier dit Roque. Some adopted the name Roque and in the US and English Canada this surname became Rock. The children of Jean-Baptiste and Anne Deslauriers settled around Varennes.   Enfants de Jean-Baptiste et de Anne Deslauriers 1. Anne: born and baptized on August 1, 1705 in Varennes. She marries Joseph Joeffrion (Jean & Catherine Millot) in Varennes on April 6, 1728  2. Jean-Baptiste-Marie: born on the 13th and baptized on October 14, 1707 in Varennes. He married Marie Ledoux (Jacques and Marie-Anne Monin) in Varennes on February 4, 1730.  3. Joseph: born on the 23rd baptized on November 24, 1709 in Varennes. He marries Marie-Louise Houde (Gabriel and Jeanne Petitclerc) November 6, 1735.  4. Jean: born September 24, baptized September 25, 1711 in Varennes.  5. Marie-Rose:born August 22, 1713 and baptized on 23 in Varennes. She died on June 15, 1714.  6. Augustin:born 23 August 1715 and baptized 24 in Varennes. He married Catherine Cadieux (Jean-Bapt and Marie-Jeanne Gaudry) in Varennes on February 11, 1743. On June 21, 1756 he married Marie Amable David (Joseph & Catherine Tournois) in second wedding at Pointe-aux-Trembles.   7. Marie-Catherine:born August 7, 1717 in Varennes. She marries Pierre Deline (Pierre & Louise Patenaude) in Varennes on January 11, 1740  8. Jacques: born March 18, 1720 and baptized on 19 in Varennes. Died on November 13, 1729.  9. Pierre:  born in Varennes and baptized at the same place on April 10, 1722. He married Françoise Thibault (Pierre and Marguerite Larose) at Ste-Geneviève on July 5, 1762. 10. André: born February 15, 1724 and baptized on 16 in Varennes. He married Suzanne Deselles (Michel and Suzanne Mongeau) in Varennes on January 11, 1751..  11. Louis: born and baptized on June 21, 1726 in Varennes. He married Geneviève Decelle in Varennes on February 4, 1748.  12. Marie-Angélique : née le born February 9, 1729 in Varennes, baptized on the 10th.  13. Charles-François : born January 10, 1731 and baptized the same day in Varennes. More details and other documents about Jean-Baptiste Couillaud

arie-Anne (3) born October 3, 1681 at Contrecoeur ( Baptized the next day. ). Marie-Anne Couillaud will be charged with killing her husband Léonard Lachaume on his lover Pierre Viau in 1702. Pierre Viau will be hanged. Marie-Anne remaining can not be found in absentia and she was sentenced to be hanged in effigy, that is to say that we hung a the representative. We do not believe that there was an offspring.  More information and other documents about Marie-Anne Couillaud

ntoine (4) born November 6, 1683 at Contrecoeur( Baptized November 17 at Boucherville ). . He marries Marie-Magdeleine Chefdevergue dit Larose, daughter of Louis and Marie-Françoise Dupont in Bécancour on June 21, 1723. Marie-Madeleine Chefdevergue was buried in Contrecoeur on May 9, 1728.  Antoine is burried at Saint-Denis (on the Richelieu River) on January 16 1749. On the burrial act he is named Antoine Couillau Laroch. Their children are: 1. Joseph-Antoine,born March 6, 1724 in Bécancour and baptized at the same place the next day.  2. Marie-Madeleine,born March 2, 1725, and baptized 3 in Bécancour.  3.. François: Il épouse Charlotte Audet (Innocent & Geneviève Lemelin) à Boucherville le 10 février 1755.   II Antoine married in second Marie-Anne Briand-Georget in Contrecoeur, Novembre 15 1728. His children settled on the south shore of the Saint-Lawrence River.   4. Louis-Antoine,born August 24, 1730 in St-Ours. Baptized on the 25th.  5. François: He married Charlotte Pineau (Pierre & Thérèse Daudelin) in Verchères on January 8, 1753. Other documents relating to Antoine Couillaud atherine (5) born in Contrecoeur on January 12, 1685. She marries Noël Boulier at first wedding. This marriage was probably celebrated in Contrecoeur before the month of October 1700 the reason being that before that date Christmas and Catherine and 60 other couples who married before 8 or 18 October 1700 were awarded a Royal dowry of 50 pounds. (Voir notes à ce sujet) . When she became a widow Catherine remarried with Louis Quay dit Dragon February 4 1709.   The two marriage never produced any offspring. rançois (6) born December 3, 1686 in Contrecoeur. He married Marie-Jeanne Greslon (or Grenier) daughter of Pierre and Élisabeth Mousseau in Sorel November 30, 1717. We find his children around Lavaltrie, Contrecoeur in southwestern Quebec. His name appears on the Contrecoeur terrier of 1718 next to Jacques Labonté. Children of François and Marie-Jeanne Greslon. 1. Marie-Josephe: born and baptized on January 11, 1720 in St-Sulpice.  2. François: born in Lavaltrie and baptized on January 7, 1721 in St-Sulpice. 3. Jean-Baptiste: baptized at Sorel on October 4, 1722. Died the next day.  4. Pascal: baptized October 4, 1723 in Sorel.  5. Marie-Reine: born and baptized at Contrecoeur on September 17, 1725.  6. Alexis: born January 23, 1727, baptized on the 24th at Contrecoeur.  7. Geneviève: born on July 23, 1728, and baptized on the 24th at Contrecoeur.  8. Marie-Élisabeth: born and baptized on May 18, 1730 in Repentigny. She died a week later on the 25th. 9. Jean-Baptiste: born August 13, 1731 in St-François-du-Lac.  10. Élisabeth-Isabelle: born July 20, 1733 in St-Michel de Yamaska. (Antoine & Marie-Louise Plouffe) to Berthier en Haut on August 30, 1757. 11. Madeleine: born February 19, 1735, died on November 19, 1755.  12. Marie-Louise: born on January 20, 1737. She married Prisque Raté (Ignace & Genviève Langlois) in Berthier on July 19, 1762. 13. René:Baptized at St-François-du-Lac on November 14, 1738. 14. Louise-Amable: Baptized at St-François-du-Lac on May 27, 1740. She was buried at the same door on June 9, 1740.  15. Marie-Anne: Baptized at St-François-du-Lac on December 31, 1741. 16. Pierre: Born and baptized at St-François-du-Lac on October 18, 1745.  Click here for more information on François Couillaud ouis (7) could be born between 1687 and 1694 without more certainty. Some sites demographics were born in 1679 but it does not appear on the census of 1681. The act of baptism has never been found. If we put it between François and Michel it is that there was a gap of eight years between the birth of these last two during a period of the life of Catherine Laporte where she could have had several children. Go to the page of Louis and Madeleine Sabourin for more detailed explanations (the link is at the end of this paragraph). Louis married Marie-Madeleine Sabourin daughter of Pierre Sabourin and Madeleine Perrier in Pointe-Claire May 21, 1716. Louis is one of the pioneers of Île Perrot. Louis Laroque figures on the confession of enumeration of 1724. He then has a land of 3 arpents of frontage by 18 in debth of which 20 are plowed including a house and a barn stable. This land is said to be located on the south side of the estate between what is today the south of Pointe-du-Moulin and the village of Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot. He is neighbor of Pierre Deschamps (Huneault dit Deschamps). Louis is buried in Oka. His children are found around Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes (Oka, Rigaud, Vaudreuil). For more details, a list of their 13 children, click here to see the page about Louis and Madeleine Sabourin .  ichel(8) was born about 1694. He married Marie-Josèphe Pinel daughter of Pierre Pinel and Marie-Barbe Dupont on February 2, 1718. A concession of 3 arpents by 25 is granted by Messrs. de Saint-Sulpice to Michel Larocque dit Rocquebrune on June 9, 1723. This land is located on Côte Saint-Jean (Pierrefonds), southwest side. A street in Pierrefonds-Roxboro was designated February 9, 1990. His children settled west of the island of Montreal and on Jesus Island.  Enfants de Michel et Marie-Jeanne Pinel, 1. Jacques Michel: Né à la Grande-Anse et baptisé le 27 janvier 1719 à Pointe-Claire. 2. Marie-Josephe: Née et baptisée à Pointe-Claire le 18 mars 1721.  3. Guillaume: Né le 27 juillet 1724 à Pointe-Claire et décède le 15 août 1724 au même endroit.  4. Antoine: né et baptisé le 27 août 1725 à Pointe-Claire.  5. Marie-Catherine: née et baptisée le 16 juillet 1728 à Pointe Claire.  6. Marie: Née le 14 et baptisée le lendemain à Pointe-Claire le 15 octobre 1731, soeur jumelle de Marie-Charlotte Amable. 7. Marie-Charlotte-Amable: Née le 14 et baptisée le lendemain à Pointe-Claire le 15 octobre 1731.  8. Joseph Marie: Il est baptisé à Pointe Claire le 11 juin 1733.  9. Charles: Il est baptisé à Pointe-Claire le 4 janvier 1735.  10. Marie-Josèphe Louise:   Elle est née vers 1737.  (Sources, PRDH Union Michel Larocque et Marie-Josèphe Pinel) plus de détails sur la page  Michel Larocque et Marie-Josèphe Pinel arie-Hilaire (9)born around 1696. In 1715 she gives birth to an illegitimate son named Louis. The biological father of the child was Louis Viau dit Lespérance. On June 25, 1722 she married Jean-Baptiste Scofen dit Lépine in Montreal. Jean-Baptiste Scofen was born in London, England around 1691. He is the son of Neser Scofen and Anne Parson.  1. Louis illegitimate son of Louis Viau dit Lespérance) born and baptized in Varennes on December 26, 1715. 2. Antoine (Antoine Scofens says Lépine) baptized April 25, 1723 in Pointe Claire. Antoine Lépine married Marie-Josephe André dit Lafontaine (Antoine & Élisabeth Guilbault) in Montreal on April 14, 1749. Antoine, after becomong a widower, married Marie-Louise Routhier (Jean-Baptiste and Barbe Moisan) on September 27, 1773 in Montreal.  3. Jean Baptiste (Lépine) est né le 29 novembre 1724 et mort en bas âge le 1er octobre 1725. hilibert (10) was propably born before his sister Marie-Barbe around 1698 or 1699 He married Jeanne Brunet (daughter of François Brunet dit Bourbonnais and Barbe Beauvais dit St-Jemme) on September 30 1721. Jeanne was the widow of Louis Mallet.   (marriage in Lachine Nov 29 1697)  She was several years older than Philibert. He was between the age of 21 and 24 years old when he got married and she was 44 making her twice Philibert's age (she was born in Sept 1677 and on the marriage act it says that she is 36 years old). On the marriage act the priest write that his name is Philibert Roberay (or Robery) son of Philibert Roberay Larocque and the late Jeanne St-Georges (the father was dead but not Catherine). **See the marriage act and a typed version (in French). ** The couple lived on the west part of Montreal Island. They had no descendants. Philibert the son died in Montreal on October 8 octobre 1751. Jeanne Brunet died 10 years later on August 7 1761 and was burried in Oka. Philibert Jr. makes a statement on July 1, 1724 at the trial of Antoine Mantet D'Ailleboust and others, accused of trading with Amerindians See the document  Philibert fils fait une déposition le 1er juillet 1724 au procès de Antoine Mantet  D'Ailleboust et autres, accusés de faire la traite avec des Amérindiens See the document arie-Barbe (11) born in 1700 see below. She gave birth to Baptiste-François Ledoux illegitimate son of Louis Gabriel Ledoux baptized at St-Sulpice on March 24, 1721. The following year we find Marie-Barbe in Québec City where along with Jacques Copillaut signed a marriage contract on May 25 1722. It is said that the contract was annuled. She married Julien Gardet dit Duplessis (Guillaume and Louise Pepin) in Quebec City on November 2, 1723. Of this marriage were born three children, Richard Julien (1724), Joseph Fabien (1726), and Marie Gabrielle in 1729 all born in Quebec. May 4, 1731 in Quebec she married for a second time Jean Louis Roger son of François and Jeanne Morvan. Of this marriage two daughters were born, Marie-Anne in 1732 and Marie Madeleine in 1734. Both girl would die at a young age.   During a census taken in Quebec around 1744 Marie Barbe said she was 46 years old, born in 1698. Her husband Jean Louis Roger dit St-Jean came to Canada as a soldier of the Chevalier de Longueuil. Jean Louis was hospitalized at the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec on September 19, 1727 and mentions being 18 years old which makes him born in 1709, however during this census he declares to be 43 years old which makes him born in 1701, a large 8 year gap! She would get married a third time with Léonard Borel dit Clermont in 1765. No children were born from this marriage. Léonard Borel dit Clermont was born in Domaize (in Auverge, today dept. Puy-de-Dôme) on January 25 1712 and was baptized the same day. His parents were   Jean et Anna Coeffier. We do not know for sure the date he arrived in Canada but the earliest mention of Léonard Borel date to 1741. Léonard was the widdow of Dorothée Simard at the time he married Marie-Barbe (This first marriage was celebrated in Baie-Saint-Paul 9/11/1747 ). Léonard is buried in Ste-Marie-de-Beauce March 30 1779  Résumé sur PRDH 1. Baptiste-François Ledoux illegitimate son of Louis Gabriel Ledoux baptized at St-Sulpice on March 24, 1721. 2. Richard Julien Gardet né born September 22, 1724 3. Joseph Fabien Gardet born on October 6, 1726. 4. Marie Gabrielle Gardet born July 25, 1730. 5. Marie Anne Roger born on April 16, 1732. 6. Marie Madeleine Roger Roger born on October 10, 1734. Antoine, Marie-Barbe's brother, accuses Louis-Gabriel Le Doux of having abused the latter and having made her pregnant. See the document

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A map showing where Philibert Couillaud's boys settled. In the census of 1765 there was no longer a single descendant of Philibert Couillaud in Contrecoeur. 

Jean-Baptiste established on the south shore west of Contrecoeur. Antoine settled in front of Trois-Rivières in Bécancourt and later comes back around St-Roch. François went to the Lavaltrie area on the north shore opposite Contrecoeur. The other three, Louis, Michel et Philibert son found themselves in the west of the island of Montreal. Philibert Jr. did not have any descendants. (Graph of Darryll Larocque) 

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updated May 2019