b.c.1641
m. 24 Feb. 1660 Coutran, Laferte, Champagne, CATHERINE IVORY (bur. 26 Mar. 1709 St. Jean, IO), d. of Jacob Ivory
bur. 25 Dec. 1721 St. Jean, IO

During the summer 1663 Antoine Dionne dit-Sanssoucy, his wife Catherine and their 2 year old son Andr�, embarked for New-France, undoubtedly on board the one of the five ships which came to Quebec that year: the "Phoenix de Flessingue", June 30; "the Bull", after July 24; a vessel from Normandy, July 30; and two of the king's ships, "the Gold Eagle" and "the Garden of Holland", on September 22.(2)

On 2 Mar. 1665 Antoine bought 2 arpents of land in what was to become the parish of St. Pierre bordered by the lot owned by Rene Cosset dit Le Poitevin and by Laurent Benoist. It seems that Antoine never lived on this land, but used it to graze his animals.(5)

In 1667 Antoine appears in the census for New France as Antoine Dionne dit Sansoucy. He was 26 years old, his wife 24, and they have one daughter who is 2. They owned one cow and 8 arpents of land on Ile d'Orleans. Some of their land was cleared.

Anthony settled on Jean's farm who was always identified as his "alleged brother". But according to a recent hypothesis, it is quite possible that this "Jean" is actually his father. A document dated 21 Oct. 1668 and discovered by Dr. Alfred Levasseur tends to suggest this.(4) I suspect that the Sansoucy mentioned in the document refers to the Antoine's father and not to his "alleged brother" called Jean. This Jean Dionne arrived at least a year prior to Anthony and his family in New France. Jean most likely arrived during the summer of 1662 between 5 June and 4 July on board one of the six vessels from La Rochelle and Normandy: "The White Eagle", "Le Petit St-Jean", "Le Saint-Pierre", " Arms-New Zealand "," St-Jean-Baptiste of Flushing "and another unidentified vessel from La Rochelle.

After having temporarily handed over his land in Ste-Famille, Ile d'Orleans, to his son-in-law Bernard Laisne, Anne's husband, to take care of his wife, Catherine and her five minor children (Jeanne, 12 years, Marie, age 10, Anne 8 years, Marie, 5, and Catherine, 5 months), he went to offer his services in November 1680 to Jean-Baptiste Migeon, Sieur de Branssat, one of the most influential people of Montreal. Former Clerk of the West India Company, procurator of the lordship of Montreal, and since 1677 judge of the civil and criminal bailiwick of Montreal. He was also involved in fur trading and real estate transactions. A deed before notary Claude Maugue, dated April 17, 1681, tells us that Antony had been engaged for a period of one year with earnings of sixty crowns, fifteen pounds a month. For unknown reasons, Antoine had not fulfilled his commitment, abandoning his job after five months of work. Before leaving the service of Sieur Branssat, Antoine decides to sell, on 1 June 1681, before notary Claude Maugue, land he owned in the lordship of Lauzon, to Denys Guyon of Quebec. This sale was ratified, August 14, before notary Pierre Duquet in Quebec City, by his wife, Catherine Ivory. He was in no hurry to go home, because in the same year we find him at Fort Rolland, Lachine, a trading post for furs and water spirits, and the point of departure for travelers and trappers venturing into Indian territory.(6)

"3 ao�t 1721 � Ordonnance qui condamne Pierre Abel, habitant, de Deschambault, de recevoir dans sa maison Antoine Dionne, de Saint- Jean, �le d'Orl�ans, �g� de 90 ans, p�re de sa femme, de le loger, nourrir et entretenir sa vie durant ; Barth�lemi Gobille, habitant, de Saint- Jean de l'�le d'Orl�ans, autre gendre du dit Dionne, devra contribuer par moiti� aux d�penses."(1)

3 Aug. 1721- Ordinance which orders Pierre Abel, inhabitant of Deschambault to take into his home, Antoine Dionne of St. Jean, Ile d'Orleans, age 90, father of his wife, to house, feed and maintain during his life; Barthelemi Gobille, inhabitant of St. Jean, Ile d'Orleans, another relative of the said Dionne, will contribute half the costs.

Antoine died on Christmas Eve 1721 and was buried on Christmas day.

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Ref:

(1) Inventaire des Ordonnances des Intendants de la Novelle France- Provincial Archives of Quebec
(2) List of the ships arriving in New-France, 1657 to 1665- The Ancestor- vol. 3, No 3, p. 3
(3) Bulletin of Dionne Association of America- vol.1, No 2, pp 12-15
(4) John Dionne (1) Was he the father of Antoine Dionne? - A. Levasseur, Bulletin of The Dionne Association of America- vol. 4, No. 1, Spring '90, p. 17
(5) Our ancestors- G. Lebel, Ste. Anne de Beaupre, 1981- vol.1, p.42
(6) Voices of Dionne- Raymond Dionne, Vol.5, No.3, Winter 1992

Parish registers for St. Jean, Chateau Richer, La Malbaie

bpt. 11 Mar. 1670 Ste. Famille, IO
m. 2 Aug. 1694 Chateau Richer, MARIE CHARLOTTE MIGNAULT (bpt. 11 Mar. 1674 Beauport, bur. 9 Oct. 1747 La Pocatiere), d. of Jean Marie Mignault dit Chatillon and Louise Cloutier
bur. 18 Aug. 1752 La Malbaie, Charlevoix

"3 octobre 1735 � Ordonnance qui fait d�fense � Jean Choret de d�tourner l'eau de la source qui est sur la terre de Jean Dionne, son voisin." (1)

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