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- ! <http://www.delmars.com/family/perrault1/1228.htm>Gabriel Rouleau ditSansoucyBorn: Abt 1613, St-Aubin de Tourouvre, Mortagne, Perche, France 3Marriage: Mathurine Leroux about 16 Aug 1652 in unknown location, Qu?bec, Canada 1 2 3Died: 22 Feb 1673,Ste-Famille, ?le d'Orl?ans, Qu?bec, Canada about age 60 3Buried: 23 Feb 1673, Ste-Famille, ?le d'Orl?ans,Qu?bec, Canada 3 General Notes:[Translated from French to English by Robert Rouleau with babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate.Last corrections made by Marc A. Rouleau and Yves Rouleau .]The ancestorGabriel, possibly born in 1613, could be a descendant of Sebasti?n Rouollo (Rouleau) and of Catherine Sauvage who lived in Tourouvre, a smalllocality of the province of Perche inNormandy, in the North-West of France. Tourouvreis located at approximately 150 kilometers west of Paris.Since so few people could read or write at that time, names were often recorded inconsistently - as they soundedto each priest or magistrate. Later, because of all the wars and invasions in this part of France, many records and official documents were lost or destroyed. Hence, the archival information from that time in France, like many other places, is scantily available and not entirely accurate where it exists.We findvery little documentation on the comings and goings of ancestor Gabriel. At the census of 1667, he declared to be 54 years old and at his death in 1673 he was given the age of 60.Pierre Boucher, a person in charge ofthe store in the garrison of the Trois-Rivi?res, recruited colonists and among them, the list showed Gabriel Rouleau, lately arrived fromFrance in 1649. Gabriel had to battle against the Indiansand at the same time had to provide for all kinds of needs for the garrison. It was during this period of skirmishes with the Indians that Gabriel inherited his nickname of "Sanssoucy", or "without worry". It is probably within this garrisonthat Gabriel met his future wife Mathurine LeRoux. Anyway,wefind Gabriel and Mathurine, on August 16, 1652, in front of the notary Audouart, in Qu?bec City, to sign a marriage contract. Gabriel, "usually living in Trois-Rivi?res", promisedto marry Mathurine LeRoux, a16 year old girl, originatingfrom thetown of LaRochelle in France. Gabriel was then 40 years old.Around 1652 Gabriel Rouleau was granted by Robert Giffard, Lord of Beauport, a land where he hastily built a log house. On August 12, 1653, his first born daughter, Louise, was baptizedinQu?becCity. A first boy named Jean is also baptizedin Quebec city on March 14, 1655. The war between rival Indian tribes intensified so much that at the end of August 1656, a fire, presumably caused by hostile Indians, burned down the Rouleau house and the two children of the couple perishedin the flame.A little time after this harsh misfortune, the Rouleau couple decided to establish a new household in Ste-Famille, ?le d' Orl?ans, on a land conceded by Charles de Lauzon, Lord ofCharny-Lirec. Gabriel built a house there and undertook the clearing of the ground. It is in this new residence that was born Jean Rouleau, baptized in Qu?bec City on November 22, 1656. (One does not find any more trace of this Jean after 17 yearsof age). Gabrielfinally received the deed ofhis land on June 26, 1657. The couple Gabriel and Mathurine had many other children:Anne, baptized in Quebec on August 13, 1658, died 4 yearslater.Pierre, baptized in Chateau-Richer on April 5, 1661, deceased around theageof 12.Guillaume, a twin baptized in Ch?teau-Richer, May 3,1662. He married Catherine Dufresne, February 3, 1688. They settled ona farm in St-Laurent, I.O. and had 5 children.Anne, a twin baptized in Ch?teau-Richer, May 3, 1662.She marriedJean Houde on August 23, 1678, and died on January 15, 1703 in St-Antoine-de-Tilly.Catherine, born on April 3, 1664, deceased on April6 of the same year.Gabriel, baptized onJuly 15, 1665 in Ch?teau-Richer, married in first wedding, thewidow JeanneDufresne, November 25, 1685. He settled on Jeanne's farm in St-Laurent, ?le d'Orl?ans, which has since been always in possession of his descendants. He had 7 children. He married in second wedding, Catherine Roulois, February 6, 1713.They had 5 children.Marie,born on July 1, 1667, married Pierre DuSault on November 2, 1687.Claude, baptized on February 16, 1669 inSte-Famille, I.O., but we do not find any more trace ofhim.Joseph, baptized on May 13, 1672 in Ste-Famille, I.O.,buried on May 23, of the sameyear in Ste-Famille.Pierre, baptized on July 10, 1673in Ste-Famille, I.O., deceased on July 13 ofthe same year in Ste-FamilleGabriel Rouleau died at the age of 60 and was buried in the cemetery of Ste-Famille, I.O., February 23, 1673.Mathurine Leroux remarried on February 5, 1674 with Martin Mercier. She died in St-Laurent, I.O., at theage of 73 and was buried in the parochial cemetery on February 1, 1708.Gabriel married Mathurine Leroux, daughter of Antoine Leroux and Jeanne Jouiry, about 16Aug 1652 in unknown location, Qu?bec, Canada.1 2 3(Mathurine Leroux was born on18Mar 1635 in Ste-Marguerite, La Rochelle, Aunis, France 3, baptized on 18 Mar 1635 in Ste-Marguerite, La Rochelle, Aunis, France,2 4diedon 1 Feb 1708 in St-Laurent, ?led'Orl?ans, Qu?bec, Canada 3 5 and was buried on 2 Feb 1708 inSt-Laurent,?le d'Orl?ans, Qu?bec, Canada 3 5.) Marriage Events:? Marriage Contract, 16 Aug 1652, Qu?bec City, Qu?bec, Qu?bec, Canada. notary Audouart;thedate of themarriage ceremony isuncertain. Marriage Notes:Neither Mathurine nor Gabriel couldsign the marriage contract. They had 133 descendants as of31 Dec 1729.Sources1 Institut Drouin, Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Fran?ais1608-1760 (AFGS 1968), page 1189.2 Gagn?,Peter J., Before the King's Daughters: The Filles ? Marier,1634-1662 (Pawtucket, RI: Quintin Publications, 2002), page 204.3 PRDH (University of Montr?al - Online).4 Jett?, Ren?, Dictionnaire G?n?alogique des Famillesdu Qu?bec (Les Presses de l'Universit?de Montr?al, 1983), page 1011.5 Gagn?,PeterJ., Before the King's Daughters: The Filles ? Marier, 1634-1662 (Pawtucket, RI: Quintin Publications, 2002), page 205.
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vers 1613 - 1673 (~ 60 ans)